Privacy Policy

Below we would like to inform you about the processing of personal data in the context of the use of our website.

1. Controller

The controller for this website is Kordt Messtechnik GmbH (Preyerstraße 24-26, 52249 Eschweiler, Germany). Further information about our company and the persons authorised to represent it can be found in our Legal Notice.

2. Legal bases for data processing

In order to offer you our website and the related services, we process personal data on the basis of the following legal grounds:

(1) Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
(2) For the performance of contracts (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
(3) On the basis of a balancing of interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
(4) For compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR)

In connection with the respective processing, we will refer to the relevant terms so that you can identify on what basis we process personal data.

If personal data is processed on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

If we process data on the basis of a balancing of interests, you as the data subject have the right, taking into account the requirements of Art. 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of the personal data.

3. Access data

When you visit our website, personal data is processed in order to be able to display the content of the website on your device. So that the pages can be displayed in your browser, the IP address of the device you are using must be processed. In addition, further information about the browser of your device is processed.

We are obliged under data protection law to also ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the personal data processed with our IT systems. For this purpose and in this interest, the following data is logged on the basis of a balancing of interests:

(1) IP address of the requesting computer
(2) Operating system of the requesting computer
(3) Browser version of the requesting computer
(4) Name of the file requested
(5) Date and time of the request
(6) Amount of data transferred
(7) Referring URL

The IP address is deleted after 7 days at the latest from all systems used in connection with the operation of this website. We are then no longer able to establish a personal reference from the remaining data. The data is also used to identify and correct errors on the website.

4. Contact form

We offer a contact form on our website through which you can request information about our products or services or contact us in general. To respond to an enquiry, we collect only the data that is strictly required. We need this information to process your enquiry, to address you correctly and to send you a reply. For specific enquiries, data processing takes place for the performance of a contract or in preparation of a contract. For general enquiries, processing takes place on the basis of a balancing of interests.

Enquiries received via the contact form on our website are processed electronically by us in order to answer your enquiry. In this context, other persons or departments and, where applicable, third parties may also become aware of the form contents you have submitted. The form data is transmitted over the internet via an encrypted connection.

5. Cookies

Cookies are used on our website. Cookies are small pieces of text information that are stored on your device via your browser. The cookies are required to enable certain functions of our website. We use session cookies, which are automatically deleted by your browser immediately after you end your visit to the website. In the area of web analytics, however, we also use persistent cookies, which are not automatically deleted after you end your visit to our website. You have the option of preventing cookies from being set by adjusting the settings in your browser. However, we point out that the use of our website may then be possible only to a limited extent. Cookies do not install or start any programs or other applications on your computer. Cookies are used on the basis of a balancing of interests. Our interest is a user-friendly visit to our website.

6. Google Web Fonts

We use so-called Google Web Fonts on our website. Fonts are loaded from Google servers to improve the design of the website. Data processing takes place on the basis of a balancing of interests, our interest being an attractive design of the website. The fonts concerned are loaded from Google servers, which are usually located in the USA. An adequate level of data protection is guaranteed by Google ("Privacy Shield").

7. Google Maps

Our website uses the Google Maps API to display geographical information visually. When Google Maps is used, Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) – hereinafter simply "Google" – also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the website. If you access the Google Maps component embedded in our website, Google stores a cookie on your device via your internet browser. To display our location and to create directions, your user settings and data are processed. We cannot rule out that Google uses servers in the USA. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in optimising the functionality of our website. Through the connection to Google established in this way, Google can determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the directions are to be transmitted. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies through the corresponding settings in your internet browser. Details can be found above under the item "Cookies". In addition, the use of Google Maps and of the information obtained via Google Maps is subject to the Google Terms of Service https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en and the Google Maps terms of use https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps.html. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy notices: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your settings in the privacy centre so that you can manage and protect your data.

8. Links and references to other internet offerings

Our website contains links to other internet offerings. We recommend that users who leave our website inform themselves about the respective privacy notices of the other internet offerings they visit.

YouTube videos are embedded on our website in the so-called "extended privacy mode". This means that YouTube does not store any information about your visit to our website unless you watch the video. Accessing the page leads to a connection with YouTube and may trigger further data processing operations over which we have no influence. For further information, please see YouTube's privacy notices: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de

9. Purposes of processing personal data

We process the aforementioned data for the operation of our website and for the fulfilment of contractual obligations towards our customers or to safeguard our legitimate interests. For enquiries from you outside an active customer relationship, we process the data for sales and advertising purposes. You may object to the use of your personal data for advertising purposes at any time.

10. Voluntary information

Insofar as you voluntarily provide us with data, e.g. in forms, and this is not required for the performance of our contractual obligations, we process this data on the legitimate assumption that the processing and use of this data is in your interest.

11. Recipients

Data that you provide to us is generally not passed on to third parties. In particular, your data is not passed on to third parties for their advertising purposes.

However, we use service providers for the operation of this website or for other products or services of ours. It may happen that a service provider becomes aware of personal data. We select our service providers carefully – in particular with regard to data protection and data security – and take all measures required under data protection law for permissible data processing.

12. Data processing outside the European Union

Insofar as personal data is processed outside the European Union, you can find this in the preceding explanations.

13. Data protection contact

If you have any questions or concerns about data protection on our website, please contact us as follows:

Telephone: +49 2403 70050
datenschutz@kordt.de

You can reach our data protection officer as follows:

VUV Beratungs- und Service GmbH
- Data Protection Officer of Kordt -
Theaterstr. 55
52062 Aachen

Tel.: +49 241 4743321
kordt@unser-datenschutz.de

14. Rights as a data subject

You have the right to obtain information about the personal data concerning you. You can contact us at any time to request information. In the case of an information request that is not made in writing, we ask for your understanding that we may require proof from you that you are the person you claim to be. You also have a right to rectification or erasure or to restriction of processing, insofar as this is legally due to you. Finally, you have a right to object to processing within the framework of the statutory provisions. The same applies to a right to data portability.

15. Deletion of data

We generally delete personal data when there is no longer a need for further storage. A need may exist in particular if the data is still required to fulfil contractual services. In the case of statutory retention obligations, deletion will only be considered after the respective retention obligation has expired.

16. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of personal data by us.

17. Changes to this privacy policy

We revise this privacy policy when changes are made to this website or on other occasions that make this necessary. You can always find the current version on this website.

Version: 25 May 2018