Privacy Policy
1. Our privacy policy at a glance
General information
The following sections provide a concise overview of how your personal data are processed when you visit our website. ‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. For more details on data protection and privacy, please refer to our privacy policy set out below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for processing the data collected on this website?
Any data collected on this website is processed by the website operator. The website operator’s contact details can be found in the Legal Notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
The data we collect may include information you provide to us, for example by entering information in our contact form.
Additional data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit our website. This information refers primarily to technical details (e.g. internet browser used, operating system or website access time). These data are collected automatically as soon as you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data are collected to ensure that you can use our website without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You are entitled, at any time and free of charge, to request access to your personal data held by us and to be informed about the origin and recipients of such data and the purpose of processing. You are also entitled to request that any of your personal data be corrected, blocked or deleted. For any such requests or other queries relating to data protection and data privacy, please contact us at the address provided in the Legal Notice. Furthermore, you are also entitled to lodge complaints with the competent supervisory authority.
2. General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website are committed to protecting your privacy. Any personal data submitted on our website will be treated confidentially in accordance with statutory data protection requirements and this privacy policy.
Various personal data are collected when you visit our website. ‘Personal data’ means any information that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains the type of data we collect and what we use them for. It also explains how and for what purposes personal data are processed.
Data transmission over the internet (e.g. email communication) may involve potential security vulnerabilities. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security and protection of data against unauthorised access by third parties.
Controller
Controller responsible for processing the data collected on this website:
Sachverständigenbüro Küster & Partner mbB, Beratende Ingenieure
Hammeweg 1
31303 Burgdorf
Germany
Tel: +49 5136 972270
Email: info@sv-kuester.de
‘Controller’ means the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption technology for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content you send us (e.g. personal data provided in your purchase orders or enquiries). You can easily tell whether an encrypted secure connection is established by looking at the web address in your browser window: the prefix will change from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and a closed padlock will appear.
If SSL or TLS encryption is active, then any data exchanged with us cannot be accessed or read by third parties.
3. Data protection officer
Data protection officer required by law
Our company’s designated data protection officer is:
Alexander Ohlau (Dipl.-Ing.)
Tel: +49 5136 972270
Email: info@sv-kuester.de
4. Data collection on our website
Server log files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information transmitted by your browser in so-called server log files. This information includes:
- browser type / browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- host name of the computer accessing the website
- time of the server request
- IP address
This information will not be merged with other data sources.
Data processing is based on GDPR Article 6, paragraph 1, point (b), which establishes that processing is lawful if it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information provided in the contact form, including the contact details you specify, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and responding to potential follow-up queries. Such information will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
Processing of your personal data provided in the contact form is based entirely on your consent (GDPR Article 6, paragraph 1, point (a)). You are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
We will retain the information you provide in the contact form until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or until the purpose of its storage no longer applies or has been accomplished (e.g. after processing your request). Mandatory statutory requirements – especially relating to retention periods – remain unaffected by this provision.