In the following we will inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data on our website. The content is based on the EU Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), as the data protection provisions of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) will no longer apply from 25 May 2018.
We at OSTHUS pay great attention to the protection of your personal data. We therefore treat your data with confidence and respect the privacy of our visitors and customers.
If you wish to use our services, e.g. use the contact form, it may be necessary to provide personal data. In this case we assure you that we only process this information for the purpose for which it was given to us.
All employees will be bound to confidentiality and compliance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act and, with effect from 26 May 2018, the European Data Protection Regulations (DSGVO).
Our employees regularly take part in IT security and data protection training courses to further raise their awareness.
The contents of the OSTHUS website have been carefully checked and are based on the current status. However, we reserve the right to process and update the data and information posted at any time and without prior notice.
Despite constant revision of the website, no liability or guarantee can be assumed for the up-to-dateness, correctness and completeness of the information provided. The documents and graphics provided on the website may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. OSTHUS therefore reserves the right to correct and update documents and graphics at any time and without prior notice.
The OSTHUS website contains links to other websites. We have no influence on whether the operators of other websites comply with data protection regulations.
As a provider, OSTHUS is responsible for its own content in accordance with general laws. Links to contents provided by other providers are to be distinguished from these own contents. OSTHUS accepts no responsibility for external content that is provided for use via links and that is specially marked and does not adopt its content as its own. For illegal, erroneous or incomplete contents as well as for damages arising from the use or non-use of the information, only the provider of the website to which reference is made is liable.
Unless mandatory legal regulations or other express agreements to the contrary exist, OSTHUS accepts no liability for any direct, indirect damage, consequential damage or other damage resulting from the use of this or a linked website.
When you visit our website, the following data is collected and used for the purpose of delivering websites:
The data described above is only stored in the web server’s memory for fractions of a second. This process is technically absolutely necessary to make a website available, therefore we have a “legitimate interest” within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) DS-GMO. The web server is located at a European provider.
Due to the nature of the Internet, this data is inevitably processed on a large number of servers until your request arrives on our web server; therefore, collection and use is also possible in “third countries” (e.g. the USA). Our company has no influence on this process.
The above data is additionally stored in the form of log files for a limited time in order to analyze possible technical problems (or hacker attacks). We keep these log files for 7 days and only view these information if there are problems or attacks. These log files are important in order to prove the criminal behavior to the prosecution authorities; in this respect, we have a “legitimate interest” in the sense of Article 6 (1f) DS-GMO.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive by your browser. This is useful for various purposes to adapt a website to the users. OSTHUS only uses its own cookies with a short runtime (so-called “session cookies”).
These cookies are not critical under data protection law and are used to navigate on our own website. The legal basis is our “legitimate interest” within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) DS-GMO. These cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser.
You can send us a message quickly and conveniently using the contact form.
The relevant data collection is justified by our “legitimate interest” within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) DS-GMO, because a smooth contact is beneficial to our business purposes. If a contractual relationship should arise from the contact form, the (pre-) contractual fulfilment of tasks within the meaning of Article 6 (1b) DS-GMO would also have to be mentioned as a legal basis.
The input of your data into the contact form is SSL-encrypted and is therefore confidential. The data of the contact form will be forwarded confidentially to the e-mail server within the OSTHUS network. In this respect, confidentiality is guaranteed.
After the e-mail with the contact form data has been sent, no more data remains on the web server.
We offer you a convenient way to plan your journey to our company. For this we link to Google Maps. As soon as you access this site, your IP address is sent to Google. This is a US company, so data is sent outside Europe. If you enter your own data on this map (e.g. your own place of residence), this data will also be transmitted.
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. of the German Civil Code), we act in accordance with the following principles GDPR) Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC (“Google”). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about users’ use of the website is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online services by users, to compile reports on activities within this online service and to provide us with other services related to the use of this online service and the Internet. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics only with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, they may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, they may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, and they may refuse the processing of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on Google, and they may refuse the processing of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on Google, and they may refuse the processing of cookies by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options can be found in Google’s data protection declaration (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
The personal data of the users will be deleted or anonymized after 14 months.
In the following cases, it may be necessary to pass on your data in compliance with strict contractual and legal requirements:
You have the right to be informed about your personal data processed by us, its origin and recipient as well as the purpose of storage and also to have your data deleted and passed on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that we also in this case remain entitled to process the personal data if this is necessary for the purposes of fulfilling a contract concluded with you. The same applies if you have given your consent to the processing of your data to third parties and we process your data as agreed on behalf of this third party, as well as if the processing is required by law or is required by a court or an authority.
Of course, you have numerous personal rights which we would like to fulfill:
If you wish to make use of your rights as a data subject, please contact us by e-mail or post using the contact details given in the imprint.
You are welcome to contact us for data protection questions. There are two ways to do this:
If you believe that OSTHUS does not process your personal data in accordance with the requirements described herein or with the data protection laws applicable in the EEA, you have the right of appeal to the responsible data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 DS-GMO.
You can file a complaint at any time with the data protection authority of the state of NRW or the EEA member state in which you are domiciled. The contact details of the Data Protection Authority of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia are as follows: LDI NRW, Cavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, GERMANY, Tel. 0049-211-38424-0, www.ldi.nrw.de
German law applies exclusively to the use of the website.
Below you will find the contact details of our data protection officer:
SecureDataService, Nicholas Vollmer
Priorstr. 63, D-41189 Moenchengladbach, Germany
Phone 0049 2166 96523-30
datenschutzbeauftragter.osthus[äät] securedataservice.de
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