1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple outline of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy in the following.

Analysis tools and tools of third-party providers

Your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed when you visit our website. This is primarily carried out using cookies and analysis programmes. Your surfing behaviour is generally analysed anonymously and cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by refraining from using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the Privacy Policy below. You may object to this analysis. Options for objecting are detailed in this Privacy Policy.

2. General and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in line with the statutory data protection provisions and this Privacy Policy.
A variety of personal data is collected when you use this website. Personal data are data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Policy clarifies what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this takes place. Please note that data transmission online (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) may have security gaps. It is not possible to fully protect the data from third-party access.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
MicroQuartz Gesellschaft für
Quarzglaskomponenten mbH
c/o Siemens AG, Building 82
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81739 Munich
Phone: +49 89 6257755
Fax: +49 89 6257756
E-mail: [email protected]
The controller is the natural or legal person who decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail-addresses) alone or together with others.

Revocation of your consent for data processing

Many data processing operations can only be carried out with your express consent. You may revoke consent that has previously been granted at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The lawfulness of any data processing operations concluded before the time of revocation shall remain unaffected by it.

Right to submit complaints to the competent regulatory body

In the event of violations of data protection legislation, the data subject has the right to submit complaints to the competent regulatory body. The competent regulatory body for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Officer of the federal state in which our company has its registered offices. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right of data portability

You have the right to have data, which we process on the basis of your consent or when fulfilling a contract, handed over to you or a third party in a common machine-readable format. Insofar as you request the transmission of data to another controller, this will only be carried out if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise that the connection is encrypted once the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and to the lock icon in your browser line. Once the SSL or TLS encryption has been activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Disclosure, blocking and deletion

Within the limits of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to free disclosure of your saved personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, where applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of these data at any time. To do this, or if you have any questions about data protection or anything else, you can contact us at the address specified in the legal notice.

Objection to advertising e-mails

Using contact details published in the legal notice to send advertising and information materials that are not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the web pages reserve the right to take legal action should information materials be sent, for example via spam e-mails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

The web pages use cookies to some extent. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer or contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our services more user friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are session cookies. These are automatically deleted once your visit has ended. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You configure your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies and only permit cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functionality of this website may be restricted when cookies are disabled.
Cookies required to implement the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g. shopping basket function) are saved on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically sound and optimised provision of its services. Should other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) be stored, they are addressed separately in this Privacy Policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser transmits to us automatically. This includes:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

These data are not combined with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR which permits the processing of data to fulfil a contract or for pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

If you send us requests via the contact form, we will save your information from the contact form including the contact details specified by you in it for the purpose of processing the request and for any potential follow-up questions. We will not forward these data without your consent.
The data specified in the contact form are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a of the GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The lawfulness of any data processing operations concluded before the time of revocation shall remain unaffected by it.
The data specified by you in the contact form is stored by us until you ask us to delete them, revoke your consent for their storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. following completed processing of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – particularly retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Social media

Sharing content via plug-ins (Facebook, Google+1, Twitter, etc.)

The content on our website can be shared on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ in compliance with data protection legislation. This website uses the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool for this purpose. This tool only establishes direct contact between the networks and users when the user actively clicks on one of these buttons.
This tool does not automatically transfer user data to the operators of these platforms. If the user is logged in to one of the social networks, an information window appears when the social buttons of Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co. are used, allowing the user to confirm the text before sending it.
Our users can share the content of this page on social networks in compliance with data protection legislation without complete surfing profiles being created by the operators of the networks.

Facebook plug-ins (like and share button)

Plug-ins of the social network, Facebook, (Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA) are incorporated on our website. You can see the Facebook plug-ins on the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plug-ins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plug-in. This informs Facebook that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button whilst you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website to your Facebook profile. Facebook can assign the visit to our website to your user account. Please note that as the provider of the pages we receive no information on the content of the transmitted data or on how they are used by Facebook. You can find further information on this in Facebook’s Privacy Policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to assign the visit to our web pages to your Facebook user account, please log out from your Facebook user account.

Twitter plug-in

Functions of the Twitter service are incorporated into our website. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” feature, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data are also transmitted to Twitter. Please note that as the website provider we receive no information on the content of the transmitted data or on how they are used by Twitter. You can find further information on this in Twitter’s Privacy Policy at https://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

5. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the website analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files that are saved on your computer and facilitate the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of this website is generally transferred to a server of Google in the USA and saved there.
Google Analytics cookies are saved on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing usage behaviour in order to optimise its online offering as well as its advertising.
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IP anonymisation

We have enabled the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. The full IP address is only transferred to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of analysing your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services related to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data.

Browser plug-in

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser software; please note that in this case you will not be able to use all the functions of this website in full. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be used that prevents your data from being collected on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics. More information on the management of user data at Google Analytics can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract data processing

We have entered into an agreement with Google for contract data processing and comply fully with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Your IP address must be stored in order to use the functions of Google Maps. The information is generally transferred to a server of Google in the USA and saved there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data processing. YouTube is used in the interests of an effective presentation of our online services and of easy location of the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR. More information on the management of user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en.

Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising programme of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). We use conversion tracking in the context of Google AdWords. If you click on an advertisement delivered by Google, a cookie is placed for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser places on the computer of the user. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and do not server to personally identify users. If the user visits certain sites of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can detect that the user has clicked on the advertisement and has been led to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives another cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked on the websites of AdWords clients. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The clients find out the total number of users that have clicked on their advertisements and have been led to a site furnished with a conversion tracking tag. However, they obtain no information that can personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to its use by simply disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie in the Internet browser under user settings. Then you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Conversion cookies are saved on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing usage behaviour in order to optimise its online offering as well as its advertising.
More information on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google’s data protection provisions: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You configure your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies and only permit cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functionality of this website may be restricted when cookies are disabled.

6. Plug-ins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins of the website YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our web pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection will be made with the servers of YouTube. The exact pages you visited is communicated to the YouTube server.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly assign your surfing behaviour to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in the interests of an effective presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR. More information on the management of user data can be found in YouTube’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Web Fonts

This page uses Web Fonts to ensure a uniform presentation of fonts provided by Google. When a page is accessed, your browser loads the required Web Fonts in your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly.
The browser you are using has to connect to Google servers for this purpose. This provides Google with the information that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts is used in the interests of ensuring a uniform and appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR.
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. You can find further information on Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq in Google’s Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Your IP address must be stored in order to use the functions of Google Maps. The information is generally transferred to a server of Google in the USA and saved there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data processing.
YouTube is used in the interests of an effective presentation of our online services and of easy location of the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f of the GDPR.
More information on the management of user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en.