Data privacy statement

We are pleased to see you visiting our website. Data privacy is of high relevance for the Management of Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH. The use of the website of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH is fundamentally possible without providing any personal data. If a data subject wishes to use our company’s special services via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, for example, the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out following the General Data Protection Regulation and under the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH. Through this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed about their rights utilizing this data protection declaration.

The Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH as data controller has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.

Definitions

Personal Data

Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person is considered to be identifiable if, directly or indirectly, in particular through assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics, the expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.

Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

Processing

Processing is any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the help of automated processes in connection with personal data such as the collection, collection, organization, organization, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or another form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data to restrict their future processing.

Profiling

Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in the fact that this personal data is used to evaluate certain personal aspects that relate to a natural person, in particular to aspects related to work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences or analyse and predict the preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or change of location of this natural person.

Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Person responsible or responsible for processing

The person responsible or responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of this processing are specified by European Union law or the law of the Member States, the person responsible or the specific criteria for naming them can be provided according to European Union law or the law of the Member States.

Processors

The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible.

Recipient

The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, authorities that may receive personal data as part of a specific investigation mandate under European Union law or the law of the Member States are not considered recipients.

Third-Party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the person responsible or responsible for processing, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.

Consent

Consent is any expression of will voluntarily given by the data subject for the specific case, in an informed manner and unequivocally in the form of a declaration or other clear confirmatory act, with which the data subject indicates that the consent to the processing of the personal data of the data subject.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING

Responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions with data protection character is:

Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH
Margit Claussen
Sebastianusstraße 38
52146 Würselen
Germany

Phone: +49 2405 289 8873
E-Mail: datenschutz@zahlenundstruktur.de
Website: www.zahlenundstruktur.de

COOKIES

The website of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

A cookie can be used to optimize the information and offers on our website in the interests of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. The user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter his access data every time he visits the website, because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system.

The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time using an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the person concerned deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, under certain circumstances, not all functions of our website can be used to their full extent.

COLLECTION OF GENERAL DATA AND INFORMATION

The website of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time a data subject or an automated system calls up the website. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following can be recorded: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites that use an accessing system on our website can be controlled, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serves to avert risks in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated statistically and further by Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security in our company to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

CONTACT FORM

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the contact form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us to process the inquiry and for follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form takes place exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data entered by you in the contact form remains with us until you request deletion, 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 – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

ROUTINE DELETION AND LOCKING OF PERSONAL DATA

The person responsible or responsible for processing processes and stores the data subject’s data only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or for a prescribed period, if required by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European directive and ordinance provider or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted per the statutory provisions.

RIGHTS OF THE AFFECTED PERSON

Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to ask the data controller for confirmation whether personal data concerning them are processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

Right to information

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to receive at any time free of charge information about the personal data stored about him and a copy of this information from the person responsible for the processing. Furthermore, the European directive and regulation has granted the data subject information about the following information:

o the processing purposes

o the categories of personal data that are processed

o the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular for recipients in third countries or with international organizations

o if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration

o the existence of a right for correction or deletion of the personal data, the restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right of objection to this processing

o the right to complain at a supervisory authority

o if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data

o The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, under Article 22 Paragraph 1 and 4 GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

The data subject also has the right to be informed whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

Right to rectification

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data – also through a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of correction, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to demand from the responsible person that the personal data concerning them to be deleted immediately if one of the following reasons applies and if the processing is not necessary:

o The personal data was collected for such purposes or processed in any other way for which it is no longer necessary.

o The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing was based under Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

o The data subject objects to the processing under Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing under Art. 21 (2) GDPR the processing.

o The personal data was processed illegally.

o The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under European Union law or the law of the Member states to which the controller is subject.

o The personal data was collected to information society services offered under Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR.

If one of the above-mentioned reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored by the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH deleted, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH will arrange for the request for deletion to be complied with immediately.

If the personal data were made public by the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH and our company as the responsible person is obliged according to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR to delete the personal data, the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH takes into account the available technology and the implementation costs. The Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH uses reasonable measures to inform other data controllers who process the published personal data, that the data subject demands the deletion of all links to this personal data or copies of them. The employee of the Figures and Structure GmbH will arrange the relevant action items in individual cases.

Right to restriction of processing

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

o The correctness of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period that enables the person responsible to check the correctness of the personal data.

o The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted.

o The data controller no longer needs the personal data for processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

o The data subject has objected to processing under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data that is stored at the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

Right to data portability

The person responsible/ the person responsible for processing data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to receive the personal data, which were provided to a responsible person by the data subject, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. The person responsible/ the person responsible for processing also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data has been provided if the processing is based on consent under Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated processes, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority, which has been transferred to the person responsible.

Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability under Art. 20 Para. 1 GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transferred directly from one responsible person to another, if this is technically feasible and if so this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other people.

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH at any time.

Right to object

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation at any time to object for reasons arising from their particular situation against the processing of personal data concerning them, which is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter e or f DS-GVO takes place. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In case of an objection, Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH processes personal data to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for advertising. This also applies to profiling if directly connected to such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH the processing for purposes of direct advertising, the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

Also, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object against the processing of personal data relating to them, which is carried out by Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes under Art. 89 Para. 1 GDPR take place, unless such processing is necessary to fulfil a task in the public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee of the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH directly. The data subject is also free to exercise the right to object in connection with the usage of services of the information society, regardless of Directive 2002/58 / EC, through automated procedures that use technical specifications.

Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directors and regulators not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which has legal effects or similarly significantly affects them, if the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible, or (2) is permissible due to European Union or Member State law to which the person responsible is subject and this legislation takes appropriate measures to protect the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) with the express consent of the data subject.

If the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible or (2) it takes place with the express consent of the data subject, the Z+S Zahlen und Struktur GmbH takes appropriate measures to protect the rights and freedoms as well to protect the legitimate interests of the data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the person responsible, to state their position and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to assert rights about automated decisions, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our company were injured and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or another third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh them. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the European legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the person responsible (recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).

LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN PROCESSING THAT WILL BE TRACKED BY THE RESPONSIBLE OR A THIRD PARTY

As the processing of personal data based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR it is our legitimate interest in carrying out our business for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.

DURATION FOR WHICH THE PERSONAL DATA IS STORED

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. After the period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted if the data are no longer required to fulfil or initiate a contract.

LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL RULES FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL DATA; REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTING; OBLIGATION OF THE INTERESTED PARTY TO PROVIDE THE PERSONAL DATA; POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF NON-FULFILLMENT

We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information about the contracting party). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that a data subject provides us with personal data that we subsequently have to process. For example, the person concerned is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would result in the contract not being concluded with the person concerned. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee clarifies the person concerned on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is required for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of not providing the personal data.

EXISTENCE AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

This data protection declaration was created by the data protection declaration generator of the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which carries out data protection audits (Datenschutz Audits), in cooperation with the Medienrechtskanzlei WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND OFFERS ON OUR WEBSITE

In addition to the above-mentioned informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this, it is usually necessary to provide further personal data. We need this data to provide the respective service. The above principles for data processing apply.

In some cases, we use external service providers to process this data, who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly checked by us. If personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more information on the consequences of this in the following descriptions of the individual services.

SSL OR TLS ENCRYPTION

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. 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 that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

GOOGLE WEB FONTS

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s data protection declaration: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

In case of legal litigation, the german version of this statement is binding.

COOKIE MANAGEMENT

To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/.

Legal bases for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DS-GVO and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.

The provision of the personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

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