Privacy statement

The person responsible in terms of data protection laws, in particular EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Brendecke

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored with our company and its processsing (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Erasure of your data stored with our company (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to erase your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Objection to the processing of your data by our company (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, if  you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with our company (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you can withdraw this at any time and with an effect on the future.

You can submit a complaint to a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. to the relevant supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or to the authority responsible for us as the competent body.

You can find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public domain) with addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Capture of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purposes of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, this information is processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website
• Ensuring a smooth usage of our website
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual and other services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, any objection is excluded.

Cookies

Nature and purposes of processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

This provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used and operating system.

Cookies cannot be used to launch programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Under no circumstances will the data we collect be forwarded to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Basically, you can, of course, also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the usage of cookies.

Storage period and cookies used:

To the extent you permit this company to use cookies by your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

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To the extent that these cookies may (also) affect personal data, you will find information about this in the sections further below.

You can erase individual cookies or the entire cookies inventory via your browser settings. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information at the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Registration on our website

Nature and purpose of the processing:

When registering to use our personalised services, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data (e.g. telephone number and e-mail address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we exclusively offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option to change or erase at any time the data provided during registration, if required. Of course, we will also provide you with information at any time about the personal data we have stored about you.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

If the registration serves the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. Afterwards, it will be erased, if there are no legal retention obligations precluding this. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details provided at the end of this privacy statement.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content and services.

Contact form

Nature and purpose of the processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used for the assignment of the enquiry and the subsequent response to it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal Basis:

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to enable you to contact us easily. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us in order to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data are, if necessary, processors.

Storage period:

Data will be erased no later than six months after the request has been processed.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will erase your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.

Usage of Google Analytics

Nature and purposes of processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer and help us analyse and understand how you use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your usage of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your usage of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

The purposes of the data processing are to evaluate the usage of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. Further associated services are then intended to be provided on the basis of the usage of the website and the internet.

Legal Basis:

The processing of the data is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:

The recipient of the data is Google as a processor. For this purpose, we have concluded the corresponding order processing agreement with Google.

Storage period:

Data will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection and transmission of the data generated by the cookie and related to your usage of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser Add On to deactivate Google Analytics.

In addition or as alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking on this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Profiling:

With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behaviour of visitors to the website can be evaluated and interests be analysed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Usage of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

Nature and purpose of processing:

In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing and cross-browser manner, we use “Google Web Fonts” from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) on this website to display fonts.

The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Web fonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:

Calling up script libraries or font libraries will automatically trigger a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible – although it is currently unclear whether and for what purposes – that the operator collects Google data in this case.

Storage period:

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Web Fonts.

You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, the correct display of the content may not be possible due to standard fonts.

Withdrawal of consent:

The programming language JavaScript is regularly used to display the content. Therefore you can object to data processing by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Usage of Google Remarketing

Nature and purpose of processing:

This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The operating company of Google Remarketing services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”).

The function is used to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called “cookie” is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognise the visitor when they visit websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor can be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites which use Google’s remarketing function.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Remarketing and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:

Whenever you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

Our company does not contain any information from Google by means of which the data subject could be identified.

Withdrawal of consent:

According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. However, if you do not wish to use Google’s remarketing function, you can deactivate it by changing the corresponding settings at https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/143465. Alternatively, you can disable the usage of cookies for interest-based advertising via the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. 

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Amendment of our privacy policy 

We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement in order to ensure its compliance with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy statement, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy statement will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write to us by e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our company directly:

gather@gather-industrie.de

The privacy statement was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2019-04-10).