Data protection is of a particularly high priority for KUERT Datenrettung Deutschland GmbH. This data protection declaration was created in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

This declaration applies to the processing of personal data in connection with the website of KUERT Datenrettung Deutschland GmbH, as well as the processing of personal data that the controller (hereinafter referred to as KUERT) receives during personal meetings or during communication by telephone, e-mail, as well as through the contact or analysis registration form.

 

  1. Name and contact details of the person responsible for processing

KUERT Datenrettung Deutschland GmbH, Südring 23, 44787 Bochum, Germany

Represented by the managing director: József Kmetty (Bochum District Court HRB 7566)

Telephone: +49 (0) 234 – 962 90 390

Fax: +49 (0) 234 – 923 31 28

E-mail: info@kuert-datenrettung.de

  1. General information on data processing
  • The processing of personal data always takes place in accordance with the principles of legality, fairness, transparency and data economy as well as in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
  • KUERT generally only processes your personal data to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. Your personal data is usually only processed with your consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.
  • The provision of personal data is sometimes required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may result from contractual regulations (e.g. information about the contractual partner). When concluding a contract, it will sometimes be necessary for you to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by KUERT. For example, you are obliged to provide us with personal data if KUERT concludes a contract with you or you wish to use our service. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with you could not be concluded.
  • The processing of the data is limited to a specific purpose and KUERT will continue to process the data only if one of the legal grounds stated in this declaration applies, and for the duration of the validity of the legal ground.
  • KUERT does not use automated decision-making or the use of profiling mechanisms.
  • KUERT protects the data through appropriate, risk-adequate technical and organizational measures, handles any data protection incidents in accordance with the GDPR regulations and informs those affected in the manner and with the data content prescribed by law.
  1. Legal basis for the processing of personal data
  • If KUERT obtains your consent for processing personal data, Art. 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
  • If your personal data is processed in order to fulfill a contract with you, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
  • If processing of personal data is necessary for KUERT to fulfill a legal obligation, Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
  • If vital interests of you or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
  • If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of KUERT or a third party and your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
  1. Data erasure and storage period
  • Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies.
  • The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted as part of the system, provided that it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract.
  • Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which KUERT is subject.
  • The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.
  1. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use
  1. When you visit the website
  • When you visit the website www.kuert-datenrettung.de, information is automatically sent to the website server on your device via the browser used. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.
  • The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes such as ensuring a smooth connection to the website, comfortable use of this website and evaluation of system security and stability.
  • The following are logged: name of the file accessed, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, operating system used, browser and browser type, the website from which the link was forwarded, pages visited and requesting domain.
  • The IP addresses of the requesting computers are also logged. However, KUERT does not draw any conclusions about a person.
  • The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of data being collected to provide the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
  • In addition, cookies and analysis services are used when visiting this website. Further details can be found in section 6 of this privacy policy.
  1. When using our contact form
  • If you have any questions, KUERT offers you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. You must provide a valid email address in order to be able to answer you. Additional information can be provided voluntarily.
  • KUERT processes the personal data from the input mask solely to process the contact. The same applies if you contact us by email.
  • The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of KUERT’s information technology systems.
  • The personal data collected by KUERT for the use of the contact form will be deleted after your request has been processed.
  1. When registering the analysis by using the analysis registration form
  • Registering for the analysis simultaneously means using KUERT’s service and the parties enter into a contract. Therefore, the collection and processing of your personal data, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, is necessary.
  • As part of the registration process, your consent to the processing of this data is obtained.
  • In addition, registration serves to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures and is therefore legitimate.
  1. Use of cookies
  • KUERT’s website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on your computer system. When you visit a website, a cookie may be stored on your operating system.
  • The cookie stores information that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately know your identity. A cookie contains a characteristic character string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is accessed again.
  • KUERT uses cookies to make its website more user-friendly. Some elements of the website require that the browser that is accessing it can be identified even after a page change. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our site.
  • KUERT also uses cookies on the website that enable an analysis of surfing behavior. We also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness; these are stored on your device for a specific period of time. When you visit our site again, you will be automatically recognized. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for you to use the website. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
  • KUERT also uses analysis cookies to improve the quality of the website and its content. The analysis cookies tell us how the website is used and enable us to continuously optimize our offering. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
  • The data you collect in this way is pseudonymized using technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to you. This data is not stored together with your other personal data.
  • When you visit the website, an information banner will inform you about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and refer you to this data protection declaration.
  • You can prevent the setting of cookies by this website at any time by making the appropriate settings in the Internet browser you are using and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If you deactivate the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of the website may be fully available.
  1. Analysis tools / on the use and application of Google Analytics
  • By using Google Analytics, KUERT wants to ensure that the website is designed to meet needs and is continuously optimized. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of the website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you.
  • The Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) has been integrated into the website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, gathering and evaluation of data on the behavior of visitors to Internet sites. A web analysis service records, among other things, data on which website a visitor came to a website from (so-called referrer), which subpages were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
  • Google Analytics places a cookie on your device. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is able to analyze the use of our website. Every time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, the Internet browser on your information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google receives knowledge of your personal data, such as the IP address, which Google uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements.
  • The cookie is used to store personal information, e.g. the time of access, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website by you. Each time you visit the website, this personal data, including the IP address, is transmitted to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google. Google may pass this personal data collected via the technical process on to third parties.
  • You can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as already shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
  • You also have the option of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, you must download and install a browser add-on at the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google.
  • Further information and Google’s applicable data protection regulations can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
  1. Advertising / On the use and application of Google Ads
  • KUERT has integrated Google Ads on this website. Google Ads – formerly Google AdWords – is an advertising program that allows companies to place targeted ads in Google’s search engine results as well as in the Google advertising network. In this way, we can reach many potential customers online with one ad.
  • If you access this website via a Google ad, Google will place a so-called conversion cookie on your device. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie expires after thirty days and is not used to identify you personally. The conversion cookie is used to track whether certain subpages on our website have been accessed, provided the cookie has not yet expired.
  • The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. We use these visit statistics to determine the total number of visitors who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither KUERT nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify you.
  • The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Each time you visit this website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.
  • You can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used, as already shown above, and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on your information technology system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Ads can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
  • You also have the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do so, you must go to www.google.de/settings/ads from every Internet browser you use and make the desired settings there.
  • Further information and Google’s applicable data protection regulations can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

 

  1. Social Media Plug-ins
  • A social media plug-in from Facebook is used on the KUERT website.
  • Social media plug-ins are small buttons such as the Facebook Like button that visitors can use to “like” and share content on a website. Inserting the plug-ins enables website operators to increase the reach of their content and thus their brand.
  • We integrate this plug-in using the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website as best as possible. Nevertheless, Facebook is responsible for ensuring that it operates in compliance with data protection regulations.
  • Every time you visit one of the individual pages on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The content of the plug-in is sent directly from Facebook to your browser, which then integrates it into the website.
  • As part of this technical process, Facebook receives the information about which specific subpage of our website you are visiting, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged into Facebook. This information (including the IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
  • If you are logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook can assign the visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you click on a Facebook button integrated on our website, e.g. the “Like” button, or leave a comment, Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.
  • Facebook can use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and needs-based design of Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate the use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.
  • If you do not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook in this way, you can prevent it from being transmitted by logging out of your Facebook account before visiting our website.
  • The data policy published by Facebook, which can be accessed at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains which setting options Facebook offers to protect your privacy. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
  1. Transfer of data
  • Your personal data will only be transferred to third parties for the purposes listed below:
  1. The transfer and data processing is necessary to fulfill the contract, in accordance with the interests of those affected and therefore permitted by law (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
  • This includes passing on data to the parent company Kürt Zrt. Both the analysis procedure and the data recovery processes take place in the laboratory in Budapest. In order to protect your data, a number of measures have been implemented, such as restricting access rights.
  • Furthermore, for the purpose of sending data media, the address data is passed on to shipping service providers such as DHL, DPD, TNT, Fedex, Hermes, etc.
  1. The transfer and data processing is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR), the transfer in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR), as well as this is legally permissible and the processing of contractual relationships with you is necessary (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR).
  • This includes passing on the data to lawyers in the event of a legal dispute.
  • To authorities – e.g. the police in the event of a criminal offense.
  • To debt collection companies to collect the claim based on a contract.
  1. The data is also passed on based on legitimate interests in maximizing profits, reducing costs, optimizing services and increasing usability (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
  • This includes the transfer of data to Kürt Zrt., which carries out maintenance and/or care work on KUERT’s IT systems.
  • As well as to PLUS CREATIVE & MEDIA KFT, which manages our website, Google services and social media channels. In this context, it cannot be ruled out that both contractors process personal data.
  1. Rights of data subjects
  • If your confidential data is processed, you have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection and data portability in accordance with the GDPR.
  1. Right of providing information
  • According to Art. 15 GDPR, you can request information about your personal data processed by KUERT. If such processing takes place, you can request information about the following information:
  • the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
  • the categories of personal data that are processed;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
  • the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
  • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  • all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data was not transmitted by you; the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details in accordance with Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR
  • You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
  1. Right to rectification
  • According to Art. 16 GDPR, you can request the correction of incorrect and/or completion of incomplete personal data concerning you that are processed by KUERT. KUERT must carry out the correction immediately.
  1. Right to restriction of processing
  • According to Art. 18 GDPR, you can request that the processing of your personal data be restricted if:
  • You dispute the accuracy of the data.
  • The processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and KUERT no longer needs the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  • You have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.
  1. Right to erasure
  • According to Art. 17 GDPR, you can request the deletion of your personal data stored by KUERT. KUERT is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
  • The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  • You object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.
  • The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
  • The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
  • The personal data concerning you were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 (1) GDPR.

Exceptions

  • The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary:
  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • to fulfil a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which KUERT is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in KUERT;
  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

 

  1. Right to information
  • If you have requested that KUERT correct, delete or restrict the processing of your personal data, KUERT is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you was disclosed of said correction, deletion or restriction of processing, unless doing so should prove impossible or involve disproportionate expenditure.
  • You have the right to be informed by KUERT of these recipients.
  1. Right to data portability
  • According to Art. 20 GDPR, you can receive your personal data that you have provided to KUERT in a structured, common and machine-readable format or request that it be transmitted to another responsible party if:
  • the processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
  • the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
  • The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority that has been delegated to KUERT.
  1. Right to object
  • According to Art. 21 GDPR, if your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f GDPR, you can object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by KUERT without specifying a particular situation.
  • KUERT will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless KUERT can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  1. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
  • According to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR, you can revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
  1. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • According to Art. 77 GDPR, you can complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR.
  • The supervisory authority to which the complaint was submitted will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Art. 78 GDPR.

 

  1. Data security
  • KUERT uses the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit the website. This is usually 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 being transmitted using encryption by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
  • We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
  1. Current status and changes to this privacy policy
  • This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated October 2023.
  1. Disclaimer
  • Despite careful control of the content, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.