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Privacy Policy

We are happy that you have chosen to visit our website and thank you for your interest in our company. The protection of your privacy when you use our website is important to us. We will therefore strictly observe the applicable data protection regulations when using your personal data. In the following, we will inform you about the collection and use of your personal data when you use our website.
What is personal data? The term “personal data” is defined in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG (new)) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to these regulations, personal data is individual information about personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person, including their name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address or date of birth.
You can visit our website without providing any personal data. We do not store any personal data for visits to our website. We only evaluate statistical data that do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person in order to improve our offering. Insofar as personal data (e.g., names, street addresses or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this collection will always take place on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

On the following pages, we would like to inform you about our processing of your personal data the claims and rights to which you are entitled under the applicable data protection regulations.

I. Name and address of the data controller

The data controller within the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the Member States, as well as other data protection regulations is:

EHA Hoffmann International GmbH
Michelsbergstraße 24
57080 Siegen
Germany
Phone: +49 (271) 3932-0
E-mail: info@eha-group.com
Website: www.eha-group.com

II. Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the data controller is:

Sven Giesler
desegna Business IT Solutions
Eickhoffstr. 6
57234 Wilnsdorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (2737) 216179-0
E-mail: datenschutz@desegna.de
Website www.desegna.de

III. General information regarding data processing

1. Scope of the processing of personal data

As a matter of principle, we collect and use the personal data of our users only insofar as necessary for the provision of a functional website, our content and our services. The collection and use of our users’ personal data regularly takes place only with their consent. An exception applies in cases where it is not possible to obtain prior consent for practical reasons and the processing of data is permitted by legal regulations.

2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) acts as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.
For the processing of personal data that is mandatory for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR provides the legal basis. This also applies to the processing of transactions necessary to the performance of pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is mandatory for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which our company is committed, Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR will be used as the legal basis.
If the processing of personal data is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or that of a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for this processing.

3. Data erasure and storage period

The personal data of the data subject shall be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage ceases to apply. Furthermore, storage may take place if such storage has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other
provisions to which the data controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the specified standards expires unless there is a necessity for the continued storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

IV. Provision of the website and creation of log files

1. Description and scope of data processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the terminal device that is accessing the website.

The following data is collected:

  • Information about the browser type and version used
  • The user’s operating system
  • Date and time of access
  • The user’s IP address
  • Websites from which the user's system accesses our website

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. The IP addresses of the user or other data that enables the data to be assigned to a user are not affected. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is required in order to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

4. Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

5. Possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, the user has no option to object.

V. Use of cookies

1. Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again.
The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

  • Language settings
  • Login information

Our website also uses cookies that enable an analysis of the user's surfing behaviour.
The following data can be transmitted in this manner:

  • The entered search terms
  • Utilisation of advertisements
  • Frequency of page views
  • Utilisation of website functions

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised by technical measures. The data can therefore no longer be assigned to the user who accessed the site. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.
When our website is accessed, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and their consent to the processing of personal data used in this context is obtained. Here, the user is also directed to this privacy policy.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with the user’s consent.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be made available without the use of cookies. For these functions, the browser must be able to be recognised even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

  • Application of language settings
  • Noting of login data

The user data collected through technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.
The analysis cookies are used to improve the quality of our website and its content. By means of analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can therefore constantly optimise our offer. We use Google Analytics analysis cookies for this purpose. A contract for order data processing with the provider of the analysis cookies is in place.

  • Google Analytics cookies
    Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse the use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Due to the IP anonymisation used on our website, however, your IP address will be shortened in advance by Google within the Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and shortened there only in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; please note, however, that, if you do so, you might not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
    You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
    You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website will be set: Deactivate now
    For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or policies.google.com. We would like to point out that the code "anonymizeIp" has been added to Google Analytics on this website in order to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
  • Google AdWords Cookies
    AdWords is an online advertising programme of Google Inc. ("Google"). Within the scope of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion tracking. If you have accessed our website through an ad placed by Google, Google AdWords will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks an ad placed by Google. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognise that the user has clicked the ad and been redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag, but they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. You can find more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking in Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing the personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

4. Duration of storage, possibility of objection and erasure

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted to our site by the user. You as a user therefore also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This erasure can also be carried out automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, the user may no longer be able to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

VI. Contact form and e-mail contact

1. Description and scope of data processing

A contact form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic contact. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the entry mask will be sent to us and stored. This data includes:

  • Department (not a required field)
  • Contact person (not a required field)
  • Message
  • Company (not a required field)
  • Name
  • Postcode / city (not a required field)
  • Country (not a required field)
  • Phone (not a required field)
  • Fax (not a required field)
  • E-mail address
  • File attachments

The following data is also stored at the time the message is sent:

  • The IP address of the user

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
Alternatively, you can contact us using the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.
Here, no data is passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR if the user has given their consent.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If the purpose of the contact by e-mail is the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

We use the personal data from the entry mask solely to handle the contact process. Contact by e-mail also constitutes a necessary legitimate interest in the processing of data.
The other personal data processed during sending is used to prevent misuse of the contact form and safeguard the security of our information technology systems.

4. Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case for the personal data from the entry mask of the contact form and personal data sent by e-mail when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it is clear that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.

5. Possibility of objection and removal

The user can revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. Here, the conversation cannot be continued. In this case, further conversation is only possible by post. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

VII. Use of YouTube

1. Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses plug-ins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored on www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. These videos are all integrated in "extended data protection mode"; i.e., no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube if you do not play the videos. Data is only transmitted when you play the videos. A connection to the YouTube servers is established for this purpose. In the process, the YouTube server is notified which of our pages you have visited.

The following data is stored at the time the videos are played:

  • IP address
  • Date and time
  • Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (concrete page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Transmitted data volume
  • Referring domain
  • Browser type with version and language
  • Operating system

If you are logged into your Google or YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Google or YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy. There, you will also receive further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR if the user has given their consent.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The integration of YouTube in our website serves the purpose of simple product presentation to our customers. Data entered in this regard will not be passed on by us.

4. Possibility of objection and removal

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. You can prevent data transmission to Google by deactivating "JavaScript" in your browser. In that case, however, no videos can be displayed.

VIII. Use of Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts for the uniform display of certain fonts. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). When you access our pages, your browser loads the required fonts directly from our web server so that they can be displayed correctly on your terminal device. As a result, no data collection or data transmission takes place.

IX. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the scope of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the data controller:

1. Right of access

You may request confirmation from the data controller as to whether we are processing your personal data.

If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information from the data controller:

  1. (1) The purposes for which the personal data is processed;
  2. (2) The categories of personal data that are processed;
  3. (3) The recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed;
  4. (4) The planned duration of storage of your personal data or, if specific information on storage is not possible, the criteria for determining the duration of storage;
  5. (5) The existence of a right to correct or delete your personal data, of a right to have processing restricted by the data controller or of a right to object to such processing;
  6. (6) The existence of a right to complain to a supervisory authority;
  7. (7) Any available information on the origin of the data if the personal data has not been collected from the data subject;
  8. (8) The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 (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.

You have the right to request information on whether your personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 GDPR in connection with such a transfer.

2. Right to rectification

You have a right to correct and/or complete your personal data vis-à-vis the data controller if your personal data processed is inaccurate or incomplete. The data controller shall make the rectification without delay.

3. Right to the restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:

  1. (1) You contest the accuracy of your personal data for a period enabling the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  2. (2) The processing is unlawful and you refuse the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of its use;
  3. (3) The data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  4. (4) You have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate interests of the data controller outweigh your reasons.

Where the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data may be processed, with the exception of its storage, only 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 substantial public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the data controller before the restriction expires.

4. Right to erasure

a) Obligation to delete

You may demand that the data controller delete your personal data without delay, and the data controller will be obliged to delete this data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

  1. (1) Your personal data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed;
  2. (2) You revoke your consent on which the processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
  3. (3) You object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate interests for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR;
  4. (4) Your personal data has been processed unlawfully;
  5. (5) The erasure of your personal data is mandatory for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject;
  6. (6) Your personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 (1) GDPR;
  7. (7) Information has been provided to third parties.

If the data controller has made your personal data public and undertakes to delete it in accordance with Article 17 (1) GDPR, the data controller shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, under consideration of the available technology and the cost of implementation to inform data processors who process your personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested that they delete all links to or copies or replications of that personal data.

b) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is required:

  1. (1) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  2. (2) for compliance with a legal obligation that requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller;
  3. (3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 (2) (h) and (i) and Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
  4. (4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 (1) GDPR, where the right referred to in Section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
  5. (5) for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

5. Right of notification

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the data controller, the data controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed unless such notification proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be notified about these recipients by the data controller.

6. Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to the data controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another data controller without hindrance from the data controller to whom the personal data was provided, insofar as:

  1. (1) The processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR; and
  2. (2) The processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have your personal data be transferred directly from one data controller to another where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected in the process.

The right to data portability shall not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller.

7. Right of objection

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation at any time; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The data controller shall no longer process your personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate interests for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such marketing at any time; this also applies to any profiling related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, you may – notwithstanding EU Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

8. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

9. Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to decision-making based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which legally or similarly significantly affects you. This shall not apply if the decision-making

  1. (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the data controller,
  2. (2) is authorised by legislation of the Union or the Member States to which the data controller is subject and that legislation contains adequate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests, or
  3. (3) is made with your express consent.

However, this decision-making must not be based on special categories of personal data in accordance with Art. 9 (1) GDPR unless Art. 9 (2) (a) or (g) applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the data controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests, including at minimum the right to have a person intervene on the part of the data controller, to express your own point of view and to contest the decision.

10. Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. The current status is October 2022.

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