INTRODUCTION
Thank you for taking the time to read our privacy policy.
We take data protection very seriously. Consultation and use of the pages of our website are permitted without having to indicate any type of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use the services made available via our website, the user's personal data may be requested and processed. If it is necessary to process personal data and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will ask you for your consent.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, as well as electronic identifiers, must always comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with country-specific data protection and regulations applicable to our company.
Through this data protection declaration, the organization informs the general public of the nature, intent and purpose of the personal data that is collected, used and processed. In addition, data subjects are informed of their rights through this data protection declaration.
As a data controller, our company has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via this website. However, data transmission over the Internet can sometimes present security gaps, and absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, all persons concerned are free to transfer personal data by other means, for example by e-mail.
We suggest that you read the privacy statements of Web sites to which links are created from this Web site, so that you can understand how those external Web sites collect, use and share your information. Our company is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on external websites.
COOKIES
The Internet pages on our website use cookies. These are text files that are stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many websites and servers on the Internet use cookies. Many cookies contain what is known as a cookie identifier. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a series of characters by which web pages and web servers can be attributed to the specific web browser on which the cookie was stored. This information enables the Web sites and Internet servers visited to differentiate the user's individual browser from other Internet browsers containing other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the cookie's unique identifier.
Through the use of cookies, we can provide users of this website with more user-friendly browsing services that would not be possible without cookie settings. Thanks to a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. As mentioned above, cookies enable us to recognize website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to navigate the site. Website users who use cookies, for example, do not need to enter access data each time the website is visited; this information is assumed directly by the website and the cookie is therefore stored on the user's computer system. Another example is a shopping cart cookie in an online store. The online store stores information about the items a user has placed in the virtual shopping cart, using a cookie.
The person concerned can prevent the installation of cookies via the website at any time, by using a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used, and can thus definitively refuse the installation of cookies. In addition, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using an Internet browser or other program. This is possible with the most common Internet browsers. If the person concerned disables the cookie setting in the Internet browser used, some website functions may not be fully available.
DATA COLLECTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Our website collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in server log files.
Obtaining data can be :
- (1) browser types and versions used ;
- (2) the operating system used by the access system;
- (3) the website from which an access system arrives on our website (referred to as referrers);
- (4) sub-sites ;
- (5) the date and time of access to the website;
- (6) Internet address (IP address) ;
- (7) Internet service provider of the access system ;
- (8) any other data and information that may be used in the event of an attack on our computer systems.
By using this general data and information, we do not obtain any concrete information about the person concerned. Rather, this information is needed to :
- (1) correctly present the content of the website;
- (2) to optimize website content and targeted advertising (if any);
- (3) to ensure the long-term viability of our website technology and computer systems;
- provide the authorities with the information they need to take legal action in the event of a cyber-attack. Consequently, the organization analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing our company's data protection and security, and ensuring an excellent level of protection for the personal data we process.
Anonymous data from server log files is stored separately from any personal data provided by the user.
SITE REGISTRATION
Although not yet available, it may be possible for the user (data holder) to register certain personal data on the site indicated. The personal data transmitted to us is determined by the form used for registration.
The personal data you have entered will be recorded and stored exclusively for internal use by our company and for the purposes described in this form.
When you register on our website, the IP address - assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) - and the date and time of registration will be stored. The purpose of storing this data is to ensure that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable the investigation of crimes committed.
Please note that the storage of this data is necessary for our protection as data holders.
Data is not passed on to third parties, unless there is an obligation to pass on the data, or if the transfer is for the purposes of criminal prosecution.
Registration of the user (data owner), with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable our website to offer the user content or services that can only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the subject in question.
Registrants are free to modify or delete personal data provided during registration at any time.
CONTACT REQUESTS VIA THE WEBSITE
Our website contains a number of communication methods that enable you to get in touch with us quickly. This direct communication includes, for example, a general e-mail address (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the data controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the user will be stored automatically. Personal data voluntarily transmitted by the data subject to the data controller is stored for further communication. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties.
ROUTINES FOR DELETING AND BLOCKING PERSONAL DATA
Our company, as data controller, will process and store the user's personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose for which the storage was made, or, to the extent permitted by the European or other legislators in the laws or regulations to which the data controller is subject.
If the purpose of storage does not apply, or if the storage period defined by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, personal data will be blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
APPLICATION DATA PROTECTION AND PROCESSING - RECRUITMENT FORMS
The data controller will collect and process the personal data of applications made by the user. This action may also be carried out electronically; an "electronic application" is considered if an applicant submits the relevant application documents by e-mail or via a form on the data controller's website.
If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data sent will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment contract in accordance with legal requirements.
If no employment contract is signed with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the refusal decision, provided that no other legitimate interest of the data controller opposes the deletion of the data. The legitimate interest in this case could be, among other things, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
INFORMATION ABOUT DATA PROTECTION ON THE FACEBOOK SOCIAL NETWORK
In this site we integrate components from Facebook.
Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social sharing site on the Internet, an online community that generally enables users to communicate and interact with each other in a virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business information. Facebook enables users of this social network to create private profiles, post photos and create contacts via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For residents outside the United States or Canada, the data custodian is Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time a user visits one of the individual pages on our website in which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the user's browser is automatically prompted to download the corresponding Facebook component via Facebook itself.
An overview of all Facebook plugins is available at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
During this technical procedure, Facebook collects information from which specific page of our website the user has visited.
If you are connected to Facebook when visiting our website, all data relating to the user's (data subject's) connections to our website, the time of the visit and the pages visited will be transmitted to Facebook. Facebook uses its own tools to collect this data, which is also associated with the user's Facebook account.
If the user clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if you submit a comment, Facebook will associate this information with the user's personal user account and store the personal data.
Facebook will continuously receive information on the user's visits to the site, via its tools, as long as the user is connected to Facebook during the visit period.
This process takes place whether or not the user clicks on the Facebook icon. If such transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the person concerned, you can avoid sending this information by disconnecting (logging out) your Facebook account before visiting the website.
The data protection policy published by Facebook, available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, the configuration options offered by Facebook to protect data privacy are explained. In addition, various configuration options are available to enable the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These measures can be used by the person concerned to eliminate the transmission of data to Facebook.
DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION AND USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS (WITH THE ANONYMIZATION FUNCTION)
On our website, we integrate the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function). Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data on the behavior of website visitors.
A web analytics service collects and reconciles data on the site from which a user arrived (the so-called referrer), which pages were visited or how often and for how long a page was viewed.
Web analysis is mainly used for website optimization and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.
For European residents, the data manager is Google's Irish subsidiary, located in Ireland at Gordon House Barrow St Dublin 4 Ireland.
The data controller uses the "_gat. _anonymizeIp" application. With this application, the IP address of the user's Internet connection is abbreviated by Google and anonymized when the website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze website traffic.
Google uses the collected data and information, among other things, to evaluate the use of the website and to provide online reports showing the activities on the website as well as to provide other services related to the use of the website on the Internet.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the technology system of the data holder. The configuration of cookies is explained above.
By setting the cookie, Google is able to analyze the use of our website. For each link made to one of the pages of this website, operated by the data controller and in which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser of the user's computer system will automatically send the data via the Google Analytics tool for online advertising and commission settlement to Google.
In the course of this technical procedure, Google acquires knowledge of personal information, such as the user's IP address, which Google uses, among other things, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and, consequently, to create commission agreements.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the time of access, the location from which access was gained and the frequency of visits to the website by the user. On each visit to the website, this personal data, including the IP address used by the user, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America.
Google may pass on the personal data collected via the technical procedure to third parties.
As already mentioned, the user can prevent the installation of cookies on the website at any time by means of the corresponding settings in the browser he/she is using, and thus definitively refuse the installation of cookies. Such an adjustment in the browser used will also prevent Google Analytics from installing a cookie on the user's computer system. In addition, cookies already used by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the browser or other programs.
The user has the option of objecting to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics in connection with the use of the website and to the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the person concerned must download a browser add-on from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. The browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that data and information on web page visits may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. Installation of the browser add-on is regarded as an objection to Google. If the user's computer system is subsequently formatted or reinstalled, the user must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics again. If the browser add-on has been uninstalled or deactivated by the user or any other person attributable to his or her area of responsibility, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
You can find more information and the applicable Google data protection methods at https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us. html. Google Analytics is explained in the following link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
Article 6 (1) of the RGPD serves as the legal basis for data processing to which the user has consented. 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, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service, the processing is authorized on the basis of Article 6(1)b RGPD. The same applies to processing operations necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries regarding products or services.
Our company is subject to a legal obligation according to which the processing of personal data is necessary, for example for the fulfillment of tax obligations, processing based on art. 6 (1) allumé. and RGPD. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on the company premises and his or her name, age, health insurance details or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or similar. This action and the respective processing would be based on art. 6 (1) allumé. of the RGPD.
Lastly, data processing operations may be based on Article 6(1) of the RGPD Code. This legal basis is used for processing operations not covered by one of the aforementioned legal grounds, if the processing is necessary for the legitimate purposes pursued by the entity or a third party, unless these interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject requiring the protection of personal data. Such processing is all the more authorized as it has been expressly mentioned by the European legislator. It is considered a legitimate interest taken if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, sentence 2, RGPD).
LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY AND THIRD PARTIES
Based on Article 6(1) of the RGPD, the legitimate interest is to carry out its activities, present and future, in favor of the well-being of all its employees and shareholders.
PERSONAL DATA STORAGE PERIOD
The criterion used to determine the retention period for personal data is the respective legal retention period. Once this period has elapsed, the relevant data is deleted, unless it is required for the commencement or performance of the contract.
Examples:
- Provision of personal data as a mandatory or contractual requirement;
- Necessary to conclude a contract;
- Obligation of the data subject to provide personal data.
We would like to point out that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual clauses (e.g. information on contractual partners). Sometimes, in order to finalize a contract, it may be necessary for the user to provide us with personal data, which must then be processed by our company.
The user (or our customer) is, for example, obliged to provide personal data when our company signs a contract with him.
Failure to provide personal data will result in non-conclusion of the contract. Before personal data is provided by the user, the person concerned must contact any employee. The employee will inform the person concerned whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide personal data and the consequences of failing to provide data in order to perform the contract.
AUTOMATIC DECISION-MAKERS
As a responsible entity, we do not use automatic decision-makers or automatic profiling.
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS DECLARATION
We will occasionally update this privacy policy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this statement to stay informed about how our company is protecting your information.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Our company welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you feel that our company has not adhered to this statement, please contact us, see the contacts tab on our website.