Privacy Policy and Information According to Art. 13 GDPR
General
Thank you for your visit to our website and your interest in our services. Your privacy as a user of our website is extremely important to us. We strictly adhere to data protection regulations when collecting, processing and using information. This applies in particular to the processing of your personal data.Name and contact details of the Controller
Marcel MalikAuf dem Bruch 7
59872 Meschede
Telephone: +49 291 13079110
Fax: +49 291 13079180
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Contact details of the Data Protection Officer
Dominikus ZettlTelephone: +49 89 7400 45840
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Purposes for processing the data and the legal basis for the processing:
Purposes of processing | Legal basis |
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Evaluation of user behaviour with Google Analytics | Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller) |
Processing of technical information in order to provide the service and to optimise the display of the information accessed by the visitor on the respective end device of the website visitor. | Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller) |
Integration of external fonts from Google | Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller) |
Integration of videos of the platform "YouTube" | Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller) |
Execution of external code of the JavaScript framework "jQuery" | Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller) |
To the extent that your personal data are processed in accordance with the legitimate interests of the controller pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR, those legitimate interests are the ongoing analysis and improvement of the Internet presence as well as the optimisation of user-friendliness. If web audience measurement technology is used, you will be notified separately in this Privacy Policy and you will have the opportunity to object. Our legitimate interest in audience measurement serves the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our website.
Categories of personal data that are processed
During the use of our website, the following data are processed for organisational and technical reasons:• IP addresses of the visitors
• Name of the pages accessed
• Date and time of access
• Name of the browser used
• Name of the operating system
• Name of the search engine or the external link
• Name of the downloaded files
Unless you have objected to tracking by Google Analytics and the use of cookies, we analyse the use of our website. This includes:
• Pages accessed
• Bounce rate
• Length of stay on each page
We do not know the identity of the users and we do not take any action to obtain the information in any other way. We evaluate these technical data anonymously and only for statistical purposes in order to be able to continuously optimise our website and to make it even more attractive. This anonymous data is stored separately from the personal information on secured systems. Your personal data and your privacy are protected at all times.
Recipient of your personal data
We transfer your personal data to third parties exclusively on the basis of your given consent or where the law specifically allows us to do so. We transfer your personal data to state institutions and authorities entitled to receive that information only on the basis of relevant laws or for compliance with a legal ruling. Our employees are required to maintain confidentiality and comply with the provisions of data protection laws. We have commissioned companies that process your personal data on our behalf for the technical implementation of the provided services. These are:Contractor | service provided |
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STRATO AG | Hosting of the website |
Google Ireland Ltd. | web tracking with Google |
Use of cookies
This website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files sent from our web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. No personal data are stored in the process, but only an individual pseudonym. This information is used, for example, to recognise you while navigating our pages and to make navigation easier for you. You can configure your browser to receive alerts when cookies are placed. This makes the use of cookies transparent to you. Alternatively, you can view this website without cookies. You can select this setting in your browser. Please note that this may cause some functions of the website to be only partially available or not available at all.Google Analyticstraffic analysis
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer that allow the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is enabled for this website. Your IP address will be truncated and saved without the last octet. This lets us identify the network from which a request is received, but not from which computer. As a general rule, Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in the other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the operator of this website with other services related to the use of our website and internet usage. Google does not combine the IP address provided by your browser for the purposes of Google Analytics with other information. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making suitable changes to your browser settings. Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=enLead Inspector
We collect, process and store information for the statistical evaluation of visitor access using technologies from the Lead Inspector GmbH. We do so for marketing purposes and for the recognition of web visitors. Lead Inspector GmbH technology performs an address discovery based on this data, but only in cases where it can ensure that the visitor is a company and not an individual person. So-called cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and that enable the analysis of your website use. The company information collected by Lead Inspector GmbH may also contain personal data. Lead Inspector GmbH may use information from website visits to create anonymised user profiles. Where IP addresses are collected, they are anonymised immediately after collection by deleting the last number block.You may object at any time to the data collection and storage by Lead Inspector GmbH for this website, effective for the future, at www.leadinspector.de/widerspruch.
Use of external services
Our website uses third-party content. It can take the form of videos, fonts or scripts. The respective purposes and the legal basis on which we use this content are explained in detail in the section "Purposes for processing the data and the legal basis for the processing". To present content from third parties, it is necessary to transmit your IP address to the respective provider for technical reasons. We have no control over how each third party uses your personal information. However, we provide in the following an overview of all third-party services used by this website. If available, we will also provide you with the respective link to the privacy policy of the third-party provider, so that you can retrieve the information concerning the processing of your personal data. We also point out options for objection, if available.External service | Privacy policy | Option for objection |
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External fonts from Google, Inc., www.google.com/fonts ("Google Fonts"). The integration of Google fonts takes place via access to a Google server (usually in the US). | www.google.com/policies/privacy/ | www.google.com/settings/ads/ |
Maps provided by the third-party service "Google Maps", Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. | www.google.com/policies/privacy/ | www.google.com/settings/ads/ |
Videos from the platform "YouTube" by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. | www.google.com/policies/privacy/ | www.google.com/settings/ads/ |
External code of the JavaScript framework "jQuery", provided by the third-party provider jQueryFoundation, www.jquery.org |
Links to other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. We have no control over whether or not their operators adhere to privacy regulations. Despite careful review, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The content of the linked pages is the sole responsibility of their operators.Your security
We implement technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, manipulation or destruction. Our security measures are constantly updated in line with technological developments. All communications between your device and our servers are encrypted. This applies both to the download of documents or information that we offer you via our website, as well as to information that you provide us via the contact form or the application form.Duration of storage
The personal data that you have provided to us will be automatically erased if the purposes for processing no longer apply. Specifically, the following retention periods apply:Category of stored data | Category of stored data |
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Technical data and protocols to ensure the operation of the website | 6 months |
Data of the web tracking | an anonymization of your IP address takes place by deletion of the last octet at the time of the web tracking. For this reason, subsequent analyses do not process personal information. |