Privacy Policy

Cookies

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With the application of the GDPR 2018, webmasters are obliged to comply with the regulation published at https://eu-datenschutz.org/ and to inform their users accordingly about the collection and evaluation of data. The legality of processing is based on Chapter 2, Article 6 of the GDPR.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within the scope of our services as well as within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content, and external online presences such as our social media profiles (collectively referred to as “online offering”). With regard to the terms used, such as “processing” or “controller,” we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

Fortec Forschungstechnik GmbH
An der Böhmerke 16
D-31515 Wunstorf
Email: info@fortec-forschungstechnik.de
Managing Director: Dr. Karsten Lothar Feiste
Website: https://fortec-forschungstechnik.de/impressum.html

Types of processed data

  • Inventory data (e.g., personal master data, names, addresses)
  • Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers)
  • Content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos)
  • Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times)
  • Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses)

Categories of data subjects
Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter referred to collectively as “users”).

Purpose of processing

  • Provision of the online offering, its functions, and content
  • Responding to contact inquiries and communication with users
  • Security measures
  • Reach measurement/marketing

Definitions
“Personal data” are all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier (e.g., cookie), or one or more specific characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

“Processing” is any operation or set of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated processes in connection with personal data.

“Pseudonymization” means processing personal data in such a way that it can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without additional information.

“Profiling” is any type of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person.

“Controller” is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

“Processor” means a natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Legal basis
We inform you of the legal basis for our data processing in accordance with Article 13 GDPR. Unless otherwise specified in this privacy policy, the following applies:

  • Consent: Art. 6(1)(a), Art. 7 GDPR
  • Contract performance and pre-contractual measures: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR
  • Legal obligations: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR
  • Vital interests: Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR
  • Public interest/official authority: Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR
  • Legitimate interests: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR
  • Special categories of data: Art. 9 GDPR

Security measures
We take technical and organizational measures appropriate to the risk to ensure a level of protection in accordance with legal requirements, considering the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing.

Collaboration with processors, joint controllers, and third parties
We only disclose, transmit, or otherwise grant access to data to third parties where legally permitted, consented to, or justified by legitimate interests.

Data transfers to third countries
Data is only transferred outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland under the conditions of GDPR (e.g., adequacy decisions, Privacy Shield, standard contractual clauses).

Rights of data subjects
You have the right to request confirmation, access, rectification, completion, deletion, restriction, portability, and to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Right of withdrawal
You may revoke consent at any time with effect for the future.

Right to object
You can object to the future processing of your data at any time, particularly for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and objection to direct marketing
Cookies may be session-based (temporary) or persistent, first- or third-party. Users can disable or delete cookies in their browser settings. Functionality may be impaired if cookies are disabled. More information: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

Deletion of data
Data will be deleted or restricted in accordance with legal requirements once no longer required for their intended purpose.

Changes and updates
We may update this privacy policy when necessary. Please check regularly.

Contact
When contacting us (via form, email, phone, or social media), user data will be processed to handle the request.

Hosting and email
Hosting services we use serve infrastructure, storage, database, email, and security purposes. Data processing is based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Access logs
Server log files (e.g., page name, date, transferred data, browser, OS, referrer URL, IP address) are stored for security reasons for a maximum of 7 days.

Third-party content
We may integrate third-party services such as fonts or videos. This requires transmission of the IP address.

Google Maps
We use maps from Google Maps (Google LLC). Data such as IP addresses and location data may be processed in the USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.