Privacy Policy

In the following, we provide information about the processing of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

1. responsible body

The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH
Siemensstr. 47
25462 Rellingen
Phone: +49(0)4101-7 95 30
E-mail: info@atek.de

2. contact

When you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name if applicable, your telephone number if applicable, your message text if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment 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 inquiries addressed to us in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR or on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, if this has been requested.

The contact data will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed or a purchase contract has been concluded). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

3. processing of personal data when visiting our website

When using the website for information purposes, i.e. simply viewing it without registering and without providing us with any other information, we process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The data described below is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security and must therefore be processed by us. These are IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (page visited), access status/HTTP status code, amount of data transferred in each case, previously visited page, browser, operating system and language and version of the browser software. The storage period is 14 days. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

4. processing of personal data when using the chat system

We use the chat system of the provider tawk.to, Ic., which is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider. With the chat system, we offer you a direct communication option with our sales staff. The legal basis is your consent, which we obtain via our Consent Manager.

When you use our chatbot, we process the data that you write to us in the chatbot as well as the technically required data when you use the chat system. These are:

• Your IP address,
• the date and time of access,
• Information about the browser you are using (e.g. browser type, version, operating system),
• Your chat messages and entries,
• the URL of the page on which the chat was started (referrer URL),
• and, if applicable, technical session data such as session IDs or cookie information.

5. processing of data from your end devices

In addition to the data mentioned above, we use technical aids for various functions when you use our website, in particular cookies, which can be stored on your end device. When you access our website and at any time thereafter, you have the choice of whether you generally allow cookies to be set or which individual additional functions you would like to select. You can make changes in your browser settings or via our Consent Manager. In the following, we first describe cookies from a technical perspective.

A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. In terms of their function, a distinction is made between cookies:

• Technical cookies: These are strictly necessary to move around the website, use basic functions and ensure the security of the website; they do not collect information about you for marketing purposes, nor do they store which web pages you have visited;
• Performance cookies: These collect information about how you use our website, which pages you visit and, for example, whether errors occur when using the website; they do not collect any information that could identify you – all information collected is anonymous and is only used to improve our website and to find out what interests our users;
• Advertising cookies, targeting cookies: These are used to offer the website user needs-based advertising on the website or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers;
• Sharing or third-party cookies: These are used to improve the interactivity of our website with other services (e.g. social networks).

You can find more information about which cookies we use and how you can manage your cookie settings and deactivate certain types of tracking in our Consent Manager [icon at the bottom left of your screen].

You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

If we consider the use of cookies to be technically absolutely necessary, the data processing is based on Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG. Further processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. For all other cookies that are not required for the display and function of the website, data processing is based on Section 25 (1) TDDDG and Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

6. recipient

Processors

We use various external service providers who work exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions (order processing) to provide the service offered, e.g. hosting this website or operating our IT. These service providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.

7. Your rights

(1) You have the following rights vis-à-vis a controller with regard to your personal data:

• Right of access,
• Right to rectification or erasure,
• Right to restriction of processing,
• Right to object to processing,
• right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

8. objection or revocation against the processing of your data

If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time by contacting the controller using the contact details provided above. Such a revocation affects the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have given it to us. The permissibility of the processing of your data up to the time of your revocation remains unaffected.

Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if, in particular, the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which is described by us in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data in the way we do. In the event of your objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. The best way to exercise your objection to advertising is to use the contact details provided above.

9. Our presence on social networks

(1) We have various presences on social media platforms. We operate these presences with the following providers: Xing and LinkedIn.

Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of social media platforms).

Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); marketing.

The legal basis for the processing of your data on the social media platforms is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Xing: Social network; service provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;

Data protection information: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

LinkedIn: Social network; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;

Data protection information: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Standard contractual clauses: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa

Option to object (opt-out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Order processing contract: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa

The regulations for internal processing of Page Insights at LinkedIn can be found at https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum

We use the technical platform and services of the providers for these information services. We would like to point out that you use our presence on social media platforms and their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating). When you visit our websites, the providers of the social media platforms collect, among other things, your IP address and other information that is stored on your device in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the accounts, with statistical information about the interaction with us.

The data collected about you in this context is processed by the platforms and may be transferred by LinkedIn to countries outside the European Union, in particular the USA. According to LinkedIn, it maintains an adequate level of data protection that corresponds to the former Privacy Shield. LinkedIn has certified itself in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

We do not know how the social media platforms use the data from your visit to our account and interaction with our posts for their own purposes, how long this data is stored and whether data is passed on to third parties. Data processing may differ depending on whether you are registered and logged in to the social network or whether you visit the site as a non-registered and/or non-logged-in user. When you access a post or the account, the IP address assigned to your end device is transmitted to the provider of the social media platform. If you are currently logged in as a user, a cookie on your device can be used to track how you have moved around the network. Buttons integrated into websites enable the platforms to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your respective profile. This data can be used to tailor content or advertising to you. If you wish to avoid this, you should log out or deactivate the “stay logged in” function, delete the cookies on your device and restart your browser.

Furthermore, as the provider of the information service, we only process the data from your use of our service that you provide to us and that requires interaction. For example, if you ask a question that we can only answer by email, we will store your information in accordance with the general principles of our data processing, which we describe in this privacy policy.

To exercise your rights as a data subject, you can contact us or the provider of the social media platform. If one party is not responsible for responding or must receive the information from the other party, we or the provider will then forward your request to the respective partner. Please contact the operator of the social media platform directly for questions about profiling and the processing of your data when using the website. If you have any questions about the processing of your interaction with us on our site, please write to the contact details provided by us above.

The providers describe what information the social media platform receives and how it is used in their data protection notices. There you will also find information about contact options and the settings options for advertisements.

10. applications

If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR (contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are 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 Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship. If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 GDPR are processed (e.g. health data), the legal basis is § 26 para. 3 BDSG or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Once your application has been received, your application data will be reviewed by the person responsible for recruitment. Suitable applications will then be forwarded internally to the department managers responsible for the respective open position. The next steps are then agreed. Within the company, only those persons have access to your data who need it for the proper course of our application procedure.

If we are unable to make you a job offer, you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. The retention 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 only be deleted when the purpose for further 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 statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

If you feel it is not safe to send your application by e-mail, please send us your application documents by post.

Please do not send us any photos, details of your marital status or other sensitive data.

11. Links to other websites

If we provide links to websites of other organizations, this privacy policy does not apply to the processing of personal data by these organizations. We therefore recommend that you read the data protection notices on the other websites you visit.

12. contact details of our data protection officer

We have appointed an external data protection officer for our company:

Ms. Kerstin Lange
c/o Vater Solution GmbH
Boschstraße 5
24118 Kiel
E-Mail: kelange@vater-gruppe.de

13. topicality

This data protection notice was last updated on 14.11.2024. However, we would like to point out that it may be necessary to revise this data protection notice from time to time due to actual or legal changes.