Privacy Policy

Data Protection at a glance

General Information

The following information gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be identified personally. More detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is performed by the website owner. The contact information can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is for one thing collected by you sending it to us, e.g. as data entered into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. The data that is recorded are mainly technical data (e.g. browser, operating system or time of the request). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What’s the purpose of the collection of your data?

One part of the data is collected to ensure the faultless provision of this website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to correction, barring or erasure of your data. In order to do this or if you have further questions regarding the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time via the email address given in the imprint. You also have the right of action to the competent supervisory authority.

Analytical tools and third party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be evaluated statistically. This is mainly done with the use of cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour can not be traced back to you. You can disagree to this analysis or prevent this by using specific tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you in this privacy policy about the possibility to object.

General and mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable privacy legislation and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data are all data that is identifiable to you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose it is done.

We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note to the responsible authority

The responsible authority for the data processing on this website is:

Funke Wärmeaustauscher Apparatebau GmbH

Mr. Bernd Timmermann
Zur Dessel 1
31028 Gronau/Leine
Germany

The responsible authority is the natural or legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent already given at any time by sending us an informal message via email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the revocation is unaffected by the revocation.

Right of action to the competent supervisory Authority

In case of privacy violations, the person affected has the right of action to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority regarding privacy issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company i situated. A list of the data protection officers as well as their contact information can be found at the following site: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have all data that we stored according to your consent or in the fulfilment of a contract delivered to you or to a third party in a conventional and machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to a different person in charge, this is only possible as far as it is technically feasible.

SSL/TLS-Encryption

This site uses a SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and in order to protect the transfer of sensitive content, such as orders or requests you send to us as site operators. This is indicated by the browser's address bar that switches from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in the browser's address bar.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data that you submit to us, can not be read by others.

Access, Barring, Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provision, you have the right of free information about your personal data stored, about their origin, recipient and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to correction, barring or erasure of this data. In order to do this or if you have further questions regarding the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time via the email address given in the imprint.

Opposition to Advertising Mail

The use of contact information within the framework of the imprint obligation for the sending of not expressly requested advertisement and information materials is hereby contradicted. The site operators expressly reserve the right to pursue legal steps in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising such as spam mails.

Contact for questions regarding "Privacy"

Mandatory data protection officer

Data collection on our website

Cookies

The websites uses so called cookies. Cookies do no harm to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve the purpose of making our offer more user-friendly, more effective and more safe. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies used by us are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can configure your browser so you will be informed about the placement of cookies, you can decide to accept these on a case-by-case basis or completely exclude all incoming cookies, as well as automatically delete all cookies when the browser is closed. The deactivation of cookies may restrict the functionality of our website.

Cookies that are required for the implementation of the electronic communication process or to provide functions desired by you (e.g. the shopping basket function), are stored on the basis of Art. 6.1 lit. f GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest in the storing of cookies in order to provide a technically faultless and optimized service. As far as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Access Data/Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

• Browser type / browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP adress

A merge of this data with other data sources is not made.

Basis for the data processing is article 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

If you contact us via our contact form your information from the contact form including your given contact information will be stored in order to process your request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is carried out solely on the basis of your consent (art. 6.1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent already given at any time by sending us an informal message via email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the revocation is unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form is stored by us, until you ask us to delete it, until you revoke your consent to storage it or until the purpose for the data storage is eliminated (e.g. after the processing of your request is completed). Mandatory legal provisions - notably concerning conservation periods - remain unaffected.

Privacy policy online candidate management

(1) We collect your personal data as a candidate only when you provide it to us by email, by mail or by phone. This is true both for applications for vacancies and for unsolicited applications. We then collect the data that was communicated in the context of the application. These include in particular name, date of birth, contact information, interests, qualification data, as well as educational and career backgrounds. The personal data collected from you is only used for the handling of the application process (legal basis article 6.1 lit. a), b) and f) GDPR, § 26 BDSG).

(2) You are not required to provide the aforementioned personal data. The data may be required for a future contract at the end of the application procedure. Without the provision of this data, a communication, the handling of the application procedure or the conclusion of a contract might not be possible.

(3) The transmission of relevant data will take place in each respective individual case on the basis of applicable law. Data will be transferred to the human resources department, to the management and to the respective head of department. Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties. There is no intention to transmit your data to a recipient in a third country (not a Member State of the EU / EEA) or an international organization.

(4) The data will be deleted when no longer necessary for the achievement of the purpose of their collection. In case of a rejection, we therefore keep your data upon completion of the application procedure for 12 months after the rejection has been made known to you. You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time.

(5) If you want your application details to be deleted, you can initiate it at any time. Please inform us by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Analysis tools and advertising

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on our websites. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

ReCAPTCHA checks whether the data entry on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is done by a human being or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes several characteristics of the website visitor’s behaviour. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the site. reCAPTCHA uses various information (e.g. IP address,time spent on the website, or mouse movement made by the user) for its analysis. The data collected during this analysis are forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Site visitors are not informed that an analysis takes place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6.1 lit. f GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest to protect its websites from abusive automated spying and spam.

Learn more about Google reCAPTCHA and the privacy policy of Google under the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html

Plugins und Tools

YouTube

Our site uses YouTube plugins. YouTube is operated by Google. Operator of these pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit any of our sites equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the servers of YouTube is made. The YouTube server is thereby told which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged in into your YouTube account, YouTube can link your surfing behaviour to your account. You can prevent this by you logging out from your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is performed in the interest of an appealing representation of our online offers. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6.1 lit. f GDPR.

Learn more about YouTube’s user data processing in the privacy policy of YouTube: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Facebook

Our website uses features of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States. When you visit any of our sites equipped with a Facebook plugin, a connection to the servers of Facebook is made. At this time, data is already transmitted to Facebook. If you have an Facebook account, this data can be linked to your account. You can prevent this by logging out from your Facebook account before visiting our website. Interactions, particularly the use of the comment function or clicking the “Like” or “Share” buttons, will be transmitted to Facebook as well.

Google Maps

This site uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the features of Google Maps, it's necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the United States and saved there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google maps is performed in the interest of an appealing representation of our online offers and an easy discoverability of the places specified on our the website. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6.1 lit. f GDPR.

Learn more about Google Maps’ user data processing in their privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.