Privacy policy
METZ CONNECT GmbH takes your legitimate data protection concerns very seriously and complies with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the New Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG), the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), and, where applicable, the provisions of other applicable data protection regulations.
METZ CONNECT GmbH handles the data you provide carefully and conscientiously. Any data collected, processed, or used is always done within the framework of statutory provisions or with your express consent.
The protection of privacy is of crucial importance for the future of internet-based business models and the development of an internet-based economy. With this privacy policy, METZ CONNECT GmbH underscores its commitment to protecting privacy. We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations. Below you will learn how METZ CONNECT GmbH handles personal data on this website.
This privacy policy applies to this and all other websites that link to this privacy policy. Different data protection regulations may apply to individual METZ CONNECT GmbH companies.
1. Name and contact details of the responsible body
This privacy policy applies to the data processing by:
METZ CONNECT GmbH
Im Tal 2
D-78176 Blumberg, Germany
METZ CONNECT TECH GmbH
Otilienweg 9
D-78176 Blumberg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7702-533-0
info(at)metz-connect.com
2. Contact details of the data protection officer
You can reach our data protection officer at METZ CONNECT GmbH at:
Thomas Fletschinger
EMail: datenschutzbeauftragter(at)metz-connect.com
3. Processing of your personal data
Visiting our Website
When you visit our website, data is automatically collected by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time at which the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
Part of the data is recorded to ensure that the website works without any errors. Other data can be used to analyse your user habits.
Personal data such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other identifying information is not collected. We will only collect this data if you provide us with this information voluntarily, for example by sending an e-mail or using the contact form.
You can therefore visit our website without providing personal data.
We reserve the right to make the data you provide anonymous, store it in aggregated form and, if necessary, combine it with other data in order to compile anonymous statistics (e.g. on-site traffic).
If you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide will be stored automatically. We process your personal data exclusively for the purpose of answering your enquiries and in the event of follow-up questions, or we store it in order to contact you in the future.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet, for example when communicating by e-mail, can have security gaps and therefore a complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed by us.
4. Storage, use and processing of your data
We use, process and store your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling your requests, such as answering your enquiries, processing orders, preparing, negotiating, handling and fulfilling contracts and sending you specific information.
5. Disclosure of your data, transfer to third countries
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We shall only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
a) you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 a) GDPR, § 26 (2) of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG),
b) the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) GDPR is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
c) in the event that disclosure is required by law in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 c) GDPR, and
d) this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 b) GDPR, § 26 (1) BDSG.
A transfer to a third country or an international organization is not intended and there is also no automated decision-making, unless otherwise provided for in this privacy statement.
If necessary, information from METZ CONNECT GmbH shall also be passed on to business partners, service providers, third parties or subcontractors. This may be necessary in order to provide a service or carry out a transaction you have requested, such as order processing, for customer service purposes or to inform you about services, products and services.
Your personal data will not be passed on, sold or otherwise made available to third parties for marketing purposes without your prior consent.
METZ CONNECT GmbH may be forced to disclose your data and related information in response to a court order or order from a government agency. We also reserve the right to use your data to assert or defend against legal claims.
In the event of a takeover or merger with another company, it may be necessary to disclose or transfer personal data to potential or actual buyers. In such a case, METZ CONNECT GmbH will endeavor to ensure the highest possible level of data protection.
In accordance with applicable law, we shall reserve the right to store and pass on personal and other data for the purpose of detecting and combating illegal activities and fraud attempts or a violation of the terms of use of METZ CONNECT GmbH.
6. Your rights when processing your personal data
To exercise your rights, please contact the responsible office of METZ CONNECT GmbH. For this, an informal notification sent to us by e-mail to info(at)metz-connect.com is sufficient.
The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected.
a) Right of access to information
You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us.
Within the scope of your rights as a data subject, you can request the following:
- Information about processing purposes and categories of personal data
- Categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed
- Storage duration
- Existence of a right of rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or opposition
- Existence of a right of appeal to the supervisory authority
- Origin of your data, provided it was not collected by us
- The existence of automated decision making, including profiling
b) Right of rectification
You have the right to correct incorrect or complete incomplete personal data without delay.
c) Right of deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
You have the right to obtain the immediate deletion (“right to be forgotten”) of your personal data, if, for example, the purpose of the processing is no longer necessary, if you revoke your consent or if there is no legal basis.
d) Right to restrict processing
You have the right to limit the processing of your personal data, for example, if the accuracy of the data is disputed, if the processing is unlawful and you refuse to have it deleted and instead request the limitation of use, provided that we no longer need it for the purposes of the processing but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or if an objection to the processing has been lodged.
e) Right to data transferability
You have the right to have personal data that you have provided us with handed over or transferred to another responsible person in a structured, common and machine-readable format, if the processing is automated.
A direct transfer of your personal data to another responsible person will only take place to the extent that this is technically possible.
f) Right of objection
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Your data will no longer be processed after revocation, unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Furthermore, you may at any time object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing.
g) Right to automated decisions, including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects vis-à-vis you or significantly affects you in a similar way. This means that you have the right to question this decision and, if necessary, to obtain rectification.
h) Right of appeal to a supervisory authority
In the event of violations of data protection laws or if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority responsible for our location is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg.
The responsible supervisory authority for data protection at METZ CONNECT GmbH is:
Baden-Württemberg Aufsichtsbehörde
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Baden-Württemberg
Lautenschlagerstraße 20
70173 Stuttgart
Tel. 0711 615541 - 0
Fax: 0711 615541 - 15
Mail: poststelle(at)lfd.bwl.de
https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de
7. Protection of your data when visiting our website
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
8. Contact form, inquiry by email, telephone
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purposes of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up enquiries.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is thus exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification sent to us by e-mail info@metz-connect.com is sufficient.
The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for which the data was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected by this.
As we exclusively maintain business relations with companies according to §14 BGB, it is necessary to provide the complete company address. When sending the contact form, therefore, only the full name and e-mail address are personal.
We collect this data in the legitimate interest according to Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. f, in order to ensure a smooth establishment of contact and to be able to assign you to the responsible contact person.
Inquiries by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data shall be processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is required for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing shall be based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR), provided that this has been requested.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – shall remain unaffected.
9. Application procedure
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. The processing can also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents to us electronically, in the applicant portal, by e-mail or via the contact form. If the person responsible for processing concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data is stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions.
If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant, the application documents are automatically deleted 6 months after notification of the refusal decision, unless deletion would be contrary to any other legitimate interests for the processing.
Should we wish to keep your application documents for a longer period of time in order to offer you positions that may become vacant at a later date, we will ask you for your consent in advance.
Other legitimate interests in this sense are, for example, a duty of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
Further information on the handling of applicant data can be found here.
10. Data recording on our website
a) Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically sends to us. These are:
- IP address of the accessing end device
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the accessed file
- Referrer URL (website from which the page was accessed) and links clicked
- Information about the type of browser, the version used and, if applicable, the operating system you use as well as the name of your access provider
This data cannot be assigned to a specific person.
Conclusions about your identity are not possible for us. The data of the log files are always stored separately from other personal data.
This data is processed by us to deliver the contents of our website and to guarantee the functionality of our information technology systems, to optimise our website and to evaluate the system security and stability.
The data is stored for a period of 2 weeks and then automatically deleted.
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; we have a legitimate interest in ensuring the error-free presentation and security of our website.
11. Analysis tools and third-party tools
a) Cookies
We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device and saved by your browser. They serve to make the pages on this website more user-friendly, effective and safer.
The cookies used on this website are so-called “session cookies”. These are automatically deleted from your end device after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit us.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
For information on cookies settings, please refer to the operating instructions of the browser you are using.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping basket function, registration) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We as the website operator have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. Provided that other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your browsing habits) are stored, they are treated separately in this privacy policy.
b.) Cookie Tool
Cookie consent with content management tool from Innovation Gate
This website uses the content management tool from Innovation Gate to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of certain technologies and to document them in a data protection compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Innovation Gate GmbH, Wallstraße 16, 40878 Ratingen, Germany. Website: https:// innovationgate.com
Analytics tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) GDPR. We use the tracking measures to ensure that our website is designed to meet demand and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the tracking tools described in more detail below.
Google Analytics
Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies”, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the abbreviated IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there; in this case, it may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) exclusively with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”, which ensures anonymization of the IP address by truncating it and excludes direct personal reference. By extending , your IP address will be truncated by Google within 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 be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA where it will be truncated.
On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website and Internet usage. In this case, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will not be merged with other data from Google.
Google Analytics also enables the creation of statistics with information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on an evaluation of interest-based advertising and the use of third-party information. This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups of the website for the purpose of target group-optimized marketing measures. However, data sets collected via the “demographic characteristics” cannot be assigned to a specific person.
You can find details about the processing triggered by Google Analytics and how Google handles data from websites at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
All the processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for reading information on the end device used, shall only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Analytics shall not be used during your visit to the site.
You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of revocation, please deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics by Google, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to disclose it to third parties.
For the transmission of data from the EU to the US, Google relies on the so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European data protection level in the US.
As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data from this site in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will have to click this link again):
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Further information on Google Analytics 4 (GA4) can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
For the transmission of data from the EU to the US, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the Google Maps features, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence over this data transfer.
We use Google Maps to help make our website appealing and to make it easier to find the locations we specify on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.
You will not see Google Maps until you have given your consent in the cookie banner or in this privacy policy.
For more information about how user data is handled, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
When you visit our homepage for the first time, you can use the cookie banner that opens to decide which cookies and tools you want to allow and which you don't.
You can revoke your consent at any time by unchecking the corresponding boxes for Google Analytics or Google Maps in this data protection notice.
Links to third-party websites
We link websites of other providers not affiliated with us (third parties), e.g. to our profiles on social networks like LinkedIn, YouTube and Xing. Please note that we have no influence on which data is processed by these providers when you click these links. As data processing by third parties is beyond our control, we cannot be held responsible for it. For further information on the processing of your data by these third-party providers, please refer to the data protection information of the respective provider.
We use the Xing button integrated into our pages only as a hyperlink to our Xing page.
By clicking this link, no personal data is transferred.
If you click the Xing button while you are logged into your Xing account, Xing can assign your visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Xing.
Further information on this can be found in the Xing privacy policy at https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
If you do not want Xing to be able to assign visits to our pages to your Xing user account, please log out of your Xing user account.
We use the LinkedIn button embedded in our pages only as a hyperlink to our LinkedIn page.
By clicking this link, no personal data is transferred.
If you click the LinkedIn button while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our sites with your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
For further information, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
If you do not want LinkedIn to associate your visit to our sites with your LinkedIn account, please log out of your LinkedIn account.
Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
In this case, the advanced data protection mode is used, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) are played. When embedded YouTube videos are played, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behavior.
According to information from "Youtube”, these are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are signed in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the assignment with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and analyzes them. In particular, such an evaluation is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1)( f) GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the insertion of personalized advertising, market research and/or the design of its website to meet requirements. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, but you will have to contact YouTube to exercise this right.
All the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the end device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
When you use YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the United States. Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played back, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
For the transmission of data from the EU to the US, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
For more information, please see YouTube’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Data protection declaration for Facebook
This website uses technologies from Facebook Ireland Limited (“Facebook”, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland). Facebook is an online advertising service that allows advertisers to target users directly on Facebook and through the Facebook advertising network. By using the remarketing function “Custom Audiences”, users of the website are shown so-called “Facebook Ads” when visiting Facebook or other sites using the function, which contain interest-based advertising. The purpose of this is to make our website more attractive by means of targeted marketing and the placement of advertisements. If you have a Facebook account, this is recognizable by the Facebook pixel, which is used to transmit the collected usage data to Facebook. The Facebook pixel is a piece of JavaScript code. Facebook uses tracking cookies to be able to target Facebook ads based on information about user behavior and device-related information. This data is stored for a maximum of 180 days. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Facebook data protection guidelines. If you do not want to see interest-based advertising, you can disable this feature in your browser.
We have no influence over information that is processed and/or merged by Facebook. It might be possible for Facebook to identify you if the data can be assigned to your Facebook account or if you are logged into a Facebook account.
You can find out how to adjust the settings for Facebook advertising and how to make the appropriate settings at https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/advertising. Instructions can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/advertising/ad-preferences. Logged-in users can disable and customize the features here: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_.
The data collected in this context may be transferred by Facebook to a server in the United States for analysis and stored there. In the event that personal data is transferred to the USA, we shall obtain your express consent for this data transfer via the cookie banner in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a GDPR.
Instagram privacy policy
Our online services may include features and content from the Instagram service provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. This may include content such as images, videos or text and buttons that users can use to express their favor regarding the content, the authors of the content or to subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the user profiles there. Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
For the transmission of data from the EU to the US, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
Privacy policy for Microsoft Teams
We use the “Microsoft Teams” service provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA (hereinafter “Microsoft Teams”) to conduct online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars. When using Microsoft Teams, different data is processed.
The amount of data processed depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting or video conference or a webinar. When using Microsoft Teams, data from the communication participants is processed and stored on Microsoft Teams servers. This data may include, in particular, your registration data (name, e-mail address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)).
In addition, visual and audio contributions from participants, as well as voice input in chats, can be processed. When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. Consent that has been granted can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in the effective execution of the online meeting, webinar or video conference in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.
For more information about how Microsoft Teams uses data, please see the Microsoft Teams privacy policy at:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
12. Online applications
You have the possibility to apply for open positions or to send us an unsolicited application using a form. The data you provide with your application will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your application. You can find information about data processing within the application procedure under the following link.
13. User profiles
You have the possibility to register on our website and create a personal user profile. For this purpose, you will be asked to provide certain items of personal data.
The input window will tell you what is required. The data provided by you will be used exclusively for internal purposes and will be collected and stored for our own purposes. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR. The passing on of this personal data to processors for the fulfilment of obligations – for example to postal delivery services – is permissible under the corresponding obligation in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations. Your usage behaviour will be partially stored and logged.
After your registration, you have access to contents and services which are only offered to registered users. After your registration, you cannot independently change or delete the data provided. Please contact us if necessary.
You can find the relevant contact details in our legal notice.
If personal data is to be deleted, which is required for setting up a user profile, it is possible that your user profile will be deleted as well. You can reset your password yourself at any time using the “Forgotten password” function and assign a new one.
14. Newsletter delivery with Evalanche
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to our numerous newsletters (P | Cabling – cabling solutions for networks, U | Contact – connection technology, C | Logline – intelligent system components). When you register for a newsletter subscription, we shall collect personal data such as your name and e-mail address. We shall use this data exclusively for personalizing and executing our e-mail mailing service. To prevent the misuse of e-mail addresses, subscribers must confirm their order of our newsletter in an automated process by e-mail (double opt-in). Your e-mail address will only be added to our mailing list when you click on this confirmation link.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
You can do this conveniently either by using the link at the bottom of each of our mailings, by e-mail to info@metz-connect.com, by sending a message to our office, by post to: METZ CONNECT GmbH, Im Tal 2, 78176 Blumberg, by phone +49 (0)7702-533-0 or via the following link: Newsletter opt-out
We use EVALANCHE to send out newsletters
The provider is SC-NETWORKS GMBH, Enzianstr. 2, 82319 Starnberg, Germany. EVALANCHE is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the dispatch of newsletters. The data you enter to subscribe to the newsletter is stored on Evalanche servers in Germany.
If you do not want Evalanche to analyze the data, you can set this in your Preference Center, or agree to only the anonymous or pseudonymous analysis when registering for the newsletter. If this is not possible, you will have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe directly on the website.
Data analysis with EVALANCHE
With the help of EVALANCHE, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. This allows us to see, for example, whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. This enables us to determine which links have been clicked on particularly often, among other things.
We can also see whether certain predefined actions have been performed after opening/clicking (conversion rate). This allows us to see, for example, whether you have visited a website after clicking on the newsletter.
Evalanche also allows us to categorize newsletter recipients into different clusters. In doing so, newsletter recipients can be subdivided, for example, according to age, gender or place of residence. This way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups. For detailed information on the functions of Evalanche, please refer to the following link: https://www.sc-networks.de/loesungen/enterprise/
Legal basis
Data processing shall be carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out shall remain unaffected by the revocation.
Storage period
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter shall be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of Evalanche after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that we have stored for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for inquiries) shall remain unaffected.
For more details, please consult the Evalanche privacy policies at: www.sc-networks.de/unternehmen/datenschutz/
Conclusion of a contract for commissioned data processing
We have entered into a contract with SC-Networks GmbH / Evalanche, in which we oblige Evalanche to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties.
15. Up-to-dateness and amendment of the privacy policy
This privacy policy was adapted by our data protection officer in March 2025 and is in line with the current status. We reserve the right to adapt the privacy policy accordingly in the event of changes.
As of: March 1, 2025