Data protection

Welcome on our websites. In the following, please find some information on how we handle your data pursuant to Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Responsibility for the collection and processing of data described below is the body named under ‘Company details’. 

When you visit our websites, so-called usage data is temporarily stored on our web server for statistical purposes as a log in order to improve the quality of our websites. This data record consists of

The above log data is stored anonymised only.

In the frame of data processing on our behalf according to Art. 28 GDPR, we transfer your data to service providers who support us in the operation of our websites and the associated processes. Our service providers are strictly bound to our instructions and have signed the respective contractual commitments. They are for example providers offering hosting or web analyses.

We transmit some of the personal data to a third country outside of the EU. In this process, we ensured an adequate level of data protection in each case:

In the case of Google (USA), an adequate level of data protection is based on the participation in the Privacy Shield agreement (Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR).

We use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files which can be stored and read our on your end device. A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted again as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. Cookies may contain data that make it possible to recognize the device used. In some cases, however, cookies only contain information on certain settings that cannot be related to individuals. 

We use session cookies and permanent cookies on our websites. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f GDPR in the interest of optimising or enabling user guidance and adapting the presentation of our website.

You can set your browser so that it informs you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent for you. By means of the corresponding browser setting, you can also delete cookies at any time and prevent the setting of new cookies. Please note that in this case, our web pages may not be displayed optimally and that some functions may no longer be technically available.

With the help of Google Analytics, we create pseudonymous user profiles for the demand-oriented design of our website. Google Analytics uses cookies that can be stored on your end device and read by us. This allows us to recognize and count returning visitors. We process the data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and/or 15 para. 3 TMG (German Telemedia Act) to learn how often the different users call up our websites.

As a rule, the information on your use of these websites generated by the cookie are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the member states of the European Union, however, Google shortens your IP address before transmission of this data into the USA because we enabled IP anonymisation  on this website. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA (here, the participation of Google in the Privacy Shield ensures an adequate level of data protection pursuant to Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR) and shortened there. Furthermore, we concluded a contract with Google LLC (USA) for data processing on our behalf pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Google will therefore use all information strictly for the purpose of evaluating the use of our website for us and compiling reports on website activity.

You can object to the processing at any time. To do so, please use one of the following possibilities:
You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

You can furthermore prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. This sets an opt-out cookie which permanently prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website:
Click here to object to the processing of your data by Google Analytics.

We take technical and organisational measures to protect you data as comprehensively as possible from unauthorised access. We use an encryption process on our websites. Your data is transmitted from your computer to our server and vice versa via the Internet by means of TLS encryption. You can recognize this by the fact that the lock symbol in the status bar of your browser is closed and the address line starts with  

On some sub-sites, YouTube videos are embedded in our websites. When you call these sub-sites up, YouTube contents will be uploaded. In this context, YouTube will also receive your IP address which is technically required to call up the contents. We generally have no influence on the way YouTube handles its further processing. However, when embedding the videos we made sure to enable the extended data protection mode  offered by YouTube.

In respect of the processing of your personal data, the GDPR grants you as a user of the website certain rights:

1. Right of access by the data subject (Art. 15 GDPR): 

You have the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the information listed in detail in Art. 15 GDPR.

2. Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and 17 GDPR): 

You have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification and if applicable completion of inaccurate personal data concerning yourself.

You also have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning yourself without undue delay where one of the grounds listed in detail in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g. If the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued.

3. Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): 

You have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the preconditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR applies, e.g. if you objected against the processing, for a period enabling the controller to carry out a respective verification. 

4. Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR):

In certain cases listed in detail in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning yourself in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to demand transmission of this data to a third party.

6. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of data concerning you is in breach of data protection legislation. The right to lodge a complaint may be exercised in particular before a regulatory authority in the member state of you residence or workplace, or in the place where the alleged breach occurred.

Our company Data Security Officer  is at your availability for any information or suggestions regarding data protection:

Dr. Uwe Schläger

datenschutz nord GmbH

Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88

28217 Bremen

Web: www.datenschutz-nord-gruppe.de

Email: office@datenschutz-nord.de

Telephone: +49 (0)421 69 66 32 0