PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: 21/07/2026

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company and our products.

The protection of your personal data is therefore of the utmost concern to us. We have taken all technical and organisational measures to ensure that we and our suppliers comply with the data protection regulations pursuant to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) and other legal regulations.

The following data protection regulations are intended to inform you about how we treat the collection, use, processing and disclosure of your personal data.

You can generally visit our website without submitting personal data, e.g. if you just want to find out more about our products and open the relevant pages, for example. Each instance of access to our website and each retrieval of a file stored on the website are recorded. This data is saved for internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following is recorded: name of the retrieved file, date and time of retrieval, transmitted data volume, notification of successful retrieval, web browser and retrieving domain. However, none of your personal data is transmitted as a result; this information is saved separately from personal data that may have been transferred. Furthermore, the IP addresses of the retrieving computers are recorded. You can find more information about the processing of your data below:

1. CONTACT INFORMATION
You can contact us as follows:

HOBART GmbH
Robert-Bosch-Straße 17
77656 Offenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 781 600-0
Fax: +49 781 600 2319
Email: info@hobart.de
Internet: www.hobart.de
 
2. COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF DATA
When we use the term "personal data", we are referring to any information relating to your identity. This includes information such as your name, address, phone number, date of birth and email address.

You can find detailed information below about which of your data we will process and for what purposes.

3. PURPOSE, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA AND THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASES 
Insofar as you make personal data available to us, we only use this data to answer your enquiries (pursuant to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 b or f GDPR) and to process service enquiries (orders and their processing, contact, etc.) (pursuant to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 b or f GDPR), in relation to advertising measures towards you (pursuant to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 a or f GDPR), letting you participate in events, training courses, webinars or similar (pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 a or f GDPR), to give you access to certain information or offers or use in information and communication systems (pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 b or f GDPR) as well as within the framework of statutory regulations (pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 c GDPR).

Your personal data will only be disclosed or transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the purposes of executing your order or your enquiry, e.g. to transport the ordered goods or if you previously consented to the disclosure of your data. These third parties are not allowed to use your data for any other purposes. Furthermore, we retain the right to compare or supplement your personal data with the data we receive from third parties for the same purpose.

We will disclose your personal data if we are legally obliged to do so (legal basis here is Art. 6, Para. 1 c of the GDPR) or if we are obliged to do so by a court decision or if the disclosure is necessary to enforce or protect our general terms and conditions or other agreements (legal basis here is Art. 6, Para. 1 f of the GDPR). This applies accordingly with regard to the processing of data.

If the processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 f GDPR, the legitimate interests here are to provide you with information about our products, webinars/trainings, services etc. and/or companies, or to have you participate in these webinars/seminars and enter into a business relationship with you.

We will not disclose the data for commercial purposes.

Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us are bound by a duty of confidentiality and are under an obligation to adhere to the provisions of the current data protection legislation. Access to personal data by our employees is restricted to those of our employees who require the relevant data to carry out their professional duties.

We do our best to take all technical and organisational measures to store your personal data in such a way that it cannot be accessed by third parties. Since we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating via email, we recommend that you send confidential information by post.

4. DATA THAT WE COLLECT
a) Contact / service form
Our "contact/service form" form asks you for the information listed there, i.e. the matter, last name, first name, email address, phone number, etc. You can find more information about this form below.

b) Newsletter registration
By registering for the newsletter, your email address will be used, with your consent, for advertising purposes. You can find more information about the newsletter in the "Newsletter" section.

c) Application
You can find information about your application in the "Application" section.

d) Training registration
Our "service form" asks you for the information listed there, e.g. last name, first name, email address, phone number, etc.

5. CONTACT / SERVICE FORM
We will only process and use the data that we collect in the service or contact form to contact you about the requests specified there or to provide you with information or to process your request. We therefore seek the following consent:

“By submitting this form, I agree to my data being processed for the purpose of contacting me or processing my inquiry. I hereby also confirm my awareness and acceptance of the notes and explanations in the Privacy Policy”

6. PROVIDING YOUR DATA
You provide your data voluntarily. However, if you do not provide us with this data, we will not be able to contact you, send you information, process your application nor fulfil the other purposes mentioned above, and we will obviously be unable to enter into a business relationship with you.

7. NEWSLETTER
On our website, we give you the opportunity at various points to subscribe to our newsletter. With this newsletter, we will periodically inform you about the latest offers and campaigns.

By registering for the newsletter, your email address will be used, with your consent, for advertising purposes. We therefore seek the following consent:

"Yes, I would like to subscribe to the newsletter and receive information about products, promotions, training courses and company news, and I agree to the measurement of performance (open and click-through rates).
The consent to receive the newsletter and to the measurement of its effectiveness can be revoked at any time, with effect for the future."

We use specialised service providers to send newsletters. We send the personal data required for this purpose to the service providers. These service providers only process your personal data on behalf of and by order of us. Adherence to the data protection regulations, as well as the required security measures, are ensured by us.

The above-mentioned consent to the receipt of a newsletter by email can be withdrawn at any time. You can find a link that you can use to withdraw your consent in each newsletter.

As a precaution, we would like to inform you that no other costs are generally incurred for the receipt and/or cancellation of the newsletter other than the transmission costs according to the basic rate. However, there may be cases to which the usual flat rates do not apply (e.g. in non-European countries, or the like).

8. APPLICATION
If you want to apply for a job with us, we would be happy to hear from you. For the purpose of the application you send us the usual personal details required for an application by post or email. The legal basis for this is Art. 26, Para. 1, Clause 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

You therefore agree to the processing and transmission of your data to us solely for the application process. The personal data transmitted by you will be collected, processed and used solely for the purposes of handling your application. Your data will be handled confidentially. Without your explicit approval, disclosure to third parties will not take place.

If you do not wish to carry on with your online application, you can withdraw it in writing at any point.

After the completion of the application process or if you withdraw your application, the data you transferred as part of the application will be deleted in accordance with the respective applicable regulations.

If we are currently unable to offer you a suitable position but we believe that your application may be of interest in the future, we will offer you the possibility of having us keep your application on file.

We will ask you for your consent for this in a separate email or by post (pursuant to Art. 6, Para. 1 a of GDPR). You can object to this storage at any time; this means that your data will be deleted immediately and irrevocably.

9. RECIPIENTS OF DATA
Internal recipients:

• Departments and people who require knowledge of this data in order to fulfil their duties and the aforementioned purposes

External recipients (in addition to the recipients already outlined in this information, we may also pass on data to the following external recipients in particular (processors and third parties) but only if legal grounds (particularly in accordance with Article (1) (a), (b), © or (f) GDPR, see above) or legally binding reasons apply:

• Service providers required for the execution of our services (particularly IT service providers, consultancy firms)
• Companies / institutions who provide support when enforcing our claims (e.g. debt collection agencies)
• Public bodies and institutions (health officials, courts)
• Investigative authorities (police, public prosecutors)
• Agents

10. USE OF ANALYSIS TOOLS
Matomo
We use the web analysis tool “Matomo”. Matomo creates profiles for use on the basis of pseudonyms. This process involves the use of permanent cookies that we save on your device – on the basis of your consent – and then export for analysis. This enables us to recognise and record the quantity of recurrent visitors.

We also use Matomo’s “Heatmap” tool. Heatmap enables us to identify the areas of our online platforms that receive the most mouse movements or the most clicks.

We also use Matomo’s “Session Recording” service. This records individual user sessions. We are able to replay these recorded sessions at a later date. This helps us to analyse use of our website and make the website better for you. If data is entered into a form during a session, this data will not be recorded, of course, meaning we will not be able to see it.

Data here is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) of the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG) and Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect.

For more information about Matomo, please visit: https://matomo.org/privacy/

Use of Facebook pixels
Our website uses the "Website Custom Audiences" pixels from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. This means Facebook pixels are integrated into our web pages. Integrating Facebook pixel enables us to launch and optimise targeted advertising and to measure the reach of our marketing activities. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 f of the GDPR. When you visit our site, Facebook pixel connects your browser to the Facebook server, and a cookie is set. This informs Facebook that our website is being visited by your IP address. If you have a Facebook account, Facebook may link this information to your Facebook profile and use it to display specific Facebook ads, unless you have objected to this in the privacy settings of your Facebook profile.

Please note that we, as the provider of this website, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. We are only able to choose which Facebook user segments (such as age, interests) we want our ads to be displayed to. In doing so, we use one of two methods provided by Custom Audiences, whereby no data records, and especially no email addresses of our users, are transmitted to Facebook, neither encrypted nor unencrypted. More information on this can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. 

If you wish to object to Facebook Website Custom Audiences being used, you can do so at https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences. 

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by using the following link: Cookie options.

Use of "LinkedIn Insight Tag"
Our website uses the "LinkedIn Insight Tag" conversion tool from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. This sets a cookie on your device enabling the collection of data, in particular IP address, device and browser properties, and site activities (e.g. page views). This data is however encrypted, anonymised within seven days, with the anonymised data being deleted within 90 days.

LinkedIn does not share any personal data with HOBART when using "LinkedIn Insight Tag" and any related tools, but provides only anonymised reports about the website target group and ad performance. We can also carry out retargeting via LinkedIn's Insight Tag. This enables us to display targeted advertising external to our website, but without identifying you as a website visitor.

For more information on data protection at LinkedIn, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy. It can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=lithograph_footer-privacy-policy 

If you have a LinkdedIn account, you can use your account settings to manage how your personal data is used for advertising purposes.

You can revoke consent at any time with effect for the future using the following link: Cookie options.

11. SOCIAL PLUGINS
Use of YouTube components with extended data protection mode 
We use components (videos) from YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, on our website. In doing so, we use the "extended data protection mode" option provided by YouTube. If you open one of our pages that has an embedded video, a connection will be established to the YouTube servers and your browser will be instructed to display the content on the internet page.

According to information from YouTube, data will only be transferred to the YouTube server in the "extended data protection mode" if you watch the video. If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, this information will be assigned to your YouTube membership account. You can prevent this by logging out of your membership account before visiting our website.

Google provides more information about YouTube's data protection at the following link:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en

Use of Vimeo
Videos from the Vimeo video portal are embedded on our website. The provider is Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you access a page containing an embedded Vimeo video, your browser establishes a direct connection to Vimeo's servers. As a result, Vimeo is informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

The use of Vimeo is in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., for the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; consent may be revoked at any time.

The transfer of data to the USA is based on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses as well as the Data Privacy Framework (DPF), ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy 

Use of Google Maps
We use the "Google Maps" component from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereafter referred to as "Google", on our website. Google sets a cookie each time you open "Google Maps" in order to process user settings and data when displaying the site. This cookie is generally not deleted when you close the browser, but instead expires after a certain period of time, if you do not manually delete it before this.

If you do not agree to your data being processed in this way, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transfer of data to Google. To do so, you must deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. However, we would like to highlight that "Google Maps" cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent in this case.

The use of "Google Maps" and the information requested via "Google Maps" is in accordance with the Google terms of use

https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en&gl=en

and with the additional terms and conditions for "Google Maps"

https://www.google.com/intl/en_en/help/terms_maps.html.

12. HUBSPOT
HOBART uses the HubSpot software solution from HubSpot Inc. (25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA) and its European branch HubSpot (Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central, Guild Street, Dublin 1, Ireland) on this website.

HubSpot helps us with various commercial and marketing processes, in particular with content management, email marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) and in analysing and optimising our online services. Such work may involve processing personal data, including in particular IP addresses, contact details (e.g. last name and email address when completing forms), location information as well as details relating to how visitors use our website.

This data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 6 (1) (a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with regard to use of cookies Section 25 (1) of the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). If data is being processed as part of initiating or fulfilling a contract, this is based on Section 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR.

When HubSpot is being used, your personal data may be transmitted to the USA. HubSpot Inc. is certified in line with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and therefore ensures an appropriate level of data protection. Standard contractual clauses have also been concluded to protect the international transfer of data.

Your personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the respective processing purposes. You can revoke granted consent at any time with effect for the future by changing your cookie settings for our website.

You can find more information about how HubSpot processes data in HubSpot's privacy policy.

13. COOKIES
a) General
In order to improve your visit to our website and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. They are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted when you finish your browser session, i.e. when you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and allow us or our partner companies to recognise your browser the next time you visit the site (persistent cookies). We use cookies to personalise content and advertisements and to analyse visits to our website. We also provide information about your use of our website to our partners for social media, advertisement and analysis purposes. If you click on "More Info" in the cookie popup, you will receive further information about the cookies we use.

b) Consent
By clicking on the consent button on the homepage, you have agreed to the use of cookies. Consent to the use of cookies that are not strictly necessary for the website to run can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. To do so, click on the withdrawal button "Decline". However, not accepting cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

c) Control after consent
Apart from that, you can control and/or delete cookies at will if you have agreed to their usage.You can delete all