Data Protection

1. Name and contact details of the controller for processing and operational data protection officer

This data protection information shall apply to processing activities by:

Controller: Matthias Klessing (hereafter: E&S), Eckel & Sohn Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG Wormser Str. 104 in 55239 Gau-Odernheim, Germany, Email: m.klessing@eckel-sohn.de Telephone: +49 (0)6733 – 9230 46

The operational data protection officer of E&S, Mr Ditze-Stephan, is available at datenschutzbeauftragter@eckel-sohn.de.

2. Collection and recording of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use

a) When visiting the website

When calling up our website http://www.eckel-sohn.de, the browser used on your end device will automatically send information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your end and stored until automatic erasure:

  • Internet protocol address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of the access,
  • Name and URL of the called file,
  • Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL),
  • Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

The personal data named are processed by us for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring smooth establishment of the website's connection,
  • Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability, as well as
  • other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for processing activities shall be point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR. Our legitimate interests follow from the purposes listed for data collection above. In no case shall we use any collected personal data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Furthermore, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. More detailed explanations on this can be found in items 4 and 5 of this data protection statement.

b) When using our contact form

If there are any questions, we offer the option of contacting us using a form provided on the website. A valid email address must be indicated there, so that we will know who the query comes from and how it can be answered. Further information can be provided freely.

Processing activities for the purpose of contacting us shall take place according to point (a) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR based on your freely given consent.

The personal data collected by us for use of the contact form shall be deleted automatically after completion of the request transmitted by you.

3. Passing on of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to any third parties for any other than the purposes referred to below.

We shall only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • You have explicitly consented to this pursuant to point (a) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR,
  • forwarding is necessary under point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR for establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding protection-worthy interest in your data not being passed on,
  • forwarding is required due to statutory obligations pursuant to point (c) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR, and
  • this is legitimate by law and necessary according to point (b) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR for processing contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser will create automatically and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, Smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, contain no viruses, Trojans or other harmful software.

The cookie is used to store information that results from the respective context of the specifically used end device. However, this shall not mean that we immediately obtain any knowledge of your identity this way.

Use of cookies serves to make use of our offer more pleasant for you. We use session cookies in order to recognise that you have visited particular pages of our website before. They will be deleted automatically after you leave our site.

Furthermore, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a certain specified period. When you visit our site again in order to use our services, it will be automatically recognised that you have visited us before and which input and settings you have made so that you will not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies in order to statistically record use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer to you (see item 5). These cookies enable us to recognise that you have visited us before if you visit our site again. These cookies will be deleted automatically after a respective defined time.

The personal data processed by cookies are necessary for the purpose of maintaining our legitimate interests and those of third parties according to point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You may, however, configure your browser so that no cookies will be stored on your computer or that you will always be informed before a new cookie is set up. Complete deactivation of cookies may, however, render you unable to use all functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools

a) Tracking-Tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are performed based on point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures in order to statistically record use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer to you. These interests are to be viewed as legitimate within the context of the above rule.

The respective purposes of the processing activities and categories of data can be taken from the corresponding tracking tool.

i) Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter: "Google"), for the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our website. In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are compiled and cookies are used (see item 4). The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website, such as

  • browser type/version,
  • operating system used,
  • referrer URL (the website visited before),
  • host name of the accessing computer (internet protocol address),
  • time of the server query,

will usually be transferred to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. The information is used in order to evaluate use of the website in order to compile reports on the website activities and in order to provide further services connected to use of the website and use of the internet for the purpose of market research and demand-oriented design of these internet websites. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or as far as third parties process these personal data based on a contract. In no case will your internet protocol address be combined with any other personal data of Google. The internet protocol addresses are rendered anonymous so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking).

You may prevent installation of the cookies by making the corresponding settings in your browser software; however, note that you may be unable to fully use all functions of the website in such a case.

You may furthermore prevent recording of the data generated by the cookie and referring to your use of the website (incl. your internet protocol address) and processing of these personal data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on.

As an alternative to the browser add-on, in particular for browsers on mobile end devices, you can prevent recording by Google Analytics by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie is set that will prevent the future recording of your personal data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie will only be valid for this browser and only for our website; it is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you need to set the opt-out cookie again.

For more information on data protection related to Google Analytics, see the Google Analytics help.

ii) Google AdWords Conversion-Tracking

In order to statistically record use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimisation of our website for you, we may use Google Conversion Tracking. In the scope of this, Google Adwords places a cookie (see item 4) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google ad.

These cookies will be rendered invalid after 30 days and are not used to identify you in person. If the user visits specific pages of the website of the Adwords client and the cookie has not expired yet, Google and the client will be able to tell that the user has clicked the display and was forwarded to this site.

Every Adwords client will receive a different cookie. Cookies cannot thus be tracked via the websites of Adwords clients. The information collected by the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for Adwords clients who have decided to use conversion tracking. The AdWords clients learn the total number of users who have clicked their ad and have been forwarded to a site supplied with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive any information with which the users can be identified in person.

If you do not want to participate in the tracking procedure, you may also refuse the setting of a cookie that is required for this – for example by making the settings in your browser that generally deactivate automatic setting of cookies. You may also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com". Google's data protection information on conversion tracking can be found here.

iii) Server protocols

When calling up our website, the browser used on your end device will automatically send information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your end and stored until automatic erasure:

  • Internet protocol address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of the access,
  • the website from which the access takes place,
  • name and URL of the called page,
  • web browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the DNA name of your internet provider.

 

The data named are processed as follows:

  • Evaluation of system security and stability in case of error, as well as
  • for administrative purposes, e.g.: in case of attacks to block attacker internet protocol addresses.

The legal basis for processing activities shall be Article 6(1) GDPR. Our legitimate interests follow from the purposes listed for data collection above.

In no case shall we use any recorded personal data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

6. Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to demand information in accordance with Article 15 GDPR regarding processing of your personal data by us. In particular, you may request information on the purposes of the processing, category of personal data, categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, existence of a right to lodge a complaint, origin of your data if they were not collected at our site, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and any meaningful information on its details;
  • in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, demand rectification of any inaccurate personal data stored by us or completion of these without undue delay;
  • in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, demand erasure of your personal data stored by us as far as processing is not required in order to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, demand restriction of processing of your personal data as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, processing is not legitimate, but you decline erasure and we no longer require the personal data, but you still require them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR;
  • to demand to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to demand transfer to another controller in accordance with Article 20 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Article 7(3) GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us towards us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the processing activities that were based on this consent in future and
  • in accordance with Article 77 GDPR, file a complaint with a supervisory authority. Usually, you may contact the supervisory authority at your common place of residence or work place or our registered office for this.

7. Right to object

If your personal data are processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with point (f) of sentence 1 Article 6(1) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 21 GDPR as far as there are grounds for this that result from your particular situation or the objection is targeted against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object that will be implemented by us without any indication of a particular situation.

If you want to exercise your revocation right or right to object, simply send an email to info@eckel-sohn.de

8. Data security

Within the website visit, we use the common SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in conjunction with the respective highest encryption level your browser supports. This usually is 256 bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will use 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether a particular page of our website is transmitted encrypted or not is evident by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

Apart from this, we use appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your personal data from accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures will be improved continually according to the technological developments.

9. Topicality and amendments of this data protection statement

This data protection statement is currently valid as of May 2018. Further development of our website and offers through it or changed statutory or authority specifications may require changes to this data protection statement. You may call up and print the respective current data protection statement at any time on the website at http://www.eckel-sohn.de/en/legal-matters/data-protection