Privacy

Dear user,

thank you for visiting our website. Protecting your data during all business processes is a matter of great importance to us. The following data protection regulations provide information on how your data is used.

Access data

In order to improve the quality of our website, a standard data record is created regarding individual access to the website. This data record comprises:

  • the page from which the file was requested,
  • the name of the file requested,
  • the date and time of the enquiry,
  • the volume of data transmitted,
  • the access status (file transmitted, file not found, etc.),
  • a description of the type of web browser used,
  • the IP address of the accessing computer.

The data is saved solely for the purpose of statistical analysis and to protect our website against suspicious requests. This analysis helps us to adapt our website to your needs. The data is not used to create individual user profiles.

User-related data

Any user-related data recorded is only stored for the duration of the business relationship and is used exclusively for the agreed business purposes as well as to inform you of news and services. The data is not passed on to third parties.

Cookies

We use cookies to make navigation around our site easier. Cookies are text files, some of which are saved to your computer by etracker and Google. This enables us to create a statistical analysis of the data generated when accessing our website.

You can see when cookies are saved to your computer by setting your browser to inform you of this. You can always prevent Google from recording data when you access our website. To do this, please click here and install the browser plug-in available for download.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., which uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. As we have activated IP anonymisation on this website, Google will truncate the last octet of the IP address for member states of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to and truncated by Google servers in the USA. On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purposes of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to use of the website and internet to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by the company. 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.

Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available here.

Security

E.R. SCHIFFAHRT takes both technical and organisational security steps to protect your data as far as possible against unauthorised access. Apart from safeguarding the operating environment, certain web pages are encrypted. You can see which pages are encrypted in the status bar of your browser. Encrypted pages will show a locked padlock symbol and the address will begin with ‘https…’.

Your rights as a user

You have the right, at any time, to request information on which personal data we have saved and for what purpose. In addition, you can correct incorrect data or have data deleted if its storage is inadmissible or no longer necessary. You can object to your data being used at any time. If you wish to do so, please notify us of your objection at the email address given below.

Data protection officer

The person responsible for ensuring and monitoring our compliance with our data protection obligations is our data protection officer. Our data protection team is happy to assist you with any enquiries you may have regarding data protection:

Dr. Uwe Schläger
E-Mail: office@datenschutz-nord.de
datenschutz nord GmbH
D-27568 Bremerhaven