Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data (such as your name, address, email address or telephone number) is very important to us. The collection and processing is therefore always carried out in accordance with the data protection regulations, namely the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the country-specific data protection regulations that apply to us.

With the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data when you visit our websites and about their functions and content. Please note that the following statement relates only to the websites of Curt Richter SE.

 

I. Terminology used

The terms used in our privacy policy are based on the definitions set out in Article 4 of the GDPR. To make it easier to understand, we would like to briefly explain the main terms used in the declaration in advance:

 

(1) Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

 

(2) Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

 

(3) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

 

(4) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.

 

(5) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

(6) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

The controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

 

(7) Processor

A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

 

(8) Recipient

Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

 

(9) Third party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process the personal data.

 

(10) Consent

Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

 

II. Name and address of the controller

The controller for all of the aforementioned websites within the meaning of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is

Curt Richter SE
Manforter Str. 16
51063 Cologne

 

Telephone: +49 (0)221 / 96499 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)221 / 96499 -141
E-mail: info(at)curt-richter.de

 

 

III Contact details of the data protection officer

As the controller, Curt Richter SE has appointed a data protection officer for the website.

You can contact him as follows

 

Curt Richter SE
Data Protection Officer
Manforter Str. 16
51063 Cologne
E-mail: datenschutz(at)curt-richter.de

 

IV. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject ("data subject") within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller:

(1) Right to information

You can request confirmation from us as the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.

If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information:

1. the purposes for which the personal data is processed
2. the categories of personal data being processed
3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed
4. the envisaged period for which the personal data concerning you will be stored, or, if specific information on this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
7. all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject
8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

(2) Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification without undue delay.

(3) Right to restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions

1. if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
4. if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

(4) Right to erasure

a) Obligation to erase

You have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

1. The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
2. You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
3. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
4. The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
5. The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
6. The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.

b ) Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply if the processing is necessary

1. to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information
2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR
4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
5. for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

(5) Right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the controller.

(6) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where

 

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and
2. the processing is carried out by automated means.

 

In exercising this right, you also have the right to obtain that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

(7) Right to object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

In this case, the controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

(8) Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

(9) Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling

 

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

1) is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract between you and the controller

2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or

3) with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.

(10) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

V. General information on data processing on our website

(1) Scope of the processing of personal data

We only process our users' personal data to the extent necessary to provide functional websites and our content and services.

The processing of our users' personal data therefore only takes place with their consent. An exception applies in cases where it is not possible to obtain prior consent for factual reasons and when the processing of data is permitted by law.

(2) Legal bases for the processing of personal data

The legal bases on which we process personal data are generally stated in the following privacy policy in connection with the respective processing. If this is not the case, we process the data on the basis of the following legal bases:

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the rare case that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

(3) Data erasure and storage duration

We erase or block the personal data of the data subject as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

(4) Security measures

We take technical and organisational security measures to ensure a level of protection of personal data and other confidential content of our users (e.g. enquiries to the controller) that is appropriate to the risk. We continuously adapt these measures to the current state of the art. In addition to (e.g.) means of access and access control, we therefore use an encryption process on our website. In this case, the information provided by our users is transmitted in encrypted form, i.e. using the TLS protocol (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/typo3/. Encrypted connections can be recognised by the character string "https://" and the padlock symbol in the browser line

 

VI Provision of the website and creation of log files

(1) Description and scope of data processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.

The following data is collected:

• Information about the browser type and version used
• The user's operating system
• The user's internet service provider
• The IP address of the user
• Date and time of access
• Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
• Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our websites

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. However, this data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

(2) Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

(3) Purpose of the data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the web pages to be delivered to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of our website. We also use the data to optimise our websites and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data is not analysed for marketing purposes in this context.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

(4) Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, it is deleted after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, however, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

(5) Possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

 

VII Use of cookies

 

(1) Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's IT system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

We use cookies to make our websites more user-friendly. Some elements of our websites require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

In addition, we use cookies on our websites that enable us to analyse the surfing behaviour of users.

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised using technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to the accessing user. The data is not stored together with other personal user data.

Users are informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes when they access our website and their consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, reference is also made to this privacy policy.

(2) Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given consent to this.

(3) Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of our websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognised even after a page change.

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.

Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our websites and their content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how our websites are used and can thus constantly optimise our offers.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

 

(4) Duration of storage, objection and removal options

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to our website. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our Internet pages, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the pages to their full extent.
 

VIII E-mail contact

(1) Description and scope of data processing

You can contact us via the email address provided on our website. If this is the case, the user's personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context.

(2) Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to the user's request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

(3) Purpose of the data processing

The processing of personal data in the context of establishing contact takes place exclusively for the purpose of answering the request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration

(4) Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

(5) Objection and removal option

If the user contacts us by email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.

The contact details of the controller or the data protection officer provided at the beginning of this statement can be used to object to the storage.

All personal data stored in the course of making contact will be deleted in this case.

IX. Questions about data protection

If you have any questions about data protection in relation to our website, you can contact the controller or the data protection officer at any time at the address given above.

 

 

Cookie consent with Usercentrics

This website uses Usercentrics cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, Germany, website: usercentrics.com/en/ (hereinafter "Usercentrics").

When you visit our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:

• Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
• your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your end device
• Time of your visit to the website

Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to allocate the consents you have given or revoked. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

Contract on order processing

We have concluded a contract on order processing with Usercentrics. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that Usercentrics processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.