Responsible for data processing:
OPC Optical Precision Components Europe GmbH
Hainaer Weg 26
35444 Biebertal
Germany

office@opc-optics.com

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. In the following we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

1. Access data and hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server only automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, transferred data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access.

These access data are evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our services. In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer as part of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted at the latest seven days after the end of your page visit.

Hosting services by a third-party provider
In the context of processing on our behalf, a third party provider provides us with the services of hosting and display of the website. All data collected within the framework of the use of this website or in the forms provided for this purpose in the online shop as described below will be processed on its servers. Processing on other servers will only take place within the scope described here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

2. Collection and use of data for the execution of contracts, establishing contact

We collect personal data when you provide it to us within the framework of your order or when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process the contract or to process your contact and you can not complete the order or send the contact without their information. Which data are raised, are evident from the respective input forms.

We use the data provided by you in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the processing of contracts and your enquiries. After the contract has been fully processed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after any tax and commercial law retention periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

3. Data transfer

In order to fulfil the contract pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we will pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution and payment service provider commissioned by us or to the selected payment service in order to process payments. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must register with the payment service provider using your access data during the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.

4. cookies and web analysis

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO as part of a weighing of interests. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). You can find the duration of the storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for each browser under the following links:

Internet Explorer™
Safari™
Chrome™
Firefox™
Opera™

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

In the context of Google Analytics (see below), this website also uses the so-called DoubleClick cookie, which enables your browser to be recognised when you visit other websites. The information automatically generated by the cookie about your visit to this website is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymisation on this website before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymous IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our website within the framework of a weighing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. 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. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose and end of the use of Google DoubleClick by us.

Google Double Click is an offer of Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated under Irish law with its registered office in Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). Insofar as information is transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. For companies certified under the Privacy Shield, an appropriate level of data protection is determined on the basis of the agreements between the USA, the European Commission and Switzerland.

You can deactivate the DoubleClick cookie via this link. You can also contact the Digital Advertising Alliance to find out how to set cookies and to configure your settings. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set and can decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude cookies in certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics for website analysis. The web analytics service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law and having its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable the analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymisation on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymous IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected in this context will be deleted after we have stopped using Google Analytics for the intended purpose and at the end of its use.

Insofar as information is transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. On the basis of this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data from this website in the future. An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

5. Social media

Our online presence on Facebook

Our presence on social networks and platforms serves a better, active communication with our customers and prospective customers. We inform them about our products and ongoing special promotions. When you visit our online presence in social media, your data may be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes. From this data, so-called usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are generally used on your terminal device for this purpose. The visitor behaviour and the interests of the users are stored in these cookies. This serves in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer and effective communication with customers and interested parties within the scope of a weighing of interests. If you are asked by the respective social media platform operators for their consent to data processing, e.g. with the help of a checkbox, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Insofar as the aforementioned social media platforms have their headquarters in the USA, the following applies: The European Commission has issued an adequacy decision for the USA. This goes back to the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate for the respective company can be viewed here. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the providers on their pages as well as a contact option and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, in particular opt-out options, can be found in the data protection information of the providers linked below. Should you nevertheless require help in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Possibility of objection (opt-out):

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

6. Contact possibilities and your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
- pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO, you have the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is prohibited.
- on the exercise of freedom of expression and information;
- to fulfil a legal obligation;
- for reasons of public interest, or
- for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims is required; - the right, pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
- the correctness of the data is denied by you;
- the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;
- we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
- you have lodged an objection against the processing under Article 21 DSGVO;
- pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another responsible party;
- pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at our company headquarters.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction or deletion of data as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly via the contact data in our legal notice.

Right of objection

Insofar as we process personal data as described above in order to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests as part of a weighing of interests, you may object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for the purposes of direct marketing, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you are only entitled to object if there are reasons arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right of objection, we will not process your personal data further for these purposes unless we can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for the purposes of direct marketing. Then we will not further process your personal data for this purpose.