Protecting the security of your personal data is very important to us. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your given name, your address, your phone number, and your date of birth. We will only collect this data to the extent technically necessary. In the following, we will inform you about what kind of data we record during your visit to our website and what purpose we will use it for.

Our privacy and data protection policy is compliant with the legal regulations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Germany’s new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-neu), and the German Telemedia Act (TMG).

Controller
The controller as defined in privacy and data protection laws is:

SMARTSPOKES AG
Calwer Str. 7
71034 Böblingen, Germany
Email: smartspokes[at]smartspokes.com
Tel.: +49 (0)7031 / 213 66-0

Anonymous/pseudonymous use of our website
In general, you can use our website without registration and without specifying any personal data.

Server log files
When you visit our website, our web server saves log files automatically, but they cannot be traced back to any specific individual.
This involves the following data:
• Your local IP address
• Time and date of the server request
• Browser used (type, version)
• Operating system used
• File requested by the client (file name and URL)
• Referrer URL (the page you clicked to us from)

Without this data, it would not be technically possible to deliver and display the web page contents. We do not combine or merge this data with any other data sources.

Email communication
When you send us an email, we only collect, save, and process your data to the extent necessary to process your request and correspond with you. We handle your data in accordance with the stipulations of the relevant data protection and privacy laws and generally take the greatest possible precautions to ensure its security.
All the same, we cannot guarantee full data security for email communications. Please contact us before sending us information with a particularly high need for security.

Transfer of data and purpose limitation
We will only collect, process, and save your personal data to process your inquiries and, where applicable, to handle orders and contracts. We will not transfer your personal data to third parties, except for the purpose of handling orders and contracts, as described above. We will only save your personal data for as long as needed for the intended purpose. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Data security and data privacy
Your personal data will be protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage, and processing, to ensure that it is not accessible to any third parties.

Cookies
We use cookies to improve our website and optimize your experience on it. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website, which enable the server to identify you during return visits. Cookies save information such as your language setting, the amount of time you spend on our website, and the inputs you make.

Most of the cookies we use are session cookies, which are deleted automatically at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain saved on your device until you delete them. These cookies make it possible for us to identify your browser during your next visit.

You can configure your browser in accordance with your needs, to notify you when cookies are set, to decide whether to accept them on a case-by-case basis, to generally accept cookies, or generally deny them.

Refer to your browser documentation for more details. To optimize your experience on our website, we recommend that you accept cookies for the duration of your visit. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Facebook
Our website does not use any social media plug-ins, but does contain a link to Facebook. If you follow this link, you will be subject to the privacy regulations of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

Google Maps
Our website uses Google Maps to show directions on how to reach us. Google Maps is operated by: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Tel: +1 650 253 0000, email: support@google.com. The terms of use for Google Maps are available at: https://www.google.com/intl/en_en/help/terms_maps.html.

Withdrawing consent – data information and requests for changes – deleting and blocking data
As defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation and German Federal Data Privacy Act, you have the right to request information about the data we have saved for you free of charge, as well as the right to correction, blocking, and deletion of this data. Your data will be deleted upon request, as long this does not violate any legal regulations. If you have granted us consent to use your personal data, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Please send any requests for information, correction, or deletion of your data, as well as any suggestions you may have, to us at the following address:

SMARTSPOKES AG
Calwer Str. 7
71034 Böblingen, Germany
Email: smartspokes[at]smartspokes.com
Tel.: +49 (0)7031 / 213 66-0