The privacy policy of the IMS Group covers these areas:
The responsible person within the meaning of Art. 4 (7) GDPR is the IMS Group with its headquarters in Ruggell, Liechtenstein, and the companies assigned to it. You can find an overview of the companies belonging to the group at www.ims-furniture.com
You can send your privacy questions to the following e-mail address: info@ims.li.
1. Legal basis for processing
• If we require the consent of the person concerned for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
• For the processing of personal data, which are necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, to which the data subject is a contracting party, Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This shall also apply to processing operations necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
• If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
• If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.
2. Storage duration and data erasure
The personal data of the person concerned shall be deleted as soon as the purpose and/or legal basis of the storage no longer applies.
3. Transmission and recipients
Personal data will only be disclosed to recipients to the extent necessary for the processing:
• We are obliged to disclose personal information when required to do so by law, for law enforcement purposes, or to comply with court orders.
• We cooperate with external partners within the context of contract fulfilment (third parties) and to support our services (data processors) in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. The latter are carefully selected by us and contractually bound in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and are checked if necessary.
• Within the group, the data may be processed for administrative purposes.
A transfer of personal data to countries outside the EU-EEA will only take place if
• an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR is available for this third country, or
• appropriate data protection measures have been legally obliging agreed with the recipient of the data, a copy of which may be requested from the Data Protection Officer’s contract address, or
• the data subject has consented to the transfer of the data, or
• we are entitled to transfer the data for any other reason pursuant to Art. 49 GDPR.
1. Description and scope of data processing
Each time you access our website, our website systems automatically process data and information from the accessing computer.
The following data is essentially collected:
• Information about the browser type and the version used,
• the operating system of the user,
• the Internet service provider of the user,
• the IP address of the user,
• Date and time of access,
• Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website, • Web pages that are accessed by the user’s system via our website.
These data are not stored together with other personal data of the user.
2. Legal basis and purpose of data processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be displayed to the user. For this purpose, for example, the IP address of the user must be processed for the duration of the session.
The processing also takes place in order to ensure the functionality of the website. The data is also used to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
3. Duration of storage
Data relating to the hosting of the website will be deleted after the end of the visit to our website. Connection data is stored for a maximum of 60 days for legal and operational reasons, such as protection against misuse and safeguarding liability claims.
According to Art. 11 GDPR, further storage is possible after anonymisation. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are alienated in such a way that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.
4. Possibility of objection
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website.
Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.
1. Description and scope of data processing
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
A detailed explanation of cookies and how they work can be found on the “all about cookies” website at:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.
The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:
• language settings
• search terms
We also use the following types of cookies and similar technologies on our website, which enable us to analyse the usage behaviour of users:
Information on the terms of use and the privacy policy of Matomo (Piwik) Analytics can be found at: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy and https://matomo.org/privacy
The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised by technical precautions. Therefore, it is no longer possible to assign the data to the website user. The data are not stored together with other personal data of the users.
When you visit our website, an information banner informs you about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and refers you to this privacy statement.
2. Legal basis and purpose of data processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies and for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is a legitimate interest of our company pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes and plugins is Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR if the user has given his consent.
3. Duration of storage
Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically.
4. Possibility of objection
The use of cookies can be prevented by the affected user himself at any time.
1. Description and scope of data processing
Electronic contact is possible via the e-mail address provided by us and the contact form. The physical contact is made via the delivery address you have chosen. You can make calls to the telephone numbers listed above. In all cases, the transmitted personal data of the user and the contents of the correspondence or conversation will be processed.
2. Legal basis and purpose of data processing
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail, a contact form or making a call is a legitimate interest of our company pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR.
Depending on the content of the correspondence and your concern, if it is aimed to the conclusion of a contract, so additional legal basis for the processing is for example Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR.
The processing of personal data within the context of an e-mail contact or contact form serves to process correspondence and your request. Furthermore, the correspondence also serves to fulfil our contractual cooperation, for example to process orders, complaints or similar.
3. Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
If the data is used to fulfil a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, this is the case when there is no longer any legal obligation (i.e. retention period) for the storage.
In the case of business correspondence, we comply with the statutory retention periods imposed on us.
4. Possibility of objection
In the event of an objection, the correspondence cannot be continued.
1. Description and scope of data processing
The IMS Group acts as an import and export partner for various furniture stores, furniture retailers and similar sales outlets. In this context, we provide the products contractually agreed with these parties. The end customers of these products enter into purchase agreements with these parties. As part of the sales process (disposition, logistics) as well as the claim and complaint process, the IMS Group works closely with our partners. We receive the data of end customers processed in this way from our partners. The data may regularly include the product description, the end customer’s contact details as well as delivery requests or, in the event of complaints, the respective contents of these reports (descriptions of defects, photographs, correspondence, etc.).
2. Legal basis and purpose of data processing
The legal basis for the processing of the data is the reception and further processing of this data in order to fulfil our contractual obligations towards our partners pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR and the fulfilment of our statutory warranty obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (a) c) GDPR.
3. Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
If the data is used to fulfil a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, this is the case when there is no longer any legal obligation (i.e. retention period) for the storage.
4. Possibility of objection
In the event of an objection, the IMS Group cannot meet its contractual obligations.
The user has the right to obtain information on the personal data concerned as well as the right to correction, deletion, limitation or opposition and the right to data transfer.
He can assert his right with our data protection officer, who will check and process this request.
The user can assert his right of complaint at any time to the competent supervisory authority.
I. Changes to the privacy policy
Our business operations are subject to constant change and this Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time. In this case, we will publish the updated data protection declaration with the new version date in the last line.
In the event of continued use, we assume that this new version has been accepted by the user.
Last update 15.07.2023
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