Data Protection
Thank you for visiting our website. Please find below information pursuant to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) about how we use your personal data.
Controller
The controller responsible for data processing as described below ist the authority specified in the legal notice.
Usage Data
When you visit our website, a log of so-called usage data is temporarily stored on our web server and analysed for statistical purposes in order to improve the quality of our website. This data record includes
- the name and address of the requested content,
- the date and time of the request,
- the data volume transmitted,
- the access status (content transmitted, content not found),
- the description of the web browser and operating system used,
- the referral link specifying which website you accessed our website from,
- the IP address of the requesting computer, shortened to ensure that it can no longer be connected to an identifiable person.
The above log data is only stored in anonymised form.
Data Security
In order to protect your data from unauthorised access as much as possible, we take technical and organisational measures. We use an encryption method on our website. Your data is transmitted from your computer to our server and vice versa via the internet using TLS encryption. This is usually indicated by the closed lock symbol in your browser’s status bar and the URL starting with https://.
Necessary Cookies
Our website uses cookies that are necessary for using our website.
Cookies are small text files that are stored and can be read on your terminal. There are session cookies that are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and persistent cookies that are stored even after the session has been terminated.
We do not use these necessary cookies for analysis, tracking or promotional purposes.
Sometimes, these cookies only contain information on certain settings with no reference to any identifiable person. They may also be necessary to enable user prompting, security and implementation of the page.
We use such cookies in accordance with Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR.
You can adjust your browser settings to notify you when cookies are set in order to make the use of cookies transparent for you. Furthermore, you can delete cookies using the corresponding browser setting and prevent the setting of new cookies at any time. Please note that in this case, our website may no longer be displayed correctly and some features may no longer be available to you.
Matomo
We use the web analysis tool “Matomo” to design our websites according to your needs. Matomo creates user profiles based on browser fingerprints (hash value of the operating system, browser, browser plugins, anonymised IP address and browser language). In this way we are able to recognize and measure returning visitors.
The data processing is based on your consent if you have given your consent via our banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Please follow this link and make the appropriate settings via our banner.
Processor
We provide your data to service providers who assist us with the operation of our website and the associated processes within the framework of contract data processing, e.g. to hosting service providers. Our service providers are strictly bound by our instructions and governed by a corresponding contract.
Please find below the processors we employ that have not yet been disclosed in the text of the privacy statement above. If, within this framework, data is transmitted to parties outside the EU or the EEA, we provide information on the appropriate level of protection.
| Processor | Purpose | Appropriate level of protection |
| Nevicon GmbH | Webhosting and Support | Processing only within the EU/EEA |
Your Rights as Data Subject
When your personal data is being processed, the GDPR grants you as data subject certain rights:
Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed; where that is the case, you have the right to access such personal data and the information specified in Art. 15 GDPR.
Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you without undue delay and, if necessary, to have incomplete personal data completed.
Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds specified in Art. 17 GDPR applies.
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
You have the right to obtain restriction of processing where one of the prerequisites specified in Art. 18 GDPR applies, e.g. when you have objected to processing, for the duration of the verification by the controller.
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
In certain cases specified in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to have those data transmitted to a third party.
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
Where personal data is collected in accordance with Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR (data processing for legitimate interests) or in accordance with Art. 6(1) lit. e GDPR (data processing in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority), you have the right to object to the processing, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time. We will then cease to process such personal data, unless there are verifiable compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or processing is required for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the provisions of privacy law. The right to lodge a complaint may in particular be exercised with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
Contact details of the data protection officer
Our external data protection officer is at your disposal for your requests regarding the issue of data protection:
datenschutz nord GmbH
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen
Germany
office@datenschutz-nord.de
www.datenschutz-nord-gruppe.de
If you contact our data protection officer, please specify the controller indicated in the legal notice.