Privacy

Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. In the following, you will find information on how we handle your data that is collected through your use of our website. The internet offer is aligned with the legal data protection requirements in Germany and the European Union (in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (“BDSG”) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU-DSGVO”).

  1. Responsible party and its data protection officer

The responsible party within the meaning of the EU-DS GVO and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is:

CERTINA GROUP, Robert-Koch-Straße 5a, 82031 Grünwald, Munich Commercial Register, HRB 132997, Tel. + 49 89 210896-0, Fax: +49 89 210896-50, E-Mail: info@certina-group.com

Managing Director: Dr. Hans Wehrmann,

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer, who will also be happy to help with requests for information, suggestions or complaints:

  1. Personal data

Personal data is individual information about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, your name, address, date of birth, e-mail address and payment data, but also your IP address. We describe below how we process your personal data.

  1. Visit of our website and creation of so-called log files

Description and scope of data processing: When you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information that your Internet browser transmits to us. The following data is collected and processed in this context:

– the current IP address of the Internet connection you are using;

– if you visit our website via a link, the page from which you visit us;

– the web pages you visit within our website;

– the date and time of your visit;

– the operating system you use, the browser name (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) and the browser version;

– the name of your Internet access provider;

– the amount of data transferred.

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in so-called log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website.

Legal basis for data processing: The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DSGVO.

Purpose of data processing: The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. The purpose of the storage in log files is to ensure the functionality and stability of the website. In addition, we use the data for statistical purposes, to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in data processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DSGVO.

Duration of storage: The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, unless contractual or legal obligations prevent deletion.

  1. Contact form and e-mail contact

Description and scope of data processing: When you send a contact request via our contact form, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.

The provision of personal data by you is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide us with personal data. Failure to provide personal data, insofar as this is mandatory, means that it is not possible to contact you via the contact form or call you back.

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail addresses provided. In this case, your personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

Your data will not be passed on to third parties.

Legal basis for data processing: the legal basis for the processing of data transmitted via the contact form and the legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to respond to the contact request of the sender. If the contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b EU-DSGVO.

Purpose of data processing: The processing of personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact request. The other personal data processed during the submission process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Duration of storage: The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, unless contractual or legal obligations prevent deletion. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with you has ended, unless contractual or legal obligations prevent deletion. The conversation is terminated when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved.

  1. No obligation to provide personal data

The conclusion of contracts with us is not dependent on you providing us with personal data in advance. As a customer, you are not under any legal or contractual obligation to provide us with your personal data; however, we may only be able to provide certain services to a limited extent or not at all if you do not provide the necessary data. If this should exceptionally be the case within the scope of the products offered by us, you will be informed of this separately.

  1. Automated decision-making including profiling

No automated decision-making including profiling takes place.

  1. Transmission of personal data

With the exception of the circumstances described in this data protection declaration, we will not pass on your data to third parties unless you have previously given your express consent to a transfer or the transfer is required or permitted by law. Excluded from this are service partners who are required to process the contractual relationship and who have been commissioned by us to process personal data in accordance with our instructions as part of a contract processing agreement. We will neither sell your data to third parties nor otherwise pass it on to third parties for advertising purposes.

  1. Use of cookies

Description and scope of data processing: Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your Internet browser. The cookies allow the recognition of the Internet browser. Cookies allow us to improve the convenience and quality of our services by, for example, storing user preferences.

In addition, cookies are used to personalize content and ads, to offer social media features, and to analyze traffic to our website. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Our partners may combine this information with other data that you have provided to them or that they have collected as part of your use of the Services.

Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.

It is also possible to use our website without cookies. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your Internet browser, limit them to certain websites or set your Internet browser to notify you before a cookie is stored. You can delete the cookies from the hard drive of your computer at any time using the privacy functions of your Internet browser. In this case, the functions and user-friendliness of the offer could be limited.

Browsers allow you to block and delete cookies. The following links show you how to adjust the settings in the following popular browsers:

– Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de

– Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

– Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

– Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Blocking cookies may impair the functionality of this website.

Legal basis for data processing: If personal data is processed using technically necessary cookies, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-DSGVO.

Any use of cookies that is not strictly technically necessary constitutes data processing that is only permitted with your explicit and active consent. The legal basis is then Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO. This applies in particular to the use of advertising, targeting or sharing cookies. In addition, we will only disclose your personal data processed by cookies to third parties if you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.

Purpose of data processing: The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change. In these purposes also lies our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DSGVO.

We require cookies for the following applications: session handling (ensuring that the entries on the individual form pages are available until the end process).

The user data collected through technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

Duration of storage: Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by it to our website. The described technically necessary cookies are usually deleted when your browser session expires. In addition, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically.

 

In addition, you have the option below to edit your personal cookie settings at any time.

  1. Google analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (“Google”)) on our website. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and thereby enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The information generated by these cookies, for example time, place and frequency of your website visit including your IP address, is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there. We use Google Analytics with the addition “_gat._anonymizeIp” on our website. In this case, your IP address will already be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and thereby anonymized.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google will, according to its own information, in no case associate your IP address with other Google data. 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.

Furthermore, Google offers a deactivation add-on for the most common browsers, which gives you more control over what data is collected by Google about the website you visit. The add-on tells the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, the Google Analytics browser deactivation add-on does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use. For more information on how to install the browser add-on, please click on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

If you visit our site via a mobile device (smartphone or tablet), you must click this link instead to prevent tracking by Google Analytics within our website in the future. This is also possible as an alternative to the above browser add-on. Clicking the link will set an opt-out cookie in your browser that is only valid for this browser and domain. If you delete the cookies in this browser, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted, so you will have to click the link again.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 38 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

  1. Word Press

We use the WordPress tool Stats on this website to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider is Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA (“WordPress”).

WordPress uses cookies that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.

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 our website may be limited.

You can object to the collection and use of your data for the future by setting an opt-out cookie in your browser by clicking on this link: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

If you delete the cookies on your computer, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

  1. Data security

Within the website visit, we use the widespread TLS procedure (Transport Layer Security) in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is encrypted by the closed key or lock symbol in the lower status bar or address bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

  1. Rights of the data subject

If personal data is processed by you, you are a data subject within the meaning of the EU GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis Certina Holding AG:

Right to information: Pursuant to Article 15 of the EU Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us; in particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.

Right to rectification: Pursuant to Art. 16 EU-DSGVO, you have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us without undue delay.

Right to erasure: Pursuant to Art. 17 EU-DSGVO, you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Right to restriction: Pursuant to Art. 18 EU-DSGVO, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 EU-DSGVO.

Right to data portability: Pursuant to Art. 20 EU-DSGVO, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller.

Right of complaint: In accordance with Art. 77 EU-DSGVO, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose. In the present case, the competent supervisory authority is:

The Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection (BayLfD), Wagmüllerstraße 18, 80538 Munich, P.O. Box 22 12 19, 80502 Munich. Tel.: 089 212672-0, Fax 089 212672-50, poststelle@datenschutz-bayern.de .

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

 

Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) EU GDPR.

If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing.

  1. Change of our data protection regulations

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy. For your renewed visit to our website, the current privacy policy will apply in each case.

Status: May 2021