The following regulations concern the information about the processing of personal data as per the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and particularly focus on the informational duties according to Art 12 to 14 GDPR and to inform the persons concerned about their rights according to Art 15 to 22 and Art 34 GDPR.
In the following, frequently used terms in this privacy statement are defined and explained.
"Personal data”: All information concerning an identified or identifiable natural person (hereafter “Concerned Party”). A natural person becomes identifiable if it can be directly or indirectly identified, particularly by assignment of a label such as a name, a code, a location, an online alias or by any one or several particular characteristics which serve to express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychic, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.
“Responsible Party” is the natural or legal entity, authority, institution or other body which decides - alone or collectively - about the purpose and the means of personal data. If the purpose(s) and means of personal data processing are specified by laws of the European Union or national laws of its member states, the Responsible Party may be appointed by or certain criteria of the appointment may be determined in accordance with EU law or member state laws.
“Data Processor” is a natural or legal entity, authority, institution or other body that processes the personal data on behalf of the responsible party.
“Recipient” is a natural or legal entity, authority, institution or other body to which personal data is disclosed. The Recipient may be part of the already mentioned parties or another, third party. Authorities who receive personal data within the scope of a certain inquiry in accordance with EU law or member state law are not Recipients in the sense of this statement. These authorities process personal data in compliance with the current data protection regulations and in accordance with the purpose(s) or processing.
“Third party” is a natural or legal entity, authority, institution or other body authorised to process personal data apart from the Concerned Party, the Responsible Party, the Data Processor and all persons within the direct area of responsibility of the Responsible Party or the Data Processor.
“Processing” is any automated or manual process or any such sequence of processes in any way related to personal data, e.g. its collection, input, organisation, sorting, saving, updating or modification, reading, retrieval, disclosure by transfer, proliferation or any other form of publication, its restriction, deletion or destruction.
“Profiling” is any way of automated personal data processing intended to use said data to evaluate certain personal aspects of a natural person, in particular in order to analyse or predict aspects touching work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, current location or change of location of this natural person.
“Restriction of processing” is defined as the flagging of saved personal data in order to restrict their further processing.
The full text of the General Data Protection Regulation on the Internet can be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=EN If you have any further questions concerning the General Data Protection Regulation, please contact our Data Protection Officer.
Responsible Party in all contractual relationships with Battermann & Tillery GmbH is:
Battermann & Tillery GmbH - Lloydstraße 1 - 28217 Bremen
Tel.: 49 (0) 421 - 38 98 642
Fax: 49 (0) 421 - 38 98 666
E-Mail: info@ba-ty.com
Website: https://www.ba-ty.com
Registration: Bremen HRB 14958
Manager / CEO: Mr Patrick Tillery, Mr Nico Nöldner
The responsible regulatory authority is:
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Informational Freedom of the Free Hanseatic City of Germany
Dr. Imke Sommer (Ms)
Arndtstraße 1
27570 Bremerhaven
Tel.: 49 471 596 2010 or 49 421 361 2010
Fax: 49 421 496 18495
E-Mail: office@datenschutz.bremen.de
The Data Protection Officer of the Responsible Party is Mr Ralf Bingel.
The Data Protection Officer can be contact as follows:
Phone: 49 (0) 421 38 98 6-43
E-Mail: datenschutz@ba-ty.com
We only process your personal data for the purpose of providing and improving the services we offer. This purpose includes:
We will process your personal data only if there is a legal base for doing so. The legal base is defined by the purposes for which we collected your personal data and for which we are to use them.
We will store your data no longer than is required for the purpose for which it was processed. In order to determine the appropriate storage period, we take into account the volume of the personal data, the kind and sensitivity as well as the purpose for which we have been processing your personal data. We will also consider whether we would be able to fulfil this purpose by other means.
Furthermore, we will have to consider certain periods during which we might be obligated to retain your personal data. This may be necessary in order to fulfil legal requirements, in order to be able to handle complaints and enquiries, or to protect our legal interests should a claim be raised against us.
If your personal data is no longer required, it will be irretrievably deleted order destroyed. We will moreover consider reducing the personal data we use to a minimum and whether it is possible to anonymise your personal data, thus disassociating it from you and preventing identification. In this case, we may use this data without your prior consent.
As the Concerned Party of the data processing operation, you have the following rights according to the General Data Protection Regulation(hereafter “rights of the concerned party”):
Decisions of legal or other significant consequence for you may not be based solely on automated processing of personal data and/or profiling. This does not apply if the automated decision
Decisions based solely on the automated processing of special categories of personal data are generally prohibited, unless the provisions of Art 22 Para 4 in connection with Art 9 Para 2 lit. a or g GDPR apply and appropriate measures were taken to safeguard your rights, liberties and your legitimate interests.
In case of data breaches which carry a high risk for your personal rights and liberties, we will notify your immediately. If cases in accordance with Art 34 Para 3 GDPR are concerned, such a notification may be waived. The notification will contain the following information, among other:
In order to exercise the rights of the Concerned Party, please contact the bodies mentioned in § 5 and § 6. Enquiries received in electronic form will normally be answered in electronic form unless you have requested otherwise in your enquiry.
Information, messages and measures in accordance with the GDPR including exercising the rights of the Concerned Party are generally provided free of charge. Only if applications/enquiries are obviously unfounded or excessive, we are entitled to demand an appropriate fee or to deny the application/request (Art 12 Para 5 GDPR).If there is reasonable doubt about your identity, we are entitled to request additional information from you in order to positively verify your identity. If we are not able to positively verify your identity, we are entitled to deny your request. If it is not possible for us to identify you, we will notify you explicitly, if at all possible. (Art 12 Para 6, Art 11 GDPR).
Any enquiries and requests for information will normally be processed immediately within one month from the date of the enquiry. This period can be extended by another two months if so required in light of the complexity and/or the volume of individual enquiries; if the period needs to be extended, we will inform you about the reasons for the delay within one month from the date of your enquiry. If we will not process your enquiry, we will notify your immediately within one month from your enquiry stating the reasons. We will furthermore inform you about your options of lodging a complaint with a regulatory authority or of taking legal action. (Art 12 Para 3 and 4 GDPR)
Please note that you may exercise your rights as Concerned Party only within the limitations possibly imposed by the EU or its member states. (Art 23 GDPR)
If you access our website, we will automatically collect general information. This information (server logfiles) includes, for instance, your type of browser, your type of operating system, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar data. It is not possible to identify you using any of this information. Collecting this information is technically necessary in order to be able to display the content of the website correctly. Information of this kind is collected everywhere on the Internet. Anonymous information such as this will be used by us for statistics in order to improve our on-line presence and the underlying technology.
If you contact us by email or via the contact form on the website, the information you provide will be stored to enable us to process your enquiry and to be able to answer potential follow-up questions. The only personal data collected by us, if you contact us in the above-mentioned manner, is the data you voluntarily provide in the contact form or in your email. Your data will only be used to process your enquiry, for potential follow-up questions and, if applicable, to fulfil and handle any contractual relationship entered by you and us.
After the contract has been fulfilled, your data will of course be blocked from further processing.
After expiry of the legal fiscal and commercial storage periods, your data will be deleted unless you did not expressly consent to our using your data further, or if we reserve our legal right of using your data further. In this case, we will notify you accordingly.
In order to protect your data during transfer, we implemented state-of-the-art encryption methods such as SSL and HTTPS.
The transfer of personal data to third parties is permitted only based on legal allowance or the Concerned Party’s consent.
If required to deliver ordered goods, we will transfer your data to the contracted forwarding company so the contract can be fulfilled.
If the Recipient of personal data is located outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area, special measures are to be taken in order to safeguard the rights and interests of the Concerned Parties. Data must not be transferred if the Recipient cannot provide an adequate level of data protection, e.g. due to specific contractual clauses.
Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties by us.
All the data submitted by you will be stored for up to 6 months after rejection of your application. Only upon your express written consent will we store your data for a longer period of time after rejection of your application.
You are entitled to request information on whether we process your personal data or not. If our company processes your personal data, you have the right to access the same (Art 15 GDPR).
You have the right of requesting a copy of your personal data. In general, we will provide a copy of your personal data in electronic form unless you request otherwise. The first copy will be free of charge, any further copies may be provided against an appropriate fee. Copies will be provided without prejudice for the rights and liberties of other persons who might be affected by the provision of a copy of your personal data.
You are entitled to demand that your personal data be corrected if it should be incorrect, inaccurate and/or incomplete. This right of correction entails the right of completion by supplementary statements or messages. Any correction and/or amendment must be made immediately, i.e. without undue delay (Art 16 GDPR).
In accordance with the circumstances listed in Art 17 GDPR, you are entitled to request us to delete your personal data.
Personal data has to be deleted immediately, i.e. without any undue delay.
In accordance with Art 20 GDPR - limited by the exceptions laid down in the following regulations - you are entitled to request issuance of your personal data in a common electronic and machine-readable format. The right of data transfer includes the right to transfer it to another Responsible Party; upon request, we will, insofar technically possible, transfer your data directly to a Responsible Party of your choosing. The right of data transfer only concerns the data provided by your and requires your consent or must be performed within a scope of a contractual agreement and is to be executed using automated processes. The right of data transfer in accordance with Art 20 GDPR will leave the right of data deletion in accordance with Art 17 GDPR unaffected. Any data transfer is performed without prejudice for the rights and liberties of other persons who might be affected by the data transfer.
If you have any complaints, please do not hesitate to contact the responsible supervisory authority of the European Union or its member states. Our company is within the area of responsibility of the supervisory authority stated in § 5.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Statement from time to time in order to adapt it to the current legal requirements or to add updates concerning any changes of our services, e.g. the introduction of new services. If you visit our website after such amendments have been made, the new Privacy Statement applies.
If you have any complaints, please do not hesitate to contact the responsible supervisory authority of the European Union or its member states. Our company is within the area of responsibility of the supervisory authority stated in § 5.