Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company. Protecting your data is of the utmost importance to us. The following information on data protection is intended to inform you about the purposes for which and the extent to which we collect and process your personal data when you use our website and how we protect your privacy when you provide us with your data.
Responsibility
Sternico GmbH, Dreimännerstraße 5, 38176 Wendeburg, Germany, is the operator of this website and, as the responsible party within the meaning of Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR, is responsible for compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
We store and process our users’ personal data in compliance with the relevant regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Act on Data Protection and the Protection of Privacy in Telecommunications and Digital Services (TDDDG) in their current versions. All personal data is collected only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not kept longer than necessary.
Personal data
Personal data is individual information about personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person (e.g. name, date of birth and contact details).
Websites
As soon as you visit our websites, our web servers temporarily store each access in a log file. The following data, among other things, may be collected and stored until it is automatically deleted: IP address, date and time of access, data volumes transferred, messages about the success of website access, identification data of the browser and operating system used, the website from which access is made and the IP address of your Internet access provider. These data are processed for the purpose of enabling the use of the websites, for system security, for the technical administration of the network infrastructure and for the optimization of the internet offering. This is to be regarded as a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Other data collection
We collect, store and process your personal data (e.g. first name, surname, address, email address, telephone number) if a business relationship exists or is to be established, e.g. in the context of a subscription or an order, as well as for the purpose of defining and amending the business relationship. In addition, we use your personal data that you have provided to us for registration on our website and that you have consented to the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, we collect, store and process your personal data when you contact us via a contact form, a competition or by sending us an e-mail, insofar as this is necessary for the processing of your enquiries and correspondence. The personal data collected by us will be deleted immediately as soon as they are no longer needed for this purpose, unless there are legal retention periods.
Contact form
If you use our contact form and send us an enquiry, the information provided and the contact details you provide will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for any follow-up questions. The data will not be passed on without your consent.
The legal basis for the data processing of the data provided in the contact form is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) that you gave by ticking the box in the contact form. You can revoke this consent at any time without giving reasons to the above address or electronically (e.g. by e-mail). The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data provided in the contact form will be stored by us until you request deletion, until we receive the revocation or until the purpose of the data storage (e.g. when the request has been processed) no longer applies. This does not affect the statutory provisions, in particular the retention periods.
Integration of external content on our website
External content is integrated on our website. The external content is job ads from Personio. Personio content is integrated and technically provided by a software service provider on our behalf. The security and protection of your personal data is always guaranteed by appropriate security measures and the conclusion of an order processing contract with our service provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR when integrating external content. Further information on data protection regarding Personio can be found in the data protection declaration of Personio.
Whistleblowing system
On our website, you have the option of accessing a reporting channel and using it to submit a report to our internal reporting office in accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG). We have entrusted a service provider with the technical provision of the reporting channel and the operation of the reporting office. When you use the reporting channel, you are using a ticket system from LINET Services GmbH. This company is responsible for receiving the report in accordance with data protection laws, so our data protection regulations do not apply. You can find information on data protection regarding the reporting channel in the data protection information of LINET Services GmbH.
It is possible that we may receive knowledge of reports through our internal reporting office in the course of fulfilling its duties. Insofar as we come into contact with personal data in the process, we have ensured compliance with the provisions of data protection laws by means of legal, technical and organizational measures.
Transfer of data
We use your personal data within Sternico GmbH and our external service providers who carry out data processing on our behalf are contractually obliged to treat the personal data in accordance with the applicable provisions within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR. Insofar as these companies come into contact with your personal data, we have ensured through legal, technical and organizational measures, as well as through regular controls, that they comply with the provisions of data protection laws.
Should you find links from other controllers on our website (e.g. to our social media sites) and click on the link, you will be using the website directly with the respective controller, so that our data protection provisions do not apply to this website.
In principle, we do not transfer your personal data to a third country or to an international organization outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Should we make such a transfer in individual cases, this will only be to third countries for which an adequacy decision has been made by the European Commission or for which the adequate level of data protection has been ensured by appropriate or suitable guarantees (e.g. Binding Corporate Rules or EU standard contractual clauses).
We reserve the right to transfer your personal data to authorized bodies if we are legally or by court order obliged to do so.
Your personal data will not be passed on to other third parties.
Cookies
Our websites use cookies to store various types of information that serve to make the application more user-friendly and to make the website more effective overall. In addition, the data stored in a cookie eliminates the need to repeatedly fill out forms. The cookies we use are temporary and are regularly deleted.
You can independently manage the acceptance of cookies from our websites in your browser and block them if necessary. You can also delete cookies that have already been set at any time. Furthermore, you can find out about the option of disabling cookies in the settings of your selected browser. If you do not accept any cookies, this may in individual cases lead to restrictions in the use of our websites. We would like to point out that after you have deleted your cookies, you may also have to reactivate any opt-out cookies that have been set.
We recommend that you regularly delete cookies and browser history manually.
We distinguish between technically necessary cookies and statistical and marketing cookies. Technically necessary are the cookies that make the site usage technically possible. Technically unnecessary cookies are all those cookies that are used for marketing and statistical purposes. Sternico GmbH uses Google Analytics for this purpose.
Consent to data processing using cookies is voluntary and can be withdrawn or adjusted at any time by opening the cookie settings via the fingerprint symbol in the lower left corner of the website. This also allows you to see which cookies are used on our website. Within the cookie layer, you give your consent in each case in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.sternico.com
Analysis of the websites
In order to optimize the content and offers of our websites and to collect statistical evaluations, various technical programs are used that record data about the behavior of the user of the websites, also in anonymized form. For this purpose, for example, data on click behavior, visit duration, system settings and origin of the users are collected by the use of analysis software cookies in the form of text files. Cookies are stored on your computer for these evaluations. The data collected may be stored on the servers of the operators of the analysis tools. The data collected will not be used for personal identification of the user and will not be merged with other personal data of the user.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. In the following section, we present the analysis tools we use in detail.
The following analysis tools are used on our websites for this purpose:
Google Analytics
If you have given your consent in the cookie notice, Google Analytics is used on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is therefore your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.
Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The Universal Analytics operating mode is used for this. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyze a user’s activities across devices. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under “My data”, “Personal data”.
Our website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp”. This means that IP addresses are further processed in a shortened form, thus excluding the possibility of personal reference. Insofar as the data collected about you is personally identifiable, it will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with further services related to website and internet use.
The described data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.
If you do not want Google Analytics to collect data, you can adjust the cookie layer to prevent this. You can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. This sets an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.
Further information about this web analysis tool can be found at https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/partners and in the privacy policy of Google.
Google Web Fonts
Our website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to ensure that fonts are displayed consistently. We use the so-called “offline mode” for this. The required fonts have been previously downloaded from Google’s servers and are stored locally on the web server. Accordingly, the IP address is not transmitted to Google.
We use Google Web Fonts in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at and in the privacy policy of Google.
Google reCaptcha
On our website, we also use Google reCAPTCHA (hereinafter “reCaptcha”); a function of Google Ireland Ltd. (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). This function is used to distinguish whether an entry (in particular in the contact form) has been made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The purpose we pursue is thus to protect against abusive automated spying and against SPAM.
If you have agreed to this in the cookie notice, a cookie will be set on our website when you use the service. In the context of using the service, the IP address, mouse movements and keyboard strokes, length of stay and any other data required for the above-mentioned purpose and the associated analysis of your behavior are transmitted to Google. It cannot be ruled out that, for example, the IP address will be transmitted to the USA, where data protection requirements are less stringent. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The described data is automatically deleted after 6 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached is carried out automatically once a month.
Further information about reCaptcha and Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following link: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Social plug-ins
Our websites use the social plug-ins of various social network providers. As soon as you access one of our websites that contains such a plug-in, the content of the plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser. By using social plug-ins, we offer you the opportunity to interact directly with our posts via the comment function.
By clicking on the respective social media plug-in, you will be immediately redirected to our social network page and your data will be transmitted to the servers of the respective social network provider. These are, among other things, IP address, date and time of access, identification data of the browser and operating system used, the website from which the access takes place.
We would like to point out that we have no influence on the extent of the data processing by the relevant social network provider. The purpose, type and extent of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data can be found in the data protection guidelines of the relevant provider.
Please note that the servers of social network providers may be located to a large extent in countries outside the European Union. Companies that process data in countries outside the European Union are subject to data protection laws that do not regularly guarantee the protection of personal data to the extent that is the case under the data protection laws of the European Union.
The following social plug-ins are offered on our websites:
YouTube
If you have given your consent in the cookie notice, YouTube is used on our website. The legal basis for the use of YouTube and the associated data processing is therefore your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.
The YouTube plug-ins on our websites are operated by YouTube, LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066 USA. The YouTube plug-ins are identified by the YouTube logo. Different data protection regulations apply in the United States, so that, for example, US authorities have more access rights to personal data. As soon as you use such a plug-in, your browser will establish direct contact with YouTube so that your information is transmitted directly to a YouTube server. If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time as you visit our
If you are logged into YouTube while visiting our website, YouTube can directly associate your visit with your account. When you submit a comment or click the “YouTube button”, this information is also transmitted to a YouTube server and stored by it in the United States. In addition, your YouTube interactions are published directly on YouTube and may therefore be visible to third parties. If you do not want to interact in this way, you should log out of YouTube before visiting our website and also use a “script blocker” to prevent the YouTube plug-ins from loading on our site. Furthermore, you can refuse or subsequently revoke your consent to the data processing within the cookie layer.
Please refer to the YouTube data policy for information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data.
Google Maps
If you have given your consent in the cookie notice, we use Google Maps API, a service of Google Inc., for the visual display of geographical information. The legal basis for data processing in the context of Google Maps API is therefore your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.1 TDDDG.
The information generated by Google Maps API is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where this is required by law or where such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. The IP address transmitted by your browser when using Google Maps is not merged with other data from Google. Nevertheless, it would be technically possible for Google to process the data obtained for other purposes or to identify individual users, without Sternico GmbH having or being able to exert any influence on this. For these reasons, the use of Google Maps is to be considered problematic in terms of data protection.
However, you have the option to prevent the transfer of data to Google by disabling the Google Maps service by disabling the JavaScript function in your browser. In addition, you can refuse your consent at any time within the cookie layer or revoke the consent already given. In these cases, however, you will not be able to use the map display.
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For more information about the Google Maps terms of use, please visit and read the privacy policy of Google.
Data security
We have implemented extensive technical and organizational security measures to protect the data you transmit from unauthorized access and misuse by third parties. These measures meet the high legal requirements of national regulations and are always adapted to the current state of the art.
Rights of data subjects
As a data subject, you may have the following rights vis-à-vis us in accordance with Art. 15 to 22 GDPR:
- right to information,
- right to rectification or erasure,
- right to restriction of processing,
- right to object to processing in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR,
- right to data portability.
If you have given us consent to use personal data, you can revoke it at any time. To do so, please send an e-mail to datenschutz@sternico.com. Alternatively, please let us know your request by post.
Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of personal data. The data protection supervisory authority responsible for us is “Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen, Prinzenstraße 5, 30159 Hannover”.
Validity and amendments to the privacy policy
The data protection declaration is dated 13.01.2025 and is currently valid. Due to the constant further development of our websites or the implementation of new technologies, it may become necessary to adapt this data protection declaration to the current state. Sternico GmbH therefore reserves the right to change the data protection declaration at any time with effect for the future. Therefore, you should visit this website regularly to find out about the current status of our data protection declaration.
Contact details for the data protection officer at Sternico GmbH:
You can contact our data protection officer at any time by email at:
Last updated: January 2025