Privacy policy

Content of the Online Offer / Data Protection

The author assumes no liability for the up-to-dateness, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author which relate to material or non-material damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect and incomplete information are fundamentally excluded, unless there is proven intentional or grossly negligent fault on the part of the author. All offers are non-binding and without obligation. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without separate announcement, or to discontinue publication temporarily or permanently.

References and Links

In the case of direct or indirect references to external websites (“links”) which lie outside the author’s area of responsibility, a liability obligation would arise solely in the event that the author had knowledge of the contents and that it would be technically possible and reasonable for him to prevent the use of such contents in the case of unlawful content. The author hereby expressly declares that at the time the links were created, no illegal content was recognizable on the linked pages. However, permanent content control of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal violation. Upon becoming aware of any legal infringements, such links will be removed immediately. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design, content or authorship of the linked/connected pages. He therefore hereby expressly distances himself from all contents of all linked/connected pages that were changed after the link was created. This statement applies to all links and references set within the author’s own internet offer as well as to third-party entries in guest books, discussion forums and mailing lists set up by the author. For illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damages arising from the use or non-use of such information presented, solely the provider of the page referred to is liable, not the person who merely refers to the respective publication via links.

Copyright and Trademark Law

The author endeavours to observe the copyrights of the graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts used in all publications, to use graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts created by himself, or to make use of licence-free graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts. All brand names and trademarks mentioned within the internet offer and, where applicable, protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention of a trademark does not imply that it is not protected by third-party rights.
The copyright for published objects created by the author himself remains solely with the author of the pages. Any duplication or use of such graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the author’s express consent. Photos published within the internet offer may be subject to copyright. You can view the copyright-protected photos in the authors’ directory. Please click on this link “Bildautoren” to access the corresponding directory.

1. Introduction to Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy. The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example name, address or email address) is collected on our pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

2. Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer 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 so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

3. Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
hostname of the accessing computer
time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. The data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use.

4. Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

5. IP Anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website use and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

6. Browser Plug-in

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the 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 this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

7. Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

8. Demographic Features with Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of visitors to the site. These data originate from interest-based advertising by Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. These data cannot be assigned to any specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account, or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to Data Collection”.

9. Facebook Plug-ins (Like Button)

Plug-ins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognise the Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site. An overview of the Facebook plug-ins can be found here:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, the plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

10. Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
and in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

11. Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

12. Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)

We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content design or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data about the use of our internet pages (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to make use of the service or to bill for it.

13. Right to Information, Deletion and Blocking

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of these data. For this purpose, and for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

14. Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

Legal Validity of this Disclaimer

If parts or individual formulations of this text do not, no longer, or not completely comply with the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document shall remain unaffected in their content and validity.

Whistleblower System

The whistleblower system of R&R-BETH GmbH gives you the opportunity to inform us about violations of legal regulations and/or compliance rules and thus help to uncover them.

Compliance with legal regulations and internal compliance rules has the highest priority for R&R-BETH GmbH. Violations must be detected at an early stage in order to initiate appropriate countermeasures and avert possible damage to employees, business partners and the company.

In order to become aware of serious violations in the company in good time and to be able to follow up on reports appropriately, R&R-BETH GmbH has set up several reporting channels. Through these, both employees of R&R-BETH GmbH and external parties can submit reports, for example on potential violations.

If you have concrete, well-founded indications of serious legal violations or breaches of rules at R&R-BETH GmbH, or suspect such violations, you have the following options for contacting the responsible compliance coordinator of R&R-BETH GmbH:

By mail:
PERSONAL/CONFIDENTIAL
To the
Compliance Coordinator of R&R-BETH GmbH
c/o Riedel Holding GmbH
Markt 60
07929 Saalburg-Ebersdorf

By email: compliance@rr-beth.com

Anonymous reports are also possible. In such cases, please provide as many details as possible and, if available, any documents that support your suspicion. Only if there are sufficiently concrete starting points for an investigation and possibilities for securing evidence can your report ultimately have an effect.

R&R-BETH GmbH follows up on all reports. In connection with their processing, the highest level of confidentiality and fairness in dealing with the whistleblower is ensured. This also applies to any employees who may be affected by an allegation.

NOTE: Please note that our whistleblower system is not intended for complaints. If you are dissatisfied with services provided by R&R-BETH GmbH, please contact the relevant contact persons at R&R-BETH GmbH indicated in your documents.