Privacy

The following data protection information is intended to explain to you in a comprehensible, transparent and clear manner how your personal data is processed by ROTHENBERGER AG (hereinafter referred to as "ROTHENBERGER", "we", or "us").

Person responsible

The responsible party within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), is the

ROTHENBERGER AG Spessartstrasse 2-4 65779 Kelkheim

in most cases with one or more of its subsidiaries.

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about this data protection declaration or other data protection issues, please contact our data protection officer:

ROTHENBERGER AG Data Protection Officer Spessartstrasse 2-4 65779 Kelkheim e-mail: dataprotection@rothenberger.com

What data is processed on our website?

Collection of general information when visiting our website

When you visit our website, we collect data that is technically necessary to display this website to you. This is personal data that is automatically transmitted to our server by your browser, such as your IP address, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar.

This personal data is processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
• Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
• evaluating system security and stability, and
• to optimise our website.

This data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. 1 f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is statistically analysed anonymously, if necessary, in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

Registration on our website

For registration on our website, we require some personal data which is transmitted to us via an input mask, such as your name, date of birth, address and e-mail address.

This data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Contact form

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used for the assignment of the enquiry and the subsequent response to it. The provision of further data is optional.

This data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 1 f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in processing and answering your enquiry.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO).

Newsletter

Your data will be processed for the purpose of delivering the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. We require a valid e-mail address to receive the newsletter. In order to verify that a subscription is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "double-opt-in" procedure. For this purpose, we log the order for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the response requested herewith.

This data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO on the basis of your express consent.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in each newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation using the contact option provided at the end of this privacy policy.

Application form

The data you enter will be processed for the purpose of internal applicant management. This requires you to provide various data such as your e-mail address, name, address and telephone number.

This data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, or Art. 88 Para. 1 DSGVO in conjunction with. § 26 BDSG.

Applicants who cannot be considered for a specific job advertisement have the option of including their application in the applicant pool so that they can be considered for subsequent vacancies. This is done on the basis of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit a DSGVO or Art. 88 para. 1 DSGVO in conjunction with. § SECTION 26 BDSG. For underage applicants who have not yet reached the age of 16, a declaration of consent from their custodial parents or legal representatives is required for this.

You can request information about the scope, origin and recipients of the stored data and its correction free of charge at any time. After one year of inactivity of your profile at the latest, the data you have provided will be automatically deleted, unless you have agreed to be included in the applicant pool. Earlier deletion is possible at your request at any time. Further information on data protection is available at https://karriere.rothenberger.com.

How long do we store your data?

All data that you provide to us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymised so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.

To whom do we pass on your data?

The protection of your data is important to us. For this reason, we do not sell, exchange or rent your data. For certain technical processes of data processing, we use the support of external service providers who act for us as processors in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. They are bound to strict confidentiality and only process data on our behalf and according to our instructions.

Processors used

The following organisations, companies or persons have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:

• YUM GmbH, Stephanstraße 1, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• InfoTip Service GmbH, Technologie-Quartier, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 16, 44801 Bochum, Germany
• Synergy Consultants CRM + Prozesse GmbH, Am Hohenstein 3-5, 65779 Kelkheim, Germany
• entergon GmbH & Co. KG, Wilhelmstraße 14a, 61381 Friedrichsdorf, Germany
• The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
• Y1 Digital AG, Tullastr. 58, 76131 Karlsruhe.
• Heroes GmbH, Welfenstr. 22, 81541 Munich.
• Connex Marketing GmbH, Dr. Schauer Straße 26, 4600 Wels, Austria.
• nexMart GmbH & Co. KG, Gropiusplatz 10, 70563 Stuttgart.

Except in the cases explained in this data protection information, we only pass on data to third parties without your express consent if we are obliged to do so by law or by an official or court order.

What cookies do we use?

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website. With the help of these cookies, we can make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are "session cookies." Such cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your browser session. On the other hand, other cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognise you when you return to our website.

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured so that cookies are deleted automatically when the program is closed. Deactivating cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

Technically necessary cookies

We use these cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change, such as the adoption of language settings.

The processing of technically necessary cookies is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Technically unnecessary cookies

These cookies are used to match the interests of our visitors or to generally improve our website on the basis of statistical evaluations. Please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used to find out which providers set cookies.

The processing of technically unnecessary cookies is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke this consent at any time via our cookie boot.

Profiling

To what extent we analyse the behaviour of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please see Privacy Policy - Privacy Policy & Terms of Use - Google.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

In addition, you can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software 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 the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics.

Use of Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google LLC server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents an overriding legitimate interest on our part within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Embedded YouTube videos

This online offer uses the YouTube video platform, which is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066, USA ("YouTube"). YouTube is a platform that enables the playback of audio and video files.

When you call up a corresponding page of our website, the embedded YouTube player establishes a connection to YouTube so that the video or audio file can be transmitted and played back. In the process, data is also transferred to YouTube as the responsible party. We are not responsible for the processing of this data by YouTube.

For more information on the scope and purpose of the data collected, on the further processing and use of the data by YouTube, on your rights and the data protection options you can select, please refer to YouTube's data protection notice.

Social plugins

We use so-called social plugins of various social networks in our online offer. When using the plugins, your internet browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the respective social network. This provides the respective provider with the information that your internet browser has accessed the corresponding page of our online offer, even if you do not have a user account with the provider or are not currently logged in to it. Log files (including the IP address) are transmitted by your internet browser directly to a server of the respective provider and may be stored there. The provider or its server may be located outside the EU or the EEA (e.g. in the USA).

The plugins are independent extensions of the social network providers. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data collected and stored by the providers of the social networks via the plugins.

For the purpose and scope of the collection, further processing and use of the data by the social network, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective social network.

If you do not want the providers of the social networks to receive and possibly store or further use data about this online offer, you should not use the respective plugins.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

What are your rights?

You have the following rights with regard to your personal data vis-à-vis ROTHENBERGER:

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 DSGVO),
• Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 DSGVO),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 DSGVO),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 DSGVO),
• objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 DSGVO) and
• Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 DSGVO).

You can assert all of the data subject rights described above against ROTHENBERGER if you address your specific request to the following contact details:

ROTHENBERGER AG Data Protection Officer Spessartstrasse 2-4 65779 Kelkheim e-mail: dataprotection@rothenberger.com

Right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the data controller.

A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

What individual right of objection do you have?

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 DSGVO.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless:

• we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or
• the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

The objection can be made form-free and should preferably be addressed to our data protection officer:

ROTHENBERGER AG Data Protection Officer Spessartstrasse 2-4 65779 Kelkheim e-mail: dataprotection@rothenberger.com

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.