Protecting your privacy is a matter of the utmost importance for ORBIS AG. Accordingly, your personal data is always collected, processed, saved and used in compliance with data confidentiality law whenever you visit our website. Your personal data is never used outside of the ORBIS Group. We only use your data to the extent required to improve and strengthen our business relationship with you, and for this purpose only. Your personal data is only disclosed to third parties outside of the ORBIS Group with your permission, in accordance with legislative requirements, except in cases where it would be legally permissible for your data to be disclosed without your permission.

External service providers work on the design and operation of our website on our behalf. These service providers have access to your personal data within the scope of these activities. Service providers are not authorised to use your data for any other purposes. The service providers that work for us undertake to treat your personal data as confidential and to observe all legislative requirements regarding data confidentiality.

Our website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites that are not covered by this privacy statement. ORBIS AG is not responsible for the content of websites that can be reached via such hyperlinks or for the data confidentiality precautions of such websites.

We only collect and save your personal data if you provide this information intentionally. Specifically, you may be required to supply your name, address, email address, phone number, fax number or occupation.

Your personal data is treated as confidential and only saved and used for the following general purposes, or for other purposes that are permissible under current legislation:

• Information concerning our products and services
• The sending of information material
• The sending of press releases
• Registration for an event
• Fulfilling your order or providing the requested service

Furthermore, when you visit our website, our web servers save certain information regarding your computer’s hardware and software, such as your IP address, the name of your internet service provider, the website that you have accessed us from and the date and duration of your visit.

IP addresses are required for problem diagnosis, website administration and demographic information. Your domain name can be detected when you visit our website, but not your email address. We only have access to your email address if you disclose it to us directly by sending us an email or filling out an order form.

The ORBIS AG website also uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a website, if your browser settings allow so. Cookies are used to avoid the repeated display of information and to optimise your computer system for the display of information. They contain either nothing more than a note that certain information has been viewed before or data concerning the technical optimisation of your computer. If you do not want to accept these cookies, you can adjust your browser’s settings to prevent the transfer of the cookies. Not accepting cookies does not generally have any negative consequences, other than the above-mentioned benefits being forfeited.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web-analysis service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies (small text files); these cookies are saved on your computer and allow your use of the website to be analysed. The cookie collects information on your use of this website (including your IP address) and sends it to a Google server in the US, where it is saved. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on the website activities for the website operator and provide other services relating to website and internet use. Google may also forward this information to third parties where this is legally prescribed or where this information is processed by third parties on behalf of Google. Google will not link your IP address to other Google data under any circumstances. You can prevent the cookies from being installed by adjusting your browser software’s settings; please be aware, however, that doing so may prevent you from using all of our website’s functions to their full extent. By using our website, you are agreeing to Google using the information that it collects on you in the manner described above for the above-mentioned purpose.

Further information on Google Analytics can be found at http://www.google.com.

An order form is provided on the ‘News & Press Relations’ page that allows you to subscribe to a mailing list and receive the latest ORBIS AG press releases via email on a regular basis.
Information that you enter into this form will be used to provide this service.
You can cancel your registration for these press release emails and the related saving of your data at any time. To do so, please send an email to this effect to our press department.

Information material relating to ORBIS AG (monthly reports, company report and the like) can be ordered on this website’s ‘Investor Relations/Contact’ and ‘Contact’ pages. This involves filling out the contact form provided and sending it to us via email. As above, you can cancel your registration for these information material emails and the related saving of your data by sending an email to the ORBIS AG’s Investor Relations department.

Please be aware that when you send your data via the internet, this data transmission is not fully secure and there is a risk of third parties viewing and using your data.

If you have given us your email address, email will be our main form of communication with you. Please let us know if you would prefer to communicate with us by post. Your email address will not be disclosed to any third parties outside of the ORBIS Group. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you can cancel email communication at any time.

ORBIS AG deploys all of the technical and organisatorial security measures that are available to it to protect your personal data from misuse.

By using our website, you are agreeing to your personal data being saved and used as described in this privacy statement. Any changes made to this privacy statement are made directly on this page, so you can always be aware of which data is saved and used by ORBIS AG.

ORBIS AG will gladly let you know what particular personal data it has stored about you and will correct or delete this information upon request. Please get in touch if you have any questions, suggestions or comments regarding our data confidentiality policy.