Privacy policy
Welcome to our website and thank you for your interest. THE MEGALON GROUP AG takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We would therefore like to inform you below about which data from your visit is used for which purposes.
1. responsible body and data protection officer
Responsible for the processing of your personal data is
THE MEGALON GROUP AG
Astraturm
Zirkusweg 2
D-20359 Hamburg
Phone +49 (0) 40 / 734 435 540
Fax +49 (0) 40 / 734 435 549
info@megalon.de
You can find our data protection officer under the point: "13. Contact details of the data protection officer"
2 General information on data processing
In the following, we inform you about the processing of personal data when you visit our website. Personal data within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). This includes, for example, your name, your address or your e-mail address.
Informational use
If you only visit our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. This data is temporarily stored on our servers.
The following data is collected:
- Information about the browser type, language and version used
- The user's operating system
- The user's internet service provider
- The IP address of the user
- Date and time of access
- Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
- Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
- Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website
- Access status/HTTP status code
- Amount of data transferred in each case
This data is technically required to display the website to you and to ensure the security of our website. We evaluate this data exclusively for statistical purposes in order to correct possible technical errors and, if necessary, to identify and ward off attacks and security risks, as well as to improve the attractiveness, content and functionality of our websites. MEGALON AG cannot assign this data to any specific person. This data is not merged with other data sources.
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is our legitimate interest in the security and stability of our website (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The user's interest is taken into account by the fact that the data is not used to identify the user.
3. cookies
Use of cookies:
Cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk and assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.
This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below:
a. Transient cookies
These cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
b. Persistent cookies
These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
2. prevention of cookies
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 then not be able to use all the functions of this website.
3 Legal bases and storage duration
The legal bases for possible processing of personal data and their storage duration vary and are presented in the following sections.
4. contact
When you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. This information is provided expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. email address, telephone number), you also consent to us contacting you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request. You can of course revoke this consent at any time for the future.
We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
5. application procedure
You can apply to our company electronically by email. If you apply to us, we need your personal data to process your application for the purpose of carrying out the application procedure. Please note that unencrypted e-mails are not transmitted with access protection.
Your application documents are generally stored for a period of six months, unless you have expressly given us your consent to store your data for a longer period or a contract has been concluded.
If an employment relationship is established following your application, your data and documents will be transferred to the personnel file for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in accordance with Section 26 (1) sentence 1 BDSG.
You are neither legally nor contractually obliged to provide us with your data. However, this data is required for the decision on your application. Without this information, the application process and possible recruitment cannot take place.
The legal basis for data processing as part of the application process is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, b GDPR, Section 26 para. 1 sentence 1 BDSG.
6. comments on blog posts
You have the opportunity to write comments on blog posts. We need your name and e-mail address for this. Optionally, you can enter your website. We request this information in order to promote more transparent and personalized communication between the authors of blog posts and comments. Your IP address and e-mail address are also recorded or requested. This information is stored in order to avoid spam.
The disclosure of the data provided by you in this context is expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR. We use the personal data transmitted in this way exclusively for the purpose for which you provide us with your data. Of course, you can revoke your declaration of consent at any time for the future. A message to the address given in the legal notice is sufficient.
7. website analysis
We use various services for the purpose of analyzing and optimizing our websites, which are described below. For example, we can analyze how many users visit our site, which information is most in demand or how users find the offer. Among other things, we collect data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. This helps us to design and improve our services in a user-friendly way. The data collected is not used to personally identify individual users. Anonymous or at most pseudonymous data is collected. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR.
Google Analytics[SF1] This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) The use includes the Universal Analytics operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyze the activities of a user across devices.
Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Section 15 (3) TMG and Art. 6 (1) f GDPR. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month. Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. 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 https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt out on all systems used. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
8. use of social plugins
This website uses social plugins from the provider(s)
- Facebook (Operator: Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA)
- Twitter (Operator: Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA)
These plugins normally collect data from you by default and transmit it to the servers of the respective provider. To ensure the protection of your privacy, we have taken technical measures to ensure that your data cannot be collected by the providers of the respective plugin without your consent. When you access a page on which the plugins are integrated, they are initially deactivated. The plugins are only activated when you click on the respective symbol, thereby giving your consent for your data to be transferred to the respective provider. The legal basis for the use of the plugins is Art. 6 para. 1 a and f GDPR.
Once activated, the plugins also collect personal data such as your IP address and send it to the servers of the respective provider, where it is stored. In addition, activated social plugins set a cookie with a unique identifier when the relevant website is accessed. This also allows the providers to create profiles about your usage behavior. This happens even if you are not a member of the respective provider's social network. If you are a member of the provider's social network and are logged in to the social network during your visit to this website, your data and information about your visit to this website may be linked to your profile on the social network. We have no influence on the exact scope of the data collected from you by the respective provider. For more information about the scope, type and purpose of data processing and about rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective provider of the social network. These are available at the following addresses:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy/
9. data transmission
We work together with service providers who take on technical and content-related tasks in the provision of our website. This includes services such as hosting and maintenance of our website. Where external service providers come into contact with your personal data, we have taken legal, technical and organizational measures and carried out regular checks to ensure that they comply with the provisions of data protection laws.
10. your rights
In connection with the processing of your personal data, you have the right vis-à-vis us to
- to information about which of your data is processed by us and for what purposes (right to information of the data subject, Art. 15 GDPR).
- to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you (right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR)
- to request the erasure of personal data concerning you (right to erasure/right to be forgotten, Art. 17 GDPR)
- to demand the restriction of processing if the legal requirements are met (right
- to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR)
- to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you in the cases provided for by law (right
- to object, Art. 21 GDPR)
- to data portability in the cases regulated by law (right to data portability Art. 20 GDPR)
to revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data in whole or in part with effect for the future (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR).
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection regulations.
If you have any questions about data protection and the processing of your personal data, please contact our data protection officer. She will also be happy to help you with applications, requests for information, suggestions or complaints.
11. data security
MEGALON AG has taken extensive technical and operational security precautions to protect your data from unauthorized access or misuse. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress. Our employees are trained and obliged to maintain data confidentiality.
12. changes to the data protection information
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. The current status is May 2018
13. contact details of the data protection officer
Personal/confidential
Mr. Attorney at Law
Kaspar-Ludwig Stolzenhain
Joachimsthaler Street 24
10719 Berlin
Status is May 2018
