Data protection notice

We, DARCO (Europe) GmbH (hereinafter: “DARCO”), take the protection of your Personal Data very seriously. We will treat your Personal Data confidentially; any processing of Personal Data (such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a Data Subject) will be done in line with the GDPR and the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to us. Use of our website is as a matter of principle possible without provision of any Personal Data. If the processing of Personal Data is nevertheless necessary for the use of special offers or services and there is no legal basis for such processing, as a matter of principle we obtain the consent of the Data Subject. We wish to use this Data Privacy Policy to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the Personal Data we collect, use and process. In addition, this Data Privacy Policy serves to inform Data Subjects of their rights. As the responsible Data Controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection of Personal Data processed through this website. Nevertheless, data transmission on the internet may be subject to security vulnerabilities, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every Data Subject is free to transmit Personal Data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

We use the following terms, among others, in this Privacy Policy:

a) Personal Data
Personal Data means all and any information relating to an identified or identifiable person (hereinafter “Data Subject”). An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person.

b) Data Subject
Data Subject means any identified or identifiable person whose Personal Data are processed by the Controller.

c)Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of Processing
Restriction of Processing is the marking of stored Personal Data with the aim of limiting their future Processing.

e) Profiling
Profiling is any form of automated Processing of Personal Data that consists in using such Personal Data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or change of location.

f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the Processing of Personal Data in such a way that Personal Data can no longer be related to a specific Data Subject without additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and is subject to technical and organisational measures that ensure that the Personal Data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable person.

g) Controller
The Controller is the person or entity, public authority, agency or other body that alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the Processing of Personal Data. Where the purposes and means of such Processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the Controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for under Union or Member State law.

h) Processor
Processor means a person or entity, public authority, agency or other body which Processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller.

i) Recipient
Recipient means a person or entity, public authority, agency or other body to whom Personal Data are disclosed, whether or not a Third Party. However, public authorities that may receive Personal Data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be deemed Recipients.

j) Third Party
Third Party means any person or entity, public authority, agency or other body other than the Data Subject, the Controller, the Processor and the persons authorised to Process the Personal Data under the direct responsibility of the Controller or the Processor.

k) Consent
Consent means any freely given specific and informed indication of his or her wishes, in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act, by which the Data Subject signifies his or her agreement to Personal Data relating to him or her being Processed.

2. Name and address of the Controller

DARCO (Europe) GmbH
Gewerbegebiet 18
D-82399 Raisting
Germany
Phone +49 8807 9228-0
E-mail: info@darco.de
Website: https://www.darco.de

Data Protection Officer:
DARCO (Europe) GmbH
Data Protection Officer
Gewerbegebiet 18
D-82399 Raisting
Germany
E-mail: datenschutz@darco.de

3. Cookies

DARCO’s internet pages of use cookies. Cookies are text files that are filed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser. Numerous internet pages and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters by which internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited internet pages and servers to distinguish the Data Subject’s individual browser from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. An individual internet browser can be recognised and identified via the unique cookie ID. Through the use of cookies, DARCO can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting. By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised for the user. As mentioned before, cookies enable us to recognise the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter his or her access data each time he or she visits the website, because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie. The Data Subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programmes. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the Data Subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

This cookie policy has been created and updated by Cookie Policy - CookieFirst.

4. Collection of general data and information

DARCO’s website collects a series of general data and information every time a Data Subject or automated system calls up the website. These general data and information items are stored in the server’s log files. The following data may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites which are invoked via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of an access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. When using these general data and information, DARCO does not draw any conclusions about the Data Subject. Rather, this information is needed (1) to deliver the contents of our website correctly, (2) to optimise the contents of our website and the advertising for these, (3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. Therefore, DARCO analyses anonymously collected data and information on one hand for statistical purposes and on the other hand for the purpose of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from any Personal Data provided by a Data Subject.

5. Routine deletion and blocking of Personal Data

We process and store Personal Data only for the time necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or if this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which we are subject. If and when the storage purpose ceases to apply, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the Personal Data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

a) Right of confirmation
Every Data Subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the Controller as to whether any Personal Data concerning him or her are being or to be Processed. If a Data Subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer.

b) Right of access
Every Data Subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain at any time from the Controller, free of charge, information about the Personal Data stored about him or her, and a copy of that information. In addition, the European legislator has granted the Data Subject access to the following information:

the purposes of the Processing
the categories of Personal Data Processed
the Recipients or categories of Recipients to whom the Personal Data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of Recipients in third countries or international organisations
if possible, the planned duration for which the Personal Data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
the existence of the right to obtain the rectification or erasure of Personal Data concerning him or her, or the restriction of Processing by the Controller, or the right to object to such Processing
the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
if the Personal Data are not collected from the Data Subject: Any available information on the origin of the data
the existence of any automated decision-making, including Profiling, pursuant to Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the Data Subject

Furthermore, the Data Subject has the right to obtain information as to whether any Personal Data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this case, the Data Subject furthermore has the right to obtain information on the appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer. If a Data Subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may contact our Data Protection Officer at any time.

c) Right of rectification
Every Data Subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain rectification, without delay, of any inaccurate Personal Data relating to him or her. Furthermore, the Data Subject has the right to request completion of incomplete Personal Data, including by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the Processing. If a Data Subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he or she may contact our Data Protection Officer at any time.

d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Every Data Subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the Controller the erasure, without delay, of Personal Data relating to him or her, where any of the following grounds applies and insofar as the Processing is not necessary:

The Personal Data were collected or otherwise Processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The Data Subject revokes the consent on which the Processing was based pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. a of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) lit. a of the GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the Processing.
The Data Subject objects to the Processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the Processing, or the Data Subject objects to the Processing pursuant to Article 21 (2) of the GDPR.
The Personal Data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the Controller is subject.
The Personal Data have been collected in relation to information company services offered pursuant to Article 8 (1) of the GDPR.

If any of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a Data Subject wishes to arrange for the erasure of Personal Data stored by DARCO, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer. DARCO’s Data Protection Officer will arrange for the erasure request to be complied with immediately. If the Personal Data have been disclosed by DARCO, and our company as the Controller is obliged to erase the Personal Data pursuant to Article 17 (1) of the GDPR, DARCO shall, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation, implement reasonable measures, including those of a technical nature, in order to inform other Data Controllers which Process the disclosed Personal Data, that the Data Subject has requested from those other Data Controllers to erase all links to or copies or replications of the Personal Data, unless the Processing is necessary. DARCO’s Data Protection Officer will arrange for the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing
Every Data Subject has the right, granted by the European legislator to obtain from the Controller the restriction of Processing if any of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of the Personal Data is contested by the Data Subject for a period enabling the Controller to verify the accuracy of the Personal Data.
The Processing is unlawful, the Data Subject objects to the erasure of the Personal Data and requests instead restriction of the use of the Personal Data.
The Controller no longer needs the Personal Data for the purposes of the Processing, but the Data Subject needs them for the assertion, exercise or refutation of legal claims.
The Data Subject has objected to the Processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the Controller’s legitimate grounds override those of the Data Subject.

If any of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a Data Subject wishes to request restriction of Personal Data stored by DARCO, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer. DARCO’s Data Protection Officer will arrange the restriction of the processing.

f) Right to data portability
Every Data Subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain Personal Data concerning him or her that have been provided by the Data Subject to a Controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. The Data Subject also has the right to transmit such data to another Controller without hindrance from the Controller to whom the Personal Data have been provided, provided that the Processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. a of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) lit. a of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. b of the GDPR and the Processing is carried out by automated means, unless the Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Controller. Furthermore, when exercising the right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the Data Subject has the right to obtain the direct transfer of personal data from one Controller to another Controller where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons. In order to assert the right to data portability, the Data Subject may at any time contact DARCO’s Data Protection Officer.

g) Right to object
Every Data Subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to Processing of Personal Data concerning him or her carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. e or lit. f of the GDPR. This also applies to Profiling based on these provisions. DARCO shall no longer Process the Personal Data in case of objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the Processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the Data Subject, or for the assertion, exercise or refutation of legal claims. If DARCO Processes Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, the Data Subject has the right to object at any time to Processing of Personal Data concerning him or her for such marketing. This also applies to Profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to DARCO to the Processing for direct marketing purposes, DARCO will no longer process the Personal Data for these purposes. In addition, the Data Subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to Processing of Personal Data concerning him or her which is carried out by DARCO for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 (1) of the GDPR, unless such Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. In order to exercise the right to object, the Data Subject may directly contact DARCO’s Data Protection Officer. The Data Subject is also free to exercise his / her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

h) Automated decisions on a case-by-case basis, including Profiling
Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing, including Profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the Data Subject and the Controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the Controller is subject where such law lays down appropriate measures to safeguard the Data Subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is made with the Data Subject’s explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the Data Subject and the Controller, or it (2) is made with the Data Subject’s explicit consent, DARCO shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the Data Subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, which include, at least, the right to obtain the Data Subject’s involvement on the part of the Controller, to express his or her point of view, and contest the decision. If the Data Subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated decisions, he or she may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer.

i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
Every Data Subject has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his/her consent to the Processing of Personal Data at any time. If the Data Subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact our Data Protection Officer at any time.

j) Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of data protection law, the Data Subject has the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state of Germany in which our company has its registered office. A list of the Data Protection Officers and their contact details can be found in the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 of the GDPR.

7. SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of confidential contents, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

8. Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, inclusive the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not disclose these data without your consent. The Processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Article 6 (1) lit. a of the GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data Processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete them, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

9. Data protection notice for YouTube

We have integrated component from YouTube on this internet site. YouTube is an internet video platform which enables video publishers to upload video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all kinds of videos, which is why entire film and television broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers or user-made videos can be accessed on the internet platform.

The company that operates YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Each time one of the individual pages containing embedded YouTube components (YouTube videos) on this internet site we operate is accessed, the internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted to download a rendering of the relevant YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de. In this technical process, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.

If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube can tell which specific subpage of our website you are visiting when you access a subpage that contains a YouTube video. YouTube and Google gather this information and allocate it to your YouTube account.

YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that you have visited our internet site if you are logged into YouTube when you access our website; this will happen regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If you do not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, you can prevent it by logging out of your YouTube account before accessing our website.

These processing operations are only initiated once explicit consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1(a) GDPR.

The privacy policy published by YouTube, which can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

10. Data protection notice for LinkedIn

We have profile on LinkedIn to communicate with users registered there and to inform them of new developments. LinkedIn’s data protection notice and terms of use apply when you use and access our profile.

When you visit our profiles on LinkedIn, your personal data is processed based on our legitimate interests in a multifaceted presentation of our company and the use of an effective method of providing information and communicating with you. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1(f) GDPR.

We have no influence on the processing of personal data by the relevant social media provider. Your browser generally stores cookies which store your usage behaviour or interests when you visit our LinkedIn profile for market research and advertising purposes. Please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy for more detailed information on data processing when using our profile and on your rights: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

11. Data protection notice for Facebook

On our website, we forward you to our profile on Facebook via an appropriately marked button. You can find Facebook’s privacy policy here:

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

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DARCO makes use of the technical platform and services of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Please be advised that you assume sole responsibility for your use of our Facebook page and its functions. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (such as commenting, sharing, rating). Also, it is not absolutely essential to create a Facebook account, since there are plenty of other ways of contacting and informing DARCO. DARCO has no influence on the type and extent of the data processed by Facebook.

When you visit our Facebook page, Facebook collects such data as your IP address as well as additional information which is stored on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as operator of the Facebook pages, with statistical information about the use of the Facebook page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this under the following link: http://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights.

Facebook Ltd. processes the data collected about you in this context and may be transmit it to countries outside the European Union. Facebook describes what information it receives and how it is used in a general form in its data usage guidelines. You will also find information there on how to contact Facebook as well as on the settings options for advertisements.

The data usage guidelines can be found on the following link: http://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy

Facebook’s complete data guidelines can be found here: https://de-de.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy

Facebook does not clearly state (and we do not know) how it uses the data from visits to Facebook pages for its own purposes, the extent to which activities on the Facebook page can be allocated to individual users and whether data from a visit to the Facebook page is transmitted to third parties.

When you access a Facebook page, the IP address assigned to your end device is transmitted to Facebook. According to information from Facebook, this IP address is anonymized (for “German” IP addresses) and deleted after 90 days. Facebook also saves information on the end devices of its users (e.g. in the “login notification” function); with it, Facebook may also be able to allocate IP addresses to individual users.

When you are currently logged in to Facebook as a user, there will be a cookie with your Facebook identifier on your end device. This enables Facebook to tell that you have visited this site and track how you have used it. This also applies to all other Facebook sites. Facebook buttons embedded in websites make it possible for Facebook to record your visits to these website pages and allocate them to your Facebook profile. This data can be used to offer you content or advertisements which are tailored to you.

If you would like to prevent this from happening, you should log out of Facebook or deactivate the “stay logged in” function, delete the cookies on your device, close your browser and restart it. This way, Facebook information which be used to identify you directly will be deleted. This enables you to use our Facebook page without having to reveal your Facebook identifier. When you access interactive features of the page (like, comment, share, messages, etc.), a Facebook login screen will appear. After any login, Facebook will once again be able to recognize you as a specific user.

You can find information on how to manage and/or delete existing information about you on the following Facebook support pages: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy#

DARCO does not collect and process any data from your use of the company’s own Facebook page beyond this.

uartered in the USA and thus in a so-called “third country” according to Article 44 of the GDPR. All of the companies mentioned are certified under the “EU-US Privacy Shield” data protection agreement, which means that compliance with a European level of data protection is deemed to be guaranteed.

12. Data protection notice for Instagram

Instagram as platform operator and DARCO as operator of a channel on the platform assume joint responsibility for the data processing conducting by way of the respective channel. This also makes Instagram and DARCO jointly responsible for protecting your personal data (Art. 26 GDPR).

DARCO makes use of the technical platform and services of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Please be advised that you assume sole responsibility for your use of our Instagram page and its functions. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (such as commenting and sharing). Also, it is not absolutely essential to create a Instagram account, since there are plenty of other ways of contacting and informing DARCO. DARCO has no influence on the type and extent of the data processed by Instagram.

When you visit our Instagram, your personal data will be processed by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.

Instagram processes the data you voluntarily enter and evaluates any content you share or view.

Specifications on which data Instagram processes and what purposes it is used for can be found in Instagram’s data privacy statement: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy

When you are currently logged in to Instagram as a user, there will be a cookie with your Instagram identifier on your end device. This enables Instagram to tell that you have visited this site and track how you have used it. This also applies to all other Instagram sites. Instagram buttons embedded in websites make it possible for Instagram to record your visits to these website pages and allocate them to your Instagram profile. This data can be used to offer you content or advertisements which are tailored to you.

If you would like to prevent this from happening, you should log out of Instagram or deactivate the “stay logged in” function, delete the cookies on your device, close your browser and restart it. This way, Instagram information which be used to identify you directly will be deleted. This enables you to use our Instagram page without having to reveal your Instagram identifier. When you access interactive features of the page (like, comment, share, messages, etc.), a Instagram login screen will appear. After any login, Instagram will once again be able to recognize you as a specific user.

You can find information on how to manage and/or delete existing information about you on the following Instagram support pages: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy

DARCO does not collect and process any data from your use of the company’s own Instagram page beyond this.

13. Using of toolbox Sistrix

We use web analysis tools from the company SISTRIX GmbH (“Sistrix”) on our website.This is an analysis tool to make our website easier to find in search engines. Only keyword, domain and search data is collected and stored in this connection. Personal data is not collected, saved and processed. You can find more information about data collection and use at: http://sistrix.de/sistrix/datenschutz/.

14. Duration of storage of the personal data

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract.

15. Legal or contractual regulations for the provision of Personal Data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the Data Subject to provide the Personal Data; possible consequences of not providing the data

We inform you that provision of Personal Data is sometimes required by applicable law (e.g. tax regulations) or may result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes, in order to conclude a contract, it may be necessary for a Data Subject to provide us with Personal Data that must subsequently be Processed by us. For example, the Data Subject must provide us with Personal Data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide the Personal Data would mean that the contract with the Data Subject could not be concluded. Before any provision of Personal Data by the data subject, the Data Subject must contact our Data Protection Officer. Our Data Protection Officer will inform the Data Subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the Personal Data is required by law or by contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the Personal Data, and what the consequences of not providing the Personal Data would be.

16. Data transmission

a) Credit risk

In the event of a credit risk, we transmit your data (name, address, e-mail address, details of the company and, if applicable, contract and receivables data) to IHD Gesellschaft für Kredit und Forderungsmanagement mbH, Augustinusstr. 11 B, D-50226 Frechen, and, if applicable, to other cooperating credit agencies for the purpose of checking creditworthiness and the deliverability of the specified address and for the purpose of debt collection processing. The legal basis for this transmission is Article 6 (1) lit. b of the GDPR and Article 6 (1) lit. f of the GDPR. Transfers on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f of the GDPR may be made only insofar as this is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company and does not override the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the Data Subject which require protection of Personal Data.

For the purpose of deciding on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship, we also collect or use automatically generated probability values, the calculation of which may include address data.

Detailed information on our contractual partner, IHD, within the meaning of Article 14 of the GDPR, i.e. the business purpose, the purpose of the data storage there, the legal basis, IHD’s data recipients, the right to self-disclosure and the right to deletion and correction, as well as Profiling, can be found at https://www.ihd.de/datenschutz/Artikel14.html

. The information on their contract partners in the area of the credit agency can be found at: https://www.ihd.de/datenschutz#vertragspartner

b) Subscription to our newsletter

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and that you agree to receive the newsletter.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to ensure that the newsletter is sent with your consent. In the course of this, the potential recipient allows himself / herself to be included into a distribution list. Subsequently, the user is given the opportunity to confirm the registration in a legally secure manner by means of a confirmation e-mail. Only if the confirmation is received will the address be actively included in the distribution list.

We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and offers.

Newsletter2Go is used as the newsletter software. Your data will be transmitted to Newsletter2Go GmbH. Newsletter2Go is prohibited from selling your data and using it for purposes other than sending newsletters. Newsletter2Go is a certified German provider, selected according to the requirements of the German Data Protection Regulation and the German Federal Data Protection Act.

Further information can be found here:
https://www.newsletter2go.de/informationen-newsletter-empfaenger/

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened, or if we use a dispatch service provider, from their server. Within the scope of this retrieval, technical information such as information on the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of the retrieval are initially collected.

This information is used for the technical improvement of the services on the basis of the technical data or the target groups and their reading behaviour on the basis of their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. Statistical surveys also include determining whether newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our intention nor, if used, that of the dispatch service provider to observe individual users. Rather, the analyses serve us to recognise the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

The data protection measures are always subject to technical updates. For this reason, we ask you to inform yourself about our data protection measures at regular intervals by consulting our Data Privacy Policy.