Privacy Policy

General

We process personal data only to the extent necessary for the stated purposes and erase it as soon as the purpose no longer applies and no statutory retention obligations preclude erasure, unless otherwise stated below.

Hosting

Our website is hosted by GoDaddy (GoDaddy.com, LLC and GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC, USA). The host processes the data generated when the website is accessed on our behalf (Art. 28 DSGVO). GoDaddy is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework; transfers to the USA are therefore covered by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission (Art. 45 DSGVO).

The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable provision of our website.

Server Log Files

When you access our website, your browser automatically transmits data to our server: type and version of the browser, operating system, referrer URL, pages accessed, date and time of access and the IP address. This data is not merged with other data.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the stability and security of the website. The data is erased after seven days at the latest, unless it is required for longer to investigate a security incident.

Cookies and Consent Management (Borlabs Cookie)

We only store information on your terminal device or access information stored there insofar as this is strictly necessary for the operation of the website (§ 25 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 TDDDG) or you have given your consent (§ 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

We manage your consents with the WordPress plugin Borlabs Cookie. It runs on our own server; no data is transmitted to the manufacturer. Your selection is stored in the cookie “borlabs-cookie” (lifetime one year, six months if only necessary cookies are selected). The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO in conjunction with Art. 7 Abs. 1 DSGVO (proof of consent).

Necessary cookies without consent: “borlabs-cookie” (your selection in the cookie banner) and “wp-wpml_current_language” (selected language).

You can change or withdraw your selection at any time: Change cookie settings. Irrespective of this, you can delete or block cookies in your browser.

Contact Form and Email

If you contact us via the contact form or by email, we process your details (name, company, email address, telephone number, product details, your message and, where applicable, an attached file) in order to handle your enquiry. The form transmits your details to us by email.

We use files that you attach in the form (for example drawings as PDF, DOC/DOCX, JPG, PNG or ZIP) exclusively to review your enquiry and to prepare a quotation.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO if your enquiry is aimed at a quotation or a contract, otherwise Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest in responding to enquiries). Mandatory fields are marked; without this information we cannot process your enquiry.

We erase your enquiry as soon as it has been conclusively dealt with. If it leads to a quotation or contract, we retain the related correspondence in accordance with the obligations under commercial and tax law (six or ten years, § 257 HGB, § 147 AO).

Origin of Enquiries (Cookie “lead_src”)

If you consent to the category “Statistics” or “Marketing” in our cookie banner, we set our own cookie named “lead_src”. It stores the channel through which you came to our website (for example search engine, advertisement, LinkedIn or ChatGPT, including campaign parameters such as utm_source or gclid), the first page accessed, the date and the number of your visits and page views. If you subsequently send us an enquiry via one of our forms, this information is transmitted to us together with your enquiry. This enables us to understand which information and advertising channels lead to enquiries.

The cookie is stored only on your terminal device, is not passed on by us to third parties and is automatically deleted after 90 days. The legal basis is your consent (§ 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO). If you withdraw your consent, the cookie is deleted the next time a page is accessed.

Without your consent, we transmit with an enquiry only the page from which you submitted the form and, where applicable, the website from which you came to us (referrer). The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO; our legitimate interest lies in correctly attributing enquiries and managing our advertising expenditure.

Orders and Quotations

In the case of orders and requests for quotations, we process your data for the performance of the contract and for invoicing (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO). We retain business letters and invoices for six or ten years in accordance with the statutory provisions (§ 257 HGB, § 147 AO; Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO).

Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads (Google Tag)

Only if you have given your consent in our cookie banner (category “Marketing”) do we use Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads conversion tracking. Both services are integrated via the Google tag (gtag.js) using the WordPress plugin “Site Kit by Google”. Without your consent, the Google tag is not loaded. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Analytics 4 evaluates how our website is used (pages accessed, length of stay, clicks, origin of the visit, approximate location, device and browser) so that we can improve the website. IP addresses are not stored in Google Analytics 4. Google Ads conversion tracking measures whether a click on one of our advertisements has led to an enquiry; the data may also be used to serve advertising to visitors to our website.

Cookies used: “_ga” and “_ga_*” (Google Analytics, up to two years) and “_gcl_au” (Google Ads, 90 days). Event data is deleted in Google Analytics after no more than 14 months.

For Google Analytics, Google acts as a processor (Art. 28 DSGVO); for Google Ads, it acts in part as an independent controller. A transfer to Google LLC in the USA is possible; Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45 DSGVO).

The legal basis is your consent (§ 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO), which you can withdraw at any time: Change cookie settings. Further information: policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Maps

On some pages, we embed maps from Google Maps (provider: Google Ireland Limited). The map is only loaded when you click “Load map” in the placeholder or have consented to Google Maps in the cookie banner. In doing so, your browser transmits, among other things, your IP address to Google; Google may set cookies and transfer data to Google LLC in the USA (EU-US Data Privacy Framework).

The legal basis is your consent (§ 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO), which you can withdraw at any time: Change cookie settings.

YouTube Videos

We embed videos from YouTube (provider: Google Ireland Limited) in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). A video is only loaded when you click on the video in the placeholder or have consented to YouTube in the cookie banner. Your IP address and the page accessed, among other things, are then transmitted to YouTube; a transfer to Google LLC in the USA is possible (EU-US Data Privacy Framework).

The legal basis is your consent (§ 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO), which you can withdraw at any time: Change cookie settings.

Fonts

The fonts used on this website are loaded from our own server. No connection to Google Fonts servers is established when the website is accessed.

Job Applications

We accept job applications by email to bewerbung@lindemannsilikon.de. We process your documents in order to carry out the application procedure. The legal basis is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO in conjunction with § 26 BDSG.

If an employment relationship is established, we transfer the documents to the personnel file. Otherwise, we erase your application documents six months after the conclusion of the application procedure (notification of rejection). Retention until then serves to defend against possible claims under the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Longer storage, for example for future vacancies, only takes place with your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO), which you can withdraw at any time.

Recipients, Data Security and Automated Decision-Making

Your data is only passed on to third parties as described in this privacy policy, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of the contract (for example to shipping service providers) or insofar as we are legally obliged to do so.

Our website is encrypted using TLS (recognisable by “https://” in the address bar). Automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 DSGVO does not take place.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We adapt this privacy policy when our website or the legal situation changes. The version published on this page at the relevant time applies.