Privacy Policy

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

MionPlant GmbH
Dr. Dieter Mauer, M.Eng. Sandra Lambertz, Peter Witt
Ernst-Bloch-Straße 8
D-51377 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171-39563-0
E-mail: vertrieb@mionplant.de

Your Rights as a Data Subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Rectification of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
• Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g., the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible party.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website

Nature and Purpose of Processing:

When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
• Ensuring smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• For optimizing our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us anonymously to optimize our website and the underlying technology.

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Duration:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of collection. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session is ended.

In the case of storing data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

Provision Prescribed or Required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually prescribed. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and features may not be available or may be limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Storage Duration and Cookies Used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

consentfriend = 1 year
session_id = 7 days

Technically Necessary Cookies

Nature and Purpose of Processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. Additionally, individual services may be unavailable or limited.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Contact Form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this, a valid email address and your name are required. This serves to assign the inquiry and the subsequent response to it. Providing additional data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we aim to facilitate easy contact with us. Your provided information is stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the data entered into the contact form is carried out to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under commercial law and delete your data after these periods expire.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for the inquiry.

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”), is used on this website. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked with cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Revocation of consent:

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent future collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser Add-On to deactivate Google Analytics.

SSL Encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.

Information about Your Right to Object under Art. 21 GDPR

Right to Object on a Case-by-Case Basis

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4(4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Recipient of an Objection

Dr. Dieter Mauer

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to ensure that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Dr. Dieter Mauer
Tel. 02171-39563-0
Fax. 02171-39563-28
E-Mail: vertrieb@mionplant.de