PRIVACY POLICY

1. DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE

GENERAL NOTICE

The following information provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below this text.

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. His contact details can be found in the legal notice section of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by providing us with the respective information. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit our website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that our website can be provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent for the future at any time. In addition, you have the right to request, under certain circumstances, restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice section for this and other issues on the subject of data protection.

2. HOSTING AND CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKS (CDN)

EXTERNAL HOSTING

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO [General Data Protection Regulation]) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our hoster shall only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil his performance obligations and shall follow our instructions with regard to this data.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to guarantee data protection compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our hoster.

3. GENERAL NOTES AND COMPULSORY INFORMATION

PRIVACY

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is impossible.

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY

The person responsible for data processing on this website is

I. + A. Hark Orchideen GmbH & Co KG
Windmüllerstr. 25
59557 Lippstadt

Phone: +49 (0) 29 41 – 977 283-0
Fax: +49 (0) 29 41 – 977 283-399

Responsible party is the natural or legal entity who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

STATUTORY DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Götza and Biehn
Biehn & Professionals GmbH IT
Sicherheit und Risikomanagement
Wiesenstraße 32
33397 Rietberg-Mastholte
Deutschland

Phone: +49 (0) 29 44 – 97 9710

REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke any consent already given at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation shall remain unaffected by the revocation.

RIGHT TO OBJECT TO DATA COLLECTION IN SPECIAL CASES AND TO DIRECT ADVERTISING (SECTION 21 DSGVO)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF SECTION 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE SHALL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN PROVE THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING WHICH ARE WORTHY OF PROTECTION AND WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOM, OR UNLESS PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, AT ANY TIME, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES, INCLUDING PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS LINKED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO SECTION 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

RIGHT OF APPEAL TO THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

In the event of infringements of the DPAs, the persons concerned shall have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or their place of suspected infringement. This right of appeal shall be without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to have data, which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this shall only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL OR TLS ENCRYPTION

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

INFORMATION, CANCELLATION AND CORRECTION

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing at any time and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding your personal data, you can contact us at the address given in the legal notice section at any time.

RIGHT TO LIMITATION OF PROCESSING

You have the right to request a restriction to process your personal data. To do so, you may contact us at the address given in the legal notice section at any time. The right to restrict processing shall apply to the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you shall have the right to request that we limit processing of your personal data.

If processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you may request that data processing be limited instead of deleted.

If we no longer need your personal data, but you do need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you shall have the right to request that we limit processing of your personal data instead of deleting it.

If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Section 21 Para. 1 DSGVO, a balance must be reached between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh the interests of the parties, you shall have the right to request that processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted processing of your personal data, such data may be processed – apart from their storage – with your consent only or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal entity or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

4. DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

CONTACT FORM

If you send us enquiries via our contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide, shall be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions. We shall not pass on this data without your consent.

This data shall be processed on the basis of Section 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing shall be based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), provided that the enquiry was made.

The data you enter in the contact form shall remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

INQUIRY BY E-MAIL, TELEPHONE OR FAX

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all your personal data (name, inquiry) shall be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We shall not pass on any of this data without your consent.

This data shall be processed on the basis of Section 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), provided that the enquiry was made.

The data you send us via contact enquiries shall remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage or the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

5. OUR OWN SERVICES

HANDLING OF DATA PROVIDED BY JOB APPLICANTS

We offer you the opportunity to apply for a job with us (e.g. by e-mail, by post or via our online application form). In the following text, we will inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will be in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and all other legal requirements and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us an application, we will process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.) to the extent necessary to decide whether to establish an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Section 26 BDSG-neu under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Section 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (general contract initiation) and – if you have given your consent – Section 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Consent may be revoked at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be passed on to persons involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Section 26 BDSG-neu and Section 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.

Retention period of the data

If we are unable to offer you a job, if you reject a job offer or if we withdraw your application, we reserve the right to keep the data you submitted to us for up to 6 months from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application) on the basis of our legitimate interests (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Your data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. Storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an imminent or pending legal dispute), the data will only be deleted, if the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

The storage period may be longer, if you have given your consent to that (Section 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) or if legal storage obligations prevent deletion of your data.

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