1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any information that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the sections below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible?
Data processing is carried out by the website operator. You will find the operator’s contact details in the section “Data controller” below.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us (e.g. by filling out a contact form). Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website (e.g. browser, operating system, time of access).

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is used to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to fulfil a contract or to analyse user behaviour.

Your rights
You have the right to request information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, deletion or restriction of the processing of this data and to withdraw any consent you have previously given. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You will find our contact details below.

2. Data controller & your rights

Data controller:
Peter Busse - Sicherheitstechnik
Wilhelm-von-Siemens-Straße 23, Haus F
12277 Berlin, Germany
E-Mail: datenschutz@pitlock.de

• Access to stored personal data
• Correction or deletion
• Withdrawal of consent previously given
• Objection to data processing
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

Right to lodge a complaint: You may lodge a complaint at any time with the competent data protection authority (list of supervisory authorities).

3. Data collection & usage

Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enable basic functions and to anonymously analyse how the site is used. Necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. All other cookies are only stored with your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings on this website.

Server log files

Our hosting provider automatically collects technical data such as IP address, browser type and time of access. This data cannot be directly attributed to specific individuals and is processed for security and error analysis (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Contact forms & registration

If you contact us via a contact form or e-mail, we will store your information solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR). The same applies to any data provided during customer account registration.

Contract processing & shipping

Your data will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary to fulfil a contract (e.g. payment service providers, shipping companies). The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

4. Analytics tools

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

We use Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited) to analyse how users interact with our website in order to improve it. GA4 uses cookies and similar technologies and processes the following data: device and browser information, anonymised IP addresses, usage data (pages visited, clicks).

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). Data may be transferred to the USA. We have concluded standard contractual clauses with Google to ensure an adequate level of data protection.

You may withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings on this website. For more information, please see the Google Privacy Policy.

5. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will store your email address and any additional data you voluntarily provide exclusively for this purpose. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

Newsletter delivery via Rapidmail: We use rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg i.Br., Germany, as our newsletter delivery service. rapidmail processes your data exclusively on our behalf (Art. 28 GDPR) and does not use it for its own purposes. Further information can be found at rapidmail.de/datenschutz.

Promotional emails to existing customers

If you have already purchased a product from us, we may send you information about similar products by email in accordance with § 7 (3) UWG and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. You may object to this use at any time (e.g. by sending an email to service@pitlock.de).

6. Plugins & tools

YouTube

Our website embeds videos from YouTube (Google Ireland Limited). When you visit a page with embedded YouTube content, a connection to Google's servers is established. If you are logged into your YouTube account, Google can associate your browsing behaviour with your profile. Further information can be found in the Google Privacy Policy.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited) to prevent forms from being misused by bots. This is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our website from spam and abuse (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Further information can be found here.

7. Payment service providers

PayPal

We offer payment via PayPal. The provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., Luxembourg. If you use PayPal, your payment data will be transmitted to PayPal (Art. 6 (1) (a) and (b) GDPR).