Privacy policy
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is not required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide data has no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided in the following processing operations.
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR out of our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and improving our offer.
Contact us
Responsible person
If you wish, please contact us. The controller responsible for data processing is: ROOTLOGIK GmbH, Hilpertstraße 27, 64595 Darmstadt Germany, +49 171 7847895, andrew.long@rootlogik.com
Proactive contact by the customer by e-mail
If you contact us by e-mail on your own initiative, we will only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The data processing serves to process and respond to your contact request.
If the purpose of the contact is to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event of an interest in purchasing, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry. In this case, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Collection and processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form, we only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent that you provide it. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact.
If the purpose of the contact is to carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event of an interest in purchasing, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your inquiry. In this case, you have the right to object to this processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
We will only use your e-mail address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Ordering
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
Microsoft Edge: https: //support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Use of Consentmanager
We use the consent management tool Consentmanager from Consentmanager AB (Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden; "Consentmanager") on our website.
The tool enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to make use of your right of revocation for consent already given.
The purpose of data processing is to obtain and document the necessary consent for data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations.
Cookies may be used for this purpose. The following information may be collected and transmitted to Consentmanager: Date and time of the page view, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using, anonymized IP address, opt-in and opt-out data. This data is not passed on to other third parties.
The data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
You can find more information on data protection at Consentmanager at: https://www.consentmanager.net/privacy.php
Analysis
Use of Google Analytics 4
We use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”) on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. For this purpose, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The following information may be collected: IP address, date and time of the page view, click path, information about the browser and device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activities. Your data may be linked by Google with other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices and all other data that Google has about you.
The IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Google uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser and tracking pixels that enable your use of the website to be analyzed . The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
The information generated about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. An adequacy decision by the EU Commission is in place for the USA, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles. Both Google and US government authorities have access to your data.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.
Plug-ins and other
We use the Google Tag Manager of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google") on our website.
This application is used to manage JavaScript tags and HTML tags that are used to implement tracking and analysis tools in particular. The data processing serves the purpose of designing and optimizing our website in line with requirements.
The Google Tag Manager itself neither stores cookies nor does it process personal data. However, it enables the triggering of other tags that can collect and process personal data.
Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found here.
Use of Google invisible reCAPTCHA
We use the invisible reCAPTCHA service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google") on our website.
This serves the purpose of distinguishing the input by a human or by automated, machine processing. In the background, Google collects and analyzes usage data that is used by Invisible reCaptcha to distinguish regular users from bots. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and used there. In addition, the IP address and any other data required by Google for the Invisible reCAPTCHA service are transmitted to Google.
This data is processed by Google within the European Union and may also be transmitted to servers of Google LLC in the USA. An adequacy decision by the EU Commission is in place for the USA, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and has therefore undertaken to comply with European data protection principles.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG i.V.m. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can findmore information about Google reCAPTCHAand the associated privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https://www.google.com/privacy
Rights of data subjects and storage period
Duration of storage
Once the contract has been fully processed, the data will initially be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with statutory retention periods, in particular under tax and commercial law, and then deleted after expiry of the period, unless you have consented to further processing and use.
Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: right of access, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability.
You also have the right to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing in accordance with Article 21(1) GDPR.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach using the following contact details
Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
P.O. Box 3163
65021 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49 611 14080
Fax: +49 611 1408900 or +49 611 1408901
E-mail: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de
Right to object
If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Once you have objected, the processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
last update: 22.10.2024