Privacy Policy

In this Privacy Policy we inform you about the processing of personal data when using our website.

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. In particular, this includes information that enables to identify you, such as your name, your telephone number, your address or e-mail address. Statistical data that we collect for example when you visit our website and that cannot be associated with your person, does not fall under the term of personal data.

The Controller is:

hartmannvonsiebenthal the brand experience company GmbH
Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, Gebäude 13|5
13355 Berlin
Phonenumber: +4930530074100
E-Mail: info@hartmannvonsiebenthal.de

If you have any questions regarding data protection, please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer. You can contact him by letter at the postal address above or by e-mail at datenschutz@hvs.de.

Collection of general information by visiting our website
General access data is automatically collected when you access our website. That information is exclusively information, which do not allow any conclusions about your person.

That information is technically necessary to deliver the requested website contents correctly and are mandatory when using the internet. This is processed in particular for the following purposes:
Ensuring a proper connection of the website,
Ensuring a proper use of our website,
evaluation of system security and stability as well as
for other administrative purposes.
The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit f GDPR) for the defined purposes for data collection. We do not use your data to make any conclusions about you as a person. The recipients of the data are only the controller and, if applicable, the processor.

Anonymous information may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Contacting
If you contact us regarding questions of any kind by e-mail or contact form, we process your entered contact data exclusively for the purpose of communication with you. The legal basis is Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. After your request has been processed, your personal data will be automatically deleted.

Applications
You can apply to us at any time. The purpose of data collection is to select applicants for possible employment. We collect the following data for receiving and processing your application: First and last name, e-mail address, application documents (e.g. certificates, CV), date of earliest possible job entry, salary expectation. The legal basis for processing your application documents is Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit. b and Art. 88 subs. 1 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 subs. 1 sentence 1 BDSG (German Federal Data Protection Act).

Own cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "Cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transmit viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in Cookies, we can enable navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Of course, you can also visit our website without Cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of Cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

We want to enable you to use our website more comfortably and individually. These services are based on our above-mentioned legitimate interests; the legal basis is Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

We also use Cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons) from partners for analysis and marketing purposes. This is described in more detail in the following sections.

Cookies and similar technologies for analysis purposes
To improve our website, we use Cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons) for statistical recording and analysis of general usage behavior based on access data.

The legal basis for the data processing described in the following section is Art. 6 subs.  1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the needs-oriented design and continuous optimization of our website.

Cookies and similar technologies for advertising purposes
We also use Cookies and similar technologies for advertising purposes. Some of the access data resulting from the use of our website is used for interest-based advertising. By analyzing and evaluating this access data, we are able to display personalized advertising on our website and on the websites of other providers. This means advertising that corresponds to your actual interests and needs.
The legal basis for the data processing described in the following section is Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in providing you with personalized advertising.

Disclosure of Data
Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties in accordance with the provisions of Art 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 GDPR if:

you have given your explicit consent,
processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests and there is no reason to believe that you have an increased interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data.

Part of the data processing can be carried out by our service providers. In addition to the service providers mentioned in this privacy policy, this may include data centers that store our website and databases, IT service providers that maintain our systems, and consulting firms. If we pass data on to our service providers, they may use the data exclusively for the fulfilment of their tasks. The service providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us. They are contractually bound by our instructions, have appropriate technical and organizational measures in place to protect the rights of the data subjects and are regularly monitored by us.
Storage time
In principle, we only store personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil contractual or legal obligations for which we have collected the data. Afterwards we delete the data immediately unless we need the data until the end of the statutory limitation period for purposes of proof for civil law claims or due to statutory retention obligations.


Your Rights
You can enforce the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:
Information about your data stored with us and their processing,
rectification of inaccurate personal data,
Deletion of your data stored with us,
Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
objection to the processing of your data with us and
Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us.Sofern Sie uns eine Einwilligung erteilt haben, können Sie diese jederzeit mit Wirkung für die Zukunft widerrufen.

You can contact your local supervisory authority at any time with a complaint. Your responsible supervising authority depends on your state of residence, your work or the alleged violation. The responsible supervisory authority in Berlin: Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Friedrichstr. 219, 10969 Berlin. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: //www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/addresses_links-node.html.

Data security / SSL encryption
We maintain current technical measures to guarantee data security, in particular to protect your personal data from the dangers of data transmission and before third parties become aware of them. These are adapted to the current state of the art in each case. To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

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

© hartmannvonsiebenthal – Status: October 2018