Data protection on the Hettich Group's Internet pages

We should like to point out that we deal with information, which you expressly put at our disposal. In order for you to have access to our pages on the Internet, we only receive anonymous data from you that does not allow anyone to work out your personal details. The Hettich Group (hereinafter "Hettich) values the protection of personal data and, in dealing with such data, adheres strictly to all relevant legal data protection regulations.

Collecting and processing personal data; your agreement
Personal data is all information in respect of your identity, e.g. name, date of birth, address, e-mail address or telephone number. We shall only save such data if you put this at our disposal, e.g. when you ask for information materials or send us enquiries. If you give us this data, you are thereby giving your agreement to their storage and usage in data protection terms.

Using and passing on personal data; cancelling your agreement
Hettich uses the personal data you give us exclusively to maintain customer relations. In so doing, we shall, as appropriate, store or process your personal data or pass it on to companies related to us, in order to be able to react better to our customers' wishes, improve our products, and/or to provide you with better information or otherwise communicate with you. Hettich will neither pass on your personal data to third parties nor market them in any other manner. Employees of the Hettich Group are obliged to maintain confidentiality.
Naturally, we shall respect your wish if you would prefer not to give us your personal data. You may cancel your agreement at any time by e-mailing protection@de.hettich.com or sending a letter to

Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. oHG
www.hettich.com protection
Vahrenkampstr. 12-16
32278 Kirchlengern
Germany
with effect from that date forwards.

Automatically collected information
On accessing our Internet pages, general information not related to you personally is automatically collected, without any registration, such as information about the Internet browser used, number of visits, average time spent on our website, the pages called up and the like. We only use this information for improving the attractiveness, contents and functionality of our Internet pages.  

Security
Hettich takes steps to protect your personal data against manipulation, access by unauthorized third parties, loss, destruction or alteration, by adhering to the legal data protection provisions of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Links
In so far as there are links on our website to the Internet pages of other providers, our statement on data protection does not apply to these pages. If you should leave Hettich's Internet pages via a link, we recommend that read the data protection statement on the website that you have accessed, before submitting any personal data there.

Entitlement to information
If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data or would like to know which of your data, if any, we have stored by means of our Internet pages, you are welcome to write to our data protection officer:

Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. oHG
Data Protection Officer Mr Dirk Pfau
Vahrenkampstraße 12-16
32278 Kirchlengern
E-Mail: protection@de.hettich.com                    

Terms of use and legal issues relating to the Hettich Group's Internet pages

Copyright, brands, product and company logos
Hettich reserves all rights in respect of the contents (such as text, pictures, charts, data, graphical presentations, lists and the like) of its Internet pages. The protection existing in respect of these contents through copyright and other such laws applies particularly vis-à-vis databases and similar facilities. The contents are only freely available for calling down from the Internet for the purpose intended and may not be copied, passed on, re-used, transferred, stored, altered, disseminated or otherwise used without our prior written approval.
Our Internet pages may also have contents subject to the copyright of the parties providing the contents. Brand names, company logos, product descriptions or pictures of products appearing on our Internet pages are protected on behalf of Hettich and may therefore not be used by others for their own purposes or in any other way. The only Hettich logos that are released for use on your Internet page for advertising purposes are those shown on the page below:
 
 

Liability
All the contents of our Internet pages are carefully checked. We cannot, however, accept any liability for the correctness, completeness, current validity or suitability for certain uses. Hettich supplies any information or contents without any kind of guarantee, either express or implicit. Hettich herewith excludes any liability for damages arising directly or indirectly as a result of using our Internet pages, unless these result wilfully or through the gross negligence of Hettich itself.

Links (to third-party Internet pages)
In so far as you gain access from our Internet pages via so-called links to third-party Internet pages, we advise that we have no influence on the design of these third-party pages and accordingly can accept no liability for their legality, correctness or completeness. The links only serve to make access to the information provided by third parties easier for our customers. We expressly point out that we in no way adopt for ourselves the information provided by third parties on their Internet pages. We therefore recommend that you carefully observe the terms of use as well as the notes concerning data protection and other legal issues relating to these third-party Internet pages.

Applicable Law; Jurisdiction
In visiting our Internet pages, you declare that you agree to the exclusive applicability of German law and renounce the UN's convention on the sale of goods (CISG) in respect of disputes of whatsoever kind between you and Hettich. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes is Bünde, Germany

General Business Conditions

German trade: http://www.hettich.com/hft/agb/agb_hft.pdf
German industry: http://www.hettich-agb.com/en/