Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the Privacy Policy below.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details of the controller can be found in the section “Information on the Controller” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, include data that you send to us by email.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data such as your internet browser, operating system or the time at which the page was accessed. This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure that the website is provided securely and without technical errors. Other data may be used to analyse the use of our website, provided that you have given your consent.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You may also have the right to have this data rectified or erased, to restrict its processing and to data portability.
You may withdraw any consent you have already given to the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future. Under certain circumstances, you also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
2. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various types of personal data are processed. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what data we process, what we use it for and the legal basis on which the processing takes place.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet, for example when communicating by email, may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Ingenieurbüro UTEK GmbH
Contact: Martin Tump
Huckarder Straße 8
44147 Dortmund
Germany
Telephone: +49 231 91 44 43 20
Fax: +49 231 91 44 431
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object
Where data processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data.
Where your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority responsible for the location of our company is:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia
(Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Right to Access, Rectification, Erasure and Restriction of Processing
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, where applicable, the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing of this data.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format, provided that the statutory requirements are met.
Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact details published as part of our legal notice obligations for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising being sent, for example in the form of spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies and Consent Management
Our website uses cookies and comparable technologies. Cookies are small data packages that are stored on your device and do not cause any damage.
Some cookies are technically necessary to ensure the proper and secure operation of the website. Other cookies and technologies are only used with your consent and may, for example, be used to analyse the use of our website.
Where cookies or comparable technologies are technically necessary, they are used on the basis of Section 25(2) TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act). The associated processing of personal data is carried out, where applicable, on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing our website securely and without technical errors.
Where consent is required, information is stored on or accessed from your device on the basis of Section 25(1) TDDDG, and the associated processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Borlabs Cookie
We use Borlabs Cookie on our website to manage and document the consent you have given to the use of certain cookies and technologies.
When you access our website, technically necessary information is stored on your device documenting the consent you have given or its withdrawal.
Borlabs Cookie is used to obtain and document the consent required by law for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with the applicable data protection regulations.
You can change your selection at any time via the cookie settings on our website.
Server Log Files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. This information may include:
- browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- hostname of the accessing computer
- time of the server request
- IP address
As a general rule, this data is not combined with data from other sources.
The processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing our website securely and without technical errors and in detecting and preventing attacks and technical disruptions.
Contact by Email
If you contact us by email, the information you provide, including your contact details, will be processed for the purpose of handling your enquiry and any follow-up questions.
If your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR constitutes the legal basis for processing. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in appropriately handling enquiries addressed to us in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The data you provide to us will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies or you request its erasure or object to its processing, unless statutory retention obligations or other legal grounds prevent its erasure.
4. External Links and Social Networks
Our website contains a link to our company profile on the LinkedIn social network. For users in the European Union and the European Economic Area, the service is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The LinkedIn link used on our website is a simple external link. Merely visiting our website does not establish a connection to LinkedIn via this link.
Only when you click on the LinkedIn link will you be redirected to the LinkedIn website. LinkedIn may then process, in particular, your IP address as well as information about your browser and device. If you are logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn may be able to associate your visit with your user account.
We have no influence on the nature and extent of the data processing carried out by LinkedIn. Further information on how LinkedIn processes personal data can be found in LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy.
5. Analytics
Google Analytics
If you have given your consent, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, on our website. The provider for users in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables us to analyse the use of our website. In particular, information relating to page views, length of visits, devices and browsers used, approximate geographical location and interactions with our website may be processed for this purpose.
Google Analytics uses cookies and comparable technologies for this purpose. These technologies are used exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie settings on our website.
When Google Analytics is used, the transfer of personal data to companies within the Google group or to servers in third countries, in particular the United States, cannot be ruled out. Google uses appropriate mechanisms to safeguard such data transfers.
Further information on the processing of personal data by Google can be found in Google’s privacy information.
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