Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview on what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally. Please refer to our data protection policy shown below this text for detailed information on data protection.

Data capture on this website

Who is responsible for recording data on this website?

The website operator undertakes data processing on this website. Please refer to the legal notes on this website for their contact details.

How do we record your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when visiting the website. This is in particular technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or the time the page was called up). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

How do we use your data?

Some of the data is collected to ensure and error-free depiction of the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have that relate to your data?

You have the right to receive at any time information on the origin, recipient and purpose of the stored personal data free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have issued consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for future use. You also have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. You also have a complaint right to the relevant supervisory body.

You can contact us about data protection at any time using the address stated in the Legal Notes section.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party suppliers

When visiting this website, your browsing behaviour can be analysed statistically. This is done in particular with cookies and so-called analysis programs.

You will find detailed information on these analysis programs in the following data protection policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted through an external service provider (hoster). The personal data recorded on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include IP addresses, contact queries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website access and other data that is generated via a website.

A hoster is used to fulfil a contract for potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering through a professional provider (Art 6 Para. 1 lit f GDPR).

Our hoster will only process data as required to fulfil its service obligations and will follow our instructions concerning the data.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to ensure handling that complies with data protection regulations, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our hoster.

3. General information and compulsory information

Data protection

The operator of this site takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection policy.

If you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This data protection policy explains which data we collect and how it is used. It also explains how and the purpose for which this happens.

We point out that data transfer over the internet (e.g. for email communication) can reveal security gaps. Seamless protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notification of the responsible party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Director:

Stefan Pütz
Pütz Group Holding GmbH
Am Saarufer 8
54439 Saarburg
GERMANY

Tel: +49 6581 92 99 0
Email: infoinhalt1zeile12$%@;ednocontent:.h1undh1okpuetzgroup.de

The responsible party is the natural person or legal entity that solely or jointly with others takes decisions on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. name, email addresses etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing processes are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. This simply requires notification by email with no specific form. The legality of the data processing that has taken place before the revocation is unaffected by the revocation.

Objection right to data collection in special cases and direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE PROCESSING TAKES PLACE ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM THE SPECIFIC SITUATION TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING SUPPORTED BY THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED IS STATED IN THIS DATA PROTECTION POLICY. IF YOU SUBMIT AN OBJECTION WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE COMPELLING GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERSTES, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS USED TO EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 ABS. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA HAS BEEN PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IF THIS RELATES TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS NO LONGER USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT ADVEERTISING (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).

Complaint right to the relevant supervisory body

In the event of infringements of GDPR, the affected person has a right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular the member state in which they normally reside, their workplace or the location of the presumed infringement. The complaint right exists notwithstanding other legal remedies available under administrative law or in court.

Right to data transfer

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

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content, such as orders or queries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the change in the browser's address line from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock icon in your browser header.

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

Information, deletion and correction

You have a right under the applicable statutory provisions to be informed, at any time and free of charge, about which data about you is held on our database as well as its sources, recipients and the purpose for which they are processed, and if relevant you have a right to correct or delete these data. You can contact us at any time on this matter or other questions concerning personal data using the address stated in the Legal Notes section.

Right to restriction on processing

You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time using the address stated in the Legal Notes section for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the correctness of the personal data we have stored, we usually need some time to check this. You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data for the duration of the check.
If your personal data is being/has been processed illegally, instead of deletion you can request the restriction on data processing.
If we no longer require your personal data but you require it to implement, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right instead of deletion to restrict the processing of your personal data.
If you have placed an objection under Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, your and our interests must be considered. You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data if no decision has been made on whose interests outweigh the others.

If processing your personal data was restricted, then this data – aside from saving it – may only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural person or legal entity or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact data published under the obligation to state the owner of the website to transfer advertising and information materials not explicitly requested is hereby explicitly opposed. The operator of these pages explicitly reserves the right to undertake legal measures in the event of being sent unwanted advertising materials, e.g. spam emails.

4. Data capture on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies in several places. Cookies are small text files and do not damage your device. They are either stored temporarily on your device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are deleted automatically when your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

Some cookies may be saved on your device by third-party companies if you open our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services provided by a third-party company (e.g. cookies to handle payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions do not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or displaying videos). Other cookies are used to analyse user behaviour or show adverts.

Cookies that are required to implement the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you have requested (functional cookies, e.g. the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR if no other legal basis is stated. The website operator has a justified interest in storing these cookies to provide its services in a technically perfect and optimised manner. If consent is requested for storing cookies, the relevant cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about when cookies are used and only permit their use in particular situations, refuse cookies for particular cases or generally exclude them as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, you will be informed about this separately under this data protection policy and if relevant consent is obtained.

Server log files

The provider of the pages collects and automatically saves information in so-called server log files that your browser transmits to us automatically. This includes:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of server enquiry
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a justified interest in the technically perfect depiction and optimisation of their website - which requires recording the server log files.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your information from the contact form including the contact data stated there is used to process the enquiry and is stored by us in the event of subsequent questions. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is associated with fulfilling a contract or implementing pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our justified interest in the effective processing of the queries addressed to us (Art 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or your consent (Art 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested.

The data you have entered in the contact form remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purposes of the data storage no longer applies (e.g. when your request has been completed). Binding statutory provisions - in particular storage periods - remain unaffected.

Query by email, phone or fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data that it generates (name, request) is stored and processed for the purposes of handling your request. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

5. Analysis tools and advertising

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses cookies. These are text files that are saved on your computer and enable the use of the website to be analysed. To achieve this, the information generated by the cookie on the use of this website is saved to our server. The IP address is made anonymous before storage.

Matomo cookies will remain on your device until you delete them.

The storage of Matomo cookies and the use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a justified interest: in the anonymous analysis of user behaviour to optimise both its web offer and its advertising. If appropriate consent was requested (e.g. consent to store cookies) the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The information generated by the cookie on using this website is not forwarded to third parties. You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the relevant setting in your browser software; but in this case we expressly point out that you may not be able to use the full functions of this website.

If you do not agree with the storage and use of your data you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this also deletes the Matomo opt-out cookie. The opt-out must be reactivated when you next visit this website.

6. Plugins and tools

YouTube with extended data protection

This website integrates YouTube videos. The operator of these pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. This mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information on the visitors to this website before they watch the video. The transfer of data to YouTube partners is however not prevented per force through the extended data protection mode. So YouTube makes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network - no matter whether you watch a video or not.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection is made to the YouTube servers. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly assign your browsing behaviour to your personal profile. You can prevent this from occurring by logging out of your YouTube account.

In addition, YouTube can store various cookies on your device after starting the video. Using these cookies YouTube can receive information on visitors to this website. This information is used for such matters as recording video statistics, improving user friendliness and preventing attempts at fraud. The cookies will remain on your device until you delete them.

If necessary, after starting a YouTube video additional data processing events may take place over which we have no influence.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing display of our online products and services. This represents a justifiable interest as defined by Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If appropriate consent was requested the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Additional information on data protection at YouTube can be found in their data protection policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Your IP address must be stored to use the Google Maps functions. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an attractive depiction of our online products and the ability to easily find the locations stated on the website. This represents a justifiable interest as defined by Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If appropriate consent was requested the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find more information on handling user data in the Google data protection policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

7. E-commerce and payment providers

Processing data (customer and contract data)

We only collect, process and use personal data if it is required for the establishment, content design or change to the legal relationship (transaction data). This takes place on the basis of Art 6 Para. 1 lit. B GDPR which permits the processing of data to fulfil a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data on the use of this website (usage data) if this is required to enable or bill users for using the service.

The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or end of the business relationship. Statutory storage periods are unaffected.

8. Own services

Handling applicant data

We give you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by email, post or online application form). We provide information below on the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We make assurances that the collection, processing and use of data takes place in accordance with the applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data is treated in the strictest of confidence.

Scope and purpose of the data collection

If you send an application to us we handle your related personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes during interviews etc.) if these are required to decide on and justify employment. The legal basis for this is Section 26 of the German Data Protection Act - BDSG new - under German law (starting an employment relationship), Art 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and - if you have provided consent - Art 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. We only pass on your personal data to people within our company who are involved in handling your application.

If the application is successful, the data you have submitted is stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Section 26 BDSG new and Art 6 Para. 1 lit. B GDPR for the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.

Data storage duration

If we were not able to offer a job, you refuse a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to store the data provided on the basis of our justified interest (Art 6 Para. 1: lit. f GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data is then deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. The storage is used for evidence purposes in the event of a legal dispute. If it is clear that the data is required after the end of the 6-month period (e.g. due to a threatened or started legal dispute) it is only deleted when the purpose of the ongoing storage lapses.

Longer storage can also take place if you have issued appropriate consent (Art 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or a statutory storage obligation opposes the deletion.

Inclusion in the applicant pool

If we do not offer a job there may also be the option to be included in our applicant pool. In the event of inclusion, all documents and statements from the applicant are transferred to the applicant pool so we can contact you if there are relevant vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool only takes place on the basis of your explicit consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). Providing your consent is voluntary and is not related to the current application process. The affected person may revoke their consent at any time. In this case the data is irrevocably deleted from the applicant pool if there are no statutory storage requirements.

The data from the applicant pool is irrevocably deleted at the latest two years after consent has been issued.