General notes

The following information provides an overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to this Privacy Policy. This is governed by the EU General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR (EU) 2016/679.

Data collection on this website

1. Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
   Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator – InterCon CTS GmbH & Co.KG. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website
2. How do we collect your data?
   Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
3. What do we use your data for?
   Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behaviour.
4. What rights do you have regarding your data?
   You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. For details, please refer to the Privacy Policy under “Right to restriction of processing”.

2. Hosting

External hosting 
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website. Our hoster will only process your data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data. We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with the hoster in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. 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. 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.

SSL or TLS encryption 
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information on the controller pursuant to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR

InterCon CTS GmbH & Co. KG
Weg zur Platte 23
45133 Essen
Germany
Phone: +49 201 49 55 334
E-mail: mail@intercon-cts.com

Data Protection Officer
Howard R. Barnes
c/o InterCon CTS GmbH & Co. KG
Phone: +49 201 49 55 334
E-mail: mail@intercon-cts.com

The controller is the person who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent, which is voluntary. You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from 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 which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct advertising (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects shall have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
– If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
– If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
– If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
– If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent 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 European Union or a Member State.

Access
Access to your personal data stored by us is restricted to our employees and the service providers commissioned by us, who have to handle this personal data due to their tasks. If third parties gain access to your data, we have obtained permission from you or there is a legal basis for this.
We also use service providers to provide services and process your data (including for hosting, sending newsletters, delivering ordered goods, processing payments, sending letters or e-mails as well as maintaining and analyzing databases, securing our web servers or for website tracking). The service providers process the data exclusively on our instructions and have been obliged to comply with the applicable data protection regulations. All processors have been carefully selected and are only given access to your data to the extent and for the period required to provide the services or to the extent that you have consented to the processing and use of the data.

Data exchange within the group of companies
Data exchange within the group of companies to which we belong takes place exclusively within the EU/EEA and Switzerland as a country with an adequate level of protection pursuant to Art. 45 (1) GDPR and serves only internal administrative purposes. By group of companies, we mean affiliated companies within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 19 GDPR.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies
We use so-called cookies in some areas of our website, e.g. to recognize visitors’ preferences and to be able to optimally design the website accordingly. This facilitates navigation and a high degree of user-friendliness of a website. Cookies also help us to identify particularly popular areas of our website. Cookies are small files that are stored on a visitor’s hard drive. They allow information to be retained for a certain period of time and identify the visitor’s computer. We use permanent cookies for better user guidance and individual performance presentation.
Furthermore, we use so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close your browser. You can set your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent for you. This is done to check the authorization of actions and the authentication of the requesting user of our services. The legal bases are Art. 6 (1) lit. c in conjunction with. Art. 32 and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to secure our web server, for example to defend against attacks, and to ensure the functionality of our services.
We only use technically necessary cookies on our website which do not require consent from the user under applicable law. You may configure your web browser to block technically necessary cookies, but you might then not be able to use the website’s functionalities as intended. To the extent that information processed in connection with technically necessary cookies should qualify as personal data in a given case, the legal ground for that processing is our legitimate interest to operate the website.

Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name 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) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the 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.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The processing of data voluntarily entered by you in the contact form is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
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.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) 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 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, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in effectively processing the enquiries addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact requests 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 request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. UK Data Protection Act and UK GDPR

The specific company identified on the imprint as being the operator of this website is the data controller in the meaning of the UK GDPR for the processing activities described in this Privacy Policy.
The UK GDPR requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data. The legal basis for our processing data about you is that such processing is necessary for the purposes of exercising our rights and performing our obligations under any contract we make with you (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR), compliance with our legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR) and/or legitimate interests pursued by us (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR).

6. Further Information for U.S. residents

If you are a U.S. resident, then please take note of the following:
At this time our website do not recognize or respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals. For more information on “Do Not Track”, please visit your browser’s support page.
This website is not directed to children under the age of thirteen. We will not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of thirteen without insisting that they seek prior parental consent if required by applicable law. We will only use or disclose personal data about a child to the extent permitted by law, to seek parental consent, pursuant to local law and regulations or to protect a child.
Depending on the US state in which you reside, you may have special rights with respect to your personal data.