DE DATA PROTECTION
3C Deutschland GmbH appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our company. Your privacy is very important to us.
Privacy policy
We hereby inform you about the processing of your personal data on this website by 3C Deutschland GmbH and your rights under applicable data protection law.
As a rule, you can visit our public website without us collecting any personal data. Only a session ID is generated during your visit, which is technically necessary and may include personal data, see below.
1. Who is responsible for data processing and how can I contact the data protection officer?
The person responsible for data processing is:
3C Deutschland GmbH
Edisonstrasse 19
74076 Heilbronn
07131/79786-6700
info@3C-d.de
represented by the managing directors Thorsten Haag and Uwe Mengs
You can contact our data protection officer using the contact details above or at the following email address: datenschutz@3c-d.de
2. For what purposes and on what legal basis is data processed?
We process your personal data in compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and all other relevant laws only to the extent necessary to provide the information on this website and our services on this website.
When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not log in, register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits in order to enable you to visit the website. This includes:
- IP address
- date and time of the enquiry
- time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- content of the request (specific page)
- access status/HTTP status code
- amount of data transferred in each case
- website from which the request originates
- browser
- operating system and its interface
- language and version of the browser software.
To ensure that the website functions properly, data is stored in log files. This data is also used to ensure the security of our IT systems and to optimise the website.
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR forms the legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files.
If the processing of personal data is based on the consent of the data subject, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If personal data is processed to protect the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject take a back seat. Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR is the legal basis for this processing.
Personal data may be passed on to our IT service providers for the purpose of providing this website.
3. Data security
We maintain up-to-date technical measures to ensure data security, in particular to protect your personal data from risks during data transmission and from access by third parties. These measures are adapted in line with the latest technological developments.
4. Cookies
Only three session cookies are used on the website.
This stores a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session.
| Cookie name | Cookie type | Purpose of cookie |
|---|---|---|
| session, JSESSIONID, srv_id | Type I | These cookies assign an anonymised ID (session ID) to your browser in order to bundle several related requests to the server and assign them to a session. |
This stored information is kept separate from any other data you may provide to us.
In particular, the data from cookies is not linked to your other data. You can delete the currently stored cookies at any time. Deletion can also be automated.
The processing of personal data through the use of technically necessary cookies is based on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the user has consented to the processing of personal data through the use of cookies for analysis purposes, this consent forms the legal basis in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
5. Newsletter
With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which we use to inform you about our current interesting offers. The advertised goods and services are specified in the declaration of consent.
We use the double opt-in procedure for registration for our newsletter. This means that after you have entered your email address, we will send a confirmation email to the email address you provided, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm this within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted. If you confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter, we will store your email address until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. The sole purpose of storing your data is to enable us to send you the newsletter. Furthermore, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation in order to prevent misuse of your personal data.
The only mandatory information required for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further, separately marked information is voluntary and will only be used to personalise the newsletter. This data will also be completely deleted upon revocation.
You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time. You can revoke your consent by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by sending an email to newsletter@3C-d.de or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the legal notice. The data you provide will be passed on to the service provider Mailchimp for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The service provider's privacy policy can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
Please note that we evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. For this evaluation, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons, also known as tracking pixels. These are one-pixel image files that link to our website and enable us to evaluate your user behaviour. This is done by collecting the aforementioned data and web beacons, which are assigned to your email address and linked to a unique ID. Links received in the newsletter also contain this ID. We use the data obtained in this way to create a user profile so that we can tailor the newsletter to your interests. We record when you read our newsletters, which links you click on in them, and use this information to determine your personal interests. We link this data to your actions on our website. The newsletter provider stores the information collected in this way on its server in the USA. You can object to this tracking at any time by clicking on the separate link provided in each email or by informing us via the contact channels mentioned in paragraph (3). Such tracking is also not possible if you have disabled the display of images in your email programme by default. In this case, however, the newsletter will not be displayed in full and you may not be able to use all functions. If you display the images manually, the above tracking will take place.
The user's consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR forms the legal basis for the processing of data after the user has subscribed to the newsletter. Once the data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, it will be deleted. Accordingly, the data of newsletter subscribers will only be stored for the duration of the subscription.
6. Registration
As a user, you can register on our website. To do so, you must provide your personal data. The data entered in the input mask is transmitted to our company and stored. The data will not be passed on to third parties at any time. During the registration process or at the time of registration, the following data is stored:
- user's IP address
- time of registration (date and time)
- salutation
- first name
- surname
- username
- password
- company
- telephone
- address
- postcode
- city
If the user has given consent for the processing of data, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If registration is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the user is a party, or if registration data is necessary in the context of pre-contractual measures, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR forms the legal basis for data processing.
Registration may be necessary for three reasons: Either registration is required from you as a user for the provision of certain content and services on our website, for the fulfilment of a contract, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
Once the data is no longer required for the original purpose for which it was collected, it will be deleted. Data collected during a registration process will be deleted if the registration on the website is cancelled or modified. Data stored as part of the registration process for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures will be deleted when it is no longer required for the implementation of the contract.
In order to comply with legal or contractual obligations, it may be necessary to store the personal data of the contractual partner even after conclusion of a contract.
Premature deletion of data required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures is only possible if there are no contractual or legal obligations to continue storing the data.
7. Use of Piwik
After you log in, this website uses the web analytics service Matomo (formerly Piwik) to analyse user traffic on this website. Cookies (see section 4 for more details) are stored on your computer for this analysis. Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted to our site. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies.
- if you access individual pages on our website, the following data will be processed:
- two bytes of the IP address of the user's calling system
- the accessed website
- the website from which the user accessed the requested webpage (referrer)
- the subpages accessed from the accessed website
- the length of time spent on the website
- the frequency of visits to the website
The aforementioned analysis software runs exclusively on our website's servers. The processing of users' personal data takes place exclusively there. No data is transferred to third parties. The software is configured so that your IP address is only processed in truncated form, i.e. 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx). This means that it is no longer possible to assign the truncated IP address to the calling computer and thus to your location.
Further information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software can be found at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
The legal basis for processing users' personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Processing users' personal data enables us to analyse our users' surfing behaviour. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continuously improve our website and its user-friendliness. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing the data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The anonymisation of the IP address takes sufficient account of users' interests in the protection of their personal data.
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes. This is the case after 365 days.
8. What data protection rights can I assert as a data subject?
Provided that professional regulations do not prevent this, you have the right to:
- pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, to withdraw your consent from us at any time. As a result, we will no longer be permitted to continue processing data based on this consent in the future.
- pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us at any time. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, its origin, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, as well as the purpose and planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;
- pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims;
- pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
- pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller; and
- to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our law firm's registered office for this purpose.
Please send all requests for information, enquiries or objections regarding data processing by email to datenschutz@3c-d.de or to the address stated in our legal notice.
9. Children
We do not collect personal information from minors. In the event of unintentional collection, we will delete it immediately.
10. Can I object to the processing of my personal data?
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes without giving reasons. If we process your data to protect legitimate interests, you may object to this processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
In order to make the website available to users and to ensure its operation, the collection of data and its storage in log files is absolutely necessary. For this reason, there is no possibility for users to object.
If log files are stored, no further processing takes place.
11. Do I have the option to complain?
If you believe that our processing of your personal data is unlawful or, where applicable, violates data protection law for other reasons, you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Postfach 10 29 32
70025 Stuttgart