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Privacy Policy

What data this website processes, for what purpose and for how long – and what rights you have. In short: no cookies, no analytics tools, no advertising.

This English text is a translation provided for your convenience. Only the German version is legally binding: Datenschutzerklärung.

Key points at a glance

  • This website does not set any cookies when you visit it. It does not use any analytics or advertising services and loads neither fonts nor scripts from third-party servers.
  • Videos from YouTube and the map from OpenStreetMap are only loaded once you click on them.
  • We use what you tell us via the contact form or the newsletter sign-up only for that purpose.

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Engelbert Schmid GmbH
represented by its managing director Engelbert Schmid
Bellerweg 3
86513 Mindelzell
Germany

Telephone: +49 8282 890412
Email: engelbert-office@schmid-horns.com

You can also reach us at this address with any questions about data protection.

Hosting and server logs

The website runs on a server in a data centre in Nuremberg. The data centre is operated by netcup GmbH, Daimlerstraße 25, 76185 Karlsruhe. The server is managed on our behalf by Elestio Limited, 66 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, D02 AT27, Ireland. A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with Elestio.

Each time a page is accessed, your browser transmits technically necessary data to the server:

  • IP address
  • date and time of access
  • address accessed and amount of data transferred
  • previously visited page (referrer), if your browser provides it
  • browser and operating system

The server stores this data in log files. We use it only to deliver the website, to remedy faults and to fend off attacks. We do not combine it with other data and do not create user profiles. The logs are kept only for as long as is necessary for these purposes and are then deleted.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and trouble-free operation of the website.

Cookies and local storage

No cookies are set when you visit this website. A cookie notice is therefore not necessary.

There is one single exception, which concerns your browser’s local storage: if you tick the option “Always load YouTube videos on this website” on a video, your browser remembers this setting. It is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to us. You can deselect the option again at any time. The legal basis is Sec. 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), because the storage is necessary for the function you have requested.

Contacting us

Contact form

If you write to us using the form, we process the information you provide there:

  • name and email address
  • subject and text of your message
  • the instrument and its options, if you are enquiring about a configuration
  • language of the page and time of the enquiry

We use this data to answer your enquiry. The enquiry is stored in the website’s database and forwarded to our office by email.

The legal basis is your consent, which you give in the form (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). If your enquiry relates to a purchase, a repair or an offer, the legal basis is additionally Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending us an informal message. Processing carried out up to that point remains lawful.

Your enquiry is automatically deleted from the website’s database after 90 days. We delete the email in our mailbox as soon as your matter has been dealt with. If a contract is concluded or if the correspondence is business correspondence, the statutory retention periods under commercial and tax law apply (Sec. 257 HGB (German Commercial Code), Sec. 147 AO (German Fiscal Code)).

To protect against automated spam submissions, the form checks how quickly and how often it is submitted. For this purpose, your IP address is held in the server’s working memory for a few minutes and is not stored permanently. We do not use an external service such as reCAPTCHA.

Email, telephone and fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, we process your details in order to deal with your request. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR insofar as a contract or an offer is concerned, otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in answering your enquiry. The same applies to retention as for the contact form.

Newsletter

For the newsletter we only need your email address. In addition, we store the language in which you signed up.

After you sign up, we send you an email with a confirmation link. You are only subscribed once you click this link (double opt-in). We store the time of the sign-up and of the confirmation in order to be able to prove your consent. We do not store your IP address in the process.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Sec. 7(2) no. 2 UWG (German Act against Unfair Competition)). You can withdraw it at any time, via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by sending us a short message.

We use your address exclusively for sending the newsletter and do not pass it on to third parties. Storage period:

  • Sign-ups that are not confirmed are deleted by us after 30 days.
  • We store confirmed sign-ups until you unsubscribe.
  • After you unsubscribe, we keep the address and the time of unsubscription for up to a further three years in order to be able to prove the earlier consent (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). During this time you will no longer receive any newsletter. On request, we will delete the data immediately.

Videos from YouTube

On this website we show videos that are hosted on YouTube. The preview images come from our own server. As long as you do not start a video, YouTube receives no data about your visit.

Only when you click play does your browser load the video from YouTube. For this we use the privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. In the process, Google learns your IP address and the address of the video and can store and read data on your device. The data may also be transferred to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

The legal basis is your consent, which you give by clicking play (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Sec. 25(1) TDDDG). It applies to the video in question. If you have selected “Always load YouTube videos on this website”, it applies until you deselect the option again.

Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Map from OpenStreetMap

On the contact page you can load a map of our location. The map is only loaded from the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation after you click (St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom). In the process, your IP address is transmitted to OpenStreetMap. An adequacy decision of the European Commission is in place for the United Kingdom.

The legal basis is your consent, which you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Further information: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

Our website links to other websites, for example to the CD shop, the mouthpiece shop and to our dealers. When you click such a link, you leave our website. The respective operator is responsible for data processing there.

Recipients of the data

Your data is received only by the parties we need for operation: the hosting provider named above and the provider of our email mailbox. Beyond that, we do not pass on your data unless we are legally obliged to do so. Data is transferred to countries outside the European Union only in the cases described above (YouTube, OpenStreetMap).

No automated decision-making or profiling takes place.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the following rights:

  • Access: You can find out what data we have stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR).
  • Rectification: You can have inaccurate data rectified (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • Erasure: You can request that we delete your data, provided no retention obligation prevents this (Art. 17 GDPR).
  • Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing (Art. 18 GDPR).
  • Data portability: You can receive the data you have given us in a commonly used format (Art. 20 GDPR).
  • Withdrawal of consent: You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

An informal message to the address given above is sufficient for this.

Right to object

Insofar as we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object to the processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). We will then no longer process the data unless there are compelling legitimate grounds or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Complaint to the supervisory authority

You can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The authority responsible for us is:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
https://www.lda.bayern.de

Obligation to provide data

You can use this website without providing any information about yourself. Only for an enquiry via the form and for the newsletter do we need the information marked there as mandatory fields.

Version

This privacy policy is current as of November 2026. If the website or the legal situation changes, we will update it.

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