PRIVACY POLICY

As of February 01, 2020

Empolis Information Management GmbH considers it important to protect the personal data of all partners and follows the guidelines of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). This privacy policy tells you how we handle your information when you visit our website.

STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

When this site is accessed and used, we record connection-related data (date and time of the visit, IP address used, browser type and operating system, pages visited and the referring site) as well as device data.
When you register with the site, we collect your title or form of address, first name, last name, street address, contact data (e-mail address, telephone number) and if necessary further personal form fields. This data is only requested and stored when you ask us to send you informational material or demos, for example, or register for our newsletter (more details below).

Cookies

Cookies are stored on your computer so that we can collect statistics involving the information mentioned above, including which pages were visited, whether documents were downloaded and, if so, which ones. Personally identifiable information is not stored in this context.

Recipient of your data in the sense of Art. 13. para. 1. e) DSGVO is Usercentrics GmbH. In the context of order processing, Empolis Information Management GmbH transmits personal data (consent data) to Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlingerstr. 7, 80331 Munich as a processor. Consent data means the following data: Date and time of the visit or consent / refusal, device information. The processing of the data is carried out for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations (obligation to provide evidence pursuant to Art. 7 (1) DSGVO) and the associated documentation of consents and thus on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. c) DSGVO. Local storage is used to store the data.
The consent data is stored for 3 years. The data is stored in the European Union. For more information about the collected data and contact options, please visit: https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/.

You can easily delete cookies from your computer at any time.

Newsletters and webinars

To manage the newsletter, we use different tools. With the companies behind it, we have concluded EU standard contract clauses on data protection, provided that they are companies in the USA. You can easily cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time using the link at the end of every e-mail. The associated data are then deleted.
We evaluate the click rates for the newsletter in order to make future articles even more interesting.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

Empolis Information Management GmbH uses your data to supply or provide access to the information desired and to evaluate the statistics described above for the purpose of providing content on our pages that matches your interests.
We do not disclose your personal data to third parties, nor do we use it for any other purpose.
The employees of Empolis Information Management GmbH are required to maintain the confidentiality of your data. IT service providers commissioned by us, as well as our own employees, are contractually obliged to abide by the law in dealing with your data and to maintain the confidentiality of your data.

YOUR RIGHTS

You are free to determine what information you wish to make available to us. If your personal data has changed, you may contact us by email at info(at)empolis.com so that we can update the information. In addition to this right to have your data corrected, you have a right to be informed of what personal data is being stored (see below), a right to have personal data deleted and a right to object to the storage of personal data.

INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a Web analytics service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics utilizes so-called cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyze your use of a website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of our website is generally transmitted to and stored by a Google server in the United States. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will first convert your IP address to a shortened, anonymized version within the member states of the European Union or in other member countries of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website for the purpose of compiling reports of website activities and providing additional services related to the use of the website and the Internet for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data stored by Google. By adjusting your browser software settings, you can prevent cookies from being saved on your computer. If you do this, however, note that you will not be able to make full use of all of the website’s features. Furthermore, you can prevent the cookie data regarding your usage of the website (including your IP address) from being recorded and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

More information about the terms of service for Google Analytics and data privacy can be found at here or here or here. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code has been supplemented with “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (IP masking).
We also utilize Google Analytics for statistical analysis of the data from AdWords and the DoubleClick cookie. If this is not desired, you can disable this usage with an opt-out here

Source: www.activemind.de

We also use Google’s remarketing function. This allows us to play out personalized ads based on the interests you have shown on our website on suitable advertising spaces on other websites.
For more information, see the Google Privacy Statement. You can prevent interest-based advertising by installing this browser plugin.

YouTube

Some of our websites contain embedded YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, United States (hereinafter “YouTube”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection is established to the servers of YouTube. In the process, certain information about which pages you visit is transmitted to YouTube. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can attribute your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is launched, or a page with an embedded YouTube video is visited, YouTube uses cookies to gather information about browsing habits.
More information about the purpose and scope of this data collection and how the data is used by YouTube can be found in the data privacy policy of parent company Google. There, you will also find more details on your rights and the settings available to you to protect your privacy. Google processes your data in the United States and complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield

The legal basis for the integration of YouTube into our websites and the associated transfer of data to Google is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
When a YouTube video is viewed, a connection to Google is established automatically.

If you have deactivated cookies for the Google advertising program, you won’t receive cookies of this kind when viewing YouTube videos either. However, YouTube uses other cookies to store non-personal usage information. If you’d like to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

More information on data protection at YouTube can be found in the privacy policy of the company here. Google processes your data in the United States and complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield. Any personal data collected is provided by you voluntarily, based solely on your consent. If you block access to your browser, some features or functionality of websites may be restricted.

Source: www.activemind.de

 

Social media, further links

We are using social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Xing, LinkedIn, YouTube etc. to inform you about our company, our products and services and to get in touch with you. Automatic links to these platforms are not available on our website.

Some platforms are located outside the EU, which means that your data will also be processed in these countries, where a comparable level of data protection cannot always be assumed. AThis usually includes so called cookies, which these platforms store on the user’s computer in order to create and process profiles.

On those platforms and other third-party websites, the data protection guidelines and information of the respective platform providers apply. The legal basis for data processing of user data is our legitimate interest in information and communication with you according to Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO.

If you have any questions regarding this processing, please contact the platform operator directly. The following links will help you with information and, if necessary, with a planned objection.

 

Facebook
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
(joint processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO)
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

 

Instagram
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy

 

YouTube / Google (Maps)
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4,
(for Google Maps, joint processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 26 DSGVO)
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

 

Twitter
Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
https://twitter.com/de/privacy

 

LinkedIn
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

 

XING
XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

 

Vimeo
Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011
https://vimeo.com/privacy

SECURITY

We take every precaution to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation and unauthorized access. We comply with the European and the German laws and regulations concerning data privacy.
All of our (public) website traffic is encrypted with HTTPS/SSL. The certificate that confirms the identity of the web server for this purpose is issued by an independent third party.
The certificate can be called up by clicking on the padlock icon in the address bar of most browsers.

CHILDREN

We urge all parents and guardians to teach their children to use safe and responsible practices when on the Internet. Minors should not enter or transmit personal data without the consent of their parents or guardians. We verify that we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors, nor do we use such data in any way or disclose it to third parties without authorization.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The present privacy policy applies to the website of „Empolis Service Express“ (www.service.express), a product of Empolis Information Management GmbH, Kaiserslautern. The web pages that make up this site may contain links to other sites outside of Empolis Information Management GmbH that are not subject to our privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policies carefully when visiting linked web pages.

CONTACT

If you have questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact our data protection officer:
Empolis Information Management GmbH

Data Protection Officer

Elke Deus
Meisenstraße 90
33607 Bielefeld
E-Mail: datenschutz@empolis.com

Upon request and in accordance with valid law, we will inform you in writing as to whether Empolis Information Management GmbH has collected personal data related to you through this website and, if so, what that data consists of. Please note that we need proof of your identity when you request information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The version of our privacy policy that is currently in effect is published at this address. Older versions are retained and can be provided as necessary.