Privacy Policy:
1. Introduction
The protection of your privacy and the protection of your personal data are very important to us. Therefore we would like to inform you in the following about scope, purpose, legal basis, storage period and your rights concerning our processing procedures of your personal data. In addition, we will provide you with contact information to which you can turn.
2. Person responsible for data processing
Esders Pipeline Service GmbH
Hammer-Tannen-Str. 26-30
49740 Haselünne
Phone: 0049 521 988 933 0
Email: info@pipeline.esders.de
Represented by: Dieter Hesse
3. Data protection officer of the responsible party
Jörg Brakhage
Esders Pipeline Service GmbH
Eckendorfer Str. 43
33609 Bielefeld
E-Mail: joerg.brakhage@pipeline.esders.de
4. Processing operations
4.1 When accessing our website through so-called server log files
Scope
When you access our website, the following personal data is sent to our server by your web browser and stored in so-called server log files:
- Your IP address
- Date and time of your visit
- Name and URL of the file you requested
- Notification of successful retrieval
- Referrer URL (previously visited website)
- Amount of data transferred to you
- The web browser and version you are using
- Operating system of your device
- Name of your provider
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth availability of our website
- Ensuring the correct display of our website
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above.
Storage period
Server logfiles are stored for a few days for the purposes listed above and then deleted. Data, the further storage of which is necessary for evidence purposes, is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
Your rights
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us of this at any time (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.2 When you visit our website through so-called cookies
Scope
When you visit our website, so-called cookies are stored on the devices you use (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.). These are small text files with the help of which we can recognize your web browser when it is accessed again or during your visit to our website. We therefore process the following information among other things:
- Areas visited by you on our website
- Frequency and duration of visits
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purpose:
- Ensuring the correct display of our website
- Optimisation of user-friendliness
- Evaluation of the use and reach of our website
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above.
Storage period
Two types of cookies are used: temporary and persistent cookies.
Transitional cookies (so called temporary or „session“- cookies) are automatically deleted after leaving our website and closing your web browser.
Durable cookies (so called permanent or persistent cookies) are also stored after you leave our website and exit your web browser for a pre-defined period of time.
However, since all cookies are stored on your end device, you also have the option of a manual deletion or by setting your web browser to prevent the storage of cookies in general or with exceptions. A deletion of cookies can, however, lead to limited usability of our website
Your rights
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us at any time. (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.3 When using our website by the software Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Scope
When you access our website, the software Matomo (formerly Piwik) installed on our server stores cookies on the devices you use (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.). These are small text files with the help of which the Matomo software used by us recognises your web browser when you access our website again or during your visit. As a result, this software can process the following personal data from you:
- Your IP address (anonymized)
- Date and time of your visit
- Referrer URL (previously visited website)
- The subpages of our website that you have visited
- The external links you clicked on
- The webbrowser you used and the version
- Operating system of your end-device
- Country of origin
- Length of stay on our website
- Number of visits
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purpose:
- Optimisation of user-friendliness of our website
- Evaluation of the use and reach of our website
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above.
Storage period
Your personal data processed by the Matomo (formerly Piwik) software will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the above purposes. Furthermore, your IP address will only be processed anonymously.
The automatic deletion of cookies created by us on your terminal device takes place either after leaving our website and closing your web browser (temporary cookies) or after a predefined time (permanent cookies). However, the storage period of the cookies created by us on your end device is also directly under your control. This means that you can either delete the storage period manually or determine it by setting your web browser accordingly.
Your rights
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us at any time. (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.4 When contacting us (by email, telephone, letter)
Scope
On our website we offer you various ways to contact us. If you contact us via one of these options, you will provide us with the following personal data:
- Your contact information (Address/Phone number/Email address)
- Your concern
- Further data, as a result of you contacting us
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purpose:
- Processing/clarification of your request
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b DSGVO – Due to (pre)contractual obligations
Our legitimate interest arises from the need for us to process/clarify your request and, if necessary, to be able to contact you again.
(Pre)contractual obligations result from the circumstance that a contractual relationship can possibly come about through your contacting or that a contractual relationship already exists.
Storage period
Your personal data will be stored until your request is resolved or the storage of your personal data is no longer necessary (for example due to legal obligations).
Your rights
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us at any time. (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.5 When subscribing/unsubscribing & using our newsletter
Scope
We offer you the possibility to register voluntarily on our website for a free newsletter or to unsubscribe and we process the following personal data from you in doing so:
- Your email address
- Date and time of subscribing/unsubscribing
- IP address
- Action type (subscribe/unsubscribe)
In addition, we analyse the success and reach of our newsletters (campaigns). For example, after your registration we evaluate whether you open a newsletter or how you proceed with the newsletter.
Your personal data will only be processed with your explicit consent. This means that you will receive a confirmation email after entering your e-mail address. The delivery of our newsletter will only take place after an explicit confirmation by clicking on a link in the confirmation email (so called “double opt-in” procedure).
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purpose:
- Ensuring deliverability (upon registration)
- Ensuring the future prevention of deliveries (in case of deregistration)
- Ensuring system security and stability
- Documentation of the consent of the delivery of our newsletter (when subscribing)
- Documentation of the revocation of consent (in case of unsubscribing)
- Evaluation of the success and reach of our newsletter (campaigns)
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a DSGVO – Due to your consent
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest results from the documentation purposes listed above.
Storage period
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes. The other personal data stored by you within the scope of a nonconfirmed registration will generally be deleted after 6 months.
Your rights
After granting your consent to receive our newsletter, you can revoke it at any time (unsubscribe). You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. Of course, you can also notify us of your cancellation using any other means of communication available (e.g. by email: datenschutz@esders.de)
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us at any time. (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.6 When applying for our vacancies
Scope
We publish job offers on our website and therefore offer you the opportunity to apply to us both by letter and by email. If you send us an application, we process the personal data you provide us as part of our recruitment process for applicants.
Should your application be rejected by our recruitment process, we also offer you the option of storing your personal data in a so-called “applicant pool”. This enables us to return to your application in case of new job offers and employee searches.
Purpose
Your personal data will be processed by us for the following purpose:
- Selection of suitable applicants for positions to be filled by us
- Establishment and maintenance of a database of potentially suitable applicants for positions to be filled in the future (so-called “applicant pool”)
Legal basis
Due to the following legal basis the processing of your personal data takes place by us:
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a DSGVO – Due to your consent
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b DSGVO – Due to (pre)contractual obligations
- Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO – Due to our legitimate interest
(Pre)contractual obligations result from the fact that an employment relationship can be established after a successful application process.
Our legitimate interest results from the necessity that we can prove that the respective selection procedure has been carried out in accordance with the German Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (Equal Treatment Act).
In addition, by giving your voluntary consent you can determine that your personal data will remain in our so-called “applicant pool” after unsuccessful selection procedures.
Storage period
Your personal data will be deleted 6 months after reaching the above mentioned purposes or by your withdrawal of your application. The period of 6 months results from our legitimate interest in being able to prove the proper execution of the selection procedure in accordance with the German Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (Equal Treatment Act).
Your rights
You can withdraw your application at any time and you are not obliged to remain in our “applicant pool” after unsuccessful application. In addition, after your consent to remain in our “applicant pool”, you have the possibility to revoke your consent at any time (e.g. by email: datenschutz@esders.de).
You have a right to information, correction, deletion and transferability of your personal data and a right to object to or restrict our data processing. Should you wish to make use of your rights, you can inform us at any time. (e.g. via email: datenschutz@esders.de). In addition, you have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.
4.7 By accessing our online presence in social networks
When you call up our online presence in social networks, your personal data is also processed by the respective provider. Please note that the exact scope, purpose, legal basis, storage period and your rights with regard to these processing operations of your personal data must also be taken from the details of the respective provider.
- Facebook (https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/)
- Google+ (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)
- Youtube (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)
4.8 Through integration of third party services
Due to the integration of third-party services on our website, your personal data may be processed by the respective provider. Please note that you will then have to take the scope, purpose, legal basis, storage period and your rights regarding these processing operations of your personal data from the information of the respective provider.
- Youtube (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)
- Google Maps (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de)