The protection of your privacy – and, in particular, data protection – is an important concern for gateB AG. This document explains how gateB AG processes data for quality improvement and marketing purposes. In order for our services to be relevant to you and to optimize our website’s functionality, we also need to collect certain personal data. We do this to ensure that our services meet your needs. Personal data will only be stored and used for the purposes stated above if you have given us your explicit permission.

Personal Information
If you have given us your explicit permission for web tracking, the following data will be stored and evaluated:
When you visit the gateB website, the web server registers usage data. The usage data is statistically evaluated internally in order to improve the quality of the gateB website and adapt it to user needs. IP address, the last page visited, the browser used, date, time, etc. are evaluated for the purpose of identifying trends and improving our online offering.

Your usage and contact data will not be sold, rented or passed on by gateB to third parties for any purpose whatsoever. gateB does not share any data with external persons or organizations.

Business Relationships with Third Parties
Our website and our marketing emails contain links to other websites. gateB has no influence on how the providers of the linked websites process data. If you have any questions, please contact these third parties directly. We are not responsible for compliance with the data protection regulations or the content of third party websites.

Cookies
Like most other websites, the gateB website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file that is sent from the web server to your internet browser and stored on your computer. Cookies and similar tracking techniques are also used to enable certain processes, services and transactions. You can set your browser so that a warning appears on the screen before a cookie is saved or the setting of cookies is made impossible. You can also prevent the collection of personal cookies.

Contact Form
If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your details from the enquiry form – including the contact data you provided there – will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties.

E-Mail Update Data and Downloads
If you would like to receive the email updates offered on the website, we need your e-mail address, confirmation that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and confirmation that you agree to receive the e-mail updates. Further data will not be collected. We use this data exclusively for the dispatch of the requested information and do not pass any of it on to third parties. The same applies if you download white papers, case studies or other files from the gateB website.

If you have not confirmed the permission to use the data collected when downloading content or registering for the email update, your data will not be used or evaluated for marketing purposes. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data – including your e-mail address – and your agreement to receive e-mail updates at any time.

Third-party Features
Our pages include functions of the following services: Google Inc. and Selligent.

To access the current privacy policies of the companies listed above, please use the links provided to the third-party websites.

Storage and Safeguarding of your Data
gateB takes appropriate precautions and uses appropriate security technology to protect your data. Any collected data shall be kept only as long as is necessary for the purpose.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
gateB reserves the right to revise, adapt or otherwise supplement these data protection provisions at any time. We will inform you of any changes, additions or revisions to our data protection provisions by means of an appropriate notification, such as our e-mail updates.

Questions on Data Protection
If you have any questions, corrections, requests for information or requests for cancellation, please send an email to info@gateb.com.

Legal Basis
The Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) and the EU DSGOV form the basis of this data protection declaration.

Last updated:  May 25th, 2018