Privacy Policy

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

POINT TEC Products Electronic GmbH

Steinheilstr. 6

D-85737 Ismaning

Deutschland

Telefon: +49 (0)89 96 30 23

E-Mail: info@pointtec.de

 

Data Protection Officer

Proliance GmbH / www.datenschutzexperte.de

Datenschutzbeauftragter

Leopoldstr. 21

80802 Munich

datenschutzbeauftragter@datenschutzexperte.de

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.

 

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

 

We collect the listed data in order to guarantee a frictionless connection establishment and to enable a comfortable use of our website by the users. The log file also serves for evaluating system security and stability as well as administrative purposes. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data or log files is 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. It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual persons on the basis of this data. After 90 days at the latest[A1] , 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 cookies which are stored on your device by the browser and contain certain settings for the use of the website (e.g. the current session). Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted after the browser is closed. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them, or the storage period expires.

These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. In some cases, cookies are used to simplify website processes by saving settings (e.g. settings that have already been made during previous visits). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either to fulfil the contract, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

In order to accept or refuse all or certain cookies, you can set up your browser to inform you when cookies are set. You can also activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The cookie settings for the respective browsers can be customised under the following links:

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer: 
http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies 
Chrome: 
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: 
https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

You can also individually manage the cookies of many companies and functions that are used for advertising purposes. Details about the user tools are available at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.

Most browsers also offer a "do-not-track- feature" This feature allows you to indicate that you do not want to be "tracked" by websites. When the function is activated, the browser will tell ad networks, websites and applications that you do not want to be tracked for the purpose of behaviour-based advertising and such like. For information and instructions on how to use this feature, see the links below:

Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/dnt/

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-track

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en-GB
Safari: 
https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri40732/mac

Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/de/notrack.html 

In addition, you can prevent the loading of scripts by default. NoScript allows you to run JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins only on trusted domains of your choice. Information and instructions on how to use this function can be obtained from your browser's provider (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/noscript/). Please note that deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

 

Contact form and contact by email

If you send us requests via contact form or email, your details from the enquiry form or email, including the contact data you have provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. You are required to provide an email address, your name, your title and your country to contact us. Your telephone number is optional. 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.

 

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 a mandatory information. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will not send you our newsletter by email until you have expressly confirmed that you agree to the dispatch of 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, would like to receive the newsletter in the future. With the confirmation you give us your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR that we may use your personal data for the purpose of the desired newsletter dispatch.

When registering for the newsletter, in addition to the email address required for sending the newsletter, we store the IP address via which you have registered for the newsletter as well as the date and time of registration and confirmation so that we can trace any possible misuse at a later point in time.

You can cancel the newsletter at any time via the link inserted in each newsletter or by sending an email to the above-mentioned responsible person. After your cancellation, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have explicitly consented to continued use of the data collected or continued processing is otherwise legally permissible.

 

Retailer Portal

1.     Registration

As a retailer, you have the possibility to register for certain services provided on our website and to create a user profile. We collect and use the following personal data during registration and setup:

·        Company name

·        Contact person

·        Address

·        Telephone number

·        Email address

·        URL

With your user account you will have the possibility to use further parts of our website and to log in for the offers you have purchased. If consent is given, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as the processing is necessary for the provision of the requested services. Your data will be deleted as soon as the user account on our website is deleted and insofar as there are no legal storage obligations. You can usually change and/or delete your user account, including the data you have provided, directly in your user account after logging in or by sending a message to the responsible person named at the beginning.

 

2.     Commercial approach by POINT tec Products Electronic GmbH 

If you would like to receive our newsletter with regular information about our offers and products, we need your email address as mandatory information. Additional data will be provided in order to address you personally in the newsletter and/or to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.

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 by email if you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to receive newsletters. In the first step, you will receive an email with a link that you can use 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 according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR that we may use your personal data for the purpose of the desired newsletter dispatch.

[When registering for the newsletter, in addition to the email address required for sending the newsletter, we save the IP address you used to register 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 date].[A2] 

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link included in each newsletter or by sending an email to the person responsible as described above. Once you have cancelled your subscription, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to the continued use of the collected data or the continued processing is otherwise legally permissible.

The postal dispatch of information and advertising material for the purpose of direct advertising is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest [please specify].

3.     Publication of retailer data

We would like to publish your data such as company name, address, telephone number, email address & URL on our website for the purpose of finding a dealer. The publication serves your and our marketing support. In addition to the website, the data mentioned above should be published in other web portals, as well as in other print and web media, after consultation with you. Any use of the recordings for other purposes than those described or a placing on the market by transfer of the recordings to unnamed third parties does not take place.

Please note that information on the Internet is accessible worldwide and can be found by search engines and linked to other information, which may result in personality profiles about me being created by third parties. Information placed on the internet can be copied and distributed without any problems. There are specialized archiving services, whose goal is to document the state of certain websites at certain dates on a permanent basis. This can mean that information published on the Internet can still be found elsewhere on the website where it was originally published even after it has been deleted.

The legal basis for the publication of your data is your prior consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You have the right to revoke your consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will immediately delete the data concerned, unless the deletion is contrary to a statutory retention period. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing that has taken place on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

 

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. The information generated in relation to the use of this website is transferred by default to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that Google will reduce the IP address of users within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which may exclude any personal relationship. Google Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your given consent.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website and to generate reports on website activity. Google also uses this information to provide other services related to the use of the website and the internet to the website operator. The IP address sent by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. 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/de.html

https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/

You can prevent cookies from being saved by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly. However, we must point out that in this case you will not be able to use all functions of this website without restrictions. 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 from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

 

Facebook Pixel

We use “Facebook Pixel” on our website. Facebook Pixel is a service by Facebook Inc.,1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA (“Facebook"). Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to display our advertisement on Facebook, so called “Facebook Ads”, to Facebook users who visited our website and were interested in our online offer. Facebook Pixel allows us to check whether a user was redirected on our website after clicking on the Facebook advertisement. Facebook Pixel uses cookies, small text files, which are locally stored on your web browser in your terminal device. When you are logged in your Facebook account, visiting our online offer will be noted in your user account. The collected data are anonymised, conclusions about user identities cannot be made. Nevertheless, Facebook may link these data to your user account. If you have a registered Facebook account, data concerning the website visit can be linked with your user account. (2) . If you have given your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We use Facebook Pixel for marketing and optimising purposes to improve our offers. (3) You can object the acquisition of data by Facebook Pixel as well as the use of your data to display advertisement. You can adjust your settings regarding the advertisements displayed to you by Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. We want to point out this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. You can Cookies used for advertising purposes and reach measurement at:

http://optout.networkadvertising.org/

http://www.aboutads.info/choices

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.

This setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. (4) Facebook is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. More information can be found at: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active. (5) Further information concerning Facebook’s privacy, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland, are available at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Information concerning Facebook Pixel are available at: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616

 

Google Maps [A3] 

We use Google Maps in this website. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To guarantee the functionality of Google Maps, we store your IP-address. This information is sent to and stored on Google’s servers in the USA. We want to provide our online offer in an appealing way and ease the search for addresses. If you have given your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The provider of this website has no influence on the data transfer. Google is certified for the US-European data protection agreement "Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active. Further details about the handling of data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Opt-out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

 

Google Web Fonts

This site uses web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") to uniformly display fonts. Google Web Fonts allows us to use external fonts, so-called Google Fonts. When you visit our website, the required Google Font is loaded from your web browser into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. This is necessary so that your browser can also show an optically improved representation of our texts. If your browser does not support this feature, your computer will use a standard font for display. These web fonts are integrated by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This transfers to the server which page of our website you have visited. Google also stores the IP address of the browser of the visitor's terminal device.

We use Google Web Fonts for optimization purposes, in particular to improve the use of our Internet presence for you and to make its design more user-friendly. This is also our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Google has signed and certified itself under the Privacy Shield Agreement between the European Union and the USA. By doing so, Google undertakes to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law. Further information can be found at: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt00000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Further information on data protection can be found in Google's data protection declaration: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

For more information about Google Web Fonts, visit http://www.google.com/webfonts/, https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=en-GB&csw=1 and https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about.                  

 

External links

On our website (LinkedIn) is solely embedded as a link to the respective service. After clicking on the embedded text/image-link you will be directed to the website of the respective provider. User information will be only 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 Transfer 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.

 

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. 15GDPR, 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 futureat 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 widerspruch@pointtec.de.

 

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: 11.05.2020

 

Privacy Policy Social Media

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. In the following, you will find information on how we handle your data, which are recorded through your use of our social media presence on social networks and platforms. The processing of your data is in accordance with the legal regulations.

Providers

1.     Facebook fan page

1.1  Controller

In case you provide us with data, which is also or exclusively processed by Facebook, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland, is the controller for data processing, in accordance with the GDPR, in addition to or instead of us. For this purpose, we have concluded an agreement with Facebook pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR on joint controllership for data processing (Controller Addendum). This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook fan page. See the following link to consult this agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

If you, as a visitor to the site, wish to exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, complaint with a supervisory authority, objection or withdrawal), you can contact both, Facebook and us.

You can edit your advertising preferences in your account settings. Click on the following link and log in to your account to change your settings:

https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or http://www.youronlinechoices.com

For further details, please see Facebook’s privacy policy:https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

1.2  Facebook’s data protection officer

You can use Facebook’s online form to contact Facebook’s data protection officer. To access it, please use of the following link: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970.

1.3  Data processing for statistical purposes using Page Insights

Facebook provides Page Insights Data for our Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights. This aggregated data gives us an insight into how people interact with our page. Page Insights data may be based on personal data gathered from visits and interactions on, or with our page, and from connections with provided content. Please consider which personal data you share with us via Facebook. Your data may be processed for market research and promotional purposes, even if you are not logged into Facebook or do not have a Facebook account. User profiles can be created on the basis of user behaviour and the resulting interests of users. User profiles may be used for targeted advertisements within or outside the platform. Data recording is done using cookies, which are stored on your terminal device. In addition, user profiles may contain data, that is gathered from memberships on other platforms. Legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimised presentation of our proposition, the effective information and communication with customers and interested parties as well as in the targeted placement of advertisements. Please note that we have no influence on the data gathering and further processing by Facebook. As a result, we cannot provide any access about where, for how long and to which extent Facebook retains the data. Furthermore, we cannot make any statements about the extent to which Facebook complies with existing erasure deadlines, what evaluations and translations are made and to whom the data is transferred by Facebook. If you want to prevent your personal data being processed by Facebook, please contact us by other means. 

2.     Other social media providers

1.1            Controller

If your personal data is processed by one of the providers listed below, this provider is responsible for data processing within the meaning of the GDPR. For the assertion of your rights, please contact the respective provider. Only they have access to the data collected from you. However, if you need any assistance, please contact us any time.

 

We are present on social media platforms of the following providers:

Instagram Inc., Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland

 

 

 

1.2            Data protection officer

Information on how to contact the data protection officer of the respective social media providers can be found here:

Instagram Inc.: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

 

General information on social media platforms

1.     Controller

Insofar as we process the data provided by you via social media, the following controller is responsible for data processing within the meaning of GDPR:

POINT TEC Products Electronic GmbH

Steinheilstr. 6

D-85737 Ismaning

Deutschland

Telefon: +49 (0)89 96 30 23

E-Mail: info@pointtec.de

 

2.     Our data protection officer

If you have any concerns about us processing your data, please contact our data protection officer at the following contact details:

PROLIANCE GmbH / datenschutzexperte.de

Datenschutzbeauftragter

Leopoldstr. 21

80802 München

E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@datenschutzexperte.de

 

3.     General data processing on social media platforms

1.3            Data processing for market research and advertising

Organisations generally process data for market research and promotional purposes. Therefore, website providers use cookies, which load on to your browser and detect your return to the same URL.  The recorded data is used to create user profiles. User profiles may be used for targeted advertisements within or outside the platform. In addition, user profiles may contain data, that is gathered from memberships on other platforms.

1.4            Data processing through making contact

We collect data when you contact us, for example via contact form or messenger services such as Facebook Messenger. The data collected depends on the details you provide and the contact details you specify. It will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. Under no circumstances we will pass on the data to third parties without your consent. The legal basis for the data processing 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 if your request aimed at the conclusion of a contract. Unless there are compelling reasons, your data will be erased after final processing. We assume the processing is finalized, when the regarding circumstances are clarified.

1.5            Data processing for the purpose of contract handling

If your request via social media or other platforms is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, regarding the delivery of goods or the provision of services, we process your data in order to perform the contract and the requested services, or pre-contractual measures. In this case, the legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be erased if they are no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or if it is certain, that pre-contractual measures will not lead to the conclusion of a contract corresponding to the purpose of establishing the contact. Please take into account, that it may be necessary to store personal data of our contractual partners in order to comply with contractual or legal obligations even after the conclusion of contract.

1.6            Data processing by virtue of consent

If the respective platform providers request you to consent to the processing for a particular purpose, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR. You have the right to withdraw such consent with effect for the future at any time.

 

II.             Data transfer and recipient

Please note, that by using social media platforms, data processing may take place outside the EU and the European Economic Area, wherefore European levels of data protection cannot be guaranteed. The US based social media providers mentioned above are certified by “Privacy Shield “. “Privacy Shield” is an US-European-data protection convention, warranting the compliance with EU data protection levels. We have no influence on the processing and handling of your personal data by the respective providers as well as we have no information on this matter. Please consider the privacy policy of the providers for further information:

Instagram privacy policy:/Opt-out: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

 

III.           Your rights

You will find information on which data subject rights the applicable data protection law grants you vis-à-vis the controller in the following. You have the right,

to request information about your personal data processed by us; Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you may obtain information about the purpose of processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have 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 of personal data or restriction of processing, the right to lodge a complaint, where the personal data are not collected from us, any available information as to their source, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and meaningful information about the logic involved.

To obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data or have incomplete personal data completed; Art. 16 GDPR.

 

To obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning, unless the processing is necessary for, exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, compliance with a legal obligation, reasons of public interest, achieving purposes in the public interest and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, Art. 17 GDPR.


To obtain from us restriction of processing where, the accuracy of personal data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21; Art. 18 GDPR.


To receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller; Art. 20 GDPR


to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement; Art. 77 GDPR.


To withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before it’s withdrawal. Prior to giving consent, you shall be informed thereof; Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. In case of countermand the respective data shall be deleted immediately, unless further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent.

 

Right of object

In line with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. GDPR) pursued by us. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing.

If you wish to make use of your right of objection or withdrawal, send an E-Mail to widerspruch@pointtec.de.

 

 

IV.          Duration of storage

The personal data collected and stored by us will be erased from our systems, if the purpose of processing ceases to exist or if you have made use of your right of withdrawal or objection. Legal retention periods remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data being stored by social media providers for their own purposes. For further details, please contact them directly.

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: 11.05.2020