PRIVACY POLICY

FOR THE USE OF THE ONLINE SHOP OF SECURE ELEMENTS GMBH ("SECELEMENTS" OR "WE," "US"), Auf der Eierwiese 9, 82031 Grünwald, GERMANY.

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PRIVACY POLICY; RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY

(1) THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND USE ("USE") OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE COURSE OF THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SECELEMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LEGAL NOTICE.

(2) SECELEMENTS IS THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE GERMAN DATA PROTECTION ACT. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY, PLEASE CONTACT US AT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL-ADDRESS: DATA@SECELEMENTS.COM

COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND USE OF YOUR DATA

(1) DATA COLLECTED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS; FOR TECHNICAL REASONS IN CASE OF INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS, YOUR COMPUTER CONSTANTLY SENDS US CERTAIN INFORMATION, SUCH AS THE DATA AND TIME OF THE ACCESSING OF ONE OF OUR WEB PAGES, YOUR BROWSER TYPE, BROWSER SETTINGS AND OPERATING SYSTEM, THE PAGES YOU HAVE VISITED, THE DATA QUANTITIES TRANSMITTED AND THE ACCESS STATUS (FILE TRANSFERRED, FILE NOT FOUND, ETC). SUCH DATA ARE REGULARLY NOT PERSONAL DATA. IN ADDITION, HOWEVER, YOUR COMPUTER GENERALLY ALSO TRANSMITS YOUR IP ADDRESS TO US, WHICH IN INDIVIDUAL CASES CAN BE PERSONAL DATA. YOU CAN GENERALLY ALSO VISIT WEB PAGES OF OUR ONLINE SHOP WITHOUT REGISTRATION. IN THIS EVENT, ONLY THE AFOREMENTIONED DATA ARE GENERATED, WHICH WE ONLY USE FOR INTERNAL SYSTEM-RELATED AND STATISTICAL PURPOSES.

(2) UNLESS WE HAVE YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT, WE WILL ONLY COLLECT, PROCESS AND USE YOUR DATA AS PART OF YOUR VISIT TO OUR WEBSITE.

COOKIES

WE ARE USING THE TECHNOLOGY OF COOKIES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO AUTOMATICALLY LOG IN WHEN YOU VISIT OUR SITE REPEATEDLY, IF YOU WISH TO DO THIS. IN ADDITION, WE USE COOKIES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY YOU WHEN SWITCHING FROM ONE PAGE TO THE NEXT. IN THIS RESPECT, PERSONAL DATA SUPPLIED BY YOU MAY THEREFORE ALSO BE STORED IN COOKIES. IF YOU HAVE DISABLED COOKIES IN YOUR BROWSER, YOU MAY USE OUR PERSONALIZED INTERNET OFFERS, BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO AUTOMATICALLY LOG IN.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

THIS WEBSITE USES GOOGLE ANALYTICS, A WEB ANALYSIS SERVICE OF GOOGLE, INC. ("GOOGLE"). GOOGLE ANALYTICS USES "COOKIES" TEXT FILES, WHICH ARE STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER AND WHICH PERMIT AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE COOKIE ABOUT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS GENERALLY TRANSFERRED TO A SERVER OF GOOGLE IN THE USA AND STORED THERE. IN CASE OF THE ACTIVATION OF THE IP ANONYMIZATION ON THIS WEBSITE, YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL, HOWEVER, BE TRUNCATED IN ADVANCE BY GOOGLE WITHIN THE 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 TRANSMITTED TO A SERVER IN THE USA AND TRUNCATED THERE. ON BEHALF OF THE OPERATOR OF THIS WEBSITE, GOOGLE WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO ANALYSE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, TO COMPILE REPORTS ON WEBSITE ACTIVITIES AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE WEBSITE OPERATOR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE USE AND INTERNET USE.

THE IP ADDRESS TRANSMITTED BY YOUR BROWSER AS PART OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS IS NOT MERGED WITH OTHER DATA BY GOOGLE. YOU MAY PROHIBIT THE STORAGE OF COOKIES BY AN APPROPRIATE SETTING OF YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE; WE POINT OUT TO YOU, HOWEVER, THAT IN THIS EVENT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE COMPLETELY. MOREOVER, YOU MAY PREVENT THE ACQUISITION OF THE DATA GENERATED BY THE COOKIE AND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING YOUR IP ADDRESS) BY GOOGLE AS WELL AS THE PROCESSING OF THESE DATA BY GOOGLE BY DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING THE BROWSER PLUGIN AVAILABLE UNDER THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTP://TOOLS.GOOGLE.COM/DLPAGE/GAOPTOUT?HL=DE.

SOCIAL PLUGINS

(1) PLUGINS OF SOCIAL NETWORK "FACEBOOK"; OUR WEB PAGES CONTAIN SOCIAL PLUGINS ("PLUGINS") OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK FACEBOOK.COM, OPERATED BY FACEBOOK IRELAND LIMITED, HANOVER REACH, 5-7 HANOVER QUAY, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND ("FACEBOOK"), WHICH TRANSMITS THE DATA ACQUIRED BY THE PLUGINS TO FACEBOOK INC., 1601 S. CALIFORNIA AVE., PALO ALTO, CA 94304, USA. THE PLUGINS ARE MARKED WITH A FACEBOOK LOGO OR THE ADDITION "FACEBOOK SOCIAL PLUGIN".

IF YOU ACCESS ONE OF OUR WEB PAGES CONTAINING SUCH A PLUGIN, YOUR BROWSER ESTABLISHES A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE FACEBOOK SERVERS. THE CONTENTS OF THE PLUGIN IS TRANSMITTED BY FACEBOOK DIRECTLY TO YOUR BROWSER AND THUS INCORPORATED INTO THE WEBSITE. BY INCORPORATING THE PLUGINS, FACEBOOK BECOMES AWARE OF THE IP ADDRESS ALLOCATED TO YOU AND OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE USER OF SAID IP ADDRESS ACCESSED THE CORRESPONDING PAGE THAT YOU VIEWED. IF YOU ARE LOGGED IN TO FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK CAN ALLOCATE THE VIEWING OF THE PAGE TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU INTERACT WITH THE PLUGINS FOR EXAMPLE BY HITTING THE "LIKE" BUTTON OR BY SUBMITTING A COMMENT, THE CORRESPONDING INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY TO FACEBOOK AND STORED THERE. THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND FURTHER PROCESSING AND USE OF THE DATA BY FACEBOOK AND YOUR RIGHTS IN THIS RESPECT AND YOUR CONFIGURATION OPTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY CAN BE FOUND IN FACEBOOK'S PRIVACY POLICY.

(2) PLUGINS OF SOCIAL NETWORK "GOOGLE+"; OUR WEBSITE USES THE "+1" BUTTON FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORK GOOGLE+, OPERATED BY GOOGLE INC., 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, UNITED STATES ("GOOGLE"). THE BUTTON CAN BE SEEN ON A WHITE OR COLLARED BACKGROUND WITH THE SIGN "+1" OR "G+". IF YOU ACCESS ONE OF OUR WEBSITES THAT CONTAINS SUCH A BUTTON, YOUR BROWSER ESTABLISHES A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE GOOGLE SERVERS.

THE CONTENT OF THE "+1" BUTTON IS TRANSMITTED BY GOOGLE DIRECTLY TO YOUR BROWSER, WHICH INCORPORATES IT INTO THE WEBSITE. WE THEREFORE HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON THE SCOPE OF THE DATA THAT GOOGLE COLLECTS WITH THE BUTTON. ACCORDING TO GOOGLE, WITHOUT CLICKING ON THE BUTTON, NO PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED. ONLY FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE LOGGED IN, SUCH DATA, INCLUDING THE IP ADDRESS, WILL BE COLLECTED AND PROCESSED.

THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF DATA COLLECTION AND THE FURTHER PROCESSING AND USE OF THE DATA BY GOOGLE, AS WELL AS YOUR RIGHTS AND SETTING OPTIONS IN THIS RESPECT FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR PRIVACY CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE'S PRIVACY POLICY ON THE "+1" -BUTTON: HTTPS://DEVELOPERS.GOOGLE.COM/+/WEB/BUTTONS-POLICY AND THE FAQ: HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/PLUS/#TOPIC=3049661. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF GOOGLE+ AND DO NOT WANT GOOGLE TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT OUR WEBSITE AND CONNECT THEM WITH YOUR MEMBER DATA SAVED AT GOOGLE, YOU NEED TO LOG OUT FROM GOOGLE+ BEFORE ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE.

(3) PLUGINS OF SOCIAL NETWORK "LINKEDIN"; OUR WEB PAGES CONTAIN SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK LINKEDIN. THESE FUNCTIONS ARE BEING OFFERED BY LINKIN INC. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO LINKEDIN PRIVACY POLICY AT HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/LEGAL/PRIVACY-POLICY.

(4) PLUGINS OF SOCIAL NETWORK "TWITTER"; OUR WEB PAGES CONTAIN SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK TWITTER. THESE FUNCTIONS ARE BEING OFFERED BY TWITTER INC., 795 FOLSOM ST., SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107, USA. THE USE OF TWITTER AND THE "RE-TWEET" FUNCTION LINKS THE WEBSITES YOU VISIT WITH YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AND MAKES THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO OTHER USERS.

DATA IS TRANSFERRED TO TWITTER IN THE PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE AS PROVIDER OF THE PAGES HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENT OF THE TRANSFERRED DATA OR OF ITS USE BY TWITTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO TWITTER'S PRIVACY POLICY AT HTTP://TWITTER.COM/PRIVACY. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON TWITTER IN THE ACCOUNT SETTINGS AT HTTP://TWITTER.COM/ACCOUNT/SETTINGS.

GOOGLE ADSENSE

THIS WEBSITE USES GOOGLE ADSENSE TO INTEGRATE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM GOOGLE INC. ("GOOGLE"). GOOGLE ANALYTICS USES "COOKIES" TEXT FILES, WHICH ARE STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER AND WHICH PERMIT AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. GOOGLE ADSENSE ALSO USES "WEB BEACONS" (INVISIBLE GRAPHICS). THESE WEB BEACONS CAN EVALUATE INFORMATION SUCH AS VISITOR TRAFFIC ON THESE PAGES. THE INFORMATION GENERATED BY COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS ON THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING YOUR IP ADDRESS) AND DELIVERY OF ADVERTISING FORMATS ARE TRANSMITTED TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE USA AND SAVED THERE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED ON BY GOOGLE TO ITS CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS. GOOGLE WILL, HOWEVER, NOT MERGE YOUR IP ADDRESS WITH OTHER DATA THAT YOU HAVE SAVED. YOU MAY PROHIBIT THE STORAGE OF COOKIES BY AN APPROPRIATE SETTING OF YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE; WE POINT OUT TO YOU, HOWEVER, THAT IN THIS EVENT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE COMPLETELY. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU STATE THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA COLLECTED ABOUT YOU BY GOOGLE IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE AND FOR THE PURPOSE MENTIONED ABOVE.

SECURITY

WE HAVE TAKEN EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA STORED BY US AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND MISUSE. OUR SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE REGULARLY REVIEWED AND UPDATED ACCORDING TO THE STATE-OF-THE-ART.

INFORMATION, CORRECTION AND DELETION OF YOUR DATA

(1) UPON REQUEST, WE WILL GLADLY PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT DATA WE HAVE STORED CONCERNING YOU AND HOW THAT DATA ARE USED. IF YOUR DATA STORED BY US SHOULD BE INCORRECT, WE WILL MAKE CORRECTIONS. YOU MAY WRITE TO US REGARDING THIS MATTER AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN ARTICLE 4(1) ABOVE OR CONTACT US OTHERWISE.

(2) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BLOCK AND DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA STORED BY US. IF THE DELETION SHOULD CONTRADICT STATUTORY, CONTRACTUAL, TAX OR COMMERCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO RETAIN RECORDS OR ANY OTHER LEGALLY BASED REASONS, YOUR DATA MAY MERELY BE BLOCKED INSTEAD OF BEING DELETED.

SECURE ELEMENTS GMBH, Auf der Eierwiese 9, 82031 Grünwald, GERMANY

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MANAGING DIRECTOR: KLAUS WINTER, VAT: DE305852283
VERSION 1.0 DATED 01/2016