Privacy Policy Notice

 

1. Data protection at a glance

General notes

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data through which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the website operator in the imprint for this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This can involve, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website, automatically or with your consent. This is mainly technical data (e.g., Internet browser, operating system or time when the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected in order to ensure that the website is error-free. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. You also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted under certain circumstances.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

For this purpose or if you have further questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called “analysis programs.”

You can find detailed information on these analysis programs in the following data protection declaration.

 

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data recorded on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This can involve IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access and other data generated via a website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Our host will only process your data to the extent this is necessary to fulfill its obligation to render services and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to ensure processing in accordance with data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with our host.

 

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these website pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data in strict confidence in accordance with applicable data protection regulations as well as in accordance with this privacy policy notice.

Personal data is collected when you visit this website.

Personal data is all data based on which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We draw your attention to the fact that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) may involve security gaps. It is not possible to guarantee complete protection of data from third-party access.

About the data controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Romakowski GmbH & Co. KG
Herdweg 31
86647 Buttenwiesen, Germany

PO Box 53
86644 Buttenwiesen, Germany

Phone +49 (0) 8274.999-0
Fax +49 (0) 8274.999-150

info@romakowski.com
www.romakowski.com

Chief Executive Officer: Dieter Romakowski

Company Registry Court: Augsburg, HRA 7003
VAT ID No.: DE 127 78 3107
Phone: +49 0 8274.999-0

E-Mail: info@romakowski.com

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Thomas Hoch
Adalbert-Stifter-Straße 52
89415 Lauingen, Germany

Phone: +49 1525 3144668
E-Mail: info@thomashoch.de

Note on data transfer to the US

Our website includes tools from companies based in the US. When these tools are active, your personal data can be passed on to the US servers of these companies. We draw your attention to the fact that the US is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this.

Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) will process, evaluate and permanently save your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and against

direct advertising (Article 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT, CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY DECLARATION. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA INVOLVED, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF COMPULSORY, LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THAT THE PROCESSING SERVES THE APPLICATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS (OBJECTION IS POSSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

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

Right of appeal to the relevant supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, the people affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state in which they normally reside, their place of work is located, or in which the alleged violation occurred. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of 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 direct transfer of the data to another person, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to information at no cost about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at the address given in the imprint at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

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 at the address given in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. During this period you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
  • If your personal data has been/is being processed unlawfully, you may request the restriction of processing instead of deletion of data.
  • 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 the restriction of processing instead of deletion of data.
  • If you have lodged an objection according to Article 21 (1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be balanced. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense 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 European Union or of a member state.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of the contact data published as part of the obligatory legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website reserve the express right to take legal action against any offenders sending unsolicited advertising material, such as spam.

 

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not damage your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your device when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain

website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you require (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the cookies concerned are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, or activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for the purpose of analysis, we will inform you of this separately in this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.

Cookie consent with Contao Marketing Suite

Our website uses the tools of the Contao Marketing Suite to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device and to document them in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is:

numero2 - Agentur für digitales Marketing GbR
Torsten Materna und Benjamin Born
Mozartstraße 3
67480 Edenkoben, Germany

Contact:

Phone: +49 (0) 6323 938186
E-mail: support@contao-marketingsuite.com

The Contao Marketing Suite cookie management tool is used in order to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) (1) (c) GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called “server log files” that your browser automatically sends to us. This information includes:

  • browser type and browser version
  • operating system being used
  • referrer URL
  • host name of the accessing computer
  • time of the server request
  • IP address

No aggregation of this data with other data sources is carried out.

This data is collected on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this.

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 for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

If your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, this data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries sent to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this was requested.

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

Inquiry by e-mail, phone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, phone or fax, your request, including all personal data (name, request) it contains will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

If your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, this data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries sent to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this was requested.

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 of data storage no longer exists (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

5. Social media

LinkedIn plug-in

This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time a page on this website that contains LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to the 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 is 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 website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by LinkedIn.

The use of the LinkedIn plug-in is on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media. If appropriate consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information, see the LinkedIn privacy policy at:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Pinterest plug-in

On this website we use social plug-ins from the Pinterest social network operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”).

When you access a page containing such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plug-in then transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the US. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of websites you visit which also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.

The data is stored and analyzed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media. If appropriate consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by

Pinterest and your related rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in the Pinterest Privacy Policy notice: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.

 

6. Analysis tools and advertising

 

Use of Matomo

If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo sets a cookie (a text file) on your terminal device, with which your browser can be recognized. If subpages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:

  • the IP address of the user, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)
  • the sub-page called up and the time of the call-up
  • the page from which the user accessed our website (referrer)
  • which browser with which plugins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used
  • the time spent on the website
  • the pages that are accessed from the sub-page called up

Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. In this way, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimize our offer.

By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take into account the interest of the website visitor in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the website user and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties.

Withdrawal of consent:
You can revoke your consent to the storage and analysis of your data by Matomo at any time using the link below. A so-called opt-out cookie will then be stored on your device, which is valid for two years. As a result, Matomo will not collect any session data. Note, however, that the opt-out cookie is deleted when you delete all cookies.

(MATOMO-OPT-OUT]

For more information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software, please see the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Google Ads

The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google

Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads enables us to display advertising in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms on Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be displayed based on user data available to Google (e.g., location data and interests) (target group targeting). As the website operator, we can quantitatively evaluate this data, for example by analyzing which search terms led to our advertisements being displayed and how many advertisements led to the corresponding clicks.

The use of Google Ads is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in marketing its service products as effectively as possible.

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With the help of Google AdSense, we can display targeted advertisements from third-party companies on our site. The content of the advertisements is based on your interests, which Google determines based on your previous user behavior. In addition, context information such as your location, the content of the website you visited or the Google search terms you entered are also taken into account when selecting the appropriate advertisement.

Google AdSense uses cookies, web beacons (invisible graphics) and similar recognition technologies. This allows information such as visitor traffic on these pages to be evaluated.

The information collected by Google AdSense about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. This information can be passed on by Google to its contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you.

The use of AdSense is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in marketing its website as effectively as possible. Unless appropriate consent was obtained, processing is exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Analysis by WiredMinds

Our website uses counting pixel technology provided by WiredMinds GmbH (www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. In connection with this, the IP address of the visitor is processed. The processing occurs only for the purpose of collecting company based information such as company name, for example. IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from any further processing by means of a whitelist. An IP address is not stored in LeadLab under any circumstances.

While processing data, it is our outmost interest to protect the rights of natural persons. Our interest in processing data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. At no time is it possible to draw conclusions from the collected data on an identifiable person.

WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymized usage profiles of the visit behavior on our website. Data obtained during this process is not used to personally identify visitors of our website.

 

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

Processing of data supplied on the newsletter registration form is on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data or your e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

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. This does not affect data that we have saved for other purposes.

After it has been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be saved by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist 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 not only your interests but also our interests in compliance with statutory requirements for the distribution of electronic newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to this storage provided that your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

 

8. Plug-ins and tools

 

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video.
Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube partners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protection mode. For instance, regardless of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always establish a connection with the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’s servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website’s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered after you have started to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

 

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter referred to as “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on this website (e.g., information entered into a contact form) is being provided by a human user or by an automated program. To determine this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitors based on a variety of parameters. This analysis is triggered automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the site. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of data (e.g., IP address, time the website visitor spent on the site or cursor movements initiated by the user). The data tracked during such analyses are forwarded to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not alerted that an analysis is underway.

Data are stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate

interest in the protection of the operator’s websites against abusive automated spying and against SPAM. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA please refer to the Google Data Privacy Declaration and Terms Of Use under the following links:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en und

https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en .

 

Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called “web fonts,” which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This makes it known to Google that this website has been accessed via your IP address. Use of Google Web Fonts occurs on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform representation of the typeface on its website. To the extent that appropriate consent was requested (e.g., the consent to store cookies), processing is exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Google Web Fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at:

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google Privacy Policy notice:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary your IP address to be saved. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the US and saved there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. To the extent that consent was requested for this, processing is exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in the Google Privacy Policy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

 

9. Commerce and payment service providers

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This occurs on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR which permits the processing of data related to the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data on the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that is necessary in order to make it possible for users to use the service or to bill them.

After the order has been completed or the business relationship ended, customer data that have been collected will be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

 

10. Our own services

Handling of applicants’ data

We offer you the opportunity of applying to us (e.g. by e-mail or post). In the following, we will inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that your data will be collected, processed and used in accordance with the applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of the data collection

If you send us an application, we will process your related personal data (e.g., contact and communication data, application documents, notes in the context of job interviews, etc.), insofar as this is necessary for the decision on hiring you. The legal basis for this is Sect. 26 BDSG-new in accordance with German law (generating an employment relationship), Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on to persons within our company who are involved in processing your application.

To the extent that your application was successful, the data you submitted pursuant to Sect. 26 BDSG[new] and Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR are stored in our data processing system for the purpose of maintaining the employment relationship.

Period of retention of data

If we cannot make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to store the data you have transmitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (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 storage serves in particular for evidence purposes 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 a threatened or pending legal dispute), it will only be deleted when the reason for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage can also take place if you have given your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if statutory retention requirements prevent deletion.

Inclusion in the pool of job applicants

If we do not make you a job offer, you may be able to be included in our applicant pool. In the event of inclusion, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool in order to contact you in the event of suitable vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). Giving your consent is voluntary and has no relation to a current application process. The person in question can withdraw consent at any time. In this case, the data will be irrevocably deleted from the applicant pool, provided there are no legal reasons for retention.

Data from the pool of job applicants is deleted at the latest two years after consent has been given.