Privacy policy

1. AN OVERVIEW OF DATA PROTECTION

General Information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The personal data comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “The legal notice” on this website.

How do we record your data?

Your data is collected as a result of your sharing of the data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form.

Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. web browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access our website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the data is collected to ensure the website functions properly. Other data may be used to analyse your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified, blocked or eradicated. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with future effect. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and any other questions regarding data protection, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in “The legal notice”.

2. Hosting and content delivery networks (CDN)

Externes Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website visits, and other data generated via a website.

The use of the host is for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para.1 b of the GDPR(General Data Protection Regulation)) and in the interest of providing our online services securely, quickly, and efficiently through a professional provider (Art. 6 para.1f of the GDPR).

Our hosting provider will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider:

Strato AG
Pascalstraße 10
10587 Berlin

Conclusion of a data protection agreement

Um die datenschutzkonforme Verarbeitung zu gewährleisten, haben wir einen Vertrag über Auftragsverarbeitung mit unserem Hoster geschlossen.

3. General and mandatory information

Data protection

To ensure data processing complies with data protection regulations, we have entered into a data processing agreement with our hosting provider.

When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. via email communications) may involve security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information on the data controller

The data processing controller on this website is:

Diete + Siepmann Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
Rathausstraße 3
DE-41564 Kaarst

Phone: +49 2131 979813
E-Mail: kaarst@diete-siepmann.de

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Retention period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, we will retain your personal data until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you submit a valid request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these grounds no longer apply.

Notice regaeding data transfer to the United States

Our website incorporates tools from companies based in the United States, among other things. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the U.S. servers of the respective companies. Please note that the United States is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. U.S. companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It cannot therefore be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data located on U.S. servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit.e or f GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your unique situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. You can find the specific legal basis on which processing is based in this Privacy Policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data in question, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal entitlements (objection under Art. 21 Sect.1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such advertising purposes; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (Objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect.2 GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to log a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, their place of work, or the place where the alleged violation occurred. This right to log a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, 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, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Legal Notice”.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in “Legal Notice”. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their archiving – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence 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 of a Member State of the EU.

4. Data collection on this 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 data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website – for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.

Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all personal data resulting from it (e.g. your name and inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We would like to assure you that we do not pass on these data without your consent.

The processing of these data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR,the provision of this information is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or 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 inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data sent to us via contact inquiries will be retained by us until such time as you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after completion of the processing of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and tools

Google Maps

This site utilises the map service Google Maps. Google Ireland Limited, trading as Google, is the provider. The company’s registered office is at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

In order to utilise the functionality offered by Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is typically transmitted to a Google server located in the USA for storage. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is intended to enhance the presentation of our online offers and ensure the ease of locating the specified places on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the relevant parties have consented to this, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Data transfer to the USA is subject to the standard contractual clauses established by the EU Commission. Further details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.