To us, the company MTS MessTechnik Sauerland GmbH, the privacy and protection of your personal data is very important. We have therefore developed this data protection declaration which confidentially treats your data and is in compliance with the legal regulations.
In order for you to get a good feeling about in which way we collect, process and use your data, we would like to give you an overview of our data processing. Please take some time in order to become familiar with the handling of your data. If you have any questions, please contact us at any time.
1. Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the section "Note on the responsible party" in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.
2. Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following hoster:
Werbeagentur Werbstatt GmbH
Senge-Platten-Straße 2
59955 Winterberg-Siedlinghausen
Germany
To ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded an order processing agreement with our hoster.
3. General notes and information requirements
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
MTS MessTechnik Sauerland GmbH
Zum Hohlen Morgen 7
59939 Olsberg
Phone: +49 2962 – 974 998-0
E-mail: info@mts-waagen.de
The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49 (1) a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, if your data is required for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Furthermore, data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. F GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.
Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Please contact our data protection officer if you have any questions or if you wish to request information, assert your rights or revoke any consent you may have given for the use of data:
E-mail: datenschutz(at)mts-waagen.de
Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that in some cases no level of data protection comparable to the EU can be guaranteed in these countries.
Please note that in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, the EU Commission decided on 2023/07/10 that personal data in the USA are protected in the same way as in the European Union.
Storage period
We only store your personal data for as long as this is permitted by law. Stored personal data will be deleted if the user revokes his or her consent to storage or if knowledge of this data is no longer required to fulfill the purpose for which it was stored, in particular if the user account is deleted or if its storage is inadmissible for other legal reasons. Relevant statutory retention periods from the German Commercial Code or the German Fiscal Code remain unaffected by this. During the legal retention period, your personal data will be blocked and will not be used for any other data processing.
4. Data collection during the use of our website
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.
Cookies
Our websites use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you have requested (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately about this within the framework of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your data from the inquiry form including the contact data you provided there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this has been requested.
The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Contacting us by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if this has been requested.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular legal retention periods - remain unaffected.
SSL encryption
In order to protect your data in the best possible way we use SSL encryption on our website. You can recognise connections which are encrypted in such a way by the prefix “https://”in the side link in the address line of your browser. Unencrypted pages are marked by “http://”.
Newsletter
If you subscribe to the newsletter of our company, the data you enter will be sent to the responsible person. Registration for our newsletter takes place in double-opt-in-procedure. This means that you will receive an e-mail after your registration to confirm your e-mail address. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses.
When registration for the newsletter, the entered data, the IP address of the user and the date of registration are saved. The processing of this data is necessary to be able to prove a given consent. The legal basis results from our statutory obligation to prove your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1c GDPR) in conjunction with Art. 7 Sect. 1 GDPR. Transfer of your data to third parties takes place only if we are under a statutory obligation to do so.
The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. You can revoke your consent at any time by unsubscribing from our newsletter. For example, you can use the unsubscribe link in each newsletter for this.
The legal basis for these data processing is Art. 6 Sect. 1a GDPR. The data provided when registration for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until you cancel your subscription when said data will be deleted. Data we have stored for other purposes remain unaffected.
Use of service providers for the processing of personal data/ processing of data in countries outside the European Economic Area
If we use service providers to provide services and process your data relating to our services and products, these service providers process the data exclusively within the scope of our instructions and have been obligated to comply with the applicable data protection provisions. All processors have been carefully selected and will only have access to your data to the extent and for the period of time necessary to provide the services or to the extent that you have consented to the data processing and use.
Service providers in countries outside the European Economic Area are subject to a data protection regime that does not generally protect personal data to the same extent as it does in the member states of the European Union. To the extent that your data is processed in a country that does not have a recognized high level of data protection like the European Union, we use contractual arrangements or other recognized instruments to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected.
We use, among others, tools from companies based in the USA or the UK. Please note that the EU Commission has decided, in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, that personal data in the USA and the UK are protected in the same way as in the European Union.
5. Plug-Ins and Tools
Web analysis tool Matomo
We use Matomo for our websites. This is about a so-called web analysis service which enables us to evaluate your usage behaviour on our website. Matomo uses cookies which are stored in your current browser on the computer. For this purpose, the generated usage information (including your abbreviated IP address) will be transmitted to our server. During this process, your IP address is immediately anonymised so that you will stay anonymous to us as a user. Information generated by a cookie about your usage of our website will not be passed on toany third party. You can prevent the usage of cookies by a corresponding adjustment of your browser software.
If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of this data, you can then disagree with it in the following by a mouse click at any time. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is placed in your browser which results in the fact that Matomo does not collect any session data.
Caution: Deleting your cookies involves that the opt-out cookie is also deleted and must be newly activated by you, if necessary.
For designing demand-oriented tele media (e.g. websites), user profiles may be created using pseudonyms provided that you do not disagree with it. The legal basis can be found in § 15 (3) German Telemedia Act.
Google Ads
We use Google Ads from Google Inc, 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States on our website. This is an online advertising program that uses conversion tracking. When you arrive at our website via a Google ad, Google Ads places a cookie on your computer. A different cookie is assigned to each Google Ads customer.
The legal basis for the processing is Art.6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f GDPR.
We only gain knowledge of the total number of users who have responded to our ad. No information is passed on with which we could identify you. The use does not serve the purpose of tracking.
The cookie loses its validity after 30 days.
You can prevent Google conversion tracking by deactivating the tracking procedure in your browser. You can find more information at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymization is active on this website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing 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 data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
The legal basis for the processing is Art.6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f GDPR.
The purpose of processing personal data is to specifically address a target group that has already expressed an initial interest by visiting the page.
Advertising data in server logs is anonymized by Google deleting parts of the IP address and cookie information after 14 months, according to its own information.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. For more information, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Google Analytics Remarketing
We use the remarketing function Google Inc., 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States on our website. Together with Google, we offer you suitable and interest-based advertisements. Google Analytics Remarketing uses cookies. These are stored on your computer. According to Google, no personal data is collected. According to its own information, there is also no connection to the other Google services.
The legal basis for the processing is Art.6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f GDPR.
The purpose of the processing of personal data is the targeted addressing of a target group. The cookies stored on your computer recognize you when you visit a website and can therefore show you interest-based advertising.
Advertising data in server logs is anonymized by Google's own information that parts of the IP address and cookie information are deleted after 9 and 18 months, respectively.
You can prevent the use of the remarketing function by carrying out the settings of the following link: www.google.de/settings/ads. For more information, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Google Fonts
On our site, we use the "Google Web Fonts" service of the third-party provider Google for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When you visit our site, your browser loads the respective fonts into your browser cache. To perform this operation, your browser establishes a connection to the servers of Google Inc. Google thereby obtains knowledge that our site was visited from your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on our legitimate interest in a uniform and correct display of texts and fonts as part of our website, Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. For more information, please see the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
OpenStreetMap
We use the map service of OpenStreetMap (OSM). The provider is the Open-Street-Map Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom.
When you visit a website on which OpenStreetMap is integrated, your IP address and other information about your behavior on this website is forwarded to OSMF. OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use similar recognition technologies to do this.
Furthermore, your location may be recorded if you have allowed this in your device settings - e.g. on your cell phone. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. For details, please refer to the privacy policy of OpenStreetMap at the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.
The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
As shown above, the OpenStreetMap Foundation is based in the United Kingdom. In accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, the EU Commission has decided that personal data in the United Kingdom is protected in the same way as in the European Union.
6. Applicant data
Handling of applicant data
We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by e-mail, by post or via the online application form). In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will be carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.
Scope and purpose of data collection
If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) to the extent that this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-neu under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and - if you have given your consent - Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons involved in processing your application.
If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Section 26 BDSG-neu and Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.
Retention period of the data
If we are unable to make you a job offer, if you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application) on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. This storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will not be deleted until the purpose for continued storage no longer applies.
Longer storage may also take place if you have given your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or if legal storage obligations prevent deletion.
7. Social Networks / Social Media
So that we can also communicate with you in social networks and inform you about our products and services, we are represented there with our own pages. If you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible for the processing operations triggered by this, within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR, with the provider of the respective social media platform.
Data that you directly share or publish via the social media platforms (e.g. via comment and chat functions) we process as the responsible party in order to interact or exchange with you in this regard, if applicable. As part of this interaction, we may also receive statistical data from the platform operators on the use of our social media pages. This includes, for example, information about interactions, likes, comments or aggregate information and statistics (e.g. IP address; origin of followers) that help us learn about interactions with our site. The legal basis for data processing in our area of responsibility is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Provider | Platform | Information |
Meta Platforms Inc. | ||
Meta Platforms Inc. | ||
LinkedIn Inc. | ||
Google Ireland Limited | YouTube |
However, the aforementioned providers also process data under their own responsibility. We have no influence on data that is processed by the provider under its own responsibility in accordance with its own terms of use and data protection conditions. We would like to point out that when calling up the aforementioned providers, further data (e.g. from your usage and "surfing behavior") may be collected and possibly transmitted to the provider.
Please also note that in the event of interaction via the aforementioned media, data may also be processed outside the area of the European Union, e.g. in the USA. As shown above, we use tools from companies based in the USA or the UK. Please note that the EU Commission has decided in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR that personal data in the USA and the UK are protected in the same way as in the European Union.
Furthermore, user data is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created from the usage behaviour and resulting interests of the users. The usage profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. More information on this can be found in the data protection information of the respective providers. If we have personal data from you in connection with the use of the social media platforms, please direct your request to us. If you wish to assert additional rights against a specific provider, please contact the respective provider.
8. Your rights as a data subject
As the person affected by the data processing, you have various rights:
Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is based on Art. 6. para. 1 lit. e or f of the DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which data processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) GDPR).
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion. If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may - apart from being stored - only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right of compliant is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
9. Updating and changing this data protection declaration
This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status of July 2023.
Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be viewed at any time on our website at https://www.mts-waagen.de/en/data-protection-declaration.html.