Data Protection Declaration (EU)

1.) General

 

We, ARTIQO Deutschland GmbH, are pleased about your visit to our website. We attach great importance to the secure and confidential processing of your personal data and observe the applicable regulations, in particular the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Personal data within the meaning of this data protection declaration is all information that relates to you personally. Relevant personal data includes, in particular, your personal data (name, address, contact details, date of birth, email and IP address). Below you will find out how we handle this data.

 

2.) responsible body and contact / data protection officer

 

The person responsible for processing your personal data is ARTIQO Deutschland GmbH, represented by the managing director, Mr. Ulrich Bücken, Hans-Böckler-Str. 57, 59348 Lüdinghausen, telephone: 02591-8931500, email: datenschutz@artiqo.de. The company data protection officer is Dr. Hans Daldrop (GINDAT GmbH), data protection coordinator is Inge Kolem and can be reached using the above contact details.

 

3.) Collection and processing of data

 

Every access to our website and every retrieval of a file stored there is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged: name of the retrieved file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, web browser and requesting domain. Additionally, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged. Further personal data is only collected if you provide this information voluntarily, for example as part of an inquiry or registration. The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances will we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you as a person.

 

4.) Use and disclosure of personal data

 

If you have provided us with personal data, we will only use it to answer your inquiries, to process contracts concluded with you and for technical administration. Your personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of executing the contract, if this is necessary for billing purposes or if you have given your prior consent. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

  • You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR,
  • The disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) DSG VO is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in disclosing your data ,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter c) GDPR, as well as
  • this is legally permissible and is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) GDPR.

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with future effect; vg. Section below under section 9.) “Your rights”.

 

5.) Cookies

 

We use cookies on our site. These serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and that your browser saves. Most of the cookies used are so-called “session cookies” which are automatically deleted after your visit has ended. Cookies do not contain viruses and do not cause any damage to your computer. You can prevent our site from setting cookies at any time by making the appropriate settings in the browser you are using and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. You can also delete cookies that have already been set at any time using your browser or other software programs. If you deactivate the setting of cookies, not all functions of our site may be fully usable.

 

7.) Contact form

 

If you contact us via email or contact form regarding questions of any kind, you are giving us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting us. This requires that you provide a valid email address. This is used to assign the request and then answer it. Providing further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. After your request has been completed, personal data will be automatically deleted.

 

8.) Data storage and data deletion

 

Apart from the exceptions set out below, we will delete your personal data when the contractual relationship with you has ended, all mutual claims have been fulfilled and there are no other legal retention obligations or legal justifications for storage. We use your name and postal address for a maximum period of 24 months after termination of the contractual relationship. The legal basis for processing is a balance of interests in our favor. Our legitimate interest lies in convincing you of our products and services again as part of advertising acquisition efforts. In accordance with the balancing of interests in sending you direct advertising during our business relationship with you, our interests also outweigh the use of your data for this post-contractual advertising purpose. By objecting, you have the option to prevent this processing at any time.

 

9.) Social Bookmarks

 

So-called social bookmarks (e.g. from Facebook, Twitter and Xing) are integrated into our website. Social bookmarks are Internet bookmarks that users of such a service can use to collect links and news reports. These are only integrated on our website as a link to the corresponding services. After clicking on the integrated graphic, you will be redirected to the respective provider’s page, i.e. only then will user information be transferred to the respective provider. For information on how your personal data is handled when using these websites, please refer to the respective data protection regulations of the providers.

 

10.) Your rights

 

We draw your attention to your following rights in connection with the processing of your personal data:

 

a.) Information

 

You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Article 15 GDPR. In particular, you can obtain information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection a right to complain, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information about its details.

 

b.) Correction

 

You have the right in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us.

 

c.) Deletion

 

You have the right in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is carried out to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

 

d.) Restriction of processing

 

You have the right in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data , but you need this to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR.

 

e.) Transfer of your data

 

You have the right in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible.

 

f.) Revocation

 

You have the right to revoke your consent to us at any time in accordance with Article 7 Paragraph 3 of the GDPR. This means that we are no longer allowed to continue data processing based on this consent in the future.

 

g.) Contradiction

 

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR, provided that this data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests and there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation or the objection is against Direct advertising established. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without specifying a special situation. If you would like to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to our email address.

 

h.) Complaint

 

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters.

 

11.) Data security

 

When visiting our website, we use the common SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in conjunction with the maximum encryption level supported by your browser. This is usually 256 bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the bottom status bar of your browser. We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

 

12.) Changes to the regulations

 

This data protection declaration is valid as of May 2018. We reserve the right to change this data protection declaration. A change can occur for technical, organizational and data protection reasons. We ask that you pay attention to the currently valid version.

7. Newsletter

 

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you have received the newsletter agree. No further data is collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. To process the newsletter, we use newsletter service providers, which are described below.

 

CleverReach

 

This website uses CleverReach to send newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Germany (hereinafter “CleverReach”). CleverReach is a service that can be used to organize and analyze newsletter distribution. The data you enter to receive the newsletter (e.g. email address) will be stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.

 

Our newsletters sent with CleverReach enable us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients. This can include, among other things: Analyzes how many recipients opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed whether a pre-defined action (e.g. purchasing a product on this website) took place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Further information on data analysis through the CleverReach newsletter can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktions/reporting-und-tracking/.

 

Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

 

If you do not want analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message.

 

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

 

After you have been unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

 

For more information, please see CleverReach’s data protection regulations at: https://www. cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

 

Order processing

 

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that we only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

Sending newsletters to existing customers

 

If you order goods or services from us and provide your email address, this email address can subsequently be used by us to send newsletters, provided we inform you of this in advance. In such a case, the newsletter will only be used to send direct advertising for your own similar goods or services. You can cancel the sending of this newsletter at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter. The legal basis for sending the newsletter in this case is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Section 7 Para. 3 UWG.

 

After you have been unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, we may store your email address in a blacklist to prevent future mailings to you. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • IP Address
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 6 Monate

1.2 Registering an account

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • IP Address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.3 Newsletters

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • An email address
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

14.) WPML

 

The WordPress Multilingual Plug-in (WPML) manages the creation of multilingual WordPress websites. WPML uses cookies to determine the visitor’s current language, the last language visited and the language of the users who logged in. While you use the plugin, WPML will share the data regarding the site through the installer. No data is shared by the user themselves.

 

WPML Translation Management

 

WPML Translation Management will send the email address and name of each manager and assigned translator and the content itself to the Advanced Translation Editor and the translation services used.

 

WPML String Translation

 

WPML String Translation will send all strings to WPML’s advanced translation editor and to the translation services used.

 

15.) Compliance | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

 

This website uses Complianz’s Privacy Suite for WordPress to collect consent records. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. Further information can be found in the Complianz Data protection declaration.

16. Hosting

 

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

 

DomainFactory

 

The provider is DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstraße 5, 80331 Munich (hereinafter DomainFactory). When you visit our website, DomainFactory collects various log files including your IP addresses.

 

For details, see DomainFactory’s privacy policy: https://www.df .eu/de/data protection/.

 

The use of DomainFactory is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Order processing

 

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that we only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

17.) Note on data transfer to third countries that are not secure under data protection law as well as transfer to US companies that are not DPF-certified

 

We use, among other things, tools from companies based in third countries that are not secure in terms of data protection, as well as US tools whose providers are not certified according to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these countries. We would like to point out that in third countries with uncertain data protection law, a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed.

 

We would like to point out that the USA, as a safe third country, generally has a level of data protection comparable to the EU. Data transfer to the USA is then permitted if the recipient has certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) or has appropriate additional guarantees. Information on transfers to third countries, including data recipients, can be found in this data protection declaration.

 

Recipients of personal data

 

As part of our business activities, we work with various external bodies. In some cases, it is also necessary to transmit personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO in the transfer or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using order processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid order processing contract. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing contract is concluded.

18.) Revocation of your consent to data processing

 

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

 

19.) Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

 

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LITER. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE TERMS. THE APPLICABLE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROOF COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE USE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE FORMATION OF LEGAL CLAIMS ( OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR).

 

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

 

20.) Right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority

 

In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

 

21.) Right to data portability

 

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

 

22.) Information, correction and deletion

 

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time about this or if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

 

23.) Right to restriction of processing

 

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time about this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

 

  • If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we hold about you, we will generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is occurring unlawfully, you can request that data processing be restricted instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Article 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

 

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of a important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

 

24.) Objection to advertising emails

 

The use of contact details published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, such as spam emails.

 

25.) Consent with compliance

 

Our website uses Complianz’s consent technology to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or to use certain technologies and to document this in accordance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”).

 

Complianz is hosted on our servers, so there is no connection to the Complianz provider’s servers. Complianz stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consent you have given or its revocation. The data collected in this way will be stored until you request us to delete it, delete the compliance cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

 

Complianz is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.

26.) Contact form

 

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us in order to process the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

 

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried; consent can be revoked at any time.

 

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

27.) Inquiries by email, telephone or fax

 

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your request including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

 

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried; consent can be revoked at any time.

 

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

28.) Registration on this website

 

You can register on this website to use additional functions on the site. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

 

For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

 

The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of implementing the usage relationship established by registration and, if necessary, to initiate further contracts (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

 

The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

 

29. Social Media

 

LinkedIn

 

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

 

Every time a page on this website that contains elements from LinkedIn is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend button” and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to assign your visit to this website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by LinkedIn.

 

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

 

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang= en

 

Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https: //www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

 

 

30.) Plugins and tools

 

YouTube with extended data protection

 

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

 

When you visit one of these websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

 

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, videos played in extended data protection mode are not used to personalize browsing on YouTube. Ads that are displayed in extended data protection mode are also not personalized. No cookies are set in extended data protection mode. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser, which, like cookies, contain personal data and can be used for recognition. Details about the extended data protection mode can be found here: https://support.google.com /youtube/answer/171780.

 

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after activating a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

 

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their data protection declaration at: https ://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

 

The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every DPF certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

 

31.) Own services

 

Handling applicant data

 

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by email, post or via the online application form). Below we will inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process. We assure that the collection, processing and use of your data will be in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions and that your data will be treated with strict confidentiality.

 

Scope and purpose of data collection

 

If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes from job interviews, etc.) to the extent that this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship . The legal basis for this is Section 26 BDSG under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – ​​Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to people who are involved in processing your application.

 

If the application is successful, the data you submit will be stored in our data processing systems for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship on the basis of Section 26 BDSG and Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

 

Data retention period

 

If we are unable to make you a job offer, you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to process the data you have transmitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) until to be kept with us for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. The storage serves in particular for evidentiary purposes in the event of a legal dispute. If it becomes apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

 

Longer storage can also take place if you have given your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations conflict with deletion.

 

32.) Analysis tools

 

Burst Statistics

 

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs, in this case we use the analysis tool Burst Statistics.

 

According to them, Burst Statistics stores all data “on its own server and thus ensures full compliance with data protection laws.”