Last updated: November 2026
This English version is provided for convenience. The German version (Datenschutzerklärung) is legally binding.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Alton Automation GmbH
Registered office: Brücke 2, 41462 Neuss, Germany
Office: Monschauer Str. 12, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Represented by the managing directors Behnaz Ghaedelm and Somaye Seyed Mahmoudian
Phone: +49 2131 2988695
Email: info@altonautomation.de
2. General information and legal bases
We process personal data only where this is necessary to operate this website, to answer your enquiries or to meet legal obligations, or where you have given your consent. The legal bases are in particular Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent), (b) (contract and pre-contractual measures), (c) (legal obligation) and (f) (legitimate interest). Storing and accessing information on your device is additionally governed by Section 25 of the German TDDDG.
3. Hosting
This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. The servers are located in Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the host under Art. 28 GDPR. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure and reliable website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
4. Server log files
When you visit the website, information transmitted by your browser is recorded automatically: IP address, date and time of access, page requested, referrer URL, browser type and operating system. This data is used only to ensure operation and to defend against attacks, and is deleted after a short period unless needed to investigate a security incident (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
5. Cookies and consent management
We use technically necessary cookies to provide the website, for example to store your language selection (Polylang) and your cookie settings (Section 25(2) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). All other cookies and similar technologies, in particular for statistics, are used only with your consent (Section 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). We manage your consent with the “WPConsent” cookie banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer.
6. Contact form, email and phone
When you contact us via the contact form, by email or by phone, we process your details (e.g. name, email address, message) to handle your enquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, otherwise our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The data is deleted once your enquiry has been fully dealt with and no statutory retention obligations apply.
7. Contact via WhatsApp
The website contains a button that lets you contact us via WhatsApp. Simply visiting the website does not transfer any data to WhatsApp. Only when you click the button is WhatsApp opened; the provider is WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. Data may be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Please use this channel only if you agree; you can also reach us by email or phone.
8. Google Analytics
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, to analyse the use of our website statistically. Cookies are set and information about your use of the website is processed. Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses. Data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG), which you can withdraw at any time via the cookie settings.
Fonts
The fonts used on this website are loaded locally from our own server. No connection is made to Google or other font providers.
9. Links to third parties
Our website contains links to external services, for example our eBay shop. When you click such a link, you leave our website; the respective provider is responsible for data processing on the linked site.
10. SSL/TLS encryption
For security reasons, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by “https://” in your browser’s address bar.
11. Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20), and the right to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21). You can withdraw any consent given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR). Please contact info@altonautomation.de.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW), Kavalleriestraße 2–4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany.
12. Changes
We update this privacy policy when our data processing or the legal situation changes. The version published on this page applies.