Privacy Policy
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Below you will find information about how we handle your data that is collected through your use of our website. Your data will be processed in accordance with the legal data protection regulations.
Controller within the meaning of data protection law
Georg Duncker GmbH & Co. KG
Alter Wall 20–22 20457 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 40 37 60 04 0
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.georg-duncker.com
Data Protection Officer
Proliance GmbH / www.datenschutzexperte.de
Data Protection Officer
Leopoldstraße 21
80802 Munich
[email protected]
When contacting our Data Protection Officer, please specify the company to which your request relates. Please refrain from enclosing sensitive information such as a copy of an identification document with your request.
Definitions
Our privacy policy should be simple and understandable for everyone. For this reason, our privacy policy generally uses the official terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The official definitions are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.
Access to and storage of information in terminal equipment
By using our website, access to information (e.g. IP address) or storage of information (e.g. cookies) in your terminal equipment may occur. This access or storage may involve further processing of personal data pursuant to the GDPR.
In cases where such access to information or such storage of information is strictly necessary for the technically error-free delivery of our services, this is done on the basis of § 25 para. 1 s. 1, para. 2 no. 2 TTDSG.
In cases where such a process serves other purposes (e.g. the needs-based design of our website), this will only be carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG with your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
For more information on the processing of your personal data and the relevant legal basis in this context, please refer to the following sections on the specific processing activities on our website.
Web Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (Hosting.de). This website is hosted in Germany. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, web page accesses and other data generated by a website.
We collect the listed data to ensure a proper connection to the website and an error-free delivery of our services. The processing of this data is strictly necessary to make the website available to you. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in the correct presentation and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with the provider in accordance with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR, in which we commit him to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
Server-Logfiles
Once you visit our website, it is technically necessary that data is transmitted to our web server via your internet browser. The following data is recorded during an active connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:
- Date and time of the request
- Name of the requested file
- Page from which the file was requested
- Access status
- Web browser used and operating system used
- (Full) IP address of the requesting computer
- Transmitted amount of data
- other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
We collect the listed data to ensure a proper connection to the website and an error-free delivery of our services. The processing of this data is strictly necessary to make the website available to you. The log files are processed for the purpose of evaluating system security and stability as well as for administrative purposes. The log files serve to evaluate system security and stability as well as administrative purposes. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in the protection and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
For reasons of technical security, in particular to prevent attempts to attack our web server, we may temporarily store this data. After 365 days at the latest, the data is made anonymous by shortening the IP address at domain level, so that it is no longer possible to establish a reference to the individual user. This data is not evaluated in anonymous form except for statistical purposes. This data is not combined with data from other data sources.
Cookies
Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are either temporarily stored on your end device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or an automatic solution is provided by your web browser.
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or language settings). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertising.
The processing of data using strictly necessary cookies is based on a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the technically error-free delivery of our services. For details on the processing purposes and legitimate interests, please refer to the following explanations on the specific data processing.
The processing of personal data using other cookies is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. Insofar as such cookies are used for analysis and optimisation purposes, we will inform you separately about this in this privacy policy and obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can set your browser to
- be informed about the setting of cookies,
- only allow cookies in individual cases,
- exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally,
- activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed.
The cookie settings can be managed under the following links for each browser:
You can also manage cookies of many companies and functions used for advertising individually. To do so, use the appropriate user tools, available at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.
Most browsers also offer a so-called “do-not-track function”. When this feature is enabled, the browser tells ad networks, websites, and applications that you do not want to be “tracked” for behavioural advertising and the like.
For information and instructions on how to edit this feature, please refer to the links below, depending on your browser provider:
Additionally, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. “NoScript” allows the execution of JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins only at trusted domains of your choice. Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from the provider of your browser (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ ).
Please note that if you disable cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Consent Management (Borlabs)
In order to be able to manage cookies in a data protection compliant manner, we use the software solution of the company Borlabs- Benjamin A. Bornschein, Georg- Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg, Germany.
When visiting our website, an essential cookie is stored in the user’s browser, in which the granted, consent or revocation of consent is stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs cookie.
With Borlabs, we provide you with a so-called cookie banner, through which you can give us your consent to the use of cookies. The cookie banner informs you about the use of cookies when you first visit our website and asks for your consent to the use of cookies. Until you give your consent, all non-essential cookies that we use on our website are automatically blocked. You have the option to reject unwanted cookies via the cookie banner and still continue to use the website.
In particular, the Borlabs cookie is necessary to comply with the legal requirements of data protection law. We do not use the user data collected by the cookies to create user profiles. The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest in observing the rejection of cookies and/or the revocation of your consent to the use of cookies, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The collected data will be stored until you request us to delete it or delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. Details on the data processing of Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
The privacy policy of Borlabs can be found here: https://borlabs.io/privacy/
Change cookie settings
You can revoke or change your cookie settings at any time. To do so, access the cookie settings again via our integrated fingerprintprint. You can find this at the bottom left of our website.
Contact form and contact by email
If you send us requests via our contact form or email, your details from the contact form or email, including the contact data you have provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and in the event of follow-up questions. You are required to provide an email address, your name as well as your company name (if you are registering in the Insights section the company name would be required as well), the provision of a telephone number is voluntary. Under no circumstances will we pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and, if applicable, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is aimed at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time in the case of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We use the “Gravity Forms” service of Rocketgenius, Inc., 1620 Centerville Turnpike, Suite 102, Virginia Beach VA 23464–6500, United States to integrate our contact form on our website. When you call up our contact form, your IP address is transmitted to the provider of Gravity Forms for the purpose of providing the contact form via Gravity Forms. The information from the contact form is not transmitted to Gravity Forms.
The legal basis for the integration of the contact form via Gravity Forms is your voluntary consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by changing the settings in the Consent Management Tool.
Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the third country to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the third country.
Job Application
If you apply for a job at our company via contact form or by email, we collect personal data. This includes, in particular, your contact details (such as first and last name, telephone number and email address of the user) as well as other data provided by you regarding your background (e.g. CV, qualifications, degrees and work experience) and your person (e.g. cover letter, personal interests). This may also include special categories of personal data (e.g. information on a severe disability).
Your personal data generally is collected directly from you during the application process and is encrypted during electronic transmission. The primary legal basis for this is § 26 para. 1 BDSG. In addition, consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 2 BDSG can be a legal basis. If the processing of your data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Within our company, only those persons and positions (e.g. human resources) have access to your personal data which absolutely need to carry out the application procedure or to fulfil our legal obligations. Your applications will be forwarded to the responsible person for examination. Under no circumstances will your personal data be passed on to third parties without authorisation.
Your data for an application for a specific job advertisement will be stored and processed by us during the ongoing application process. Once the application process has been completed (e.g. in the form of an acceptance or rejection), the application process including all personal data will be deleted from the system no later than six months after the application process has been completed. The data of selected applicants will be stored securely for up to one year, provided that the applicants have given their consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 2 BDSG. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. For this purpose, an informal e‑mail to the contact details of the person responsible listed above is sufficient. If you are accepted, your application documents will be transferred to the personnel file.
Newsletter
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website with regular information about our offers and products, we need your email address as mandatory information. Additional data is provided on a voluntary basis in order to be able to address you personally in the newsletter.
For the dispatch of the newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you our newsletter via email, if you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive newsletters. In the first step, you will receive an email with a link to confirm that you, as the owner of the corresponding email address, wish to receive newsletters in the future. With the confirmation you give us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR that we may use your personal data for the purpose of the desired newsletter dispatch.
When you register for the newsletter, in addition to the email address required for sending the newsletter, we store the IP address by which you registered for the newsletter as well as the date and time of registration and confirmation in order to be able to trace possible misuse at a later point in time. Legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking on the link included in each newsletter or by sending an email to the controller as described above. Once you have cancelled your subscription, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to the continued use of the data collected.
Our email newsletters are sent via a technical service provider to whom we pass on the data you provide when you register for the newsletter. We have concluded a data processing agreement with our e‑mail service provider in which we bind him to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
Wordfence Security
For the security of our website, we use the WordPress security plugin Wordfence Security from the provider Defiant, Inc, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
With Wordfence, we protect our website from hacker attacks and other unauthorized access. For this purpose, the user’s IP address is transmitted to Wordfence. In addition, Wordfence sets necessary cookies that are used exclusively for security checks and are not used for other purposes. Wordfence does not store any other personal data of the user.
We process the data on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to ensure the security of our website and to protect it from hacker attacks.
Since a transfer of the IP address to Defiant, Inc. takes place in the USA, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.
Spam protection via CleanTalk
We use the “CleanTalk” service of the provider CleanTalk, Inc, 711 S Carson street, suite 4, Carson city, NV, 89701, USA on our website. CleanTalk is used to check whether data entry on our website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. This analysis begins as soon as the website visitor has submitted a form on our website. For analysis, CleanTalk matches the visitor’s IP address with IP addresses known to spam.
The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to CleanTalk and stored there for 7 days.
The CleanTalk analyses run entirely in the background. The data processing is based on your voluntary consent in the form according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time. However, please note that the request in the contact form cannot be sent without consent.
The data is generally only stored by CleanTalk on servers within the EU.
Since a transfer of personal data to the USA can nevertheless not be ruled out, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured by this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.
We do not store any personal data from the use of CleanTalk. In general, personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies.
Further information about CleanTalk as well as CleanTalk’s privacy policy can be found under the following links:
https://cleantalk.org/publicoffer#privacy
https://cleantalk.org/publicoffer#cleantalk_gdpr_compliance
Google Fonts
We use “Google Fonts” on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “Google”). Google Fonts enables us to use external fonts. For this purpose, the required Google Fonts are loaded into your browser cache by our web server when you access our website. This is necessary so that your browser can display a visually improved representation of our texts. If your browser does not support this function, a standard font will be used by your computer for display.
The fonts are hosted by us and therefore are not loaded by an external provider. This requires the processing of your IP address.
We use Google Fonts for optimization purposes, in particular to improve the use of our website for you and to make its design more user-friendly. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, an internet analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” and web beacons.
Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website and to create reports on website activity. Google will also use this information to provide the website operator with further services related to the use of the website and the internet. The IP address sent by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the legal basis of your given consent.
We use Google Analytics only with activated IP anonymisation. This means that your IP address will only be further processed by Google in abbreviated form.
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with the service provider in which we oblige him to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
The terms of use of Google Analytics and information on data protection can be accessed via the following links:
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/
https://policies.google.com/privacy
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. User and event-level data associated with cookies, user IDs (e.g., User ID), and advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android Advertising ID, IDFA) will be deleted no later than 14 months after collection.
You can prevent cookies from being saved by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that if you do so you may not be able to use all the functions of this website without restriction. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and analysing your use of the website (including your IP address) and processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
External links to social media
On our website social media (LinkedIn and XING) is solely embedded as a link to the aforesaid service. After clicking on the embedded text/image-link you will be directed to the website of the respective provider. User information will only be transferred after the redirection to the respective provider. Information regarding the use of your personal data through the use of the website can be found in the privacy policies of the visited websites.
Data Transfers and Recipients
Your personal data is not transferred to third parties, unless
- we have explicitly pointed this out in the description of the respective data processing.
- you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
- the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and our legitimate interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
- there is a legal obligation to transfer data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
- required by Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you.
In addition, we use external service providers for the processing of our services, whom we have carefully selected and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Required data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are concluded before the commission. In particular, these contracts concern web hosting services, the dispatch of emails and IT updates and maintenance. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties by our service providers.
Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying probability and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content.
Storage period
The period for which the personal data will be stored is determined by the relevant statutory storage periods (e.g. from commercial law and tax law). The corresponding data is deleted routinely upon expiry of the respective period. If data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or contract initiation, or if we have a legitimate interest in further storage, the data will be deleted if they are no longer required for these purposes or if you make use of your right of withdrawal or objection.
Your rights
In the following, you will find information about your data subject rights, which the current data protection law grants you against the controller concerning the processing of personal data:
The right, pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to obtain information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period for which the data will be stored, the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure or personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or to object such processing, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if these have not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences.
The right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
The right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
The right, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure and we no longer need the data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have filed an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR.
The right, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in in a commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to transmit those data to another controller.
The right to withdraw your given consent pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect in the future at any time.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work.
The right to withdraw your given consent pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your given consent concerning the processing of your personal data with effect for the future at any time. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to object
If your personal data is processed by us based on legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. If the objection is directed against the processing of personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have a general right of objection without the requirement of stating a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal, objection or any of your other rights, simply send an e‑mail to [email protected].
Necessity of providing personal data
The provision of personal data for the decision on the conclusion of a contract, the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures is voluntary. However, we can only make the decision in the context of contractual measures if you provide such personal data that is required for the conclusion of the contract, the fulfilment of the contract or pre-contractual measures.
Automated decision making
Automated decision making or profiling according to Art. 22 GDPR does not take place.
Subject to change
We reserve the right to adapt or update this privacy policy, if necessary, in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. In this way, we can adapt it to the current legal requirements and take account of changes to our services, e.g. the introduction of new services. The most current version applies to your visit.
Status of this privacy policy: 27.06.2023