Privacy & Cookies Policy

Last updated: September 10, 2022

Please note that this is a translation of the actual and valid German version of the privacy policy. Only the German version is legally binding. This English translation is provided for the convenience of understanding the German version, which can be found here.

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For more detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact information in the “Notice on the Responsible Entity” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This can happen, for example, when you enter data into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected or collected with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is automatically collected as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided error-free. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to request information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. In addition, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Finally, you have the right to file a complaint with the responsible regulatory authority. For this as well as for further questions on the topic of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analytics and third-party tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

We host the content of our website with the following provider:
IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter “IONOS”). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing will only be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Contract processing

We have concluded a contract for contract processing (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned
service. This is a legally required contract that ensures that this only processes the personal data of
our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various personal data will be collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and why we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible party

The party responsible for the processing of data on this website is:

KaiserFranz-Engineering UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Henricistraße 44
52072 Aachen

Phone: [Phone number of the responsible party]
Email: info@kaiserfranz-engineering.com

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Duration of storage

If no specific storage period is specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will be stored with us until the purpose for the data processing is no longer applicable. If you assert a legitimate deletion request or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have any other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after the expiration of these reasons.

General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, we will process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 DSGVO are processed. In the case of an express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you have given your consent to the storage of cookies or to the access to information on your terminal device (e.g., computer, smartphone, etc.), the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
DSGVO. If processing is necessary to fulfil a contract to which you are a party, or to carry out precontractual measures at your request, the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. If the data processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject, the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. If the data processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of us or a third party and if there are no reasons to assume that you have an
overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data, the data processing is based on Art.
6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Note on the transmission of data to the USA and other third countries

We use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not data protection compliant. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that the level of data protection in these countries is not comparable to that in the EU. For example, US companies are required to disclose personal data to security authorities without you being able to take legal action against this as the affected party. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., secret services) will process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing activities are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already granted consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGHS YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ENFORCE, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED TO CONDUCT DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING AT ANY TIME; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS CONNECTED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, the data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right to complain shall not affect any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction

You have the right, under the applicable legal provisions, to request information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us for this purpose and for further questions on the subject of personal data at any time.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us for this purpose at any time. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of your data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of its deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and our interests. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed – with the exception of storage – with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of a significant public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS encryption

This page uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising e-mails

The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising
information, such as spam e-mails.

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages that do not damage your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies are stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third parties (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third parties within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

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 the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the conduct of the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain requested functions (e.g., for the shopping basket function) or for the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, the processing is solely based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TMG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
For information on which cookies and services are used on this website, please refer to this privacy policy.

Contact form

If you send us requests via the contact form, your details from the request form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the
revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by email, phone, or fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your request including any personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your matter. We will not disclose this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your matter has been completed). Legal requirements, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

On this website, features of the Instagram service are included. These features are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram receives information about your visit to this website in this way.

If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign the visit to this website to your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of the pages, do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

If consent has been obtained, the use of the aforementioned service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in the most comprehensive visibility in social
media.

If personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland and we are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after the transmission is not part of the joint
responsibility.

The obligations that we have jointly been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. You can find the wording of the agreement at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook or Instagram products. You can assert your rights as a data subject (e.g., request for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram
directly with Facebook. If you assert your rights as a data subject with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find the details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

You can find more information about this in the Instagram privacy policy:
https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

IONOS Web Analytics

This website uses the analysis services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereinafter referred to as “IONOS”). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D-56410 Montabaur. As part of the analyses with IONOS, visitor numbers and behaviour (e.g. number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., from which page the visitor comes), visitor locations, and technical data (browser and operating system versions) can be analysed. For this purpose, IONOS stores the following data in particular:

• Referrer (previously visited website)
• requested website or file
• browser type and browser version
• used operating system
• type of device used
• time of access
• IP address in anonymized form (used only to determine the location of access)

IONOS states that data collection is fully anonymized, so it cannot be traced back to individual persons. IONOS WebAnalytics does not store cookies.
The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both its web offerings and its advertising. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the
meaning of TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy at the following link: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/

Outsourcing

We have entered into a contract for outsourcing (AVV) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a legally required contract that ensures that this service processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the DSGVO.

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. This data is used exclusively for the purpose of sending the requested information and is not passed on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke the consent you have given to store the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have provided to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies, and will then be deleted from the newsletter distribution list. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list on our own discretion, based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Data that has been stored for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if this is necessary to prevent future mailings.
The data from the blacklist is only used for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is being made by a person or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, duration of the website visitor’s stay on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses are carried out completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

The data is stored and analysed based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated scraping and from SPAM. If consent has been requested, the processing will only be carried out based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 11/13 TTDSG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.
The consent can be revoked at any time. For more information on Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google privacy policy and the Google terms of use at the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

Wordfence

We have integrated Wordfence on this website. The provider is Defiant Inc., Defiant, Inc., 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA (hereinafter “Wordfence”).
Wordfence is used to protect our website from unwanted access or malicious cyber-attacks. To do this, our website establishes a permanent connection to the Wordfence servers so that Wordfence can compare its databases with the accesses made on our website and possibly block them. The use of Wordfence is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from cyber-attacks as effectively as possible. If consent has been requested, the processing will only be carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked
at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contract clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/.

Contract processing

We have concluded a contract for contract processing (AVV) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a data protection law-mandated contract that ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
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