and at the same time informing data subjects in accordance with Article 13 and Article 14 GDPR
General information, controller, data protection officer
Preamble
WEBER Verpackungen GmbH & Co KG (hereinafter referred to as "Weber Verpackungen", "we", "us", "our") provides services that involve the processing of data, in particular personal data. This applies in particular to the areas of communication and marketing activities, the provision of this website and all associated activities.
Note on the responsible body
The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "GDPR") and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is
WEBER Verpackungen GmbH & Co KG
Westerhaar 38
58739 Wickede/Ruhr | Germany
T: +49 (0) 2377 80 99 0
M: info(at)die-tuetenmacher.de
Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:
Thorsten Schröers | SAFE-PORT Consulting GmbH
Hülshoff-Straße 7
59469 Ense | Germany
T: +49 (0) 29 38 977 978
M: privacy(at)safe-port.de
Scope of the processing of personal data
We only process our users' personal data insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of our users' personal data only takes place regularly with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.
Legal basis for the processing of personal data
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.
Data erasure and storage duration
The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.
Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in third countries that are not secure under data protection law and US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these countries and processed there. We would like to point out that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in third countries that are not secure under data protection law.
We would like to point out that the USA, as a safe third country, generally has a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Data transfer to the USA is therefore permitted if the recipient is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ("DPF") or has suitable additional guarantees. Information on transfers to third countries, including the data recipients, can be found in this privacy policy.
We have additionally concluded valid suitable guarantees with the service providers for the transfer to these third countries in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 GDPR. If you have any further questions, please contact our data protection officer.
Data transfer to the USA takes place exclusively on the basis of the consent of the data subject (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Use of our services and offers
Provision of the website and creation of log files
Informational use / description and scope of data processing
It is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data in order to use our website for information purposes only. Rather, in this case we only collect and use the data that your internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as
Purpose
We collect and use this data during an informational visit exclusively in non-personalised form. This is done to enable you to use the web pages you have accessed, for statistical purposes and to improve our website. The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.
Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after fourteen days at the latest; storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing user. Access to the log data is only possible directly and exclusively for administrators.
Possibility of objection and removal
The collection of data for the provision of services and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the services offered. Consequently, the user has no option to object.
Hosting of the website
This website is hosted by an external service provider (WORTMANN AG, Bredenhop 20, 32609 Hüllhorst, Germany, hereinafter referred to as the "Host"). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the Host's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.
If we commission service providers with the processing of data, this is always done in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR on the basis of a so-called order processing contract. In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded an order processing contract with our hoster.
Use of cookies
Description and scope of data processing
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
When accessing our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies by a consent banner and his consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained and documented in accordance with data protection regulations. In this context, reference is also made to this data protection information. In this context, there is also a reference to how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings.
You can also determine yourself whether cookies can be set and retrieved using the settings in your browser. For example, you can completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback. For technical reasons, however, it is necessary for the full functionality of our website to allow the cookies we use.
Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies (and comparable recognition technologies) for analysis purposes and for ad control or evaluation is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG; consent can be revoked at any time.
Purpose of data processing
If technically necessary cookies are used:
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognised even after a page change. We require cookies for the following applications: Storage of visitor settings selected in the consent banner.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.
Duration of storage, objection and removal options
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to our website. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.
Cookie consent with the "Usercentrics Consent Tool"
Our website uses Usercentrics' cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document these in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Usercentrics").
Description and scope of data processing
When you enter our website, your consent and other declarations regarding the use of cookies are obtained via our consent tool and the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:
The consent tool then saves a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents you have given or revoke them.
Legal basis for data processing
The consent tool is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
The provision of the consent tool serves to fulfil overriding legal requirements and to inform users about the context in which cookies are used on this website.
Possibility of objection and removal
The data collected by the consent tool remains stored until you delete the consent cookie yourself, adjust the settings again via the consent banner or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.
Further information
We have concluded an order processing contract with Usercentrics. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that Usercentrics processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Details on data processing by Usercentrics can be found at https://usercentrics.com/priva....
Plugins and tools
Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store any cookies and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google's parent company in the United States. Insofar as personal data is transferred to the USA, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by means of suitable guarantees. EU standard contractual clauses have been concluded with the provider for this purpose. Copies of these can be obtained from the controller or accessed directly from the European Union at the following link: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de.
The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the fast and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on the use of Google Tag Manager: https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/9323295?hl=de.
Google Analytics 4
Our website uses Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin, Ireland ("Google"), which can be used to analyse the use of websites.
Cookies are used when using Google Analytics 4. The information collected by cookies about your use of the website (including the IP address transmitted by your end device, shortened by the last digits, see below) is usually transmitted to a Google server, where it is stored and processed. This may also result in information being transmitted to the servers of Google LLC based in the USA and further processing of the information there (see also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA").
When using Google Analytics 4, the IP address transmitted by your end device when you use the website is always collected and processed in anonymised form by default and automatically. This means that the information collected cannot be linked to you personally. This automatic anonymisation takes place by Google truncating the IP address transmitted by your device within member states of the European Union (EU) or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
Google uses this and other information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on your website activity and usage behaviour and to provide us with other services relating to your use of the website and the Internet. The abbreviated IP address transmitted by your device as part of Google Analytics 4 will not be merged with other Google data. The data collected as part of the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for 2 months and then deleted.
Google Analytics 4 also enables the creation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of website users on the basis of an evaluation of interest-based advertising and with the use of third-party information via a special function, the so-called "demographic characteristics". This makes it possible to determine and differentiate between user groups of the website for the purpose of target group-optimised marketing measures. However, data collected via the "demographic characteristics" cannot be assigned to a specific person and therefore not to you personally. This data collected via the "demographic characteristics" function is stored for two months and then deleted.
Since a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your use of the website. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service using the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website.
In connection with this website, the Google Signals service is also used as an extension of Google Analytics 4. With Google Signals, we can have Google create cross-device reports (so-called "cross-device tracking"). If you have activated "personalised ads" in your Google account settings and linked your internet-enabled devices to your Google account, Google can analyse usage behaviour across devices and create database models based on this if you have given your consent to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The logins and device types of all website users who were logged into a Google account and carried out a conversion are taken into account. The data shows, among other things, on which device you clicked on an advert for the first time and on which device the relevant conversion took place. We do not receive any personal data from Google, but only statistics compiled on the basis of Google Signals. You have the option of deactivating the "personalised ads" function in the settings of your Google account and thus deactivating the cross-device analysis in connection with Google Signals. To do this, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de.
Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/ana....
We have concluded a so-called order processing contract with Google for our use of Google Analytics 4, which obliges Google to protect the data of our website users and not to pass it on to third parties.
To ensure compliance with the European level of data protection, including in the event of any transfer of data from the EU or the EEA to the USA and possible further processing there, Google relies on the so-called standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which we have contractually agreed with Google.
Further legal information on Google Analytics 4, including a copy of the aforementioned standard contractual clauses, can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/te....
Google Ads
The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising programme of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Ads enables us to display adverts in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms in Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted adverts can be displayed based on the user data available at Google (e.g. location data and interests) (target group targeting). As the website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively by analysing, for example, which search terms led to the display of our advertisements and how many advertisements led to corresponding clicks.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://privacy.google.com/bus....
When processing the data, information may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC, based in the USA, where the information may be processed further (see also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA").
Google Ads Remarketing
This website uses Google Ads Remarketing. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
With the help of Google Ads Remarketing, we can assign people who interact with our online offering to specific target groups in order to subsequently show them interest-based advertising in the Google advertising network (remarketing or retargeting).
Furthermore, the advertising target groups created with Google Ads Remarketing can be linked to Google's cross-device functions. In this way, interest-based, personalised advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behaviour on one end device (e.g. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC).
If you have a Google account, you can object to personalised advertising by clicking on the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.
When processing the data, information may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC, based in the USA, where the information is processed further (see also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA").
Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
With the help of Google conversion tracking, Google and we can recognise whether the user has carried out certain actions. For example, we can analyse which buttons on our website were clicked how often and which products were viewed or purchased particularly frequently. This information is used to create conversion statistics. We find out the total number of users who have clicked on our adverts and what actions they have taken. We do not receive any information with which we can personally identify the user. Google itself uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies for identification purposes.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
You can find more information about Google Conversion Tracking in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/pr....
When processing the data, information may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC, based in the USA, where the information is processed further (see also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA").
Google reCAPTCHA
The website operator uses Google reCAPTCHA. Google Ads is an online advertising programme of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data is entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) by a human or by an automated programme. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent on the website by the website visitor or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.
The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and SPAM. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/te....
When processing the data, information may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC, based in the USA, where the information is processed further (see also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA").
SalesViewer®
This website uses SalesViewer® technology, which identifies anonymous website visitors, provides full contact details and insights into the visit history. The provider is SalesViewer GmbH, Bongardstraße 29, 44787 Bochum, Germany.
SalesViewer uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behaviour and recognise users. Among other things, SalesViewer shows us which companies have visited our website, determines the history of your visit, including all the pages you have visited and viewed and the length of your stay on this website.
SalesViewer collects and processes data about companies such as company name, phone number, address, web address, industry, company profile, turnover and key people on LinkedIn.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by SalesViewer GmbH. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for SalesViewer: https://www.salesviewer.com/datenschutz.
YouTube with extended data protection
Our website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you watch a video.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. When using this plugin, data transfer to the USA is not excluded. See also the section "Note on data transfer to the USA".
Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Utilisation of offers
Newsletter
Description and scope of data processing
You can subscribe to a free newsletter on our website. When you register for the newsletter, the data from the input screen is transmitted to us. In order to be able to register for our e-mail newsletter service, we require at least your e-mail address to which the newsletter is to be sent in addition to your consent under data protection law. The date and time of registration are also collected. Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data as part of the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter, i.e. we will only send you the newsletter if you first confirm your registration via a confirmation e-mail sent to you for this purpose by clicking on the link contained therein. This is to ensure that only you, as the owner of the e-mail address provided, can register for the newsletter. You must confirm this within 5 working days of receiving the confirmation e-mail, otherwise your newsletter registration will be automatically deleted from our database.
Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for data processing in newsletter marketing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
Any further information is voluntary and is used to address you personally and to personalise the content of the newsletter as well as to clarify any queries regarding the e-mail address. The collection of other personal data as part of the registration process serves to prevent misuse of the services or the e-mail address used.
Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. The user's e-mail address is therefore stored for as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active. The other personal data collected during the registration process is generally deleted after a period of seven days.
Possibility of objection and removal
You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time. To do so, you can either send us an informal email to the above-mentioned contact details or use the link at the end of the newsletter to cancel your subscription. The cancellation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the cancellation. This also makes it possible to revoke consent to the storage of personal data collected during the registration process.
Further information
We use Rapidmail to send newsletters. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany. Rapidmail is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Rapidmail's servers in Germany. If you do not wish to be analysed by Rapidmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. The mailing service provider may use the recipient's data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without allocation to a user, to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. to technically optimise the mailing and presentation of the newsletter or for statistical purposes. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.
With the help of Rapidmail, we are able to analyse our newsletter campaigns. Among other things, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine which links have been clicked on particularly often. Rapidmail also allows us to categorise newsletter recipients according to different recipient categories (e.g. place of residence). In this way, the newsletters can be better customised to the respective target groups.
You can find out more about Rapidmail's analysis functions at the following link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kate....
We have concluded an order processing contract with Rapidmail in which we oblige Rapidmail to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties. Detailed information on the functions and data protection can be found in Rapidmail's privacy policy at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.
The data you provide us with 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 deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a "blocking list" if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the "blocking list" 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 the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the "blocking list" is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
Contact form and e-mail contact
Description and scope of data processing
There is a contact form on our website that can be used to contact us electronically. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. These data are
Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data as part of the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy. Alternatively, you can contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.
Legal basis for data processing
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment or conclusion of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. If contact is made by email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data. The other personal data processed during the sending process is used to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input screen of the contact form and those sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
Possibility of objection and removal
The user has the option to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. You can make use of your objection by contacting us using the contact details above. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.
Enquiries by telephone or fax
Description and scope of data processing
If you contact us by telephone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass this data on to third parties without your consent.
Legal basis for data processing
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.
Purpose of data processing
The processing of personal data serves us solely to process your enquiry.
Duration of storage
The data you send to us via enquiries will remain with us until you ask 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).
Possibility of objection and removal
The user has the option to object to the processing of their personal data at any time. You can exercise your right to object by contacting us using the contact details above.
All personal data stored in the course of making contact will be deleted in this case. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
Own services
Handling applicant data
We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. via the applicant platform, e-mail, by post or via the online application form). In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process. We assure you that your data will be collected, processed and used in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.
Scope and purpose of data collection
If you send us an application, we will process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship.
Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for data processing as part of the application process is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and - if you have given your consent - Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application.
If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.
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 retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) 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 retention serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will only be deleted when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.
Data may also be stored for longer if you have given your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.
You will not be informed separately about the deletion of your data.
Inclusion in the applicant pool
If we do not make you a job offer, you may have the opportunity to be included in our applicant pool. If you are accepted, all documents and details from your application will be transferred to the applicant pool so that you can be contacted in the event of suitable vacancies.
Inclusion in the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). Giving consent is voluntary and is not related to the current application process. The data subject can withdraw their consent at any time. In this case, the data will be irrevocably deleted from the applicant pool, provided there are no legal grounds for retention.
The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than one year after consent has been given. You will not be informed separately about the deletion of your data.
Possibility of objection and removal
If personal data is processed by us as the controller, you as the data subject have certain rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on the legal basis and purpose of the processing. These can be found in the "Rights of the data subject" section of this data protection notice.
If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke this data protection consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. To assert your rights as a data subject in relation to the data processed in this application process, please contact our data protection officer using the contact details above.
Social Media
When you visit our social media page, personal information about you is processed. If you have your own user account on a social network and are logged into this account when you visit our presence on this social network, all the data collected about you will be directly assigned to your existing account.
Social networks can generally analyse your user behaviour comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). The data collected about you is stored as a user profile and can be analysed for advertising and/or market research purposes.
If you actively interact with us via our social media sites (messages, comments, downloads, etc.), we may be informed of your actions. The functions of the social media pages allow us to view your public profile data. You determine which data is visible in your social media account settings.
Legal basis
In principle, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data on our social media pages is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Data processing is necessary in order to provide you with the functions and information you have requested, in the interest of our public relations work and communication with you. If you require further information on the balancing of interests to be carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, please contact our data protection officer using the contact details provided in this data protection notice. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract (or is related to an existing contract), the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If necessary, we will obtain your consent for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Responsible party and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media sites, we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can assert your rights (information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal.
Please note that, despite the joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing procedures of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider.
Storage duration
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
Social media presence
We would like to point out that, according to current case law, there is joint responsibility between Meta (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) and the operator of the Facebook fan page ("joint controller"). You can find more information at: www.facebook.com/legal/terms/i.... If you have any questions about data processing by Facebook, you can contact Facebook's data protection officer (https://www.facebook.com/help/...).
By interacting with our Facebook fan page (e.g. in the form of messages, comments or "likes"), the data you provide will be transmitted by Facebook to us as the operator of the fan page. The legal basis for this data transfer is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can specify which personal data is publicly accessible in the settings of your Facebook account. To do this, go to the settings of your Facebook account under "Privacy". You can check and adjust these settings at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=privacy. You can also control the behaviour of the "Like" information there (visibility for other users).
We store your personal data that Facebook makes available to us for as long as knowledge of the data is required for the purposes of the business relationship or the purposes for which it was collected, or for as long as statutory or contractual retention requirements exist. You can also object to data storage at any time (right to object). Facebook offers fan page operators analysis functions ("Facebook Insights"). These functions allow fan page operators to analyse a summary of data in the form of page statistics within a tool. We use this data to compile anonymised statistics ("likes", page views, regional distribution of users, reach of posts, etc.) and to examine the effectiveness of fan page posts. The "Facebook Insights function" is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. See "Legitimate interest" in this section.
Facebook is responsible for all processing related to Facebook Insights and the further processing of user data. Further information can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum and here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
By interacting with our Instagram presence (e.g. in the form of messages, comments or "likes"), the data you provide will be transmitted to us by Instagram as the operator of the Instagram account. The legal basis for this data transfer is, among other things, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can decide for yourself which personal data is publicly accessible in the settings of your Instagram account under "Privacy and security". You can check and adjust these settings at https://www.instagram.com/accounts/privacy_and_security/ If you use Instagram forms to generate leads (legal basis is consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), personal data (e.g. your name, specified company, your email address or your telephone number) will be stored by Instagram or Facebook and made available to us. We use this contact data to provide you with further information about our services and products. The use of the lead forms as part of our Instagram presence is in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have legitimate interests in the processing, which can be found under "Legitimate interest" in this section. You can object to the use of your data from the lead form at any time. The lead data is stored on Instagram/Meta for 90 days and then deleted. For more information on how Meta, as the operator of Instagram, uses your data, please refer to Meta's further information at: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/563690893827148?id=735435806665862.
We store your personal data that Instagram/Facebook makes available to us for as long as knowledge of the data is required for the purposes of the business relationship or the purposes for which it was collected, or as long as statutory or contractual retention requirements exist. You can also object to data storage at any time (right to object). Instagram offers the operators of the fan page analysis functions ("Instagram Insights"). These functions allow account holders to analyse a summary of data in the form of page statistics within a tool. We use this data to compile anonymised statistics ("likes", page views, regional distribution of users, reach of posts, etc.) and to examine the effectiveness of the Instagram presence. The "Instagram Insights function" is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. See "Legitimate interest" in this section.
The responsibility for all processing related to Instagram Insights and the further processing of user data lies with Instagram or Facebook (Instagram as a product of Facebook). Further information can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388.
By interacting with our LinkedIn presence, the data you provide will be transmitted by LinkedIn to us as the operator of the LinkedIn presence.
The legal basis for these data transfers may also be Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can determine which personal data is publicly accessible yourself via the settings of your LinkedIn account under "Data protection". You can check and adjust these settings at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/privacy.
Information on how LinkedIn uses your data can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
We store your personal data that LinkedIn makes available to us for as long as knowledge of the data is required for the purposes of the business relationship or the purposes for which it was collected, or as long as statutory or contractual retention requirements exist. You can also object to data storage at any time (right to object).
LinkedIn offers the operators of the LinkedIn presence analysis functions. This function allows operators of the LinkedIn presence to analyse a summary of data in the form of page statistics within a tool.
We use this data to compile anonymised statistics (page views, regional distribution, etc.) and to examine the effectiveness of the campaigns. It is not possible to draw conclusions about individual users. The LinkedIn analysis function is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. See also the point "Legitimate interest".
Further information on the processing of user data on the part of LinkedIn as the controller can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
We have a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Europe Ltd, Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
The data collected about you when you use the service is processed by Pinterest and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. We have no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by the provider, the type of processing and use or the transfer of this data to third parties, in particular to countries outside the European Union.
When you visit the Service, cookies and similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons and local storage may be used to collect information about your use of the Service and to provide you with features.
In addition, advertisers or other partners of the provider may place cookies or similar technologies on your device.
YouTube
By interacting with our YouTube channel (e.g. in the form of comments or "likes"), the data you provide will be transmitted to us by YouTube.
The legal basis for these data transfers is, among other things, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can specify which personal data is publicly accessible in the settings of your YouTube account under "Data protection". You can check and adjust these settings at https://www.youtube.com/account_privacy If you use YouTube forms to generate leads (legal basis is consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), personal data (e.g. your name, specified company, your e-mail address or your telephone number) will be stored by YouTube or Google and made available to us. We use this contact data to provide you with further information about our services and products. The lead forms on our YouTube channel are used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have legitimate interests in the processing, which can be found under "Legitimate interest" in this section. You can object to the use of your data from the lead form at any time. The lead data is stored on YouTube/Google for 90 days and then deleted. For more information on how Google, as the operator of YouTube, uses your data, please refer to the additional information provided by Google at: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9423235?hl=en.
We store your personal data that YouTube/Google makes available to us for as long as knowledge of the data is required for the purposes of the business relationship or the purposes for which it was collected, or for as long as statutory or contractual retention requirements exist. You can also object to data storage at any time (right to object). YouTube offers the operators of the channel analysis functions ("YouTube Analytics"). These functions allow account holders to summarise and analyse data in the form of page statistics within a tool. We use this data to compile anonymised statistics ("likes", page views, regional distribution of users, etc.) and to examine the effectiveness of the YouTube channel. The YouTube Analytics function is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. See "Legitimate interest" in this section.
YouTube or Google Inc. (YouTube as a product of Google) is responsible for all processing related to YouTube Analytics and the further processing of user data. You can find further information on this at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
X
The controller operates an X site in order to present itself to and communicate with the users of X and other interested persons who visit this X site. These functions are offered by the parent company X Corp, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for the data processing of persons living outside the USA.
By using X and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your X account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to X in the process. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by X. The processing of users' personal data is based on the legitimate interest of the controller in an optimised company presentation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The use of X is the responsibility of the respective user on the basis of X's privacy policy. Further information on this can be found in X's privacy policy at: http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your data protection settings at X in the account settings at: http://twitter.com/account/settings
Legitimate interest
Some of our social media presences are used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests). Our interests lie in analysing trends, interacting with our social media users and improving our campaigns and services. If you require further information on the balancing of interests to be carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, please contact our data protection officer using the contact details provided in this privacy policy. If necessary, we will obtain your consent for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Rights of data subjects
You can find your rights as a data subject vis-à-vis us in the section: "Your rights as a data subject".
Further information on our social media presence
Facebook - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against Facebook can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
Instagram - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against Facebook (as the operator of Instagram) can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388.
LinkedIn - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against LinkedIn can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/50191?trk=microsites-frontend_legal_privacy-policy.
Pinterest - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against Pinterest Inc. can be found at: https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy.
YouTube - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against Google (as the operator of YouTube) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
X - Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against X can be found at: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de.
Your rights as a data subject
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
Right to information
You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
If such processing has taken place, you can request the following information from the controller:
You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
Right to rectification
You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must make the correction without delay.
Right to restriction of processing
Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:
If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
If processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.
Right to cancellation
Cancellation obligation
You have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
Information to third parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.
Exceptions
The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary
Right to information
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the controller.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where
In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Right of objection
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
Notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of information society services by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications.
Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision
However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or lit. g GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
With regard to the fulfilment of the contract and consent, the controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.
Data security, third-party websites, changes
Data security
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our services via the Internet. However, we take technical and organisational measures to protect our services and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorised persons. In particular, your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) [or TLS (Transport Layer Security)] coding system.
We also use technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data that is generated or collected, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or attack by unauthorised persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
Data protection and third-party websites
The website may contain hyperlinks to and from third-party websites. If you follow a hyperlink to one of these websites, please note that we cannot assume any responsibility or guarantee for third-party content or data protection conditions. Please check the applicable data protection conditions before you transmit personal data to these websites.
Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend these data protection provisions at any time with effect for the future. A current version is always available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable data protection provisions.
Up-to-dateness of this data protection notice
We use the "SAFE policy" service of SAFE-PORT Consulting GmbH, Hülshoff-Straße 7, 59469 Ense, Germany ("SAFE-PORT") to ensure up-to-date data protection notices in connection with the services of our website. The content of this privacy policy is managed centrally on the servers of SAFE-PORT and integrated directly on this page.
We have a legitimate interest in always providing our website visitors with up-to-date information on data processing. For the use of the "SAFE policy", we have concluded an order processing contract with the provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
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