Privacy policy

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

e-trusco GmbH Uhlandstrasse 4 50931 Cologne Germany

Represented by: Dr. Wolfgang Goldammer Phone: +49 221 947 3047 E-mail: mail@e-trusco.de

Overview

We keep data processing on this website to a minimum:

  • We do not use Google Analytics, advertising networks, tracking pixels or social media plugins.
  • We do not set any cookies for statistics or marketing, which is why this website needs no cookie banner.
  • Fonts are served from our own domain, not from Google. The only external services involved are those of our hosting provider Cloudflare described below. Google Maps is only loaded after you actively request it.

Hosting and content delivery (Cloudflare)

This website is hosted and delivered by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare operates a global network that delivers the pages quickly and protects the website against attacks and abuse.

When you visit the website, Cloudflare processes the technical data your browser transmits with every request. These are:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Requested page and HTTP status
  • Browser type and version, operating system
  • Referrer URL (the page you came from)

This data is used solely to deliver the website, to ensure its security and stability and to fend off attacks. To protect the website, Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie (for example __cf_bm), which is used only to distinguish people from automated bots.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; our legitimate interest is the secure and reliable provision of the website. Strictly necessary cookies are set on the basis of § 25 para. 2 no. 2 TDDDG. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Cloudflare. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, on whose basis the European Commission has found an adequate level of data protection for transfers to the USA.

Further information: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Website statistics (Cloudflare Web Analytics)

To understand how our website is used, we use Cloudflare Web Analytics, a statistics service of Cloudflare, Inc. (address above). Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies, does not store anything on your device and does not create user profiles or track you across websites.

When a page loads, a small script reports technical information about the page view to Cloudflare, such as the page visited, the referring page, the browser and device type, the country (derived from the IP address) and loading times. We only see aggregated figures such as the number of visits per page. We cannot identify individual visitors.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; our legitimate interest is improving our website based on anonymous usage statistics.

Contact form

If you send us a message via the contact form, we process the data you enter (name, e-mail address and your message) together with the language and page from which you sent it. We use this data only to handle your enquiry and any follow-up questions.

Your message is forwarded directly as an e-mail to our company mailbox at Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland). It is not stored anywhere else on the website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Microsoft.

To protect the form against spam, we use Cloudflare Turnstile. Turnstile checks whether the form is being sent by a person or by an automated program. For this purpose, technical data about your browser and your IP address are processed by Cloudflare. Turnstile does not set any cookies for advertising or tracking.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), which you give by submitting the form, and, where your enquiry relates to a contract or the initiation of a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Spam protection is based on our legitimate interest in keeping the form free of abuse (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

We keep your enquiry as long as it is needed to handle it, or until you ask us to delete it or withdraw your consent. Statutory retention periods, particularly under commercial and tax law, remain unaffected.

Google Maps

On our contact page you can display a map from Google Maps, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The map is only loaded after you click the corresponding button. Until then, no data is transmitted to Google.

When you load the map, your browser connects to Google’s servers. Google receives at least your IP address and the information that you have accessed our contact page, and may set cookies. If you are logged in to a Google account, Google can link this visit to your account. Data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA; Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

The legal basis is your consent by clicking the button (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG). The consent applies only to that single page view.

Further information: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Our website contains ordinary links to our LinkedIn profile. These are not plugins: no data is transmitted to LinkedIn when you visit our website. Only when you click a link does LinkedIn process data in accordance with its own privacy policy.

SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send us. You can recognize an encrypted connection by “https://” in your browser’s address bar and the lock symbol.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access to the data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Objection to processing based on our legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)

You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR). The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected. An informal message to mail@e-trusco.de is sufficient.

Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW): https://www.ldi.nrw.de.

Changes to this privacy policy

We update this privacy policy when our website or the legal requirements change. The current version is always available on this page.

Last updated: October 2026