Privacy Policy and Cookies Charter

Welcome to the website stop-choc.de. By connecting to or browsing the website, you agree that you have read, understood and accepted, without limitation or reservation, the present Personal data protection and cookies Charter (hereinafter the “Charter”) and our terms and conditions of use. Please note that other terms and conditions and Personal data protection and cookies Charter apply to other Hutchinson Group websites, and we recommend that you read them carefully.

The Charter aims to inform you of the rights and freedoms that you can exercise in respect of our use of your personal data and describes the measures that we take to protect these data.

HUTCHINSON STOP-CHOC GmbH, registered capital of 1.585.400 euros, having its registered office in Benzstraße 42, 71272 Renningen, Germany, registered in the German Trade and Company register under the number HRB 796975, is the “data controller” with responsibility for processing the personal data used to manage the website. These processing operations are carried out in accordance with the applicable law.

1. Purpose of processing, legal basis, the period of storage and types of data collected

When you visit the website, you may need to provide us with a number of items of personal data, such as your first name, surname and email address in order to respond to your request for information on our products and / or services, provide you with the requested information and / or services and to send you commercial prospecting emails.

The processing of your personal data is based on your consent when you contact us by writing to the email addresses mentioned on our website (indirect collection). This information is necessary to process your request, failing which it cannot be processed. You can withdraw your consent at any time without jeopardizing the treatment (s) carried out previously, by writing to the following email address: rnng.privacy@hutchinson.com .

Your personal data are not subsequently processed in a manner incompatible with the purposes described below. 

Your data is kept for the time necessary for the purpose of each processing as indicated below:

2. Data recipients

In order to satisfy the purposes specified above, your personal data is transmitted to the subsidiaries of the HUTCHINSON Group. Your personal data is hosted on servers located in Europe.

3. Data Transfers

Any transfer of data to a country outside the European Economic Area shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations and in such a way as to protect your data appropriately. 

For the purposes of the services provided on this website, your data first name, surname and email address may be transferred to the Hutchinson Group companies located outside the European Union.

For this reason, the Hutchinson Group has adopted “Binding Corporate Rules” (BCR) governing intra-Group transfers of personal data originating in the European Economic Area.

If you wish to obtain more information on our BCRs please click here. For information on other measures in place to provide adequate protection, please write to the contact address listed below.

4. Data security and confidentiality

The data controller takes appropriate steps to preserve the security and confidentiality of your personal data, including to prevent them from being distorted, damaged or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

5. Cookie management

A cookie is a file that records information about your browsing and makes it easier on stop-choc.de.

 On the stop-choc.de website we only activate cookies and technical trackers which are essential for the provision of the service you request on stop-choc.de.

• Cookies issued by Hutchinson Stop-Choc

How to withdraw your consent?

For instance, we only use cookies on our website that are essential for the operation of the website and compliance with the GDPR. No cookie is therefore configurable.

6. Your rights /Contact

In accordance with current regulations, you have the right to access, rectify, delete and object to the use of your personal data. You also have a right to object to the use of your personal data for marketing purposes under the applicable regulations.

You can ask for your personal data to be sent to you and you have the right to give instructions for the use of your personal data after your death.  You can also ask for restriction of the data processing or of data portability.

You can exercise your rights and ask us about the processing of your personal data by contacting the DPO at the following email address: rnng.privacy@hutchinson.com; the data controller is HUTCHINSON STOP-CHOC GmbH & Co.KG, registered capital of 1.585.400 euros, having its registered office in Benzstraße 42, 71272 Renningen, Germany, registered in the German Trade and Company register under the number HRA253935. 

Finally, you can lodge a complaint with the authority responsible for compliance with personal data protection obligations (the BfDI in Germany or for other countries your local authority).

7. External links

If our website gives you access to websites, the said websites are not bound by this Charter. We recommend that you consult the personal data protection Charters / confidentiality declarations of these websites to find out about their practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

8. Personal data of minors

Please note that the use of our website is reserved for persons aged 18 years or older and that we have no intention of collecting or processing the personal data of minors aged less than 18 years. Therefore, if you are less than 18 years of age, please obtain the approval of your parents or your guardian before providing us with information through the contact form on our website. Without this prior approval, users aged less than 18 years are not authorised to send us information and, if they do so, we shall cease processing their information as soon as we become aware of their age. We cannot be held liable if information belonging to minors was recorded during a login in violation of these clauses.

9. Modification of the Charter

This Charter was updated on March 24^th, 2021. The latest version is available in the Personal Data section of our website. We reserve the right to revise and modify this Charter at any time, especially to ensure that we comply with regulatory and legal requirements.