Whether in the workshop, on the construction site or at home: The Festool App is your companion for smart working and perfect results.
DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION OF FESTOOL GMBH
Festool attaches great importance to protecting your privacy when processing your personal data. Festool therefore processes your personal data in the context of the use of the app services described below in compliance with the relevant data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the principles described below.
1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATA CONTROLLER
Name and contact details of the controller:
Festool GmbH
Wertstraße 20
73240 Wendlingen, Germany
Email: customerservice-ie@festool.com
Contact details of the Data Protection Officer / Data Protection Team of the controller:
Festool GmbH
Data Protection Officer / Data Protection Team
Wertstraße 20
73240 Wendlingen, Germany
Email: datenschutz@tts-company.com
2. INFORMATION ON THE RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
If the relevant requirements are met, you are generally entitled to the following rights:
- Right of access, Art. 15 GDPR
- Right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR
- Right to erasure, Art. 17 GDPR
- Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR
- Right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR
- Right to object, Art. 21 GDPR
In accordance with Art. 21 No. 1 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1) (e) or (f) GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation, including profiling. In accordance with Art. 21 No. 2 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data in the context of direct marketing, including profiling, if and to the extent that this concerns direct marketing.
- Right to withdraw consent, Art. 7(3) GDPR
- Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, Art. 77(1) GDPR
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence / federal state or with the supervisory authority responsible for us.
The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg
Postfach 10 29 32
70025 Stuttgart, Germany
Email: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
To assert your rights, please use the contact details listed under point 1. Please ensure that we are able to clearly identify you.
3. INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
When using our services, various personal data are processed for different purposes. Below we inform you about the respective processing.
3.1 TRACKING/COOKIES
When you use our services, personal data may be processed as part of our tracking. We use 'cookies' on our website for tracking purposes. Cookies are small data packets that web browsers and/or websites generate and store locally on the end device. They contain character strings that can be used to identify the respective end device and ultimately you as the natural person using the end device. With the help of cookies, the individual path through the Internet can be documented in a traceable manner and login data, surfing behaviour, individual settings and much more can thus be stored ('tracking'). With some app services, you will be redirected to our Festool website, where cookies are also set as part of this use.
We use different types of cookies that enable such tracking and distinguish between three categories: necessary, functional and marketing. You can view detailed information about what is behind the individual categories, which cookies are assigned to the individual categories, the purposes of processing, the specific personal data that we process for the respective tracking and the storage period on our website under Cookie Consent Management.
3.2 USE OF THE WEBSITE
When you use our website, certain personal data are collected automatically. This is for technical reasons: without these data we cannot provide you with the content you are attempting to access.
Categories of |
Online data |
Personal data, |
IP address, port, protocol status, date & time of access, name of the file/website accessed, |
Purpose |
Provision of the website content accessed, ensuring the security of the IT infrastructure used |
Legal basis |
Balancing of interests, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR In addition to providing the website content accessed by the user |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) We transfer your data to a processor based in a third country (USA). |
Storage period |
30 days |
Obligation to provide |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.3 USE OF THE APP
When you use our website, certain personal data are collected automatically. This is for technical reasons: without these data we cannot provide you with the content you are attempting to access.
Categories of |
Online data |
Personal data, |
IP address, port, protocol status, date & time of access, name of the file/website accessed, |
Purpose |
Provision of the website content accessed, ensuring the security of the IT infrastructure used |
Legal basis |
Balancing of interests, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR In addition to providing the website content accessed by the user, our legitimate business interest is to ensure the |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) We transfer your data to a processor based in a third country (USA). |
Storage period |
30 days |
Obligation to provide |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
Categories of |
Online data |
Personal data, |
device ID (IMEI), IP address, operating system used incl. version, |
Purpose |
Provision of the app content accessed |
Legal basis |
Consent, Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) We transfer your data to a processor based in a third country (USA). |
Storage period |
30 days |
Obligation to provide |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.4 CONTACT FORM
You have the option of contacting us with your concerns using our contact form.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, other user data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, name, email address, telephone number, contact form information |
Purpose |
Processing the enquiry incl. feedback |
Legal basis |
Balancing of interests, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR Our legitimate business interest is the processing of the enquiry. |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.5 MYFESTOOL
We offer you the opportunity to register for our 'MyFestool' service centre. Within MyFestool, there are other functions available to you that process personal data beyond registration. Further information can be found in the relevant section of the corresponding function. In your MyFestool area, you will receive an overview of the data you have stored.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, device ID (IMEI), logins incl. number and date, name, address, email address, |
Purpose |
Registration for the Festool customer portal, enabling access, provision of the associated services |
Legal basis |
Contract fulfilment, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary for the fulfilment of the contract of use. |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. |
3.6 ONLINE SHOP
You can order/commission products and services directly from us via our online shop or generate an order form for your local dealer. You can save your favourite products in your watch list and add the products you would like to order to your shopping basket. You can place an order with your MyFestool account or without registration (as a guest). For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section. You also have the option of registering for the newsletter during the order process. With regard to data processing, please refer to the relevant section. Following your order in our Festool online shop, you may receive a customer satisfaction survey. You can object to this at any time. For the data processing in this regard, please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Location data, IP address, device ID (IMEI), name, address, email address, telephone number, |
Purpose |
Processing your order incl. providing information about the |
Legal basis |
Contract fulfilment, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary for the performance of the contract. |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers, Payment service providers You can choose between several payment service providers. We do not process your financial data
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Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. |
3.7 ALL-INCLUSIVE WARRANTY
If you own a Festool product, we offer you our all-inclusive warranty. To make use of this warranty, you must register your purchased product via our 'MyFestool' service centre. For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section. In addition to providing your personal data and your device data, an invoice upload is also required, which enables us to check for legitimate warranty registration. If you have purchased a product in our online shop, you will be automatically registered for the all-inclusive warranty if you have purchased the product as a registered MyFestool user. You also have the option of transferring your purchased warranty to a third party.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, ownership characteristics |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, device ID (IMEI), name, address, email address, telephone number, |
Purpose |
Registration for the all-inclusive warranty, provision of the associated services |
Legal basis |
Contract fulfilment, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary in the context of processing the warranty contract. |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. |
3.8 REPAIR
You can order a repair directly from Festool via the 'MyFestool' service centre. For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section. You also have the option of ordering repairs directly from us via your dealer or by email. This may be a repair service under warranty (if applicable) or a chargeable repair. After your repair, you may receive a customer satisfaction survey. You can object to this at any time. For the data processing in this regard, please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, ownership characteristics, financial data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, name, address, email address, telephone number, gender, |
Purpose |
Carrying out and processing a repair incl. checking for warranty service |
Legal basis |
Contract fulfilment, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary in the context of the processing of the warranty contract |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients,
Payment service providers We do not process your financial data ourselves, but these data are processed by the payment
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Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. |
3.9 MYTOOLBOX
In our 'MyFestool' service centre, you can use the 'MyToolbox' function to add non-warranty devices as well as warranty-eligible devices to complete and manage your fleet. For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section. With regard to data processing as part of the registration of warranty-eligible devices, please refer to the corresponding section on the all-inclusive warranty.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, ownership characteristics |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Location data, IP address, device ID (IMEI), time and duration of access, name, |
Purpose |
Provision of fleet management |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.10 BLUETOOTH FUNCTION DEVICES / BATTERIES
For various products with Bluetooth function, we offer you the option of saving these products and using the extended Bluetooth service via our 'MyFestool' service centre. This requires a MyFestool account. The specific functions can be found in the corresponding information within MyFestool. For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, identification numbers, ownership characteristics, other user data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Location data, IDs for identification, tool ownership, machine usage data |
Purpose |
Provision of the Bluetooth functions |
Legal basis |
Consent, Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.11 DEALER SEARCH
You can use the 'dealer search' function to find dealers at specific locations or in the surrounding area.
Categories of personal data |
Online data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Location data |
Purpose |
Provision of dealer information in the surrounding area |
Legal basis |
Consent, Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) We transfer your data to a processor based in a third country (USA). |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of |
3.12 ADVERTISING CONSENT
You have the option of giving us your consent for personalised advertising in our MyFestool service centre. We offer this both via our website and via our app. You can find information about what exactly this involves, what information you will receive and how you can log in and out in your MyFestool account. For the data processing for 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Log data such as IP address, device ID (IMEI), date & time of confirmation of registration |
Purpose |
Provision of online registration/unsubscription or change of subscription incl. double opt-in procedure |
Legal basis |
Balancing of interests, Art. 6(1) (f) GDPR In addition to providing the website content, |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, ownership characteristics, other user data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Usage data such as access, frequency, length of stay, click/open behaviour of the recipient |
Purpose |
Sending of advertising content incl. analysis of user behaviour for the purpose of |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, email service providers, letter shop) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.13 NEWSLETTER
You also have the option of registering for our newsletter to receive general information about our company and our products and services by email. This is also possible via our website as well as in the app.
Categories of personal data |
Online data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Log data such as IP address, device ID (IMEI), date & time of confirmation of registration |
Purpose |
Provision of online registration/deregistration or cancellation incl. double opt-in procedure |
Legal basis |
Balancing of interests, Art. 6(1) (f) GDPR In addition to providing the website content, |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
Provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or to conclude a contract. |
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, identification numbers, other user data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Usage data such as access, frequency, click/open behaviour of the subscriber incl. time, |
Purpose |
Sending the newsletter |
Legal basis |
Your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, newsletter service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.14 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS
We offer you the opportunity to take part in our customer satisfaction surveys following interactions with us. The prerequisite for sending such a survey is that you have either consented to receiving personalised advertising (advertising consent) or that we have informed you of this in advance in the context of contact with us and you have not exercised your right to object. For the data processing for advertising consent, please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Master data, identification numbers |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Email address, IDs for identification |
Purpose |
Sending the customer satisfaction survey |
Legal basis |
Consent, Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR
Balancing of interests, Art. 6(1) (f) GDPR Our legitimate business interest lies in sending the customer satisfaction survey |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, value judgements, ownership characteristics |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Usage data such as time and duration of access, language, email address, name, address, |
Purpose |
Evaluation and processing of the survey results |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.15 PROMOTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES
You can take part in competitions, cashback promotions and special offers from Festool. The specific requirements for participation can be found in the respective conditions of participation. The following data can be processed depending on the configuration. We will inform you about Festool promotions both via our website and in the app or via our newsletter or the receipt of advertising. For the data processing in this regard, please refer to the relevant section. If participation takes place within our MyFestool service centre, we refer to the corresponding section with regard to the relevant data processing.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, value judgements, |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Usage data such as time and duration of access, language, email address, name, |
Purpose |
Implementation of the respective promotion incl. communication |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR Contract fulfilment, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, email service providers, campaign processing service providers) Depending on the campaign, your data may be transferred to a processor based in a |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.16 ROADSHOW
We offer you the opportunity to take part in our customer satisfaction surveys following interactions with us. The prerequisite for sending such a survey is that you have either consented to receiving personalised advertising (advertising consent) or that we have informed you of this in advance in the context of contact with us and you have not exercised your right to object. For the data processing for advertising consent, please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, usage data such as time and duration of access/registration, language, |
Purpose |
Execution of the registration incl. reminder function |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers, |
Storage period |
Your data will be
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.17 TRAINING MANAGEMENT
We offer various training courses relating to our products, both digitally and on-site. Registration is required in advance. This can be done via our online shop both with your MyFestool account and without registration (as a guest). For the data processing relating to our online shop and 'MyFestool', please refer to the relevant section.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, value judgements |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, email address, name, address, gender, IDs for recognition, |
Purpose |
Implementation of the registration incl. reminder function |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.18 BOOKING A DEMO – ONLINE CONSULTING APPOINTMENT
We offer various training sessions relating to our products, both digitally and on-site. Registration is required in advance via our website.
Categories of personal data |
Online data, master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, other user data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
IP address, email address, name, address, gender, industry, product categories |
Purpose |
Execution of the registration incl. reminder function and execution of the consultation |
Legal basis |
Your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is not required by law or for the conclusion of a contract. |
3.19 WHEN YOU CONTACT US
You can also contact us at any time by telephone or email with your concerns outside of the above-mentioned services. Depending on your request (e.g. general enquiries, complaints/suggestions, spare parts orders), we process the following data from you.
Categories of personal data |
Master data, physical characteristics, identification numbers, ownership characteristics, financial data |
Personal data, contained in the categories |
Name, address, email address, telephone number, gender, IDs for recognition, tool ownership |
Purpose |
Processing your request |
Legal basis |
Consent, Art. 6(1) (a) GDPR Contract fulfilment, Art. 6(1) (b) GDPR Depending on the request, the processing of the data mentioned may be necessary in the context of the execution of the |
Categories of recipients |
Processors (hosting service providers, intra-group recipients, email service providers) |
Storage period |
Your data will be stored:
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Obligation to provide data |
The provision of the aforementioned data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. |
4. VERSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION
We reserve the right to amend this data protection information due to technical developments and/or changes in legal and/or official requirements.