As a rule, our website can be used without any personal data being submitted. The collection of personal data (e.g. name, address or email address) on our Internet pages is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis.

Responsible for data processing is Aqua free GmbH, Winsbergring 31, 22525 Hamburg.

The data protection officer is Mr Frank Espenhain, Arconda Systems AG, Germany, Tel. +49 40 823158-15, f.espenhain(at)arconda.ag.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics. The web analysis service is provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies" These are text files that are stored on your computer which allow your use of the website to be analysed. Information on your use of the website generated by the cookie is sent, as a rule, to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored.

Should IP anonymity be activated on this website, then your Google IP address will, however, be abbreviated beforehand within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the accord on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances is the complete IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to analyse your use of the website in order to compile reports about website activities and to furnish additional services associated with website and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address which Google Analytics has sent from your browser is not combined with other Google data.

You can stop cookies being saved by applying the appropriate settings in your browser. We should point out that doing so might prevent you from using the full functionality of the site. Moreover, you can stop the data generated by the cookie and related to your site use (incl. your IP address) being sent to Google and the editing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Newsletter, Inxmail and CRM (CAS genesisWorld)

You can subscribe to a newsletter on our website. If you register for this, we process the data you provide (e.g. email address, name) for the purpose of regularly sending the newsletter on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Registration takes place using the double opt-in procedure, i.e. after registering you will receive an email in which you must confirm your subscription.

For sending our newsletter, we use the service Inxmail of Inxmail GmbH, Wentzingerstr. 17, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Inxmail in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Inxmail processes the data exclusively in accordance with our instructions and on servers within the EU/Germany. Within the scope of sending the newsletter, we can evaluate whether and when newsletters are opened and which links are clicked in order to improve our content and offers.

For managing our customer and prospective customer data, we use the CRM system “CAS genesisWorld” of CAS Software AG, CAS-Weg 1 - 5, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. In CAS genesisWorld, we centrally store contact data (e.g. name, contact details, company affiliation), communication histories (e.g. emails, telephone notes, appointments) as well as information on enquiries, offers and ongoing business relationships.

Via an interface between CAS genesisWorld and Inxmail, newsletter recipients or selected contacts from CAS genesisWorld can be transferred to Inxmail in order to carry out target group-specific email campaigns. After sending a mailing, information on subscriptions and unsubscriptions, undeliverabilities (bounces) and, if applicable, further reaction data (e.g. opens, clicks) are transferred back from Inxmail to CAS genesisWorld and assigned there to the corresponding address data records.

Processing in CAS genesisWorld is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests in efficient and transparent customer and contact management, sales management and service processing (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); insofar as the data is required for the performance of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The data arising in this context is only stored for as long as it is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or statutory retention periods exist.

You can withdraw your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time with effect for the future, e.g. via the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter or via the contact details provided in the legal notice. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Cookies

Aqua free GmbH partly uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer. Most of the cookies used by Aqua free Membrane Technology GmbH are so called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device memory until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

The site of Aqua free GmbH can, of course, also be viewed without cookies. In the browser settings you can set cookies for each individual case or exclude them generally. If cookies are not accepted by the browser, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Information

As a user of the website of Aqua free you have the right to obtain free information about your stored data. Moreover, you can request correction of incorrect data or the deletion of inadmissible data. For enquiries on the subject of personal data, please contact in writing to the Aqua free GmbH.