To ensure a user-friendly website and to tailor the operation of our website to your needs, our website may use cookies. A cookie is a small file that is stored locally on your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again on the same device, the cookie indicates, for example, that you are a returning visitor. Cookies also allow us to analyze the use of our website. They do not contain any personal data and cannot be used to identify you on third-party websites – including those of analytics providers.

1. Basic / essential cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. This includes, for example, issuing anonymous session IDs to aggregate multiple requests to the web server or ensuring the proper functioning of registrations and orders.

2. Functional cookies

These cookies help us store your selected settings or support other functions as you navigate our website. For example, they allow us to remember your preferred settings for a future visit or to store your login details on our website.

3. Performance / statistics cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use our website (for example, which internet browser you use, how often you visit our website, which pages you open, or how long you stay on our website). These cookies do not store any information that would allow the personal identification of visitors. The information collected through these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

You can accept or reject cookies – including those used for website tracking – by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie or to block cookies completely. However, if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website (e.g. when placing orders). Your browser also offers the option to delete cookies (for example, by using the “Clear browsing history” function). Further information can be found in the Help section of your web browser under Settings.

4. Google Analytics – Terms of Use

This website uses Google Universal Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Universal Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

IP anonymization is implemented on this website. Google shortens/anonymizes the last octet of the IP address for member states of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and using data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

You may refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on your computer to prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics – https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=en.

Further information on the terms of use and data protection can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website the Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp” to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The subpages of https://www.valtec.sk use additional online tools.

5. Google Analytics – Terms of Use

In order to better align this website with the needs of our customers, we analyze how our customers interact with the website. We anonymize your IP address and then use it to analyze data such as the pages on https://www.valtec.sk visited by your browser and your computer. For this purpose, we again use cookies. A cookie contains only a single unique number by which we can recognize you again on our website, but not on third-party websites. The recorded data is used solely for statistical purposes. In particular, the IP address will not be assigned to any individual user. The data will not be shared with third parties.

6. Overheat

Overheat.de is a web analytics tool provided by Overheat UG (limited liability), headquartered at Haus Alsbach 2, 51766 Engelskirchen, Germany. The tool anonymously records interactions of randomly selected individual visitors with the website. This creates a record of visitor behavior, such as screen movements and clicks, in order to identify opportunities for improvement of the respective website. In addition, for statistical purposes, the tool also evaluates information about the operating system, browser, incoming and outgoing referrers (links), demographics, resolution, and device type. This information is not personal and is not shared with third parties. If you do not want this information to be recorded, you can deactivate this function on all websites that use Overheat by enabling the Do Not Track setting in your browser. More detailed information about this option can be found at the following page: http://overheat.de/opt-out.html

7. Embedded plugins

Our website uses links to the following social networks:
Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Google+, Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Twitter, Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Xing, XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

The buttons display the logos of the respective social networks. However, these buttons are not standard plugins provided by the social networks, but links with button icons. These buttons are activated only by deliberate action (clicking). If you do not click the buttons, no data will be transferred to the social networks. By clicking the buttons, you accept communication with the servers of the social network, thereby activating the buttons and creating a link.

After clicking, the button functions as a sharing plugin. The social network receives information about the visited website, which you can share with your friends and contacts. If you are not logged in, you will be redirected to the login page of the social network you clicked on, thereby leaving the website tuev-sued.de. If you are logged in, your “like” or sharing of the respective article will be transmitted.

When you activate a button, the social networks also receive information about the content you accessed on the relevant page of our website and when you did so. In addition, information such as your IP address, details about the browser used, and language settings may be transmitted. When you click the button, your click is transmitted to the social network and used in accordance with its data policies.

When you click the button, we have no control over the data collected and the processing activities. We are not responsible for this data processing, nor are we the “controller” as defined by the GDPR. We are not aware of the full scope of data collection, its legal basis, purposes, or retention period. Therefore, the information provided here may not be complete.

The data will be transmitted regardless of whether you have an account with the provider or whether you are logged in. If you are logged in, your data will be directly assigned to your account. Providers may also use cookies on your computer for tracking purposes.

To the best of our knowledge, these providers store such data in user profiles, which they use for advertising, market research, and/or demand-oriented design. This type of analysis is carried out (also for users who are not logged in) in order to present demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. If you wish to exercise your right to object, please contact the respective provider.

Information on the purposes and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by the respective social network, as well as your rights and data protection settings, can be found in the information provided by these social media platforms:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Google: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy
Twitter: https://x.com/en/privacy
Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy
YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

If you do not want social networks to collect data about you, please do not click on the above-mentioned buttons.