Privacy policy

Introduction and general information
Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Below you will find information on the handling of your data collected through your use of our website. The processing of your data is carried out in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations.

Responsible body within the meaning of data protection law
Metalldetektoren.de
Andreas Licht
Prof.-Derra Str. 3
96465 Neustadt / Cob.

Definitions
Our privacy policy should be simple and understandable for everyone. As a rule, the official terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are used in this privacy policy. The official definitions are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.

Data processing when you visit our website
When you access our web pages, it is technically necessary that data is transmitted to our web server via your internet browser. The following data is recorded during an active connection for
communication between your internet browser and our web server:

• Date and time of the request
• Name of the requested file
• Page from which the file was requested
• Access status
• Web browser and operating system used
• (Full) IP address of the requesting computer
• Amount of data transferred

We collect the listed data to ensure a smooth connection to the website and enable users to use our website comfortably. Furthermore, the log file is used to evaluate system security and stability as well as for administrative purposes. The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data or log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
For reasons of technical security, especially to prevent attempted attacks on our web server, this data is stored by us for a short time. This data does not allow us to draw conclusions about individual persons. After the latest, the data is anonymised by shortening the IP address at domain level, so that it is no longer possible to relate to the individual user.
The data may also be processed in anonymised form for statistical purposes. This data is never stored together with other personal data of the user, compared with other
databases or passed on to third parties.

Contact form and contact by e-mail
If you send us inquiries via the contact form or by email, your details from the inquiry form or your email, including the first and last name and title you provide
will be stored by us for processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. The provision of an email address is required for contact, providing your name and phone number is voluntary.
This data will not be provided to any third party without your consent. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and, if applicable, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is aimed at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, unless there are statutory retention obligations. In the case of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you may object to the processing of your personal data at any time.

Use of Matomo
This website uses the web analytics service software Matomo( ), a www.matomo.org service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to collect and store data. From this data can
for the same purpose, pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's internet browser. Cookies make it possible, among other things, to recognise the internet browser. The data collected with Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers. The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to the storage and use below at any time by clicking. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that Matomo will not collect any session data. Please note that the complete deletion of your cookies will also result in the deletion of the opt-out cookie and may have to be reactivated by you. Objection:
Enter the HTML code in the result that allows the data subject to object.

Adcell
We use the online marketing platform ADCELL for our website. The service provider is Firstlead GmbH, Rosenfelder Str. 15-16, 10315 Berlin, Germany. For more information about the data processed by ADCELL, see the privacy policy at: https://www.adcell.de/datenschutz

Cookies
Our website uses cookies which are stored by the browser on your device and which contain certain settings for the use of the website (e.g. for the current session). Cookies are used to make our offering more user friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them or the storage period expires. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit.
Some of the cookies are used to simplify website processes by storing settings (e.g.
the availability of already selected options). If personal data is processed by the cookies we implement, the processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the purpose of fulfilling the contract or pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the optimal functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit. You can set your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The cookie settings can be managed for the respective browsers using the following links. You can also individually manage the cookies of many companies and functions used for advertising. To do so, use the relevant user tools, available at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or Most browsers also offer a so-called “Do-Not-http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices Track function”, which allows you to indicate that you do not wish to be “tracked” by websites. If this function is activated, the browser informs advertising networks, websites and applications that you do not wish to be tracked for behavioural advertising and the like. Information and instructions on how to edit this feature can be obtained, depending on your browser vendor, from the following links:

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=de
Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/dnt/
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-
track
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/de/notrack.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21416?locale=de_DE

You can also generally prevent the loading of so-called scripts. NoScript only allows the execution of JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins on trusted domains of your choice. Information and
instructions on how to edit this feature can be obtained from your browser provider (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox at: ). Please note that if you deactivate cookies,https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/
the functionality of this website may be limited.

Data transfer and recipients
Your personal data is not disclosed to third parties, except We also use external service providers to support our services, selected carefully
and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. With whom we have concluded commissioned data processing contracts as per Art. 28 GDPR
where necessary. These are service providers for web hosting, sending emails and maintaining and servicing our IT systems, etc. The service providers will not pass this data on to third parties.

Data security
if we have explicitly indicated this in the description of the respective data processing. if you have given explicit consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, the disclosure according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data, in the case that there is a legal obligation for disclosure under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR and insofar as this is necessary under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contracts with you. We take appropriate technical and organizational measures according to Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk. This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content.

Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data depends on the relevant statutory retention periods (e.g. from commercial law and tax law). After expiry of the respective period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted. If data is required to fulfil or initiate a contract or we have a legitimate interest in further storage, the data will be deleted if it is no longer required for these purposes or you have made use of your right of withdrawal or objection.

Your rights 
Below you will find information about the rights of data subjects that the applicable data protection law grants you vis-à-vis the controller regarding the processing of your personal data:
The right, pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as about the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details. The right, pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to demand without delay the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us. The right, pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the deletion of your personal data held by us, provided the processing is not necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. The right, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer require the data, but you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to processing under Art. 21 GDPR. The right, pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller. The right, pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of the federal state of our registered office stated above or, where appropriate, that of your usual place of residence or work. Right to withdraw consents given according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to withdraw consent given to us to process data at any time with effect for the future. Should you revoke your consent, we will delete the data concerned immediately unless further processing is based on a legal basis for data processing without consent. The lawfulness of processing carried out based on the consent before your withdrawal is not affected by your withdrawal.

Right to object
If your personal data is processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided this is for reasons related to your particular situation. If the objection concerns processing for direct marketing purposes, you have a general right of objection without being required to provide a specific reason. If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw or object, simply send an email to: info@metalldetektoren.de

External links
Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Xing etc.) are included on our website only as a link to the corresponding services. After clicking the integrated text/image link, you will be redirected to the
page of the respective provider. User information will only be transferred to the respective provider after the redirect. For information about the handling of your personal data when using these websites, please see the respective privacy policies of the providers you use.

More information on how Google uses personal data
can be found on the page https://business.safety.google/privacy/

Right to make changes
We reserve the right to adapt or update this privacy policy if necessary in compliance with the valid data protection regulations. In this way, we can adapt it to current legal requirements and take into account changes to our services, e.g. when introducing new services. For your visit, the latest version applies.

This privacy policy was created by www.datenschutzexperte.de

Status of this privacy policy: 17.09.2025