Privacy Policy
General information
Thank you for visiting our website www.ecg.eu and for your interest in our company.
The protection of your personal data (e.g. date of birth, your name, your telephone number, address etc.) is important to us. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about the processing of your personal data that we collect from you when you visit our website. Our data protection practice is in accordance with the legal provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The following data protection declaration serves to fulfill the information obligations resulting from the GDPR. These can be found, for example, in Art. 13 and Art. 14 et seq. GDPR.
Responsible body
The responsible body within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is the
www.ecg.eu GmbH
represented by CEO Thomas Winter
Bernburger Strasse 27 in 10963 Berlin
E-Mail: ecg [at] ecg.de
Personal Data
Normally, when you visit our website, we do not collect any personal data (e.g. names, addresses, telephone numbers or e-mail addresses) unless you provide us with this data voluntarily (e.g. when contacting us via our website or using an e-mail address). contact forms on this website) if you have consented to the collection of your personal data or if the relevant legal provisions on the protection of your data permit or require this.
We may also collect information on our website that, by itself, cannot be used to directly identify you. In certain cases – especially in combination with other data – this information can nevertheless constitute “personal data” within the meaning of data protection law. We may also collect information on our website that does not identify you directly or indirectly, such as B. Aggregated information about all users of our website.
Creation of log files
Each time our website is accessed, our web server automatically collects data and information from the device that is accessing it. This information includes:
- Information about your browser type and the version used,
- The operating system of the device you are using,
- host name of the accessing computer,
- The IP address of the device you are using,
- date and time of access,
- Pages and resources (images, files, other page content) accessed on our website,
- Websites from which you came to our website (referrer tracking),
- message whether the retrieval was successful,
- amount of data transferred
This data is stored in the log files of our web_server. This data is not stored together with the personal data of a specific user, so that it is not possible to identify individual visitors to the site.
Legal basis for processing personal data
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest is to ensure the achievement of the purpose described below.
Purpose of data processing
The temporary, automated storage of the data is technically necessary for the correct delivery of the website data to your web browser. Personal data is also stored and processed to maintain the compatibility of our website for as many visitors as possible, as well as to combat misuse and eliminate faults. For this it is necessary to log the technical data of the accessing computer in order to be able to react as early as possible to display errors, attacks on the IT systems used and/or errors in the functionality of our website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to generally ensure the security of the information technology systems used.
Recipient
Technical service providers who are involved in the operation and maintenance of our website as processors can act as recipients of the data.
Duration of storage
The aforementioned technical data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to ensure the compatibility of the website for all visitors, but no later than 3 months after accessing our website.
Possibility of objection and deletion
You can object to the processing at any time in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO contradict and request a deletion of data acc. to art. 17 GDPR. You can find out which rights you are entitled to and how to assert them in the “Your rights” section of this data protection declaration.
Use of cookies
We use cookies on our website to ensure the correct display of content and the functionality of our website. The so-called “cookies” are small text files that your browser can save on your access device. These text files contain a characteristic string of characters that uniquely identifies the browser when you return to our website. The process of saving a cookie file is also known as “setting a cookie”. Cookies can be set both by the website itself and by external web services. We only use technically necessary cookies that do not allow individual website visitors to be identified.
Legal basis for processing personal data
Insofar as the cookies are set based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this consent also applies as consent within the meaning of Section 25 Para. 1 TTDSG for setting the cookie on the user’s end device. If another legal basis according to the GDPR is mentioned (e.g. for the fulfillment of a contract or for the fulfillment of legal obligations), the storage or setting takes place on the basis of an exception according to § 25 Para. 2 TTDSG. This is the case “if the sole purpose of storing information in the end user’s terminal equipment or the sole purpose of accessing information already stored in the end user’s terminal equipment is to carry out the transmission of a message via a public telecommunications network” or “if the Storage of information in the end user’s terminal equipment or access to information already stored in the end user’s terminal equipment is absolutely necessary so that the provider of a telemedia service can provide a telemedia service expressly requested by the user”.
Purpose of data processing
Cookies are set by our website to ensure the full functionality of our website, to improve user-friendliness or to pursue the purpose given with your consent.
Duration of storage
Our cookies are stored until they are deleted in your browser or, if it is a session cookie, until the session has expired.
Possibility of objection and deletion
You can set your browser according to your wishes so that the setting of cookies is generally prevented. You can then decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept cookies or accept cookies in general. Cookies can be used for various purposes, e.g. to recognize that your access device is already connected to our website (permanent cookies) or to save offers you last viewed (session cookies). If you have expressly given us permission to process your personal data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Cookies set by our website
- cookie_notice_accepted (www.ecg.eu); this cookie stores the User’s decision about the cookie banner in case of giving consent. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests). The storage period is approx. 30 days.
Special features of this website
Our site offers you various functions which we use to collect, process and store personal data. Below we explain what happens to this data:
Contact forms
If you use one of the contact forms on our website to get in touch with us, we will receive the e-mail address, telephone number and, if applicable, other contact details you entered in the form fields, provided that you provide them to us via the form. All data transfers via our website are encrypted (SSL / HTTPS). Messages you send us may be stored in a contact management system or other software. In doing so, we make sure to comply with the legally prescribed storage period and to delete personal data when we no longer need it.
Legal basis for processing personal data
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent through clear affirmative action or behavior)
Purpose of data processing
The data collected via our contact forms are used by us exclusively to process your request and to process your request.
Duration of storage
The personal data you transmit to us will only be stored by us for as long as is necessary to process your request, unless further storage of the data is necessary due to legal requirements or to enforce legal claims. We reserve the right to delete this data without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent information.
Possibility of objection and deletion
You can revoke your consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. However, the processing that has taken place up to the time of the revocation remains unaffected. With regard to further rights, we refer to the section “Your rights” in this privacy policy.
Requirement to provide personal data
If you would like to contact us via one of our contact forms, you must fill out the fields marked as mandatory. However, the information is neither necessary to enter into a contract with us nor is it legally binding. They are only used to process your request. If you do not fill in the required fields, we cannot respond to your request.
Comment function
When you as a visitor write comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as your IP address and user agent string (used to identify the browser) to help spam detection .
An anonymized string (also called a “hash”) may be created from your email address and passed to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found at: https://automattic.com/privacy.
After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment if you use the Gravatar service.
Statistical evaluations on our website - Web Tracker
We collect, process and store the following data when you access this website or individual files on the website:
- your IP address,
- the website from which the file was retrieved,
- Name of the file,
- date and time of retrieval,
- amount of data transferred and
- notification of the success of the retrieval (so-called web log).
We use this access data exclusively in a non-personalized form for the continuous improvement of our website and for statistical purposes.
We do not use analysis or tracking services such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Connect, Facebook Custom Audience or similar.
Plugins and external services
YouTube (Videos)
On our website we have have integrated components provided by YouTube. The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website you are visiting when you call up a subpage that contains a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to your YouTube account.
YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component that you have visited our website if you are logged in to YouTube at the time when you click on a YouTube link. When a YouTube video is embedded into a page of our website directly, YouTube and Google receive information regardless of whether you click on the YouTube video or not. If you do not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google in this way, you can prevent the transmission by logging out of your YouTube account before accessing our website.
These processing operations only take place if you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6 1 lit. a of the GDPR.
You can view YouTube’s privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Your rights
Based on the applicable legal provisions, you are entitled to request information about which personal data we have stored about you, to request the correction of incorrect personal data or the deletion of personal data, insofar as we are not obliged to store this data, to request information about it who we may share your personal data with and to withdraw your consent to the handling of your personal data at any time. Specifically, you have the following rights:
Right to information
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing your personal data. If this is the case, you have a right to information about the data specified in Art. 15 para. 1 GDPR, provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not impaired (cf. Art. 15 Para. 4 GDPR). We can also provide you with a copy of the data.
Right to rectification
According to Art. 16 GDPR you have the right, to have any incorrectly stored personal data (e.g. address, name, etc.) corrected at any time. You can also request that the data we have stored be completed at any time. A corresponding adjustment will be made immediately.
Right to Deletion
According to Art. 17 Abs. Abs. 1 GDPR you have the right, that we delete any personal data collected about you if
- the data is either no longer needed,
- due to the revocation of your consent, the legal basis for processing no longer applies,
- you have objected to the processing and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing,
- your data is processed unlawfully,
- a legal obligation requires this or a survey acc. Art. 8 Abs. 1 GDPR has taken place.
According to Art. 17 Abs. 3 GDPR this right does not apply if
- the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information,
- your data has been collected on the basis of a legal obligation,
- the processing is necessary for reasons of public interest,
- the data is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Right to restriction of processing
According to Art. 18 Abs. 1 GDPR, you have the right in individual cases to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. This is the case if
- the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you,
- the processing is unlawful and you do not agree to erasure,
- the data is no longer required for the purpose of processing, but the data collected is used to assert, exercise or defend legal claims,
- an objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR has been filed and it is still unclear which interests prevail.
If you have given us your express consent to the processing of your personal data (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR), you can revoke this at any time. Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Right to object
According to Art. 21 GDPR you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f (in the context of a legitimate interest). You are only entitled to this right if special circumstances speak against the storage and processing.
Right to data portability
According to Art. 20 GDPR you have the right to transfer of personal data concerning you. We provide the data in a structured, common and machine-readable format. The data can either be sent to you or to a person named by you.
We will transfer the personal data directly to a responsible person of your choice, insofar as this is technically feasible. Please note that we use data that encroach on the freedoms and rights of other people in accordance with Art. Art. 20 par. 4 GDPR.
Right of appeal to the supervisory authority According to Art. 77 para. 1 GDPR
If you suspect that your data is being processed unlawfully on our site, you can of course seek judicial clarification of the problem at any time. In addition, you have every other legal option. Regardless of this, According to Art. 77 para. 1 GDPR you have the option of contacting a supervisory authority. The right of appeal acc. to Art. 77 GDPR can be exercised in the EU member state of your place of residence, your place of work and/or the place of the alleged infringement, i.e. you can choose the supervisory authority to which you turn from the above-mentioned places. The supervisory authority to which the complaint was lodged will then inform you of the status and results of your submission, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. Art. 78 GDPR
How do you exercise your rights?
You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting the responsible office at the top of this page.
The revocation of your consent or the deletion or blocking of personal data can mean that we can no longer provide certain services and functions. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation.
If you have any questions or complaints, you can also contact the Berlin Data Protection Authority (0049 030 13889-0).