Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website www.kestermann.de and for your interest in our company.

The protection of your personal data, such as date of birth, name, telephone number, address, etc., is important to us.

The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you about the processing of your personal data that we collect from you when you visit our website. Our data protection practices are in accordance with the legal regulations of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The following data protection declaration serves to fulfill the information obligations resulting from the DSGVO. These can be found, for example, in Art. 13 and Art. 14 et seq. DSGVO.

Person responsible

The person responsible within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 DSGVO is the person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

With regard to our website, the responsible party is:

Kestermann Maschinen- und Apparatebau Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung.
Paul-Henri-Spaak Str. 7
51069 Cologne
Germany
E-mail: info@kestermann.de
Phone: +49 (0) 221 / 968180

Contact details of the data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer in accordance with Art. 37 DSGVO. You can reach our data protection officer under the following contact details:

Dominik Kestermann
Paul-Henri-Spaak Str. 7
51069 Cologne
Germany
E-mail: dominik@kestermann.de

Provision of the website and creation of log files

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the respective retrieving device (e.g. computer, cell phone, tablet, etc.).

What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

(1) Information about the browser type and version used;
(2) The operating system of the accessing device;
(3) Host name of the accessing computer;
(4) The IP address of the retrieval device;
(5) Date and time of access;
(6) Websites and resources (images, files, other page content) that were accessed on our website;
(7) Websites from which the user's system accessed our Internet site (referrer tracking);
(8) Message as to whether the retrieval was successful;
(9) Volume of data transferred

This data is stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with personal data of a specific user, so that individual site visitors cannot be identified.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest is to ensure the achievement of the purpose described below.

Purpose of the data processing

The temporary (automated) storage of data is necessary for the course of a website visit to enable delivery of the website. The storage and processing of personal data is also carried out to maintain the compatibility of our website for as many visitors as possible and to combat misuse and eliminate malfunctions. For this purpose, it is necessary to log the technical data of the retrieving computer in order to be able to react as early as possible to display errors, attacks on our IT systems and/or errors in the functionality of our website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to generally ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Duration of storage

The deletion of the aforementioned technical data takes place as soon as they are no longer needed to ensure the compatibility of the website for all visitors, but no later than 3 months after accessing our website.

Possibility of objection and deletion

You may object to the processing at any time pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO and request deletion of data pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO. You can find out which rights you are entitled to and how to assert them in the lower section of this privacy policy.

Special functions of the website

Our site offers you various functions, during the use of which personal data is collected, processed and stored by us. Below we explain what happens to this data:

Contact form(s)

• What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

  We will process the data you have entered in our contact forms to fulfill the purpose stated below.

• Legal basis for the processing of personal data

  Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent through clear confirming action or behavior).

• Purpose of data processing

  We will use the data recorded via our contact form or via our contact forms only for processing the specific contact request received through the contact form.

• Duration of storage

  After processing your request, the collected data will be deleted immediately, unless there are legal retention periods.

• Revocation and deletion options

  The revocation and deletion options are based on the general regulations on the right of revocation and deletion under data protection law described below in this data protection declaration.

• Necessity of providing personal data

  The use of the contact forms is on a voluntary basis and is neither contractually nor legally required. You are not obliged to contact us via the contact form, but can also use the other contact options provided on our site. If you wish to use our contact form, you must fill in the fields marked as mandatory. If you do not fill in the required information of the contact form with content, you will either not be able to send the request or we will unfortunately not be able to process your request.

Statistical analysis of visits to this website - Webtracker

We collect, process and store the following data when you visit this website or individual files on the website: IP address, website from which the file was accessed, name of the file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred and report on the success of the access (so-called web log). We use this access data exclusively in non-personalized form for the continuous improvement of our Internet offering and for statistical purposes. We also use the following web trackers to evaluate visits to this website:

• Google Analytics

  • Scope of the processing of personal data

    On our site, we use the web tracking service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google Analytics). Within the scope of web tracking, Google-Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of our website and your surfing behavior (so-called tracking). We carry out this analysis based on the tracking service of Google Analytics in order to constantly optimize our website and make it more available. In the course of using our website, data, such as in particular your IP address and your user activities, are transmitted to servers of the company Google Ireland Limited. We carry out this analysis on the basis of Google's tracking service in order to constantly optimize our Internet offering and make it more available. Likewise, we need the web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker enables us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data processed by us from these cyber attacks. By enabling IP anonymization within the Google Analytics tracking code of this website, your IP address will be anonymized by Google Analytics before transmission. This website uses a Google Analytics tracking code that has been extended by the operator gat._anonymizeIp(); to enable only anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

  • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    The legal basis for the data processing is, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO, your consent in our information banner regarding the use of cookies and web tracking (consent through clear confirming action or behavior).

  • Purpose of data processing

    On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your visit to this website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Likewise, we need the web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker enables us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data processed by us from these cyber attacks.

  • Duration of storage

    Google will store the data relevant to the provision of web tracking for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymized. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, provided that it is not subject to any legal obligations to retain data. In any case, the data will be deleted after expiration of the retention period.

  • Possibilities of objection and deletion

    You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (esp. your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the Google cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link(http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Google's security and privacy policies can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Integration of external web services and processing of data outside the EU.

On our website, we use active content from external providers, so-called web services. When you visit our website, these external providers may receive personal information about your visit to our website. This may involve the processing of data outside the EU. You can prevent this by installing an appropriate browser plug-in or disabling the execution of scripts in your browser. This may result in functional restrictions on websites that you visit.

We use the following external web services:

• Doubleclick

  We use on our site the service Doubleclick of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  DoubleClick is a service of Google, through which digital advertising is offered and delivered on the Internet. It is used to enable us to display individual advertising to our site visitors.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Google

  We use the Google service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google in order to be able to reload further services from Google on the website.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transferred data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Google APIs

  We use the Google APIs service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, email: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google APIS in order to be able to reload further services from Google on the website. Google Apis is a collection of interfaces for communication between the various Google services used on your website.

  For processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: IP address

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You can find more information about revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of the transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Google Fonts

  We use the Google Fonts service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  Via the Google Fonts service, fonts are reloaded on our site in order to be able to display the site to you in a visually better version.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You can find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transferred data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Google Maps

  • What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

    On our site, we use the map service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google Maps). On the website, Google Maps is integrated via the Google API to visualize location information and display it in the form of a map. To display the map, the processing of the IP address by Google Maps is technically necessary. With regard to the other web services integrated via Google Apis, the regulations in the respective section of this data protection declaration for Google Apis apply.

  • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    Art. 6 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest is to be able to present you with the usual presentation of location information on the Internet in a visualized form.

  • Purpose of data processing

    On our behalf, Google will use the information obtained by means of Google Maps to display the map to you. By means of Google Maps, you will find us faster and more accurately than with a mere non-interactive map.

  • Duration of storage

    Google will store the data relevant to the function of Google Maps for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymized. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, as long as it is not subject to any legal obligations to retain data. In any case, the data will be deleted after expiration of the retention period.

  • Possibility of objection and deletion

    You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (esp. your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, installing a script blocker in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. Google's security and privacy policies can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  • Joint processing

    We have entered into a joint processing agreement with Google with respect to Google Maps. The contents can be found at https://privacy.google.com/intl/de/businesses/mapscontrollerterms/.

• Google Video

  We use on our site the service Google Video of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States, email: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  Via the Google Video service, videos from the Youtube platform are integrated on our site. The Google Video service provides the stream data required for the videos.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You can find more information on revoking your consent either in the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of the transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Gstatic

  We use on our site the service Gstatic of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway , 94043 Mointain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  Gstatic is a service used by Google to retrieve static content in order to reduce bandwidth usage and to preload required catalog files.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You can find more information about revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transferred data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Website Check Seal

  We use the service Website-Check Siegel of the company Website-Check GmbH, Beethovenstraße 24, 66111 Saarbrücken, Germany, e-mail: support@website-check.de, website: http: //www.website-check.de/ on our site. The transmission and processing of personal data takes place exclusively on servers in the European Union.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is our legitimate interest in the processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in achieving the purpose described below.

  The script of Website-Check GmbH is the technical integration of the Website-Check seal. With this seal, we want to show that we take the issue of data protection very seriously. The transmission of data to Website-Check GmbH takes place for the delivery and display of the seal on our site.

  With regard to the processing, you have the right of objection listed in Art. 21. You can find more information at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transferred data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.website-check.de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

• Youtube

  We use the Youtube service of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway , 94043 Mountain View, United States, e-mail: support-de@google.com, website: http: //www.google.com/ on our site. The processing also takes place in a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the Commission. Therefore, the usual level of protection for the GDPR cannot be guaranteed for the transfer, as it cannot be ruled out that in the third country, e.g. authorities can access the collected data.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, which you have given on our website.

  Via the Youtube service, videos from the Youtube platform are integrated on our site.

  You can revoke your consent at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For more information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Data security and data protection, communication by e-mail

Your personal data are protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage and processing so that they are not accessible to third parties. In the case of unencrypted communication by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security on the transmission path to our IT systems, so we recommend encrypted communication or the postal service for information requiring a high level of confidentiality.

Right to information and correction requests - Deletion & restriction of data - Revocation of consent - Right of objection

Right to information

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data about you. If this is the case, you have a right to information on the information named in Art. 15 (1) DSGVO, insofar as the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected (cf. Art. 15 (4) DSGVO). We will also be happy to provide you with a copy of the data.

Right of rectification

In accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to have any incorrectly stored personal data (such as address, name, etc.) corrected by us at any time. You can also request a completion of the data stored with us at any time. A corresponding adjustment will be made immediately.

Right to deletion

Pursuant to Art. 17 (1) DSGVO, you have the right to demand that we delete the personal data we have collected about you if

• the data is either no longer required;
• due to the revocation of your consent, the legal basis for the processing has ceased to exist without substitution;
• you have objected to the processing and there are no legitimate grounds for the processing;
• your data is processed unlawfully;
• a legal obligation requires this or a collection pursuant to Art. 8 (1) DSGVO has taken place.

According to Art. 17 (3) DSGVO, the right does not exist if

• processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
• your data has been collected on the basis of a legal obligation;
• the processing is necessary for reasons of public interest;
• the data are necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing

According to Art. 18 (1) DSGVO, in individual cases you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

This is the case if

• the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you;
• the processing is unlawful and you do not consent to its erasure;
• the data is no longer required for the purpose of processing, but the collected data is used for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;
• an objection to the processing has been lodged pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO and it is still unclear which interests prevail.

Right of revocation

If you have given us express consent to process your personal data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO), you may revoke this consent at any time. Please note that the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected by this.

Right of objection

Pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you that has been collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) (in the context of a legitimate interest). You only have this right if there are special circumstances against the storage and processing.

How do you exercise your rights?

You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at the contact details below:

Kestermann Maschinen- und Apparatebau Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung.
Paul-Henri-Spaak Str. 7
51069 Cologne
Germany
E-mail: info@kestermann.de
Phone: +49 (0) 221 / 968180

Right to data portability

In accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, you have a right to the transfer of personal data concerning you. The data will be provided by us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. The data can be sent either to you or to a person responsible named by you.

We will provide you with the following data upon request pursuant to Art. 20 (1) DSGVO:

• Data collected on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO;
• Data that we have received from you in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO within the framework of existing contracts;
• Data that has been processed within the framework of an automated procedure.

We will transfer the personal data directly to a responsible party requested by you, insofar as this is technically feasible. Please note that we may not transfer data that interfere with the freedoms and rights of other persons pursuant to Art. 20 (4) DSGVO.

Right to complain to the supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 (1) DSGVO

If you suspect that your data is being processed illegally on our site, you can of course bring about a judicial clarification of the issue at any time. In addition, any other legal option is open to you. Independently of this, you have the option of contacting a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 (1) DSGVO. The right of complaint pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO is available to you in the EU Member State of your place of residence, your place of work and/or the place of the alleged infringement, i.e. you can choose the supervisory authority to which you turn from the places mentioned above. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted will then inform you of the status and outcome of your submission, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 GDPR.