We are very pleased that you are interested in our company. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of Altech Advanced Materials AG. In principle, it is possible to use the website of Altech Advanced Materials AG without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wants to use special company services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the person concerned.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific privacy policy applicable to Altech Advanced Materials AG. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of the rights to which they are entitled by means of this data protection declaration.
As the controller responsible for processing, Altech Advanced Materials AG has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete possible protection of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of Altech Advanced Materails AG is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and anderstandable for the general public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
We use the following terms in this privacy policy, including but not limited to:
a) Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter the "data subject"). A natural person is considered to be identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features, expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.
b) The person concerned
Concerned person is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
c) Processing
Processing means any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, with or without the aid of automated procedures; disclosure by submission, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of the processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim to limit their future processing.
e) Profiling
Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, personal Analyze or predict that natural person’s preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.
(g) Responsible or for the processing responsible
The person responsible or responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of this processing are specified by Union law or the law of the Member States, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his naming can be provided for by Union law or the law of the Member States.
h) Processor
The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the responsible party.
i) Receiver
Recipient is a natural or legal person, agency, institution or other entity to whom Personal Data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data ander Union or national law in connection with a particular mission are not considered as beneficiaries.
j) Third parties
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, ander the direct responsibility of the controller or processor, are authorized to process the personal data.
k) Consent
Consent is any expression of will voluntarily given by the data subject in an informed manner and unequivocally for the specific case in the form of a declaration or other clear confirmatory action with which the data subject indicates that they agree to the processing of their personal data is.
2. Name and address of the person responsible for processing
The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:
Altech Advanced Materials AG
Ziegelhäuser Landstrasse 3
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: 06221 649240
Email: info@altechadvancedmaterials.com
Website: https://altechadvancedmaterials.com
3. Collection of General Data and Information
The website of Altech Advanced Materials AG collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites, which are accessed via an accessing system on our website can be controlled, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serves to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, the Altech Advanced Materials AG does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyber attack. Altech Advanced Materials AG therefore evaluates this anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, and ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by an affected person.
4. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data
The person responsible for processing processes and stores personal data of the person concerned only for the period of time necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is required by the European directive and regulation giver or another legislator in laws or regulations which the person responsible for processing subject, was provided.
If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period stipulated by the European legislator for directives and regulations or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted as a matter of routine and in accordance with the statutory provisions.
5. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Each data subject has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation giver, to request confirmation from the data controller as to whether personal data relating to them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.
b) Right to information
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation giver, to receive free information about the personal data stored about him and a copy of this information from the person responsible for processing at any time. Furthermore, the European directive and regulation giver has granted the data subject access to the following information:
- the processing purposes
- the categories of personal data being processed
- the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are yet to be disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
- if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration
- the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning him or of a restriction of the processing by the person responsible or of a right to object to such processing
- the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
- if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information on the source of the data
- the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 Paragraph 1 and 4 DS-GVO and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject
In addition, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If that is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
If an interested party wishes to exercise this right to information, they may at any time contact an employee of the controller.
c) Right to rectification
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to demand the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data - also by means of a supplementary declaration.
If an affected person wishes to exercise this right of rectification, they may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
d) Right to cancellation (right to be forgotten)
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to demand that the person responsible delete the personal data concerning them immediately if one of the following reasons applies and if the processing is not necessary:
- The personal data has been collected for such purposes or otherwise processed for which they are no longer necessary.
- The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a DS-GVO or Art. 9 Para. 2 Letter a DS-GVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR processing on.
- The personal data were processed unlawfully.
- The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation ander Union or national law to which the controller is subject.
- The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at Altech Advanced Materials AG deleted, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of Altech Advanced Materials AG will ensure that the request for deletion is complied with immediately.
If the personal data was made public by Altech Advanced Materials AG and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 1 DS-GVO, Altech Advanced Materials AG shall take action, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs appropriate measures, also of a technical nature, to inform other persons responsible for data processing who process the published personal data that the person concerned has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or copies or has requested replications of this personal data, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The employee of Altech Advanced Materials AG will take the necessary steps in individual cases.
e) Right to restriction of processing
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation giver, to demand that the person responsible restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.
- The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
- The data subject has lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate groands of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at Altech Advanced Materials AG, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of Altech Advanced Materials AG will arrange the restriction of the processing.
f) Data transferability
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation giver, to receive the personal data relating to them, which the person concerned has provided to a person responsible, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another person responsible without hindrance from the person responsible to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a DS-GVO or Art. 9 Para 2 letter a DS-GVO or on a contract according to article 6 paragraph 1 letter b DS-GVO and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or takes place in the exercise of official authority, which has been transferred to the person responsible.
Furthermore, when exercising their right to data transferability in accordance with Art. 20 Para. 1 DS-GVO, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data is transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided the rights and freedoms of other persons are not impaired by this.
In order to assert the right to data transferability, the person concerned can contact an employee of Altech Advanced Materials AG at any time.
g) Right to object
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver, for reasons arising from their particular situation, at any time against the processing of personal data concerning them, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 letter e or f DS-GVO to file an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
Altech Advanced Materials AG will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate groands for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert or exercise or defense of legal claims.
If Altech Advanced Materials AG processes personal data in order to operate direct advertising, the person concerned has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to Altech Advanced Materials AG to the processing for direct marketing purposes, Altech Advanced Materials AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to them, which is carried out at Altech Advanced Materials AG for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 Para. 1 DS-GVO to object, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact any employee of Altech Advanced Materials AG or another employee. The data subject is also free, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has legal effects on them or significantly affects them in a similar way, if the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the person responsible, or (2) is permitted by law of the Union or of the Member States to which the person responsible is subject and these laws require appropriate measures to protect the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) is carried out with the express consent of the data subject.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, the Altech Advanced Materials AG shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and to protect the legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to claim automated decision-making rights, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
i) Right to revoke a data protection consent
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulation giver to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
6. Legal basis of processing
Art. 6 I lit. a DS-GVO serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data could become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fandamental rights and fandamental freedoms of the person concerned do not prevail. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a representative of the person responsible (recital 47 sentence 2 DS-GVO).
7. Legitimate interests in the processing that are being pursued by the controller or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is conducting our business for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.
8. Duration for which the personal data will be stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or to initiate a contract.
9. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; Possible consequences of non-provision
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a person concerned makes personal data available to us, which must then be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee clarifies to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what the consequences would be if the personal data were not provided.
10. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.
This data protection declaration was created by the data protection declaration generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which as Data protection officer works in cooperation with the Data protection lawyers of the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Lawyers created.