I. Data Controller and Contact Information

The data controller pursuant to Article 4(7) of the GDPR is:

SMT Special Mobility Technologies GmbH (hereinafter “Data Controller”)
Röntgenstraße 1
94405 Landau
Germany

If you have any questions regarding data protection, please contact us at:

SMT Special Mobility Technologies
Data Protection
Röntgenstraße 1
94405 Landau
info@smt-technologies.de

II. Collection and Processing of Personal Data 

Visiting the Website

When you visit our website, our web server automatically collects the following data by default:

• the name of your Internet service provider
• the website from which you are visiting us
• the pages you visit on our site
• the amount of data transferred and the file size of the page visited
• the log and the Internet Protocol (IP) address
• the date, time, and duration of the visit
• the browser language
• the status code
• the device type, brand, model, and screen resolution
• the operating system, browser, and browser plug-ins
• internal search terms
• Outbound links
• Downloads
• Search engines

This data is collected, stored, and analyzed for statistical purposes and to ensure system security. This data is collected anonymously and stored separately from all personal data. The data is not combined. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The aforementioned purposes also constitute our legitimate interests. The IP address collected in the course of this process is deleted immediately after anonymization, unless we are required by law or for other legal reasons to retain it for a longer period.

When a search is performed using the website’s internal search function, the search terms entered, the time of the search query, and the IP address of the user from whom the search query originates are stored for 90 days. The legal basis for data processing when using the internal search function is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The purpose of the processing is to handle the search query you submitted, which also constitutes our legitimate interest.

Contacting us via Email

You are welcome to contact us easily via email. You may voluntarily provide additional information in your email. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, based on the consent you voluntarily provide by submitting your data. The purpose of the processing is to handle the inquiry you have submitted. The personal data we collect will be automatically deleted once your inquiry has been resolved, unless we are required by law or for other legal reasons to retain it for a longer period.

III. Purpose and Legal Basis of Data Processing

We process the personal data specified in more detail above in this Privacy Policy in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, other relevant data protection regulations, and only to the extent necessary. To the extent that the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1), first sentence, letter f of the GDPR, the stated purposes also constitute our legitimate interests.

IV. Transfer of Personal Data to Third Parties

The following categories of recipients, who are generally data processors, may have access to your personal data:

• Service providers responsible for operating our website and processing the data stored or transmitted by the systems (e.g., for website maintenance and support, data center services, and IT security). The legal basis for this disclosure is then Article 6(1), sentence 1, subparagraph (b) or (f) of the GDPR, unless the recipients are data processors;
• Government agencies and authorities, to the extent necessary to fulfill a legal obligation. The legal basis for the disclosure is then Article 6(1), first sentence, (c) of the GDPR;
• Persons engaged in the conduct of our business operations (e.g., agencies, auditors, banks, insurance companies, legal advisors, regulatory authorities, parties involved in corporate acquisitions or the establishment of joint ventures). The legal basis for the disclosure is then Article 6(1), first sentence, (b) or (f) of the GDPR.

Furthermore, we will only disclose your personal data to third parties if you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1), sentence 1, subparagraph (a) of the GDPR.

V. Requirements for the disclosure of personal data to third countries

In the course of our business relationships, your personal data may be transferred to or disclosed to third-party companies. These companies may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), i.e., in third countries. Such processing is carried out exclusively to fulfill contractual and business obligations and to maintain your business relationship with us.

Some third countries have been granted the European Commission through so-called adequacy decisions has data protection, which is EEA standard) (a list of these countries as well as a copy of the adequacy decisions can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en). However, in other third countries to which personal data may be transferred, a consistently high level of data protection may not be ensured due to a lack of legal provisions. Where this is the case, we ensure that data protection is adequately guaranteed. This can be achieved through binding corporate rules, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for the protection of personal data, certifications, or recognized codes of conduct.

VI. Security

We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect the data you provide from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://,” and by the lock icon in your browser’s address bar. When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

VII. Use of Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are assigned to and stored on your hard drive by the browser you are using via a unique string of characters, and through which certain information is transmitted to the entity that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer and therefore cannot cause any damage. They serve to make our website more user-friendly and effective overall – in other words, more convenient for you.

Cookies may contain data that makes it possible to recognize the device being used. In some cases, however, cookies contain only information about specific settings that are not personally identifiable. Cookies cannot directly identify a user.

A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which are stored beyond the duration of a single session. In terms of their function, cookies are further categorized as follows:

• Technical Cookies: These are strictly necessary to navigate the website, use basic functions, and ensure the website’s security; they neither collect information about you for marketing purposes nor track which web pages you have visited;
• Performance Cookies: These collect information about how you use our website, which pages you visit, and, for example, whether errors occur while using the website; they do not collect any information that could identify you – all collected information is anonymous and is used solely to improve our website and determine what interests our users;
• Advertising Cookies, Targeting Cookies: These are used to provide website users with targeted advertising on the website or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers;
• Sharing Cookies: These are used to improve the interactivity of our website with other services (e.g., social networks).

On this website, we use only cookies that are strictly necessary from a technical standpoint and that serve to process data for the secure and error-free operation of our website, in particular to ensure the stability and security of the connection (the legal basis is Article 6(1), first sentence, letter f) of the GDPR).

For more information about which cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy at https://www.smt-technologies.de/en/privacy-policy/cookie-policy.

VIII. Your Rights

You may exercise your rights as a data subject regarding your processed personal data at any time by contacting us using the contact information provided above under I. As a data subject, you have the right to:

• pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR, to request information about the data we process about you. In particular, you may request information regarding the purposes of processing, the categories of data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned retention period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection; the existence of a right to lodge a complaint; the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us; and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information regarding its details;
• pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR, to request without delay the rectification of inaccurate data or the completion of your data stored by us;
• to request, pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR, the erasure of your data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims;
• pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your data, provided that you contest the accuracy of the data or the processing is unlawful;
• pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR, to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or to request that it be transmitted to another controller (“data portability”);
• to object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR, provided that the processing is based on Article 6(1), first sentence, subparagraph (e) or (f) of the GDPR. This is particularly the case if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you. Unless the objection is directed against direct marketing, we ask that, when exercising such an objection, you explain the reasons why we should not process your data as we currently do. In the event of a justified objection, we will review the situation and either cease or adjust the data processing, or explain to you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing;
• pursuant to Art. 7(3) of the GDPR, to revoke your consent – that is, your voluntary, informed, and unambiguous expression of will, made clear through a statement or other unequivocal affirmative action, indicating that you consent to the processing of the relevant personal data for one or more specific purposes – at any time by contacting us at , if you have provided such consent. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future, and
• pursuant to Art. 77 of the GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data by our company.

IX. No Automated Decision-Making (Including Profiling)

We do not intend to use the personal data collected from you for automated decision-making (including profiling).

X. Use of the Sentry analytics service

On our website, we use the analytics service “Sentry” provided by Functional Software, Inc., dba Sentry, 45 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Sentry uses cookies and similar technologies to log and monitor errors that can be detected in the source code and to improve the technical functionality and performance of our website. To respond to error reports and potential performance bottlenecks, we collect error log data regarding your use of our website in our Sentry installation, where we analyze it. This data consists of metadata, such as information about the operating system and browser you are using, the programming language used, as well as possible causes of errors and your server. We delete your stored data after 30 days.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, i.e., our legitimate interest in enabling you to make the best possible use of our website and the services offered on it.

We use the so-called self-hosted version of Sentry. This means that the software is stored and operated on our own servers in Germany, and no data is transferred to third parties. For more information, please visit: https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/. 

For more information on Sentry’s privacy policy, please visit https://sentry.io/privacy/.

XI. Validity and Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is currently valid and is effective as of June 2026.