Which visitor data are stored on your server systems?
As a visitor to our web sites, your declare that you are agreed with our
acquiring and processing of your data in the way that is explained below.
If you want no more than view our web pages, there is no need for you
to enter any personal data. For statistical purposes, our systems acquire
and store just some general information generated by you as you go without
specific reference to your strictly personal particulars. The data aquired
include information such as your browser type and its version, your operating
system, your IP address and date and time of your visit, the web address
that led you to your web site and web sites called via our pages. It would
cause us great efforts to establish a relationship between such data and
the visitor's person which would in most cases fail and only work in rare
cases where static IP-addresses are used by the visitor. We declare that
we refrain from such efforts. Our statistics rely on anonymised data without
any reference to you as a person.
The acquisition of these data and the storage in log files is indispensable for the functioning of our websites. These data are not stored permanently or otherwise anomised by deleting part of the IP number. Cookies are used on our websites where required. If a visitor (or user) calls a website address, a small text file called cookie will be stored on the computer of the visitor. This cookie contains a unique data string that allows the identification of the visiting computer when another request is sent by the user to our server system. The user can however delete all cookies from his system by using the setup features of his browser system.
Personal data privacy
The VBS GmbH uses SSL encryption for all user input forms. Emails are
received using TLS/SSL and sent with STARTTLS encryption.
The user (visitor) bears a significant part of responsibility for his
own privacy by making the appropriate setup of his computer and software
systems to use the mentioned encryption technologies and by implementing
the usual security routines against virus attacks and security leaks (by
keeping his software and system up-to-date).
The VBS GmbH assumes no responsibility for failure of others to implement
and observe the mentioned technologies and security rules.
Email-contact
You can contact us via the indicated e-mail addresses or contact forms.
The entry of personal data is of course voluntary. Your personal data transferred
to VBS GmbH are used for the purpose of dealing with your request unless
you have given your consent to uses beyond this sole purpose.
Opt-Out of newsletters
There is a link in each newsletter that enables you to opt out. Just click
to let us know.
Hyperlinks
When the user clicks on the links offered on the pages of the VBS GmbH
and in this way leaves the pages of the VBS GmbH, the VBS GmbH assumes
no liability for the observance of laws an regulations by the operator
or owner of the link targets.
Contact forms
You are requested to give your consent to our data processing operations
before sending a filled form by clicking the related check box and reading
these privacy statements.
The following personal data can be stored via contact forms:
Consent to newsletter follow-ups from previous and prospective customers
If you have not given your consent to us sending you newsletters via registration
on our web pages or direct contact, we are obliged by law to ask for your
active consent in a once-only preliminary email message. This email contains
a link leading you to our web page where you can give your consent by an
active mouse click on this page.
If you choose not to click this link, we promise to delete your personal
data within 14 days from our list and you will nor receive further inquiries
from us in this matter.
Newsletters to customers and visitors following registration via our web
pages
If you express your interest in or buy our products and services via our
web site and register your email address on this occasion, you thereby
give us your consent to sending you newsletters subsequently which contain
direct promotional information on products and service of the VBS GmbH.
In this connexion, our processing your data for newsletters does not include
any forwarding of your personal particulars to others for commercial purposes
of third party. Your data are only used for the VBS newsletter from us.
Your data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the
sending of our newsletters. Your email address will only be stored as long
as your consent to our newsletter is valid.