• I. General
• II. Responsible authority
• III. Your rights
• IV. Processing of personal data for informational use
• V. Processing of personal data through Cookies
• VI. Further features and offers of our Website
• VII. Making contact
• VIII. Google Analytics 4
• IX. Google Fonts

I. General

(1) Following we willl inform you about collection of personal data while using our website.

(2) With reference to the definition of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ or ‘GDPR’ for short), the term ‘personal data’ means all data that can be personally related to you. This includes, for example, name, address, e-mail address, user behaviour. With regard to other terms, in particular the terms ‘processing’, ‘controller’, ‘processor’ and ‘consent’, we refer to the legal data protection definitions of Article 4 of the GDPR.

(3) For matters that have an impact in Switzerland, even if they are issued outside Switzerland, refer to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, herinafte referred to as 'DSG'.However, we use the terms of the GDPR throughout. The terms of the GDPR ‘personal data’, ‘processing’, ‘processor’, ‘special categories of data’ and data portability, as far as the DSG applies, also refer to the terms ‘personal data’, ‘processing’, ‘contractor’, ‘data transfer’ and ‘particularly sensitive person’ used in the GDPR. The legal meaning of the terms in this case shall be determined by the DSG.

(4) We process personal data only insofar as it is necessary to provide a functional website and the content and services we offer. Personal data is regularly only processed if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or if the processing is permitted by legal provisions, in particular by one of the legal bases mentioned in Art. 6 (1) (b) to (f) GDPR.

(5) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Furthermore, it may be store, if it is intended by legal European regulations, to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed in the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract

(6) If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our website or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below.

II. Responsible authority

(1) The controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, the other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other regulations as well as provisions related to data protection is:

Ludwig Föbus GmbH & Co KG
represented by the Föbus Verwaltungs GmbH
this in turn represented by Welf-Tilman-Föbus

Brockhägerstr. 276
33334 Gütersloh

Tel.: +49 5241 300 71-0
Fax: +49 5241 300 71-11
E-Mail: info@foebus.de

Court of registration: Amtsgericht Gütersloh
Registration number: HRA 4137

(2) Further Information regarding the responsible authority yo will find in our Legal Disclosure

III. Your rights

(1) You have following rights with us regarding your personal of data

• The right to information
• The right to rectification and deletion
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to contradict against processing
• The right to data transfer

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

(3) Within the scope of the DSG, you also have the right to:

• data release
• data destruction

IV. Processing of personal data for informational use

(1) If you visit our website without registering or otherwise providing us with information ('informational use'), we only collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to enable you to view our website and to ensure stability and security: IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to GMT, content of the website, access status (HTTP status), amount of data transferred, request website, web browser, operating system, language and version of the browser.

(2) The mentioned data is also store in log files on our servers. This data is not stored together with your other personal data.

(3) The collection and temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the delivery of our website to your end device. For this purpose, your IP address must be stored for the duration of your visit to our website.

(4) The storage of the above-mentioned data in log files serves to ensure the functionality and optimization of our website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(5) This data is not analyzed for marketing purposes; our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the aforementioned purposes. The legal basis for the collection and temporary storage of the aforementioned data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. The mentioned data for the provision of our website will be deleted when the respective session has ended. The collection of the above data for the provision of our website and the storage of this data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of our website. There is no possibility of objection.

V. Processing of personal data through Cookies

(1) We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, for example on a hard disk, and through which certain information flows to us as the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your end device. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below.

(2) Cookies, die Ihrem Webbrowser zugehörig gespeichert werden:

• Transient cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your web browser to the shared session. This makes it possible to recognize your device when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close the web browser.

• Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser.

(3) The processing of personal data by the aforementioned cookies serves to make our website more user-friendly and effective for you. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can be identified even after a page change. If you have an account, we use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This prevents you from having to log in again each time you visit our website. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Where cookies are used for analysis purposes, they are used to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to understand how the website is used, which functions are used and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our offer.

(4) Unless cookies are technically absolutely necessary, we only set them with your previously given consent, which you can revoke at any time. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

(5) The aforementioned cookies are stored on your end device and transmitted by it to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, through which you can, for example, reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website properly. We also recommend that you regularly delete cookies and your browser history manually.

VI. Further features and offers of our Website

(1) In addition to the aforementioned informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. This usually requires the provision of further personal data. We require this data to provide the respective service. The above data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us to process this data. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. If personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VII. Making contact

(1) When contacting us by mail, the personal data you send us with your e-mail will be stored.

(2) Additionaly we have a contact form on our website that you can use to contact us. The data you enter in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored: Title, first name, surname, e-mail address.

(3) The data will only be used to answer your questions. Unless explicitly stated in this privacy policy, the data will not be passed on to third parties. We also record your IP address and the time of sending.

(4) The processing of the above personal data serves solely to process your inquiries.

(5) The processing of other personal data collected through the use of the contact form provided on our website serves to prevent misuse and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(6) This also constitutes our legitimate interest in the processing of your personal data. If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, in particular in case the data is sent to us by you by e-mail. Insofar as you wish to work towards the conclusion of a contract through your e-mail, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR constitutes an additional legal basis.

(7) Subject to statutory retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we have completely processed your request. If you contact us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your request cannot be processed any further. You can declare your revocation or objection by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address given in our legal disclosure.

(8) Your personal data is processed and/or stored on a server of an external provider in the European Union. This ensures that the standards and regulations of the European data protection law are complied with.