When you access this website, we collect and save general technical information about that access. This includes information about the IP address of the requesting computer, the web page from which you are visiting us or the time and date of your visit.

If you are using a mobile device, we collect data to identify the device, as well as data about your device-specific settings and properties, information about app crashes, and other system activities.

We anonymize and statistically analyze this information and use it exclusively to improve the appeal, content, and functionality of our website.

We do not just receive data from you—we may also receive information about you from other sources. These include business partners, other KION Group companies (“group companies”) and other independent third parties.

All information we receive from these partners may be combined with the information you give us.

When you contact us, we save your contact data in order to be able to process your request and also be able to contact you.

Registration is required for some areas of the website or certain functions, e.g. participation in the StaplerCup. We use this information to manage this account and this allows you to use a wide range of useful functions.

We also use your information for marketing purposes. These activities include:

a) Using your contact information to send out information about the StaplerCup. You can unsubscribe quickly and easily from these marketing messages at any time. Simply click on the “Unsubscribe” link in any newsletter or other communication materials.

b) If you participate in other advertising activities (such as prize draws, referral programs or competitions), the information required for these is used to execute the activities.

We also use personal data for analytical purposes and to improve products. This is used to improve our services and optimize user experience.

In certain cases, we may use your data to handle and resolve legal conflicts, as part of investigations and in order to comply with Compliance guidelines to assert our rights.

We reserve the right to anonymize personal data, i.e. remove direct personal references and use this data for statistical purposes and to improve our services.

Google Analytics:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”. Cookies are text files stored on your computer, which enable analysis of your use of this website. The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and saved there. However, the anonymization of IP addresses on this website means your IP address is truncated by Google within European Union Member States or other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The entire IP address will only be transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there in exceptional cases.

Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of this website in order to compile reports on website activities and perform further services for the website operator in relation to website and Internet use. The IP addresses transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by applying the corresponding settings in your browser. However, please note that this may mean you cannot make full use of all the functions of this website. You can also prohibit Google from processing the data collected through the use of this website (including your IP address) and cookies by downloading and installing the browser plug-in via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

In particular, please note that Google Analytics has expanded the “gat._anonymizeIp();” code to enable anonymized recording of IP addresses, known as “IP masking”. We use this code to carry out corresponding anonymization.

Additionally, Google Analytics is used on this website to evaluate data from AdWords and DoubleClick cookies for statistical purposes. If you do not want this, you can disable it in Ads Preference Manager (https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de).

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager allows website tags to be managed via an interface. It only implements tags; no cookies are used and no personal data is collected. Google Tag Manager can trigger tags that may be able to collect data. However, we do not access this data via Google Tag Manager. You can find more information about Google Tag Manager under the following link: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/.

Google Ads Conversion

By using Google Ads Conversion, we can connect ads for our services to external websites. We can use the campaign data to work out how successful the individual advertising measures are. The aforementioned targeting measure is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR as a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is the presentation of target group-specific advertising. In this way, we want to ensure that we show you ads that you are interested in.

Ads are delivered by Google via an “Ad Server”. For this purpose, we use Adserver cookies that can be used to measure certain success parameters such as ad displays or user clicks. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Adwords stores a cookie on your device. These cookies are not intended to identify you individually and are usually deleted after 30 days. These cookies usually involve saving a unique cookie ID, the number of ads per placement (frequency), the last click (relevant for measuring conversions) and opt-out information (indicator that the user no longer wishes to be contacted) as analysis values.

As we have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected using this Google tool, you can find more information at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.

You can disable the use of cookies by Google by going to https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de . You can also disable conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com”. However, please note that this may mean you cannot make full use of all the functions of this website.

Google Remarketing

This website uses Google Remarketing for interest-based advertising. “Third-party providers”, including Google, place ads on websites on the Internet and use cookies stored for this purpose on the basis of a user's previous visits to this website.

If you do not want to see interest-based advertising, you can disable Google Remarketing tracking cookies via your Internet browser under user settings. You can also disable Google’s use of cookies for these purposes by calling up the relevant page. For more information on Google conditions, please go to: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Google Data Studio

We use the Google Data Studio visualization tool for graphic processing. This only involves visual processing in what are known as “dashboards”. No cookies are used and no personal data is collected. The Google Data Studio webtool is launched via the internet and does not require a local application.

For more information about Google Data Studio, please go to: https://support.google.com/datastudio/answer/6283323