Vehicle technology data protection
We are pleased that you are interested in our website. The protection of your privacy is important to us. In accordance with the basic EU data protection regulation, we would like to inform you in detail about the handling of your data below.
General notes on data protection
Personal data is only collected, used and passed on by AL-KO Vehicle Technology if this is permitted by law or if you demonstrably agree.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is performed.
We adhere to the principles for the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 5 GDPR. Your data is processed on the basis of legality, processing in good faith and transparency:
- for specified, clear and legitimate purposes;
- for purposes of processing, limited to a necessary minimum (“data minimisation”);
- factually correct and, if necessary, up to date;
- only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was processed and;
- including an appropriate guarantee for security of personal data;
If we use external service providers to perform our business processes, they receive data to the necessary extent in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Please understand that we do not disclose the individual service providers without a given reason. However, your claims for data protection rights are comprehensively guaranteed in accordance with the specifications of order processing.
General information on IT security
AL-KO Vehicle Technology takes extensive precautions to ensure the security of your personal data. We follow ISO/IEC 27001 and have established technical and organisational measures to protect your data from loss of integrity, availability and confidentiality.
For further information on the processing of your personal data, please refer to the respective privacy policy.
Your AL-KO Vehicle Technology;
Dated: 30.04.2019
Information pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR for website visitors
AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group GmbH
Ichenhauser Str. 14
89359 Kötz
Telephone: + 49 (8221) – 970
E-mail: info@alko-tech.com
You can contact our data protection officer at:
Stephan Hinz
Ichenhauser Str. 14
89359 Kötz
E-mail: dataprotection@alko-tech.com
Some of the data is collected to ensure faultless provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.
- Data processing based on your consent (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a GDPR)
Provided that you have given us your consent to the processing of your personal data for specific purposes (e.g. to receive personalised advertising or for identification), the processing on this basis is legal. Consent granted can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent that you have given us before the validity of the GDPR from 25 May 2018. The revocation of the consent is for the future and does not affect the legality of the data processed up to the revocation. - Data processing for legitimate interest (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f GDPR)
We process your data in a permissible manner to safeguard our legitimate interests. This includes the use of your personal data to:- also inform you about our products and services;
- carry out measures for the improvement and development of services and products to be able to offer you a customised approach and optimised services;
- assert legal claims and for defence in legal disputes;
- investigate or prevent crimes.
- use your data anonymously for analysis purposes.
If we wish to process your personal data for a purpose not previously mentioned, we will inform you in advance in the context of the legal provisions.
- Data processing for the purpose of contract initiation and settlement (Art 6 Par. 1 lit. b GDPR)
Any further personal data, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address, are not collected when you visit the website, unless you provide this information voluntarily, e.g. to receive a contract offer. Your details are stored to process and carry out your enquiry.
Your data may be passed on to our technical support service providers (e.g. website support providers) for the purpose of providing this website and for the previously mentioned purposes, which we have carefully selected and with which we have entered into a order processing contract. Your data is otherwise only passed on to other third parties and to third countries, provided that this is explicitly stated in this privacy policy or we are legally obliged to do so.
We store your personal data for the above-mentioned purposes. Your data is initially processed from the time of collection, provided that you or a third party provides us with it. We will delete your personal data that you have provided us with when the contractual relationship with you ceases or when you revoke your consent and all reciprocal claims are met and there is no other statutory retention or legal justification for storage.
Google Analytics makes use of the possibility to limit the storage period for your data to 26 months.
For questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, blocking or deletion of data and for revocation of granted consents, please contact dataprotection@alko-tech.com or use the contact details above.
You can revoke consent at any time in whole or in part. Please send your revocation by email to dataprotection@alko-tech.com or to our address.
Information pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR for customers and suppliers
We hereby inform you as a customer or supplier about the processing of your personal data by AL-KO Vehicle Technology and about your rights under the data protection law.
Person responsible and data protection officer
The authority responsible for data processing is:
AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group GmbH
Ichenhauser Str. 14
89359 Kötz
Telephone: + 49 (8221) – 970
E-mail: info@alko-tech.com
You can contact our data protection officer under:
Stephan Hinz
Ichenhauser Str. 14
89359 Kötz
E-mail: dataprotection@alko-tech.com
Sources
We process personal data which we receive from you during our business relationship or from publicly available sources.
Scope and purpose of processing
We process your data only if the processing is permitted by law or if we have received your consent to the processing of the data. Relevant personal data are names, address data and telecommunication data. In addition, this can include enquiry, offer and order data, data from the fulfilment of our contractual obligation, documentation data as well as other data comparable to the mentioned categories.
This data is collected:
- to identify you as our supplier;
- to perform the contractual relationship;
- for correspondence with you;to settle possible liability claims as well as the assertion of any claims against you
Legal basis for processing
- Data processing for the purpose of fulfilling the contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. b GDPR)
Your personal data is processed in particular for purposes of adequate performance of the contractual relationship. - Data processing based on your consent (Art. 6 Par. 1 a GDPR)
Provided that you have given us your consent to the processing of your personal data for specific purposes (e.g. for submitting offers), the processing on this basis is legal. Consent granted can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent that you have given us before the validity of the GDPR on 25 May 2018. The revocation of the consent is for the future and does not affect the legality of the data processed up to the revocation. - Data processing for legitimate interest (Art. 6 Par. 1 f GDPR)
We process your data in a permissible manner to safeguard our legitimate interests. This includes the use of your personal data to:- assert legal claims and investigate and for defence in legal disputes;
- investigate or prevent crimes.
If we wish to process your personal data for a purpose not previously mentioned, we will inform you in advance in the context of the legal provisions.
Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name or enquiry etc.) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is required to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a).
Retention period of the data
We will store or retain your information for as long as it is necessary for our business purposes and in accordance with statutory retention, documentation and limitation periods.
Recipient of the data
At AL-KO Vehicle Technology, the departments and employees have access to your personal data which they need to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations or to safeguard legitimate interests. Furthermore, service providers and vicarious agents employed by us can receive data for these purposes. We may only disclose information about you if statutory provisions require it, if you have granted it, if we are legally authorised to provide information or disclosure, and/or if commissioned order processors ensure confidentiality and the provisions of the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act equally. The following recipients can receive data under these conditions:
- affiliated companies of AL-KO Vehicle Technology;
- service providers
- credit assessment credit agencies;
- public bodies for fulfilling legal notification obligations, e.g. financial authorities, social security carriers or criminal prosecution;
- banks, credit card companies;
- IT service providers
- data removal companies
- auditing firms
- debt collection service providers
- service providers for website management
- insurance companies
Disclosure of data to recipients outside of the EEA
Data transfer to countries outside the EU or EEA only occurs if it is necessary for the performance of the contracts with customers, suppliers and service partners (e.g. material procurement, production or logistics), you have given us consent or during the processing order. Furthermore, data exchange also takes place with affiliated companies of AL-KO Vehicle Technology in third countries.
If service providers are deployed in third countries, they are required to comply with EU data protection standards in addition to written instructions by agreeing upon EU standard contractual clauses. There are corresponding contractual agreements with affiliated companies of AL-KO Vehicle Technology.
Rights of those affected/your rights
Any person concerned has the right to:
- information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
- correction pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- deletion pursuant to Art.17 GDPR;
- restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
- data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR and
- to object to the processing in the context of the statutory requirements pursuant to Art.21 GDPR.
The restrictions in accordance with §§ 34 and 35 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) apply to the right of access to the data and the right of erasure of this data.
Right to object
If the data processing is on the basis of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you object, we will no longer process your personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 Par. 1 GDPR).
Revocation right of consent
If you have given us separate consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 Par. 3 GDPR. Such a revocation does not affect the legality of the processing up to the time of the revocation of consent.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising, you can object to this processing in accordance with Art. 21 Par. 2 and 3 GDPR. If you object, your personal data will no longer be processed for direct marketing purposes.
Right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the regulations of the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.
Contact person for data protection
For questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, the right to information, correction, blocking or deletion of data and revocation of granted consents, please contact: dataprotection@alko-tech.com or use the contact details above.
You can revoke consent at any time in whole or in part. Please send your revocation by email to dataprotection@alko-tech.com or to our address.
Information pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR for applicants
Rights of those affected/your rights
Any person concerned has the right to:
- information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR,
- correction pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR,
- deletion pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR,
- restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR as well as
- to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR and
- to object to the processing in the context of statutory requirements pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR.
The restrictions in accordance with §§ 34 and 35 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) apply to the right of access to the data and the right of erasure of this data.
Right to object
If the data processing is on the basis of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation (objection pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR). If you object, we will no longer process your personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims. If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising, you can object to this processing in accordance with Art. 21 Par. 2 and 3 GDPR
Revocation right of consent
If you have given us separate consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 Par. 3 GDPR. Such a revocation does not affect the legality of the processing up to the time of the revocation of consent.
Right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the regulations of the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.
Contact person for data protection
For questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, the right to information, correction, blocking or deletion of data and revocation of granted consents, please contact dataprotection@alko-tech.com or use the contact details above.
You can revoke consent at any time in whole or in part. Please send your revocation by e-mail to dataprotection@alko-tech.com or to our postal address.
