Data protection

1. General

1.1 Responsible body

PerFact Innovation GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Ján Jockusch
Eupener Straße 32
32051 Herford
Germany

1.2 General information

The use of contact details published in the ‘About Us’ or ‘Legal Notice’ section or similar details, such as postal address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses, by third parties to transmit information that has not been expressly requested is not permitted. In the event of breaches of this prohibition we expressly reserve the right to take legal steps against senders of spam e-mails.

1.3 Hosting

We host our website via Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königsberger Straße 4-6, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany. When you visit our website, Mittwald collects various log files including your IP addresses.

Your data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6, paragraph 1, point f).

Order processing

We have entered into an order processing contract (OPC) with the above stated provider. This is a contract prescribed in data-protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in line with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

2. Rights of the data subject

2.1 Withdrawal of your consent to the processing of data

It is only possible to perform certain data processing with your express consent. A revocation of granted consent is possible at any time. An informal message by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection having taken place prior to withdrawal. Previously given consent to cookies and services can be revoked at any time by deselecting the respective point under the navigation point “Privacy settings”.

2.2 Right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority

As the data object, you are entitled to file a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The responsible supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which the headquarters of our company is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

2.3 Right to data portability

You have the right to have the data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract provided to you or to third parties. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you demand any direct transfer of data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

2.4 Right to information

You have the right to ask us to confirm if and how we obtain personal information from you. This right is realised by this data protection statement. In addition, you can request electronic information.

2.5 Right to rectification, deletion, and blocking

You have the right to have your data corrected, deleted, or blocked. The latter is used if the legal situation does not permit deletion.

3. Making Contact

If the Internet offer provides the opportunity to enter personal or business details (e-mail addresses, names, addresses), then the user provides any such information voluntarily (e.g. when making contact via e-mail or via the contact form). It is also possible to use this website without providing such data.

3.1 Contact form

Purpose and scope of processing
You have the option of providing your personal data in our contact form. This data is only stored and processed by us in order to be able to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions.

Legal basis
The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of your consent (GDPR Article 6 (1) (a)) or, depending on the nature of the request, as part of pre-contractual communication (GDPR Article 6 (1) (b)). A revocation of your previously granted consent is possible at any time. An informal message by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by said revocation.

Disclosure in non-EU countries:
The data you provide in the contact form will not be disclosed in non-EU countries.

Storage duration
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until such time as you ask us to erase it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need for the data to be stored. This shall not affect any mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods.

4. Services

4.1 Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as a site operator, our website uses TLS encryption. Thus, data that you submit via this website, cannot be read by third parties. An encrypted connection can be recognised by the fact that the address bar of the browser contains “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

4.2 Log files

Purpose and scope of processing
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

The processing of the data is necessary to ensure and improve the function of our website.

Legal basis
Your data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6, (1) (f)).

Disclosure in non-EU countries:
Your data will not be disclosed in non-EU countries.

Storage duration
The user session will be stored in a session cookie, which is automatically deleted after you close your browser window.

4.3 Font Awesome

Purpose and scope of processing

Font Awesome is a service that downloads and embeds custom icon fonts into the website that are not installed on the user’s client device. Cookies in the technical sense are not set on the user’s client device, but technical and personal data (such as the IP address) are transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server in order to enable the use of the service.

Legal basis

Processing will be on the basis of your consent (GDPR Article 6 (1) (a)).

Disclosure in non-EU countries

When using Font Awesome, your data will be transmitted to the provider “Fonticons Inc.” in the USA. Further information is available in the provider’s data protection declaration under the following link:

https://fontawesome.com/privacy

5. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your end device. Cookies help us to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and more secure.

When you visit our website, a so-called cookie consent banner appears, which informs you about the use of cookies and services and with which you can choose your personal settings regarding the storage of cookies. You can adjust your selection at any time, even after closing the cookie consent banner, under the “Privacy settings” navigation point.

5.1 Essential cookies

Essential services are required for the basic functionality of the website. They only contain technically necessary services:

5.1.1 Polylang

Purpose and scope of processing

Polylang is a multi-language system for WordPress websites. The cookies store the user’s language and can redirect the user to the version of the website that corresponds to the language of the browser.

Legal basis

Your data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6, (1) (f)).

Disclosure in non-EU countries

Your data will not be disclosed in non-EU countries.

Storage duration

1 year

5.1.2 Real Cookie Banner

Purpose and scope of processing

The Real Cookie Banner asks website visitors for consent to set cookies and process personal data. For this purpose, each website visitor is assigned a UUID (pseudonymous identification of the user), which is valid until the cookie used to store the consent expires. Cookies are used to test whether cookies can be set, to store reference to the documented consent, to store which services from which service groups the visitor has consented to. As part of the clarification obligation in accordance with the GDPR, the consent given is fully documented. In addition to the services and service groups to which the visitor has consented, this includes all settings of the cookie banner at the time of consent as well as the technical circumstances (e.g. size of the viewing area with consent) and user interactions (e.g. button clicks) that led to consent. Consent is collected once per language.

Legal basis

Processing will be on the basis of the fulfillment of a legal obligation (GDPR Article 6 (1) (c)).

Disclosure in non-EU countries

Your data will not be disclosed in non-EU countries.

Storage duration

365 days

5.2 Functional cookies

Functional Services are used to provide features that go beyond the core functionality of the website, such as more attractive fonts, video playback, and interactive Web 2.0 features. The content of, for example, video and social media platforms is blocked by default and can be consented to. If the service is consented to, this content will be loaded automatically without further manual consent.

5.2.1 YouTube

Purpose and scope of processing

YouTube allows content published on youtube.com to be directly embedded into websites. The cookies are used to collect visited websites and detailed statistics about user behaviour. This data can be linked to the data of the users registered on youtube.com and google.com.

Legal basis

Processing will be on the basis of your consent (GDPR Article 6 (1) (a)).

Disclosure in non-EU countries

When using YouTube, your data will be transmitted to the provider “Google Ireland Limited” in the USA. Further information is available in the provider’s data protection declaration under the following link:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Storage duration

Several cookies with different storage periods will be set. You will find a list under the navigation point “Privacy settings” on this website.

6. Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer directly, who will also be available in the event of requests for information, requests or complaints:

Oliver Niekamp
PerFact Innovation GmbH & Co. KG
Eupener Straße 32
32051 Herford
Germany

E-Mail: Datenschutz@perfact.de

Any questions?

Simply write us an e-mail. We will contact you shortly.

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