Privacy Policy.

1. Privacy at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

Data collection on this website

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us, e.g. when filling out the registration form. Other data is collected automatically, or with your consent, by our IT system when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to process your inquiry.

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Further details can be found under item 3 "Hosting".

This website does not embed any external services, scripts, or third-party content (e.g. web analytics tools, fonts, maps, or social media plugins). No analysis of your usage behaviour takes place. The only exception is the link to an external registration form, see item 4 "Registration Form (Microsoft Forms)".

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you may contact us at any time using the contact details given in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. General information and mandatory notices

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various pieces of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmitted over the internet (e.g. via email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice regarding the responsible party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Phone: +49-761-3869090
Email: office@microtec-suedwest.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our organisation.

Email: datenschutz@microtec-suedwest.de

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests), you have the right at any time to object to this processing for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is:

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

Access, deletion, and correction

Within the scope of applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, where applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you may contact us at any time using the contact details given in the legal notice.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you may contact us at any time using the contact details given in the legal notice.

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address line changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

3. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting takes place for the purpose of contract fulfilment towards our prospective and existing members and interested parties (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG (German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act), insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host is:

The collection and processing of this data is carried out exclusively for the aforementioned purposes and to the extent necessary for that purpose.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the host named above in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract mandated by data protection law that ensures the host processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

4. Data collection on this website

Server log files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfil a contract or pre-contractual measures, as well as our legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of our website.

Registration form (Microsoft Forms)

For registration in the network, we link from the "Get involved" page to an external form provided by Microsoft via the "Microsoft Forms" service. If you follow this link, you leave our website; the form itself is not embedded in our website.

The form is provided by us via a business Microsoft 365 account. Microsoft processes the data you enter as a processor on our behalf, based on the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement and the associated Data Protection Addendum (Art. 28 GDPR). The contracting party on Microsoft's side is:

Further information on data processing by Microsoft can be found in Microsoft's privacy statement at privacy.microsoft.com. This may result in your data being processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.

The data provided in the form is used by us to process your registration in the network. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, as the processing is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures or to establish your participation in the network.