Privacy Policy

I. Who is the responsible body (‘controller’ in terms of the GDPR) and how can I contact the data protection officer?

Please contact Oliver Görlich as our data protection officer by e-mail oliver.goerlich@geck.de or by postal letter to J.D. Geck GmbH, Oliver Görlich, Attn. data protection officer, Grünewiese 28, 58762 Altena, Germany.

II. Which are the rights you are entitled to?

You are entitled to the following rights which you can assert against us with respect to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to information/access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to the processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint about us with a supervisory authority according to Art. 77 GDPR.

Where you have consented to the processing, you have the right to withdraw the consent at any time; however, the withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent before its withdrawal.

III. For what purposes do we process personal data and what is the legal basis for the processing?

a) When you visit our website

When you visit our website for mere information purposes, i.e. when you do not register or otherwise transfer or disclose information to us, we only collect those personal data which your browser transfers to us. This includes

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Details of the query (specific page accessed)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Website from which the query is made (so-called ‘referrer’)
  • Operating system and its surface
  • Language and version of the browser software

We also store this data including the IP address as log files. We require this data for technical reasons to be able to display our website, ensure stability and security and optimize our presentation. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 subs. 1 f) GDPR; our legitimate interest consists in the afore-mentioned purposes. We erase this data after seven days at the latest. We will only store data beyond that time after the personal data has been erased or anonymized. In the case of IP addresses, anonymization can be procured by appropriate shortening of the IP address.

b) Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your system and which provide us with certain information.

We use transient and persistent cookies on our website. Transient cookies are deleted automatically when you close the browser. These comprise in particular session cookies. They store a so-called session ID which enables several queries from your browser to be allocated to one and the same session. This enables us to recognize your computer when you visit our website again. The session cookies are deleted when you log out from our website or close the browser. Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after expiry of a pre-defined validity which can vary, depending on the cookie used from time to time. You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

You can set your browser as you wish, and you may, for instance, refuse to accept third-party cookies or even all cookies. However, please be aware that, if you do so, you might be unable to use all features and functions of this website.

Moreover, we use cookies to be able to identify you when you visit our website again provided you have opened an account with us. Otherwise, you must log in anew for every visit.

We use cookies to render the use of our website and services offered there more comfortable and optimize user-friendliness. In addition, we use cookies to statistically document how our website is used and to analyse such user behaviour to optimize our website presentation and the services offered there. The cookies enable us, when you access our website again, to realize automatically that you have already visited our website before. These cookies are deleted automatically after a pre-defined period of time.

When you access our website, we show you a cookie information which refers to this Privacy Policy to make you aware that we use cookies. There you can also consent to the use of the cookies.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 subs. 1 f) GDPR; our legitimate interest consists in the purposes mentioned above. If you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis is Art. 6 subs. 1 a) GDPR.

c) Email contact

When you contact us via the email addresses we have indicated for such purpose, we will store the personal data you have transferred to us in order to answer your requests. The information you have provided to us might be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System (“CRM system”) or similar software.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 subs. 1 f) GDPR; our legitimate interest consists in the purposes mentioned above. Where the email by which you contact us is aimed at contract conclusion or when you send us an email in the context of an existing contractual relationship, the legal basis is Art. 6 subs. 1 b) GDPR.

The data is deleted after the request has been finally settled unless we are required by law to retain the data or we need the data for contract performance. You can also at any time object to the processing when the processing is based on a legitimate interest.

d) OpenStreetMap

We use the map service of OpenStreetMap (OSM).
We embed the map material from OpenStreetMap on the server of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is considered a secure third country under data protection law. This means that the United Kingdom has a level of data protection that is equivalent to the level of data protection in the European Union.

When using the OpenStreetMap maps, a connection is established to the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In the process, among other things, your IP address and other information about your behavior on this website may be forwarded to OSMF. OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use similar recognition technologies for this purpose. The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

e) Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (”Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” which are small text files which are stored on your computer and enable us to analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about how you use this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address is shortened within the European Union Member States or other countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transferred to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and only shortened there. Google, on instruction and on behalf of the operator of this website, uses this information to analyse how you use the website, to compile reports on the website activities and render further services to the website operator relating to the use of the website and the use of the Internet.

The IP address which is transferred by your browser in the context of Google Analytics services is not combined or pooled with other data of Google.

You can set your browser software to prevent the storage of cookies; However, in this case, please be aware that you might possibly be unable to use all features and functions of this website without restrictions. You can also prevent the collection and transfer to Google of the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

This website uses Google Analytics with the supplementary feature called “_anonymizeIp()”. This makes sure that only shortened IP addresses are processed further which prevents IP addresses from being allocated to specific persons. This means that, if and to the extent the data collected from you refer to you personally, allocation of the data to you personally is prevented right from the beginning and the personal data is thus deleted immediately.

We use Google Analytics to analyse and continuously improve the use of our website. The statistics we gain thereby help us improve our presentation and services and offer you as the user a more interesting design. As to the exceptional cases where personal data is transferred to the USA, Google joined the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacy-shield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest consists in the optimization and marketing purposes for which we use the results obtained via Google Analytics. Where you have consented to the use of your data, the legal basis is Art. 6 a) GDPR.

Information provided by the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.
Terms of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
General information on privacy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html
and Privacy Policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

f) Matomo

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by website visitors. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which page views were made and from which region they came. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

g) Applicants’ data

When you transfer your application to us, we will process the transferred data to perform our (pre-)contractual duties in the context of the application procedure. If your application is successful, we further process the data for the purpose of handling and executing the employment relationship.

The legal basis is Art. 6 subs. 1 b) GDPR as well as § 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG). If you voluntarily transfer to us special categories of personal data such as health data or religion, also Art. 9 subs. 2 b) GDPR serves as legal basis.

If your application is not successful, we will delete your data after six months at the latest.

Until that time, the data is stored to answer any possible queries relating to the application procedure and to comply with our documentation duties under the German Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz—AGG). If you withdraw your application, we will delete your data immediately.