Source: https://www.mea-group.com/uk/data-protection/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 04:21:43+00:00

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The protection of your privacy is important to us. If and to the extent that you voluntarily provide us with personal data, such data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Ordinance (GDPR) in the version applicable from May 25, 2018 and the statutory data protection provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). With the following data protection information we would like to explain to you in detail how the data is handled.
1.1 In principle, the collection, processing and use of personal data for the utilization of our Internet presence is limited to the necessary extent and the necessary data. Personal data is all data that makes you personally identifiable, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behaviour.
(here in after referred to as: MEA Group GmbH).
1.3 If you contact us by e-mail, via an order or other contact form, you agree that the data you voluntarily provide (e-mail address, if applicable name, address, etc.) may be stored by us in order to answer your questions or process your other request. We will delete the data arising in this context after the storage is no longer necessary, or limit the processing if statutory retention obligations exist.
1.4 If we make use of contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer, we will inform you about the use of the data and the storage duration.
are entitled to issue a complaint to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work, or the registered head office of our company.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.
4.1 In addition to the purely informational use of our website or other advertising media, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. Usually, you must provide further personal data, which we will use to provide the respective service. The legal foundations are Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. a, b and f GDPR.
4.2 In some cases we use external service providers to process your data. These carefully selected and commissioned service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly checked.
4.3 Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if this is legally permissible and in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. B GDPR is required for the processing of contractual relationships with you.
4.4 If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you in the description of the offer.
4.5 We use the SSL procedure (Secure-Socket Layer) within our website in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your web browser. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form is indicated by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. MEA takes security precautions to protect your data against manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons or against unauthorized disclosure. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
If you voluntarily provide us with your personal data for participation in the respective campaign within the scope of a prize competition / prize drawing / advertising measure carried out by us, we will process and use this data exclusively to the extent necessary to carry out the measure and to determine and notify the winners. The legal foundation is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR. In addition, the respective terms and conditions of participation in the competitions shall apply. The legal basis for the permissibility of these advertising measures are Art. 6 sec. 1 p. lit. f GDPR.
6.1 If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time.
6.2 Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. You can inform us about your advertising objection under the contact data mentioned in section 1.2 above.
Transient (temporary) cookies, i.e. cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These store a so-called session ID, with which different requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
Persistent (remaining) cookies, i.e. cookies with which you can configure your browser settings according to your wishes. Here, for example, the acceptance of third party cookies or all cookies can be rejected. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
8.1 By submitting application documents in accordance with our career page at https://www.mea-group.com/uk/mea-group/career/, you are expressing your interest in joining our company. The data you provide is used exclusively for the purpose of the job search. You expressly agree that the personal data you provide will be stored and processed for this purpose. The legal foundation is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR.
8.2 Your data will only be used within our company to fill a suitable position. Only authorized employees will have access to your data. Please note that you are responsible for the accuracy of your data. By releasing your profile data, you expressly agree to be contacted. This can be done by e-mail, ground mail or telephone. Your data is exclusively used for the recruitment process. Your data will be stored for a period of 5 months after the end of the actual application procedure. You are entitled to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time in accordance with our explanations under section 7. The revocation can be declared by e-mail to mea-bewerbungen@mea-group.com or by sending a message to the contact details provided under section 1.2.
8.3 We would like to point out once again that, in accordance with section 4.5 we utilize both technical and organisational security measures to protect your data from manipulation, loss, destruction and unauthorised access. We adapt our security measures in line with technological developments.
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet the requirements, and that it is continually optimized. We use tracking tools to statistically record the use of our website, and to evaluate this for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
This information is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these Internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of the company. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB).
As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in the currently used browser, and only for our website, and it is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.
9.2 This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in the abbreviated form, so that a correlation to a person can be ruled out.
9.3 For exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
9.4 Third Party Information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.
as well as the data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en.
9.5 This website also uses Google Analytics for a device-independent analysis of visitor flows that is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under “My data”, “Personal data”.
10.1 Google AdWords Conversion Tracking We also use Google Conversion Tracking to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website. Thereby, Google AdWords will set a cookie (see section 4) on your computer if you have arrived via a Google ad on our website.
These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. These cookies (if not yet expired) allow Google and the AdWords customer to see that the user has clicked on a GoogleAdWords ad and has been redirected to this page.
Each AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. AdWords customers see the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that personally identifies users.
10.2 Google AdWords Remarketing: This website uses the Google AdWords service of Google Inc. (“Google”). The remarketing function within the Google AdWords service is used for this. The remarketing feature allows us to present advertisements based on their interests to users of our site on other sites within the Google display network. For this purpose, the interaction of users on our website is analysed, for example, in which offers the user was interested, in order to be able to display targeted advertising to users even after visiting our website on other pages. For this purpose a so-called “Cookies” are stored on the visitor’s computer. The string contained in it serves to recognize a visitor when he or she visits websites that are part of the Google advertising network. This may include advertisements that refer to content previously viewed on websites that use Google Remarketing.
For this purpose Google uses, among other things, the so-called “DoubleClick” cookie. (Section 7.2) This is the same cookie that is used on websites that run advertising programs of Google’s subsidiary DoubleClick. No advertising from third parties is placed on our pages. The DoubleClick cookie is only used here for remarketing purposes.
According to its own statements, Google does not collect any personal data with the remarketing function. However, if conclusions regarding personal data arise from the use of the aforementioned service, the legal basis for this is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
This website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from the video portal youtube.com. YouTube is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The plugins are recognizable by a YouTube logo.
When you call up a page of our website with such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Google servers. By integrating the plugins, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant page of our website. If you’re a Google member and signed in to your Google Account, Google may link your visit of this page to your Google Account. When you press the YouTube button, your browser will send your input to Google. Google then processes this data. The purpose and scope of the data collection and further processing of the data by Google, your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy in this context can be obtained from the data protection information from Google and YouTube available under https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en.

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