§ 1 General information

We process your personal data (e.g. title, name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, bank account details, credit card number) only in accordance with the provisions of German data protection legislation. The terms below provide you with information about the type, extent and purpose for which personal data are collected, processed and used. This data protection statement relates only to our websites. If the links on our pages transfer you to different sites, please obtain information from those sites about how your data are handled.

 

§ 2 User data

1. Your personal data, insofar as they are required for setting up, designing the content of or amending the contractual relationship (user data), are used exclusively for fulfilling the contract. Your name and your delivery address, for example, have to be passed on to the supplier of the goods in order for the goods to be delivered.
2. Your personal data will not be passed to third parties not involved in processing the contract without your express consent or unless there is a legal requirement to do so.

 

§ 3 Reporting and web analysis

1. Webanalyse with Piwik
   Our website uses Piwik (http://www.piwik.org), an open-source web analysis service. Piwik uses so-called « cookies », text files which are stored on your computer to allow your use of the website to be analyzed. The information the cookie generates about your use of this website (including your IP address) in this process remains with SICAT GmbH & Co. KG. The process abbreviates your IP address so that it cannot be related to a person. We use this information to evaluate usage of our website and to compile reports about website activities. We will not pass this information on to third parties. You can prevent the cookies being installed by making the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
2.  Web analysis with Google AnalyticsThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (« Google »). Google Analytics uses so-called « cookies », text files which are stored on your computer and which allow your use of our website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. As we have activated IP anonymization on this website, however, Google abbreviates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the European Economic Area agreement prior to transmission. The full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports about website activities and to perform other services for the website operator associated with website and Internet usage. Google will not merge the IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics with other data. You can prevent cookies being stored by making the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can furthermore prevent transmission of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available from the following link:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

§ 4 Information about cookies

We use cookies to optimize our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored in your computer’s main memory. These cookies are deleted after the browser is closed. You can stop cookies being stored by selecting « Block cookies » in your browser settings. However this may result in the function of our services being restricted.

 

§ 5 Newsletter

If you register for our newsletter, your e-mail address will be used for our own marketing purposes until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time. You have expressly provided the consent below separately or, if appropriate, in the course of the ordering process:

« I would like to receive information about SICAT products and services by e-mail. This includes information about new products, events and training sessions. I consent to data provided by me being used by SICAT exclusively in compliance with SICAT’s data protection guidelines. I can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. »

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, then you can unsubscribe as follows: via an « unsubscribe » link in the newsletter or by sending an e-mail to info(at)sicat.com.