Data Privacy Statement

  1. An overview of data protection

    General
    According to statutory obligations users of this website must be informed about type and scope, purpose of data collection and use of personal data on this website. The following information gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. With regard to the terms used here we refer to the definitions in article 4 of General Data Protection Regulation GDPR (in Germany DSGVO).

    What is personal data?
    Personal data is any information referring to an identified or identifiable natural person (person concerned), i.e. all information for identifying you personally. If you wish to obtain further detailed information on the topic data protection, please see this privacy policy.

    What is processing of data?
    Processing refers to any procedure, either with or without automatic systems, in particular collecting, storing, using, changing or deleting data.

    What type of data is collected on this website?
    This website collects basic data (e.g. name/address), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone number), usage data (e.g. websites visited, page access times) and communication data (e.g. IP address/ information on hardware).

    Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
    The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found below or in the website’s legal notice.

    How do we collect your data?
    Your data are collected when you for example provide them to us. This could, e.g. be data you send to us via e-mail or data you enter into a contact form.

    Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website e.g. via your computer or your smartphone. These data are primarily technical data such as the internet browser and operating system you are using or when – what day of the week or time of the day - you accessed our website. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

    What do we use your data for?
    A major part of the data is collected to determine how you use our website. This allows us to ensure proper functioning of the website. Other data is required in order to analyze which parts of the website are visited and our visitors’ interests. In case you provide us your personal data, we will use this data in order to contact you and communicate with you.

    What rights do you have regarding your data transferred by you?
    You always have the right to request information about your stored personal data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that these data be corrected, blocked, completely or partially deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address of the responsible operator given below or in the legal notice, if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

    What are analytics and third-party tools?
    When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information and instructions can be found in the following notification.
     
  2. Mandatory information and general information

    1. Data protection
      As operators of this website we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data transmitted by you as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

      Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via e-mail communication) may be subject to security breaches. Unfortunately complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
       
    2. Statutory data protection regulations
      We process your data according to the statutory regulations as defined in article 13 of General Data Protection Regulation GDPR (DSGVO). If no particular legal notice is mentioned in this data protection regulation, the following shall apply:
      According to article 16 par. 1 lit. a) and article 7 of GDPR it is admissible to obtain your approval for data processing. Article 6 par. 1 lit. b) of GDPR forms the legal basis for processing your data in order for us to render services to you and to reply to your requests. The regulation according to art. 6, par. 1 lit. c) of GDPR is the basis for processing data in compliance with the legal regulations, and art. 6 par. 1 lit. f) GDPR allows us to process your data in order to safeguard our legitimate interests.
       
    3. Responsible party
      The following party is responsible for this website for data processing:

      tubus carrier systems GmbH, Virnkamp 24, 48157 Münster, Telefon: +49 - 251 - 143223-0, contact@hebie-group.com

      The responsible party is the above-mentioned legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
       
    4. Modifications or updates of data protection regulations
      We will update our data protection regulations as soon as modifications arise regarding data processed by us. Therefore, we ask you to inform yourself regularly about the contents of this data protection regulations.
       
    5. Right to information
      According to article 15 of GDPR you have the right to request a confirmation from us regarding your personal data processed by us. Further, you have the right to be provided with information about any of your personal data and to be provided with a copy of these data.
       
    6. Right to rectification
      According to article 16 of GDPR you have the right to demand completion and/or
      rectification of your personal data.
       
    7. Right to erasure
      According to the measure of article 17 of GDPR you have the right that your personal data is to be deleted immediately.
       
    8. Right to restriction of processing
      According to article 18 of GDPR you can demand restriction of processing your personal data.
       
    9. Right to data portability
      According to article 20 of GDPR you have the right to have data submitted by you
      transferred to you or a third party in a common and machine-readable format. In case you demand the direct data transfer to another responsible party, it can only be transferred where technically feasible.
       
    10. Right to revocation
      Numerous data processing procedures require an explicit consent by you. A consent given once can be revoked by you anytime according to art. 7 par 3 of GDPR. The revocation can be made formless, e.g. via sending an e-mail to us. Legitimacy of data processing remains largely unaffected by a possible revocation.
       
    11. Right to object
      According to article 21 of GDPR you have the right to object to future processing of your personal data by us. The objection may refer to procession your data with the purpose of direct advertisment..
       
    12. Right of appeal with regulatory authority
      In case you believe that data protection regulations were violated you have the right of appeal with the regulatory authority in charge. The regulatory authority responsible for privacy policy issues is the federal data protection commissioner in the German State of our residence which is the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. A list of all responsible commissioners for data protection and their precise contact data can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
       
    13. SSL/TLS encryption
      This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for protecting the transmission of confidential contents. You will recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line starting with https://, or with a lock icon displayed in your browser’s address bar. If such an encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
       
  3. Deletion of data

    Based on articles 17 and 18 of GDPR the data provided by you and processed by us are deleted or processing is restricted. Except not stated explicitly in this data protection regulation when respective data is deleted, we point out that data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of their processing has been reached and there are no statutory storage obligations for data storage. In the latter case, processing of data is restricted. This applies in particular to data that need to be saved for commercial law or tax-based reasons. According to § 257 par. 1 German Commercial Code (HGB) there is an obligatory storage period of six years for data such as e.g. trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual reports, commercial letters, accounting records etc., and according to § 147 par. 1 German Tax Code (AO) an obligatory storage period of ten years for e.g. account books, records, management reports, accounting records, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.Based on articles 17 and 18 of GDPR the data provided by you and processed by us are deleted or processing is restricted. Except not stated explicitly in this data protection regulation when respective data is deleted, we point out that data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of their processing has been reached and there are no statutory storage obligations for data storage. In the latter case, processing of data is restricted. This applies in particular to data that need to be saved for commercial law or tax-based reasons. According to § 257 par. 1 German Commercial Code (HGB) there is an obligatory storage period of six years for data such as e.g. trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual reports, commercial letters, accounting records etc., and according to § 147 par. 1 German Tax Code (AO) an obligatory storage period of ten years for e.g. account books, records, management reports, accounting records, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.
     
  4. Data collection on our website

    1. Server Log Files
      Our website is saved on servers. The website provider automatically stores information on your visit to our website. These are so-called server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

      - language,
      - browser type and browser version,
      - time of server request
      - IP address,
      - error codes,
      - operating system used,
      - referrer URL.

      These data are in general not combined with data from other sources.
      The legal basis for data collection and processing is article 6, par.1 lit. f) GDPR
      (DSGVO). This statutory basis allows the justified interest for fulfilling a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
       
    2. Cookies
      Some pages of our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies help making our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved for later use.

      Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies” which are saved only for the duration of time of your current visit to our website. They are automatically deleted after terminating your visit to our website.

      In case you do not wish to save cookies on your computer you can deactivate this option in the system settings of your browser. Cookies which have already been saved may be deleted in your system settings. Disabling cookies may however limit the functionality of this website.

      Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use are stored and processed pursuant to art. 6 par. 1, lit. f) of GDPR (DSGVO). We, the website operator, have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors.

      If other cookies, such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
       
    3. Contact form / e-mail
      In case you choose to contact us via our contact form on our website, the information on the contact form including your contact data entered by you into the form will be saved for dealing with your request and for possible further questions. This data will not be passed on without your express consent.

      Data entered by you into our contact form will be processed in line with art. 6 par. 1 lit. a) GDPR (DSGVO). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we received your request may still be legally processed. In case you contact us, e.g. by e-mail, without giving us your express consent, your data will be processed in line with art. 6 par. 1 lit. b) GDPR (DSGVO) regarding processing and handling of contact requests.

      All data provided by you will remain with us unless you request deletion of your data, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for data storage has ceased. The latter is e.g. the case when processing your request has been terminated. The need shall be reviewed every two years. Regarding the legal obligatory storage period, your data shall be deleted after lapse of this period. Imperative legal provisions remain unaffected, in particular legal retention periods (six years for commercial data storage obligation and ten years for tax-relevant data).
       
    4. Applications/ Application procedure
      The controller responsible for processing personal data collects and processes data of applicants with the purpose of handling a specific application procedure. This can also be done by electronic means, e.g. when an applicant transmits application documents to the contact person responsible for the job application by electronic means, e.g. by e-mail or via a web form on our website. In case the application results in an employment contract between the applicant and the responsible data processor, the personal data will be processed and stored according to legal regulations with the purpose to administer the employment. Article 6 par. 2 lit. b) GDPR (DSGVO) forms the legal basis for collecting and processing such data. This legal basis forms the legitimate interest for fulfilling a contract or pre-contractual measures. In case an employment contract is not concluded

      with the applicant, the application documents will be deleted automatically two months after informing the applicant about cancelling, except deletion of data is opposed by other justified interest for processing by the responsible party. Such justified interest might be e.g. the obligation of evidence in proceedings of General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
       
  5. Plug-ins And Tools

    1. Google Analytics
      This website uses the functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. The data generated in this way about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

      The storage and processing of the data generated by Google Analytics is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analysing your user behaviour in order to optimise both our advertising offer and our services.

      Google is certified under the so-called Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee that European data protection law is complied with (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active). We use Google Analytics only with active IP anonymisation. IP anonymisation means that the IP address of the respective user is reduced by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there.

      As part of our assignment, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile the activities within our online offer and to provide us as website operator with further services associated with the use of the online offer. The IP address transmitted by your browser is not merged with other Google data.

      You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate option in your browser's system settings. However, you are advised that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website. Furthermore, it is possible for you to you prevent the data generated by the cookie and related to the use of our website including your IP address and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

      You can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the link Deactivate Google Analytics. This prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website because an opt-out cookie is set.

      Further information on data use by Google, options for settings and for objection can be found on Google’s websites: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners nd Google’s data privacy statement: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

      Finally, we would like to point out that we have concluded a contract with Google for order processing and thus fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection guidelines for the use of Google Analytics.

      Our website uses the “Demographic Features” function offered by Google Analytics. With this function you can create reports that contain information about the age, gender and interests of the website visitors. This data is transmitted from interest-related advertising by Google and from visitor data of third-party providers. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time in the settings in your Google account.
       
    2. Google ReCaptcha

      Our website uses ReCaptcha services by third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphietheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The ReCaptcha services allow us examining whether data is entered onto our website by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose the service ReCaptcha analyzes the user behavior regarding various features. This analysis is started automatically as soon as a user accesses our website.

      Various information e.g. the IP address, the duration of time of your website visit and moves on the website are analyzed, and this data is forwarded to third-party provider Google. All analysis or this service run in the background. There is no hint that such an analysis is taken place. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting our offers from abusive and automated spying and undesired spam messages. Therefore, the use of services ReCaptcha is based on art. 6 par. 1 lit. f) GDPR (DSGVO).
      You will find more information on ReCaptcha services at:
      https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html
      More information on Google’s privacy policy at:
      https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy

       

Muenster, May 2018