Scope
This privacy policy is intended to inform the users of our website in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and the Telemedia Act about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the EDC group of companies (EDC-Business Computing GmbH, EDC-Business Holding GmbH, EDC Weiterbildungsacademy GmbH, EDC-Business IT-Consulting GmbH) as website operators.
The website operator takes your data protection very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Please remember that data transmission over the Internet can always be subject to security gaps. Complete protection against access by strangers is not possible.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions relating to data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. You also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted under certain circumstances. You can find details of this in the data protection declaration under “Right to restriction of processing”.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information about this in the following data protection declaration. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the options for objection in this data protection declaration.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (objection according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR).
If your personal data is processed in order to conduct direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purposes of direct advertising (objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR).
Access data
The website operator or site provider collects data about access to the site and saves it as "server log files". The following data is logged in this way:
- Website visited
- Time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the site
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used
The data collected is only used for statistical evaluations and to improve the website. However, the website operator reserves the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.
Common browsers offer the option of not allowing cookies. Note: There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.
Handling personal data
The website operator only collects, uses and passes on your personal data if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection.
Personal data is all information that is used to identify you and that can be traced back to you - for example, your name, email address and telephone number.
Handling contact details
If you contact the website operator using the contact options provided, your details will be saved so that they can be used to process and answer your query. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.
Contact form / callback form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form / callback form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass this data on without your consent. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal message to us by email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies 6 / 9 (e.g. after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Inquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) and / or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us. The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
Google Analytics
This website uses the “Google Analytics” service, which is offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to analyze website usage by users. The service uses “cookies” – text files that are saved on your device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and saved there.
IP anonymization is used on this website. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area. This shortening means that your IP address is no longer personally identifiable. As part of the data processing agreement that the website operators have concluded with Google Inc., Google uses the information collected to evaluate website usage and website activity and to provide services related to internet usage.
You have the option of preventing cookies from being saved on your device by making the appropriate settings in your browser. There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if your browser does not accept cookies.
You can also use a browser plug-in to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the corresponding plug-in:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Here you can find further information on data usage by Google Inc.
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. Google Maps is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make the locations we specify on the website easy to find. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can find more information on how user data is handled in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA is intended to check whether the data entered on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is carried out by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor spends on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.
The data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and SPAM.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please see the following links:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ und https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
Use of social media plugins
This website uses Facebook Social Plugins, which is operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integrations can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the terms "Like", "Share" in the Facebook colors (blue and white). Information about all Facebook plugins can be found in the following link:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and extent of the data that the plugin transmits to the Facebook Inc. servers. Information about this can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084
The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, the user, have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be saved. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the information mentioned will be linked to it.
If you use the functions of the plugin - for example by sharing or "liking" a post - the corresponding information will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc.
If you want to prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website.
This website also uses plug-ins from the social network xing.com ("Xing"), which is operated by XING AG (Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg). If you access a website on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Xing servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Xing to your browser, which integrates it into the website.
By integrating the plug-ins, Xing receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page. If you are currently logged in to Xing, Xing can assign the visit to your Xing account.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Xing as well as your related rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Xing's data protection information:
Newsletter subscription
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No other data is collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have provided to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.
User rights: information, correction and deletion
You as a user will receive free information on request about which personal data has been stored about you. If your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. data retention), you have the right to correct incorrect data and to block or delete your personal data.
(Source: e-recht24.de)