Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website. In the privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the handling of your data in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

The controller for the data processing described below is named in the imprint.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

  • The type and version of browser used
  • The used operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • The hostname of the accessing computer
  • The time of the server inquiry
  • The IP address
  • This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Data security

In order to protect your data as comprehensively as possible from unwanted access, we implement technical and organisational measures. These measures include encryption procedures on our websites. Your data is transferred from your computer to our server and vice versa via the internet using TLS encryption. You can usually recognize this by the fact that the lock symbol in the status bar of your browser is closed and the address line begins with https://.

Necessary cookies

We use cookies on our websites, which are necessary for using our websites.

Cookies are small text files that can be stored on and extracted from your device. There is a difference between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored for more than the duration of the session.

We do not use these necessary cookies for analysis, tracking or advertising purposes.

In some cases, these cookies only contain information on certain settings and are not linked to a person. They may also be necessary to enable user guidance, security and operatingof the site.

The legal basis for using these cookies is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can set your browser to inform you about the use of cookies. You can also delete cookies or prevent the setting of new cookies at any time by using the appropriate browser settings. Please note that if you delete certain cookies, our websites may not be displayed correctly and some functions may no longer be available.

ProviderPurposeStorage periodAdequate
level of data protection
UsercentricsSaving of the settings in the Consent Banner1 yearData processing within the EU/EWR

Consent banner

We use a consent management platform (consent or cookie banner) on our websites. The processing in connection with the use of the consent management platform and the logging of the settings you have made is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to provide you with our content according to your preferences and to be able to prove your consent(s). The settings you have made, the consents you have given and parts of your usage data are stored in a cookie. This ensures that it is kept for further website visits and that your consents continue to be traceable. You can find more information about this under the section “Necessary cookies”.

The provider of the consent management platform acts on our behalf and is strictly bound by our instructions (processor). A data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded. 

Contact form

You may contact us via our contact form. In order to use our contact form, we first require the data marked as mandatory.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR in order to respond to your request. In addition, you can decide for yourself whether you would like to provide us with further information. This information is provided voluntarily and is not mandatory for contacting us. We process the information you provide voluntarily on the basis of your consent.

Your data will only be processed to respond to your enquiry. We delete your data if it is no longer required and there are no legal retention obligations in conflict to that.

Concerning the processing according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time. You can also withdraw your consent to the processing of the data you provided voluntarily at any time. To do so, please contact the e-mail address stated in the imprint.

Contacting us by e-mail, telephone or post

You also have the option of contacting us by e-mail, telephone or post. When you contact us, we use the personal data that you voluntarily provide in this context solely for the purpose of contacting you and processing your enquiry.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) (a) and Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the processing of your data at any time. To do so, please contact the e-mail address stated in the imprint.

Embedded videos

On our websites, we embed YouTube videos that are not stored on our servers. The video player YouTube is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which is a company affiliated with Google LLC, Mountain View, California, USA. For reasons of data protection, no content from Google is reloaded yet and Google will not receive any information, when you call up our web pages. Only when you give your consent via our consent-banner or by clicking on the preview image the content of Google will be reloaded. Google is therefore able to obtain the information that you have accessed our site as well as the usage data that is technically required in this context. Additionally, Google is able to implement tracking technologies. In our consent-banner  you find detailed information about the maximum storage period of these data. We have no influence on the further data processing by Google Your consent includes that contents of the third party provider are reloaded. The information generated by Google may also be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the U.S. and stored there. For transfers to the U.S., an adequate level of data protection is ensured due to the certification of the provider under the adequacy decision (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework). The embedding of the YouTube videos is based on your consent, provided you have given your consent via our banner (Art. 6 para 1 lit. a GDPR or § 25 para 1 TTDSG). The transfer of data to Google LLC is based on the adequacy decision of the European Commission on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and thus in accordance with Art. 45 para 1 GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please use the following consent-banner and make the appropriate settings via our banner. There you will also receive further information about data processing.

Map services

We embed the Google Maps service on our website to show you our business location and to inform you about how to get there. The provider of Google Maps is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which is a company affiliated with Google LLC, Mountain View, California, USA. Google Maps uses cookies, which can be stored and read on your end devices through the integration of the service on our website and which contain information about your use of Google Maps.

For reasons of data protection, however, no content (e.g. cookies) will be downloaded from Google when you visit our website and Google will not receive any information. Only when you give your consent via our banner or the preview image will the content be reloaded by Google and stored on your end device for 6 months. We have no influence on the further data processing by Google.

The information generated by the cookie may also be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the U.S. and stored there. For transfers to the U.S., an adequate level of data protection is ensured due to the certification of the provider under the adequacy decision (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework).

The embedding of the map service is based on your consent, provided you have given your consent via our banner (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or § 25 para. 1 TTDSG). The transfer of data to Google LLC is based on the adequacy decision of the European Commission on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 DSGVO.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please click at the bottom setting icon and make the appropriate settings via our banner. There you will also receive further information about data processing

Captcha

In order to protect our web forms from automated requests, we use a so-called Captcha from Google (Google ReCAPTCHA) which is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which is a company affiliated with Google LLC, Mountain View, California, USA.

As part of the captcha function, all user input and mouse movements that you make on our website are automatically recorded (regardless of whether you call up pages that contain web forms or not). The data collected in this way is used to assess whether the entries originate from a human or an automated programme.

The display of the captcha leads to content of Google being reloaded. Google is therefore able to obtain the information that you have accessed our site as well as the usage data that is technically required in this context. Also Google receives your IP address, which is technically required to retrieve the content. We have no influence on the further data processing by Google.

The information may also be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA and stored there. For transfers to the U.S., an adequate level of data protection is ensured due to the certification of the provider under the adequacy decision (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework).

The embedding is based on your consent, provided you have given your consent via our consent banner. The transfer of data to Google LLC is based on the adequacy decision of the European Commission on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 DSGVO.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please click at the bottom setting icon and make the appropriate settings via our banner. There you will also receive further information about data processing.

Google Web Fonts

To ensure that fonts used on this website are uniform, this website uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google. When you access a page on our website, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser cache to correctly display text and fonts.

To do this, the browser you use will have to establish a connection with Google’s servers. As a result, Google will learn that your IP address was used to access this website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a uniform presentation of the font on the operator’s website. If a respective declaration of consent has been obtained (e.g. consent to the archiving of cookies), the data will be processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a DGDPR. Any such consent may be revoked at any time.

If your browser should not support Web Fonts, a standard font installed on your computer will be used.

For more information on Google Web Fonts, please follow this link: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Storage period

Unless we have already informed you in detail about the storage period, we delete personal data when they are no longer required for the aforementioned processing purposes and no legitimate interests or other (legal) reasons for storage prevent deletion.

Your rights as a data subject

When processing your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a data subject:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether personal data of you is being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to obtain information about the processed personal data and to receive the information listed in detail in Art. 15 GDPR.

Right of rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)

You have the right to request the rectification of any inaccurate personal data relating to you and, where applicable, the completion of any incomplete data, without delay.

Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)

You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data  without delay, provided that one of the reasons listed in detail in Art. 17 GDPR applies.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

You have the right to request the restriction of processing, for the duration of the assessment by the controller, if one of the requirements listed in Art. 18 GDPR is met, e.g. if you have objected to the processing,

Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

In certain cases, which are listed in detail in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of this data to a third party.

Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 GDPR)

If the processing of data is based on your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. Please note that the withdrawal of the consentonly effective for the future. Processing that took place before the withdrawal is not affected.

Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing for the protection of legitimate interests) or on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) GDPR (data processing for the protection of public interests or in the exercise of official authority), you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process the personal data unless there are demonstrably compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection regulations. The right to lodge a complaint can be asserted in particular witha supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the suspected infringement.

Assertion of your rights

Unless otherwise described above, please contact the controller of the data processing named in the imprint to assert your rights as a data subject.

Contact details of the data protection officer

Our external data protection officer will be happy to provide you with information on the subject of data protection under the following contact details:

datenschutz nord GmbH
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen
Web: https://www.dsn-group.de/
 E-mail: office@datenschutz-nord.de

If you contact our data protection officer, please also state the controller for the data processing named in the imprint.