Privacy policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a brief overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The controller's contact details can be found in the section “Information on the Controller” below.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, include information that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after you have given your consent when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical information such as your browser, operating system, IP address or time of access.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is processed to ensure the technically error-free and secure provision of the website. Other data may be processed, with your consent where required, to analyse the use of our website or to provide external content and services.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the right to obtain information about your stored personal data, to have inaccurate data corrected and to request the deletion or restriction of processing of your personal data.

You may also have a right to data portability and a right to object to certain forms of processing. Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various types of personal data may be processed. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

This privacy policy explains which personal data we process, for what purposes and on which legal bases.

Please note that data transmission over the internet, for example when communicating by email, may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.

Information on the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

SCHIRMER Maschinen GmbH
Stahlstraße 25 + 29
Building 44
33415 Verl
Germany

Telephone: +49-(0)5246-9213-0
Email: info(at)schirmer-maschinen.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Where data processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future.

If consent relates to cookies, analytics, marketing technologies or external content used on this website, you can withdraw or modify your consent via our cookie settings.

For other forms of consent, an informal notification to us, for example by email, is sufficient.

The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.

Right to Object to Processing in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

If you object, we will no longer process the personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

The supervisory authority responsible for our registered office is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
(Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen – LDI NRW)

Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0)211 38424-0
Email: poststelle(at)ldi.nrw.de

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive personal data that you have provided to us and that we process on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract, by automated means, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Where technically feasible and where the legal requirements are met, you also have the right to have this data transmitted directly to another controller.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as enquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption.

You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address in your browser begins with “https://” and, depending on your browser, by the corresponding security indicator.

When SSL or TLS encryption is active, data transmitted between your browser and our website cannot ordinarily be read by third parties during transmission.

Rights of Access, Rectification and Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to obtain information about personal data concerning you that we process.

You also have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data and, where the statutory requirements are met, the deletion of your personal data.

You may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data where the statutory requirements are met. This applies in particular in the following cases:

  • if you contest the accuracy of the personal data stored by us, for the period required to verify its accuracy;
  • if the processing is unlawful and you oppose the deletion of the personal data and request restriction of its use instead;
  • if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  • if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, pending verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours.

Where processing has been restricted, such personal data may, apart from storage, generally only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Objection to Unsolicited Advertising Emails

We object to the use of contact details published in connection with statutory legal notice requirements for the purpose of sending advertising or informational materials that have not been expressly requested.

We expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, for example spam emails.

3. Data Protection Officer

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:

Hans-Peter Jakobfeuerborn
Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG
Hülshorstweg 20
33415 Verl
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0)5246 963 213
Email: datenschutz(at)beckhoff.com

4. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and, where applicable, comparable technologies such as local storage. Cookies are small data records that are stored on or accessed from your terminal device.

Some cookies and comparable technologies are technically necessary for the operation of the website or for the provision of functions expressly requested by you. Other technologies may be used for analytics, marketing or the integration of external services.

Where the storage of information on your terminal device or access to information already stored on your terminal device is strictly necessary to provide a digital service expressly requested by you, this is carried out on the basis of Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG.

Insofar as personal data is subsequently processed, this processing is based, depending on the circumstances, on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the technically error-free, secure and efficient provision of our website.

All cookies and comparable technologies that are not strictly necessary are used only after you have given your consent. The legal basis for access to or storage of information on your terminal device is Section 25(1) TDDDG. Where personal data is processed in this context, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw or change your consent at any time with effect for the future via our cookie settings.

The storage duration of individual cookies depends on their respective purpose and configuration. Session cookies are generally deleted when you close your browser. Other cookies may remain stored on your device until they expire, until you delete them or until you withdraw your consent.

You can also configure your browser to restrict or prevent the storage of cookies. Please note that disabling technically necessary cookies may restrict the functionality of the website.

Server Log Files

When you access our website, the hosting provider automatically collects and stores information transmitted by your browser in so-called server log files.

This may include:

  • browser type and browser version,
  • operating system used,
  • referrer URL,
  • hostname of the accessing device,
  • date and time of the server request,
  • requested resource, and
  • IP address.

The processing of this data is necessary to establish the technical connection, provide the website securely and reliably, detect technical problems and protect our systems against misuse and attacks.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests lie in the secure, stable and technically error-free operation of our website.

Server log data is deleted when it is no longer required for these purposes, unless longer storage is necessary in an individual case, for example to investigate a security incident or to comply with statutory obligations.

The data is not combined with other data sources for the purpose of creating user profiles.

Contact Form

If you contact us via a contact form, we process the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter, for the purpose of processing and responding to your enquiry and, where necessary, for handling follow-up questions.

If your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a contractual relationship, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

For general enquiries that are not directly related to a contract, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in efficiently processing and responding to enquiries addressed to us.

Where we expressly request your consent for a particular form of processing, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw such consent at any time with effect for the future.

We do not disclose the data contained in your enquiry to third parties unless this is necessary to process the enquiry, fulfil a contractual or statutory obligation, or another legal basis permits the disclosure.

The data you submit via the contact form will be deleted when the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies, unless contractual or statutory retention obligations require longer storage.

5. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Matomo Analytics

We use the open-source web analytics software Matomo to analyse the use of our website and to improve our website, content and services on the basis of statistical information.

Matomo is operated by us on hosting infrastructure provided by ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich in Germany. The analytics data collected via Matomo is stored and processed on servers located in Germany. We do not use Matomo Cloud for this purpose.

Data Processed by Matomo

Depending on the use of our website and the technical configuration, Matomo may process in particular:

  • an IP address shortened by two bytes,
  • the approximate location derived from the shortened IP address, in particular the country,
  • date and time of access,
  • the operating system used,
  • browser type and browser version,
  • the page accessed and page title,
  • the referrer URL, where transmitted by your browser,
  • pages and files accessed within our website,
  • duration of the visit,
  • interactions with pages,
  • links to external websites, and
  • technical information about the device and browser used.

We have configured Matomo to shorten IP addresses before they are stored. This significantly reduces the possibility of identifying individual visitors.

The analytics data is not combined by us with information from other sources in order to identify individual visitors.

Cookies and Consent

Matomo is used on our website only after you have given your consent to analytics.

Where Matomo stores or accesses information on your terminal device, the legal basis is your consent pursuant to Section 25(1) TDDDG.

The processing of personal data associated with Matomo is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

If you do not consent to the use of Matomo, Matomo analytics tracking will not be activated and no analytics data will be collected by Matomo.

You may withdraw or change your consent at any time with effect for the future via our cookie settings.

The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Data Storage and Hosting

The data collected using Matomo is hosted and processed on our behalf by:

ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich

The hosting and processing relevant to our Matomo installation takes place in Germany.

The data collected for analytics purposes is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective analytics purposes and is subsequently deleted or anonymised in accordance with our configured retention periods, unless statutory obligations require longer storage.

If you do not consent when prompted by the Matomo cookie consent request, the “Do Not Track” function will be activated in our Matomo installation. If your browser supports this function and you have enabled it in your browser settings, Matomo will not collect any data, even if the aforementioned opt-out cookie is not used.

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a service operated by Google. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages that includes a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of providing an attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The operator of this website has no influence over this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interest of providing an attractive presentation of our online services and making it easier to find the locations indicated on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Use of SalesViewer® Technology

On this website, data is collected and stored for marketing, market research and optimisation purposes using SalesViewer® technology provided by SalesViewer® GmbH, on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For this purpose, JavaScript-based code is used to collect company-related data and process it accordingly. The data collected using this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is pseudonymised immediately and is not used to personally identify visitors to this website.

Data stored in connection with SalesViewer® will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations preventing its deletion.

You may object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking the following link: https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out. This will prevent SalesViewer® from collecting data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie for this website will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click the link again.

LinkedIn Insight Tag

We use the “LinkedIn Insight Tag” on our website. For users within the European Union and the European Economic Area, the provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Purposes of Processing
With the help of the LinkedIn Insight Tag, we can measure the effectiveness of our advertisements on LinkedIn (conversion tracking), create statistical analyses regarding the use of our website and the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, and create target audiences for advertisements. In addition, the Insight Tag may be used to address visitors to our website again with relevant advertisements on LinkedIn as part of retargeting.

LinkedIn provides us exclusively with aggregated reports and analyses which, as a general rule, do not allow us to identify individual users. These reports may, for example, contain information about the professional and demographic characteristics of visitors.

Data Processed
In particular, the LinkedIn Insight Tag may collect and transmit the following data to LinkedIn:

  • the URL accessed,
  • the referrer URL,
  • the IP address,
  • information about the device and browser used (user agent), and
  • the time of access.

In addition, cookies or comparable technologies may be used to record website visits and, for example, to determine conversions or create target audiences for advertisements.

According to LinkedIn, IP addresses are truncated or, in certain cases, hashed. Direct identifiers of LinkedIn members are removed within seven days in order to pseudonymise the data. According to LinkedIn, the remaining pseudonymised data is deleted within 180 days.

Legal Basis
The processing of personal data is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Insofar as information is stored on your terminal device or information already stored on your terminal device is accessed by means of the LinkedIn Insight Tag, this is likewise carried out only with your consent pursuant to Section 25(1) TDDDG.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag is activated only after you have given the corresponding consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via our cookie settings.

Recipients and Transfers to Third Countries
The recipient of the data is, in particular, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. In connection with the provision of LinkedIn services, personal data may also be transferred to LinkedIn Corporation and other recipients in the USA and processed there.

LinkedIn Corporation is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. For certain data transfers, LinkedIn also uses the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission.

LinkedIn processes data in connection with its Marketing Solutions services, which also include the LinkedIn Insight Tag, conversion tracking and website retargeting, as an independent controller for certain processing activities.

Further Information
Further information about the processing of personal data by LinkedIn, your data subject rights and international data transfers can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy.

Privacy Policy last updated: 5 October 2026

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