Privacy Policy issued by Siegfried Cichon K+C Maschinen & Komponenten e.K.

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data which enables you to be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data privacy, please refer to our privacy policy below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You will find the relevant contact details in the legal notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Firstly, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This might be data you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). The type of data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice if you have a question on this subject or any other matter relating to data privacy. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. For details, please refer to the privacy policy under “Right to restriction of processing”.

Third-party analysis tools and tools

When visiting our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly by means of cookies and using so-called analysis programmes. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you personally.

You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. See the privacy policy below for details of these tools and your options for objection, please.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, personal data of various kinds are collected. Personal data is any data that enables you to be identified in person. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We draw your attention to the fact that data transmission on the internet (e.g. e-mail communication) can be subject to security risks. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The Data Controller for this website is:

Siegfried Cichon
In der Schlenke 32
59192 Bergkamen

Phone: (0049) 02307 55 23 13
E-Mail: info@kuc-maschinen.de

The Data Controller is the natural or legal entity who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Data Protection Officer required by law

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for our company.

Siegfried Cichon
In der Schlenke 32
59192 Bergkamen

Phone: (0049) 02307 55 23 13
E-Mail: info@kuc-maschinen.de

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out up until the time of the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO)

If the data processing is carried out based on Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) 1 lit. e or f DSGVO you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The legal basis on which processing is based in each case can be found in this privacy policy. If you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data this concerns unless we can prove compelling, legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the enforcement, exercise or defence of legal rights (objection under Art. 21 (1) DSGVO).

If your personal data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is has to do with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the DSGVO, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. us as the site operator. 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.

Information, blocking, erasure and correction

Under the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, a right to correction, blocking or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice with regard to this and other matters relating to personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data held by us, we will usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have had the processing of your personal data restricted, such data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for the enforcement, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal entity or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

In some cases, our website pages make use of so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer, nor do they contain any viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are deposited on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies. They are automatically deleted when you leave the website. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit us.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about cookie settings and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. 1 lit. f GDPR saved. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are dealt with separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This comprises the following details:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you have provided, are stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up enquiries. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up until the time of the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request us to erase it, if you revoke your consent to store it or if the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry – including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) – is stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your enquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO insofar as your enquiry relates to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries addressed to us.

The data you transmit to us via a contact request remains with us until you request that we erase it, if you revoke your consent to store it or if the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Social media

Social media plug-ins with Shariff

Plug-ins from social media are used on our pages (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr).

You can usually recognise the plug-ins by the relevant social media logos. In order to ensure data protection on our website, we only use these plug-ins together with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the plug-ins integrated in our website from transmitting data to the provider in question when you first enter the website.

Only when you activate the respective plug-in by clicking on the relevant button is a direct connection established with the provider’s server (consent). As soon as you activate the plug-in, the provider in question receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account (e.g. Facebook) at the same time, the respective provider is able to assign the visit to our website to your user account.

Activating the plug-in constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.

5. Analysis tools and advertising

WordPress Stats

This website uses the WordPress tool Stats to statistically analyse visitor traffic. The provider is Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Stats uses cookies which are stored on your computer and which allow analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is anonymised after processing and before storage.

“WordPress Stats” cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

The storage of “WordPress Stats” cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymised analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about cookie settings and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of our website may be limited.

You can object to the collection and use of your data for the future by setting an opt-out cookie in your browser by clicking on this link: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

If you delete the cookies on your computer, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

6. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins of the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages which has a YouTube plug-in, a connection is established with YouTube’s servers. In this way, the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your terminal device. Using these cookies, YouTube is able to obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. Y You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used with the aim of ensuring our online presentation is appealing to users. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Further information on the handling of user data is provided in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. In this way, Google is informed that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts is used with the aim of ensuring our online presentation is uniform and appealing to users. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts is available at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

In order to enable use of Google Maps functions, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interests of an attractive online presentation and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Further information on the handling of user data is available in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

7. In-house services

Applications

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by e-mail, post or via online application form). In the following, we provide details of the scope, purpose and use of your personal data as collected by us as part of the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data is treated in strict confidence.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us an application, we process the relevant personal data (e.g. contact and communication details, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) to the extent that this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is provided by section 26 Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-neu) under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Art. 6 (1) (f) a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time. Your personal data is passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you is stored in our data processing systems based on section § 26 BDSG-neu and Art. 6 (1) (f) b DSGVO for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.

Retention period of the data

If we are unable to make you a job offer or if you reject a job offer, withdraw your application, revoke your consent to data processing or request us to erase the data, the data you have submitted, including any remaining physical application documents, is stored or retained (retention period) for a maximum of six months after completion of the application process in order to be able to trace the details of the application process in the event of inconsistencies (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO).

YOU CAN OBJECT TO THIS STORAGE IF YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS THAT OUTWEIGH OUR INTERESTS.

After expiry of the retention period, the data is erased unless there is a legal obligation to retain the data or there is another legal reason for further storage. If it is evident that it will be necessary to retain your data after the retention period has expired (e.g. due to an anticipated or pending legal dispute), the data is not erased until it is no longer required. Other statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.