1. Data protection at a glance
General notes
The following notes provide an simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be obtained in the data protection declaration beneath this text.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website's required legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. It can for example concern data that you have entered on the contact form.
Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time when the page was accessed). The collection of these data takes place automatically as soon as you visit our website.
What do we do with your data?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have in terms of your data?
You have the right, at any time and at no cost, to receive information about origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to demand correction, blocking or deletion of these data. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice when you have further questions about data protection. Furthermore, you have a right of appeal to the competent regulatory authorities.
Analysis tools and tools from third-source suppliers
Your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated when visiting our website. This is done especially using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour usually takes place anonymously; i.e. surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or you can prevent this analysis by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following data protection declaration.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities for objection in this data protection declaration.
2. General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in compliance with the legal data protection regulations as well as with this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information is collected and what we do with it. It also explains how and for what purpose this takes place.
We would like to point out that the data transmission on the internet (e.g. in communication by e-mail) can have security loopholes. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note to the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
IBG Industrie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Pferdmengesstrasse 1
D-50968 Cologne
Telephone: +49 (0) 221 / 37 68 2-0
E-mail: info@ibg-cologne.com
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purpose and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us an informal notification by e-mail. The legality of the data processing up to the point of the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right of appeal to the competent regulatory authorities
In the event of breaches of data protection legislation, the data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent regulatory authority. The competent regulatory authority in data protection matters is the state data protection representative (Landesdatenschutzbeauftragte) of the federal state in which our company has its headquarters. A list of data protection representatives and their contact data can be seen via the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we have automatically processed on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, handed over to you or a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the data to be transferred to another responsible party, this can only be done insofar as this is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This page uses an SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content – for example orders or queries, that you send to us as page owner. An encrypted connection can be recognised in that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and a padlock symbol appears in the browser line.
When the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal regulations, you have the right at any time to information free of charge about your personal data that has been stored, their origin and recipient, the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of these data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice when you have further questions about personal data.
3. Data protection officer
Statutory data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection representative for our company.
Ms Thomas
Ingenieurbüro Dr. Plesnik GmbH
Reutershagweg 2
D-52074 Aachen
Telephone: +49(0)241-14946-98
E-mail: datenschutz@plesnik.de
4. Data collection on our website
Cookies
The internet pages use, in part, so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause damage to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies are used to make our offering more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are deposited on your computer and are stored by your browser.
Most cookies used by us are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device till you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, they activate the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or general exclusion as well as the automatic deletion of cookies on closing the browser. The functionality of this website can be limited if the cookies are deactivated.
Cookies necessary for carrying out electronic communications operations or for providing certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping cart function), remain stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The website owner has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for error-free and optimised provision of his services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysis of your surfing behaviour) are stored, these will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transfers to us. These are:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
A merging of these data with other data sources is not performed.
Basis for the data processing is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which allows the processing of data to fulfil a contract or pre-contract measures.
Contact form
If you send us queries via contact form, your details from the form, including contact data given by you for the purpose of processing the query and for the case where further questions are stated, are stored by us. We do not pass on these data without your consent.
The processing of the data given in the contact form therefore takes place solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us an informal notification by e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations up to the point of the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data given by you in the contact form remain with us until you request us to delete these; you revoke your consent for storing or the reason for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completing the processing of your query). Mandatory legal regulations – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.
5. Analytics and advertising
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
This website uses Matomo, the Open Source web analysis service. Matomo uses so-called cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of website use by you. The information produced by the Cookie on the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised before the storage.
Matomo cookies remain on your end device till you delete them.
The storage of Matomo cookies takes place on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website owner/operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behaviour, in order to optimise both his Web content and his advertising.
The information produced by the Cookie about the use of this website is not passed on to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by an appropriate setting in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use at this point. In this case, an opt-out-cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo storing usage data. When you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out-cookie is also deleted. The opt-out must be activated again when our site is revisited.
Use of Matomo
On this website, data are collected and stored by the use of the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service from the supplier InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymised user profiles can be generated and evaluated from these data for the same purpose. Cookies can be used for this. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the buffer memory of the page visitor’s internet browser. The cookies enable, amongst other things, the recognition of the internet browser. The data collected using Matomo technology (including their pseudonomised IP address) are processed on our servers.
The information in the pseudonomised user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor of this website and not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to this storage and use at the click of a mouse at any time. In this case, a so-called opt-out-cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo collecting any session data. Please note that the complete deletion of your cookies results also in the deletion of the opt-out-cookie and must be reactivated by you, if necessary.