Note: This English version is provided for informational purposes. In case of discrepancies, the German privacy policy shall prevail.

1. Data protection 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 means any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in this privacy policy.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us, for example when you contact us by email.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data, such as your internet browser, operating system, IP address, or the time at which the page was accessed. This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. If you contact us, we use the data you provide to process your request.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time if you have further questions regarding data protection.

2. Hosting

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

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When you visit our website, IONOS collects various server log files, including your IP address. Details can be found in the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy .

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the reliable, secure, and efficient provision of our website.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that IONOS processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

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

When you use this website, various personal data may be collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet, for example communication by email, may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

GRIPS Industrial IT Solutions GmbH
Huttropstraße 60
45138 Essen
Germany

Phone: +49 201 80054510
Email: info@grips-solutions.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

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 data processing no longer applies. If you submit a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data. Such reasons may include tax or commercial law retention obligations.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. If processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In other cases, processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The applicable legal basis is explained in the respective sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, it may also be necessary to transfer personal data to these external parties. We only transfer personal data if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so, if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only transfer personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct advertising pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such advertising purposes. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for our company is:

Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestraße 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Website: https://www.ldi.nrw.de/

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format, or to have it transferred to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

Access, rectification, and deletion

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You may also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You may contact us at any time if you have further questions regarding personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing exists in particular in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
• If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may, apart from being stored, only be processed with your consent, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another person, or for reasons of important public interest.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser begins with “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

4. Data collection on this website

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This may include in particular:

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

This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the technically error-free display and optimization of our website.

Contact by email

If you contact us by email, your request, including all resulting personal data, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your inquiry. We do not pass this data on without your consent unless there is a legal obligation to do so.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR if such consent has been requested.

The data you send to us by email will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Cookies

Our website may use technically necessary cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device by your browser. They do not cause any damage to your device.

Technically necessary cookies are used to provide basic website functions, such as the technical delivery of the website, language settings, or security functions. These cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the technically error-free and user-friendly provision of our website.

Where cookies or comparable technologies are used that are not technically necessary, this is done only on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.