Website privacy policy and information for data subjects in accordance with Article 13 and 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company and products. Protecting your privacy when processing personal data is important to us.

General Information
Information about the controller
Company: ABM Greiffenberger Antriebstechnik GmbH
Legal representative: Torsten Muellner
Address : Friedenfelser Straße 24, 95615 Marktredwitz | Germany
Contact details for data protection officer: datenschutz@abm-antriebe.de

Affected data
Personal data are only collected if you provide them yourself. Apart from that, no personal data are collected. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of the statutory permissions is only possible on the basis of your explicit consent.

Processing purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the event of overriding legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his or her consent or transfer is permitted based on an overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union can also be used within the scope of execution of the contract.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

Use of a newsletter
When registering for our newsletter, you provide us with your email address and, on an optional basis, other information. We use these data solely for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. We retain the data that you disclose in your newsletter application until you cancel your subscription to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending us a corresponding message. By unsubscribing, you revoke your consent to the use of your email address.


We also use your email address, which we receive in connection with the sale of a product or service, exclusively for direct advertising in the form of our newsletter for products or services that we sell that are similar to the ones you ordered, provided that you have not objected to having your email used in this way. You may object to the use of your email address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. 

Web analysis by Matomo (formerly PIWIK)
Scope of personal data processing: We use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) on our website to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. The software places a cookie on the user's computer. When any part of our website is accessed, the following data is stored:

> The IP address of the user's calling system
> The accessed website
> The website from which the user came to the called website (referrer)
> The sub-pages that are accessed from the calling website
> The length of stay on the website
> The frequency with which the website is accessed

The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. The user's personal data is only stored there. The data will not be passed on to third parties.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data: The legal basis for processing users' personal data is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Purpose of data processing: The processing of the personal data of the users enables us to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continuously improve our website and its user-friendliness.
Duration of storage: The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for our recording purposes. In our case, this would be after 180 days.

Use of our own ‘cookies’
This website uses its own ‘cookies’ to increase user-friendliness (‘cookies’ are text files sent by the web server to the user’s browser and stored there for later retrieval). Our own ‘cookies’ never store any personal information. You can prevent the use of ‘cookies’ in general if you set your browser to disallow the storage of ‘cookies’.

Handling business cards
When you hand over or exchanging business cards, you share with us your personal data such as telephone number, email address. We use this information exclusively for keeping in touch with you. We also provide you with additional information on our services. If you do not purchase any products or services from our range of products, we will delete your contact details after 5 years.
You have the right to access, delete or correct your personal data at any time.
 

Specific information about the application process
Affected data: Application information
Processing purpose: Implementation of application process
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the event of overriding legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his or her consent or transfer is permitted based on an overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union can also be used within the scope of execution of the contract.
Duration of data storage: Application data are usually deleted within four months of communication of the decision unless consent has been given for longer data storage.

Specific information for the processing of customer data/prospective customer data
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your explicit consent.
Processing purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the event of overriding legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his or her consent or transfer is permitted based on an overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union can also be used within the scope of execution of the contract.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years. 

Specific information for the processing of employee data
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your explicit consent.
Processing purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the event of overriding legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his or her consent or transfer is permitted based on an overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union can also be used within the scope of execution of the contract.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information for the processing of supplier data
Affected data: Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your explicit consent.
Processing purpose: Contract execution.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in the event of overriding legislation. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his or her consent or transfer is permitted based on an overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union can also be used within the scope of execution of the contract.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information on the use of video conferencing/webinar software
Affected data: Data provided for the use of video conferencing software or the webinar software (in particular, first name, surname, email address; optional: sound transmission; optional: image transmission; optional: questions when using chat functions); processing of your system data, to the extent technically required, in order to establish connection with the conference software provider.
Purpose of processing: Conducting video conferences or webinars.
Categories of recipients: Public bodies in presence of overriding statutory provisions. External service providers or other contractors, including for data processing and hosting purposes. Other external bodies in so far as data subjects have given their consent or when transmission is permissible in presence of overriding interest.
Third-country transfers: Processors are used from outside the European Unition (here: United States of America); Accordingly, standard contractual clauses have been concluded with service providers.
Duration of data storage: Video conferences are recorded only with previously documented consent of the participants. Technical data are deleted if no longer required. The duration of data storage is based on statutory retention obligations and is usually 10 years.
 

Further information and contacts
In addition, you may invoke your rights to correction or deletion at any time, to restrict processing, to object to processing, and to data portability. Here you will find the option to contact us by email or letter. You also have the right to contact the data protection supervisory authority with complaints.