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Imprint

MEPA - Pauli und Menden GmbH

Main plant and distribution

Rolandsecker Weg 37
D-53619 Rheinbreitbach  

Phone: +49 (0) 22 24 / 929 - 0
Fax: +49 (0) 22 24 / 929 - 149
Email: info@mepa.de

Leipzig plant

Carsdorfer Höhe
D-04523 Pegau

Internet:  www.mepa.de / www.mepa.at / www.mepa.eu

Managing Directors: Reiner Pauli, Christian Kuncz, Stefan Ficht, Dr. Roger Schönborn

Commercial register: Local Court Montabaur HRB 10885
Tax number: 3266006133
VAT ID No.: DE 811 193 073
ILN: 40 27952 00000 7

Responsible for the content pursuant to § 10 Para. 3 MDStV: Reiner Pauli


Privacy statement

General information

1. Name and contact details of the person responsible for data processing

This data protection information applies to the data processing by:

Person responsible: Company MEPA – Pauli und Menden GmbH (hereafter: MEPA), Rolandsecker Weg 37, D-53619 Rheinbreitbach, Germany, email: info@mepa.de, Phone: +49 (0) 22 24 / 929 - 0, Fax: +49 (0) 22 24 / 929 - 149.
The company data protection officer of MEPA can be contacted at Rolandsecker Weg 37, D-53619 Rheinbreitbach, Germany, attn. Mr Tido Günther, or respectively at datenschutz@mepa.de.

2. Rights of the persons affected

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO (German General Data Protection Regulation). Provided that we process your data, you may in particular obtain information about the purposes of processing; the category of personal data; the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, particularly with recipients in third countries; the planned retention period or the criteria for their definition; the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection; the existence of a right of appeal with a supervisory authority; the origin of your data, if this has not been collected by us, and requires the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about its detail;
  • to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO;
  • to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, unless the processing is particularly necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need this to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO and it has not been determined yet if our legitimate reasons are greater than your interests;
    to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format or to request their transfer to another controller pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, provided that the processing is based on your consent or a contract and the processing takes place by means of an automated process;
  • to revoke your consent provided to us at any time pursuant to Art. 7 Para. 3 DSGVO. As a result, we would then no longer be allowed to continue processing the data obtained previously based on this consent and
    to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our headquarters.

3. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 s. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, if there are reasons, which arise from your particular situation, or if the objection is directed against direct advertisement.

In the case mentioned first we will not process your data, unless we can prove compelling reasons for the processing which outweigh your interests, freedoms and rights and or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without the need to specify a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to info@mepa.de.

4. Disclosure of data

Transmission of your personal data to third parties does not take place for other purposes than listed in the following. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

  • You have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the disclosure pursuant to Article 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is required for assertion, exercise or advocacy of legal claims and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding interest, worthy of protection, in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that a legal obligation exists for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and required under Article 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you. Apart from that, our order processors obtain your personal data for processing bound by instructions as far as this is necessary for the execution of the contract. Our order processors do not have an own right to use data.

5. Data security

Within the website visit, we use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in connection with the respectively highest encryption which is supported by your browser. Generally, it is a 256 bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256 bit encryption, we will draw on the 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether an individual page of our internet appearance is transmitted encrypted, you can recognise by the representation of the key or padlock symbol or by using https before the address of our (sub-) website. Incidentally, we make use of suitable technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by any third party. Our security measures are continuously improved according to the technological development.

6. Third countries

Data will be transferred to third countries exclusively according to legal regulations. Provided that we execute our contract, data will be made available to third parties. Suitable guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 DSGVO or an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 DSGVO are not necessary for this. Provided that your consent to transfer data is not available, the transfer of data does not serve to fulfil the contract or the transfer of data is required to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims, we transfer the data only if suitable guarantees or an adequacy decision is available. A suitable guarantee is available, for example, if the EU standard data protection clauses enacted by the EU Commission have been finished.


Special data protection information for data processing operations on the website

1. When visiting the website

When you call up our website, data will be automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser being used on your terminal. This information is temporarily saved in a so-called logfile. In the process, the following data is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the enquiring computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the file retrieved,
  • Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL),
  • Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of the access provider.

We will process this data for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection establishment of the website,
  • Ensuring comfortable usage of our website,
  • Evaluation of the system safety and stability as well as
  • for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 Para. 1 s. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest exists in the operation of our website and the representation of our company connected with it.

Deletion of your data will take place, once it is not required for the stated purposes any more, but 6 months at the latest.

2. When using of our contact form for press contact

In case of press inquiries, we offer you the possibility to contact us via a form provided on the website. Stating a valid email address and your surname is required so that we know who sent the request and can respond to it. Further information (first name and phone number) can be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on your voluntarily granted consent in accordance with Article 6 Section 1 S 1 lit a GDPR. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will automatically be deleted after your request has been processed.

3. When subscribing to our newsletter

Provided that you have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will use your email address to regularly send our newsletter to you. For the subscription to our newsletter, it is required to state an email address, your name, your postal code and your “customer status”. We will process your name in order to be able to address you personally. We need your customer status and your postal code in order to be able to send you the right thematic newsletter. It is possible to unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can send your unsubscribe request at any time by email to info@mepa.de. We will store your data until revocation of your data.

4. When submitting an application

It is particularly important for MEPA to guarantee maximum protection of your personal data. By means of technical and organisational measures, all personal data collected and processed within the framework of an application with MEPA is protected against unauthorised access and manipulation.

We need your personal data in the application documents in order to be able to take you into consideration as applicant in the application process and to check if you come into question as an employee of our company. If you provide information that go beyond the required information, your provide them voluntarily and declare your consent to us to process them.

The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. a and b GDPR. Revocation of your consent is possible at any time. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an email to info@mepa.de.

After completion of the application process, we will store your documents for further 4 months for evidence purposes. For a possible conclusion of an employment contract, it is necessary that you provide your personal data in the application documents. Otherwise, we cannot take into account your application within the application process.

5. When registering on our website

It is possible for you to register as a user on our website. The information is required to provide access to you and provide our offerings. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. You can adjust the information in your user profile at any time. We will process your data for the period during which you are registered as a user. If you do not provide the required information, you will not be able to register as a user.

6. When using the order form for the “MEPA Chip Collection Box”

The information in the order form (company, title, name and address) is required to check your order and conclude the contract with your. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. Without this data, we cannot conclude the contract with you.

We will store the data for the duration of contract processing. After that, we will store the data for the duration of legal retention periods.

7. When registering for a seminar

It is possible for you to register on our website for our seminars, which are addressed to all professionals from the field of sanitary technology. To register for a seminar, it is necessary to state your company, the company address, your phone number, your email address and the name of the participant. This data will be processed by us for the planning and execution of the seminars. Therefore, processing of your data takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. Following completion of the seminars, your data will be deleted, unless we are legally required to retain this data (for example for tax reasons).

8. When registering for an online seminar

It is possible for you to register for our webinars on our website. Both for the registration and execution of the seminars, we use the tool “Webinaris” of the Webinaris GmbH (Bussardstr. 5, 82166 Gräfelfing). With the Webinaris GmbH, we have concluded an agreement for order processing. In conformity with our instructions, the Webinaris GmbH may use the data only for executing the webinars and not for own purposes. We do not use the tracking functions of this provider and only collect data which are required for seminar registration. This includes your first name and surname, your email address as well as the name and address of your company/employer. This data is necessary to check if you can take part in the webinar which is addressed to your company, to process the registration and the webinar and to send you a reminder to the webinar. The legal basis for processing this data is Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. With your consent, we will send you the training package following the webinar. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
We will store your data as long as this is necessary for executing the webinar and beyond that only for the duration of the legal retention periods. In the event of your consent, we will store the data until your revocation or until the above-mentioned purpose, for which the data is collected, does not exist any more.

9. When using the “MEPA Profi Chat”

It is possible for you to take up contact with our experts via a chat on our website. For this purpose, we use the chat tool of the Baufragen Software GmbH, Königstraße 20, 83022 Rosenheim. With the Baufragen Software GmbH, we have concluded an agreement for order processing. The Baufragen Software GmbH may use the data only in conformity with our instructions and not for own purposes. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on your voluntarily granted consent in accordance with Article 6 Section 1 S 1 lit a GDPR. The personal data collected by us due to using the chat will automatically be deleted after processing the inquiry requested by you. If your inquiry aims at concluding a contract, Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR will serve as the legal basis. In this case, we will store your data for the duration of legal retention periods.

10. When making contact via WhatsApp Business

We provide you with the possibility of contacting us via WhatsApp if you have questions of any kind. Upon making contact with us via WhatsApp, you declare your consent that we get your phone number and access to your WhatsApp profile (including profile picture). Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on your voluntarily granted consent in accordance with Article 6 Section 1 S 1 lit a GDPR. The personal data collected by us due to using WhatsApp will automatically be deleted on completion of the inquiry requested by you. We regularly consider the completion of your inquiry after 90 days following our provision of a final reply to you, because after expiry of this term, no further inquiries have to be normally expected. You can also revoke your consent at any time with a message to our WhatsApp contact or by sending an email to info@mepa.de. If your inquiry aims at concluding a contract, Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR will serve as the legal basis. In this case, we will store your data for the duration of legal retention periods. Furthermore, when using WhatsApp, the data protection regulations (privacy policy) of the WhatsApp Inc. apply: www.whatsapp.com/legal/

11. When making an appointment via Microsoft Bookings

On our website, we use the service Microsoft Bookings of Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited (One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 D18 P521) in order to make it possible for you to make an appointment via our website.
For the appointment we need your name and your email address. You may voluntarily provide your address and phone number.
The legal basis for processing your personal data is Art. 6 Para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR [German General Data Protection Regulation] (legitimate interest). We have the legitimate interest to design our website user-friendly and to offer a wide range of functions. In our view, this also entails the possibility to be able to make an appointment quickly and easily.
The use of Microsoft Bookings is not obligatory. You are also welcome to use an other one of the offered contact opportunities to making an appointment.
With the Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, we have concluded an agreement for order processing. Insofar as the Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited should process your data for own purposes apart from that, the data protection regulations under privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement shall apply.

12. Cookies, analysis tools, plugins and other elements of third parties

We use cookies on our website. These are small files which your browser automatically creates and which are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar). Cookies do no damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that links to the specific end device that has been used. However, this does not mean that we thereby immediately get to know your identity. Analysis tools evaluate the user behaviour of website visitors and enable the operator to optimise the website and adjust marketing measures. Plugins and other elements of third parties are employed in order to integrate contents of these providers into a website.

a) Necessary First Party Cookies For one thing, the use of our required first party cookies serves to making the usage of our offering more pleasant to you. Thus, we use so-called session cookies in order to recognise that you have already visited individual pages or our website. These cookies will be automatically deleted after leaving our site. Furthermore, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness which are stored for a particular, specified period on your end device. When you visit our site again to make use of our services, it will be automatically detected that you already visited out site and what entries and settings you had made in order to not having to enter them once again. This data will be deleted after 6 months at the latest. We process your data on the basis of our legitimate interest in the public image of our company about the website retrieved by you and to promote the user-friendliness. The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6 Para. 1 s. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Most browsers automatically accept these cookies. However, you can configure your browser in such a way that no cookies will be stored on your computer or a note will always appear before a cookie is created. Complete deactivation of cookies, however, can lead to the fact that the website will not be correctly shown or you cannot use all functions of our website.

b) Third Party cookies, analysis tools, plugins and other elements of third parties The third party cookies, analysis tools, plugins and other elements of third parties listed below and used by us will be used only with your express consent and thus on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 s. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your given consents at any time with future effect. To do so, you can change your settings here. Not giving or revoking the consent can lead to the fact that the website will not be correctly shown to you or you cannot use all functions of the website. Using the third party cookies, analysis tools, plugins and other elements of third parties, we intend to ensure that our website is designed to meet requirements and is continually optimised. Moreover, we use the tracking measures to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer. The relevant functional descriptions, possible recipients of the data, information about possible transfers into a third country and the storage period can be found in the following notes about the processing operations provided with third party cookies, analysis tools, plugins and other elements of third parties.

(1) Google Analytics

For the purpose of demand-oriented design and continual optimisation of our sites we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of the Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google“). In this context, pseudonymous usage profiles are created and cookies used (see point 4). The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website, such as • browser type/version, • operating system used, • referrer URL (previously visited page), • host name of accessing computer (IP address), • time of server inquiry, is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on advertising activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and of the Internet for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these Internet pages. In no event, your IP address is amalgamated with other data of Google. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an assignment of date is not possible (IP masking). Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found at Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de). We have agreed the standard data protection clauses with the Google LLC.

(2) Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. Provider of the map service is Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The integration of this plugin by us is done by means of the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way. This means that your personal data (particularly your IP address) is not already transmitted to Google when calling up the website. Rather, you must activate the integrated map only by a click. With this click, you give consent that the map with our company location is loaded and data is thus transmitted to Google. As a rule, your data is transferred non-anonymous to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. We have agreed the standard data protection clauses with the Google LLC.

(3) Facebook Pixel

For conversion measurement, our website uses visitor action pixels and cookies of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). That way, the behaviour of website users can be tracked after they were transferred to our website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. As a result, the effectiveness of the Facebook advertisements can be evaluated for statistical and market investigation purposes and optimised for future advertising measures. The collected data is anonymous to us as the operator of this website, so it does not provide any conclusions to the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profiles is possible and Facebook can use the data for own advertising purposes according to the Facebook data usage policy. Thereby, Facebook can make it possible to place advertisements on Facebook sites as well as outside these networks. The usage of this data cannot be influenced by us as site operator. In the data protection notices of Facebook, you can find further notes about the protection of your privacy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

(4) YouTube

On our website, we use Social Plugins from YouTube LLC (901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA) a subsidiary of Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to raise awareness of our company. The plugins are indicated by a YouTube logo, for example in the form of a “YouTube camera” or a “Play” button. The integration of these plugins by us is done by means of the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way. This means that your personal data (particularly your IP address) is not already transmitted to YouTube when calling up the website. Instead, you must activate the integrated “buttons” only by a click. With this click, you give consent that a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Through this integrated plugin, YouTube receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a YouTube profile or are not currently logged in to YouTube. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a YouTube server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged into YouTube, YouTube can immediately link the visit on our website to your YouTube account. When you interact with the plugins, for example operate the “YouTube” button, this information is also transmitted directly to a YouTube server and stored there. Furthermore, the information is published on your YouTube account and shown to your contacts there. If you do not want YouTube to immediately link the data collected about our web appearance to your YouTube account, you must log out from YouTube before activating the plugins with YouTube. You can find further information on this in data protection declaration (https://www.youtube.de/t/privacy) of YouTube.

(5) Google Doubleclick

For the purpose of optimising our online marketing we use Google Doubleclick, a service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; in the following referred to as “Google“). In this context, pseudonymous usage profiles are created and cookies used (see point 4). The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information is used to show you, in the Google advertising network, advertising which is in keeping with your interests. In no event, your IP address is amalgamated with other data of Google. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an assignment of date is not possible (IP masking). Further information about data protection, data processing through Google can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at: (https://policies.google.com/privacy). We have agreed the standard data protection clauses with the Google LLC.

(6) LinkedIn Insights Tag

For the so-called Conversion Tracking we use on our website the LinkedIn Insights Tag of the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). By means of the LinkedIn Insights Tag, information about the surfing behaviour of the user (especially IP address, time stamp, called up websites, link with LinkedIn Profile) is analysed and transmitted to LinkedIn. In particular, it is also analysed due to which LinkedIn advertisements or contributions you have called up our website. Due to this information, the advertisements on LinkedIn and our website can b optimised. You can find further information on the LinkedIn Insights Tag at www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/67595/linkedin-conversion-trackingubersicht. You can find further information on data protection with LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

c) Google Tag Manager

Our website uses “Google Tag Manager”, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Irland (in the following referred to as "Google"). Google Tag Manager makes it possible for us a marketer to be able to administrate website tags by means of a user interface. The tool of Google Tag Manager which implements the tags is a domain without cookies and does not collect any personal data itself. Google Tag Manager ensures initiation of other tags which for its part possibly collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If, at domain or cookie level, a deactivation has been made, this will remain in force for all tracking tags which are implemented with Google Tag Manager.

13. Topicality and modification of this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid as of September 2021. Due to further development of our website and offers or on the basis of changed legal or official regulations, it may become necessary to modify this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be called up and printed from our website at en.mepa.de/service/imprint.