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1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following information will provide you with an overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term „personal data“ refers to all data that can be used for personal identification.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the „controller“)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is to be found below.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of you sharing your data with us. This may, for instance be information you share with us through the website or via email.

Our systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access this website.

What are the purposes?

A portion of the information is generated to guarantee that you can access the website without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have when it comes to your personal data?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purposes of your personal data which we archive at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your personal information are deleted. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address below if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the supervising agency in charge.

Moreover, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

2. Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include – but are not limited to – IP address, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract information, contact information, names, website access, and other data generated through this website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data.

Execution of a contract data processing agreement

In order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection regulations, we have a written contract with our host.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations (DSGVO) and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e. through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party

The data processing controller on this website is:

HB Hunte Engineering GmbH

CEOs: Frerk Brand, Wolfgang Franzelius
Werftweg 15
26135 Oldenburg

Telefon: +49 441 / 92 01 01
E-Mail: contact@hb-hunte.de

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Designation of a data protection officer as mandated by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Thorsten Brendel
ViCoTec IT-Sicherheit & Datenschutz GmbH & Co. KG
August-Wilhelm-Kühnholz-Str. 5
26135 Oldenburg

E-Mail: datenschutz@vicotec.de

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing transactions are subject to your express consent. You can also revoke your consent at any time. All you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).

Right to complain to the supervisory agency

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile/place of business, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand handing over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfill a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from „http://“ to „https://“ and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit cannot be read by a third party.

Information about or deletion of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to demand information about your saved personal data at any time. This includes their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data deleted. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address above.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided above. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data saved by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand restriction of processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in by matter of demanding the deletion of this data.
  • If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.
  • If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, the data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

4. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

In some instances, our website and its pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make our website more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are deposited on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies“. They are automatically deleted after you leave our website. Other cookies will remain archived on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can adjust the settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time cookies are stored and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and saves information in so-called server log files which your browser automatically transmits. This is:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server inquiry
  • IP address

This data cannot be assigned to specific people and is not merged with other data sources.

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

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content organization or change of the legal relationship (data inventory). These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process and use personal data concerning the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that it is necessary for users to use our services.

5. Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the website analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called cookies. These are text files that are saved on your computer and allow analysis of how you have used the website. The information about your use of this website generated by the cookie is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there.

You can prevent the saving of cookies by setting your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website. You can also prevent the recording of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the link below. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: deactivate Google Analytics

You will find more information about how Google Analytics deals with user data in Google’s data protection declaration: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

6. Google Maps

Google APIs are used in connection with Google Maps. These are application programming interfaces (API = Application Programming Interfaces) developed by Google that enable communication with Google services and their integration with other services. Examples include search, Gmail, translate, or Google Maps. Third-party apps can use these Google APIs to leverage or extend the functionality of existing services.

7. Google Static

Gstatic (Google Static)

This site uses the Google Static service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Gstatic.com is a domain of Google for the delivery of static content (images, CSS, JavaScript). The purpose is to improve network speed for users and reduce bandwidth usage to make browsing more efficient. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent has been requested, 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.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

8. Google Web Fonts

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

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This enables Google to know that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. a consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

For more information on Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

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