Privacy policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form or send to us by email.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data, for example internet browser, operating system, IP address or time of page access. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free and secure provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If enquiries about products, services or other business matters can be submitted via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for handling these enquiries and for carrying out pre-contractual measures.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future.
You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about data protection.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is done in particular using analytics programs. The analysis is carried out only if corresponding consent has been given.
Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Hetzner Online GmbH
The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen.
When you visit our website, the hosting provider collects various technical data, including so-called server log files. This may also include your IP address.
The use of the hosting provider is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable, secure and high-performance presentation of our website possible.
If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Data Processing Agreement
We conclude a data processing agreement for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is processed. Personal data means data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we process, what we use it for and on what legal basis the processing takes place.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet, for example communication by email, may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Vestamatic International GmbH
Am Tannenbaum 2
41066 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone: +49 2161 29408-0
Email: info@vestamatic.com
Website: www.vestamatic.com
Represented by the Managing Director: Reinoud Arts
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data, for example names or email addresses.
Storage Period
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.
If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless there are other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data. Such reasons may include, in particular, retention periods under tax or commercial law. In the latter case, deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device, processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If we are legally obliged to process data, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following sections of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this may require the transfer of personal data to these external parties.
We only disclose personal data if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so, if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure or if another legal basis permits the data disclosure.
When using processors, we only disclose personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of data processing carried out up to the time of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA.
IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING.
IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. This right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, Correction and Deletion
Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients and the purpose of data processing.
You also have, where applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about personal data.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose.
The right to restriction of processing exists in particular in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data has been unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defence or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from its storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries 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 browser address line begins with “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be easily read by third parties.
Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material.
The operators of the pages reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example through spam emails.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called cookies. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored on your terminal device either temporarily for the duration of a session or permanently.
Session cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser automatically deletes them.
Cookies may originate from us or from third-party companies. They have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them. Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behaviour.
Cookies that are required for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions or for the technically error-free and optimised provision of the website are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.
If consent to the storage of cookies or comparable technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, 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 cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Consent with Borlabs Cookie
Our website uses the consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain and document your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser or to the use of certain technologies.
The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg.
When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie stores the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents.
This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.
The collected data is stored until you request us to delete it, until you delete the Borlabs cookie yourself or until the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
The use of Borlabs Cookie consent technology is carried out in order to obtain and document the legally required consents for the use of cookies and comparable technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Details on data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at:
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include in particular:
- browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- hostname of the accessing computer
- time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free, secure and optimised presentation of its website.
Contact Form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions.
In particular, the following mandatory information is processed in the contact form:
- name
- company
- email address
- telephone number
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to the initiation or fulfilment of a contract.
In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, provided that such consent has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose for storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.
For the processing and traceability of incoming enquiries, form messages may be stored in the WordPress database. This storage serves the orderly processing of incoming contact and product enquiries.
Enquiry by Email or Telephone
If you contact us by email or telephone, your enquiry, including all personal data resulting from it, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to the initiation or fulfilment of a contract.
In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, provided that such consent has been requested.
The data you send to us will remain with us until you request us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose for storage no longer applies. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Spam Protection for Forms
To protect our forms against automated spam entries, we use technical protective measures. Technical information may be processed which is necessary to detect and prevent abusive or automated form submissions.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website against spam, misuse and automated attacks.
5. Social Media
Social Media Profiles
Our website contains links to our presences on social networks and platforms. If you click on such a link, you will be redirected to the respective platform.
The respective provider is generally responsible for data processing on the respective platforms.
Further information on the processing of your personal data can be found in the privacy notices of the respective providers:
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
Instagram:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
YouTube / Google:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
The linking is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the external presentation of our company and in providing additional communication and information channels.
6. Analytics Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analytics service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. Various usage data may be processed in this context, for example page views, length of stay, operating systems used, referrer URL, approximate location and origin of the user.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable an analysis of the use of the website. Information about the use of this website may be transmitted to Google and processed there.
The use of this service takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Google states for Google Analytics that IP addresses of users from the EU are not logged or stored and that IP addresses are deleted before collection via EU domains and servers.
Data transfer to the USA may take place on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, provided that the respective requirements are met. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Further information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Information on Google Analytics:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
You can also prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Data Processing Agreement
We conclude a data processing agreement with Google insofar as this is required for the use of Google Analytics.
7. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter.
Registration for the newsletter is carried out using the double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an email in which you must confirm your registration. Only after this confirmation will your email address be added to the mailing list.
The double opt-in procedure serves to document your consent and to protect against abusive registrations.
In particular, the following data may be processed for registration and proof of consent:
- email address
- time of registration
- time of confirmation
- IP address at registration and confirmation
- status of consent
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The logging of the registration is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally secure proof of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. A corresponding unsubscribe link can be found in every newsletter. Alternatively, you can contact us using the contact details provided above.
The lawfulness of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data stored with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the active mailing list after you unsubscribe. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The storage is based on our legitimate interest in complying with statutory requirements for newsletter distribution pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Newsletter Distribution with BlueMail / Blix
We use BlueMail for the technical processing of our newsletter. BlueMail is operated by Blix, Inc.
According to BlueMail, Blix processes in particular email addresses. In addition, name or nickname, photo and mobile number may optionally be processed. BlueMail states that it does not sell user data to third-party advertisers. BlueMail also states that emails are not stored on its own servers.
The processing is carried out for the purpose of the technical processing of newsletter distribution, the management of recipient data, the documentation of consents and the handling of unsubscribes.
The processing is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The documentation of your registration and unsubscription is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally secure proof pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You may withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. To do so, you can use the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or contact us using the contact details provided above.
According to its own information, BlueMail provides an account portal through which accounts and personal data can be deleted.
Further information on data processing by BlueMail / Blix can be found in BlueMail’s privacy information: https://bluemail.me/privacy/
Information on BlueMail’s data protection and security approach can be found at: https://bluemail.me/security/
Information on BlueMail’s data protection commitment can be found at: https://bluemail.me/gdpr/
Data Processing Agreement
Insofar as BlueMail / Blix processes personal data on our behalf, we conclude a data processing agreement or a comparable data protection agreement required under data protection law.
8. Plugins and Tools
Local Fonts
This site uses locally embedded fonts for the uniform display of typefaces. The font files are loaded from the server of this website.
When loading the fonts, the technically necessary access data is processed, which also occurs when this website is otherwise accessed.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform, fast and privacy-friendly presentation of the website.
Technical Website Functions
We use technical extensions and functions to provide, maintain, secure, optimise and manage our website. These serve in particular the display of content, the search function, multilingualism, technical security, performance optimisation, form processing, email dispatch and editorial administration.
Technical data may be processed in this context, for example IP addresses, times of access, form submissions, login attempts or technical browser information.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure, stable, user-friendly and technically error-free provision of our website.
Email Dispatch via the Website
For the technical dispatch of website emails, in particular in connection with contact forms, we use a technical dispatch solution. Email addresses, the content of the message, technical dispatch data and timestamps may be processed in this context.
The processing is carried out for the reliable delivery of messages and for handling enquiries.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that the communication serves the initiation or performance of a contract. In all other cases, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
9. Validity of This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated May 2026.
Due to the further development of our website or changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy.