Axinom Privacy Policy

This Axinom Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes how Axinom protects the privacy and personal data of website visitors.

If you have any questions regarding this policy or any requests related to the processing of your personal data, you can contact us by e-mail at: .

This policy can be updated and changed. Axinom will inform website visitors about updates by placing a new version of the privacy policy on the website, along with the dates when modifications were introduced. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this policy, you should not use this website.

You are free to explore the website without providing any personal information about yourself. When you visit the website, we might request that you provide personal information about yourself, and we collect navigational information.

• on the basis of your consent, which is expressed by your active actions, i.e. addressing us and provision of personal data, or by any other active actions;
• in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;
• for pursuing our legitimate interests (e.g. to operate and administer the website);
• in order to comply with the obligations imposed on us by legislation.

This is any information that you voluntarily submit to us and that identifies you personally, including contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business.

Personal Information includes Navigational Information where such information can directly or indirectly identify an individual. Navigational information refers to information about your computer and your visits to the website such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and pages viewed. We use Navigational Information to operate and improve the website. We may also use Navigational Information alone or in combination with Personal Information to provide you with personalized information about Axinom.

When you view content provided by us, we automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, clickstream data, access times and referring website addresses. This is used by Axinom to provide general statistics regarding use of the website.

This website is not intended for or targeted at children under 18, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect information about children under 18. If you believe that we have collected information about a child under 18, please contact us at , so that we may delete the information.

In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this policy, we may use your Personal Information to:

• improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website;
• promote use of our services to you and share promotional and information content with you directly or through third parties in accordance with your communication preferences;
• meet legal requirements.

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

We use variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. All Personal Information is protected using appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures.

Our Website may provide links to other websites. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the content or practices of these other websites.

How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. After such time, your personal data will be destroyed within a reasonable time after the specified deadline.

If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable time from the date you last expressed interest in our content, products, or services. We retain information derived from cookies and other tracking technologies for a reasonable period of time from the date such information was created.

Longer storage of your personal data may take place when:

• it is necessary in order that we can defend ourselves against claims or actions and exercise our rights;
• there is a reasonable suspicion of an unlawful act that is being investigated;
• for backup copies and other similar purposes;
• under other statutory grounds.

We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.

To facilitate our global operations, we process information in Germany, Estonia, and Sri Lanka and allow access to that information from countries in which Axinom affiliated entities have operations for the purposes described in this Policy. This Policy shall apply even if we transfer Personal Information to other countries. We have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your Personal Information will remain protected.

Axinom processes your personal data for direct marketing purposes only when it obtains your explicit consent to such processing (the basis for data processing is your consent). For the purposes of direct marketing, we process the following personal data: your name, email address.

Your personal data for direct marketing purposes can be processed in the following ways:

• you can receive a newsletter by e-mail with our news;
• you can receive invitations to events and similar information by e-mail.

We inform you that you can opt out of our newsletters at any time. You can do that by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of our emails, or by contacting us by e-mail or postal mail to Axinom GmbH, Kurgartenstrasse 37, 90762 Fuerth, Germany, Attention: Privacy.

We collect statistical information about sent newsletters: we monitor whether you read the newsletter, when and how many times you have opened it, what operating system and e-mail server (its location) you use.

You can also at any time refuse to receive information about events or any other information we send by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of our emails, or by sending us an email at

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most websites do this.

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. In and of themselves they are harmless bits of text that are locally stored and can easily be viewed and deleted. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Our website places cookies on your computer or mobile device. This is a common practice for all websites. Cookies help us provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allow us to improve our site. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally. Data is collected on the basis of user consent by use of cookies and other similar technologies. Below we have provided you more information about each of these categories of cookies.

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

Analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

We inform you that certain data on your visit in our website (IP address, cookies, technical information of the browser you use, other information on your browser activities and browsing the website), for the purposes of statistics, analysis of the browsing on the website and related purposes, may be transmitted or made available to entities both in the European Economic Area and outside it (for example, when we use the Google Analytics service, such an entity is a United States company). Please note that in non-EEA countries personal data may be subject to less protection than in EEA countries, but we will carefully consider the conditions under which such data will be processed and stored after transfer to the above entities.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. For details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work. To manage your cookie preferences for the Axinom website, click here.

Axinom follows the European Commission's guidelines on privacy and data protection. Please read more about it here: http://ec.europa.eu/­ipg/basics/­legal/cookies/index_en.htm#section_2

With respect to your personal data you have the following rights:

• to get familiar with your personal data and how it is processed;
• to demand correcting incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete data, erasing your personal data or restricting the processing of your personal data when personal data is processed without complying with legal requirements or when there is another legal basis;
• to object to processing of your personal data if it is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest, unless there are legitimate reasons for such processing or for the purpose of making, pursuing or defending legal claims;
• in cases where your personal data is processed on a separate consent basis, you have the right at any time to withdraw your consent to processing of your personal data.

With respect to your personal data you have the following rights: In cases where you consider that your personal data is being processed illegally or your rights in connection with data processing are violated, you have the right to contact the relevant data protection authority and file a complaint.

Axinom recommends contacting us before submitting a formal complaint () in order to find the right solution for a problem.