INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Below, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be attributed to you personally, such as name, address, email addresses, and user behavior.

The responsible party according to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

CHRISTOPH ULRICH
Sulzbrunnenstraße 21
74564 Crailsheim
+49 7951 – 9697-13
(see Impressum).

You can reach our Data Protection Officer at datenschutz@hero-textil.de or by post at our address.

When you contact us by email or phone, the data you provide (your email address, possibly your name, and phone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context after it is no longer required for storage, or we will limit the processing if there are legal retention obligations. If we rely on commissioned service providers for certain functions of our offer or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you of these processes in detail below. We will also specify the criteria for the duration of the storage.

YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to request information, correction, or deletion of the personal data concerning you, the right to restrict processing, the right to object to processing, and the right to data portability.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority (The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Baden-Württemberg, Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany) regarding the processing of your personal data by us.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE
When you use the website informatively, that is, when you do not register or provide us with other information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you and ensure its stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR). This data includes the IP address, the date and time of the request, the time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the content of the request (specific page), the access status/HTTP status code, the data volume transmitted, the website from which the request comes, the browser, the operating system and its interface, and the language and version of the browser software.

In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using, through which certain information flows to the place setting the cookie (hereby us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the overall internet offering more user-friendly and efficient.

COOKIES
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

• Transient cookies (see b)
• Persistent cookies (see c)

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which different requests from your browser can be assigned to the same session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predetermined period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in your browser's security settings at any time.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, reject the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. We point out that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.

e) The Flash cookies used are not collected by your browser but by your Flash plug-in. We also use HTML5 storage objects that are stored on your device. These objects store the required data independently of the browser you use and do not have an automatic expiration date. If you do not wish the Flash cookies to be processed, you must install an appropriate add-on, such as "Better Privacy" for Mozilla Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/) or the Adobe Flash Killer Cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by using the private mode in your browser. We also recommend regularly deleting your cookies and browser history manually.

WEB SERVER HOSTING
The hosting services we use provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services, and technical maintenance services, which we use to operate the website.
In this context, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, usage data, metadata, and communication data of customers, prospects, and visitors to this website based on our legitimate interest in an efficient and secure provision of our website according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR.

ADOBE TYPEKIT
To aesthetically design our website, we use Adobe Typekit. Typekit is a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd. ("Adobe"), which allows us access to Adobe's font library. In order for the fonts we use to be embedded, your web browser must establish a connection to a server in the USA from Adobe and download the respective font. As a result, Adobe receives the information that our website has been accessed from the IP address of your device. For further information on Adobe Typekit, you can find Adobe’s privacy notices here: www.adobe.com/privacy/typekit.html.

SELF-PROTECTION OPTIONS AND ANONYMITY
It is up to you which information you wish to share with us during your visit.

Anonymity:
On all public pages of Hero Textil AG, you can browse anonymously and leave our offerings at any time. We only collect statistical, non-personally identifiable data to improve our online presence.

Consent/Voluntariness:
Without your explicit consent, no automated collection, processing, or use of personal data from your visit to the website will take place. For example, if you request further advice, you voluntarily provide the data required for this. If you do not agree to the use of cookies for statistical purposes, you can disable their acceptance in your browser (see Cookies).

TERMS OF USE
Content of the online offer:
Hero Textil AG assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, correctness, completeness, or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against Hero Textil AG relating to damages of a material or immaterial nature caused by the use or non-use of the presented information or by the use of erroneous and incomplete information are generally excluded, unless there is proven intent or gross negligence on the part of Hero Textil AG.

All offers are non-binding and subject to change. Hero Textil AG explicitly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete parts of the pages, or the entire offer without separate notice or to temporarily or permanently cease publication.

REFERENCES AND LINKS
For direct or indirect references to external websites ("links") that lie outside the responsibility of Hero Textil AG, liability would only apply in the case that Hero Textil AG has knowledge of the content and it would be technically possible and reasonable to prevent the use of illegal content. Hero Textil AG explicitly states that, at the time the link was set, no illegal content was evident on the linked pages. Hero Textil AG has no influence on the current and future design, content, or authorship of the linked/connected pages. Therefore, Hero Textil AG explicitly distances itself from all content of all linked or connected pages that have been altered after the link was set. This statement applies to all links and references set within its own internet offering.

For illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content, and especially for damages arising from the use or non-use of such provided information, the provider of the site to which reference was made is solely liable—not the one who merely refers to the respective publication through links.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK LAW
Hero Textil AG endeavors to respect the copyrights of the graphics, video sequences, and texts used in all publications, to use graphics, video sequences, and texts created by itself, or to rely on license-free graphics, video sequences, and texts.

All trademarks and service marks mentioned in the website, and if applicable, protected by third parties, are subject without restriction to the provisions of the respective trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. Merely mentioning trademarks does not imply that they are not protected by third-party rights.

The copyright for published objects created by Hero Textil AG remains with it. Reproduction or use of such graphics, video sequences, and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the explicit consent of Hero Textil AG.

EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS DISCLAIMER
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet offering from which reference was made to this page. If parts or individual formulations of this text should no longer or not fully correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document remain unaffected in their content and validity.