Privacy policy

We at “Jouhsen-bündgens Maschinenbau GmbH” (hereinafter "Jouhsen" ) are happy that you are visiting our website and showing interest in our company. We consider the privacy and protection of your personal data to be of the utmost importance and would like you to feel confident when visiting our website. In the following we will outline what information we collect at Jouhsen while you are visiting our web pages and how we use this data.

Personal data
Personal data is individual information relating to the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your correct name, your address, your telephone number and your date of birth. Information that is not directly connected with your true identity – such as your favourite web pages or number of users on a site – is not personal data.

Collection and processing of personal data

When you visit our website, the communication data of the requesting computer, the web pages you visit on our site, the date and the duration of the visit, the data identifying the type of browser and operating system used, and the website from which you visit us are temporarily stored by default by our web servers for the purposes of system security. Any personal details beyond this, such as your name, your address, telephone number or e-mail address, are not collected, unless you provide this information of your own free will, e.g. when you request information.

Use and disclosure of personal data

If you have provided us with any personal data we only use this data for the technical administration of our web pages and to meet your wishes and requests, which normally means to reply to any queries you may have. Beyond this, we will use the personal data you have provided for the advertising purposes (e.g. our online newsletter) you have expressly registered for. Your personal data will not be disclosed, distributed, sold or communicated in any other way to third parties unless this is necessary for the purpose of fulfilling a contract.

Use of Webtracking (Google Analytics)


This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies“, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how you use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the whole IP address be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.  Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the website operator and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage towards the website operator.  Google Analytics will not associate the IP address communicated by your browser with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data (including your IP address) through cookies and website use for Google and processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available on the following link. The currently effective link is http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de



Use of cookies


“Cookies” are small files which enable us to store specific information related to you, the user, on your computer while you are visiting our website. Cookies help us to ascertain the frequency of use and the number of users of our Internet pages as well as to make our offers as comfortable and efficient as possible for you. 
On the one hand, we use so-called “Session Cookies” which are stored temporarily and exclusively for the duration of your use of one of our Internet pages. On the other hand, we also use “Permanent Cookies” to record information on visitors who repeatedly access our website. The purpose of using cookies is to be able to offer you optimal user guidance as well as to "recognize" you and thus be able to present you with diversified Internet pages and new contents to whatever extent possible during repeated use. The content of a permanent cookie is limited to an identification number. Your name, IP address or other information concerning your real identity are not stored and we do not create any individual profiles concerning your use patterns. Our site(s) may also be used without cookies. You can adjust your browser to deactivate cookies, accept them only from certain websites or be notified whenever a cookie is sent. You also have the option of deleting cookies from your hard drive at any time (directory name: "Cookies"). Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to see the full page presentation as designed and may have restricted user guidance. 



Security
Jouhsen takes all the necessary technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data from loss and misuse.  Your data is stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public. In certain cases, your personal data is encrypted during transmission by using so-called Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. This means that communications between your computer and Jouhsen servers takes place with the use of an approved encryption process if your browser supports SSL. If you wish to communicate with Jouhsen via e-mail, please note that the confidentiality of the communicated information is not guaranteed. The contents of e-mails may be intercepted by third parties.

Right of access to personal data
Upon written request, we will inform you of the data we have stored about you (such as your name or address).

General terms of use/disclaimer
All information on this website is carefully researched. However, the provider and respectively authorised author can make no warranty and accept no liability whatsoever, be it express or implied, that the information provided is accurate, correct, or up-to-date or has any other quality. Liability claims against the provider or author based on damages of a material or non-material nature resulting from the use or non-use of the presented information and/or the use of outdated, incorrect, incomplete or otherwise deficient information are categorically ruled out, unless the provider or author are demonstrably culpable of wilful misconduct or gross negligence. All contents of the website are subject to change without notice and are non-binding. The provider expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, or delete parts of the pages or the entire content of the website without prior notice and to discontinue publication thereof either temporarily or permanently. Any advice or information given by the provider in the context of his website, shall give no rise to a guarantee by the provider or respective author, unless this is expressly agreed beforehand in writing.
 Neither does the provider guarantee that the website or the servers on which it is made available contain no viruses or other harmful elements. The user utilises this website at his own risk and is, in particular, solely responsible for the loss of any data or damages to his computer system. 



References and links

Any liability for direct or indirect references to external websites that are outside the sphere of responsibility of Jouhsen and that are accessed by a hyperlink from www.jouhsen.de, would be accepted solely in cases where Jouhsen had prior knowledge of such contents and it would be technically feasible and reasonable for Jouhsen to prevent the use of any illegal content therein. Jouhsen expressly declares that, at the time of creating the link, no illegal contents were visible on the linked pages. Jouhsen has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design, content or authorship of the linked/connected web pages. Therefore, Jouhsen expressly distances itself from the contents of all linked/connected web pages that have been altered in any way since the creation of the links. This disclaimer shall apply both to all links and references on its own website and to third party entries in guest books, discussion forums, lists of links and mailing lists and any other type of database created by Jouhsen to which external write access is possible. The owner of the linked website shall have sole liability for any illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents, and in particular for damages arising from the use or non-use of any information presented therein, and not the party who merely refers to the respective publication via links.

Copyright and trademark law
All rights are reserved. The website and all texts, images, graphics, video sequences, sound files and other contributions contained therein are subject to copyright and laws for the protection of intellectual property. All contents are intended for the purpose of personal information only. Any commercial use, publication, reprinting, digital reproduction or forwarding to third parties – even in parts or in an edited form – shall only be admissible with the express prior written consent of the provider. This shall also apply to the integration into external websites and online services as well as archiving or reproduction in databases or on data media. In the event of any infringements, the provider reserves the right to take advantage of any and all legal remedies available, in particular to claim damages. All logos of the provider depicted on the website are trademarks protected by law and may not be published or used in any other way without the provider's prior consent. All other brand names or trademarks mentioned on the website that may be protected by third parties shall also be subject to the provisions of the applicable copyrights and ownership rights of the respective registered owners without limitations. The sole mention of such brand names or trademarks shall expressly not indicate that such brand names or trademarks are not protected by third party rights. 


No liability shall be accepted for any unsolicited manuscripts, text copy, images, graphics, video sequences, sound files and other contributions. By submission of the respective contributions, the provider shall be awarded the unlimited right to use such contributions. However, the provider shall be under no obligation to publish them and rules out any liability in conjunction with a later use of the same. The senders of such contributions vouch that the contributions are copyright-free. These terms of use and all legal relations between the users and the Jouhsen website shall be governed exclusively by German law. If individual provisions hereof should be or become ineffective, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.