Name and address of the data controller
The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions relating to data protection is:
Gastechnik Geburzi GmbH
Katzwanger Hauptstr. 98
90453 Nürnberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 911 63 92 92
Email: info@geburzi.com
Website: www.geburzi.com
Hereinafter referred to as “our company”.
Contact details for data protection matters
Mr M Weber
Gastechnik Geburzi GmbH
Katzwanger Hauptstr. 98
90453 Nürnberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 911 639292
E-Mail: info@geburzi.com
Privacy Policy
We are very pleased by your interest in our company. Data protection is of particularly high importance to the management of our company. Use of the websites of our company is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of special services of our company via our website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection provisions applicable to our company. By means of this Privacy Policy, our company wishes to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. Furthermore, data subjects are informed by means of this Privacy Policy about the rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller responsible for processing, our company has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.
1. Definitions
2. Cookies
3. Collection of general data and information
4. Subscription to our newsletter
5. Newsletter tracking
6. Contact option via the website
7. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
8. Rights of the data subject
9. Data protection for applications and in the application procedure
10. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Facebook (external media)
11. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Instagram (external media)
12. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Twitter (external media)
13. Data protection provisions on the use and application of YouTube (external media)
14. Legal basis of the processing
15. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or by a third party
16. Duration for which the personal data are stored
17. Statutory or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data
18. Existence of automated decision-making
19. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Google Maps (external media)
20. Use of web fonts (external media)
21. Use of reCAPTCHA (external media)
The Privacy Policy of our company is based on the terminology used by the European legislator when adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our Privacy Policy is intended to be easy to read and understand both for the public and for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.
In this Privacy Policy we use, among others, the following terms:
• a) personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics that are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
• b) data subject
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller responsible for processing.
• c) processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or another form of provision, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
• d) restriction of processing
Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
• e) profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
• f) pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures which ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
• g) controller or controller responsible for the processing
Controller or controller responsible for the processing means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union law or by the law of the Member States.
• h) processor
Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
• i) recipient
Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not this is a third party. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry under Union law or the law of the Member States are not regarded as recipients.
• j) third party
Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process the personal data.
• k) consent
Consent means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes for the specific case, in the form of a statement or another clear affirmative action, by which the data subject indicates that they agree to the processing of personal data relating to them.
The websites of our company use cookies. Cookies are text files which are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain what is known as a cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string by means of which 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 distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers which contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognised and identified again via the unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, our company can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies allow us to recognise users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter their access data again each time they visit the website, because this is handled by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping basket in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping basket via a cookie.
The data subject may prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and may thereby permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies already set may be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.
3. Collection of general data and information
The website of our company collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the subpages that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used for hazard prevention in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, our company does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed in order to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the permanent functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by our company both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
4. Subscription to our newsletter
On the website of our company, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller responsible for processing when the newsletter is ordered is apparent from the input form used for this purpose.
Our company informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about offers from the company. The newsletter of our company can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter mailing. For legal reasons, a confirmation email using the double opt-in procedure is sent to the email address first entered by a data subject for the newsletter mailing. This confirmation email serves to verify whether the owner of the email address, as the data subject, has authorised receipt of the newsletter.
When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) to the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of these data is necessary in order to be able to trace the possible misuse of a data subject’s email address at a later date and therefore serves the legal protection of the controller responsible for processing.
The personal data collected in the context of registering for the newsletter are used exclusively for sending our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a related registration, as might be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes in technical circumstances. No personal data collected as part of the newsletter service are passed on to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be cancelled by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has granted us for the newsletter mailing may be withdrawn at any time. For the purpose of withdrawing consent, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter. Furthermore, it is possible at any time to unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing directly on the website of the controller responsible for processing or to inform the controller responsible for processing of this in another way.
The newsletters of our company contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such emails that are sent in HTML format in order to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Using the embedded tracking pixel, our company can determine whether and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links contained in the email were accessed by the data subject.
Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the controller responsible for processing in order to optimise newsletter mailing and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. These personal data are not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to withdraw the separate declaration of consent given in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After withdrawal, these personal data will be erased by the controller responsible for processing. Our company automatically interprets unsubscribing from receipt of the newsletter as withdrawal.
6. Contact option via the website
Due to statutory provisions, the website of our company contains information that enables rapid electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller responsible for processing by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller responsible for processing are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. These personal data are not passed on to third parties.
7. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The controller responsible for processing processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or insofar as this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller responsible for processing is subject.
If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with statutory provisions.
• a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller responsible for processing confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time.
• b) Right of access
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain at any time from the controller responsible for processing, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:
◦the purposes of processing
◦the categories of personal data that are processed
◦the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will still be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
◦where possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored, or, where this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
◦the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing
◦the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
◦where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data
◦the existence of automated decision-making including profiling pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and — at least in these cases — meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
•Furthermore, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data have been transmitted to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transmission.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time.
• c) Right to rectification
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data — including by means of a supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time.
• d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request from the controller that the personal data concerning them be erased without delay, provided that one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
◦The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
◦The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing pursuant to Art. 6(1) letter a GDPR or Art. 9(2) letter a GDPR was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
◦The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
◦The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
◦The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
◦The personal data were collected in relation to offered information society services pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.
•If one of the aforementioned grounds applies and a data subject wishes to arrange the erasure of personal data stored by our company, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time. The data protection officer of our company or another employee will ensure that the request for erasure is complied with without delay.
Where the personal data have been made public by our company and our company, as controller, is obliged pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR to erase the personal data, our company shall, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation, take appropriate measures, including technical measures, to inform other controllers responsible for data processing which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested from these other controllers responsible for data processing the erasure of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The data protection officer of our company or another employee will arrange what is necessary in the individual case.
• e) Right to restriction of processing
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request from the controller the restriction of processing where one of the following conditions is met:
◦The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
◦The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.
◦The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
◦The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it has not yet been established whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
•If one of the aforementioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by our company, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time. The data protection officer of our company or another employee will arrange the restriction of processing.
• f) Right to data portability
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which were provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) letter a GDPR or Art. 9(2) letter a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1) letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data be transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact the data protection officer appointed by our company or another employee at any time.
• g) Right to object
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1) letters e or f GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, our company will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If our company processes personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, the data subject has the right at any time to object to the processing of personal data for the purposes of such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to our company to the processing for direct marketing purposes, our company will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them carried out by our company for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact the data protection officer of our company or another employee directly. Furthermore, in connection with the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, the data subject is free to exercise their right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
• h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law contains suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) is based on the explicit consent of the data subject.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is made with the explicit consent of the data subject, our company shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, which include at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their own point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert rights relating to automated decisions, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time.
• i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they may contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller responsible for processing at any time.
9. Data protection for applications and in the application procedure
The controller responsible for processing collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case where an applicant submits corresponding application documents to the controller responsible for processing electronically, for example by email or via a web form located on the website. If the controller responsible for processing concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data are stored for the purpose of handling the employment relationship in compliance with statutory provisions. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller responsible for processing, the application documents are automatically erased two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller responsible for processing oppose erasure. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, an obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
10. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Facebook
The controller responsible for processing has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social meeting place operated on the internet, an online community which generally enables users to communicate with one another and interact in virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or enables the internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook enables users of the social network, among other things, to create private profiles, upload photos and network via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland. The controller responsible for processing personal data, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, operated by the controller responsible for processing and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, is accessed, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical procedure, Facebook obtains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Like” button, or if the data subject submits a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores these personal data.
Facebook always receives, via the Facebook component, information that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks the Facebook component or not. If such transmission of this information to Facebook is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
11. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Instagram
The controller responsible for processing has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. Instagram is a service that can be classified as an audiovisual platform and enables users to share photos and videos and also to redistribute such data on other social networks.
The operating company of Instagram services is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, operated by the controller responsible for processing and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) has been integrated, is accessed, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Instagram component to download a representation of the corresponding component from Instagram. As part of this technical procedure, Instagram obtains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Instagram component and assigned by Instagram to the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted thereby are assigned to the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Instagram.
Instagram always receives, via the Instagram component, information that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks the Instagram component or not. If such transmission of this information to Instagram is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Instagram account before accessing our website.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram can be accessed at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
12. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Twitter
The controller responsible for processing has integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages limited to 140 characters. These short messages are available to everyone, including persons not registered with Twitter. However, the tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, Twitter enables a broad audience to be addressed via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, operated by the controller responsible for processing and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, is accessed, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information about the Twitter buttons is available at https://about.twitter.com/en/resources/buttons. As part of this technical procedure, Twitter obtains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to redistribute the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognises, with each access to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned by Twitter to the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted thereby are assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter always receives, via the Twitter component, information that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks the Twitter component or not. If such transmission of this information to Twitter is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Twitter account before accessing our website.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter are available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.
14. Data protection provisions on the use and application of YouTube
The controller responsible for processing has integrated components of YouTube on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that allows video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and allows other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge as well. YouTube permits the publication of all kinds of videos, which is why complete films and television programmes, as well as music videos, trailers or videos produced by users themselves, can be accessed via the internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, operated by the controller responsible for processing and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, is accessed, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. As part of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google obtain knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognises, when a subpage containing a YouTube video is accessed, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.
YouTube and Google always receive, via the YouTube component, information that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time as accessing our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks a YouTube video or not. If such transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before accessing our website.
The data protection provisions published by YouTube, which are available at https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
14. Legal basis of the processing
Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for instance in cases of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation through which the processing of personal data becomes necessary, for example to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary in order to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on our premises and their name, age, health insurance data or other vital information then had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not override it. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).
15. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or by a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the welfare of all our employees and our shareholders.
16. Duration for which the personal data are stored
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data are routinely erased, provided that they are no longer required for the performance of a contract or for the initiation of a contract.
17. Statutory or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for concluding the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual arrangements (e.g. details relating to the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract that a data subject provides us with personal data which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would result in the contract with the data subject being unable to be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact our data protection officer. Our data protection officer will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contractually prescribed or necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences non-provision of the personal data would have.
18. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.
19. Data protection provisions on the use and application of Google Maps
Our website uses Google Maps to display maps and to create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our web presence. This also takes place regardless of whether you have a user account with Google or are logged into it. If you are logged into a Google user account while using the website, the data are assigned directly to your user account. If you do not wish this to happen, you must log out before using the service. By using Google Maps, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data and the data entered by you by Google and, where applicable, by third-party providers. The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at Terms of Use for Google Maps. Detailed information can be found at google.de: Transparency and choices as well as Data protection provisions. The right to object to which you are entitled must be exercised directly against Google. You can deactivate the Google Maps service via your browser settings (deactivation of JavaScript in the browser). Use will then no longer be possible.
External fonts, Google Fonts, are used on these websites. Google Fonts is a service of Google Inc. (“Google”). These web fonts are integrated by means of a server call, usually to a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our websites you have visited. The IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor to these websites is also stored by Google. Further information can be found in Google’s privacy notices, which you can access here: www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about
www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Invisible reCAPTCHA v2 (hereinafter only “reCAPTCHA”) is used on the website. The provider of reCAPTCHA is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA checks and distinguishes between human and machine inputs (e.g. through automated programs) and logins. For this purpose, user behaviour on the website is analysed on the basis of several characteristics. On corresponding subpages (login area, forms), the analysis begins automatically as soon as the user accesses them. Data are collected in this process (e.g. IP address, browser language, time zone, installed extensions). The collected data are forwarded to Google servers.
The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. There is a legitimate interest in protecting the internet solution against misuse, automated spying, spam and attacks.
Further information about the reCAPTCHA solution, as well as Google’s Privacy Policy, can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can object to data processing at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
This Privacy Policy was created using the Privacy Policy generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as data protection officer, in cooperation with RC GmbH, which recycles used computers, and the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte, and was correspondingly expanded and adapted by us.
