Privacy Policy

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of FpP Federnfabrik AG. The use of the internet pages of FpP Federnfabrik AG is generally possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services of our company via our website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to FpP Federnfabrik AG. By means of this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data collected, used, and processed by us. Furthermore, data subjects are informed about their rights through this privacy policy.

As the controller responsible for the processing, FpP Federnfabrik AG has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions may generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of FpP Federnfabrik AG is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance. In this privacy policy, we use, among others, the following terms:

  • a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more specific factors that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

  • b) Data subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

  • c) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

  • d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

  • e) Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

  • f) Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures ensuring that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

  • g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for by Union law or the law of the Member States.

  • h) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

  • i) Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which personal data is disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union law or the law of the Member States shall not be regarded as recipients.

  • j) Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

  • k) Consent

Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which the data subject, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller

The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union, and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

FpP Federnfabrik AG
Sihlbruggstrasse 144
6340 Baar / ZG
Switzerland
Tel.: 041 761 28 23
E-Mail: info@fpp.ch
Website: www.fpp.ch

3. Cookies

The websites of FpP Federnfabrik AG use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters by which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, FpP Federnfabrik AG can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized in the interests of the user. Cookies enable us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to facilitate the use of our website for users. For example, a user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter access data each time the website is visited, because this is handled by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart by means of a cookie.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and may thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set may be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.

4. Collection of general data and information

The website of FpP Federnfabrik AG collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server log files. The following may be recorded: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the subpages accessed on our website via an accessing system, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information that serve the purpose of preventing danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, FpP Federnfabrik AG does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required in order to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by FpP Federnfabrik AG on the one hand statistically and, furthermore, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Contact option via the website

The website of FpP Federnfabrik AG contains information required by law that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller responsible for the processing by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller responsible for the processing are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. These personal data are not passed on to third parties.

6. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

7. Rights of the data subject

  • a) Right to confirmation

Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to obtain from the controller responsible for the processing confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing.

  • b) Right of access

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to obtain at any time from the controller responsible for the processing free information about the personal data stored about his or her person and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator for directives and regulations has granted the data subject access to the following information:

    • the purposes of the processing
    • the categories of personal data being processed
    • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, particularly in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations
    • if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
    • the existence of the right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller, or of the right to object to such processing
    • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
    • if the personal data were not collected from the affected person: all available information about the source of the data
    • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR, and — at least in those cases — meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the affected person

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing.

  • c) Right to rectification

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have incomplete personal data completed — including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing.

  • d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

    • The personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
    • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
    • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
    • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
    • The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
    • The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned grounds applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by FpP Federnfabrik AG, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing. An employee of FpP Federnfabrik AG shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

Where the personal data have been made public by FpP Federnfabrik AG and our company, as the controller, is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) GDPR to erase the personal data, FpP Federnfabrik AG shall, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data, insofar as processing is not required. An employee of FpP Federnfabrik AG shall arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

    • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
    • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use.
      The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
    • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by FpP Federnfabrik AG, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing. An employee of FpP Federnfabrik AG shall arrange the restriction of the processing.

  • f) Right to data portability

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which were provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact an employee of FpP Federnfabrik AG.

  • g) Right to object

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

FpP Federnfabrik AG shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If FpP Federnfabrik AG processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to FpP Federnfabrik AG to the processing for direct marketing purposes, FpP Federnfabrik AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out by FpP Federnfabrik AG for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  • h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, FpP Federnfabrik AG shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view, and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise rights relating to automated individual decision-making, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing.

  • i) Right to withdraw a data protection consent

Each data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator for directives and regulations to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller responsible for the processing.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of FpP Federnfabrik AG or another employee directly. Furthermore, the data subject is free to exercise his or her right to object, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by automated means using technical specifications.

8. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

The controller responsible for the processing has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analytics service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed, or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analytics is mainly used to optimize a website and for cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The controller responsible for the processing uses the add-on “_gat._anonymizeIp” for web analytics via Google Analytics. By means of this add-on, the IP address of the internet connection of the data subject is shortened and anonymized by Google when access to our websites occurs from a Member State of the European Union or from another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is the analysis of visitor flows on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us which show the activities on our websites, and to provide further services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller responsible for the processing and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically caused by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Google uses, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.

By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, these personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, are transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected via the technical procedure on to third parties.

The data subject may, as already stated above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and to the processing of these data by Google, and to prevent such collection. For this purpose, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is regarded by Google as an objection. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or by another person attributable to his or her sphere of control, there is the possibility of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

9. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Google Remarketing

The controller responsible for the processing has integrated Google Remarketing services on this website. Google Remarketing is a function of Google AdWords that enables a company to display advertisements to internet users who have previously visited the company’s website. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows a company to create user-related advertising and consequently to display interest-relevant advertisements to internet users.

The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The purpose of Google Remarketing is the display of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or to have them displayed on other websites that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of internet users.

Google Remarketing places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to recognize visitors to our website when they subsequently access websites that are also members of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to a website on which the Google Remarketing service has been integrated, the internet browser of the data subject automatically identifies itself to Google. In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address or the surfing behavior of the user, which Google uses, among other things, for the display of interest-relevant advertising.

By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, are therefore transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected via the technical procedure on to third parties.

The data subject may, as already stated above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each internet browser used and make the desired settings there.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

10. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Google AdWords

The controller responsible for the processing has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place advertisements both in the search engine results of Google and in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords enables an advertiser to define specific keywords in advance, by means of which an advertisement is displayed in the search engine results of Google only when the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result with the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the advertisements are distributed on thematically relevant websites by means of an automatic algorithm and in consideration of the previously defined keywords.

The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine, as well as the display of third-party advertising on our website.

If a data subject reaches our website via a Google advertisement, a so-called conversion cookie is placed by Google on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie expires after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. By means of the conversion cookie, provided that the cookie has not expired, it can be traced whether certain subpages, for example the shopping cart of an online shop system, were accessed on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both we and Google can trace whether a data subject who reached our website via an AdWords advertisement generated revenue, i.e., completed or aborted a purchase.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords advertisements, i.e., to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords advertisement and to optimize our AdWords advertisements for the future. Neither our company nor other advertising customers of Google AdWords receive information from Google that could be used to identify the data subject.

By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, are therefore transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected via the technical procedure on to third parties.

The data subject may, as already stated above, prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each internet browser used and make the desired settings there.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

11. Legal basis for processing

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which the processing of personal data becomes necessary, for example for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary in order to protect vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on our premises and his or her name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be disclosed to a physician, a hospital, or other third parties. In this case, the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations may be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases, where the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they were expressly mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest may be assumed where the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, sentence 2 GDPR).

12. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the controller or a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the performance of our business activities for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.

13. Duration for which personal data is stored

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the initiation of a contract.

14. Legal or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of a contract; obligation of the data subject to provide personal data

We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information about the contractual partner). In some cases, it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which we must then process. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will explain to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what the consequences of not providing the personal data would be.

15. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we refrain from automated decision-making or profiling.
This privacy policy was created using the privacy policy generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as an External Data Protection Officer in Ingolstadt, in cooperation with the IT and data protection law attorney Christian Solmecke.