Source: https://ecotes.de/en/privacy-statement/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:15:12+00:00

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We will inform you below about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data by our company in accordance with the legal requirements of data protection law (in particular in accordance with BDSG n.F. and the European Data Protection Basic Regulation ‘DS-GVO’). This data protection declaration also applies to our websites and social media profiles. With regard to the definition of terms such as “personal data” or “processing” we refer to Art. 4 DS-GVO.
In the following, we will inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data.
If we have obtained your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO is the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, which take place on your request, then Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) DS-GVO is the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g. legal storage obligations), Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c) DS-GVO is the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d) DS-GVO is the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to protect our interests or the legitimate interests of a third party and your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms do not prevail in this regard, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO is the legal basis.
Without your consent we do not pass on any data to third parties. Should this nevertheless be the case, then the passing on takes place on the basis of the aforementioned legal bases e.g. with the passing on of data to on-line Paymentanbieter for the fulfilment of a contract or due to judicial arrangement or due to a legal obligation to the publication of the data for the purpose of the criminal prosecution, to the danger defence or to the penetration of the rights at the intellectual property.
The adoption of the European Data Protection Basic Regulation (DS-GVO) created a uniform basis for data protection in Europe. Your data will therefore mainly be processed by companies for which the DS-GVO applies. Should processing by third parties take place outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, they must comply with the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. of the Data Protection Act. DS-GVO. This means that the processing takes place on the basis of special guarantees, such as the official recognition by the EU Commission of a data protection level corresponding to the EU or the observance of officially recognised special contractual obligations, the so-called “standard contractual clauses”. For US companies, submission to the so-called “Privacy Shield”, the data protection agreement between the EU and the USA, fulfils these requirements.
A storage of this data together with other personal data of you does not take place.
This data serves the purpose of user-friendly, functional and secure delivery of our website to you with functions and content as well as their optimization and statistical evaluation.
Legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in data processing according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. f) DS-GVO.
, which also lies in the above purposes.
For security reasons, we store these data in server log files for the storage period of days. After this period has expired, the data will be deleted automatically, unless we need to store it for evidence purposes in the event of attacks on the server infrastructure or other legal violations.
When contacting us by contact form, fax, post or e-mail, your details will be processed for the purpose of processing the contact request.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO if you have given your consent. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of a contact enquiry or e-mail, letter or fax is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO. The person responsible has a justified interest in the processing and storage of the data in order to be able to answer user enquiries, to preserve evidence for reasons of liability and, if necessary, to be able to comply with his legal obligation to store business letters. If the purpose of the contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) DS-GVO.
We can save your details and contact request in our Customer Relationship Management System (“CRM System”) or a comparable system.
The data are deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of their collection. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with you has ended. The conversation ends when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We store requests from users who have an account or contract with us for a period of two years after termination of the contract. In the case of legal archiving obligations, the deletion takes place after their expiration: End of commercial (6 years) and tax (10 years) storage obligation.
You have the possibility at any time to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO. If you contact us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time.
When contacting us by telephone, your telephone number will be processed to process the contact request and its processing and temporarily stored or displayed in the RAM / cache of the telephone device / display. The storage takes place for liability and safety reasons, in order to be able to lead the proof of the call as well as for economic reasons, in order to make a recall possible. In case of unauthorized advertising calls, we block the phone numbers.
The legal basis for the processing of the telephone number is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO. If the purpose of the contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DS-GVO.
The device cache saves the calls for days and overwrites or successively deletes old data. If the device is disposed of, all data will be deleted and the memory may be destroyed. Locked telephone numbers are checked annually for the need to lock them.
We use the service “AdWords with Conversion Tracking” (Google Ireland Limited, Register No.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) to advertise our website on third-party websites. When you click on one of our Google ads, a cookie is stored in your browser that is valid for approximately 30 days. If you then visit our website, we and Google can use the cookie to analyse whether you have visited our website and which of our pages you have visited. Google creates a statistic about this. The full extent of data processing is not known to us. The data is also transferred to the USA and analysed there. If you are logged in with a Google account, the data can be assigned to your account by AdWords. If you do not wish this, you must log out before visiting our website. This conversion tracking serves the purpose of analysis, optimization and the economic operation of our advertising and website.
Legal basis for the processing of your data is our legitimate interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our advertising and website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO. Google is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
– You can deactivate conversion tracking directly on Google via the link https://adssettings.google.com, whereby this setting only lasts until you delete your cookies.
– You can permanently deactivate cookies for Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer with a browser plug-in under the link https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996. This deactivation may result in you not being able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.
We have integrated the website analysis tool “Google Analytics” (Google Ireland Limited, Register No.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website.
When you visit our website, Google places a cookie on your computer in order to analyse your use of our website. The data obtained is transferred to the USA and stored there. If personal data is transferred to the USA, Google’s certification in accordance with the Privacy Shield Agreement (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework) guarantees that the European data protection law is complied with.
We have activated the IP anonymization “anonymizeIP”, whereby the IP addresses are only processed shortened. On this website your IP address will therefore be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to and truncated by Google on servers in the United States. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the person responsible. In addition, we have activated the cross-device analysis of website visitors, which is carried out via a so-called user ID. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. The use of Google Analytics serves the purpose of analyzing, optimizing and improving our website.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.
As an alternative to the browser plugin above, you can prevent Google Analytics from capturing data by clicking [__here please__insert the Analytics Opt-Out link of your website]. This click sets an “opt-out” cookie that prevents your data from being collected when you visit this website in the future. This cookie is only valid for our website and your current browser and is only valid until you delete your cookies. In this case you would have to set the cookie again.
You can deactivate the cross-device user analysis in your Google account under “My data > personal data”.
We have integrated YouTube videos from youtube.com on our website using the embedded function, so that they can be accessed directly on our website. YouTube belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Register No: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We have integrated the videos in the so-called “extended data protection mode” without using cookies to record the usage behaviour in order to personalise the video playback. Instead, the video recommendations are based on the video currently playing. Videos played in an embedded player in advanced privacy mode will not affect which videos you are recommended to watch on YouTube, and when you start a video (click on the video) YouTube will be notified that you have accessed the appropriate page on our website. The data obtained will be transferred to the USA and stored there. This is also done without a Google user account. If you are logged into your Google account, Google can assign the above data to your account. If you do not wish this, you must log out of your Google account. Google creates user profiles from such data and uses these data for the purpose of advertising, market research or optimisation of its websites.
Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework) and is therefore required to comply with European data protection laws.
We process the data that you send us via these networks in order to communicate with you and respond to your messages there.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data is our justified interest in communication with users and our external presentation for the purpose of advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO. If you have given the person responsible for the social network permission to process your personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) and Art. 7 DS-GVO.
We use social media plug-ins from social networks on our website. We use the so-called “Two-Click-Solution”-Shariff from c’t or heise.de. When calling up our website, no personal data is transmitted to the providers of the plug-ins. Next to the logo or brand of the social network, you will find a controller with which you can activate the plug-in with a click. After activation, the social network provider receives the information that you have accessed our website and that your personal data has been transferred to the plug-in provider and stored there. These are so-called Thirdparty Cookies. With some providers, such as Facebook and XING, your IP will be anonymized immediately after the survey according to the information provided by them.
The data collected about the user is stored by the plug-in provider as usage profiles. These are used for purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) to display demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about the activities of the user on our website. The user has the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby the respective plug-in provider must be contacted to exercise this right.
Legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is our legitimate interest in the improvement and optimization of our website by increasing our awareness through social networks as well as the possibility of interaction with you and the users among each other via social networks in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. f) DS-GVO.
We have no influence on the collected data and data processing procedures. We also have no knowledge of the scope of data collection, the purpose of processing and the storage periods. We also do not have any information on the deletion of the collected data by the plug-in provider.
With regard to the purpose and scope of data collection and processing, we refer to the respective data protection declarations of the social networks. You will also find information on your rights and setting options for the protection of your personal data.
We have integrated plug-ins from the social network Twitter.com (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St., Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA) on our website as part of Shariff’s so-called “two-click solution”. You can recognize these plug-ins by the Twitter logo with a white bird on a blue background. An overview of Twitter buttons and tweets can be found at : https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/overview.
If you are logged into your Twitter account while activating the Twitter plug-ins, Twitter can assign the call from our website to your Twitter profile. We do not know what data is transmitted to Twitter.
If you want to exclude data transmission to Twitter when activating the plug-in, log out from Twitter before visiting our website and delete your cookies.
Twitter has submitted to the Privacy Shield and ensures that European data protection law is observed: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Insofar as the processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a), Art. 7 DS-GVO, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time. The lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation is not affected thereby.
Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the weighing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary in particular for the fulfilment of a contract with you, which is described by us in the following description of the functions. In the event of such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out our compelling reasons worthy of protection, on the basis of which we continue the processing.
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you will be processed. If this is the case, you have the right to information about your personal data stored with us according to Art. 15 DS-GVO. This includes in particular information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the origin of your data, unless it has been collected directly from you.
You have the right to have incorrect data corrected or correct data completed in accordance with Art. 16 DS-GVO.
You have a right to deletion of your data stored with us according to Art. 17 DS-GVO, unless legal or contractual retention periods or other legal obligations or rights for further storage are contrary to this.
– If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data for a period of time that allows the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
– if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO and it has not yet been determined whether the justified reasons of the data controller outweigh your reasons.
You have a right to data transferability according to Art. 20 DS-GVO, which means that you can receive the personal data we store about you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or request that it be transferred to another person responsible.
You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a general rule, you can complain to the supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you are staying, your place of work or the place where the alleged infringement was committed.
We have taken appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect all personal data transmitted to us and to ensure that we and our external service providers comply with data protection regulations. This is why all data between your browser and our server is transmitted encrypted via a secure SSL connection.

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