Data Protection Declaration

Status: 16.11.2018

1. Data protection in short overview

General Instructions

The following instructions provide a general overview on what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data by which you personally may be identified. Detailed information on the matter “Data protection” you may find in our data protection declaration indicated below this text.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for the collection of data on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by BHTC. Its contact data you may find in the contact information on our website.

Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH
Hansastrasse 40,
59557 Lippstadt,
Telephone: +49 (0) 2941/66 - 60 00
E-mail: info@bhtc.com

How do we collect your data?

Your data are collected on one side through you communicating them to us. This may be applicable for data, for example, that you fill in a contact form.

Other data are collected automatically upon visit of our website through our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g., internet browsers, operational system or time of opening of pages). Collection of such data is effected automatically, upon entry on our website.

For security reasons and for the purpose of protection of confidential contents transfer, such as, orders or requests that you send to us in our capacity of a page operator this site uses SSL-, respectively, TLS-coding.

You will recognize a coded connection as the address bar in the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in the address bar in your browser. If SSL-, respectively, TLS-coding is activated, the data that you send us may not be read by third persons.

What do we use you data for?

If for separate functions of our offer we would like to use authorized services providers or to use you data for advertising purposes, we will inform you below in details for the respective processes. Upon that we would also specify the established criteria for the storage term.

What rights do you have in respect of your data?

You are entitled at any time and free of charge to receive information about the source, recipients and the purpose of your stored personal data. In addition, you are entitled to request rectification, blocking or erasure of such data, and the right to data portability. Regarding that, as well as in relation to other issues on the matter “Data protection” you may address us at any time at the provided in the data protection address.

You are entitled to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. For that purpose, you may address us at any time at the address specified in the contact details on the website. The right to request restriction of processing exists also in the following cases:
If you are contesting the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, by rule, we would need time in order to verify that. You are entitled to request restriction of the processing of your personal data for the duration of the verification. If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, instead of erasure, you may request restriction of processing of the data.

If we no longer need your personal data, but they are needed by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you are entitled instead of erasure to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. If you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, assessment should be made between your and our interests. Pending the verification of whose interests override, you are entitled to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

Supervisory authority, mostly in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

2. General Instructions and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your personal data in confidence and in compliance with the data protection legal provisions, as with this declaration for data protection.

If you use this website various personal data are collected. Personal data are all data by which you personally might be identified. This present data protection declaration specifies what data we collect and what purposes we use such data for. It also specifies how and for what purpose that is carried out.

Please note that the transfer of data within the Internet (e.g., via e-mail communication) may show security shortcomings. Data protection is impossible without shortcomings from third parties’ access.

Indication of the Controller

Controller regarding data processing on this website is:

Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH
Hansastrasse 40,
59557 Lippstadt,
Telephone: +49 (0) 2941/66 - 60 00
E-mail: info@bhtc.com

Controller is the natural or legal person, which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail or similar).

Withdrawals of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are possible only upon your explicit consent. You are entitled at any time to withdraw your already given consent. For that purpose, a simple e-mail to us without specific form would suffice. The lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal shall remain unaffected.

Right to Data Portability

You are entitled to receive or to order the transmission to a third party data, that we process by automated means on the basis of you permission or in performance of a contract, in a commonly used and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transmission of the data to another controller, that shall be effected, provided that it is technically possible.

Access, Restriction on Processing, Erasure

To the extent allowed by the applicable legal provisions you are entitled at any time to free of charge (maximum one request per year) enquiry about your stored personal data, their source and recipients and the purpose of processing of data, and eventually, right to rectification, blocking or erasure of such data. Regarding that, as well as in respect of other issues on the matter “Data protection” you may address us at any time at the provided in the data protection address.

Objection Against Advertising E-mails

By virtue of this an objection is lodged against the use of the contact data, provided within the requirement to provide access data, for sending of unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of the pages explicitly reserve the right to take legal steps in case of unsolicited advertising, e.g. by spam e-mails.

Right to Object against Data Collection in Particular Cases, as well as against Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

If processing of personal data is based on Article 6, para.1, letters (e) (f) of GDPR, you are entitled at any time to object against the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, including also against profiling based on those provisions. The respective grounds on which particular processing is based you may find in this present Data Protection Declaration. If you object we shall no longer process your respective personal data unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21, para. 1 GDPR).

3. Data Protection Officer

Legally Required Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our enterprise.

Behr–Hella Thermocontrol GmbHHeike Busch
Hansastrasse 40,
59557 Lippstadt,
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 2941 / 66 - 61 07
fax: +49 (0) 2941 / 66 - 60 01
e-mail: Datenschutz@bhtc.com

4. Data Collection on Our Website

Server-Log-Files

Pages Providers

Hetzner Online GmbH
Industriestr. 25
91710 Gunzenhausen
Germany

Теl.: +49 (0)9831 505-0
Fax: +49 (0)9831 505-3

collects and automatically stores information in the so called Server-Log-Files, which your browser sends automatically. These are:

  • browser type and browser version
  • operational system used
  • Referrer URL
  • host-name of the computer receiving access
  • time of server request
  • IP-address

No linking of these data to other data sources is carried out.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6, para. 1, letter b GDPR /General Data Protection Regulation/, that allows for data protection for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual arrangements.

Cookies

Internet pages use the so called cookies. Cookies do not cause harm to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve in order to make our offer more convenient for the user, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your computer and which your browser is storing.

Most of the cookies used by us are the so called “Session-Cookies”. At the end of your visit they are deleted automatically. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until deleted by you. These cookies allow your browser to be recognized upon subsequent visit.

You may set up your browser so that you are notified for the placement of cookies and to allow cookies only in a particular case, to turn off the receipt of cookies for certain cases or in general, as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies upon closing of the browser. Upon deactivation of cookies the functionality of this website might be limited.

Cookies that are necessary for the execution of the electronic process of communication or for the provision of certain requested by you functions (e.g., the “Cart”) shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6, para. 1, letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest of the storing of cookies for the technically upright and optimized provision of its services.

If other cookies are stored (e.g., cookies for analysis of your browsing activity), they are specifically dealt with separately in this Data Processing Declaration.

5. Plugins & Tools

Analysis Instruments

Upon visiting our website your browsing activity might be analyzed. This is carried out mostly by the use of cookies and with the so called programs for analysis. The analysis of your browsing activity shall by rule be carried out anonymously; the browsing activity may not be reversely tracked by you. You may object against this analysis or to prevent it by not using certain instruments. Detailed information about that you may find in the Data Protection Declaration below. You may object to this analysis. You may find information about the objection possibilities in this Data Protection Declaration.

YouTube

Our website uses Plugins of the operated by Google site YouTube. Sites’ operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit any of our equipped with YouTube-Plugin sites, a connection is established between the servers of YouTube. Upon that it is communicated to the server of YouTube which of our sites you have visited.

When you are logged in your YouTube-Account, you allow YouTube to link your surfing activity directly to your profile. You may prevent this by signing out from your YouTube-Account.

The use of YouTube is carried out for the attractive display of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest under the meaning of Art. 6, para. 1, letter f of GDPR.

You may find further information for the use of customer data in the data protection declaration of YouTube at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses the so called Web Fonts, provided by Google, for the unified presentation of the font types. Google Fonts are locally installed. Upon that no connection is effected with Google servers.

6. Own Services

Applications

We offer you the possibility to apply with us (e.g., via e-mail, via post or through online application form). Herein below we provide information about the volume, the purpose and the usage of your personal data collected in the course of the application process. We guarantee that the collection, processing and usage of your data is executed in accordance with the valid data protection laws and all other legal provisions and that your data is processed in strict confidentiality.

Volume and Purpose of Data Collection

If you send us an application we process your personal data related to that (e.g., contact and communication details, application documents, notes in the course of an interview, etc.), if that is necessary for the taking of a decision regarding the justification of the employee relationship. The legal grounds for that is Art. 26 of the Federal Data Protection Law – new under the German legislation (start of employment relationship), Art. 6, para. 1, letter (b) of GDPR (general preparation of a contract) – and if you have provided consent - Art. 6, para. 1, letter (a) of GDPR. Consent is withdrawable at any time. Your personal data are transferred within our company only to persons that are involved in the processing of your application.

If the application is successful, the provided by you data shall be stored in our data processing systems on the grounds of §26 of the Federal Data Protection Law – new and Art. 6, para. 1, letter (b) of GDPR for the purpose of execution of the employee relationship.

Data Storage Term

If we may not offer you an employment with us, you reject the offered employment position, you withdraw your application, you withdraw your consent for data processing or request form us erasure of data, the data provided by you, including eventually paper application documents remained, shall be kept, respectively, stored, for a maximum of 6 months after the end of the application procedure (storage term), in order in case of discrepancies to track the details of the application process (Art. 6, para. 1, letter (f) of GDPR).

YOU MAY OBJECT TO THIS STORING IF YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS THAT ARE OVERRIDING OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS.

Upon expiration of the storage term the data shall be erased, if there is no legal obligation for storing or other legal grounds for further storing. If it is obvious that the storing of your personal data is necessary after the expiration of the storage term (e.g., due to immediate or pending legal dispute), erasure shall be effected when the data have become unnecessary. This is without prejudice to other legal obligations for storing.