Privacy Policy
Name and contact details of the controller in accordance with Article 4 (7) of the GDPR
Company name:Kraftwerk Bille Hamburg GmbH
Anschrift: c/o BMG GmbH & Co. KG, Keithstraße 2–4, 10787 Berlin, Germany
Telefon: +49 (0)30 21002214
E-Mail: info[at]kraftwerkbille.com
Security and protection of your personal data
We consider it our primary duty to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to protect it from unauthorised access. This is why we apply the utmost care and state-of-the-art security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal data.
As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed both by us and by our external service providers.
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Definitions
Legislators require that personal data be processed lawfully, in good faith and in a manner that is comprehensible to the data subject (‘lawfulness, good faith, transparency’). To this end, we would like to inform you about the individual statutory definitions that are also used in this Privacy Policy:
1. 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 characteristics specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. Processing
‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations performed on 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.
3. Restriction of processing
„Einschränkung der Verarbeitung“ ist die Markierung gespeicherter personenbezogener Daten mit dem Ziel, ihre künftige Verarbeitung einzuschränken.
4. 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 relating to that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
5. Pseudonymisation
‘Pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a way 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 cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
6. Filing system
‘Filing system’ means any structured collection of personal data accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis.
7. Controller
‘Controller’ means any 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.
8. Processor
‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
9. Recipient
‘Recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients; the processing of such data by those authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
10. 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.
11. Consent
‘Consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data concerning them.
Lawfulness of processing
The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. Pursuant to Article 6 (1a)–(1f) of the GDPR, the legal basis for processing may in particular be as follows:
a. the data subject has given consent to the processing of personal data concerning them for one or more specific purposes;
b. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
c. processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
d. processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
e. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
f. processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, unless such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
Information about the collection of personal data
(1) Over the following pages, we provide information about the collection of personal data when you use our website. Personal data includes, for example, name, address, email addresses and user behaviour.
(2) If you contact us by email or using a contact form, we will store the data you provide (your email address and, if applicable, your name and telephone number) in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected for this purpose once it is no longer necessary to store it, or its processing will be restricted if statutory retention obligations apply.
Collection of personal data when you visit our website
If you only use the website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we will only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 [1f] of the GDPR):
- IP address
- Date and time of request
- Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of request (specific page)
- Access status/HTTP status code
- Volume of data transferred in each case
- Website from which the request comes
- Browser
- Operating system and its interface
- Language and version of browser software
Use of cookies
(1) 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; they are assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information is transmitted to the party that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.
(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
– Transient cookies (see a.)
– Persistent cookies (see b.)
a. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
b. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.
c. You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and,
for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. ‘Third-party cookies’ are cookies that have been set by a third party and therefore not by the actual website you are currently visiting. Please note that, by deactivating cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of this website.
d. We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you will have to log in again on each visit.
e. The Flash cookies used are not recorded 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 use and do not have an automatic expiry date. If you do not want the 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 the private mode in your browser. We also recommend that you regularly delete your cookies and browser history manually.
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Other functions and services on our website
(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you will generally need to provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and contracted by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.
(3) Furthermore, we may disclose your personal data to third parties if we offer promotions, competitions, contracts or similar services together with partners. You will find more information on this when you provide your personal data or at the bottom of the service description.
(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the implications of this in the service description.
Children
Our services are aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not provide us with personal data without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.
Rights of the data subject
(1) Withdrawing consent
If the processing of personal data is based on consent given by you, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to its withdrawal.
You can contact us at any time to exercise your right to withdraw consent.
(2) Right to confirmation
You have the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details above.
(3) Right of access
If personal data is being processed, you may at any time request access to that personal data and the following information:
a. the purposes of processing;
b. the categories of personal data being processed;
c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
d. where possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period
e. the existence of the right to have personal data concerning you rectified or erased or to restrict processing by the controller or to object to such processing;
f. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
g. where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information on the source of the data;
h. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling in accordance with Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR, and – at least in those cases – meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and intended consequences of such processing for the data subject.
If personal data are transferred to a third country or an international organisation, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data that is the subject of the processing. For any further copies that you personally request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs. If you submit the request electronically, the information must be provided in a standard electronic format, unless otherwise indicated in the request. The right to receive a copy referred to in paragraph 3 shall not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
(4) Right to rectification
You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.
(5) Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
You have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and we are obliged to erase personal data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:
a. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
b. The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6 (1a) or Article 9 (2a) of the GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
c. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (2) of the GDPR.
d. The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
e. The personal data must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
f. The personal data were collected in relation to the offering of information society services pursuant to Article 8 (1) of the GDPR.
Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to erase the personal data pursuant to paragraph 1, the controller, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that a data subject has requested the erasure by them of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.
The right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) does not apply insofar as processing is necessary:
– to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
– to comply with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
– for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Article 9 (2h) and (2i) and Article 9 (3) of the GDPR;
– for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 (1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing; or to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims.
(6) Right to restriction of processing
a. You have the right to obtain from us the restriction of processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions is met:
b. 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;
c. the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of the use of the personal data instead;
d. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject requires them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR, until it has been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
Where processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, be processed only with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
In order to exercise the right to restriction of processing, the data subject may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.
(7) Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you have the right to transmit such data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that:
a. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 (1a) or Article 9 (2a) or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1b) of the GDPR; and
b. processing is carried out by automated means.
In exercising the right to data portability pursuant to paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. Exercising the right to data portability is without prejudice to the right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’). This right does not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
(8) Right to object
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6 (1e) or (1f) of the GDPR, including profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
In connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 (1), unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
You can exercise your right to object at any time by contacting the controller responsible
(9) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effects on you or similarly significantly affects you. This shall not apply if the decision:
a. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller;
b. s authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject; or
c. is based on the express consent of the data subject.
The controller shall implement appropriate 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 their point of view and contest the decision.
The data subject may exercise this right at any time by contacting the responsible controller
(10) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You also have, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the General Data Protection Regulation.
(11) Right to an effective judicial remedy
Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to an effective judicial remedy if you consider that your rights under the GDPR have been infringed as a result of processing of your personal data in breach of the GDPR.
Use of Google Analytics
(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a Web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses so-called ‘cookies’, text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. 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 anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will truncate your IP address within Member States of the European Union or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. 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 the website operator with other services related to website and Internet usage.
(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser through Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google
(3) You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension ‘_anonymizeIp ()’. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, making it impossible to identify a person. Insofar as the data collected about you is linked to a person, this will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted immediately.
(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1a) of the GDPR.
(6) Information about the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1)436 1001. Terms of use:
www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, data protection summary: www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and privacy policy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
(7) This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under ‘My data’, ‘Personal data.’
Use of social media plug-ins
(1) We currently use the following social media plug-ins: [Facebook]. We use the so-called two-click solution. This means that when you visit our website, no personal data is initially passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. The provider of the plug-in can be identified by the marking on the box above its initial letter or the logo. We give you the option of communicating directly with the provider of the plug-in via the button. Only if you click on the marked field and activate it will the plug-in provider be informed that you have accessed the corresponding website. In addition, the data specified in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy will be transmitted. In the case of Facebook and Xing, the IP address is anonymised immediately after collection in Germany according to the relevant providers. By activating the plug-in, your personal data is transmitted to the respective plug-in provider and stored there (the USA in the case of US providers). Since the plug-in provider collects data, in particular, via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies via the security settings of your browser before clicking on the greyed-out box.
(2) We have no influence over the data collected and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full scope of data collection, the purposes of processing or the retention periods. We also have no information on the erasure of the data collected by the plug-in provider.
(3) The plug-in provider stores the data collected about you as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out, in particular (even for users who are not logged in), in order to display needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to opt out of the generation of these user profiles; you must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise this right. Through the plug-ins, we offer you the opportunity to interact with social networks and other users so that we can improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Article 6 (1f) of the GDPR.
(4) Data is transmitted regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plug-in provider, your data collected from us will be assigned directly to your account with the plug-in provider. If you click on the activated button and, for example, link to the page, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and publicly shares it with your contacts. We recommend that you regularly log out after using a social network, especially before activating the button, as this will prevent your activities from being assigned to your profile with the plug-in provider.
(5) For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the privacy policies of these providers, which can be found below. There, you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and configuration options to protect your privacy.
(6) Addresses of the respective plug-in providers and links to their respective privacy policies:
a. Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information on data collection:www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other and www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info. Facebook has submitted to the EU–US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Integration of Google Maps
(1) This website uses the services of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
(2) When you visit the website, Google is notified that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data specified in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy will be transmitted. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be associated directly with your account. If you do not wish your visit to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out, in particular (even for users who are not logged in), in order to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to opt out of the generation of these user profiles; you must contact Google to exercise this right.
(3) For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the privacy policy of the provider. There, you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and configuration options to protect your privacy. www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.