Data Protection
AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH processes your data in accordance with the applicable legal provisions when you use the website aftermarket.vdo.com.
1. General
Personal data that you enter is collected, processed, and used by AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH for the purpose of contract processing in connection with your use of the website aftermarket.vdo.com. Insofar as this is necessary for contract processing, data may be passed on to companies affiliated with AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH within the meaning of Sections 15 ff. (German) Stock Corporation Act in accordance with Aumovio's Binding Corporate Rules.
Where permitted or required by law, the data may be evaluated for reporting purposes (e.g., statistics).
The collection, processing, and use of your data is carried out exclusively on the basis of the applicable data protection regulations (e.g., your consent).
In order to ensure the availability of the website aftermarket.vdo.com (e.g., technical support), we transfer data to our service providers:
Serviceplan Köln GmbH & Co. KG, Haus der Kommunikation, Von-Werth-Straße 6, 50670 Cologne, Germany
com-a-tec GmbH, Am Krebsgraben 15, 78048 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Microsoft Corporation
Netigate Deutschland GmbH, Untermainkai 27-28, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Netigate Deutschland GmbH, com-a-tec GmbH, and Serviceplan Köln GmbH & Co. KG collect and process data on our behalf (on the basis of an agreement on commissioned data processing; if Netigate Deutschland GmbH, com-a-tec GmbH, Serviceplan Köln GmbH & Co. KG and Microsoft Corporation are based outside the EU, on the basis of the EU standard contractual clauses) your personal data to the extent necessary for the execution of the contract.
In accordance with the statutory provisions, your data will be treated as strictly confidential by us.
2. Collection and processing of data
AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH only stores personal data about users of its website aftermarket.vdo.com if consent has been given for this. Only data relating to the date and time of the visit, the pages visited, the page functions used, and the website from which the user accessed the websites is stored. The IP address is transmitted anonymously and is only used for geographical classification at city level. AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH uses this data to measure website activity, compile statistics, and improve the services and information provided by the websites.
The user's personal data is only used to process a request within the scope of consent or in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. Based on legal requirements, Continental has implemented a global, uniform, and internal data protection policy (Binding Corporate Rules) that regulates the protection of personal data.
AUMOVIO Aftermarket GmbH stores and uses data entered on the website, such as name, company, email, address, and telephone number, for the purpose of communicating with you individually. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of processing your request/concern/participation in the competition. Your data will be deleted after your request/concern has been processed, provided that there are no legal retention obligations that prevent deletion.
3. Rights of data subjects
3.1 We would like to point out that, as a data subject, you have the following rights in connection with the processing of your personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR):
Rights to information pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 EU GDPR
Right of access pursuant to Article 15 EU GDPR
Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 EU GDPR
Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 EU GDPR
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 EU GDPR
Data portability pursuant to Article 20 EU GDPR
If you have any questions in this regard, please contact our data protection officers at privacy@aumovio.com.
3.2 In accordance with Article 7 (3) EU GDPR, you are free to revoke your consent to the collection, processing/storage, and use of your personal data at any time. The revocation must be sent in writing to Aumovio Aftermarket GmbH, Sodener Str. 9, 65824 Schwalbach, Germany, or by email to info@vdo.com
3.3 If you have any questions or complaints, you can contact our data protection officers at any time in writing (including by email) at privacy@aumovio.com. You can also contact the relevant data protection authority, if available. In accordance with Article 21(1) of the EU GDPR, you are also free to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the EU GDPR.
4. Protection of stored data
Our company and our service providers com-a-tec GmbH, Serviceplan Köln GmbH & Co. KG, and Netigate Deutschland GmbH use technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data you provide to us from manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. The security measures are continuously improved and adapted in line with the latest technology. Data disclosed in unencrypted form may be viewed by third parties. For this reason, we would like to point out that no secure transmission can be guaranteed when data is transmitted via the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email). Sensitive data should therefore either not be transmitted at all or only via a secure connection (SSL). If you access pages and files and are asked to enter data about yourself, we would like to point out that this data transmission via the Internet may be unsecured and that the data may therefore be viewed or falsified by unauthorized persons.
5. Cookies
When you visit our website, information may be stored on your computer in the form of a cookie. Such cookies are only used to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other cookies (e.g., regarding the use of the website) are only set with your consent (see Cookie Policy). You can also refuse to accept cookies via your browser settings. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymization is active on this website. 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 activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Cookies are only set on our site with your consent. In addition, you can permanently prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to 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 Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Cookies are only set on our website with your consent. In addition, you can permanently prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
6. Sharing on social networks:
When you use the share function on our website, no personal data is transferred to the respective social media service. If you share content from our website with your personal profile, we have no influence on the content and scope of the data collected by the networks. In this respect, the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social network apply.
7. iFraming:
We embed videos on our website via iFraming. With iFrames, external content from third-party websites can be integrated and displayed in defined areas on our websites.
Videos from the following third-party website are embedded on our website:
8. YouTube:
The website from which videos are embedded via iFraming is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When the external content/videos are accessed, they are marked with the YouTube logo. YouTube's privacy policy can be found [here].
When you visit one of our websites with embedded videos, your Internet Explorer does not automatically establish a connection to the server of the aforementioned website. By clicking on the embedded video, you consent to communication with the aforementioned website and the setting of cookies by this website. After clicking on the embedded video, the information that you have accessed our website will be passed on to the aforementioned website operator and cookies will be set on your computer by the aforementioned website.
9. Note on external links
Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. No illegal content was found at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any violations of the law, we will remove such links immediately.