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Privacy policy

General

  1. Your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 DSGVO (e.g. IP address, name, e-mail address) will only be processed by us in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law and taking into account the European General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). The following regulations inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data.
  2. The processing within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 2 DSGVO of personal data is lawful pursuant to Art. 6 DSGVO if one of the following conditions is met:
    1. The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him/her for one or more specific purposes;
    2. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request;
    3. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
    4. the processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person;
    5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
    6. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the controller or of 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, in particular where the data subject is a child.
  3. The processing of special personal data (e.g. health data) within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR is in particular pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 GDPR lawful if one of the following conditions is met:
    • there is an explicit consent of the person;
    • processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or in case of actions of the courts in the course of their judicial activities.
  4. Automatic decision-making or profiling with regard to personal data within the meaning of Art. 22 DSGVO does not take place.
  5. The Operator shall ensure the security of the data in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO, taking into account the principle of proportionality, by means of appropriate technical measures.
  6. If, contrary to expectations, a data protection breach occurs, the competent supervisory authority will be notified in accordance with Art. 33 GDPR, as well as the data subject in accordance with Art. 34 GDPR.

Scope

This privacy policy only applies to our websites. If you are redirected to other sites via links on our pages, please inform yourself there about the respective handling of your data:

 

Duration of data storage
The duration of the storage of the data transferred by them is based on the legal storage obligations. According to the commercial and tax laws, invoices must be kept for a period of 10 years.

 

Disclosure of data to third parties

A transfer of data transmitted within the framework of the contractual relationship to third parties (Art. 4 No. 10 DSGVO), takes place only if you have expressly declared your consent (Art. 4 No. 11 DSGVO) or the transfer is necessary for the performance of the contract. The consent can be revoked informally at any time. Data collected through the visit of the website is only collected by third parties that are explicitly mentioned below.

 

Person responsible in the sense of the DSGVO

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as other data protection laws applicable in the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

 

Elco Industry Automation Ltd.
Benzstraße 7
71720 Oberstenfeld
Germany

Phone: + 49 (0) 7062 6599-260
Fax: +49 (0) 7062 6599-261
E-mail: info@elco-automation.de

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:

Elco Industry Automation Ltd.
Benzstraße 7
71720 Oberstenfeld

Phone: + 49 7062 6599-260
E-mail: datenschutz@elco-automation.de

Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used. This does not mean, however, that we thereby obtain direct knowledge of your identity.
The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies are necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO required. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no
Cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

Storage of access data in log files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type/ browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.
The purpose of the processing results from our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
An order processing contract has been concluded with our hoster.

YouTube

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is embedded, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your terminal device. These cookies allow YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this 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 behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to 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. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place.

Google Maps (with consent)

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.
To ensure privacy on this website, Google Maps is disabled when you first enter this website. A direct connection to Google’s servers is only established when you independently activate Google Maps (consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). This prevents your data from being transferred to Google when you first enter the page.
After activation, Google Maps will store your IP address. This is then usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission after the activation of Google Maps.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Google reCAPTCHA

We use „Google reCAPTCHA“ (hereinafter „reCAPTCHA“) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether the data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not made aware that an analysis is taking place.
The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please see the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Service at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

Contact form

When using the contact form offered on these pages, the information you enter is transmitted and stored for the purpose of responding to your request. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The lawfulness of the use of the form results from Art. 6 para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Chat

When using the chat offered on these pages, the information you enter is transmitted and stored for the purpose of responding to your request. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The legality of the use of the chat results from your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the „unsubscribe“ link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected by this.
After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Shipping by Sendinblue

This website uses Sendinblue for sending newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Sendinblue is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored on Sendinblue’s servers in Germany.
If you do not want Sendinblue to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message.
With the help of Sendinblue, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links have been clicked on particularly often.
Sendinblue also allows us to divide („cluster“) newsletter recipients based on different categories. The newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to the selection of the desired newsletters. In this way, newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.
After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Section 6 (1) lit. g KDG). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
We have entered into a contract with Sendinblue in which we obligate Sendinblue to protect our customers‘ data and not to disclose it to third parties.
For more details, please refer to Sendinblue’s privacy policy at: https://de.sendinblue.com/datenschutz-uebersicht/?rtype=n2go

PitchView Collect

We use PitchView Collect software to record our customer contacts. In this course we collect the customer data from handed over business cards. You must consent by signature on a tablet on site for us to process your data and for you to receive information from us via mail, email, etc. You need to set a check mark for this.
The data will be passed on to the following company:
achelos GmbH, Vattmannstraße 1, 33100 Paderborn, Germany
The processing of the data is justified on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR.

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 inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure that the collection, processing and use of your data will be in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.
If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-neu under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application.
If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be processed on the basis of § 26 BDSG-neu and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship is stored in our data processing systems.
If we are unable to make you a job offer, if you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have provided on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Subsequently, the data is deleted and the physical application documents are destroyed. The storage serves in particular evidence purposes in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will not be deleted until the purpose for continued storage no longer applies.
A longer storage can also take place if you have given a corresponding consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) or if legal storage obligations oppose the deletion.

Request by e-mail, phone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, fax or telephone, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) and / or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Social media links

We have our own social media pages with the third-party providers that can be reached via links from this website. By using the links, you can access the respective websites of the third-party providers and also share our content. No data transfer takes place when you visit our website. As soon as you have accessed the page of the third-party provider, you are in the area of responsibility of the respective third-party provider, so that their privacy policy or their statements on the use of data also apply. We have no influence on this, but we recommend logging out of the respective third-party provider before using a corresponding link in order to avoid unnecessary data transfer, so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider simply by using the link.

Security of your data / SSL encryption

In accordance with the law, this site uses SSL encryption, recognizable by a lock icon in the address bar of your browser. Transmitted data cannot be read by third parties if SSL encryption is activated.
As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures (TOM) to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Rights of the user

You can request information about the personal data stored about you at any time and free of charge. Your rights also include confirmation, rectification, restriction, blocking and deletion of such data and the provision of a copy of the data, in a form suitable for transmission, as well as the revocation of consent given and the objection. Legal storage obligations remain unaffected by this.
Your rights arise in particular from the following standards of the GDPR:

  • Article 7 par. 3 – Right to revoke consent under data protection law
  • Article 12 – Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject
  • Article 13 – Information obligation when personal data are collected from the data subject
  • Article 14 – Information obligation when the personal data have not been collected from the data subject
  • Article 15 – Right of access of the data subject, right to confirmation and provision of a copy of the personal data
  • Article 16 – Right of rectification
  • Article 17 – Right to erasure („right to be forgotten“)
  • Article 18 – Right to restrict processing
  • Article 19 – Notification obligation in connection with the rectification or erasure of personal data or the restriction of processing
  • Article 20 – Right to data portability
  • Article 21 – Right of objection
  • Article 22 – Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling
  • Article 77 – Right to complain to a supervisory authority

To exercise your rights (with the exception of Art. 77 DSGVO), please contact the office mentioned under the item „Responsible person in the sense of the DSGVO“ (e.g. by e-mail).

Competent supervisory authority:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg
Lautenschlagerstrasse 20
70173 Stuttgart

Phone: 0711/615541-0
Fax: 0711/615541-15
E-mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
Homepage: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/