Privacy Policy

1. An over­view of data protection

General infor­ma­tion

The follo­wing infor­ma­tion will provide you with an easy to navi­gate over­view of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. For detailed infor­ma­tion about the subject matter of data protec­tion, please consult our Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recor­ding on this website

Who is the respon­sible party for the recor­ding of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact infor­ma­tion is available under section “Infor­ma­tion about the respon­sible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be infor­ma­tion you enter into our contact form. Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems auto­ma­ti­cally or after you consent to its recor­ding during your website visit. This data comprises prima­rily tech­nical infor­ma­tion (e.g., web browser, opera­ting system, or time the site was accessed). This infor­ma­tion is recorded auto­ma­ti­cally when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the infor­ma­tion is gene­rated to guarantee the error free provi­sion of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the trans­mitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order enqui­ries.

What rights do you have as far as your infor­ma­tion is concerned?

You have the right to receive infor­ma­tion about the source, reci­pi­ents, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclo­sures. You also have the right to demand that your data are recti­fied or eradi­cated. If you have consented to data proces­sing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data proces­sing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the proces­sing of your data be rest­ricted under certain circum­s­tances. Further­more, you have the right to log a complaint with the compe­tent super­vi­sing agency. Please do not hesi­tate to contact us at any time if you have ques­tions about this or any other data protec­tion related issues.

2. Hosting

We are hosting the content of our website at the follo­wing provider:

IONOS

The provider is the IONOS SE, Elgen­dorfer Str. 57, 56410 Monta­baur, Germany (herein­after referred to as: IONOS). When­ever you visit our website, IONOS records various logfiles along with your IP addresses. For details, please consult the data privacy policy of IONOS: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy. We use IONOS on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Our company has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in presen­ting a website that is as depen­dable as possible. If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data proces­sing

We have concluded a data proces­sing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guaran­tees that they process personal data of our website visi­tors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

3. General infor­ma­tion and manda­tory information

Data protec­tion

The opera­tors of this website and its pages take the protec­tion of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confi­den­tial infor­ma­tion and in compli­ance with the statu­tory data protec­tion regu­la­tions and this Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion. When­ever you use this website, a variety of personal infor­ma­tion will be coll­ected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. This Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the infor­ma­tion is coll­ected. We here­with advise you that the trans­mis­sion of data via the Internet (i.e., through e‑mail commu­ni­ca­tions) may be prone to secu­rity gaps. It is not possible to comple­tely protect data against third-party access.

Infor­ma­tion about the respon­sible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data proces­sing controller on this website is: Hermann Firgau Asse­cu­ra­deur GmbH Herren­graben 3 20459 Hamburg Phone: +49 40 2533058–0 E‑mail: info@hermann-firgau.de The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decis­ions as to the purposes of and resources for the proces­sing of personal data (e.g., names, e‑mail addresses, etc.).

Storage dura­tion

Unless a more specific storage period has been speci­fied in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was coll­ected no longer applies. If you assert a justi­fied request for dele­tion or revoke your consent to data proces­sing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permis­sible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commer­cial law reten­tion periods); in the latter case, the dele­tion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General infor­ma­tion on the legal basis for the data proces­sing on this website

If you have consented to data proces­sing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special cate­go­ries of data are processed accor­ding to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third count­ries, the data proces­sing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to infor­ma­tion in your end device (e.g., via device finger­prin­ting), the data proces­sing is addi­tio­nally based on § 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a contract or for the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-contrac­tual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further­more, if your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a legal obli­ga­tion, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)© GDPR. Further­more, the data proces­sing may be carried out on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest accor­ding to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Infor­ma­tion on the rele­vant legal basis in each indi­vi­dual case is provided in the follo­wing para­graphs of this privacy policy.

Desi­gna­tion of a data protec­tion officer

We have appointed a data protec­tion officer. Ulrich Krämer Phone: +49 40 2533058–14 E‑mail: u.kraemer@hermann-firgau.de

Reci­pi­ents of personal data

In the scope of our busi­ness acti­vi­ties, we coope­rate with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only disc­lose personal data to external parties if this is required as part of the fulfill­ment of a contract, if we are legally obli­gated to do so (e.g., disclo­sure of data to tax autho­ri­ties), if we have a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the disclo­sure pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the disclo­sure of this data. When using proces­sors, we only disc­lose personal data of our custo­mers on the basis of a valid contract on data proces­sing. In the case of joint proces­sing, a joint proces­sing agree­ment is concluded.

Revo­ca­tion of your consent to the proces­sing of data

A wide range of data proces­sing tran­sac­tions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without preju­dice to the lawful­ness of any data coll­ec­tion that occurred prior to your revo­ca­tion.

Right to object to the coll­ec­tion of data in special cases; right to object to direct adver­ti­sing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the compe­tent super­vi­sory agency

In the event of viola­tions of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a super­vi­sory agency, in parti­cular in the member state where they usually main­tain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged viola­tion occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regard­less of any other admi­nis­tra­tive or court procee­dings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process auto­ma­ti­cally on the basis of your consent or in fulfill­ment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is tech­ni­cally feasible.

Infor­ma­tion about, recti­fi­ca­tion and eradi­ca­tion of data

Within the scope of the appli­cable statu­tory provi­sions, you have the right to demand infor­ma­tion about your archived personal data, their source and reci­pi­ents as well as the purpose of the proces­sing of your data at any time. You may also have a right to have your data recti­fied or eradi­cated. If you have ques­tions about this subject matter or any other ques­tions about personal data, please do not hesi­tate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand proces­sing restrictions

You have the right to demand the impo­si­tion of rest­ric­tions as far as the proces­sing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand rest­ric­tion of proces­sing applies in the follo­wing cases: 

• In the event that you should dispute the correct­ness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this inves­ti­ga­tion is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we rest­rict the proces­sing of your personal data.
• If the proces­sing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your data instead of deman­ding the eradi­ca­tion of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exer­cise, defend or claim legal entit­le­ments, you have the right to demand the rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objec­tion pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been deter­mined whose inte­rests prevail, you have the right to demand a rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your personal data.

If you have rest­ricted the proces­sing of your personal data, these data – with the excep­tion of their archi­ving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exer­cise or defend legal entit­le­ments or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal enti­ties or for important public inte­rest reasons cited by the Euro­pean Union or a member state of the EU.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For secu­rity reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of confi­den­tial content, such as purchase orders or inqui­ries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryp­tion program. You can reco­gnize an encrypted connec­tion by checking whether the address line of the browser swit­ches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line. If the SSL or TLS encryp­tion is acti­vated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Rejec­tion of unso­li­cited e‑mails

We here­with object to the use of contact infor­ma­tion published in conjunc­tion with the manda­tory infor­ma­tion to be provided in our Site Notice to send us promo­tional and infor­ma­tion mate­rial that we have not expressly requested. The opera­tors of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unso­li­cited sending of promo­tional infor­ma­tion, for instance via SPAM messages.

4. Recor­ding of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small data packages that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored tempo­r­a­rily for the dura­tion of a session (session cookies) or they are perma­nently archived on your device (perma­nent cookies). Session cookies are auto­ma­ti­cally deleted once you termi­nate your visit. Perma­nent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are auto­ma­ti­cally eradi­cated by your web browser. Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party compa­nies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the inte­gra­tion of certain services of third-party compa­nies into websites (e.g., cookies for hand­ling payment services). Cookies have a variety of func­tions. Many cookies are tech­ni­cally essen­tial since certain website func­tions would not work in the absence of these cookies (e.g., the shop­ping cart func­tion or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user beha­vior or for promo­tional purposes. Cookies, which are required for the perfor­mance of elec­tronic commu­ni­ca­tion tran­sac­tions, for the provi­sion of certain func­tions you want to use (e.g., for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or those that are neces­sary for the opti­miza­tion (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audi­ence), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a diffe­rent legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the tech­ni­cally error-free and opti­mized provi­sion of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar reco­gni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been requested, the proces­sing occurs exclu­si­vely on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG); this consent may be revoked at any time. You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be noti­fied any time cookies are placed and to permit the accep­tance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the accep­tance of cookies in certain cases or in general or acti­vate the delete-func­tion for the auto­matic eradi­ca­tion of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deac­ti­vated, the func­tions of this website may be limited. Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages auto­ma­ti­cally coll­ects and stores infor­ma­tion in so-called server log files, which your browser commu­ni­cates to us auto­ma­ti­cally. The infor­ma­tion comprises: 

• The type and version of browser used
• The used opera­ting system
• Referrer URL
• The host­name of the acces­sing computer
• The time of the server inquiry
• The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the website has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the tech­ni­cally error free depic­tion and the opti­miza­tion of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you submit inqui­ries to us via our contact form, the infor­ma­tion provided in the contact form as well as any contact infor­ma­tion provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further ques­tions. We will not share this infor­ma­tion without your consent. The proces­sing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the execu­tion of a contract or if it is neces­sary to carry out pre-contrac­tual measures. In all other cases the proces­sing is based on our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive proces­sing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agree­ment (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time. The infor­ma­tion you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradi­cate the data, revoke your consent to the archi­ving of data or if the purpose for which the infor­ma­tion is being archived no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without preju­dice to any manda­tory legal provi­sions, in parti­cular reten­tion periods.

Request by e‑mail, tele­phone, or fax

If you contact us by e‑mail, tele­phone or fax, your request, inclu­ding all resul­ting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of proces­sing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent. These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfill­ment of a contract or is required for the perfor­mance of pre-contrac­tual measures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive hand­ling of inqui­ries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtained; the consent can be revoked at any time. The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after comple­tion of your request). Manda­tory statu­tory provi­sions — in parti­cular statu­tory reten­tion periods — remain unaf­fected.

5. Custom Services

Hand­ling appli­cant data

We offer website visi­tors the oppor­tu­nity to submit job appli­ca­tions to us (e.g., via e‑mail, via postal services on by submit­ting the online job appli­ca­tion form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data coll­ected from you in conjunc­tion with the appli­ca­tion process. We assure you that the coll­ec­tion, proces­sing, and use of your data will occur in compli­ance with the appli­cable data privacy rights and all other statu­tory provi­sions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confi­den­tial.

Scope and purpose of the coll­ec­tion of data

If you submit a job appli­ca­tion to us, we will process any affi­liated personal data (e.g., contact and commu­ni­ca­tions data, appli­ca­tion docu­ments, notes taken during job inter­views, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concer­ning the estab­lish­ment or an employ­ment rela­ti­onship. The legal grounds for the afore­men­tioned are § 26 BDSG accor­ding to German Law (Nego­tia­tion of an Employ­ment Rela­ti­onship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (General Contract Nego­tia­tions) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with indi­vi­duals who are involved in the proces­sing of your job appli­ca­tion. If your job appli­ca­tion should result in your recruit­ment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of imple­men­ting the employ­ment rela­ti­onship in our data proces­sing system.

Data Archi­ving Period

If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or with­draw your appli­ca­tion, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the appli­ca­tion proce­dure (rejec­tion or with­drawal of the appli­ca­tion). After­wards the data will be deleted, and the physical appli­ca­tion docu­ments will be destroyed. The 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 expiry of the 6‑month period (e.g., due to an impen­ding or pending legal dispute), dele­tion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies. Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agree­ment (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if statu­tory data reten­tion requi­re­ments preclude the deletion.