Privacy Policy
OVERVIEW
HOW
WE USE YOUR DATA
ECS Enterprises Ltd t/a Curtains2bedding
11a Meadow Close, Backwell, BS48 3NN
To be able to make a purchase or an enquiry with Curtains2bedding we
will need to obtain personal information from yourselves in order to be able to
process order or communicate with you. These are obtained through contact forms
including contact us, quick quotes, shopping cart transactions, telephone
conversations and more. If you decide to submit these enquiries / purchases we
will obtain information including, name, billing and delivery address, contact
and payment information. Curtains2bedding will only ever use your data to
enable us to complete your order or make offer the best purchasing experience.
Unless you otherwise inform us.
We may use third party service providers to help us fulfil your order
and your post purchase journey, including follow ups and general communication
surrounding your purchase.
Your data will also be used for marketing and research where you have
given consent to do so. Our marketing is structured to offer relevant products
to our existing customers or products that would be deemed of interest based on
products purchased. We only add you to our mailing list with your permission.
You can opt out at any time. Simply email the team or use the update
subscription buttons on emails.
To improve user experience, we may use various third-party cookies to
track data. This is stored in your browse software. Certain cookies are
required to the operation of website, e.g the cookies used to keep you logged
into your account or keep the contents of your basket stored on the website. If
you wish to switch them off, then use the settings within your browser.
As per General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Curtains2bedding will
take all reasonable steps to keep your data safe and secure. You can contact
our company at sales@curtains2bedding.com if you have
any questions or functions of our website.
THIRD PARTIES
We occasionally share your data with trusted third-parties to help us
fulfil your order and/or improve your user experience. We will never sell your
data to third-parties. Here are some examples of the reasons why we’d share
your data:
Processing payments
To securely process your payment we’re required to use a fully PCI
compliant third-party, who in our case is either Sagepay or PayPal.
Suppliers
In some cases, your order will be fulfilled by one of our suppliers. To
do this we’ll need to share with them your contact details to enable them to
make a delivery.
Email marketing
We use an email marketing platform to enable us to efficiently send out
marketing emails to users that have opted in to our mailing list. The platform
is fully GDPR compliant and any data stored there is secure.
Market research
Very occasionally we’ll ask you to take part in market research surveys.
When we do, we’ll ask you to complete the research through a third-party
website. We only use reputable, GDPR compliant organisations to do this.
Analysis
While you’re browsing our website, we’ll use cookies to track your
behaviour. This helps us to improve our website and ultimately your user
experience. All data that we keep will be anonymised and collated in
applications such as Google Analytics where it will be kept securely. If you’d
prefer us not to track cookies – you can opt out of these in your browser’s
settings, however this will affect critical functions of the website.
Feedback
We are always keen to know what our customers are saying about us, so
we’ve teamed up with Reviews.co.uk to help us gather reviews and feedback on
our products. To do this, we need to share your name, email and order data with
them. All data sent to Reviews.co.uk is done so safely and securely.
Customer service
Some of our on-site widgets are provided by third-parties. If you use
our live chat feature, any data you provide through it will be stored on a
third-party website securely.
Data Storage
Using our hosting company Nexcess.com
YOUR
CONSENT
We will only ever use your data with your consent. By supplying us with
data for the purposes of placing your order, you are giving your implied
consent for us to use this and share it with our third-party suppliers where
it’s necessary.
We will only ever email you for marketing purposes if you have opted in
to our mailing list.
You have the right to be forgotten. If at any time you’d like to know
which data we hold on you, what we do with it, or make a request for us to
delete your data, please get in contact and we’ll assist you with any requests
personally.
CHANGES TO THIS
POLICY
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice.
We’ll notify you by email if there are any significant updates to the way we
handle or process your data.
Privacy Policy
Details
We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise.
Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the
ECS Enterprises Ltd. The use of the Internet pages of the ECS Enterprises Ltd
is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject
wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of
personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is
necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally
obtain consent from the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail
address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the
country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the ECS Enterprises
Ltd. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to
inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal
data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by
means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are
entitled.
As the controller, the ECS Enterprises Ltd has implemented numerous
technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of
personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data
transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may
not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer
personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of the ECS Enterprises Ltd is based on
the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible
and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and
business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the
terminology used.
In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following
terms:
·
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or
identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural 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 to one or more factors specific to the physical,
physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that
natural person.
·
b) Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose
personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
·
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on
personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means,
such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation
or alteration, retrieval, consultation, 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 processing in the future.
·
e) Profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data
consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects
relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects
concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation,
health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or
movements.
·
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner
that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject
without the use of additional information, provided that such additional
information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational
measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified
or identifiable natural person.
·
g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing
Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural
or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, 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 nomination
may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
·
h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or
other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
·
i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or
another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party
or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the
framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law
shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those
public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection
rules according to the purposes of the processing.
·
j) Third party
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or
body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under
the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process
personal data.
·
k) Consent
Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and
unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a
statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the
processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and Address
of the controller
Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European
Union and other provisions related to data protection is:
ECS Enterprises Ltd Trading as Curtains2bedding
11a Meadow Close
Backwell
BS48 3NN Backwell
North Somerset
Phone: 03301118995
Email: sales@curtains2bedding.com
Website: www.curtains2bedding.com
3. Cookies
The Internet pages of the ECS Enterprises Ltd use cookies. Cookies are
text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many Internet sites 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 character string through which Internet pages and servers can be
assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This
allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual
browser of the dats subject from other Internet browsers that contain other
cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the
unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, the ECS Enterprises Ltd 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
optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as previously mentioned, to
recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it
easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies,
e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed,
because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the
user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an
online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed
in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies
through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser
used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore,
already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other
software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the
data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used,
not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
4. Collection of
general data and information
The website of the ECS Enterprises Ltd collects a series of general data
and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website.
This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected
may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used
by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches
our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time
of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address),
(7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other
similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our
information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, the ECS Enterprises Ltd
does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information
is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the
content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term
viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4)
provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal
prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, the ECS Enterprises Ltd analyzes
anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of
increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and 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 all personal
data provided by a data subject.
5. Registration on
our website
The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the
controller with the indication of personal data. Which personal data are
transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used
for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are
collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller, and for
his own purposes. The controller may request transfer to one or more processors
(e.g. a parcel service) that also uses personal data for an internal purpose
which is attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address—assigned
by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject—date, and
time of the registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place
against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our
services, and, if necessary, to make it possible to investigate committed
offenses. Insofar, the storage of this data is necessary to secure the
controller. This data is not passed on to third parties other than to the
extent necessary to run our business, fulfil any contracts, where required by
law or to enforce our legal rights, or if the transfer serves the aim of
criminal prosecution.
The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of
personal data, is intended to enable the controller to offer the data subject
contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due to the
nature of the matter in question. Registered persons are free to change the
personal data specified during the registration at any time, or to have them
completely deleted from the data stock of the controller.
The data controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request
to each data subject as to what personal data are stored about the data
subject. In addition, the data controller shall correct or erase personal data
at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no
statutory storage obligations. The entirety of the controller’s employees are
available to the data subject in this respect as contact persons.
6. Subscription to
our newsletters
On the website of the ECS Enterprises Ltd, users are given the
opportunity to subscribe to our enterprise’s newsletter. The input mask used
for this purpose determines what personal data are transmitted, as well as when
the newsletter is ordered from the controller.
The ECS Enterprises Ltd informs its customers and business partners
regularly by means of a newsletter about enterprise offers. The enterprise’s
newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has
a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter
shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address registered
by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal
reasons, in the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to
prove whether the owner of the e-mail address as the data subject is authorized
to receive the newsletter.
During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address
of the computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used
by the data subject at the time of the registration, as well as the date and
time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to
understand the (possible) misuse of the e-mail address of a data subject at a
later date, and it therefore serves the aim of the legal protection of the
controller.
The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter
will only be used to send our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the
newsletter may be informed by e-mail, as long as this is necessary for the
operation of the newsletter service or a registration in question, as this
could be the case in the event of modifications to the newsletter offer, or in
the event of a change in technical circumstances.
We use a third party provider, Metrilo.com, to deliver our e-newsletter
and gain insights of analytical store data.. We gather statistics around email
opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to
help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see
Metrilos privacy notice: https://www.metrilo.com/privacy-policy
The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the data subject
at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data
subject has given for shipping the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. For
the purpose of revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in each
newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time
directly on the website of the controller, or to communicate this to the
controller in a different way.
7.
Newsletter-Tracking
The newsletter of the ECS Enterprises Ltd contains so-called tracking
pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such e-mails, which
are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows
a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns.
Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the ECS Enterprises Ltd may see if and
when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links in the e-mail were
called up by data subjects.
Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the
newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller in order to optimize the
shipping of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of future
newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. Data subjects are
at any time entitled to revoke the respective separate declaration of consent
issued by means of the double-opt-in procedure. After a revocation, these
personal data will be deleted by the controller. The ECS Enterprises Ltd
automatically regards a withdrawal from the receipt of the newsletter as a
revocation.
8. Contact possibility
via the website
The website of the ECS Enterprises Ltd contains information that enables
a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication
with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail
(e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a
contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are
automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a
data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or
contacting the data subject.
9. Comments function
in the blog on the website
The ECS Enterprises Ltd offers users the possibility to leave individual
comments on individual blog contributions on a blog, which is on the website of
the controller. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through
which one or more people called bloggers or web-bloggers may post articles or
write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. Blogposts may usually be commented
by third parties.
If a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this
website, the comments made by the data subject are also stored and published,
as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user’s
(pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by
the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject is also logged. This
storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, and in case the
data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content
through a given comment. The storage of these personal data is, therefore, in
the own interest of the data controller, so that he can exculpate in the event
of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third
parties, other than to the extent necessary to run our business, fulfil any
contracts, or unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of
the defense of the data controller.
11. Routine erasure
and blocking of personal data
The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the
data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage,
or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in
laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.
If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period
prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires,
the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal
requirements.
12. Rights of the
data subject
·
a) Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not
personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject
wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any
time, contact any employee of the controller.
·
b) Right of access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her
personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore,
the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the
following information:
- the purposes of the
processing;
- the categories of
personal data concerned;
- the recipients or
categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be
disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international
organisations;
- where possible, the
envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not
possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
- the existence of
the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal
data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data
subject, or to object to such processing;
- the existence of
the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
- where the personal
data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to
their source;
- the existence of
automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1)
and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about
the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of
such processing for the data subject.
Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information
as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an
international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have
the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the
transfer.
If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or
she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
·
c) Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification
of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the
purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have
incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a
supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or
she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
·
d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data
concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the
obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the
following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:
- The personal data
are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were
collected or otherwise processed.
- The data subject
withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of
Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where
there is no other legal ground 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 unlawfully processed.
- The personal data
must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State
law to which the controller is subject.
- The personal data
have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services
referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes
to request the erasure of personal data stored by the ECS Enterprises Ltd, he
or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of
ECS Enterprises Ltd shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied
with immediately.
Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged
pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking
account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take
reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers
processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by
such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal
data, as far as processing is not required. An employees of the ECS Enterprises
Ltd will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
·
e) Right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of
the following applies:
- 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 and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and
requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
- The controller no
longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are
required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of
legal claims.
- The data subject
has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the
verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of
the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject
wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by
the ECS Enterprises Ltd, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the
controller. The employee of the ECS Enterprises Ltd will arrange the
restriction of the processing.
·
f) Right to data portability
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was
provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable
format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another
controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data
have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to
point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR,
or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the
processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not
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, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant
to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have
personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where
technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and
freedoms of others.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may
at any time contact any employee of the ECS Enterprises Ltd.
·
g) Right to object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation,
at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based
on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling
based on these provisions.
The ECS Enterprises Ltd shall no longer process the personal data in the
event of the 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 establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If the ECS Enterprises Ltd processes personal data for direct marketing
purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to
processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This
applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If the data subject objects to the ECS Enterprises Ltd to the processing for
direct marketing purposes, the ECS Enterprises Ltd 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 by the ECS Enterprises Ltd for scientific or historical
research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the
GDPR, unless the 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 contact
any employee of the ECS Enterprises Ltd. In addition, the data subject is free
in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding
Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means
using technical specifications.
·
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Each data subject shall have 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, as long as the decision (1)
is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract
between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by
Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also
lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms
and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on 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 a data controller, or (2) it is based
on the data subject’s explicit consent, the ECS Enterprises Ltd shall implement
suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and
legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention 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
individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of
the ECS Enterprises Ltd.
·
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European
legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal
data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the
consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the ECS
Enterprises Ltd.
13. Data protection
for applications and the application procedures
The data controller shall collect and process the personal data of
applicants for the purpose of the processing of the application procedure. The
processing may also be carried out electronically. This is the case, in
particular, if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by
e-mail or by means of a web form on the website to the controller. If the data
controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted
data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship
in compliance with legal requirements. If no employment contract is concluded
with the applicant by the controller, the application documents shall be
automatically erased two months after notification of the refusal decision,
provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to
the erasure. Other legitimate interest in this relation is, e.g. a burden of
proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
14. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of Facebook
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the
enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an
online community, which usually allows users to communicate with each other and
interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the
exchange of opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to
provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social
network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and
network through friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo
Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives outside of the United States
or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square,
Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet
website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook
component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the
information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to
download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through
the Facebook component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins may be
accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During the course
of this technical procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site
of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook
detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the
entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of
our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is
collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective
Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the
Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the “Like” button,
or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this
information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and
stores the personal data.
Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component, information
about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is
logged in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our
website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the
Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is
not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging
off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.
The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available
at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the
collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is
explained there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of
the data subject. In addition, different configuration options are made
available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These
applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a data transmission
to Facebook.
15. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with
anonymization function)
On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google
Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics
service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about
the behaviour of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter
alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called
referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a
sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a
website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet
advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600
Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.
For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the
application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. By means of this application the IP
address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google
and anonymised when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European
Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic
on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, inter alia, to
evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the
activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of
our Internet site for us.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of
the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the
setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which
is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was
integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the
data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics
component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of
commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the
enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP
address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the
origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access
time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits
of our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site, such
personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data
subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These
personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may
pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third
parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies
through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the
web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an
adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics
from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject.
In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any
time via a web browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a
collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to
the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and
the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must
download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through a
JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages
may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser
add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology
system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed,
then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google
Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any
other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence, or is disabled,
it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser
add-ons.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of
Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is
further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
16. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of Google Remarketing
On this website, the controller has integrated Google Remarketing
services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords, which allows an
enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided
on the enterprise’s Internet site. The integration of Google Remarketing
therefore allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows
relevant advertisements to interested Internet users.
The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is the Google
Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.
The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion of interest-relevant
advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network
or on other websites, which are based on individual needs and matched to the
interests of Internet users.
Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of
the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the
setting of the cookie, Google enables a recognition of the visitor of our
website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a member of the
Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which the
service has been integrated by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the data
subject identifies automatically with Google. During the course of this
technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP
address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which Google uses, inter alia,
for the insertion of interest relevant advertising.
The cookie is used to store personal information, e.g. the Internet
pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages,
personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data
subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These
personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may
pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third
parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies
through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the
web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an
adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting
a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition,
cookies already in use by Google may be deleted at any time via a web browser or
other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to the
interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must
call up the link to www.google.de/settings/ads and make the desired settings on
each Internet browser used by the data subject.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google
may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
18. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of Google-AdWords
On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google
AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to
place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network.
Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the
help of which an ad on Google’s search results only then displayed, when the
user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result.
In the Google Advertising Network, the ads are distributed on relevant web
pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined
keywords.
The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre
Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.
The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the
inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the
search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of
third-party advertising on our website.
If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion
cookie is filed on the information technology system of the data subject
through Google. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion
cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the data
subject. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check
whether certain sub-pages, e.g, the shopping cart from an online shop system,
were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google and
the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our
website generated sales, that is, executed or canceled a sale of goods.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion
cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These
visit statistics are used in order to determine the total number of users who
have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of
each AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our
company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google
that could identify the data subject.
The conversion cookie stores personal information, e.g. the Internet
pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages,
personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data
subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These
personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may
pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third
parties.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our
website, as stated above, by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet
browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a setting
of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a
conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In
addition, a cookie set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the
Internet browser or other software programs.
The data subject has a possibility of objecting to the interest based
advertisement of Google. Therefore, the data subject must access from each of
the browsers in use the link www.google.de/settings/ads and set the desired
settings.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of
Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
20. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on
this website. LinkedIn is a web-based social network that enables users with
existing business contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. Over
400 million registered people in more than 200 countries use LinkedIn. Thus,
LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the
most visited websites in the world.
The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin
Court Mountain View, CA 94043, UNITED STATES. For privacy matters outside of
the UNITED STATES LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton
Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site,
which is operated by the controller and on which a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn
plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a
display of the corresponding LinkedIn component of LinkedIn. Further
information about the LinkedIn plug-in may be accessed under
https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. During the course of this technical procedure,
LinkedIn gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited
by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on LinkedIn, LinkedIn
detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire
duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-page of our
Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected
through the LinkedIn component and associated with the respective LinkedIn
account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the LinkedIn
buttons integrated on our website, then LinkedIn assigns this information to
the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores the personal
data.
LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data
subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in at
LinkedIn at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of
whether the person clicks on the LinkedIn button or not. If such a transmission
of information to LinkedIn is not desirable for the data subject, then he or
she may prevent this by logging off from their LinkedIn account before a
call-up to our website is made.
LinkedIn provides under https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls
the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted
ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses
affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen,
Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable privacy policy for
LinkedIn is available under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. The
LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
22. Data protection
provisions about the application and use of SlideShare
On this website, the controller has integrated SlideShare components.
LinkedIn SlideShare as a file hosting service allows you to exchange and
archive presentations and other documents, such as PDF files, videos, and
webinars. The file hosting service allows users to upload media content in all
popular formats, with the documents either publicly-accessible or
private-labeled.
The operating company of SlideShare is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029
Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. For privacy matters
outside of the United States the LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues,
Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
LinkedIn SlideShare provides so-called embedded codes for the media
content (e.g. presentations, PDF files, videos, photos, etc.) stored there.
Embedded codes are program codes that are embedded in the Internet pages to
display external content on their own website. Embedded codes allow content to
be reproduced on its own website without storing it on its own server, possibly
violating the right of reproduction of the respective author of the content. A
further advantage of the use of an embedded code is that the respective
operator of a website does not use its own storage space and the own server is
thereby relieved. An embedded code may be integrated at any point on another
website so that an external content may also be inserted within the own text.
The purpose of using LinkedIn SlideShare is to relieve our server and to avoid
copyright infringements, while at the same time using third-party content.
With each call-up to our Internet site, which is equipped with a
SlideShare component (embedded code), this component prompts the browser that
you are using to download the according embedded data from SlideShare. During
the course of this technical procedure, LinkedIn gains knowledge of which
specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in on SlideShare at the same time,
SlideShare recognizes with each call-up to our website by the data subject and
for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific
sub-page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected by
SlideShare and assigned to the respective SlideShare account of the data
subject through LinkedIn.
LinkedIn obtains information via the SlideShare component that the data
subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in at
SlideShare at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of
whether the person clicks on the embedded media data or not. If such a
transmission of information to SlideShare is not desirable for the data
subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their SlideShare
account before a call-up to our website is made.
LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai,
DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies
may be denied under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The
applicable data protection provisions for LinkedIn is available under
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Data protection
provisions about the application and use of Twitter
On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter.
Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging service on which
users may publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g. short messages, which are
limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available for everyone,
including those who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed
to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter
users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, Twitter allows you to address a
wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street,
Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site,
which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter
button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of
the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further information about the
Twitter buttons is available under
https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. During the course of this
technical procedure, Twitter gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our
website was visited by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the
Twitter component is a retransmission of the contents of this website to allow
our users to introduce this web page to the digital world and increase our
visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Twitter, Twitter
detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and for the
entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific sub-page of
our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is
collected through the Twitter component and associated with the respective
Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the
Twitter buttons integrated on our website, then Twitter assigns this information
to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stores the
personal data.
Twitter receives information via the Twitter component that the data
subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in on
Twitter at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of
whether the person clicks on the Twitter component or not. If such a
transmission of information to Twitter is not desirable for the data subject,
then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Twitter account
before a call-up to our website is made.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter may be accessed
under https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.
Data protection
provisions about the application and use of YouTube
On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube.
YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to set video
clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review
and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so
you can access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos,
trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San
Bruno, CA 94066, UNITED STATES. The YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google
Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site,
which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube
video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of
the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be
obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During the course of this
technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific
sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in on YouTube, YouTube recognizes with
each call-up to a sub-page that contains a YouTube video, which specific
sub-page of our Internet site was visited by the data subject. This information
is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube
account of the data subject.
YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube
component that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject at
the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs
regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a
transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the
data subject, the delivery may be prevented if the data subject logs off from
their own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.
YouTube’s data protection provisions, available at
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the
collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
Payment Method: Data
protection provisions about the use of PayPal as a payment processor
On this website, the controller has integrated components of PayPal.
PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via
so-called PayPal accounts, which represent virtual private or business
accounts. PayPal is also able to process virtual payments through credit cards
when a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an
e-mail address, which is why there are no classic account numbers. PayPal makes
it possible to trigger online payments to third parties or to receive payments.
PayPal also accepts trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l.
& Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
If the data subject chooses “PayPal” as the payment option in
the online shop during the ordering process, we automatically transmit the data
of the data subject to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, the data
subject agrees to the transfer of personal data required for payment
processing.
The personal data transmitted to PayPal is usually first name, last
name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone
number, or other data necessary for payment processing. The processing of the
purchase contract also requires such personal data, which are in connection
with the respective order.
The transmission of the data is aimed at payment processing and fraud
prevention. The controller will transfer personal data to PayPal, in
particular, if a legitimate interest in the transmission is given. The personal
data exchanged between PayPal and the controller for the processing of the data
will be transmitted by PayPal to economic credit agencies. This transmission is
intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.
PayPal will, if necessary, pass on personal data to affiliates and
service providers or subcontractors to the extent that this is necessary to
fulfill contractual obligations or for data to be processed in the order.
The data subject has the possibility to revoke consent for the handling
of personal data at any time from PayPal. A revocation shall not have any
effect on personal data which must be processed, used or transmitted in accordance
with (contractual) payment processing.
The applicable data protection provisions of PayPal may be retrieved
under https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
In order to process your payments for goods and services you order from
us. This is necessary for us to perform a contract we have entered into with
you (or to take steps, at your request, to enter into a contract with you) and
for that third party’s legitimate interest in processing your payment(s) for
goods and services you order from us.
Advertising, Analytical Purposes and Client Management
Providing statistical information to third parties such as Google
Analytics, Google Adwords, Hubspot CRM, Intercom Chat, Reviews.co.uk
Metrilo.com This is necessary for our and third parties’ legitimate interests
of processing personal information for research purposes, including market
research, better understanding our respective customers, and tailoring our
respective products and services to their needs.
Legal basis for the
processing
Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations
for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the
processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to
which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing
operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other
service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies
to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out
pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our
products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which
processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax
obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases,
the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests
of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for
example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health
insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a
doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on
Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article
6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are
not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is
necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company
or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the
interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require
protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly
permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European
legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the
data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
The legitimate
interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f
GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the
well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.
Period for which the
personal data will be stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is
the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the
corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary
for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
Provision of personal
data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter
into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data;
possible consequences of failure to provide such data
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law
(e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g.
information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to
conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which
must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged
to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or
her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the
contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is
provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The
employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal
data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the
contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the
consequences of non-provision of the personal data.