Privacy Policy

Controller Responsible for Data Processing

The controller responsible for data processing is:

The Mechanics
Staatsstraße 15
83059 Kolbermoor
Germany

Email: the-mechanics@outlook.com
Phone: +49 172 7225113

We are pleased about your interest in our website. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

1. Access Data and Hosting

You may visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which includes, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data). This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the website and improving our services. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offering pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. All access data is processed only for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes described above.

Hosting

The services for hosting and displaying the website are partially provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected via forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions regarding our service providers or the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

Our service providers are located and/or use servers in the following countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection: Israel, South Korea, USA.

There is an adequacy decision by the European Commission for data transfers to the USA, provided the respective service provider is certified. Such certification exists.

Our service providers are also located and/or use servers in the following countries: Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Guatemala, Philippines.
No adequacy decision by the European Commission exists for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

2. Data Processing for Contact and Customer Communication

Contacting Us

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us when contacting us (e.g. via a contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as we require this data to process your inquiry and cannot send it without such information. The data collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you to process your inquiries pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

After your inquiry has been fully processed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of statutory retention periods under tax and commercial law pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this scope where legally permitted and as explained in this privacy policy.

3. Advertising by Email, Mail, and Telephone

3.1 Email Newsletter with Registration and Newsletter Tracking Based on Separate Consent

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to send you our email newsletter regularly based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a designated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, your email address will be deleted from the mailing list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this scope where legally permitted and as explained in this privacy policy.

If you have additionally given us your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR to analyze our newsletters, we will analyze your interaction with our newsletter by measuring, storing, and evaluating open rates and click-through rates for the purpose of optimizing future newsletter campaigns (“newsletter tracking”).

For this purpose, the emails sent contain single-pixel technologies (e.g. web beacons or tracking pixels) that are stored on our website. For analysis, we link the following “newsletter data” in particular:

• the page from which the page was requested (referrer URL),

• date and time of access,

• description of the browser type used,

• IP address of the requesting device,

• email address,

• date and time of registration and confirmation

with the single-pixel technologies and your email address or IP address and, if applicable, an individual ID. Links contained in the newsletter may also include this ID.

You may revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time either by contacting us or via a designated link in the newsletter. The data will be stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter.

3.2 Newsletter Distribution

The newsletter and the newsletter tracking described above may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy.

3.3 Postal Advertising and Your Right to Object

We also reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, such as sending interesting offers and information about our products by mail. This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in advertising to our customers pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. You may object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this privacy policy.

3.4 Telephone Advertising

If you have given your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to inform you about interesting offers and our products. You may revoke your consent at any time either by contacting us using the details provided in this privacy policy or verbally during any call. After revocation, your telephone number will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this scope where legally permitted and as explained in this privacy policy.

4. Cookies and Other Technologies

4.1 General Information

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the browser session ends (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser during your next visit (persistent cookies).

Protection of Privacy on End Devices

When using our online services, we use strictly necessary technologies to provide the telemedia service expressly requested by you. The storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device does not require your consent in this respect.

For functions that are not strictly necessary, storing information on your device or accessing information already stored on your device requires your consent. Please note that if consent is not granted, parts of the website may not be fully usable. Any consent you have given remains valid until you change or reset the relevant settings on your device.

Subsequent Data Processing

We use technologies that are strictly necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. website preference settings). These technologies collect and process IP addresses, time of visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g. preference settings). This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our services pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We also use technologies to fulfill legal obligations (e.g. to prove consent pursuant to Art. 7(1) GDPR) and for web analytics and online marketing. Further information, including the respective legal basis, can be found in the following sections of this privacy policy.

You can find the cookie settings for your browser at the following links: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™

If you have consented to the use of technologies pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, you may revoke your consent at any time by contacting us using the details provided in this privacy policy.

4.2 Use of the Wix Consent Manager Tool

We use the Wix Consent Manager Tool on our website to inform you about the cookies and other technologies we use and to obtain, manage, and document your consent where required. This is necessary pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR to fulfill our legal obligation under Art. 7(1) GDPR to be able to prove your consent.

The Wix Consent Manager Tool is a service provided by Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel (“Wix”). After you submit your cookie declaration, Wix’s web server stores your IP address, the date and time of your declaration, browser information, and information about your consent behavior (user ID). In addition, a cookie is used that stores information about your consent behavior. Your data will be deleted once the purpose described above no longer applies, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this scope where legally permitted and as explained in this privacy policy.

5. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies for Web Analytics and Advertising Purposes

If you have given your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, we use the following cookies and technologies from third-party providers on our website. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose has ceased to apply and after we stop using the respective technology. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Google Services

Google Analytics
Google Ads
Google Maps

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6. Social Media

6.1 Social Plugins

Our website uses social buttons from social networks (Facebook by Meta, Instagram by Meta, Pinterest, WhatsApp). These are embedded as HTML links only. When accessing our website, no connection is established to the servers of the respective provider. Only when you click a button will the respective social network open in a new browser window.

6.2 Our Social Media Presence

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7. Contact Options and Your Rights

7.1 Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

• Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR

• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR

• Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR

• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR

• Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR

• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

Right to Object

Where we process personal data based on legitimate interests, you may object to such processing at any time with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time.

7.2 Contact

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise your rights, revoke consent, or object to data processing, please contact us directly using the contact details provided in our legal notice.