Privacy policy

Controller

The controller for the processing of personal data on this website is Artim Industries UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Wasserstraße 22A, 47623 Kevelaer, Germany, represented by its managing director David Johannes Arnold.

For questions about data protection you can reach us at [email protected].

The short version

This website loads no content from other people's servers. No analytics, advertising or social media services are embedded, and there is no tracking across websites.

We store personal data only where you give it to us yourself — when you fill in a form or write to us.

Legal bases

• Article 6(1)(a) GDPR — your consent, for example for non-essential cookies
• Article 6(1)(b) GDPR — initiating and performing a contract, for example for a project enquiry
• Article 6(1)(c) GDPR — compliance with legal obligations, for example commercial and tax retention
• Article 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest in the secure and stable operation of this website

Hosting and server log files

This website is operated at a service provider that processes the data on our behalf. A data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR is in place with them.

When a page is called up, the server automatically processes information transmitted by your browser: the address called up, date and time, the amount of data transferred, a message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, operating system, the page visited before, and the IP address.

This data serves the technical provision of the site and the defence against attacks. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. It is not combined with other sources of data.

TODO(Mauritz): enter the name and address of the hosting provider here, together with the actual retention period of the log files.

Encryption

This website uses TLS encryption. You can tell by the address beginning with "https" and by the padlock in your browser. While encryption is active, the data you send us cannot be read by third parties.

Fonts

The typeface used is delivered with the page and loaded from our own server. Visiting this website therefore establishes no connection to servers of Google or any other font provider, and no IP address is transmitted there.

Cookies and local storage

This website sets a single cookie. In addition, a few entries are kept in your browser's local storage. Those entries never leave your device and are not readable by us.

• NEXT_LOCALE (cookie, session) — remembers the chosen language. Technically necessary.
• artim-consent (local storage) — your decision in the cookie notice, so we do not ask again.
• artim-drafts (local storage) — form entries you have not sent yet, so they are still there when you come back.
• artim-application (local storage) — the state of an application you have started.

Getting in touch

When you write to us through the contact form or by email, we process your name, your email address, the subject you chose and your message in order to deal with the enquiry.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry serves to initiate a contract, otherwise Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our interest in answering enquiries.

We delete the enquiry once it has been dealt with and no statutory retention obligations stand in the way, at the latest after three years.

Booking an appointment

For an appointment request we process the requested slot, the topic, your name, your email address, optionally your telephone number and your notes, in order to arrange and hold the appointment.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The data is deleted once the matter is closed, unless retention obligations apply.

Applications

When you apply to us, we process the details and documents you submit solely in order to carry out the application procedure.

The legal basis is § 26(1) BDSG in conjunction with Article 88 GDPR and Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Details you provide voluntarily are processed on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Once the procedure is complete we delete the documents at the latest six months after a rejection, unless you have consented to longer storage or longer storage is necessary to defend against legal claims.

Recipients and processors

Your data is not sold and not passed on for advertising purposes.

Access is limited to people in our company who need it to deal with your matter, and to service providers acting for us. Data processing agreements pursuant to Article 28 GDPR are in place with them. No transfer to third countries takes place.

Retention

We store personal data only for as long as it is needed for the respective purpose. After that we delete it, unless commercial or tax retention periods apply. Depending on the document, those are six or ten years.

Your rights

You have the following rights towards us at any time. An informal message to [email protected] is enough.

• Access to the data stored about you (Article 15 GDPR)
• Rectification of inaccurate data (Article 16 GDPR)
• Erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
• Restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
• Data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
• Objection to processing based on legitimate interests (Article 21 GDPR)
• Withdrawal of consent given, with effect for the future (Article 7(3) GDPR)

Right to complain

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. The one responsible for us is:

• Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Kavalleriestraße 2-4
• 40213 Düsseldorf
• ldi.nrw.de

Changes to this policy

We adjust this policy as soon as the processing changes, for example because a new service is added. The version published on this page is the one that applies.

As of September 2026.