Declaration as to Data Protection

The website under the Internet address www.leoni-fiber-optics.com (hereinafter called Website) is offered by LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH.
LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH welcomes you to our website and also welcomes your interest in our company, products and services. It is important for us to protect your personal data in terms of its collection, processing and use during your visit to our homepage.  
Despite our careful checks we cannot accept any liability for links to third party content because we have not arranged for the transmission of such information, have not selected the addressee of the information, and we have neither selected the transmitted information nor have we changed such.
The collection, processing and use of your data is undertaken in terms of the provisions of the law. Below we explain which information we collect during your visit to our Website and how this is used:

Collection and Processing of Data and Personal Data, if necessary

Every time a user accesses a page of the LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH website and every time data is accessed this procedure is recorded by us in a log file. The record is purely for internal, system-related and statistical purposes. In particular, with each access the following data record is made:

• name of the data set accessed,
• date and time of accessing,
• transmitted data size,
• report as to whether access was successful,
• description of the type of web browser used,
• requesting domain.

Any further personal details such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address is not collected unless you give this information voluntarily, e. g. during a request for information, especially by:

• approach by e-mail,
• usage of contact form,

as well as during the carrying out of a contract or a registration requested by you, especially by:

• subscription to a newsletter,
• order of a catalogue.

Insofar as you have made personal data available to us, we will use this exclusively for the purpose of the technical administration of our Website and fulfilling your requests and requirements, and in particular for the carrying out of any contract concluded with you or in order to respond to your enquiries.

Any transfer, sale or other transmission of your personal data to third parties will not take place unless

• this is necessary for the carrying out of a contract,
• this is necessary for invoicing purposes,
• you have agreed to such beforehand.

Withdrawal of permission with future effect is possible at any time.

A deletion of personal data is made

• if you withdraw you permission allowing storage,
• if knowledge of such is no longer necessary for the purpose related to the saving of such data, or
• the storage of such data is not permitted for other legal reasons.

Right to Information

Upon written request we will gladly inform you as to which personal data related to you we have stored (e.g. name, address, telephone number, date of birth).

Non-personal data stored automatically; creation of cookies, support programs, active contents

Upon accessing our Website, automatically-created information (i. e. not by registration) is collected which cannot be related to a particular person (e. g. via Internet browser or operating system; domain name of website from which access was made through a link; number of visits; average time spent on website; pages called up). LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH uses this information to constantly improve the appearance of our Website, for updating purposes and therefore to increase the Website's attractiveness.

When you visit our Website it could be that information created by us in the form of a so-called “cookie” is stored on your computer so as to allow us to automatically recognize your computer with the next visit to our home page. Cookies allow us, amongst other things, to adjust a Website to your requirements or to store your password so that it does not have to be given again each time. If you do not want us to recognize information related to your computer, adjust your Internet browser so that cookies are erased from the hard drive, and all cookies are blocked or you are warned before any cookie is stored. In the preparation of this Website Java applets, ActiveX controls and JavaScript was used. If, for security reasons, you do not want these support programs resp. active contents to be used, you should deactivate the appropriate options on your browser.

Contact

Write to the address below if you have any questions related to the use of your personal data:

LEONI AG

Árpád Boksán
Marienstrasse 7
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
E-mail arpad.boksan@leoni.com

This special information on specific usage of personal data is based on our general declaration as to data protection and supplements and substantiates the latter in material topics.

As far as we collect your personal data, it is used solely within the scope of the provisions of the law and within the limits of the purpose, which is stated with the according permission to the respective specific usage.

Usage of contact form

Unless not explicitly required otherwise in your request by contact form, your personal data stated in the contact form is used solely for the carrying out of your request. A recording of the data is made solely in order to be able to reproduce the condition of communication in case of subsequal requests. A further use of your personal data (e. g. in favour of the subscription to a newsletter) is made only with your explicit permission.

Subscription to a newsletter

This service enables you to subscribe yourself to one or more of our newsletters. Therefore a registration is mandatory, in which context you have to state some personal data of yours. In terms with the verification of the existence and the proper use of the stated e-mail-address you have to acknowledge the receipt of an e-mail about your registration, before you can be registered successfully (so called double opt-in).

Your personal data stated during the registration is stored and used for the carrying out of the subscription to the newsletter. You may cancel any newsletter you are subscribed to at any time by sending us an e-mail, by sending us another kind of message or by using a cancellation link at the end of the respective newsletter.

You are able to inspect, modify or delete your personal data on the internet at any time. In case you cancel your access to the subscription of our newsletter, your personal data will be stored for reasons of evidence.

Order of a catalogue

This service enables you to order actual catalogues from us, which can be sent to you by mail or can be downloaded on the internet. Therefore a registration is mandatory, in which context you have to state some personal data of yours. In terms with the verification of the existence and the proper use of the stated e-mail-address you have to acknowledge the receipt of an e-mail on your registration, before you can be registered successfully (so called double opt-in).

Your personal data stated during the registration is stored and used for the carrying out of the order of catalogues.

Circulation of personal data to third parties and abroad

Depending on the purpose of the collection of data your personal data may be passed on to companies who are associated with us in the meaning of German Stock Companies Act (AktG) and/or to third parties, if and to the extent to which it is necessary in relation to the purpose you have permitted. This covers especially our authorised distributorships and other contractual partners for customer care and intensification (committed third parties). Furthermore personal data are not passed on to other third parties.

Within the scope of the aforementioned personal data may be passed to companies who are associated with us in the meaning of German Stock Companies Act (AktG) or to committed third parties, who are located outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) and whose level of data protection do not comply with the European standard. We will ensure at any time a level of data protection that is comparable with the data protection of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Contact

Write to the address below if you have any questions related to the processing of your personal data:

LEONI AG

Árpád Boksán
Marienstrasse 7
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
E-mail arpad.boksan@leoni.com