Legal note | data protection
Thank you for your interests in our website. The protection of your privacy has considerable importance for us. Below we would like to inform you in detail about the handling of your personal data on our website in accordance with Art.13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A. Data processing while visiting our website
I. Responsible
Responsible for the following data collection an processing is
SYCOR GmbH
Heinrich-von-Stephan-Str.1-5
37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49 551 490 0
Fax: +49 551 490 2000
E-Mail: info@sycor.de
II. Storage of your IP adress
We store the IP adress transmitted by your web browser strictly for the purpose of 7 days in the interest of being able to recognise, limit and eliminate attacks on our website. After this period of time, we delete or anonymise the IP adress. The legal basis for the data processing is Art.6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
III. Usage data
When you visit our website, our webserver temporarily evaluates so-called usage data for statistical purposes in order to improve the quality of our website. This data consists of the following data categories:
- the page from which the file was requested,
- the name of the file,
- the date and the time of the query,
- the amount of data transferred,
- the operating system you are using,
- the referrer URL (the previously visited website),
- the requesting provider,
- the description of the type of the used web browser,
- the IP adress of the requesting computer.
IV. Data Security
In order to protect your data as comprehensively as possible from unwanted access, we implement technial and organisational measures. These measures inclued encryption procedures on our website. Your data is transferred from your computer to our server and vice versa via the internet using TLS encryption. You can usually recognise this by the fact that the lock symbol is closed in the status bar of your browser and the adress line begins with https://.
V. Processor
We use external service providers as commissioned processors in accordance with Art.28 GDPR, who support us in the operation of our website and the associated processes. Our service providers are strictly bound by instructions and contractually obligated to us accordingly. We use the following providers: IONOS SE Büro Berlin, Revaler Str. 30, 10245 Berlin, Germany
VI. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small texte files that can be stored on and extracted from your device. There is a difference between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored for more than the duration of the session. Cookies can contain data that make it possible to restore the used device. In some cases, however, cookies only contain information on certain settings that cannot be related to a person.
We use technically necessary cookies for display and funtion of our website. The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our interest is to enable the presentation of our website. You can object to the processing at any time. To do so, please click on the following link.
You can set your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies. In addition, you can delete cookies at any time via the corresponding browser setting and prevent the setting of new cookies. In this specific case, our website may not be displayed optimally and some functions may no longer be technically available.
We also use tracking cookies on our website to track your user behaviour and subsequently send you targeted advertising. The processing is based on your consent accoring to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR, if you have previously given your consent for tracking via our cookie banner.
We use the following tracking tools
Withdrawal of your consent for tracking
You can revoke your consent for tracking at any time with the effect for the future without affecting the lawfulness of the previous processing. To issue the revocation, please click on the following link.
VII. Contacting
1. Contact via form
You have the option of contacting us via our contact form on our website. In doing so, we process your title, first and last name, business e-mail, company, postcode and industry as mandatory fields. Unfortunately we cannot process your request without this information.
The data processing is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR of answering your enquiry in the most uncomplicated, timley and customer-oriented manner as possible. You have the right to object to the data processing at any time at datenschutz@sycor.de . However, then we will be no longer able to process your request.
Enquiries that you send us as a part of a general enquiry about the services and products we offer are processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Your data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of answering your enquiry and deleted as soon as the storage is no longer necessary and no legal or contractual retention periods exist to the contrary. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
2. Contact via chatbot
You also have the option of contacting us via our chatbot, which you will find in the bottom right-hand corner on the landing page and all sub-pages of our website. The use of the chatbot is on a voluntary basis. No personal data is required from you to use the chatbot. Should you nevertheless enter personal data, this will be processed by us on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time at datenschutz@sycor.de .
VIII. embedded YoutTube videos
We embed a YouTube video on a subpage of our website. When this subpage is accessed, content from YouTube is loaded. In this context, YouTube also receives your IP address, which is technically required to retrieve the content. In principle, we have no influence on further processing by YouTube. However, when embedding the videos, we have taken care to activate the extended data protection mode offered by YouTube.
IX. Registration for events
To register online for one of our events, please use our dedicated landing page. Via the registration form, we collect your first and last name as well as your title, e-mail adress, company, industry and postcode. We collect this personal data as mandatory data, as it is required for registration. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. b) GDPR. The data processing is necessary to process a contractual relationsship with you and to hold the webinar.
In addition, you can decide for yourself whether you would like to provide us with further information. This information is provided voluntarily and facilitates contact with you in the event of queries regarding registration for an event. The data processing is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time under datenschutz@sycor.de .
X. Receipt of e-books, recordings and whitepapers
In the form of our customer service, we offer you the possibility to download so-called e-books, recordings and whitepapers free of charge. Whitepapers are documents that contain high-quality specialist information on specific topics. The format pursues a professional discourse on a subject and aims to convey solutions to problems, strategies or technical explanations.
In order to download the technical information free of charge, we collect your first and last name as well as your tilte, e-mail adress, company, industry and postcode. We collect this personal data as mandatory information, as it is required to use the whitepaper/ e-book. The legal basis fort he data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The data processing is necessary to process a contractual relationship with you and to download the whitepaper/recording/e-book.
B. Information on data processing for business partners and suppliers
Purpose and legal basis for data processing
I. Fulfillment of contract
If a contract between Sycor and you as a natural person is in the offing or comes into being, Sycor will process your personal data such as first and last name as well as your title, e-mail address, company, industry and postal code as part of the business relationship with you as our customers, business partners and interested parties. We base this data processing on the legal basis according to Art.6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR, as this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract with you.
In the event that a contract is concluded between Sycor and your company as a legal entity, we process your above-mentioned personal data of the contact persons on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to contact you as a contact person and to be able to fulfill the contract with the legal entity.
II. Information about goods and services
1. In order to keep you informed about our goods and services, we will send you postal advertising. The legal basis for processing your contact data is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to keep you up to date regarding our offer. You have the option to object to the data processing at datenschutz@sycor.de at any time. We will then no longer send you any advertising by mail.
2. We are also happy to keep you informed about our goods and services by telephone. If the telephone number of the company is a legal entity, we base the data processing on the (presumed) consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR, § 7 para. 2 no. 1 alt. 2 of the Act against Unfair Competition.
3. We use your e-mail address for advertising purposes on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR, § 7 para. 2 No. 2 of the Act against Unfair Competition. You have the option to revoke your consent at any time at datenschutz@sycor.de .
Under the narrow conditions of § 7 para. 3 of the Act against Unfair Competition, we will also send you our electronic advertising without your previously granted consent. In this case, you have the right to object to the data processing at any time under datenschutz@sycor.de .
Sycor stores the personal data provided by you for the duration of the business relationship with you and until the expiry of the applicable limitation periods, as well as any resulting claims and statutory retention obligations.
C. Your rights as a data subject
When processing your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a data subject:
1. Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you are beign processed; if this is the case, you have the right to be informed about this personal data and to receive the information listed in detail in Article 15 of the GDPR.
2. Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and Art. 17 GDPR)
You have the right to request without delay the correction of any inaccurate personal data concering you and where applicable the completion of any incomplete personal data.
You also have the right to request that personal data relating to you will be deleted without delay if one of the resons which are listed in Art.17 of the GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued.
3. Right of restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
You have the right to request the restriction of processing ifone of the conditions which are listed in Article 18 of the GDPR applies, e.g. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR or for the duration of any review as to whether our legitimate interests outweigh you interests as a data subject.
4. Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
In certain cases, which are listed in detail in Art. 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concering you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of this data to a third party.
5. Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR (data processing fort he protection of legitimate interests), you have the right to object tot he processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process the personal data unless there are demonstrably compelling legitimate reasoons fort he processing which override your interests, rights and freedom, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
6. Right of withdrawal (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)
If the data processing is based on your consent, you can revoke your consent at any time without the revocation affecting the lawfulness of the data processing up tot he time oft he revocation.
7. Right of appeal tot he supervisory authority
Pursuant to Art. 77 of the GDPR, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the superviory authority if you considering that the processing of the data concering you violates data protection provisions. The right of complaint can be asserted in particular with the supervisory authority in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
E. Contact details of our data protection officer
Our data protection officer will be happy to provide you with information on the subject of data protection. If you contact our data protection officer, please also state the responsible office named in the imprint. The contact details of our data protection officer are:
datenschutz süd GmbH
Wörthstraße 15
97082 Würzburg
Tel.: +49 931 30 49 76 – 0
E-Mail: office@datenschutz-sued.de
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