Privacy IXION Commitment to Data Privacy Protection Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to IXION therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy pr......Privacy IXION Commitment to Data Privacy Protection Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to IXION therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data IXION may collect and how IXION uses and safeguards that data: Personal data Through our Web sites, IXION will not collect any personal data about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address), unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by completion of a contact form). Purpose of Use When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it to respond to your inquiry, process your order or provide you access to specific information or offers. Also, to support our customer relationship with you: • we may store and process personal data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to better understand your business needs and how we can improve our products and services or • we may use personal data to contact you about a IXION offer in support of your business needs or to conduct online surveys to understand better our customers needs. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties. Communications or Utilization Data Through your use of telecommunications services to access our Web site, your communications data (e.g. Internet protocol address) or utilization data (e.g. information on the beginning, end and extent of each access, and information on the telecommunications services you accessed) are technically generated and could conceivably relate to personal data. To the extent that there is a compelling necessity, the collection, processing and use of your communications or utilization data will occur and will be performed in accordance with the applicable data privacy protection legal framework. Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically When you access our Web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet browser and operating system used, domain name of the Web site from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed). We may use this data to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites and improve their performance or content. "Cookies" - Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie" to automatically recognize your PC next time you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to store your password to save you having to re-enter it each time. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computers hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Security To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, IXION uses technical and organizational security measures. Links to Other Web Sites IXION Web sites contain links to other Web sites. IXION is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. Intellectual Property Information, images, graphics, brand names and other contents of the IXION Web Site may not be changed, copied, reproduced, sold, rented, used, supplemented or otherwise used in any other way without the prior written permission of IXION. Except for the rights of use and other rights expressly granted herein, no other rights are granted to the User nor shall any obligation be implied requiring the grant of further rights. Any and all patent rights and licenses are expressly excluded. Duties of the User In accessing or using the IXION Web Site the User shall not - breach public morality in its manner of use - harm other persons, in particular minors, or infringe their personal rights - distribute advertising or unsolicited e-mails (so-called "spam") or inaccurate warnings of viruses, defects or similar material and the User shall not solicit or request the participation in any lottery, snowball system, chain letter, pyramid game or similar activity. IXION is an innovative company with a long tradition in the machine tool sector. We have the professed goal of offering our customers complete solutions and constant product development in order to meet changing market requirements. Our markets are worldwide especially in the Automotive and Mould Making Industries where our customers benefit from our high performance equipment, excellent quality and prompt after sales service. 1919 Foundation of Messrs. Otto Häfner. Production of manual tools brand IXION 1927 Production of the first bench- and column drilling machines 1943 The company was converted into a limited partnership Otto Häfne