Data protection

Notes on data protection
We attach great importance to the principles of data protection when we collect, process and use the personal data you providewhen you visit our website. All information you provide will be protected in accordance with the legal provisions governing data protection. Below you will find details on the data we gather when you visit our website, and on how we use that information:

 
Collection and processing of data
All visits to our website, and any accessing of files stored on the website, are logged. The storage of such information is undertaken only for the purposes of internal system procedures and statistical information. The following information is logged: the name of the file accessed, date and time of access, data volume transmitted, report on successful access, web browser and domain seeking access. The IP addresses of the computers seeking access are also logged. Additional personal data are only collected where you provide them voluntarily, e.g. as part of an enquiry or registration procedure.

Use and release of personal data
Where you have provided us with personal data, we shall use such data only for the purpose of responding to your enquiries, to implement any contracts concluded with you, and for technical administration. Your personal data will be released to third parties, or otherwise transmitted, only where this is necessary for the purpose of implementing the contract (in particular the provision of order data to suppliers), for the purpose of invoicing, or where you have given your prior consent. You may withdraw your consent for future transactions at any time. The personal data stored willbe deleted when you withdraw your consent to their storage, whenknowledge of the data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which their storage was intended, or where storage is inadmissible on other legal grounds.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google").  Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The 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 . 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.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. 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 on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.  By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Right of information
Upon written request, we shall be pleased to inform you of the personal data stored in relation to yourself.

Note on security:
We take all possible technical and organizational precautions to ensure that we store your personal data in such a way that they cannot be accessed by third parties. However, we are unable to guarantee 100% data security when communication takes place via e-mail, and therefore recommend that you send all confidential information by conventional post.