Source: https://www.ecs-association.com/en/imprint/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 18:50:24+00:00

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The content of our website is protected by copyright. Reproduction of information or data and, in particular, the use of text or images requires the prior consent of the European Engineered Construction Systems Association e.V.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). So this website operates with the same technical instruments being used in each Google-Search.
The use of this application enables ECS to easily analyze the use of our website and to optimize it continuously in sense of the user.
You have the right to get on demand and exempt from charges any of the about you stored personal data. Additional you have the right to correct false information, lock or delete personal data. Any hereby collected personal data will not be passed on or used for any other purpose as set out before.
We only process personal data of our users if this is necessary to provide a functional website as well as our contents and services. The personal data of our users is generally only processed after the user has given his/her consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for real reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
If the processing of personal data is required for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6 (1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage ceases to exist. The data may be stored longer if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the responsible party is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.
Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the visiting computer.
This data is also stored in our system’s log files. The IP addresses of the user or other data that enable the allocation of the data to a user are not affected by this. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s computer. This requires that the user’s IP address remains stored for the duration of the session.
Our justified interest in data processing pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR also lies in such purposes.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
a) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, should you activate the IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will first be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other countries that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the US and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to the use of the website and Internet for the website operator.
b)The IP address transferred by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.
c) You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use the full range of functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
d) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()“. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in truncated form, so that they cannot be directly linked to an individual. Insofar as the data collected about you is personal, it will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately.
e) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics generated allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the US, 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 (1) page 1 lit. f GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case for the data collected during the registration process if the registration on our website is cancelled or changed.
As a user you have the possibility to cancel the registration at any time. You can change the data stored about you at any time. To delete your account, please send an e-mail to our office.
In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the correspondence.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact is aimed at concluding a contract, then an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
In case contact is made by e-mail, the necessary justified interest lies exclusively in the processing of the data for the purpose of facilitating communication.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case for the personal data sent by e-mail, when the respective correspondence with the user is terminated. The correspondence is terminated when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified.
The user may revoke his/her consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he can object to the storage of his/her personal data at any time. In such a case, the correspondence cannot be continued.
You can ask the responsible party to confirm whether personal data concerning you is processed by us.
(8) the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – any meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may ask to be informed of the appropriate guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with such data transfer.
You have a right vis-à-vis the responsible party to have your personal data rectified and/or completed if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The responsible party shall rectify the data without delay.
(4) if you have filed an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the responsible party outweigh your reasons.
If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may only be processed – apart from being stored – with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or on grounds of an important public interest of the EU or a member state.
(2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
(3) You file an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing or you file an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
(5) The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under EU law or the law of the member states to which the responsible party is subject.
If the responsible party has made public the personal data concerning you and if he/she is obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, he/she shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data processors who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.
If you have asserted your right to have the responsible party correct, delete or restrict the processed data, he/she is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction on processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
You have the right to demand of the responsible party to be informed of such recipients.
You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you under Article 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The responsible party no longer processes the personal data concerning you, unless he can provide compelling reasons for the processing that are worthy of protection and outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
You may exercise your right of objection in connection with the use of Information Society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent at any time. Such revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing that was carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the responsible party shall take reasonable measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to require the responsible party to obtain the intervention of a person to state his own position and to challenge the decision.
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to appeal to a regulatory authority, in particular in the member state where you reside, work or where the alleged infringement occurred, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is contrary to the GDPR.
The regulatory authority with which the appeal has been filed shall inform the appellant of the status and results of the appeal, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

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