Privacy policy

Purpose of this data protection notice

Your privacy and the protection of your personal data are of the utmost importance to AUTOMODERN d.o.o. (“we”, “our”, “us”). This Privacy Policy sets out in detail how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you interact with our website automodern.com and its subdomains, or when you use any of our related services.

We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and other applicable data protection laws.

By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

Responsible body

The company responsible within the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is AUTOMODERN d.o.o., Dolenjska cesta 254, 1291 Škofljica, Slovenia,

Type and scope of data collected

If you contact us via our website (e.g. catalogue or login enquiries), place orders via the Partner Portal or use other value-added services, personal data (mandatory information, indicated by an asterisk *) must be provided. This data may be, for example, your e-mail address when making contact with us, or your billing details when placing an order. Provision of any data other than the mandatory information, indicated by an asterisk *, is optional.

When you visit our website, your Internet browser automatically transmits data to our web server. This data includes the date and duration of your access, browser type, your country code and language settings. The website from which you visit us as well as the pages you visit on our website are also transmitted. This data is stored solely in pseudonymised form and will at no time be allocated to a particular person.

Use of your data

We should point out that we use and process personal data collected via our website only for the purpose intended and in accordance with the statutory provisions, in particular in accordance with the GDPR.

If you have sent us a request to contact you or submitted an order or enquiry via our Partner Portal, we shall use your data, in accordance with Art. 6 (b) or (f) GDPR, solely to deal with and process your enquiry or order.

If we use your data for a purpose requiring your approval pursuant to Art. 6 (a) GDPR, for example, to send you our newsletter or to analyse our reach, we will request your consent in each case. Any approval given can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. As far as the consent is given electronically within the framework of our website service, we take account of the statutory notification and recording obligations.

Contact and product enquiries

Under the heading “Type of enquiry”, our contact form gives you the opportunity to initiate a contact or product enquiry. In order to ensure the correct classification and allocation, as well as compliance, we require different information from you depending on the nature of your enquiry.

We use this data acquired under Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 (f) GDPR to respond to your enquiry.

You can make your own decision as to whether you wish to share further information with us. This information is provided voluntarily and is not a mandatory requirement for us to contact you. The information you provide voluntarily is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 (a) GDPR.

Your data is only processed in order to respond to your enquiry. We delete your data once it is no longer required and if there are no statutory retention requirements.

With regard to processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time. For further information, please refer to the e-mail address stated in the legal notice.

Applications, registrations and catalogue orders

Under the heading “Type of enquiry”, our contact form gives you the opportunity to register in our ERP system, apply for various events, training sessions or for our after-sales service and place catalogue orders.

In these cases, we only collect the relevant data that is mandatory for your registration, application or the processing your order. This may be your master data or your application or registration data. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 (b) GDPR or on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR in the interests of providing you with these services or information. If we collect any other data from you, this is indicated as being optional and is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR.

The data that you provide to us is used solely for the service you have selected. We only store the data for as long as it remains relevant in connection with the respective orders.

Under the heading “Type of enquiry”, our contact form gives you the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter. To send you our newsletter, we only need your e-mail address. We also require you to specify your type of business, so that we can send you the newsletter that best suits your requirements. You can make your own decision as to whether you wish to share further information with us. This information is provided voluntarily and is not a mandatory requirement for us to send you the newsletter. The newsletter is dispatched on the basis of your consent in accordance with § 7 UWG together with Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR. After subscribing to our newsletter, you will receive a confirmation e-mail to your specified e-mail address (known as double-opt-in). You can revoke your consent at any time. An easy way of revoking your consent can be found by clicking on the link to unsubscribe, in the newsletter.

We use SendPulse for our newsletters. It's a newsletter dispatch platform provided by a US-based provider. The email addresses of our newsletter recipients and other data described in this notice are stored on SendPulse's servers in the USA.

SendPulse uses this information to send out newsletters on our behalf. It also analyzes how often each of our newsletters is opened. Furthermore, SendPulse may use this data to optimize and improve its own service, for example, to technically optimize the sending and presentation of the newsletter.

SendPulse does not use our subscribers' data to send them messages directly, nor does it pass this data on to third parties.

We trust the reliability and data security of SendPulse. The platform complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Additionally, we have entered into a Data Processing Agreement with SendPulse, which obligates them to protect our users' data and process it on our behalf in accordance with data protection provisions, and specifically not to pass the data on to third parties.

If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time. You can do this by sending an email to [email protected] or by using the unsubscribe link you'll find in every newsletter email.

Embedded videos

Our website contains embedded videos that are not stored on our servers. To prevent third-party content from being automatically loaded when a visitor accesses a page on our website that contains embedded videos, we initially display only locally stored preview images. As a result, no data is transmitted to the third-party provider at this stage.

Third-party content is only loaded after you have clicked on the preview image. This informs the third-party provider that you have accessed our website and provides them with the technical data required for displaying their content. This also enables the third-party provider to implement tracking technologies. We do not have any control over how the third-party provider processes data beyond this point. By clicking on the preview image, you give us your consent – as specified in Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) and Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – to load content from the third-party provider. This consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

If data is processed outside the EU or EEA as part of this activity – particularly in the United States – we provide the relevant information concerning the applicable level of data protection below.

Provider

Google (YouTube)

Adequate level of data protection

For data transfers to the United States, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by the provider’s certification under the adequacy decision pursuant to the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

Withdrawal of consent

If you click on a preview image, the third-party content will be loaded immediately. If you do not wish for such content to be loaded on other pages, please refrain from clicking on preview images in future.

Meta Pixel remarketing

We have implemented the Meta Pixel service on our website, provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. This is a snippet of JavaScript code that allows Meta to track your user interactions if you have accessed our website via Meta ads. The collected data is anonymous and not visible to us and can only be used in the context of advertising campaigns. If you are a Meta user, your visit to our website will automatically be linked to your user account.

We want to show our services and products only to people who are genuinely interested in them. Meta Pixel enables us to tailor our advertising more precisely to your preferences and interests. Meta users who have enabled personalised advertising may be shown relevant ads. By capturing user responses, we are able to measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

Any time we use optional cookies or similar technologies in connection with this service – or where data is stored on or accessed from your device – this is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, which you may provide via the cookie banner.

You may withdraw any consent you have already given at any time via the cookie banner. Any data processing carried out before you withdrew your consent remains lawful.

Some of your data may be processed in countries outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic area (EEA), including third countries that do not offer an adequate level of data protection – in particular, the United States. To ensure an adequate level of data protection when transferring your data to Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, we have concluded the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses in accordance with Article 46(2)(c) and (5) sentence 2 GDPR and applied additional technical safeguards. Meta has also joined the Data Privacy Framework, which allows for the assumption that an adequate level of data protection is in place.

For further information on how Meta handles personal data, please visit: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=data_policy_redirect&entry=0

Recommendations

If you have a customer account and personalised access data, we record which articles you searched for and enquired about or ordered from us, and also which articles you did not order or enquire about. We use this information to constantly optimise our product range and to facilitate your future purchases. However, we store and use this data only with your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (a) GDPR, which we send to you at the time of registration.

Of course, you may revoke your consent at any time and with future effect by post or e-mail to:

AUTOMODERN d.o.o.
Dolenjska cesta 254
1291 Škofljica, Slovenia
Phone: +386 31 737 000
Email: [email protected]
VAT ID: SI 92153216

We are the controller responsible for your personal data in connection with our website and services.

Cookies

We use cookies on our web pages. Cookies are small text files that can be stored on your device and read. There is a difference between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. Cookies can contain data which make it possible to recognise the device used. Cookies sometimes also contain information which merely relates to particular settings and which cannot be linked to persons. We use session cookies and permanent cookies on our web pages. You can also set up your browser in such a way that it informs you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent for you. You can also delete cookies at any time and prevent the use of new cookies using the appropriate browser setting. Please note that our web pages might then not be displayed optimally and that some functions will no longer be technically available.

Forwarding of data

For the delivery of products, we cooperate in some cases with distribution partners. After entry of your contact data, a check is made as to who is responsible for you. Should we not be directly responsible, but a distribution partner is to take over your support, we will inform you of their contact data immediately. Furthermore, we will inform our distribution partner and forward the data you have provided, as far as this is necessary according to Art. 6 (b) GDPR for the fulfilment of your order or the delivery of the products.

Should you not wish your data to be disclosed to the relevant distribution partner, please inform us of this in your communication at the time of the enquiry.

In the event that AUTOMODERN d.o.o. , companies in which AUTOMODERN d.o.o. has a majority shareholding, individual subsidiaries or parts of the company are sold, your customer information will generally be transferred together with the part of the company being transferred. Even in such cases, however, your data naturally remains covered by the relevant data protection regulations in force.

Google Analytics

In order to design our websites in line with requirements, we make use of the “Google Analytics” web analysis tool. Google Analytics creates user profiles based on pseudonyms. To this end, permanent cookies are stored on your device and read by us. This makes it possible for us to recognise and count returning visitors. We can also evaluate clicks on specific links and e.g. compare these with current order numbers (hit rate). If you have given your consent via our cookie banner, this data processing is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time. To do so, please follow the links below and choose the appropriate settings via our cookie banner.

Through Google Analytics, Google supports us as processor in accordance with Article 28 GDPR. Processing of the data may also take place outside the EU/EEA. With regard to Google, an appropriate level of data protection can be assumed in accordance with Article 45 Para. 1 GDPR through participation in the Privacy Shield Agreement and in accordance with Article 46 Para. 2 (c) GDPR through the use of standard EU contractual clauses.