We look forward to your visit to our website. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you in detail about the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of this website. We attach great importance to the secure and confidential processing your data, considering the applicable legal regulations of the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the Act against Unfair Competition (UWG) and other data protection regulations. To meet these requirements as the controller for data processing and to ensure complete protection of your personal data, we have taken many technical and organizational measures.

You can also visit this website without leaving us any personal data. To do this, you must refuse the setting of unnecessary cookies when you open the website and make further settings in your Internet browser. The processing of the personal data collected from you takes place exclusively for the purposes specified below. Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless this is necessary and unavoidable; or you have expressly consented to this.

This privacy policy focuses on the processing of your personal data. Because these is the basis all data protection laws include. According to Article 4.1 GDPR, personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is regarded as identifiable if it can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features. In this case, this includes, for example: names, addresses, phone numbers or IP addresses.

1. Name and address of the controller for processing

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GPDPR), other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

2. Name and address of the data protection officer

Any person concerned can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection. The data protection officer is:

3. Data collection and processing on the website

When our website is accessed, the internet browser used by the visitor automatically sends data to the server of this website and stores it in a log file for a limited period. The log files are technically necessary for us so that the page can be displayed to you. The legal basis for the storage of this data results is Article 6.1 (f) GDPR. The IP addresses are automatically deleted within 60 days of accessing the website. The following data is stored without any further entry by the visitor:

The log files are also used for statistical evaluations and to improve the website (legal basis: Article 6.1 (f) GDPR). In this way we can recognize possible errors such as broken links. In connection with your use of the website, the IP address you are using is recorded, as this only happens in anonymized form, it is not possible for us to identify visitors of the website.

4. Use of cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser. Many cookies contain a cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. Websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to detect the individual browser of the person concerned. When you access the website, you can use the cookie notice to decide whether you want to consent to the use of cookies that are not technically necessary or not.

We use transient cookies, which means time-limited first-party cookies that are essential for the completely use of the website. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes the session cookies. These save a session ID, which can be assigned to various requests from your browser to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to the website. The session cookies are deleted when you close the browser. The legal basis for the use of these cookies is Article 6.1 (f) GDPR, as these are technically indispensable to display the website correctly.

5. Analysis and statistics with Matomo

The legal basis for using the analysis tool is Article 6.1 (a) GDPR. When you visit the website, you give us your consent to run Matomo by confirming the corresponding function in the cookie notice. If you do not consent to the use, it will not be carried out. The data stored by us and provided with cookies is automatically deleted after 365 days at the latest. The deletion of data whose retention period has expired takes place automatically.

You can find more information on terms of use and data protection on the Matomo website: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/

6. Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is active on our website. Google Tag Manager is software that allows marketers to administrate their website via an interface. The Tag Manager is a cookie-less domain and collects no personal data. Google Tag Manager is responsible for triggering other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, this remains for all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager.

The legal basis for using the Google Tag Manager is Article 6.1 (f) GDPR, as it does not process any personal data as described above and therefore no explicit consent is required.

The provider of the Google component is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. You can find more information on terms of use and data protection on the Google website https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.

7. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service from Google. Google Analytics uses “persistent cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed.

The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymisation is activated on our website. If your IP address comes from a member state of the European Union or from another state party of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it will be truncated by Google before being transmitted and stored. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and truncated there. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyse your use of our website, to compile reports on activities and to provide us with other services related to the use of the Internet. The IP address which is transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. 

8. Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity, a local web analysis service. The provider of Microsoft Clarity is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.

Microsoft Clarity uses cookies that enable us to analyze the use of our website, and a tracking code that is executed when this service is called up. The collected information such as your IP address, location, time or frequency of visits to our website, information about the operating system, user behaviour and cursor and scroll movements are transmitted to Microsoft and stored there. The data collected in this way is in turn used by Microsoft to provide us with an analysis of the visit to our website and the usage activities there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.

Microsoft guarantees that through certification in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield, the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied through the processing of data in the USA.

The processing of your data is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6.1 (a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time for the future in your cookie settings. Your stored data will be automatically deleted after 300 days. 

You can find more information on terms of use and data protection on the Microsoft website: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement and https://clarity.microsoft.com/terms.

9. etracker

The collected data with etracker is processed and stored by etracker exclusively in Germany. Data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Article 6.1 (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in the optimisation of our online offering and our website.

You can find more information on terms of use and data protection on the etracker website: https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/ and https://www.etracker.com/datenschutzerklaerung/.

10. YouTube

In some places on our website there are links to YouTube. We use the double-click-solution, this means that when you visit our site, no personal data is initially passed on to the provider of the plug-in. We only use these links to integrate videos into our website. These are recognizable by a YouTube logo on the play symbol. 

11. Social plugins

In some places on our website there are links to social media. We use the double-click-solution. This means that when you visit our website, no personal data is initially passed on to the provider of the plug-in. You can recognize the provider of the plugin by the logo. The following social plugin is currently used: Facebook.The legal basis for the use of social plugins is Article 6.1 (f) GDPR. A legitimate interest of our company and the purpose of using plugins for social networks is to make our offer known to a broad audience. The social networks are responsible for the data protection and compliant handling of the user data.

12. Google Maps

We provide you with Google Maps on our website to display interactive maps and to create directions. When using Google Maps, Google (address: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043) can also provide information about the use of this website, including your IP address and the data you type in using the route plan function.

The legal basis for the use of Google Maps is Article 6.1 (a) GDPR. When you visit the website, you give us your consent to unblock Google Maps content by confirming the corresponding function in the cookie notice. If you do not consent to the use of Google Maps in the cookie notice, Google Maps content will initially be automatically blocked. You would only consent to the use of Google Maps by pressing the play function.

13. Userlike Chat 

On our website, you have the option of using a chat function from the provider Userlike (Userlike UG, Probsteiggasse 44–46, D‑50670 Cologne) to get in touch with our employees in almost real time.

When you start the chat, by clicking on the corresponding button, you must register with your name and e‑mail. This is necessary to enable you to access conversations that have already been held in the past. This personal data, as well as the communication that takes place in the chat, is stored for 30 days in the Userlike Cloud, to guarantee you optimal functionality. The legal basis for the collection and storage of this data is Article 6.1 (a) GDPR. you are giving us your consent by entering your data and the associated use of the chat function. You can revoke your consent to the storage of your name, your e‑mail and the chat at any time. To do this, please contact us using the contact details given above in this privacy policy.

Userlike uses third-party cookies. These are text files that are saved on your computer when you use the chat. With your consent in the cookie notice, the chat widget is loaded from AWS Cloudfront in the form of a JavaScript file. The chat widget technically represents the source code that is executed on your computer and enables the chat. Your IP address is also transmitted to Amazon and stored there for approx. 24 hours. The IP address transmitted by your browser in this context will not be merged with other data by Amazon.

The legal basis for the use of the chat and the associated data transfer to Userlike and Amazon is Article 6.1 (a) GDPR. When you visit our website, you give us your consent to run Userlike by confirming the corresponding function in the cookie notice. Further information on data protection at Userlike can be found under the following link:

https://www.userlike.com/de/terms#privacy-policy

14. Contact

If you would like to use the opportunity to contact us, the media specified on the website are available: phone, post, fax or mail. It is up to you, which information and data you leave us, when you contact us. Our website also has a form that you can use to contact us. To send the contact form, you must actively consent to the processing of your data. The fields marked with an asterisk in the contact form are mandatory, we need the data collected here to answer your request correctly.

We will of course only use the data given in accordance with the purpose for which you communicated them to us. If this concerns communication data, you also consent to us contacting you in this way. The processing takes place based on the voluntarily given consent in accordance with Article 6.1 (a) GDPR.

The personal data collected for the use of communication will be deleted as soon as the request has been dealt with and there are no reasons for further storage (for example: placing of an order, conclusion of a contract). You can revoke your consent at any time for the future. Please contact us directly for this. (For contact details see above under, name and address of the person responsible for processing)

15. Registration for training

If you use the option to register for a seminar online via our website, you must provide us with your name, your e‑mail address and your billing address. The specification of further data is optional.

Of course, we will only use the data given in accordance with the purpose for which you communicated it to us. The legal basis for the processing of this data is the execution of a contract in accordance with Article 6.1 (b) GDPR. When participating and invoicing, the data will be kept for as long as necessary for tax and legal reasons in accordance with Sec. 147.1 No. 3 in conjunction with Paragraph 3 AO, Sec. 257.1 No. 4 in conjunction with Paragraph 4 HGB.

16. Newsletter

If you use the option to order our newsletter, all you must do is provide us with your email address and your name. We only use the personal data provided so that we can regularly send you the information you require by email.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter is Article 6.1 (a) GDPR, as you give us your consent to this when you register. You can revoke your consent at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You will find information on unsubscribing and an opt-out-option at the end of each newsletter.

17. Inquiries via the online product catalog

You have the option of sending us inquiries about products via the online product catalog by adding items to the shopping cart and filling out a contact form. In the contact form, you must provide us with your name, the name of the company and your e‑mail address so that we can properly process your request.

The personal data collected for the use of the communication will be deleted as soon as the request has been dealt with and there are no reasons for further storage. If a business relationship results from your request, we may be obliged to store your data for up to ten years in accordance with Section 147.1 No. 3 in conjunction with Paragraph 3 AO, Sec. 257.1 No. 4 in conjunction with Paragraph 4 HGB.

The legal basis for data processing within the framework of the Data Protection Act is Article 6.1 (b) GDPR, as the use of the inquiry service involves the initiation of a contract.

18. Application and career

For application documents and documents that you send to us (unsolicited) by e‑mail, the security of the data transmission cannot be fully guaranteed. E‑mail is generally not a secure communication channel. We therefore recommend you sending confidential information and documents by post or to send documents electronically in an appropriately protected manner. We prefer to receive applications via our online portal.online application portal Our online application portal is available to provide us your digital application information. Delivery via the application portal is much more secure than delivery in the form of an unencrypted e‑mail. We are always happy to receive applications via the online portal available.

All input fields with mandatory information are marked with an asterisk. The data to be entered in these fields are your master data and your contact details. All other fields in the portal are free to use and you can either upload your application documents in PDF format or use the relevant forms to enter your data. 

The data processing is used to carry out and process the central application process and to assess the extent to which a person is suitable for the position in question. As a result, the processing of your applicant data is necessary to be able to decide on the establishment of an employment. The legal basis for this is Article 6.1 (b) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (1) BDSG.

The processing of special categories of personal data is based on your consent in accordance with Article 9.2 (a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (2) BDSG. You are not obliged to provide us with data of this category in the application process. This concerns, for example, religion, health data, etc. Should you nevertheless provide us with such data, we will consider this to be your active consent to the processing.

We delete your personal data six months after the application process has been completed. This does not apply if statutory provisions prevent deletion or if further storage is necessary for the purpose of providing evidence. Furthermore, you can actively consent to your application being stored for a longer period so that we can also consider you for later vacancies.

19. Links to other providers and websites

Our website may contain links to other websites and providers to which this privacy policy does not apply. If the use of this websites involves the collection, processing or use of personal data, please note the data protection information for the respective domains.

20. Security

We have taken various technical and organizational notches to protect your data (for example: against destruction, loss, manipulation and unauthorized access). All our security measures are regularly checked, revised, and updated in line with technical progress.

21. No transfer of data to third parties

Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal basis which obliges or entitles us to do so:

the person concerned has expressly consented to this in accordance with Article 6.1 (a) GDPR, transfer is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing their data (Article 6.1 (f) GDPR),

there is a legal obligation for the data transfer according to Article 6.1 © GDPR, and / or this is necessary according to Article 6.1 (b) GDPR for the fulfillment of a contractual relationship with the data subject.

If external service providers have access to your data, compliance with the Data Protection Act is ensured through technical and organizational measures, legal bases, and the conclusion of DPAs.

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to receive information about the data stored about you, including any recipients and the planned storage period. If incorrect personal data is processed, you have the right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR. If the legal requirements are met, you can request the deletion or restriction of processing your personal data (Art. 17, 18 and 21 GDPR). Please contact us or our data protection officer directly in this regards. (For contact details see above under, name and address of the data protection officer

You have the right to lodge a complaint and to obtain information from a data protection supervisory authority, such as the data protection and information security officer responsible for us, the Hesse supervisory authority. You can reach them under the following contact details:

The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Information Security

Postfach 3163 D‑65021 Wiesbaden

phone: +49 611 1408 – 0 fax: +49 611 1408 – 900 / 901 mail: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de

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