Privacy policy

Your personal data (e.g. title, name, house address, e-mail address, phone number, bank details, credit card number) are processed by us only in accordance with the provisions of german data privacy laws. The following provisions describe the type, scope and purpose of collecting, processing and utilizing personal data. This data privacy policy applies only to our web pages. If links on our pages route you to other pages, please inquire there about how your data are handled in such cases. Inventory data (1) Your personal data, insofar as these are necessary for this contractual relationship (inventory data) in terms of its establishment, organization of content and modifications, are used exclusively for fulfilling the contract. For goods to be delivered, for instance, your name and address must be relayed to the supplier of the goods. (2) Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data are not passed on to third parties outside the scope of fulfilling this contract. After completion of the contract, your data are blocked against further use. After expiry of deadlines as per tax-related and commercial regulations, these data are deleted unless you have expressly consented to their further use.

Social plug-ins from Facebook (Like-Button)

We use social plug-ins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plug-ins can be recognized by way of the Facebook logo or the supplement "Facebook Social Plug-in". For example, if you click on the "Like" button or leave a comment, the relevant information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your likes public for your Facebook friends. If you are logged into Facebook, it can assign the invocation of our page directly to your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or don't have a Facebook account, your browser sends information (e.g. which web pages you have called up, your IP address) which is then stored by Facebook. For details about handling of your personal data by Facebook and your related rights, please refer to the data privacy policy of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to map data collected about you via our Web sites to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our web pages.

Privacy Statement for the Use of Google Services

This site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google Analytics also uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of our website and online services. The information about your use of this website and online offers generated by the cookie is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored. The Zweibrüder Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” so that the IP addresses transmitted to Google are first shortened and further processed on servers in Europe, to prevent them being directly linked to a particular individual. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for the website operators, and to render other services associated with the use of the website and the Internet. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will never associate your IP address with any other Google data. You can also prevent the cookie for Google Analytics from being installed by configuring your browser software; however, please be aware that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. You can object to the data collection and storage for Google Analytics at any time with future effect by means of a Google browser plugin. We use the remarketing technology of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). With this technology, users who have visited out web pages and online services and have shown interest in our offer will again be presented with personalized advertisements on Google partner network websites. Advertising is displayed by using cookies, small text files saved to the computer of the user. These text files can be used to analyze user behavior when visiting the website and then be used for selective product recommendations and interest-based advertising. If you do not wish to see any interest-based advertisements, you can prevent Google from using cookies for these purposes by visiting http://www.google.de/settings/ads.

You can optionally disable third party cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. You can prevent cookies from being stored by configuring your browser software accordingly; however, please be aware that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from logging your use of this website as recorded by the cookie, as well as from processing this data (incl. your IP address), by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

By using our services, you agree to the processing of your personal data collected by Google in the aforementioned manner and for the aforementioned purpose. Please note that Google has its own privacy guidelines which are independent from ours. We assume no responsibility or liability for these guidelines and procedures. Please inform yourself of Google’s privacy policy before using our website. As an AdWords customer we also use Google Conversion Tracking, an analysis service from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). A cookie by Google AdWords will thereby be set on your computer (“Conversion Cookie”) if you arrive at our website via a Google advertisement. These cookies expire within 30 days and are not used for personal identification purposes. If you visit certain pages of ours and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that someone has clicked on the advertisement and was thus transferred to our website. Each AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be traced back to the websites of AdWords customers. We use the information collected by the conversion cookie to provide aggregate conversion statistics to advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. AdWords customers are informed of the total number of users who have clicked on their advertisement and were transferred to a site that has a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information, which allow users to be personally identified. If you do not want to be included in the tracking procedure, you can also reject the use of cookies which is necessary for this purpose – for example, by a browser setting which deactivates the automatic use of cookies in general. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by configuring your browser in such a way that cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com” are blocked.

If you visit our site using a mobile device (e.g. smartphone or tablet), you can object to the use of Google Analytics with future effect via this link. When you activate the link, we set a cookie in your browser which sends a signal to us to prevent the use of Google Analytics for your device. Please note that you need to object to the use of Google Analytics again if you remove the cookies from your browser. We also use Google AdSense, a web advertisements service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google”) to control advertising (text advertisements, banners, etc.). Your browser therefore may save a cookie sent by Google or a third party. The information saved in the cookie can be recorded, collected and analyzed by Google or a third party. In addition, Google AdSense also uses small, invisible graphics to collect information. The use of these allows simple actions like visitor traffic on the website to be recorded, collected and analyzed. The information generated by the cookie and/or graphics concerning your use of this website will be passed on to a Google server in the USA and saved there. Google uses the information obtained in this way to perform an evaluation of your usage patterns with regard to the AdSense ads. Google may also transmit this information to third parties where required by law, or for third parties to process the information on behalf of Google. Google does not associate your IP address with other saved data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being saved on your hard drive as well as the use of the aforementioned graphics. The same applies to these cookies as to the others mentioned above: To do so you need to deactivate the acceptance of cookies in your browser settings.

Registration Process

You can register on our website. Within the context of the registration procedure we collect and process the following data:

• Email address
• Name
• Adress

This information is processed to create your user profile, to deliver the required access data to you, and to make contact with you. Your data remains stored as long as your profile exists and/or is required for support reasons (e.g. legal retention periods). You can delete your account independently. We do not transfer your data to third parties without your permission.

Social plug-ins from Twitter

With Twitter and its Retweet functions, we use social plug-ins from Twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc. 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107. If you use Retweet, the websites visited by you are announced to third parties and associated with your Twitter account. Details about handling of your data by Twitter as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your personal information can be found in Twitter's data privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy.

Privacy Statement for the Use of Pinterest

On our website we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA ("Pinterest"). When visiting a page which uses this type of plug-in, your browser will connect directly to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin thereby transmits protocol data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. This protocol data may contain your IP address, the addresses of the visited websites which also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, data and time of the request, your usage patterns of Pinterest, as well as cookies. Please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy for further information on the purpose, extent, further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your relevant rights and options to protect your privacy: http://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Privacy Statement for the Use of Instagram

Instagram functions are integrated in our site. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. Instagram can thereby associate your visit to our site with your user account. Please note, as operators of the site we do not receive any information about the content of the transferred data nor of their use by Instagram. You can find further information on this subject in Instagram’s privacy statement at: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

Cookies

Our website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our service more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal until they are deleted. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser when you next visit our site. You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being used and to only accept them on a case-by-case basis, to accept cookies in certain situations or block them entirely, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server Log Files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This is:

• browser type
• browser version
• operating system used
• Referrer URL
• host name of the accessing computer
• time of server request

This data cannot be matched to specific persons. The data is not merged with other sources of data. We reserve the right to later check this data if we receive any concrete indications of unlawful use.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, we will store your information from the inquiry form as well as the contact details provided by you for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case there are follow-up questions. We do not transfer your data to third parties without your permission.

Objection to Promotional Emails

Any use of contact data provided in line with the mandatory legal notice for the purpose of unsolicited advertising and information is hereby prohibited. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action for unsolicited advertising materials, e.g. spam email.

Information, Deletion, Blocking

You are entitled at any time and at no cost to obtain any information about data we have stored about you, the origin and recipient of the data as well as the purpose of the data processing. You are also entitled to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. If you have any questions about this or other issues related to personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice.