1. Data privacy information

Privacy information for website users

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. 

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. 

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automatically or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order enquiries.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. If you have consented to data processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing of your data be restricted under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues.

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically analyzed when your visit this website. Such analyses are performed primarily with what we refer to as analysis programs.

For detailed information about these analysis programs please consult our Declaration below.

 

2. Hosting

We are hosting the content of our website at the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract information, contact information, names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site.

The external hosting serves the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data.

We are using the following host(s):

Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG
vertreten durch die Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH
diese wiederum vertreten durch Robert Meyer, Florian Jürgens

Königsberger Str. 4 – 6
32339 Espelkamp

Tel.: +49 57722 93734
Fax: +49 5772 293333
E-Mail: marketing@mittwald.de

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e., through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third-party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

Lahmeyer International GmbH
Friedberger Str. 173
61118 Bad Vilbel, Germany

Phone: +49 6101 55-0
E-mail: info@lahmeyer.com

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General information on the legal basis for the data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, if your data is required for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Furthermore, the data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the scope of our business activities, we cooperate with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only disclose personal data to external parties if this is required as part of the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the disclosure of this data. When using processors, we only disclose personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract on data processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

In the event that data are processed on the basis of art. 6(1)(E) or (F) GDPR, you have the right to at any time object to the processing of your personal data based on grounds arising from your unique situation. This also applies to any profiling based on these provisions. To determine the legal basis, on which any processing of data is based, please consult this data protection declaration. If you log an objection, we will no longer process your affected personal data, unless we are in a position to present compelling portection worthy grounds for the processing of your data,  that overweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or it the purpose is the claiming, exercising or defence of legal entitlements (objection pursuant to art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is being processed in order to engage in direct advertising, you have the right to object ot the processing of your affected personal dato for the purposes of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is affiliated with such direct advertising. If you object, you personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection pursuant to art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability

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

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data at any time. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data instead of demanding the eradication of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

4. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small data packages that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automatically eradicated by your web browser.

Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies into websites (e.g., cookies for handling payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of these cookies (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for promotional purposes.

Cookies, which are required for the performance of electronic communication transactions, for the provision of certain functions you want to use (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing occurs exclusively on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG); this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the acceptance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete-function for the automatic eradication of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deactivated, the functions of this website may be limited.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

• The type and version of browser used
• The used operating system
• Referrer URL
• The hostname of the accessing computer
• The time of the server inquiry
• The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Request by e-mail, or telephone

If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. 

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is required for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtained; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Data Privacy Information for Clients, Applicants and other Third Parties

for Applicants:
5.1. Handling applicant data

We offer website visitors the opportunity to submit job applications to us (e.g., via e-mail, via postal services on by submitting the online job application form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunction with the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data will occur in compliance with the applicable data privacy rights and all other statutory provisions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.

5.2. Scope and purpose of the collection of data

If you submit a job application to us, we will process any affiliated personal data (e.g., contact and communications data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the establishment or an employment relationship. The legal grounds for the aforementioned are § 26 BDSG according to German Law (Negotiation of an Employment Relationship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (General Contract Negotiations) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with individuals who are involved in the processing of your job application.

If your job application should result in your recruitment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing system.

5.3 Data Archiving Period

If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Afterwards the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6-month period (e.g., due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agreement (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if statutory data retention requirements preclude the deletion.

for Clients and other Third Parties:

Data protection information for Business Partners
according to Articles 13, 14 EU-General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

EU-wide Data protection laws apply (i.e. EU-General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG) and other relevant data protection regulations), which are also binding for our company. We would like to inform you how we process your data and what rights you have.

1. Who is responsible for the data processing and who can you contact?
Lahmeyer International GmbH
Friedberger Strasse 173
61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
Tel.: +49 6101 55-0
E-Mail: info@lahmeyer.com
Internet: lahmeyer.com

2. Contact details of the data protection officer
You can contact our data protection officer via the following e-mail address:
datenschutz@lahmeyer.com

3. Purposes of processing and legal basis
Your personal data are processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG) and other relevant data protection regulations.
The processing and use of the individual data depend on the agreed or requested service. Our contractual documents, forms, declarations of consent and other information provided to you (e.g. on the website, in our terms and conditions of business) contain further details and additional information on the purposes of processing.

3.1 Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
If you have given us your consent to the processing of personal data, such consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing stated therein. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

3.2 Fulfilment of contractual obligations (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR)
Provided that the business relationship exists directly with you or your employees, we process your personal data in order to execute our contracts with you, in particular in the context of our order processing and the use of our services. Your personal data are also processed in order to take steps and carry out activities prior to entering into a contract with you.

3.3 Fulfilment of legal obligations (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR)
We process your personal data if this is necessary to fulfil legal obligations (e.g. pursuant to trade and tax laws). Furthermore, we process your data in order to fulfil control and reporting obligations under tax law as well as archive your data for the purposes of data protection and data security as well as examination by tax and other authorities. In addition, the disclosure of personal data may become necessary within the framework of official/judicial measures for the purposes of taking evidence, prosecution or the enforcement of civil law claims.

3.4 Legitimate interests pursued by us or third parties (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)
We may also use your personal data based on a weighing of interests in order to protect the legitimate interests pursued by us or third parties. This is done for the following purposes:

• if necessary, to carry out our business relationship with your employer, if the business relationship exists with the latter.
• for obtaining information and exchanging data with credit agencies, insofar as this is necessary to assess what financial risks entering into a business relationship with you poses for us.
• for setting up a service by third parties.
• for the limited storage of your data, if deletion is not possible or is only possible with disproportionate effort and expense due to the special type of storage.
• for the disclosure of personal data in the context of a due diligence, e.g. where a company is sold, or for our own due diligence procedures with data from public sources.
• for statistical evaluations or market analyses.
• for the assertion of legal claims and defences in legal disputes which are not directly attributable to the contractual relationship.
• for internal and external investigations and/or security reviews.
• for certification or notarization of official matters or matters under private law (if explicitly required by a client or authority).
• for securing and safeguarding our domiciliary rights through appropriate measures (e.g. video surveillance, entrance and access controls.)

4. Categories of personal data processed by us
The following categories of personal data are potentially processed:

• Identification data (name, nationality, occupation/sector and comparable data)
• Contact details (address, e-mail address, telephone number, IP adress and comparable data)
• Confirmation of payment/cover for bank and credit cards
• Information about a financial situation (creditworthiness, i.e. data to assess the financial risk in the course of a Due Diligence)

As a rule, we collect this data directly from you. However, we also process personal data from public sources (e.g. the internet, media, press, trade and association registers, residents registers, debtor registers, land registers and via dedicated due diligence tools).

If necessary for the provision of our services, we process personal data that we have legally received from third parties (e.g. publishers of address databases, credit agencies, or to be able to perform services for a project of a partner or client for this project).

5. Who receives your data?
We pass on your personal data within our company to those departments that require such data to fulfil contractual and legal obligations or to safeguard our legitimate interests.

In addition, your data may be transferred to:

• processors used by us (Article 28 GDPR) especially in the area of (IT services, logistics and printing services, external computer centres, archiving, document processing, compliance services, controlling, data screening for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism purposes, data validation and plausibility checking, data destruction, purchasing/procurement, customer management, accounting, auditing services, credit institutions, courier services);
• public authorities and institutions where there is a legal or official obligation according to which we are obliged to provide information, report or transfer data or the transfer of data at the request of the authorities is in our legitimate interest;
• bodies and institutions on the basis of our legitimate interest or the legitimate interest of the recipient e.g. to obtain the respective specialized services of the recipient or, if applicable, judicial assistance (e.g. to authorities, credit agencies, debt collection agencies, lawyers, courts, experts, group companies and committees and supervisory bodies);
• other bodies for which you have given us your consent to the transfer of data.

Moreover, the nature of our business operations as an engineering firm makes it necessary for us to send CVs of the engineers offered, as well as of other experts in special cases, to potential customers and partners all over the world, where this is required for participating in international invitations to tender. These CVs contain the last name, first name, (and may contain the date of birth and nationality for plausibility check), as well as data on training and work experience.

The legal basis for sending these biographies is Article 6(1b) GDPR and, insofar as the customers process this data in countries outside of the EU and the European Economic Area, in conjunction with Article 49(1b) GDPR.

6. Transfer of your data to a third country or an international organisation
Data is processed outside of the EU and/or the EEA in the course of the necessary business operations of Lahmeyer International in non-EU countries for the purpose of participating in invitations to tender as described above or in order to fulfil a project contract.

7. How long do we store your data?
Where necessary, we will process your personal data for the duration of our business relationship with you or your employer.

Beyond that, we are subject to various retention and documentation obligations which derive from the German Commercial Code and the German Fiscal Code or from obligations by our clients. The time periods for retention and documentation which are stipulated therein are up to ten years beyond the end of the business relationship or the pre-contractual legal relationship.

Ultimately, the duration of the storage is also assessed based on the statutory limitation periods which, can, in certain cases, be up to thirty years.

Otherwise, we will delete your personal data as soon as it is no longer necessary for the aforementioned purposes of processing.

8. Is there automated individual decision-making (including profiling)?
We do not implement a purely automated decision-making procedure pursuant to Article 22 GDPR. If we should implement this procedure in individual cases, we will inform you thereof separately where this is required by law.

9. Your data protection rights
You have the right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR, as well as the right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR. Additionally, there is a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR). Generally, subject to the prerequisites set out in Article 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to our processing of personal data. However, this right to object applies only if there are grounds for this relating to your particular personal situation; if our company has compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, these may override your right to object. If you would like to assert one of these rights, please contact our data protection officer.

10. Scope of your obligations to provide us with your data
You only need to provide data which are necessary for entering into and carrying out a business relationship or for a precontractual relationship with us or which we are obliged by law to collect. As a rule, without such data we will not be in a position to conclude or perform the contract. This can also pertain to data which become necessary in the course of the business relationship. If we request additional data from you, you will be informed separately of the fact that the provision of such data is on a voluntary basis.

11. Information on your right to object pursuant to Article 21 GDPR
You have the right to lodge an objection at any time to the processing of your data which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a weighing of interests), if there are grounds for doing so relating to your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4, no. 4 GDPR.

If you do lodge an objection, 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 for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

The objection can be sent in any form to the address given in point 1.

12. Your right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR). The competent supervisory authority is:

The Hesse Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Hessischer Beauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit)

Hessischer Beauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1
65189 Wiesbaden, Germany

Tel.: +49 611-1408 0
Fax: +49 611-1408 611
https://datenschutz.hessen.de