Data Protection Information

Optris GmbH would like to thank you for visiting our website and for the interest you have shown in our company.

Any entry and storage of personal data on our web site takes place exclusively on a voluntary basis and in compliance with applicable legal provisions.
Such data are submitted chiefly in the course of online logins or for the purpose of contacting you so that we can process your request as quickly as possible. Personal data are stored and used in compliance with applicable legal standards.

In principle you can visit Optris GmbH’s website without having to disclose personal data. Please note however that this website uses Google Analytics, a website traffic analysis service proposed by Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 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. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You may opt out of permitting us to collect and use your IP address through Google Analytics at any time, and such request will be effective for future collection and use. For further information on this subject see http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Please note that on this website the function ‘gat._anonymizeIp();’ has been added to Google Analytics so as to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses.

This website also uses the Google remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our website. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Optris website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

This website uses etracker technology (www.etracker.com) to collect data on visitor behavior. The data is collected anonymously for use in marketing and optimization. All visitor data is saved using an anonymous user ID and can be used to aggregate a usage profile. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the visitor’s local browser cache. It is possible to use these cookies to recognize a visitor’s browser. The data collected by the etracker technology will not be used to determine the personal identity of a website visitor, and will not be compiled with personal data relating to the person referred to by the pseudonym, unless agreed to separately by the person concerned. The collection and storage of data may be revoked at any time with respect to future services.

Optris GmbH also implements technical and organisational safeguards to protect your personal information against accidental or wrongful deletion and amendment or against loss and unauthorized disclosure.

Our Privacy Statement provides an overview of the responsibilities under § 4e of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG / Bundesdatenschutzgesetz).

Privacy Statement

Name of the responsible entity:Optris GmbH

Managing director:Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Kienitz

Address:Ferdinand-Buisson-Str. 14, 13127 Berlin, Germany

Purpose of the collection, processing or use of data:
Any personal data you provide on-line will be collected, processed and used for the purposes specified by you, and for the sending of information and advertising materials of Optris GmbH.                 
With a view to enabling Optris GmbH to keep up its excellent customer service your personal data will be stored, processed and used at Optris GmbH’s as explained above. Any personal data submitted by you will however be used for internal purposes only, they will not be sold to third parties nor marketed otherwise.
You may withdraw your consent to our using such data at any time, such revocation being effective for future uses. Please send an e-mail to this effect to info@optris.de.

Statutory deadlines for deleting data:
The legislature has decreed multiple obligations and time limits concerning the retention of data. After such periods have expired the corresponding data will be routinely deleted. Data not affected by such provisions will be deleted when above purposes cease to apply.