The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the issue of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration under this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website owner. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected if you disclose it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.
Other data is recorded automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). Collection of this data occurs automatically once you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure that the website can be provided error free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right at all times to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of cost. You also have the right to request rectification, blocking, or erasure of this data. You can contact us at the address specified in the imprint at any time if you have further questions on the issue of data protection. Furthermore, you also have a right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
Your browsing behavior can be statistically evaluated when you visit our website. This is mainly carried out using cookies and analysis programs. Analysis of your browsing behavior is usually anonymous; the browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about this right to object in this data protection declaration.
The owners of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations, as well as this data protection declaration.
Various pieces of personal data are collected when you use this website. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for which purpose this occurs.
We also point out that data transfer on the Internet (e.g. in the event of communication via e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. Absolute protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
The responsible authority for data processing on this website is:
see imprint
Telephone: see imprint
E-mail: info@rpa-datenschutz.de
Responsible authority is the natural or legal person that decides alone or together with others about the purpose and means of processing of personal data (e.g. name, e-mail address, or similar).
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent that has already been given at any time. Informal communication to us via e-mail is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing that occurred up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
In the event of infringements of the data protection regulations, the party affected has the right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority in data protection questions is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is registered. A list of the data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
You have the right to have data that we automatically process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract issued to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you require direct data transmission to another official, this only occurs insofar as this is technically possible.
This website uses 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 site owner. You can identify whether a connection is encrypted in that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock symbol appears in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
As part of the applicable legal regulations, you have the right to receive at any time, for free, information on your saved personal data, its origin and recipient, the purpose of the data processing, and, if necessary, the right to rectification, blocking, or erasure of this data. You can contact the address given in the imprint at any time for this purpose or if you have any further questions on the issue of personal data.
We hereby object to the use of the contact details published as part of the legal obligation to provide an imprint section to send advertising and information materials not expressly requested. The owners of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in the event of unsolicited receipt of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
RPA Datenschutz + Compliance GmbH
represented by Henning Koch and Ilja Borchers
Hauser Gasse 19b
35578 Wetzlar
Telephone: 06441/67100-0
E-mail: info@rpa-datenschutz.de
The Internet pages use cookies in some instances. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are intended to make our services more user friendly, more effective, and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and which your browser saves.
The majority of the cookies that we use are “session cookies”. They are automatically erased after your visit has ended. Other cookies remain saved on your terminal device until you erase them. The cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about cookies being set, so that cookies are only allowed in individual cases, cookies are only accepted for certain cases, or are generally prevented. You can also set it so that cookies are automatically erased when you close your browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Cookies that are required for performing the electronic communication process or for the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies in order to ensure the provision of its services is technically error free and optimized. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysis of your browsing behavior) are saved, they will be dealt with separately in this data protection declaration.
The provider of the website collects and automatically stores information in “server log files” that your browser automatically transfers to us. These are:
Aggregation of this data with other data sources will not be performed.
Basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR which permits the processing of data for performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
If you send us inquiries using the contact form, we will save your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details specified by you there, for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for the event of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent.
Data entered in the contact form will therefore only be processed based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. Informal communication to us via e-mail is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing processes that occurred up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
We will store the data entered by you in the contact form until you request that we erase it, you withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for the data storage ceases to apply (e.g. after processing of your inquiry is completed). Mandatory legal regulations – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that will allow us to check that you are the owner of the e-mail address specified and consent to receipt of the newsletter. Further data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We will only use this data in order to send the requested information and will not disclose this data to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form will only be processed based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). The consent granted for storage of the data, the e-mail address, and its use for sending the newsletter can be withdrawn at any time, for example using the “Deregister” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing processes that have already occurred remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data from you we have stored for the purpose of sending the newsletter will remain stored until you are deregistered from the newsletter and will be erased after cancellation of the subscription to the newsletter. Data that we have saved for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the employee area) remains unaffected by this.
This website uses 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 organize and analyze the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data entered by you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be saved on the servers of Rapidmail in Germany.
If you do not want Rapidmail to perform any analysis, you have to cancel your subscription to the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in each newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also cancel your subscription to the newsletter directly on the website.
Data analysis by Rapidmail
The e-mails sent with Rapidmail contain a “tracking pixel” that connects to the Rapidmail servers when the e-mail is opened for the purpose of analysis. In this manner, it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened.
Furthermore, we can determine whether and which links are clicked on in the newsletter message with the help of Rapidmail. All links in the e-mail are “tracking links” that can be used to count your clicks.
You can find further information on the analysis functions of Rapidmail at the following link: https://www.rapidmail.de/dsgvo-konformes-email-marketing.
Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing processes that occurred up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Duration of storage
The data we have stored for the purpose of sending the newsletter will remain stored until you are deregistered from the newsletter and be erased from our servers and from Rapidmail’s servers after cancellation of the subscription to the newsletter. Data that we have saved for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the employee area) remain unaffected by this.
You can find further information in the data security information from Rapidmail at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.
Conclusion of a contract concerning order data processing
We have concluded a contract with Rapidmail in which we oblige Rapidmail to protect our customers’ data and not to disclose it to third parties. This contract can be viewed at the following link: https://www.rapidmail.de/blog-content/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/08/2023-08_Muster-Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag-rapidmail.pdf.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the website YouTube, which is operated by Google. The owner of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages that features a YouTube plugin, a link to the YouTube servers is established. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed of which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in order to ensure our online services are displayed in an appealing manner. This represents a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the YouTube data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Maps
This website uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Your IP address has to be saved in order to use the functions of Google Maps. This information is generally transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and saved there. The provider of this website does not have any influence on this data transmission.
Google Maps is used in order to ensure our online services are displayed in an appealing manner and that the locations detailed by us on the website are easy to find. This represents a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in the Google data protection declaration: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Our websites have links to the social network LinkedIn from the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as "LinkedIn"). In doing so, we have not incorporated plugins or buttons from LinkedIn.
Your data will not initially be transferred to LinkedIn via the links to LinkedIn on our websites. If you click on a link, you will be taken directly to our corresponding LinkedIn profile. Data will only be submitted to LinkedIn if you are logged in to your LinkedIn account.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and about the further processing and use of your data by LinkedIn can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy, which can be accessed on the Internet at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Additionally, our websites feature links to the corporate network, XING. The company which is solely responsible for XING and its online presence is XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "XING"). Your user data will not be submitted to XING via the links on our websites.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and about the processing and use of your data by XING when you are on XING websites can be found in XING's privacy policy. These can be accessed online at https://www.xing.com/privacy. You can also find information about configuration options for protecting your privacy and about your further rights with regard to the collecting, processing, and use of your data by XING.
We use Google Analytics on our websites. Google Analytics is a web analytics service from Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Ampitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as "Google"). In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see section on "cookies") are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as
1. Browser type/version
2. Operating system used
3. Referrer URL (website visited just before)
4. Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
5. Time of server request
is transmitted to a Google server in the USA, and saved there. The information is used to analyze the website use, in order to generate reports about website activities, as well as to provide additional services related to the use of the website/the Internet for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of websites. This information may also be shared with third parties provided that this is legally required or the third party processes this data on behalf of Google. Your IP address will never be joined with other data from Google. IP addresses are anonymized so that it is not possible to associate them with data (IP masking).
The saving of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior for the purposes of optimizing both their web content as well as their advertising.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly. We would like to point out, however, that doing so may prevent you from making full use of all the functions on this website.
You can also prevent the collection of data which was generated by cookies and is 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 a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).
As an alternative to a browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile end devices, you can also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link for deactivating Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie only applies to this browser and only for our website; it will be installed on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will need to re-set the opt-out cookie.
Order processing:
We have entered into a contract with Google regarding order processing and have implemented the strict guidelines from the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic features from Google Analytics:
This website uses the "demographic features" function from Google Analytics. This allows for reports to be created with assertions regarding the age, gender, and interests of visitors to the site. This data comes from interest-related advertising from Google as well as user data from third party providers. This data cannot be attributed to any specific individual. You can deactivate this function at any time via the display settings in your Google account by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).
Additional information about data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in Google Analytics Help
(https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).
