Privacy Notice
Website www.acontis.com · Last updated: July 2026
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. In principle, you can use our website without providing personal data. We only collect and process the data required to provide the website (in particular your IP address) and the data you submit to us via forms or by email.
The following provisions inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection, use and processing of personal data on this website.
Please note that internet-based data transmission may have security gaps; complete protection against access by third parties is not possible.
1. Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
acontis technologies GmbH
Thomas Waggershauser
Franz-Beer-Strasse 98
88250 Weingarten, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 751 5 60 30 30
Email: privacy@acontis.com
Website: https://www.acontis.com
We have not appointed a data protection officer, as the legal requirements for doing so are not met (fewer than 20 persons are permanently engaged in the automated processing of personal data at our company).
2. General Information on Data Processing
Scope of processing. We process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services, or where you have given your consent.
Legal bases. Depending on the case, we base processing on:
- -your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR),
- -the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR),
- -a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR),
- -our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Storage period. We delete personal data as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Statutory retention periods (e.g. under tax or commercial law) remain unaffected; once they expire, the data is deleted.
3. Data Collection on This Website
3.1 Server Log Files
Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects the following data, among others:
- -browser type and version
- -operating system
- -internet service provider
- -IP address
- -date and time of access
- -referrer URL (previously visited website)
- -pages accessed via our website
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to deliver the website. Storage in log files serves the functionality, optimisation and security of the website. No evaluation for marketing purposes takes place in this context.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection — in the case of log files, after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible; in that case the IP addresses are deleted or anonymised so that the accessing client can no longer be identified.
3.2 Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Necessary cookies (e.g. for logging in to the protected customer area, session and CSRF protection) are used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. All other cookies — in particular for statistics/analytics — are used only with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Sec. 25(1) TDDDG).
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie/privacy settings on our website. You can also restrict or delete cookies in your browser. In that case, not all functions of the website may be available.
3.3 Contact Form
Our website provides forms for contacting us and for requesting software. When you use a form, we store your details in order to process your request. Transmission is encrypted (SSL/TLS).
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the request relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, otherwise our legitimate interest in processing the request (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
We store the data until the purpose no longer applies (the matter has been conclusively resolved) or you request deletion. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
3.4 Enquiries by Email or Telephone
If you contact us by email or telephone, we store your enquiry together with the personal data submitted in order to process your request. The same legal bases and storage rules apply as for the contact form.
3.5 Forwarding of Enquiries to Local Sales Partners (Distributors)
acontis works with local sales partners (distributors) worldwide. In order to handle your enquiry in the best possible way for your region, we forward the data you submit via the contact form or by email — where available for your region — to the sales partner closest to you. This partner then handles your enquiry on its own responsibility.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures) or our legitimate interest in a regionally competent handling of your enquiry (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
If the partner is based in a third country outside the EU/EEA, we only transfer data subject to the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR (e.g. EU Standard Contractual Clauses or your consent pursuant to Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR). You may object to this forwarding at any time.
4. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics analyses your user behaviour (e.g. page views, time on site, origin). Cookies may be set in the process. Data is also transferred to Google servers in the USA.
We use Google Analytics only with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Sec. 25(1) TDDDG). You can withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie/privacy settings.
The transfer to the USA is based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.
Details: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
5. Rights of the Data Subject
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
5.1 Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
You may request confirmation as to whether we process personal data concerning you. If so, you may request access in particular to the following information: the processing purposes, the categories of data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining it, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction and objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, and the origin of the data. You may also request information on whether data is transferred to a third country and which appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR are in place.
5.2 Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
You have the right to have inaccurate data corrected and/or incomplete data completed. Rectification will be carried out without undue delay.
5.3 Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
You may request the restriction of processing if you contest the accuracy of the data, if the processing is unlawful and you request restriction instead of erasure, if we no longer need the data but you require it for the assertion of legal claims, or if you have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR and the balancing of interests has not yet been concluded.
5.4 Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
You may request the immediate erasure of your data where one of the statutory grounds applies (e.g. the data is no longer necessary, you withdraw your consent, you object, or the processing was unlawful). This right does not apply where processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
5.5 Right to Notification (Art. 19 GDPR)
If you have exercised the right to rectification, erasure or restriction, we will communicate this to all recipients of your data, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
5.6 Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
You have the right to receive the data you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller, provided that the processing is based on consent or a contract and is carried out by automated means. Where technically feasible, you may request the direct transfer to another controller.
5.7 Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to processing based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling. We will then no longer process the data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If your data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you may object at any time; thereafter your data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
5.8 Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
You may withdraw a given data protection consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the withdrawal remains unaffected.
5.9 Automated Decision-Making Including Profiling (Art. 22 GDPR)
Decisions based solely on automated processing — including profiling — that produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you do not take place.
5.10 Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of your data infringes the GDPR.
The supervisory authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg (Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg), https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/beschwerde/.
For information or to exercise your rights, you can reach us at privacy@acontis.com.
6. SSL/TLS Encryption
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption. Your entries in contact forms are also transmitted in encrypted form. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the padlock symbol in your browser.