GES HIGH VOLTAGE GMBH and its legal subsidiaries (hereafter called GES HIGH VOLTAGE), take the protection of your personal data very seriously. This website is hosted in Germany. We operate in strict compliance with the requirements of EU Data Protection Regulations and the Federal Data Protection Act of Germany. On this website, personal data is only collected to the extent required for the purposes set out below. The following policy provides an overview of how we ensure data protection, which data are collected, and for what purpose.

Each time a GES HIGH VOLTAGE webpage is visited, access data are stored in a log file, the server log. The data record saved includes the following data:

These data do not enable GES HIGH VOLTAGE to personally identify visitors. We will not merge these data with other data sources. The stored data are evaluated for statistical purposes only. No data are transmitted to third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Wherever personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses, contact information, customer number) can be entered on our websites, users must provide prior express consent. The requirement for consent is clearly set out on the homepage. These data are treated confidentially and not transmitted to third parties. They are not in any way linked to access data. Within the scope of personalized services offered by GES HIGH VOLTAGE , your registration data will be used, on condition of your consent, for the purpose of marketing and the demand-oriented design of electronic services.

GES HIGH VOLTAGE uses technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data that we collect against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or against the access of unauthorized persons. Our security measures are constantly being improved according to the technological development.

Except for back office business purposes, GES HIGH VOLTAGE will not transmit your data to third parties. According to the principle of data economy, transmitted data are limited to the required minimum. Insofar as GES HIGH VOLTAGE is obliged legally or by court order to transmit your personal data, we will only disclose them to government institutions and authorities entitled to receive these data as specified by law.

The collected personal data you define are not saved or analyzed outside of Germany or the European Union.

GES HIGH VOLTAGE's web pages use so-called cookies. These serve to make our websites more user-friendly, effective and safe. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted when you leave our site. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. We use permanent cookies to save the settings you apply (e.g. the language of our website) on your computer. Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you may deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser to alert you to cookie requests.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the site by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) are transferred to and stored on a Google server in the U.S. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services in connection with the use of this website and of the Internet. Google will transmit this information to third parties unless required by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, we point out that in this case you cannot use all features of this website. By using this site, you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described and for the aforementioned purpose. The data collection and storage can always be excluded for the future (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Given the debate about the use of analytical tools with full IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp ()" and, thus, processes IP addresses only in a shortened version to exclude a direct relation to people.