General Policy relating to Data Protection
SCHOTT INSTRUMENTS and its affiliates within the SCHOTT INSTRUMENTS group as listed on these websites (hereinafter referred to as "SCHOTT") aim to give you as much control over your personal data as possible. You will usually be able to visit our SCHOTT websites without having to enter any personal details.

However, in certain sections of SCHOTT’s website, you will be asked to enter personal data, which will allow us to increase the site's utility to you and helps us to stay in contact with you. Examples of when you will be asked for such information include when you subscribe to the newsletter, request explanatory brochures or information, send us suggestions using our specialised contact forms, or if you participate in any online surveys. If you ask us not to use this information to make contact with you, we will respect your wishes, just as we would if you unsubscribe from the newsletters.

The personal data provided by you for the aforementioned purposes will be treated confidentially and solely used in connection with dealings between you and SCHOTT. In accordance with § 33 of the Federal Privacy Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz), we advise you that we will store personal data insofar as it relates to our commercial relationship with you. The information provided by you will not be made available or sold to any non-affiliated third parties of other organisations not forming part of the SCHOTT group. Any data relating to your Internet activity on our websites ("web log information") will be strictly used for statistical purposes and trend analysis only, and your personal data will not be disclosed during evaluation.

 

Data Security Policy
SCHOTT knows how important it is for the information that you transmit to us via the Internet to be protected and handled with discretion. Data security on our e-commerce sites is one of our highest priorities. For this reason, we have taken great pains to ensure that our online security measures are effective. SCHOTT's shopping sites are encrypted using SSL technology. Websites that request commerce-related data (such as a credit card number) are transmitted in encrypted form using SSL technology. SCHOTT endeavours to continually update its encryption technology in line with technological progress in order to do as much as possible and necessary that the data transmitted by you via the Internet remains confidential. 

 

Commercial Dealings
In certain places we make references to the websites of third parties and have provided links to these websites. We only make such references if we are satisfied of the relevant provider's reliability and respectability. However, SCHOTT is not responsible for the privacy policy or the content of these websites. 

SCHOTT holds and reserves all rights in the information contained in and the design of its websites.

If you have any queries or suggestions in relation to our privacy policy, please contact us at Email.