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1. data protection

optiMEAS GmbH attaches great importance to the observance of data protection. Therefore, the processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the other country-specific data protection regulations applicable to us as well as this data protection declaration.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.


a) Note on the responsible body

The data controller for this website is:

optiMEAS Measurement and Automation Systems GmbH

At Houiller Square 4/B

61381 Friedrichsdorf

Phone: +49 6172 997712-0

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 (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).


(b) contact details of the Data Protection Officer

Mr Christian Bestgen

Phone: +49 (0) 6172 997712 0

e-mail address: datenschutz@optimeas.de


c) When visiting the website (server log files)

Our website can generally be visited without registration.

When you visit our website www.optimeas.de, information is automatically sent to our website server by the browser used on your end device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automatic deletion:

  • IP address of the requesting computer (in anonymized form),
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL),
  • the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the data mentioned above for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
  • Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and
  • for other administrative purposes.
  • for statistical purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.


(d) cookies

Cookies are used when using the website. Cookies are small files that are automatically created by the browser you use and which are then stored directly on your terminal device when you call up our website.
In this cookie, information is stored that arises in connection with the specific end device used (see above).
The main purpose of using cookies is to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a certain fixed period of time. If you visit our site again, it is automatically recognised that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already been to our site when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.


e) Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.


(f) request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO 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, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A DSGVO) and / or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO), as we have a legitimate interest in effectively processing the enquiries addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after processing your request has been completed). Mandatory statutory provisions ? in particular statutory retention periods ? remain unaffected.


(g) Data protection in applications and in the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of managing the application procedure. The processing may also be carried out by electronic means. This is in particular the case when an applicant submits relevant application documents to the controller by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form located on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents are automatically deleted two months after the notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller conflict with such deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).


h) Use of external services and social media

Google Analytics

optiMEAS GmbH also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (henceforth: Google) on the online platform. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps to analyse visitors' interaction with the online platform and thus to further improve the online platform for you. Google Analytics also uses cookies (text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this online platform is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information stored by the Google Analytics cookies includes, for example, the time of the online platform visit, the frequency with which the visitor accessed the online platform and from where the visitor accessed the online platform. In order to determine the latter value, Google first records the IP address of the user. However, optiMEAS GmbH has activated IP anonymisation on the online platform. Due to this, 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 before being transferred to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use the above information on behalf of optiMEAS GmbH 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. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can use the Storage of cookies of Google Analytics by a corresponding setting of your browser software prevent ("Private Mode", to be found under settings in most browsers); however, it should be pointed out again that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Furthermore you can use the Registration the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and prevent the processing of this data by Googleby downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, please click this Linkto prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out only works in this browser and only for this domain). This will place an opt-out cookie on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.

You can find further information on data protection in relation to Google Analytics directly at Google: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Contract data processing

We have concluded an order data processing contract with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the "demographic characteristics" function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the item 'Objection to data collection'.

Google Maps

We integrate the maps of the "Google Maps" service of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually executed within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Web Fonts

We use external fonts, Google Web Fonts, on our website. This is also a service of the above-mentioned Google Inc. The integration of these web fonts takes place through a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server that you have visited our website. The IP address of the browser of the visitor's end device is also stored by Google.

Facebook plugins

On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) social plugins (?plugins?) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (?Facebook?). The plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g. videos, graphics or text contributions) and are recognisable by one of the Facebook logos (white ?f? on a blue tile, the terms ?Like?, ?Like me? or a ?thumbs up? sign) or are marked with the addition ?Facebook Social Plugin? The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active)

When a user calls up a function of our online offer that contains such a plugin, his or her device establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user's device and integrated into the online offer by the latter. In the process, user profiles can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore inform users according to our level of knowledge.

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the online offer. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his or her Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or posting a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from their device directly to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, there is still the possibility that Facebook will find out and store his or her IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymised IP address is stored in Germany.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as the relevant rights and settings options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him or her via this online offer and link it to his or her membership data stored on Facebook, he or she must log out of Facebook and delete his or her cookies before using our online offer. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads  or via the US side https://www.aboutads.info/choices/  or the EU side https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

The use of Facebook plugins is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

This website uses the remarketing function ?Custom Audiences? of Facebook Inc. (?Facebook?). This function is used to present interest-based advertisements (?Facebook Ads?) to visitors of this website when they visit the social network Facebook. For this purpose, the Facebook remarketing tag has been implemented on this website. Via this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is established when visiting the website. The fact that you have visited this website is transmitted to the Facebook server and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Alternatively, you can use the remarketing function 'Custom Audiences' under https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_ deactivate. You must be logged in to Facebook to do this.

Twitter plugin

Within our online offer, functions and contents of the service Twitter, offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, are integrated. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can announce their liking of the content, the authors of the content or subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the Twitter platform, Twitter can assign the call-up of the above-mentioned content and functions to the user's profile there. Twitter is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active). Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy, Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization.

The use of the Twitter plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

You can change your Twitter privacy settings in the account settings under https://twitter.com/account/settings Change.

Instagram Plugin

Functions and content of the Instagram service, offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, are integrated within our online offer. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can make known their liking of the content, the authors of the content or subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the call-up of the above-mentioned content and functions to the user's profile there. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The use of the Instagram plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

YouTube

This online offer uses the YouTube video platform, which is operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (?YouTube?). YouTube is a platform that enables the playback of audio and video files. YouTube is represented by Google Inc. with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you call up a corresponding page of our website, the embedded YouTube player establishes a connection to YouTube so that the video or audio file can be transmitted and played back. In the process, data is also transferred to YouTube as the responsible party. If you are logged in to YouTube as a member, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plugin, such as clicking on the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your YouTube user account and other user accounts of the companies YouTube LLC and Google Inc. before using our website and deleting the corresponding cookies of the companies.

We are not responsible for the processing of this data by YouTube. For more information on the scope and purpose of the data collected, the further processing and use of the data by YouTube, your rights and the data protection options you can choose, please refer to YouTube's data protection notice: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

XING plugin

The "XING Share Button" is used on this website. When you access this website, a connection is briefly established via your browser to servers of XING AG ("XING"), with which the "XING Share Button" functions (in particular the calculation/display of the counter value) are provided. XING does not store any personal data about you when you access this website. In particular, XING does not store IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behaviour via the use of cookies in connection with the "XING Share Button".

The current data protection information on the "XING Share Button" and supplementary information can be found on this website: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

LinkedIn Plugin

This website also uses plugins from the social network LinkedIn or LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as "LinkedIn"). You can recognise the LinkedIn plugins by the corresponding logo or the "Recommend" button. ("Recommend") button. Please note that the plugin establishes a connection between your respective internet browser and the LinkedIn server when you visit our website. LinkedIn is thus informed that our website has been visited with your IP address. If you click on the "Recommend button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, you have the option of linking content from our website to your profile page on your LinkedIn profile. In doing so, you enable LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website with you or your user account. You should be aware that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. You can find more information on this in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

You can find out more details about the collection of data and your legal options and setting options at LinkedIn. These are available to you at this website https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy provided.


(i) Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • demand the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us without delay in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO;
  • pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
  • revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
  • complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or the headquarters of optiMEAS GmbH.


j) Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, insofar as there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an e-mail to the e-mail address given above or in the imprint.


(k) data security
We use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser when visiting the website. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser and by the fact that 'https://' is displayed in the address line of your browser.
We also use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.


2. limitation of liability

a) Content and technical data

The contents of our website ? especially technical data on the products we offer ? are checked with the utmost care. Nevertheless, optiMEAS GmbH cannot accept any liability for the correctness, completeness and up-to-dateness of the information provided.


b) External links

This website contains links to third-party websites (?external links?). These websites are subject to the liability of the respective operators. When the external links were first created, the provider checked the external content for any legal violations. At that time, no legal violations were apparent. The provider has no influence on the current and future design and content of the linked pages. The inclusion of external links does not imply that the provider adopts the content behind the reference or link as its own. Constant monitoring of these external links is not reasonable for the provider without concrete indications of legal violations. However, if legal violations become known, such external links will be deleted immediately.


c) No contractual relationship

The use of the freely accessible and free content does not create any contractual relationship between the user and the provider. Should you consider an infringement to have occurred, the provider requests that you notify us and refrain from taking any action that may incur costs.


3. copyright law

The contents and works published on this website are protected by copyright. Any use not permitted by German copyright law requires the prior written consent of the respective author or originator. This applies in particular to the copying, editing, translation, storage, processing or reproduction of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Third-party content and contributions are marked as such. The unauthorised reproduction or transmission of individual contents or complete pages is not permitted and is punishable by law. Links to the websites of optiMEAS GmbH are welcome at any time and do not require the consent of the website operator. The display of this website in external frames is only permitted with permission.


4. our data protection ? Objection to advertising emails

The use of optiMEAS GmbH contact data ? in particular telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address ? for commercial advertising is expressly not desired unless optiMEAS GmbH has given its prior written consent or a business contact already exists. optiMEAS GmbH and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data and expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam e-mails.


5. applicable law

The applicable law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply exclusively. These terms of use are to be regarded as part of the Internet offer from which reference was made to this page.

 

Friedrichsdorf, August 2018