Privacy policy

Privacy statement for ffg-ea.com

    Privacy policy

    Privacy statement for ffg-ea.com

    We appreciate your visit to our website www.ffg-ea.com and your interest in our company.

    The protection of your personal data, such as date of birth, name, telephone number, address, etc., is important to us.

    The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about the processing of your personal data that we collect from you when you visit our website. Our data protection practice is in line with the legal regulations of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The following data protection declaration serves to fulfill the information obligations resulting from the GDPR. These can be found, for example, in Art. 13 and Art. 14 et seq. GDPR.

    Responsible

    The controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is the person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

    With regard to our website, the responsible person is:

    FFG European and American Holdings GmbH
    Salacher Str. 93
    73054 Eislingen
    Germany
    E-Mail: info@ffg-ea.com
    Tel.: +49 71 61 805-0

    Contact details of the data protection officer

    We have appointed a data protection officer pursuant to Art. 37 GDPR. You can reach our data protection officer under the following contact details:

    Andreas Zimmermann
    Liststraße 4
    73035 Göppingen
    Germany
    E-Mail: data-protection@ffg-ea.com

    Provision of the website and creation of log files

    Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the respective retrieving device (e.g. computer, cell phone, tablet, etc.).

    What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

    (1) Information about the browser type and version used;
    (2) The operating system of the retrieval device;
    (3) Host name of the accessing computer;
    (4) The IP address of the retrieval device;
    (5) The date and time of access;
    (6) Websites and resources (images, files, other page content) that were accessed on our website;
    (7) websites from which the user's system accessed our website (referrer tracking);
    (8) notification as to whether the retrieval was successful;
    (9) Volume of data transferred

    This data is stored in the log files of our system. A storage of this data together with personal data of a concrete user does not take place, so that an identification of individual site visitors does not take place.

    Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest is to ensure the achievement of the purpose described below.

    Purpose of data processing

    The temporary (automated) storage of the data is necessary for the course of a website visit to enable delivery of the website. The storage and processing of personal data is also carried out to maintain the compatibility of our website for as many visitors as possible and to combat abuse and troubleshooting. For this purpose, it is necessary to log the technical data of the retrieving computer in order to be able to react as early as possible to display errors, attacks on our IT systems and/or errors in the functionality of our website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to generally ensure the security of our information technology systems.

    Duration of storage

    The deletion of the aforementioned technical data takes place as soon as they are no longer needed to ensure the compatibility of the website for all visitors, but no later than 3 months after accessing our website.

    Possibility of objection and deletion

    You can object to the processing at any time pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR and request deletion of data pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR. You can find out which rights you have and how to exercise them in the lower section of this privacy policy.

    Special functions of the website

    Our site offers you various functions, during the use of which personal data is collected, processed and stored by us. Below we explain what happens with this data:

    Contact form(s)

    • What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

      The data you entered in our contact forms, which you entered in the input mask of the contact form.

    • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

      Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent through clear confirming action or behavior)

    • Purpose of data processing

      We will use the data recorded via our contact form or via our contact forms only for processing the specific contact request received through the contact form. Please note that in order to fulfill your contact request, we may also send you e-mails to the address provided. The purpose of this is so that you can receive confirmation from us that your request has been correctly forwarded to us. However, the sending of this confirmation e-mail is not obligatory for us and is only for your information.

    • Duration of storage

      After processing your request, the collected data will be deleted immediately, unless there are legal retention periods.

    • Revocation and deletion option

      The revocation and deletion options are based on the general regulations on the right of revocation and deletion under data protection law described below in this data protection declaration.

    • Necessity of providing personal data

      The use of the contact forms is on a voluntary basis and is neither contractually nor legally required. You are not obliged to contact us via the contact form, but can also use the other contact options provided on our site. If you wish to use our contact form, you must fill in the fields marked as mandatory. If you do not fill out the required information of the contact form, you can either not send the request or we can unfortunately not process your request.

    Statistical analysis of visits to this website - Webtracker

    We collect, process and store the following data when this website or individual files on the website are accessed: IP address, website from which the file was accessed, name of the file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred and report on the success of the access (so-called web log). We use this access data exclusively in non-personalized form for the continuous improvement of our Internet offering and for statistical purposes. We also use the following web trackers to evaluate visits to this website:

    • Google Tag Manager

      • What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

        On our site, we use the service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google Tag Manager). Google Tag Manager provides a technical platform for executing and bundling other web services and web tracking programs by means of so-called "tags". In this context, Google Tag Manager stores cookies on your computer and analyzes your surfing behavior (so-called "tracking"), insofar as web tracking tools are executed by means of Google Tag Manager. This data sent by individual tags embedded in Google Tag Manager is aggregated, stored and processed by Google Tag Manager under a unified user interface. All integrated "tags" are listed separately again in this privacy policy. You can find more information on the data protection of the tools integrated in Google Tag Manager in the respective section of this data protection declaration. In the course of using our website with activated integration of tags from Google Tag Manager, data, such as in particular your IP address and your user activities, are transmitted to servers of the company Google Ireland Limited. With regard to the web services integrated by means of Google Tag Manager, the regulations in the respective section of this data protection declaration apply. The tracking tools used in Google Tag Manager ensure through IP anonymization of the source code that the IP address is anonymized by Google Tag Manager before transmission. In doing so, Google Tag Manager is only enabled to record IP addresses anonymously (so-called IP masking).

      • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

        The legal basis for data processing is your consent in our information banner regarding the use of cookies and web tracking (consent through clear confirming action or behavior) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

      • Purpose of data processing

        On our behalf, Google will use the information obtained by means of Google Tag Manager to evaluate your visit to this website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage.

      • Duration of storage

        Google will store the data relevant for the function of Google Tag Manager for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymized. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, as long as it is not subject to any legal obligations to retain data. In any case, the deletion takes place after the expiration of the retention obligation.

      • Possibility of objection and deletion

        You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (in particular your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, installing a script blocker in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the Google cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google's security and privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    • Google Analytics

      • Scope of the processing of personal data

        On our site, we use the web tracking service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google Analytics). Within the scope of web tracking, Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of our website and your surfing behavior (so-called tracking). We carry out this analysis based on the tracking service of Google Analytics in order to constantly optimize our website and make it more available. In the course of using our website, data, such as in particular your IP address and your user activities, are transmitted to servers of the company Google Ireland Limited. We carry out this analysis on the basis of Google's tracking service in order to constantly optimize our internet offer and make it better available. Likewise, we need the web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker enables us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data processed by us from these cyber attacks. By enabling IP anonymization within the Google Analytics tracking code of this website, your IP address will be anonymized by Google Analytics before transmission. This website uses a Google Analytics tracking code that has been extended by the operator gat._anonymizeIp(); to enable only anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

      • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

        The legal basis for data processing is your consent in our information banner regarding the use of cookies and web tracking (consent through clear confirming action or behavior) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

      • Purpose of data processing

        On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your visit to this website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Likewise, we need the web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker allows us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data we process from these cyberattacks.

      • Duration of storage

        Google will store the data relevant for the provision of web tracking for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymized. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, insofar as this is not subject to any statutory retention obligations. In any case, the deletion takes place after the expiration of the retention obligation.

      • Possibilities of objection and deletion

        You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (esp. your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the Google cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link(http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Google's security and privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

    • Tencent Video

      We use the Tencent Video service of the company Tencent Holdings Ltd, Tencent Binhai Building, No 33 Haitian Second Road, Nanshan, 518054 Shenzhen, Germany, website: https: //v.qq.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website.

      The service allows us to embed videos from the video streaming website Tencent Video on our website. This makes our website more attractive and experiential for our users.

      You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.tencent.com/en-us/privacy-policy.html.

    Integration of external web services and processing of data outside the EU

    On our website, we use active content from external providers, so-called web services. When you visit our website, these external providers may receive personal information about your visit to our website. This may involve the processing of data outside the EU. You can prevent this by installing an appropriate browser plug-in or disabling the execution of scripts in your browser. This may result in functional restrictions on Internet pages that you visit.

    We use the following external web services:

    • Google

      We use the Google service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, email: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website.

      We use Google in order to be able to reload further services from Google on the website.

      You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    • Google Fonts

      We use the Google Fonts service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, email: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website.

      Using the Google Fonts service, fonts are reloaded on our site in order to be able to show you the page in a visually better version.

      You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    • Gstatic

      We use on our site the service Gstatic of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway , 94043 Mointain View, United States, email: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website.

      Gstatic is a service used by Google to retrieve static content to reduce bandwidth usage and preload needed catalog files.

      You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    • Website Check Seal

      We use on our site the service Website-Check Siegel of the company Website-Check GmbH, Beethovenstraße 24, 66111 Saarbrücken, Germany, e-mail: support@website-check.de, website: http://www.website-check.de/. The transmission and processing of personal data takes place exclusively on servers in the European Union.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is our legitimate interest in the processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in achieving the purpose described below.

      The script of Website-Check GmbH is the technical integration of the Website-Check seal. With this seal we would like to show that we take the topic of data protection very seriously. Due to the integration of the Website-Check test seal, a transfer of non-personal data to Website-Check GmbH as the publisher of the test seal takes place so that they can deliver it technically.

      With regard to the processing, you have the right to object listed in Art. 21. You can find more information at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.website-check.de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

    • Youtube

      We use on our site the service Youtube of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway , 94043 Mountain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

      The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, which you have given on our website.

      Via the service Youtube videos of the platform Youtube are integrated on our site.

      You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    • cookiebot.com

      We use on our site the service cookiebot.com of the company Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. The transmission and processing of personal data takes place exclusively on servers in the European Union.

      The legal basis for the transmission and processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. The use of the service helps us to comply with our legal obligations.

      By integrating Cookiebot, we fulfill our legal obligation with regard to the consent management required for cookies.

      You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

      For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/.

    Information on the use of cookies

    Scope of the processing of personal data

    On various pages, we integrate and use cookies to enable certain functions of our website and to integrate external web services. The so-called "cookies" are small text files that your browser can store on your access device. These text files contain a characteristic string that uniquely identifies the browser when you return to our website. The process of saving a cookie file is also referred to as "setting a cookie". Cookies can be set here both by the website itself and by external web services.

    Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR (consent).

    Which legal basis is relevant can be seen from the cookie table listed later in this point.

    Generally, in the case of cookies that are collected on the basis of a legitimate interest, our legitimate interest is to ensure the functionality of our website and the services included on it (technically necessary cookies). In addition, it may be that the cookies increase their user-friendliness and enable a more individualized approach. Here we have weighed up your interests against our interests.

    With the help of cookie technology, we can identify, analyze and track individual website visitors only if the website visitor has consented to the use of the cookie pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

    Purpose of data processing

    The cookies are set by our website or the external web services to maintain the full functionality of our website, to improve the user experience or to pursue the purpose stated with your consent. Cookie technology also allows us to recognize individual visitors by pseudonyms, such as a unique or random IDs, so that we can provide more customized services. Details are listed in the following table.

    Duration of storage

    The cookies listed below are stored in your browser until they are deleted or, in the case of a session cookie, until the session expires. Details are listed in the following table:

    Cookie nameServerProviderPurposeLegal basisStorage durationType
    CONSENT (Youtube).youtube.com, .youtube-nocookie.comYoutubeThrough the CONSENT cookie, after the consent of the user, the permission of the user to forward the data to Youtube is stored.Fulfillment of legal obligationsapprox. 24 monthsCookie banner
    CookieConsentffg-ea.comWebsite operatorCookie that stores the user's decision about the cookie banner.Legitimate interestca. 38 yearsCookie banner
    VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE.youtube.comYoutubeThe cookie is used to estimate how the site visitors' acceptance of the videos on the site will be.Consentapprox. 6 monthsAnalytics
    YSC.youtube.comWebsite operatorThis cookie assigns an ID to the page visitor. This ID is used to create statistics of the videos of the page visitor.ConsentSessionAnalytics
    Youtubewww.youtube-nocookie.comYoutubeThis cookie is needed to embed the Youtube video player on our website and to play Youtube videos on the website. The Youtube player is operated by us in data-saving mode.ConsentSessionMarketing
    _gaffg-ea.com, .ffg-ea.comGoogle AnalyticsThis cookie assigns an ID to a user so that the web tracker can summarize the user's actions under this ID.Consentapprox. 24 monthsAnalytics
    gat_gtag_UA*ffg-ea.com, .ffg-ea.comGoogle AnalyticsThis cookie assigns an ID to a user and associates the user's actions under this ID in connection with Google Tag Manager.Consentapprox. 90 secondsAnalytics
    _gidffg-ea.com, .ffg-ea.comGoogle AnalyticsThis cookie assigns an ID to a user so that the web tracker can summarize the user's actions under this ID.Consentapprox. 24 hoursAnalytics

    Possibility of objection, revocation of consent and deletion

    You can set your browser according to your wishes so that the setting of cookies is generally prevented. You can then decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or accept cookies in principle. Cookies can be used for various purposes, e.g. to recognize that your access device is already connected to our website (permanent cookies) or to store recently viewed offers (session cookies). If you have expressly given us permission to process your personal data, you can revoke this consent at any time. Please note that the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected.

    Data security and data protection, communication by e-mail

    Your personal data are protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage and processing so that they are not accessible to third parties. In the case of unencrypted communication by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security on the transmission path to our IT systems, so we recommend encrypted communication or the postal service for information requiring a high level of confidentiality.

    Automatic email archiving

    • Scope of the processing of personal data

      We expressly point out that our mail system has an automated archiving procedure. All incoming and outgoing e-mails are digitally archived in an audit-proof manner.

    • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

      Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR (legal obligation). The legal obligation consists of compliance with tax and commercial law requirements (e.g. §§ 146, 147 AO, §§ 238, 257 HGB).

    • Purpose of data processing

      The purpose of archiving is to comply with tax law requirements (e.g. §§ 146, 147 AO - obligation to retain e-mails of relevance to tax law) and commercial law requirements (e.g. §§ 238, 257 HGB - obligation to archive business correspondence).

    • Duration of storage

      Our mail communication is stored until the expiry of tax and commercial law retention obligations. The retention period can be up to 10 years.

    • Possibility of objection and deletion

      You can object to the processing at any time pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR and request deletion of data pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR. You can find out which rights you have and how to exercise them in the lower section of this privacy policy.

    • Dealing with application documents

      If you have any questions regarding our e-mail archiving system, please contact our data protection officer. In addition, we would like to point out that we only consider application documents in PDF file format. Zipped files (WinZip, WinRAR, 7Zip, etc.) are filtered out by our security systems and are not delivered. We do not consider applications in Word file format and other file formats and delete them unread. Please note that application documents sent by e-mail without encryption may be opened by third parties before they reach our IT systems. We assume that we may also reply to unencrypted application e-mails without encryption. If you do not wish this, please inform us in your application e-mail.

    Right to information and correction requests - Deletion & restriction of data - Revocation of consent - Right of objection

    Right to information

    You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data about you. If this is the case, you have the right to information on the information named in Art. 15 (1) GDPR, provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected (cf. Art. 15 (4) GDPR). We will also be happy to provide you with a copy of the data.

    Correction claim

    In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to have any incorrect personal data stored with us (such as address, name, etc.) corrected at any time. You can also request a completion of the data stored by us at any time. A corresponding adjustment will be made immediately.

    Right to deletion

    Pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, you have the right to demand that we delete the personal data we have collected about you if

    • the data is either no longer needed;
    • due to the revocation of your consent, the legal basis of the processing has ceased to exist without replacement;
    • you have objected to the processing and there are no legitimate grounds for the processing;
    • your data is processed unlawfully;
    • a legal obligation requires this or a collection pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR has taken place.

    According to Art. 17 (3) of the GDPR, the right does not exist if

    • the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
    • Your data has been collected on the basis of a legal obligation;
    • the processing is necessary for reasons of public interest;
    • the data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
       

    Right to restriction of processing

    According to Art. 18 (1) GDPR, you have the right in individual cases to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

    This is the case when

    • the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you;
    • the processing is unlawful and you do not consent to erasure;
    • the data is no longer required for the purpose of processing, but the collected data is used for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;
    • an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR has been lodged and it is still unclear which interests prevail.

    Right of revocation

    If you have given us express consent to process your personal data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR), you may revoke this consent at any time. Please note that the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected by this.

    Right to object

    In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you that has been collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) f (in the context of a legitimate interest). You only have this right if there are special circumstances against the storage and processing.

    How do you exercise your rights?

    You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at the contact details below:

    FFG European and American Holdings GmbH
    Salacher Str. 93
    73054 Eislingen
    Germany
    E-Mail: info@ffg-ea.com
    Tel.: +49 71 61 805-0

    Right to data portability

    Pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, you have a right to the transmission of the personal data concerning you. The data will be provided by us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. The data can be sent either to you or to a person responsible named by you.

    We provide you with the following data upon request according to Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR:

    • Data collected on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR;
    • Data that we have received from you in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR within the framework of existing contracts;
    • Data that has been processed as part of an automated procedure.

    We will transfer the personal data directly to a controller of your choice, as far as this is technically feasible. Please note that we may not transfer data that interferes with the freedoms and rights of other persons pursuant to Art. 20 (4) GDPR.

    Right of appeal to the supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 (1) GDPR

    If you suspect that your data is being processed illegally on our site, you can of course bring about a judicial clarification of the issue at any time. In addition, any other legal option is open to you. Irrespective of this, you have the option of contacting a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 (1) GDPR. The right of complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR is available to you in the EU Member State of your place of residence, your place of work and/or the place of the alleged infringement, i.e. you can choose the supervisory authority to which you turn from the places mentioned above. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted will then inform you of the status and outcome of your submission, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

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    Provider

    FFG European and American Holdings GmbH
    Salacher Straße 93
    73054 Eislingen
    Deutschland

    E-mail: info@ffg-ea.com
    Phone.: +49 7161 805-0

    Represented by the Board of Management:
    Dr. Sebastian Schöning, Bin Sun, Esmond Yip

    Supervisory Board: Dr. Gerald Weber (Chairman), Eberhard Herzog von Württemberg (Deputy Chairman)

    Trade register
    Register court: District Court of Ulm
    Register number: HRB 735073

    VAT identification number pursuant to § 27a of the VAT Act: DE815718431
     

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    Our Social Media channels are operated by:

    FFG European and American Holdings GmbH
    Salacher Straße 93
    73054 Eislingen
    Deutschland

    E-Mail: info@ffg-ea.com

    Data Protection Officer:

    Andreas Zimmermann
    Liststraße 4, 73035 Göppingen

    Email: a.zimmermann@consilium-zimmermann.eu

    Facebook Ireland Ltd. (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland) is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on Instagram’s web pages. Please note that Instagram will collect and process certain information about your visit to our Instagram page even if you do not have an Instagram user account or are not logged on to Instagram. For information about how Instagram processes personal data, please see the Instagram Privacy Policy at help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

    As the operator of this Instagram page, we can see only your public Instagram profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our Instagram page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

    Instagram also provides us with Page Insights data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our Instagram page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that Instagram collects on your interaction with our Instagram page. We do not have access to this usage data. Instagram/Facebook have warranted to us that they will assume responsibility for compliance with the applicable obligations regarding the Page Insights data and the fulfilment of your rights under the GDPR (see below for more information) and to provide you with the main points of the applicable agreement to this effect (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum).

    This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our Instagram page for our target audience as far as possible.

    We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside Instagram, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

    You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by Facebook is inevitable if you want to visit our Instagram page.

    It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Facebook, Inc., headquartered in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Instagram bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

    We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this Instagram page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

    Your rights are as follows:

    • According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
    • According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
    • According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
    • According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
    • According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
    • You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.
       

    To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by Instagram, where possible, please contact Instagram directly using the contact information provided by Instagram on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to our processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling, if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Status: September 2021

    LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on LinkedIn’s web pages. Please note that LinkedIn will collect and process certain information about your visit to our LinkedIn page even if you do not have a LinkedIn user account or are not logged on to LinkedIn. For information on the processing of personal data by LinkedIn please see the Privacy Policy of LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

    As the operator of this LinkedIn page, we can see only your public LinkedIn profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our LinkedIn page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

    LinkedIn also provides us with Page Analytics data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our LinkedIn page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that LinkedIn collects on your interaction with our LinkedIn page. We do not have access to this usage data. LinkedIn has warranted to us that it will assume responsibility for compliance with the applicable obligations regarding the Page Analytics data and the fulfilment of your rights under the GDPR (see below for more information) and to provide you with the main points of the applicable agreement to this effect (https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum).

    This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our LinkedIn page for our target audience as far as possible.

    We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside LinkedIn, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

    You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by LinkedIn is inevitable if you want to visit our LinkedIn page.

    It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by LinkedIn Corporation and its US subsidiaries (“LinkedIn”) headquartered in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, LinkedIn bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

    We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this LinkedIn page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

    Your rights are as follows:

    • According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
    • According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
    • According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
    • According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
    • According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
    • You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority – in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.
       

    To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by LinkedIn, where possible, please contact LinkedIn directly using the contact information provided by LinkedIn on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to our processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling, if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Status: September 2021

    Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on the web pages of YouTube. Please note that YouTube will collect and process certain information about your visit to our YouTube page even if you do not have a YouTube user account or are not logged on to YouTube. For information about how YouTube processes personal data, please see the YouTube Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

    As the operator of this YouTube page, we can see only your public YouTube profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our YouTube page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

    YouTube also provides us with Analytics data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our YouTube page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that YouTube collects on your interaction with our YouTube page. We do not have access to this usage data.

    This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our YouTube page for our target audience as far as possible.

    We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside YouTube, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

    You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by Google is inevitable if you want to visit our YouTube page.

    It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Google LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Google LLC bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

    We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this YouTube page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

    Your rights are as follows:

    • According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
    • According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
    • According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
    • According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
    • According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
    • You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

    To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by YouTube, where possible, please contact YouTube directly using the contact information provided by YouTube on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling, if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data-protection@ffg-ea.com.

    Status: September 2021