Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a glance
Protecting your personal data is important to us. Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you personally. Below, we inform you about which personal data is processed when you visit our website and for what purpose.
2. Data controller
The party responsible for data processing on this website is:
Hi.automize GmbHKunkelkamp 3748143 MünsterGermany
Email: Sebastian.Haehnel@hi-automize.dePhone: +49 15785919123
Represented by the Managing Director:
Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Hähnel
3. Hosting and provision of the website
This website is operated using the Duda website platform.
Provider:
Duda, Inc.577 College Ave.Palo Alto, CA 94306USA
When you access our website, technically necessary data may be processed.
These may include, in particular:
IP address
Date and time of access
Pages and files accessed
browser and operating system used
Device information
Referrer URL
This data is required to technically provide the website, ensure its stability and security, and identify potential technical problems. Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing our website securely and reliably. Duda uses Amazon Web Services, among others, for its infrastructure and identifies server locations or infrastructure in the USA and Germany. Further information on data protection at Duda can be found in Duda’s Privacy Policy.
4. Contact form
When you contact us via the contact form on our website, the data you enter will be processed.
These may include, in particular:
First and last name
Company
Email address
Phone number
Message
We use this information solely to process your inquiry and for subsequent communication with you. If your inquiry is aimed at initiating or performing a contract, processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in handling your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The data you submit will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to process your inquiry and provided that no statutory retention obligations apply.
5. Google reCAPTCHA
To protect our contact form from automated submissions and spam, we use Google reCAPTCHA.
The provider is generally Google. When reCAPTCHA is used, information about your use of our website and technical information about your device may be transmitted to Google and processed there.
These may include, for example:
IP address
Browser information
Device information
Mouse and keyboard interactions
Date and duration of the visit
Additional technical information required to detect misuse
This is used to determine whether an input is submitted by a human or automatically.
Important: The precise legal classification, and in particular whether prior consent is required for your specific reCAPTCHA integration, depends on your website’s technical configuration. You should check this in Duda or via your consent/cookie setup.
Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
Our website may use technically necessary cookies or similar technologies required for the operation and security of the website. Where cookies or comparable technologies are used beyond this—such as for analytics, statistics or marketing—they will only be used on the basis of an appropriate legal basis and, where required, with your prior consent.
You can withdraw your consent at any time, with effect for the future.
This section must be adapted if you use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag or other tracking services.
7. External links
Our website may contain links to external websites and social networks, such as LinkedIn.
When you click such a link, you leave our website. The respective provider is responsible for processing personal data on the external website concerned. Simply linking to an external website does not generally mean that data is automatically transmitted to the respective provider when you visit our website.
8. Data retention period
As a general rule, we store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose.
Where statutory retention obligations apply, the relevant data will be stored for the duration of those obligations and then deleted.
9. Your rights
Subject to the statutory requirements, you have the following rights in particular:
Right of access to your stored personal data
Right to rectification of inaccurate data
Right to erasure of your data
Right to restriction of processing
Right to data portability
Right to object to certain processing activities
Right to withdraw consent with effect for the future
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
10. Objecting to the processing of your data
Where we process personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
11. SSL/TLS encryption
For security reasons, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption.
Among other things, you can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the website address in your browser begins with “https://”.
12. Currency of this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy if legal requirements or the services used on our website change.
As of: May 2026