GDPR Declaration

Data Protection

We welcome you to our website. We would like to inform you about the management of your personal data in accordance with Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

The controller responsible for the described data collection and processing is named in the imprint:
PLEUGER Industries USA LLC
1450 Brickell Avenue
Suite 1900
Miami 33131, Florida USA

Storage of Your IP address

We store the IP address transmitted by your web browser for a period of seven (7) days, strictly for the purpose of identifying, restricting and eliminating attacks on our website. After seven (7) days, we delete or anonymize your IP address. The legal basis for the pro-cessing of this personal data is provided for in Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Usage Data

When you visit our website, the data collected from the use of the website is temporarily stored on our web server for statistical purposes in order to improve the quality of our website. This data set contains:

The listed usage data is stored anonymously.

1. Data Transfer to Third Parties

We transfer your data to service providers who support us in the operation of our website and the associated processes. This transference is made under the scope of a data pro-cessing agreement in accordance to Art. 28 GDPR. Our service providers are bound to us by strict instructions and contractual obligations.

Data Transfer to Third Countries (Non-EU Countries)
In some cases, we may transfer personal data to third countries outside the EU. In each case, we ensure an appropriate level of data protection according to European standards.
In the case of Google Analytics (USA), an appropriate level of data protection is ensured by the corresponding participation in the Privacy Shield Agreement (Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR).
In the case of Non-EU Countries, The European Commission has adopted an adequacy deci-sion, which guarantees an adequate level of data protection in Non-EU Countries, in ac-cordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR.
In the case of Non-EU Countries the appropriate level of data protection pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR is guaranteed by EU standard contractual clauses, which we have been adopted by the service provider established in Germany.

2. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored and read in your end-device. A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored even after your visit has expired. Cookies may contain data that enables the recognition of the device being used. However, in some cases cookies only contain information on certain settings which are not personal data.
We use session cookies and permanent cookies on our website. The data is processed in accordance to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR and in the interest of optimizing or enabling user guidance and improving our website presence.

Please be aware that you can set your browser to inform you when cookies are being stored or used on the website you are visiting. Thus, any use of cookies is transparent to you. You have the possibility to delete your browser configuration at any time and prevent any use of new cookies. In the event you refuse the use of cookies, please note that our web sites may not be displayed optimally and some functions are then no longer technical-ly available.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to create pseudonymous user profiles for improving and design-ing our website on demand. Google Analytics is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gor-don House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your end device and can be read by us. In this way, we are able to recognize and count returning visitors. This data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR or § 15 para. 3 TMG and in the interest of finding out how often our website is viewed by different users.
The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website will be transmit-ted to and stored by Google on its servers in the United States. We have activated IP-anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Mem-ber States of the European Union. Only in exceptional cases is the whole IP address trans-ferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there (an adequate level of data pro-tection is ensured according to Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR because Google is a participant in the Privacy Shield Agreement). We have also concluded a contract with Google Ireland Limited for commissioned data processing pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Accordingly, Google will solely use collected data for the purposes intended, which are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activities.
You can withdraw your consent to the processing at any time. Please use one of the follow-ing options:
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you proceed accordingly you may not be able to benefit from the full functionality of this website.
You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
As an alternative to opting out from being tracked by Google Analytics you can also click the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9019185?hl=de&ref_topic=2919631. An opt-out cookie will be stored, which means that no web analysis will take place as long as the opt-out cookie is stored by your browser.

4. Retargeting Google

If you use our website, you agree to the following data processing:
We use Google Retargeting Technologies
We use Google’s retargeting technologies in order to offer you advertising, on other web-sites, that is tailored to your interests. Data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.

How does remarketing work?

When you visit our website, recognition features of your browser or end device are re-trieved, your IP address is evaluated or a recognition feature is stored as a small text file (e. g. so-called third-party cookie) on your end device. Furthermore, it is possible that Google connects your visit of our website with your usage behavior which is recorded when you visit various websites. The characteristics are designed pseudonymously. If you are logged in with your Google account, these features can be assigned directly to your profile. Google can link and store your visits to our web pages with your features to display target-ed advertising on other Internet sites.

The aforementioned recognition features are pseudonymous and we can use Google to recognize your end device on other internet pages. Your device and your browser will be recognized by Google, e.g. when you visit a page that displays advertisements on Google’s behalf.
We can add to our website so called remarketing tags. We may add keywords to our webpages that contain statements about the content of the website, such as offered prod-ucts. Google receives these keywords which contain neither personal nor sensitive infor-mation. When you visit a page with certain keywords related to products, Google stores them and assigns them to your pseudonymous recognition features. Google can use this link to determine whether and, if so, which of our advertisements will be displayed to you.

We can therefore commission Google to place advertisements on other websites based on the pages you visited. If you visit another website that participates in Google’s display net-work, Google can use recognition features and keywords stored for this purpose to deter-mine whether and, if so, which of our ads should be displayed.
For more information on how Google Remarketing technologies work, visit https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
What does cross-device remarketing mean?
If you sign in to Google services with your own credentials or use one or more of your own Google accounts, Google may link the recognition features of different browsers and de-vices. So once Google has created a unique identifier for the laptop, desktop, smartphone or tablet you are using, you can associate those identifiers with one another by using or having used your sign-in information to use a Google service. In this way, Google can also play our advertising campaigns beyond the end device in a targeted manner. However, Google will only do this if you have agreed to this data processing in your dealings with Google.
You Have the Option to Define Advertising Settings
You can object to this form of advertising at any time. To do this, please visit https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922 and deactivate personalized advertising. Please note that these settings may not affect all devices and browsers. Further infor-mation is also available at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922.

5. Social Media Plugins

For data protection reasons, we do not integrate any social media plugins directly into our website. Therefore, when you access our pages, no data is transferred to social media services such as Facebook, Twitter, XING or Google+. A profiling by third parties is thus excluded.

However, you still have the option of sharing selected pages by clicking on the Facebook, Twitter, XING or Google+ buttons, and you can see how often a page has been shared in the past when you view the post. We use the so-called Shariff solution developed by the German c’t Magazine to offer a data protection compliant alternative to the classic social plug-ins.
What’s behind it? The Shariff solution means that as a first step, all the data and functions required to display Facebook, Twitter, XING or Google+ buttons are provided by our web server. Only when you decide to share a post via the corresponding button and click on it, does a data transfer to the operator of the respective social media service takes place.

6. Automated Decision-making

As a website user you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on auto-mated processing, which has a legal effect on you or significantly affects you. The legal ba-sis is Art. 22 GDPR. Automated decision-making may be performed, if it is necessary for en-tering into or for the performance of a contract, a national derogation exists or explicit consent is given. If any of the exceptions apply, we guarantee appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms.

7. Explanation of Data Security Measures

Data Security
To avoid unauthorized access to your data, we have implemented technical and organiza-tional measures. We use encryption technologies on our website. Your data will be trans-ferred to our servers and back again via a connection that is protected by a TLS encryption technology. You can recognize that you are browsing on an encryption secured website by the lock-symbol shown in the address bar of your browser and by the address bar starting with.

8. Rights as a User

Your Rights as a User
As a website user, the GDPR grants you certain rights when processing your personal data:

  1. Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR):
    You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and, where that is the case to obtain access to the personal data and the information specified in Art. 15 GDPR.
  2. Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and 17 GDPR):
    You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, if necessary, the right to have incomplete personal data com-pleted.
    You also have the right to obtain an erasure of the personal data concerning you without undue delay, if one of the reasons listed in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer necessary for the intended purpose.
  3. Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR):
    If one of the conditions set forth in Art. 18 GDPR applies, you shall have the right to restrict the processing of your data to mere storage, e.g. if you revoke consent, to the processing, for the duration of a possible examination.
  4. Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR):
    In certain situations, listed in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or demand a transmission of the data to another third party.
  5. Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR):
    If the data is processed pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests), you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising out of your particular situation. We will then no longer process personal data, unless there are demonstrably compelling legitimate grounds for pro-cessing, which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the person concerned, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
  6. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
    Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory au-thority if you consider the processing of the data concerning you infringes data protection regulations. The right to lodge a complaint may be invoked in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

9. Contact Form and Online Applications

9.1. Contact Form

You can contact us via our web contact form. In order to use our contact form we require your name and your email-address. You may provide us with further information, but you are not obligated to do so.
The information you provide to us when contacting us will be used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b or Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR in the interest of answering your enquiry as simply, promptly and in a customer-friendly manner as possible. We use your data exclu-sively for the processing of your request and it will be deleted after a period of 7 days. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

9.2. Online Applications

We process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations pursuant to § 26 BDSG. We process the data you provide us in the context of your online application strictly for the purpose of selecting applicants. Data will not be processed for other purposes.
You determine the amount of data you want to send us in the context of your online appli-cation. Online applications are transferred electronically to our HR department and pro-cessed as quickly as possible. The transfer is encrypted. As a rule, applications are for-warded to the heads of the relevant departments in our company. Furthermore, your data will not be transferred to third parties. Your details will be treated confidentially in our company. If the application is unsuccessful, your documents will be deleted after 6 months.
If we may also consider your application for other or future job openings, please indicate this on your application. We will then process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.

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