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Privacy Policy

of Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG

We welcome you to our website and appreciate your interest in our company. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your data in accordance with the applicable laws governing the protection of personal data, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the country-specific implementing laws that apply to us.

With this Privacy Policy, we provide you with comprehensive information about how Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG processes your personal data and about the rights to which you are entitled.

Personal data refers to any information that can be used to identify a natural person. This includes, in particular, your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, and also your IP address.

Anonymous data exists when no connection can be made between the information and an individual user, meaning that the user cannot be identified in any way.
 

Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG
Parkstraße 1

74532 Ilshofen
Germany
Tel: +49 7904 701-0
Email: info@bausch-stroebel.de

Data Protection Contact

dsb.b-s@bausch-stroebel.de

Your Rights as a Data Subject

First of all, we would like to inform you about your rights as a data subject. These rights are set out in Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and include:

  • The right of access (Article 15 GDPR)

  • The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR)

  • The right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)

  • The right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)

  • The right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)

  • The right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact us at dsb.b-s@bausch-stroebel.de. The same contact details apply if you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data within our company or if you wish to withdraw any consent you have previously given.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Right to Object

Please note the following regarding your right to object:

If we process your personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing at any time without providing any reasons. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to direct marketing.

If you object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for those purposes. The objection is free of charge and may be submitted in any form, preferably by contacting: dsb.b-s@bausch-stroebel.de.

If we process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests, you have the right to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. This also applies to any profiling based on these provisions.

We will then cease processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Purposes and Legal Bases of Data Processing

When processing your personal data, the provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and all other applicable data protection laws are complied with. The legal bases for data processing arise in particular from Article 6 GDPR.

We use your data for initiating business relationships, fulfilling contractual and legal obligations, carrying out contractual relationships, providing products and services, and strengthening customer relationships, which may also include analyses for marketing purposes and direct advertising.

Your consent to the processing of your personal data may also constitute a legal basis for data processing under data protection law. Before obtaining your consent, we will inform you about the purpose of the data processing and your right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

We will only disclose your data to third parties where permitted by law or where you have given your consent. Otherwise, your data will not be disclosed to third parties unless we are required to do so by mandatory legal provisions (for example, disclosure to external parties such as supervisory authorities or law enforcement agencies).

Recipients of Data / Categories of Recipients, Transfers to Third Countries / Intended Transfers to Third Countries

Within our company, we ensure that only those individuals who require your data to fulfill contractual and legal obligations are granted access to it.

In certain cases, service providers support our specialist departments in carrying out their tasks. The necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all service providers. These include, in particular, providers in the areas of web hosting, IT services, analytics tools, shipping, payment services, credit checks, and similar services.

Furthermore, we will only disclose your data to additional recipients or third parties within the meaning of the GDPR where you have given the appropriate consent or where such disclosure is permitted by law, in particular where we are required to do so by mandatory legal provisions (for example, disclosure to external bodies such as supervisory authorities or law enforcement agencies).

A transfer of data to third countries (outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) will only take place if this is necessary for the performance of the contractual relationship, required by law, or if you have given us your consent to do so.

We transfer your personal data to service providers or affiliated group companies located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), specifically in the United States.

Compliance with the required level of data protection is ensured through appropriate safeguards, such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs), and, where applicable, other suitable protections.

Where data transfers to third countries take place in connection with tracking and web analytics tools or other technologies used on our website, we will provide you with specific information about such transfers in the corresponding section describing the respective technology further below in this Privacy Policy.

Data Retention Period

We retain your data for as long as it is required for the respective processing purpose. Please note that numerous statutory retention periods require data to be stored for longer periods. This applies in particular to retention obligations under commercial and tax law (e.g., the German Commercial Code (HGB), the German Fiscal Code (AO), etc.). Unless further retention obligations apply, data is routinely deleted once the purpose for which it was collected has been fulfilled.

In addition, we may retain data if you have given us your consent to do so or if legal disputes arise and we need to use such data as evidence within the framework of statutory limitation periods, which may extend up to thirty years. The regular statutory limitation period is three years.

Secure Transmission of Your Data

To protect the data we store against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons, we implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures. These security measures are continuously reviewed in cooperation with security experts and adapted to reflect new security standards.

Data exchanged with and through our website is encrypted at all times. For our website, we use HTTPS as the transmission protocol, employing the latest encryption standards available.

Obligation to Provide Data

Various personal data is necessary for the establishment, performance, and termination of a contractual relationship, as well as for the fulfillment of the related contractual and legal obligations. The same applies to the use of our website and the various functions it provides.

Details on this have been summarized for you in the section above. In certain cases, data must also be collected or provided in order to comply with legal requirements. Please note that we will not be able to process your request or carry out the underlying contractual relationship without the provision of such data.

Categories, Sources, and Origin of Data

The personal data we process depends on the specific context. For example, this may vary depending on whether you submit an inquiry through our contact form, send us a job application, or file a complaint.

Please note that, for specific processing situations, we may also provide separate privacy information at the appropriate point, for example when you upload application documents or submit an inquiry through our contact form.

When Visiting Our Website, We Collect and Process the Following Data:

  • Name of the Internet Service Provider

  • HTTP status code

  • Information about the website from which you accessed our website

  • The IP address assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider

  • Requested files, volume of data transferred, downloads/file exports

  • Information about the webpages you visit on our website, including the date and time of access

For reasons of technical security, particularly to defend against attempts to attack our web server, this data is stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). However, the data will be deleted no later than 30 days after collection.

As part of a contact inquiry, we collect and process the following data:

  • Title / Salutation

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Company

  • Country

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Reason for the inquiry

  • Your message / request

Automated Individual Decision-Making

We do not use any purely automated processing procedures to make decisions.

Cookies (Art. 6(1)(a), (f) GDPR, Section 25(1), (2) TDDDG)

Our website uses so-called cookies. They help make our services more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved locally by your browser.

Cookies generally contain only pseudonymous, and often even anonymous, data. Some cookies remain stored only for the duration of a browser session (session cookies), while others are stored for a longer period (persistent cookies, e.g., consent settings). Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after the specified period (generally six months).

In addition to our own cookies, we also use cookies controlled by third-party providers. These providers use the information contained in the cookies, for example, to display content to you or to record the pages you visit.

Based on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use technically necessary cookies that are essential for operating the website and ensuring its functionality.

In addition, we use certain cookies without requiring your consent where their sole purpose is to store or access information on your device for the transmission of communications, or where they are strictly necessary to provide a service that you have explicitly requested, in accordance with Section 25(2) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

An overview of the technically necessary cookies we use can be found in the Cookie Settings under the “Details” tab.

Subject to your consent, additional cookies may be used that enable us and/or third parties, for example, to analyze how our services are used. This allows us to tailor our content to meet user needs. Cookies also enable us to measure the effectiveness of specific advertisements and, for example, to display them based on users’ areas of interest.

The legal basis for this processing is your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG).

You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect via our consent banner and modify your cookie settings accordingly. Please note that any changes must be made separately for each device you use.

If you maintain accounts with any of the third-party providers we use and are logged into those accounts, your data may be linked with the respective account. You can prevent such data linkage by not providing or by withdrawing your consent to the relevant cookies, or by logging out of the respective third-party providers before using our website.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can manually disable, restrict, or delete cookies on your device through your browser settings or by using appropriate software tools. Please note that if cookies are disabled, full use of our website may not be possible, or certain functions may only be available to a limited extent.

Please also refer to the information provided in the section describing each respective service that uses cookies.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), based on your consent (Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG).

Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your device that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated in this way is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. In this process, your full IP address may be transmitted to Google.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide the website operator with other services related to website usage and internet usage.

Pseudonymous user profiles may be created based on the data processed. The IP address transmitted as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google.

The following data may be processed in this context: click path, date and time of the visit, device information, location information, IP address, pages visited, referrer URL, browser information, host name, browser language, browser type, screen resolution, device operating system, interaction data, user behavior, visited URL, and cookie ID.

Sessions and campaigns expire after a defined period of time. By default, sessions expire after 30 minutes of inactivity, while campaigns expire after six months. Users’ personal data is deleted or anonymized after 14 months.

This website uses the IP anonymization feature of Google Analytics. In addition, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) has been concluded with Google to ensure that personal data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.

Data processing by Google takes place partly outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). As a rule, data is transferred to and processed in the United States. Where data is processed in the United States, there is a risk that public authorities may access your data without you necessarily having effective legal remedies available.

Compliance with the European level of data protection for data transfers to and processing in third countries is ensured through Google's certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

Data may also be processed or stored in third countries on the basis of your consent (Article 49(1)(a) GDPR). In such cases, you will be separately informed of this fact and of any associated risks.

The use of this service is based on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the consent settings. Please note that the withdrawal of consent must be carried out separately for each device you use.

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For more information about Google's terms of use and privacy practices, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/, https://policies.google.com/privacy, and https://business.safety.google/privacy/. These websites provide detailed information about the terms governing Google Analytics, Google's privacy policies, and Google's commitments regarding the protection and processing of personal data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the transmission to Google of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: www.tools.google.com.

Google Tag Manager

This website uses Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. This service enables website tags to be managed through a user interface. The Tag Manager tool itself, which is used to implement tags, operates without the use of cookies. This means that, as a rule, no cookies are set and no personal data is collected beyond connection-related data.

Google Tag Manager is used for the operation of the website and for managing the individual scripts and services used on it. Through Google Tag Manager, tags and events are controlled and triggered. Google Tag Manager may trigger other tags that, in turn, may collect data.

The legal basis for the use of Google Tag Manager is your explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR and, where Google Tag Manager accesses information stored on your device, Section 25(1) TDDDG. Details regarding the data processed can be found in the respective sections covering the tools managed through Google Tag Manager. Data may be processed by Google Tag Manager before being passed on to other tools, such as Google Analytics, for further processing.

The following data may be processed in this context: timestamp, user agent, referrer URL, and consent status.

Data processing by Google takes place partly outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). As a rule, data is transferred to and processed in the United States. Compliance with the European level of data protection for data transfers to and processing in third countries is ensured through Google's certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

Data may also be processed or stored in third countries on the basis of your consent (Article 49(1)(a) GDPR). In such cases, you will be separately informed of this fact and of any associated risks.

Through our consent management system, we ensure that individual tags are only activated after your explicit consent has been obtained. If you withdraw your consent to the data processing carried out by these tools, Google Tag Manager will no longer deploy or use the relevant tags. Further information on Google Tag Manager consent settings can be found at:

https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/10718549?hl=de.

Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Google Fonts enables the consistent display of fonts on our website. One of the fonts used is not hosted locally but is loaded from Google's servers when the website is accessed. As a result, a connection to Google is established.

In particular, your IP address, as well as technical information about the browser or user agent you use and the requested font, may be transmitted to and processed by Google.

The legal basis for the use of Google Fonts is your explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR and, where Google Fonts stores information on your device or accesses information stored on your device, Section 25(1) TDDDG. Google Fonts is only loaded after you have provided your consent to the corresponding data processing through our consent management system. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the settings in our consent management system.

Data processing by Google may take place in part outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). In particular, data may be transferred to and processed in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an adequate level of data protection for relevant data transfers to the United States. Data processing and transfers to third countries may also be carried out on the basis of your consent (Article 49(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR). In such cases, you will be separately informed of the potential risks associated with such transfers.

For more information about Google's processing of personal data, please visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Social Media Plugins of Social Networks

The website contains social plugins from YouTube. YouTube is a video-sharing platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”). At least one YouTube plugin is integrated into our online services.

When you activate the plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to YouTube's servers. In doing so, information is transmitted to YouTube indicating that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our online services, even if you do not have a YouTube account or are not logged into your account. This information is transmitted directly from your browser to a YouTube server in the United States, where it is stored.

If you are logged into your YouTube account at the same time, it is also possible to associate your visit to the relevant page with your YouTube account. This enables YouTube to directly link your browsing behavior to your personal profile.

If you wish to prevent YouTube from associating your data and your activities on our online services with your user account, you must log out of YouTube before visiting our website and, where applicable, delete any cookies placed by YouTube.

For more information about the collection and use of your data by YouTube, please refer to YouTube’s privacy information at 

https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines and to Google’s Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

The legal basis for the processing of data is Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted no later than 180 days after it has been collected.

Data processing by Google takes place in part outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). As a rule, data is transferred to and processed in the United States. Where data is transferred to the United States, there is a risk that your data may be accessed and processed by U.S. authorities for control and surveillance purposes, without you necessarily having effective legal remedies available.

Where required, appropriate data protection agreements have been concluded with Google. Furthermore, the service provider is obligated, through contractual safeguards and/or certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, to comply with EU data protection standards and ensure an adequate level of data protection.

Data may also be processed or stored in third countries on the basis of your consent (Article 49(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR). In such cases, you will be separately informed of this fact and of any associated risks.

Social Media Links

On our website, you will find links to the social media platforms Meta/Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Links to these social media services can be identified by the respective company logos. By following these links, you will be directed to the corporate profile of Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG on the respective social media platform.

When you click on a link to a social media service, a connection is established to the servers of that social media provider. This informs the provider's servers that you have visited our website. In addition, further data may be transmitted to the provider of the social media service, such as:

  • The address (URL) of the webpage on which the activated link is located

  • The date and time of access to the webpage or activation of the link

  • Information about the browser and operating system used

  • IP address

If, at the time you activate the link, you are already logged into the respective social media service, the provider of that social media service may be able to determine your username and, in some cases, even your real name from the transmitted data and associate this information with your personal user account on the social media platform. You can prevent such an association with your personal user account by logging out of the relevant social media service before visiting our website.

The servers of the social media services are located in countries outside the European Union (EU). Consequently, data may also be processed by the providers of these social media services in countries outside the European Union. Please note that companies in these countries may be subject to data protection laws that do not generally provide the same level of protection for personal data as the laws applicable within the Member States of the European Union.

Please note that we have no control over the scope, nature, or purpose of the data processing carried out by the respective social media service providers. For further information on how your data is used by the social media services linked on our website, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective social media provider.

Contact Form / Contact by Email (Art. 6(1)(a), (b), (f) GDPR)

A contact form is available on our website for electronic communication. If you contact us via the contact form, we will process the data you provide through the form for the purpose of contacting you and responding to your questions and requests.

In doing so, we adhere to the principles of data minimization and data avoidance, meaning that you are only required to provide the information necessary for us to contact you. This includes your first name, last name, company, country, email address, telephone number, the reason for your inquiry, and the message itself. In addition, your IP address is processed for technical reasons and to ensure legal protection. All other information is optional and may be provided voluntarily, for example, to enable us to respond to your inquiry in a more personalized manner.

To protect the security and confidentiality of your data as effectively as possible, we implement appropriate security measures.

If you contact us by email, we will process the personal data contained in your email solely for the purpose of handling your inquiry. If you do not use the contact forms provided for communication, no additional data will be collected beyond the information you voluntarily provide in your email.

If the data processing is carried out for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at your request, or, if you are already our customer, for the performance of a contract, the legal basis for such data processing is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (b) GDPR.

We will only process additional personal data if you have given your consent (Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR) or if we have a legitimate interest in processing your data (Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR). A legitimate interest may exist, for example, in responding to your email.

The data you submit to us by email or through the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example, after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular legal retention obligations, remain unaffected.

Marketing to Existing Customers (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG is interested in maintaining and developing its customer relationship with you and in providing you with information and offers relating to our products and services. For this purpose, we process your data in order to send you relevant information and offers by email.

If you do not wish to receive such communications, you may object at any time to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to direct marketing. If you object, we will no longer process your data for these purposes.

You may exercise your right to object free of charge, without providing any reasons, and in any form. Preferably, your objection should be sent to dsb.b-s@bausch-stroebel.de.

Online Services for Children

Persons under the age of 16 may not transmit personal data to us or provide consent declarations without the consent of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s). We encourage parents and legal guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.

Links to Other Providers

Our website also contains clearly identifiable links to the websites of other companies. Where links to third-party websites are provided, we have no influence over their content. Therefore, we cannot assume any responsibility or liability for such content. The respective provider or operator of the linked website is always responsible for the content of those pages.

The linked pages were reviewed for possible legal violations and identifiable infringements at the time the links were created. No unlawful content was apparent at the time of linking. However, continuous monitoring of the content of linked pages cannot reasonably be expected without concrete indications of a legal violation. Should we become aware of any legal infringements, such links will be removed immediately.

Recordings in Microsoft Teams

As part of Microsoft Teams meetings, we intend to record certain meetings. The purpose of such recordings is to document the meeting and create a transcript of the conversation. Before a recording is started, all participants’ cameras and microphones will be deactivated and must be re-enabled manually afterwards. This ensures that individuals are not recorded unintentionally.

The legal basis for the collection and processing of data from that point onward is your consent, which you provide by activating your microphone and/or camera, pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by contacting servicedesk@bausch-stroebel.de.

If you do not agree to a recording, you may contact the organizer of the meeting in advance. Please note that you may also use the chat function as an alternative, as chat messages are not affected by the recording.

Within our company, we ensure that only those individuals who require your data to fulfill contractual and legal obligations are granted access to it. In certain cases, service providers support our specialist departments in carrying out their tasks. The necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all service providers. Access to recordings is generally restricted to individuals directly involved in the relevant purpose and to participants of the respective meeting. As a general rule, only meeting participants are permitted to access the recordings, while the download function is available exclusively to the creator of the recording.

No transfer of data to external parties or to unsafe third countries will take place.

The data collected will be stored until you withdraw your consent or until the purpose for which the data was collected otherwise no longer applies.

Social Media Presence

We maintain profiles on various social media platforms, specifically Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn. To the extent that we have control over the processing of your data, we ensure that the applicable data protection regulations are complied with.

Below, you will find the most important information regarding data protection in connection with our social media presences.

Name and Address of the Controller Responsible for the Operation of the Social Media Profiles

In addition to Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG, the following entities are responsible for the operation of the respective corporate social media profiles within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws:

  • Facebook
    (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland)

  • Instagram
    (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland)

  • LinkedIn
    (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)

  • Youtube
    (Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland)

However, you use these platforms and their functions at your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive features such as commenting, sharing, and rating content.

We would also like to point out that your data may be processed outside the European Union (EU) when using these platforms.

Purpose and Legal Basis

We maintain our social media profiles in order to communicate with visitors to these pages and to provide information about our products, services, and activities through these channels.

In addition, we collect statistical data to further develop and optimize our content and to make our online presence more attractive. The data required for this purpose (e.g., the total number of page views, page activities, data provided by visitors, and interactions) is processed and made available to us by the respective social media platforms. We have no influence over the generation or presentation of this data.

Furthermore, your personal data is processed by the providers of the social media platforms for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles may be created based on your usage behavior and the resulting interests. This enables advertisements tailored to your interests to be displayed both within and outside the respective platforms. For this purpose, cookies are generally stored on your device. Regardless of this, data that is not collected directly from your devices may also be stored in your user profiles. Such storage and analysis may also take place across multiple devices, particularly, but not exclusively, if you are a registered member of the respective platform and logged into your account.

The processing of your personal data by Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests in ensuring effective communication and providing information in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR.

If you are asked to provide consent to the processing of your data, for example by confirming a button or taking a similar affirmative action (opt-in), the legal basis for such processing is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR in conjunction with Article 7 GDPR.

Your Rights / Right to Object

If you are a member of a social network and do not want the respective network to collect data about you through our social media presence and link it to the membership data stored in your user account, you must:

  • Log out of the respective social network before visiting our social media profile;

  • Delete any cookies stored on your device by the social network; and

  • Close and restart your browser.

However, once you log in again, you will once more be identifiable to the social network as a specific user.

For a detailed description of the respective processing activities and the available options for objecting to them (opt-out), please refer to the information provided in the privacy notices linked below:

Overall, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data:

You have the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data: the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restriction of processing, the right to object, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority regarding the unlawful processing of your personal data.

However, as Bausch+Ströbel SE + Co. KG does not have full access to your personal data, you should contact the respective social media providers directly when exercising your rights. These providers have access to their users’ personal data and are therefore able to take appropriate measures and provide information.

Should you nevertheless require assistance, we will of course do our best to support you. Please contact us at dsb.b-s@bausch-stroebel.de.

Copyright and Rights in Artistic Works

If you wish to publish images, texts, plans, videos, music, or other content on our social media profiles, you should be aware that, by doing so, you may grant extensive usage rights to the respective social network. This may ultimately have legal consequences for you if you are not the author or rightful owner of the relevant rights.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens, and what your rights as data subject are.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via e-mail: communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.