This privacy policy is intended to inform our users about the extent and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data on our website. It is our obligation to respect and protect your privacy. Personal data includes information that can be related to you, such as your name, address, email addresses, or date of birth, as well as your individual usage behavior. The legal provisions on data protection derive from the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR). The Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG) apply supplementarily.

BERlaser GmbH & Co. KG Complementary partner: JS Beteiligungs GmbH Managing Director: Jan Schäfer Both located at: Gartenweg 22, 15366 Birkenstein Phone: +49 (0) 30 / 9161 3610 Email: contact@BERlaser.com

Due to our legitimate interest (internal system-related and statistical purposes), we collect data on every access to our website and its available files. The following data is logged for these purposes: - Visited webpage - Date and time of access - Data volume in bytes - Referrer/source from which you accessed the website - Browser used - Operating system used - IP address Further personal data is only collected on a voluntary basis from you, for example via an inquiry (contact form), when concluding a contract, or based on your browser settings.

The provider of our website automatically collects and stores in server log files the information transmitted by your browser. These include: - Visited page on our domain - Date and time of the server request - Browser type and version - Operating system used - Referrer URL - Hostname of the accessing computer - IP address These data are not merged with other data sources. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits processing for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Longer storage occurs only for security reasons (e.g. to clarify cases of abuse). If data must be retained for evidentiary reasons, they will remain until the incident is conclusively resolved.

Personal data collected by BERlaser is only disclosed to third parties with your explicit consent or under statutory rules, provided it is necessary for contract processing or billing. You may withdraw this consent at any time. External service providers assist us in processing your data. BERlaser has carefully selected and contracted them in writing. Regular checks of data processing are conducted. All external service providers are bound by management instructions and are not authorized to pass on your personal data to third parties. Shipping companies commissioned by us also receive your data to ensure delivery. When using the website anonymously, only non-personal data is stored and used to improve the online offering. Tracing back is not possible.

To improve user experience on our website, we use cookies – small files sent by your browser and stored on your hard drive. They enable us to collect certain information, for example, to recognize returning visitors. Users do not have to allow cookies, but they can disable or restrict them in their browser settings. This may, however, affect website functionality.

For the protection of confidential data, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. This ensures that data transmitted by you is unreadable to third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the 'https://' in the address bar and the padlock icon in your browser.

If you contact us via our provided contact options, we store your details to process your inquiry. Without your explicit consent, these details are not disclosed to third parties. Data transmitted via the contact form (including your contact information) is stored to process your inquiry or address follow-up questions. The processing of these data is solely based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending a simple email. The data is stored until you request deletion, withdraw your consent, or it is no longer necessary. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

The GDPR grants you the right to obtain information free of charge about the personal data stored. You also have the right to correct inaccurate data or request blocking, provided no legal retention period applies. Additionally, you may exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you may contact the relevant supervisory authority. Provided no statutory retention periods prevent it, you have the right to have your data deleted. If deletion is not possible for lawful reasons, the processing will be restricted and the data blocked.

Our website may include offerings from third-party providers (e.g. videos, graphics, maps). In order to integrate these contents, it is required that the third-party provider can capture the user's IP address. Without it, the content cannot be transmitted to your browser. BERlaser strives to choose providers that use the IP address solely for content delivery. However, we have no control if third parties use the IP address for additional purposes.

BERlaser uses Google Analytics (a service provided by Google Inc.) to analyze user behavior on our website. This service utilizes cookies as described in Section V. The data collected by cookies is generally transmitted to Google Inc. servers in the USA. The IP address is processed in an anonymized form (IP anonymization, IP masking) so that your activities cannot be linked to you personally. In exceptional cases, the full IP address may be transmitted to the USA, and data merging is prevented. Data is stored for 14 months and then automatically deleted. Google Analytics is used in compliance with the requirements set by Google Inc. and the German data protection authorities. You can disable the storage of cookies via your browser settings, though this may limit website functionality. Alternatively, a tool to opt out of data usage by Google Inc. is available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Further information is available at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

BERlaser uses social media plugins from Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) and Instagram. When you access the website, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of these providers. We do not have detailed knowledge of how user data is processed by these platforms. However, please note that the data protection policies of these providers may change. More information can be found at m.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ and https://developers.facebook.com/docs/privacy.