Privacy Policy
General
Thank you for visiting our website and finding out all about the Heitkamp & Thumann Group (H&T) and the products and services we provide. H&T attaches the utmost importance to the protection of your privacy as a user of our website and strictly adheres to the data protection regulations in the collection, processing, and use of any personal data. This applies in particular to the processing of your personal data.
Name and contact details of the responsible person
Felix Petermann
Heitkamp & Thumann Group
Königsallee 4
40204 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 211 7954443
Email: info@ht-group.com
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER:
Oliver Baldner
Tel: +49 5251 6889480
Fax: +49 5251 6889484
Email: info@bits.gmbh
Purposes for which the personal data are processed and the legal basis of the processing
Purposes for which the personal data are processed and the legal basis of the processing
Purposes of the processing
Legal basis
Contact of visitors of this website with the officer via our online contact form.
Article 6 par. 1 lit. b DS-GMO (required for the fulfillment of pre-contractual measures)
Upload and transfer files via the contact form.
Article 6 par. 1 lit. b DS-GMO (required for the fulfillment of pre-contractual measures)
Provided that the application documents will be sent:
§ 26 para 1 BDSG (establishment of employment relationship)
Login to the download portal
Consent to contact by H&T Recharge:
Article 6 par. 1 lit. a DS GMOs (Consent)
Credentials:
Article 6 par. 1 lit. b DS-GMO (performance of a contract)
Performing evaluations of the usage behavior with Google Analytics.
§ 15 subsection 3 TMG
Processing of technical information in order to provide the service and optimize the display of information obtained from the visitors on the respective device of the visitor of the website.
§ 15 para 1 TMG
Control of Web pages and needs-based design of processes during the use through the use of cookies
§ 15 subsection 3
Categories of personal data being processed
When using our website, the following data is processed for organizational and technical reasons:
- IP addresses of the visitors
- Name of the pages visited
- Date and time of access
- Name of the browser used
- Name of the operating system
- Name of the search engine or the external link
- Name of the downloaded files
If you provide us with data via our online forms, the personal data provided by you will be processed to fulfill the respective purpose.
Unless you have objected to the tracking by Google Analytics and the use of cookies, we process the user-related use of our website. These include:
- called pages
- bounce rate
- Length of stay on the respective page
We are not aware of the identity of the users and we do not take any action to obtain such information elsewhere. We evaluate these technical data anonymously and for statistical purposes only, in order to be able to continuously optimize our website and to make the Internet offers even more attractive. This anonymous data is stored separately from personal information stored on secured systems. Your personal data and your privacy are protected at all times.
Recipient of your personal data
A transfer of your personal data to third parties solely on the basis of your consent granted or on the basis of a statutory permit. Transfers of your personal data to state institutions and authorities entitled to receive information only take place within the framework of the relevant laws or insofar as we are obliged to do so by a court decision. Our employees are required to observe secrecy and to comply with the provisions of data protection laws. For technical implementation of the provided services, we have commissioned companies that process your personal data on our behalf.
Parker Design– Website Host
Google Ireland Ltd– Google Analytics
Use of cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files sent from our web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Thereby no personal data are stored, but only an individual pseudonym. This information is used for. For example, to recognize you while navigating our pages and to make navigation easier for you.
You can set your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent to you. Alternatively, you can also view these web pages without cookies. You can preset this in your browser. Please note that then some functions of the website may be partially or completely no longer available.
Traffic Analytics Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization is active on this website. Your IP address will be truncated and saved without the last octet. Although we know from which network a request came, but not from which computer. Your IP address will generally be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en .
Links to other websites
Our websites contain links to other websites. We have no control over their operators adhering to the privacy policy.
Your safety
We protect your data through technical and organizational measures against unauthorized access, loss, manipulation or destruction. Our security measures are constantly updated in line with technological developments. All communications between your device and our servers are encrypted. This applies to the download of documents or information that we offer you on our website, as well as information that you provide us via the contact form or the application form.
Duration of storage
The personal data you have provided to us will be automatically deleted, provided that the purpose of the processing has been eliminated. Specifically, the following retention periods apply:
Category of stored data
Delete Period
Technical data and protocols to ensure the operation of the website
6 months
Web tracking data
Website visitors IP addresses is automatically anonymised, therefore no processing of any personal data is stored in the course of web tracking data analysis
Content sent to us via our contact us forms
Information sent via our contact us forms are stored for as long as necessary for the enquiry to be concluded. Once the enquiry is concluded all information is deleted. Any enquiries that are not concluded will be deleted after six months. You have the right to request your personal data to be deleted at any time.
Credentials of the download portal
All personal data is deleted after 7 days.
Your rights
You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you at any time. In addition, you may have the right to correct incorrect data, the right to erase your personal data, the right to restrict the processing of your personal data, and the right to data portability under Articles 16 to 20 DS-BER.
Right to revoke the consent
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation applies with immediate effect for the future. The legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected by the revocation.
Right of appeal
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection regulations, you have the right to complain to a regulatory authority.
Provision of your personal data
Personal information is information about your identity. This includes, for example, information such as name, address, telephone number or even the e-mail address. Using this website does not require that you disclose personal information. However, in certain cases, we may need your name and address, as well as other information, so that we can provide the services you require.
This applies, for example, to the use of our contact form, the sending of information, the answering of individual questions or the use of our online application form. Where necessary, we will inform you accordingly. In addition, we only store and process data that you voluntarily or automatically provide. If you make use of consulting services, generally only such data is collected as is needed to provide the services. As far as we ask you for more information, it is voluntary information. The personal data you provide will only be processed for the purposes stated and explained below.
Questions, suggestions, complaints
If you have any further questions about the Privacy Policy and the processing of your personal information, you can contact our Privacy Officer directly using the contact details provided above.