1. Name and contact details of the person responsible for processing as well as the company’s data protection officer

This data protection information applies for the data processing by:

Tec Inspection International GmbH
Großmoorkehre 3 D-21079 Hamburg
Tel: +49 (0)40 303 8578 -0
Fax: +49 (0)40 303 8578 29
Email: info@tec-inspection.de

2. Collection and storage of personal information as well as the type and purpose of its use

a) When visiting the website When visiting our website http://www.tec-inspection.de information is automatically sent by the browser used on your terminal device to the server of our website. This information is stored temporarily in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded in this process, without any action on your part, and stored until an automatic deletion date:

• IP address of the requesting computer,
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the downloaded file,
• Website, from which the access is obtained (referrer URL),
• Browser used and if necessary the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process this data for the following purposes:
• To guarantee a smooth connection setup of the website,
• To guarantee convenient use of our website,
• To analyse the system security and stability and
• For further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest results from the above listed purposes for data collection. We do not use the collected data under any circumstances to draw any conclusions about your identity.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services during the visit to our website. Further explanations can be found on this subject in sections 4 and 5 of this data protection statement.

If you have explicitly given your consent pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (a) GDPR, we use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter at regular intervals. Giving an e-mail address is sufficient in order to receive the newsletter.

b) When using our contact form
In the event of any kind of questions, we offer you the opportunity to get in touch with us by means of a contact form made available on the website. It is necessary to give a valid e-mail address for this, so that we know, who the enquiry comes from and in order to be able to answer this. Further details can be given on a voluntary basis.

The data processing for the purpose of getting in touch with us is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (a) GDPR based on your consent given voluntarily.

The personal data collected by us for using the contact form are automatically deleted after completion of the enquiry you have made.

3. Forwarding of data
A transmission of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place.
We only pass on your personal data to third parties, if:

• You have given your explicit consent for this pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (a) GDPR,

• The forwarding pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in your data not being forwarded,
• In the event that the forwarding pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (c) GDPR is a statutory obligation, and
• This is legally permitted and necessary pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (b) GDPR for dealing with contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and which are stored on your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar), if you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your terminal devices; nor do they contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in connection with the terminal device specifically used each time. This does not however mean that we receive immediate knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies is to make the use of our offer more convenient for you, on the one hand. In this way, we use so-called session cookies to identify that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are then automatically deleted when you leave our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise the user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a specifically determined period. If you visit our site again, in order to take advantage of our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already accessed our website and which inputs and settings you made, in order to not have to enter them again. On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to analyse this, in order to optimise our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have previously accessed our website, when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a respectively defined period. The data processed by cookies are required for the stated purposes to preserve our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You can however set your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice appears before a new cookie is created. The complete disenabling of cookies can however lead to you not being able to use all the functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools
a) Tracking tools
The following listed tracking measures we use are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR. We want to ensure a demand-oriented design and the continuous optimisation of our website by means of the tracking measures. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record and analyse the use of our website, in order to optimise our offer for you. These interests are legitimate as defined in the above mentioned regulation. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

i) Google Analytics
For the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our pages we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”). In this connection pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as
• Browser type/version,
• Operating system used,
• Referrer URL (the page visited previously),
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
• Time of the server request,
is transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. The information is used to analyse the use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the internet for market research and demand-oriented design of these internet pages. This information is also transmitted to third parties where necessary, insofar as this is legally prescribed or where third parties process these data in commission. Your IP address will not be linked with other data by Google under any circumstances. The IP addresses are anonymised, so that an allocation is not possible (IP masking).
You can prevent the installation of cookies by a corresponding setting of the browser software; we point out however, that not all functions of this website will be able to be used fully in this case. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Alternatively to the browser add-on, in particular in the case of browsers on mobile terminal devices, you can also prevent collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie only applies in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you have to set the opt-out cookie again. Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found for example in the Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

ii) Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
In order to statistically record and analyse the use of our website and to optimise our website for you, we also use Google Conversion Tracking. To do so, a cookie (see section 4) is placed on your computer, if you access our website via a Google advert. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user accesses certain pages of the website of the AdWords customer and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognise that the user clicked on the advert and was forwarded to this page. Each AdWords customer receives a separate cookie. Cookies can therefore not be followed up via the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the aid of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers, who have decided in favour of conversion tracking. The AdWords customers learn the total number of users that clicked on their advert and were forwarded to a website equipped with a conversion tracking tag. They do not however receive any information, with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to take part in the tracking procedure, you can also refuse the placing of the required cookie – for example, via browser setting that generally disenables the automatic setting of cookies. You can also disenable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser, so that cookies of the domain “www.googleadservices.com” are blocked. Google’s data protection notice on conversion tracking can be found here (https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html).

6. Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps to present interactive maps and to create route directions to find us. Google Maps is a map service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps information on the use of this website including your IP address and the (departure) address entered in the context of the route planning function can be transferred to the USA. If you access a website of our internet presence that contains Google Maps, your browser makes a direct connection with the servers of Google. The map content is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated by this in the website. We therefore have no influence on the extent of data collected by Google in this way. As far as we know, these are at least the following data:
• Date and time of the visit to the website concerned,
• Internet address or URL of the accessed website,
• IP address, (departure) address entered in the context of route planning.
We have no influence on the further processing and use of data by Google and can therefore not accept any responsibility for this. If you do not want Google to collect, process or use any data relating to you via our internet presence, you can disenable JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display. Further information on the purpose and extent of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this respect and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection notice of Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de). By using our website, you declare that you agree to the processing of the data relating to you that is collected by the Google Maps route planner in the manner described above and for the above mentioned purpose.

7. Social Media Plug-ins
We use social plug-ins on our website on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR in the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, in order to create more awareness of our company. The advertising purpose behind this is to be seen as a legitimate interest as defined in the GDPR. The responsibility for the data protection-compliant operation is to be guaranteed by the respective provider. Our integration of these plug-ins is implemented by the so-called two-click method, in order to protect visitors to our website as far as possible.

a) Facebook
Facebook social media plug-ins are used on our website, in order to customise its use. We use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button for this. This is a service offered by Facebook. If you call up a page of our internet presence that includes such a plug-in, your browser makes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook. The content of the plug-in is automatically transmitted to your browser by Facebook and integrated by this in the website. Due to the integration of the plug-ins Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our internet presence, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged on at Facebook at the moment. This information (including your IP address) is sent by your browser directly to a server of Facebook in the USA and stored there. If you are logged on at Facebook, Facebook can directly allocate the visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by activating the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also directly transmitted to a server of Facebook and stored there. In addition, the information is published on Facebook and shown to your Facebook friends. Facebook can use this information for advertising purposes, market research and the demand-oriented design of Facebook pages. Use, interest and relationship profiles are created by Facebook for this, in order to analyse your use of our website with regard to the adverts shown to you on Facebook, for example, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook. If you do not wish Facebook to allocate the data collected via our web presence to your Facebook account, you must log off at Facebook before visiting our website. Purpose and extent of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this respect and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection notice (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/) of Facebook.

b) Twitter
Plug-ins of the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) are integrated in our internet pages. The Twitter plug-ins (tweet button) can be recognised by the Twitter icon on our page. An overview of tweet buttons can be found here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons). If you call up a page of our internet presence that includes such a plug-in, your browser makes a direct connection to the server of Twitter. Twitter therefore receives the information that you have visited our page with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter “tweet button”, while you are logged on to your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Twitter profile. By doing so, Twitter can allocate the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we, as provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or the use of this data by Twitter. If you do not wish Twitter to be able to allocate the visit to our pages, please log off your Twitter user account first. Further information about this can be found in the data protection statement of Twitter (https://twitter.com/privacy).
 

8. Rights of data subjects You have the right:
• According to Art. 15 GDPR to demand information about the personal information relating to you processed by us. In particular, you may demand information about the processing purposes, the categories of recipients, to whom your data were or are disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data, if these were not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information on their details;
• According to Art. 16 GDPR to demand the rectification of incorrect or the completion of your personal data stored with us;
• According to Art. 17 GDPR to demand the erasure of your personal data stored with us, provided that the processing is not required to exercise the right of free expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• According to Art. 18 GDPR to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, where you contest the correctness of the data, where the processing is unlawful, but where you refuse their erasure and we no longer require the data, but you do to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing according to Art. 21 GDPR;
• According to Art. 20 GDPR to receive your personal data, which you made available to us, in a structured, standardised and machine-readable format or to demand the transfer to another responsible party; • According to Art. 7 paragraph 3 GDPR to revoke your consent given to us at some stage at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future and
• According to Art. 77 GDPR to complain to a regulatory body. As a rule, you can turn to the regulatory body of your normal place of residence or place of work or our headquarters.

9. Right of objection
Provided your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 paragraph 1 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right, according to Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing of your personal data, if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the event of the latter, you have a general right of objection that is implemented by us without giving any particular situation. If you wish to make use of your right of revocation or right of objection, you only need to send an e-mail to info@tec-inspection.de

10. Data security
We use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure associated with the respectively highest encryption level that is supported by your browser during your visit to the website. Generally, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support a 256-bit encryption, we revert to a 128-bit v3 technology. You can recognize, whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in an encrypted manner by the closed padlock or key icon on the bottom status bar of your browser. Otherwise, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction or the unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continually improved according to technological development.
11. Up-to-dateness and changes to this data protection statement
This data protection statement is currently valid as of May 2018. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or based on changed statutory or official requirements, it may become necessary to modify this data protection statement. You may access and print the respectively current data protection statement on the website at any time at
https://www.tec-inspection.de/privacypolicy.