Privacy Notice

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particularly high importance to the management of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH. Use of the websites of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH is generally possible without any provision of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, for example 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 provisions applicable to VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH. By means of this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed by means of this privacy policy of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH is based on the terminology used by the European legislator when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted. Our privacy policy should be easily readable and understandable for the general 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 „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 factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

c) Processing

Processing means any operation or set of operations 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 means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

e) Profiling

Profiling means 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 means 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 to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller or controller responsible for processing

Controller or controller responsible for processing means 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 or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor

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

i) Recipient

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

j) Third party

Third party means 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 means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.

l) Data minimization

The collection, processing, and use of personal data and the selection and design of data processing systems are to be aligned with the goal of collecting, processing, or using as little personal data as possible. We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We collect only the data required for the purpose.

2. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller 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:

VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH
Industriestr. 19a
67063 Ludwigshafen
Germany

Tel.: +49 731 1551-0
Email: info@axians.de
Website: www.axians.de

3. Cookies

The websites of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and saved 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 character string through 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, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH can provide the 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 for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website, 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, via a cookie, the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies already set can 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.

4. Collection of General Data and Information

The website of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH collects a series of general data and information with each call-up of the website by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (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 that are 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 used for the defence against attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed 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. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH, on the one hand statistically and, furthermore, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Contact Option via the Website

Using the contact form provided on this website, you can request information about our products and services without obligation. In doing so, we process the personal data you provide, in particular salutation, first and last name, company, business email address, telephone number where applicable, and the content of your inquiry. Mandatory fields are marked accordingly in the form.

The contact form is submitted by means of a double opt-in procedure. After submitting, you receive an email with a confirmation link; only after activating this link is your inquiry considered confirmed and processed further. To document your consent, we store the time of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address used in the process.

To process your inquiry, we forward your data to the company of the Axians group responsible for your country, which then handles your inquiry on its own responsibility and gets in touch with you. This company processes your data for its own purposes and is, in this respect, an independent controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR; this is not a case of processing on behalf of a controller. No further disclosure of your data to third parties takes place unless there is a legal obligation to do so.

The legal basis for the processing and forwarding of your data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR as well as the performance of pre-contractual measures at your request pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future; the lawfulness of the processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected.

6. Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data

The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or where 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 ceases to apply, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or erased in accordance with the statutory provisions.

7. Rights of the Data Subject

a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
b) Right of access
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller free information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information at any time. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

  • the purposes of processing
  • the categories of personal data being processed
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will still be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
  • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller, or of a right to object to such processing
  • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

where the personal data is not collected from the data subject: all available information about the source of the data
the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in 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 data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has a right to obtain information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject moreover has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
c) Right to rectification
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. 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, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller the erasure without undue delay of personal data concerning them, where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.
  • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
  • The personal data has been unlawfully processed.
  • The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  • The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned grounds applies and a data subject wishes to arrange for the erasure of personal data stored by VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller. The employee of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH will arrange for the erasure request to be complied with without undue delay.

Where the personal data was made public by VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH and our company, as the controller pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR, is obligated to erase the personal data, then VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, will take reasonable steps, including of a technical nature, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such other controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, this personal data, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The employee of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH will arrange for what is necessary on a case-by-case basis.
e) Right to restriction of processing
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, 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, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the use of the personal data.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions applies and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller. The employee of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH will arrange for the restriction of the processing.
f) Right to data portability
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller by the data subject, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 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 their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 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.

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can, at any time, contact an employee of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH.
g) Right to object
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In the event of an objection, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

Where VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH regarding processing for direct marketing purposes, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them which is carried out by VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee of VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH or another employee directly. The data subject is furthermore free, in connection with the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided 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 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) is based on the data subject's explicit consent, VINCI Energies CEE ITS GmbH takes 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 their point of view, and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to assert rights concerning automated decision-making, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator, to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they can, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

8. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offering on the basis of a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or email addresses. It serves to assign analytics information to a device in order to recognize which content the users have called up within one or various usage processes, which search terms they have used, whether they have called it up again, or whether they have interacted with our online offering. Likewise, the time of use and its duration are stored, as well as the sources of the users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their devices and browsers.
In doing so, pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, whereby cookies may be used. Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides coarse geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: city (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), continent, country, region, subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). For EU traffic, the IP address data is used exclusively for this derivation of geolocation data before it is immediately deleted. It is not logged, is not accessible, and is not used for any further purposes. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP lookups are carried out on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; 

Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; 

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR); 

Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/

Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address); 

Privacy policy: https://business.safety.google/privacy/

Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/

Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF), standard contractual clauses (https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms); 

Right to object (opt-out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, settings for the display of advertising: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff

Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and of the data processed).

9. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a software from Google that enables us to manage so-called website tags centrally via a user interface. Tags are small code elements on our website that serve to record and analyze visitor activities. This technology supports us in improving our website and the content offered on it. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies with user profiles, and does not carry out any independent analyses. Its function is limited to simplifying and making more efficient the integration and management of tools and services that we use on our website. Nevertheless, when using Google Tag Manager, the users' IP address is transmitted to Google, which is technically necessary in order to implement the services we use. Cookies may also be set in the process. However, this data processing only takes place if services are integrated via Tag Manager. For more detailed information about these services and their data processing, we refer to the further sections of this privacy policy; 

Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; 

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR); 

Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com

Privacy policy: https://business.safety.google/privacy/

Data processing agreement:
https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms

Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF), standard contractual clauses (https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms).

10. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of Google Remarketing

The controller has integrated Google Remarketing services on this website. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords that enables a company to display advertising to those internet users who have previously visited the company's website. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows a company to create user-based advertising and consequently to display interest-relevant ads to the internet user.

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

The purpose of Google Remarketing is to display interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display ads 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 sets 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 the visitor of our website when they subsequently call up websites that are also members of the Google advertising network. With each call-up of a website on which the Google Remarketing service has been integrated, the internet browser of the data subject automatically identifies itself with Google. As part of this technical procedure, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address or the browsing behavior of the user, which Google uses, among other things, to display interest-relevant advertising.

By means of the cookie, personal information—for example, the websites visited by the data subject—is stored. Each time our websites are visited, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is therefore transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

As already explained above, the data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding 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, a cookie 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 option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, the data subject must call up the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers they use and make the desired settings there.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be accessed at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

11. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use the Google service reCAPTCHA to determine whether a human or a computer makes a particular entry in our contact or newsletter form. Based on the following data, Google checks whether you are a human or a computer: the IP address of the device used, the website you are visiting with us on which the CAPTCHA is embedded, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used, your Google account if you are logged in to Google, mouse movements on the reCAPTCHA areas, as well as tasks in which you have to identify images. The legal basis for the described data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation. There is a legitimate interest on our part in this data processing to ensure the security of our website and to protect us against automated entries (attacks).

12. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of Google Ads

Online marketing procedure for the purpose of placing content and ads within the service provider's advertising network (e.g., in search results, in videos, on web pages, etc.) so that they are shown to users who have a presumed interest in the ads. In addition, we measure the conversion of the ads, i.e., whether users took them as an occasion to interact with the ads and use the advertised offers (so-called conversions). However, we receive only anonymous information and no personal information about individual users; 

Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; 

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR); 

Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com

Privacy policy: https://business.safety.google/privacy/

Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); 

Further information: Types of processing and of the data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/; data processing terms between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third-country data transfers: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.

13. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of LinkedIn

The controller has integrated components of LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts as well as to make new business contacts. More than 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in over 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.

The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For data protection matters outside the USA, LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.

With each individual call-up of our website that is equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), this component causes the browser used by the data subject to download a corresponding display of the component from LinkedIn. Further information about the LinkedIn plug-ins can be accessed at developer.linkedin.com/plugins. As part of this technical procedure, LinkedIn gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes, with each call-up of our website by the data subject and throughout the entire duration of the respective stay on our website, which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned by LinkedIn to the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject activates a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores this personal data.

LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the time of the call-up of our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not want such transmission of this information to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their LinkedIn account before calling up our website.

LinkedIn offers, at www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls, the option to unsubscribe from email messages, SMS messages, and targeted ads as well as to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame, which may set cookies. Such cookies can be declined at www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable data protection provisions of LinkedIn are available at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn's cookie policy is available at www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.

14. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of HubSpot

We use HubSpot for our online marketing. This is an integrated software solution with which we cover various aspects. These include, among others:

  • Email marketing (newsletters as well as automated mailings, e.g., to provide downloads)

  • Social media publishing & reporting

  • Website analytics (e.g., traffic sources, visits, etc. …)

  • Contact management (e.g., user segmentation & customer relationship management)

  • Landing pages, blogs, and contact forms

  • Services (live chat, chatbots, ticketing system, surveys, knowledge bases)

Our contact forms enable visitors to our website to download content and provide us with your contact information as well as other demographic information. This information, along with the content of our website, is stored on servers of our service provider HubSpot. We use it to get in touch with you. In addition, with the help of cookies (more on this below), we learn which of our company's services you are interested in. To this end, we store information about your interaction with our website, such as downloaded documents, pages visited, and the date and time of access („usage data“), as well as whether and when you have opened marketing emails from Axians.

We set cookies for advertising purposes only if you agree to this; we therefore obtain your consent via a cookie banner.

More information about the cookies used by HubSpot can be found on the following pages:

knowledge.hubspot.com/reports/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser
knowledge.hubspot.com/account/hubspot-cookie-security-and-privacy
The legal basis for the use of the data is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. We store the information for as long as we have consent for it, but no longer than 5 years.

Right to object, use of cookies
You can revoke your consent to the use of your data at any time with effect for the future; you can also technically prevent the collection of your user data by adjusting the cookie settings of your browser and deleting the corresponding cookies.

Further information about HubSpot
HubSpot (HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA) is a U.S. software company; the European contracting party is HubSpot Ireland Limited (Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central, Guild Street, Dublin 1, Ireland). HubSpot acts for us as a processor within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR on the basis of a data processing agreement. In addition, EU standard contractual clauses exist with HubSpot Inc., about which you can find information here: legal.hubspot.com/de/dpa

You can find HubSpot's privacy policy here: legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy ; information on HubSpot's implementation of the GDPR here: www.hubspot.de/data-privacy/gdpr

15. Data Protection Provisions Concerning the Use of YouTube

The controller has integrated components of YouTube on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that enables video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate, and comment on them, likewise free of charge. YouTube permits the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete films and television programs, but also music videos, trailers, or videos created by users themselves, can be accessed via the internet portal.

The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Dublin, Ireland.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube can be accessed at www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes, with the call-up of a subpage that contains a YouTube video, which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.

YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website whenever the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the time of the call-up of our website; this takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If the data subject does not want such transmission of this information to YouTube and Google, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before calling up our website.

The data protection provisions published by YouTube, which are available at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

16. Legal Basis for Processing

Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves our company as the legal basis 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 necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations as are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that makes the processing of personal data necessary, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary to protect the 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, as a result, their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, a hospital, or other third parties. The processing would then be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis underlies processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases, where the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they were specifically 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).

17. Legitimate Interests Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party in the Processing

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business operations for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

18. Duration for Which the Personal Data Is Stored

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

19. Statutory or Contractual Requirements to Provide the Personal Data

We inform you that the provision of personal data is in part required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also result from contractual arrangements (e.g., information about the contracting party). At times, it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract that a data subject provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obligated to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with them. A failure to provide the 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 inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis as to whether the provision of the 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.

20. Existence of Automated Decision-Making

As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

21. Privacy Notice for Events

This privacy notice informs you about the processing of your personal data in connection with your registration for and participation in events. Your personal data is processed in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

The event is conducted by the company named in the invitation form, which is the controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR for the processing and storage of your personal data.

For what purposes do we need your information?

Your data is collected and processed for the purpose of preparing, conducting, and following up on the event.

Your personal data is processed and used for the event as follows:

  • Your contact details for registration for the event.
  • Where catering is provided, possibly data on food intolerances and/or meal preferences, insofar as necessary.
  • Your details on the preferred post-event program in order to organize it.

Legal bases for processing your data

Processing is carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. This can be revoked at any time.

Providing personal information is voluntary. Please note, however, that participation in the event may not be possible if you provide only incomplete information or none at all. Information that we absolutely require from you to organize the event is marked accordingly in the registration form.

What types of personal data are processed during the event?

In particular, the following categories of personal data may be processed in order to conduct the event:

  • Salutation, first name, name, and contact details (email)
  • Information about employment (company name, job title)
  • Information on food intolerances for catering
  • Data on participation in the event as such and on participation in the
    preferred post-event programs.

Special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 GDPR

In order to conduct the event to your satisfaction, we may occasionally ask you for health data (e.g., data on food intolerances). Providing this sensitive personal data is optional. We will process this data only with your consent for the purpose of conducting the event.

Transmission and disclosure of your personal data

Your personal data is transmitted to the following persons or third parties in order to conduct the event:

  • Axians employees who are entrusted with organizing and conducting the event. Insofar as necessary for the stated purpose, cooperation with other companies of Axians takes place.
  • Caterers, hotels, transport services, event agencies, and other third parties required to conduct the event.
  • Internal and external IT service providers that are engaged in or involved with technical support for organizing and conducting the event.

Data storage

Data is collected only in the context of conducting the event and is stored no longer than one year after the event has ended, unless we are legally obligated to retain the data longer.

After the period for storing the data has expired (based on the respective applicable rules and/or processes), your personal data is deleted.

Security

Axians strives to ensure the protection of your personal data. To prevent unauthorized access, Axians has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures that ensure the security of your personal data.

All Axians employees and any third parties that Axians engages to process your personal data are obligated to treat your data in strict confidence.

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