Note: This is an automated translation of our German privacy policy. The German version is the authoritative and legally binding version. In case of any discrepancies, the German version takes precedence.

Privacy Policy

Data protection is a special concern for TekkMinds AG. Our efforts, particularly to meet the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new version of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), are primarily aimed at respecting your private and personal sphere.

For modern companies like TekkMinds AG, the use of electronic data processing systems (EDP) is indispensable today. In this regard, we naturally apply the highest standards in observing legal regulations.

The use of TekkMinds AG’s websites is fundamentally possible without providing any personal data. If a data subject wishes to use special services of our company via our website, however, the processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

We will under no circumstances sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing or other purposes. If you do not agree with the terms of the privacy policy, please do not send any personal data to us.

1. General / Definitions

This privacy policy is based on terms from the GDPR and is intended to be easy to read and understand for every person. Therefore, we would like to explain various terms in advance:

a) personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) data subject / affected person
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

c) processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) restriction of processing
Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

e) profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

f) pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) controller
Controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) processor
Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) recipient
Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

j) third party
Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

k) consent
Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Information on the collection of personal data

• (1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behavior, etc.

• (2) The controller according to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is TekkMinds AG
  Landsberger Str. 98
  80339 Munich

• (3) Our Data Protection Officer is:
  Mr. Sascha Weller, Attorney at Law, IDR – Institute for Data Protection Law
  Ziegelbräustraße 7
  85049 Ingolstadt
  Tel.: +49 (0)841 – 885 167 15
  Email: ra-weller@idr-datenschutz.de
  Web: https://idr-datenschutz.de (external Data Protection Officer)

• (4) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name and your telephone number) will be automatically stored by us to answer your questions. Such personal data voluntarily transmitted by a data subject to the controller will be stored exclusively for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. We will delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or we will restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations.

• (5) If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also name the specified criteria for the storage period.

• (6) As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete possible protection of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can fundamentally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

• (7) As a responsible company, we refrain from automated decision-making or profiling.

3. Your rights

• (1) You have the following rights with respect to us regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access: Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the GDPR to obtain free information from the controller at any time about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

    • a) the purposes of the processing
    • b) the categories of personal data concerned
    • c) the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
    • d) where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
    • e) the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing
    • f) the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
    • g) where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: Any available information as to their source
    • h) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

    In addition, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

  • Right to withdraw a data protection consent: Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to withdraw consent, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time and by any means of communication.

  • Right to rectification: The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

  • Right to erasure / right to be forgotten: The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller has the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
  • a) the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • b) the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • c) the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2).
  • d) the personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  • e) the erasure of the personal data is required for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  • f) the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1). If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to erasure / right to be forgotten, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

  If we have made the personal data public and are obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17 (1) GDPR, we shall, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers who are processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data. Our employees will initiate the necessary measures.

  • Right to restriction of processing: The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • a) the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

  • b) the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;

  • c) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or

  • d) the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to restriction of processing, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

  • Right to object to processing: Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the GDPR to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

  We will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

  If we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to us to the processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  In addition, the data subject has the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her that is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee directly. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

  • Right to data portability: The data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and has the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where
  • a) the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1); and
  • b) the processing is carried out by automated means. In exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and the rights and freedoms of others are not adversely affected.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to data portability, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

  • Automated individual decision-making, including profiling Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the GDPR not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision
  • (1) is not necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller; or
  • (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
  • (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

  If the decision is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, we shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

  If the data subject wishes to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, he or she can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

• (2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. The supervisory authority responsible for our company is as follows:

  Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision Promenade 18
  91522 Ansbach
  Tel.: +49 (0)981 / 180093-0
  Fax: +49 (0)981 / 180093-800
  Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de

4. Collection of personal data when visiting our website / Cookies

• (1) When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):
  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Internet service provider of the accessing system
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred in each case
  • Website from which the request comes (referrer)
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.
• (2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive, assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the party that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.
• (3) Use of cookies:
  1. In principle, the following cookie types/functions are distinguished: a) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. b) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser. c) Necessary cookies are those that are absolutely necessary for the operation of a homepage. d) Statistical, marketing, or personalisation cookies are used, among other things, as part of a reach measurement and also, for example, when the interests of a user or their behavior are to be stored in a user profile. This procedure is also referred to as “tracking”. If we use cookies or “tracking” services, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or as part of obtaining consent. e) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website. f) We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit. g) The flash cookies used are not captured by your browser, but by your flash plug-in. We also use HTML5 storage objects, which are stored on your device. These objects store the required data regardless of the browser you are using and do not have an automatic expiry date. If you do not want flash cookies to be processed, you must install a corresponding add-on, e.g. “Better Privacy” for Mozilla Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/) or the Adobe Flash Killer Cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by using private mode in your browser. We also recommend that you manually delete your cookies and browser history regularly.
  2. In principle, the data processed with the help of cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f)) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) lit. b)). If we ask you for consent, the legal basis for the data processing is the declared consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a)).
  3. You naturally have the option at any time to withdraw your given consent or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (“opt-out”). Your objection can initially be declared using your browser settings. An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared using a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ or generally at http://optout.aboutads.info.

5. Further functions and offers on our website

• (1) In addition to using our website for purely informational purposes, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you usually have to provide further personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and for which the previously mentioned principles of data processing apply.
• (2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.
• (3) The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services as well as technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.

In this regard, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR.

• (4) Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if participations in promotions, competitions, contracts or similar services are offered by us together with partners. You will receive more detailed information on this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.
• (5) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF): As part of the so-called “Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework” (TADPF), the EU Commission has also recognised the data protection level for certain companies from the USA. You can find the list of certified companies as well as further information on the website of the US Department of Commerce at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. Information in German and other languages can be found on the website of the EU Commission: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_de. We will also inform you about the companies we use that are certified under the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework.

6. Data protection for applications

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. The processing can also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents electronically, for example via email or via a contact form on the website, to the controller. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of handling the employment contract in compliance with the legal regulations. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller, the application documents will be automatically deleted, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller stand in the way of deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). The processing of applicant data is carried out to fulfil our (pre)contractual obligations within the framework of the application process in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b. GDPR Art. 6 (1) lit. f. GDPR, provided that the data processing becomes necessary for us, e.g. within the framework of legal proceedings (in Germany, § 26 BDSG also applies).

7. Objection or withdrawal of your data processing

• (1) If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw this at any time and by any means of communication. Such a withdrawal affects the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us.
• (2) Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on a balancing of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, for the performance of a contract with you, which is shown by us in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either stop or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate reasons based on which we will continue the processing.
• (3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. You can contact us with your objection to advertising at the address specified in section 2. (2).

8. Statutory or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data / Necessity for concluding a contract / Consequences of non-provision / Deletion

• (1) We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law. However, it may also be possible that a data subject must provide us with personal data so that a contract can be performed. Failure to provide it would result in the contract not being able to be concluded. Our employees are happy to help with individual questions.
• (2) The data processed by us will be deleted or their processing restricted in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention obligations that conflict with the deletion. If the data are not deleted because they are required for other legally permissible purposes, their processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be kept for commercial or tax reasons.

According to legal requirements, data is stored for 10 years in particular in accordance with §§ 147 (1) AO, 257 (1) no. 1 and 4, (4) HGB (books, records, management reports, booking receipts, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years in accordance with § 257 (1) no. 2 and 3, (4) HGB (commercial letters).

9. Web Analytics

• 1. Plausible Analytics
  • (1) In order to analyse, understand and continuously improve the use of our website, we use the web analysis tool “Plausible Analytics” from the provider OÜ Plausible Insights, Västriku tn 2, Tartu 50403, Estonia.
  • (2) Plausible neither uses cookies, nor stores information in the browser, nor generally collects any personal data.
  • (3) The processing is based on our legitimate interest in measuring the reach of our website (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). You can find more information about Plausible and the data protection of this tool here: https://plausible.io/data-policy.

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