seca.

Databeskyttelse.

A. General information

a) Controller pursuant to Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR is

seca gmbh & co. kg.
Hammer Steindamm 3-25
22089 Hamburg
Telefon: +49 40 200000 - 0
E-Mail info@seca.com

b) You can reach our data protection officer at

seca gmbH & co. kg.
Data Protection Officer
Hammer Steindamm 3-25
22089 Hamburg
E-Mail: data.privacy@seca.com

c) The supervisory authority responsible for seca is

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Ludwig-Erhard-Str 22, 7. OG
20459 Hamburg
Telefon: +49 40 428 54 - 4040
E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz.hamburg.de

In the following, we inform you about the processing of personal data by seca. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior. In this way, we would like to inform you about our processing operations and at the same time comply with the legal obligations, in particular from the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. You have the following rights against seca as the controller with regard to the personal data concerning you:

a) Right to information: to receive information about the data we have stored about you,

b) Right to rectification: Correction if your data is not stored correctly,

c) Right to erasure: deletion or - if storage obligations exist - restriction of the processing of the data no longer required for the stated purpose,

d) Right to data portability: to receive data provided by you in a structured, common and machine-readable format,

e) Right to object to processing: to object if the processing of your data is based on a legitimate interest / to the use for advertising purposes / to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling.

2. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

Due to legal requirements, we are obliged in certain cases to disclose your personal data to third parties. This is the case, for example, if there is suspicion of a criminal offense or misuse of our website. We are then obliged to pass on your data to the responsible law enforcement authorities. If seca uses third party companies for data processing in order to fulfill its contractual obligations towards you (so-called data processing on behalf of third parties), these companies are contractually obligated to handle your data with care in compliance with data protection regulations and in accordance with our instructions and neither to use it for their own purposes nor to pass it on to third parties.

If we collect personal data, we store it on specially protected servers in Germany. Access to it is only possible for a few specially authorized persons who are involved in technical, commercial or editorial support. To prevent loss or misuse of the data, we take extensive technical and operational security precautions, which are regularly reviewed and adapted to technical progress. However, we would like to point out that, due to the structure of the Internet, it is possible that the rules of data protection and the above-mentioned security measures may not be observed by other persons or institutions outside our sphere of responsibility. In particular, data disclosed without encryption - even if this is done by e-mail - can be read by third parties. We have no technical influence on this. It is the user's responsibility to protect the data he or she provides against misuse by encrypting it or in any other way.

In this data privacy information, we reference the applicable articles of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you are a citizen of the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz. DSG) shall apply in the business relationship with seca or when using services offered by seca.

If you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) shall apply in the business relationship with seca or when using services offered by seca.

The following table compares the legal bases for the processing of personal data:

Legal basis

EU GDPR

Schweizer DSG

UK GDPR

Consent

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a

§13 Abs. 1

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a

Consent for data requiring special protection (e.g. health data)

Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a

§13 Abs. 1

Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a

Contractual relationship

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b

§13 Abs. 1 und §13 Abs. 2 lit. a

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. b

Legitimate interest

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f

§13 Abs. 1

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f

B. Visiting our websites

During the informational use of the website, i.e. the mere viewing without registration and without you providing us with any other information, we process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The data described below is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security and must therefore be processed by us. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR.

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (page visited)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred
  • previously visited page
  • Browser
  • operating system
  • language and version of the browser software.

Certain services of the seca website may require the collection and processing of further personal data:

Website dependent content

Depending on the site, only the following sections are relevant:

seca.com

secatru.com

secashop.com

secacloud.com

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Login

Login

Email form

Email form

Email form

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Dealer login

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Newsletter subscription

Newsletter subscription

Newsletter subscription

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Online job application

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Chatbot

Chatbot

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Use of cookies

Use of cookies

Use of cookies

Use of cookies

Use of social plugins

Use of social plugins

Use of social plugins

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Trusted Shops trustmark

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In the case of an inquiry via the e-mail form, we collect name, address, telephone number and e-mail address in order to provide the respective services and to contact you.

The legal basis is the fulfillment of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

When registering for the password-protected dealer area, personal data is collected for the purpose of verifying you as a seca specialist dealer partner. This includes entering a user name and password, collecting contact data such as name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and information about your industry and company. In addition, you can leave us a comment.

The legal basis is the fulfillment of contractual obligations according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR or a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Which of your data do we process? And for what purposes?

seca processes your name, your e-mail address and your consent to send you the newsletter.

This data is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter.

On what legal basis is the data processing based?

The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent to the sending of the newsletter in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can apply to seca online. In order to be able to process your application, we collect your contact data, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address as well as information about the earliest possible starting date and your salary requirement per annum. In addition, you can attach your attachments and send us a message.

Any further use of personal data does not take place or only with the prior consent of the user. Personal data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfill the purpose for which it was stored.

The legal basis is the implementation of pre-contractual measures  in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

seca uses the salesforce chatbot on its homepage. This tool makes it possible to contact seca and process customer inquiries without telephone support. The chatbot enables users to call up predefined information in an automated process that has been defined and prepared by seca. If necessary, the chat history can be transferred to customer service.

The following personal data can be processed in the process: Name, e-mail address, telephone number for queries, conversation content, usage data such as access date and chat duration.

The chatbot is set up and operated on the basis of seca's legitimate interest in an easily accessible and low-threshold information and interaction option pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use "cookies" (small files with configuration information). These are used in particular to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our website, as well as to make visiting our website easier and more comfortable for you. It is also possible to use our website without cookies. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies automatically. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you before cookies are stored.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This website uses Google Analytics only with the extension "_anonymizeIp() for IP anonymization, which ensures that your IP address is truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in order to prevent direct personal reference. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of the Google Analytics usage will not be merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en ].

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and to create directions. Google Maps is a map service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps, information about the use of this website, including your IP address and the (start) address entered as part of the route planner function, may be transmitted to Google in the USA.
When you call up a web page on our website that contains Google Maps, your browser establishes a direct connection with Google's servers. The map content is transmitted by Google directly to your browser, which then integrates it into the website. Therefore, we have no influence on the scope of the data collected by Google in this way. According to our knowledge, this is at least the following data:

  • Date and time of the visit to the website in question,
  • Internet address or URL of the website accessed,
  • IP address,
  • (start) address entered as part of route planning.

We have no influence on the further processing and use of the data by Google and therefore cannot accept any responsibility for this.
If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Google's privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/privacy/privacy-policy.html.

This website uses so-called "social plugins" of the social networks Facebook, Google +, Twitter and Pinterest which are operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA and Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA.  These social plugins are recognizable by the logo of the respective social network. As soon as you visit our website, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter and Pinterest via these social plugins. The content of the respective plugin is transmitted by Facebook, Google, Twitter and Pinterest directly to your browser, which integrates it into the visited website. Therefore, we have no influence on the scope of the data collected in this way by Facebook, Google, Twitter and Pinterest. According to our knowledge, this is the following information:
Through the integration of the social plugins, the operators of the social networks receive the information that you have accessed the respective page of our website. If you are logged into one of the social networks at the same time, the operator can assign the corresponding calls to your account with the respective social network. If you also interact with the social plugins, i.e. click on the "Like Button" or post a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted to the respective social network. Even if you are not a member of one of the aforementioned social networks, there is a possibility that they will learn your IP address via the social plugin and may store it. For details on the purpose and scope of data processing, collection and use on the part of Facebook, Google, Twitter and Pinterest and your rights and settings options in this regard, please refer to the respective data protection notices:

www.facebook.com/policy.php
www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
www.twitter.com/privacy
www.about.pinterest.com/privacy/

If you are a member of one of the aforementioned social networks and do not want them to collect data about you via our website and link it to your respective membership data, please log out of the respective social network before accessing our website.
In addition, it is possible to manage your personal preferences regarding usage-based online advertising on the following website. You can deactivate or activate all providers at once. Alternatively, you can also make the settings for individual providers:

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/

 

In order to display our Trusted Shops trustbadge and any ratings collected, as well as to offer Trusted Shops products to buyers after they have placed an order, the Trusted Shops trustbadge is integrated on this website.

This serves to protect our legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our offer, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne, Germany.

When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, the date and time of the call-up, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call-up. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten at the latest seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Further personal data is only transferred to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or if you have already registered to use them. In this case, the contractual agreement between you and Trusted Shops applies.

C. Products and services

Purposes of the processing of personal data

The seca analytics 125 is provided by seca as an order processor.

As a user of seca analytics 125, the following data is stored by you as a user:

  • Name
  • Password
  • E-mail address
  • Log files of the use

Data erasure

You can terminate the use of seca analytics 125 yourself at any time. Your personal data in your user ID will then be deleted and cannot be restored.

Disclosure of personal data

As a rule, we do not pass on your data as a user of seca analytics 125 unless we are obliged to do so in order to comply with legal requirements, e.g. for the prosecution of criminal offences.

seca uses the following order processors (as defined in Art. 28 GDPR):

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS, Luxembourg) for the provision of cloud infrastructure and application hosting,
  • Blue Bridge Group (Vilnius) as service partner for 24/7 functional management of the cloud environment.

Usage of „Cookies“

We use "cookies" (small files with configuration information). These serve exclusively to ensure the operation of the web application and to make it easier and more comfortable for you to use. It is also possible to use our web application without cookies. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies automatically. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you before cookies are stored.

Purposes of the processing of personal data

Purposes for which your respective fitness provider is the responsible party:

Purpose A: The collection, evaluation, storage and display of your measurement results recorded during measurements as well as the processing of your access data to myAnalytics is carried out by seca as an order processor.

As a user of myAnalytics, the following data will be stored by you for the calculation of the body composition analysis:

  • Name,
  • password,
  • e-mail address,
  • date of birth,
  • measurement times,
  • log files of use.

Personal data requiring special protection (according to Art. 9 GDPR):

  • Health data, such as height, body weight, bio impedance data and other vital parameters, if applicable,
  • ethnicity.

Purposes for which seca is the controller:

Purpose 1: Sharing your personal data with third parties (fitness or health app providers) to support your training success.
The legal basis for the transfer of data is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR, or - as far as health-related data is concerned - Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR). See also section "Disclosure of personal data".

Purpose 2: Processing by seca to improve device features and evaluation within the products seca mBCA 555/554 and seca analytics 125.
Personal data and health data are pseudonymized for this purpose. An assignment to an individual data subject is only theoretically possible with the aid of further information, but is not carried out within the scope of the processing mentioned here. The legal basis for this data processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, or - as far as health-related data is concerned - Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR).

Purpose 3: Anonymization of your personal data and further processing by seca for statistical evaluation, e.g. for the purpose of determining age dependencies or temporal trends.
The personal data and health data are anonymized for this purpose. After anonymization, assignment to an individual data subject is no longer possible. The legal basis for this data processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR, or - as far as health-related data is concerned - Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR).

Erasure of personal data

The personal data and health data used for purposes A, 1 and 2 above will be deleted after termination of the respective contractual relationship, in case of objection or revocation of consent. The data anonymized for purpose 3 can no longer be assigned to you and will be further processed exclusively for statistical purposes.

Disclosure of personal data

If seca passes on your personal data to providers of fitness or health apps (purpose 1), you will additionally inform these providers about the processing of your data and ask for your consent to this.

seca uses the following order processors (as defined in Art. 28 GDPR):

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS, Luxembourg) for the provision of cloud infrastructure and application hosting,
  • Blue Bridge Group (Vilnius) as service partner for 24/7 functional management of the cloud environment.

As the controller, seca has contractually obligated the above-mentioned processors to take the necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of your personal data. Both companies are certified according to the recognized international information security standard ISO / IEC 27001.

In addition, a transfer of your personal data to other persons, companies or bodies, in particular of health data to third parties, does not take place in principle, unless we are legally obliged to do so.

Usage of "cookies

We use "cookies" (small files with configuration information). These serve exclusively to ensure the operation of the web application and to make it easier and more comfortable for you to use. It is also possible to use our web application without cookies. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies automatically. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you before cookies are stored.

If you commission seca with remote maintenance as part of the remote support for the seca software, the remote support may include the following: 

  • the installation of software (updates)
  • Troubleshooting of software problems in connection with the user's individual software configuration
  • Maintenance work on the software
  • Integration software setup

In order to be able to perform remote support, seca must act as an order processor. For this purpose, an data processing agreement (DPA) must be concluded between the client and seca. All relevant information on data protection regarding remote service can be found in this DPA.

In order to process your request and, if necessary, to be able to give you feedback afterwards, data will be collected from you in the course of the telephone call. In detail, this may be, for example, your name, your telephone number, your company, your email address or similar data. The information is provided voluntarily by you.

The storage period is within the scope of the legal provisions and as far as it is necessary for the purpose of fulfillment.

The data collected by telephone will be used exclusively for processing your request and stored by us as well as Germany and Austria by the commissioned processor CALL + CARE Agentur für Kundendialog GmbH, as a contractual order processing service provider. This applies in particular to calls via our service hotline +49 (0)800 20 00 005.

If you use the seca support ticket system (support.seca.com), your name, e-mail address, telephone number, company name and postal address as well as details of your request will be processed and stored in order to provide you with the requested service and to contact you.

The storage period is within the scope of the legal provisions and as far as it is necessary for the purposes of fulfillment.

On what legal basis is the data processing based?

The legal basis for processing your data is the fulfillment of our contractual obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO.

If a customer contacts the telephone hotline or otherwise contacts seca Service, seca may contact the customer a few days after the transaction to inquire about customer satisfaction. This contact is only made with B2B customers.

Which of your data do we process? And for what purposes?

In the case of telephone inquiries about customer satisfaction, the contact data stored in our CRM system is used. The purpose of this processing is to improve customer service.

For this purpose, seca processes your name, telephone number and information about the goods purchased or services used, as well as the customer satisfaction information you provide.

On what legal basis is the data processing based?

The legal basis for processing your data is your presumed consent as a B2B customer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Section 7 (2) No. 2 UWG. (See also guidance of the DSK on the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes of 18.02.2022).

See have the option to object to this presumed consent at any time by phone or by mail to data.privacy@seca.com.

How long will the data be stored?

The data is stored in the CRM system for as long as a business relationship with you exists, in compliance with the statutory retention periods.

Which of your data do we process? And for what purposes?

seca processes your name, your e-mail address and your consent to send you the newsletter.

This data is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter.

On what legal basis is the data processing based?

The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent to the sending of the newsletter in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Which of your data do we process? And for what purposes?

seca processes your name, your e-mail address and your consent to participate in the lottery.

This data is processed for the purpose of evaluating the lottery.

On what legal basis is the data processing based?

The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent to participate in the prize draw in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

How long will the data be stored?

The data relating to the lottery will be deleted after the lottery has been carried out and evaluated.

D. Further processing activities

We use video surveillance on the property we use at Hammer Steindamm 3-25, 22089 Hamburg.

Purpose of video surveillance and legal basis

The video surveillance is carried out to exercise house rights, to prevent criminal offences and to preserve evidence in the event of criminal offences. The legal basis for the video surveillance is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR, whereby our interests arise from the aforementioned purposes.

Erasure of data

Data from video surveillance is generally deleted after ten days.

Longer storage may take place on an ad hoc basis if facts justify the assumption that actions can be seen on recordings from a limited period of time that are to be prosecuted as a criminal offense or used to assert civil claims.

1.    General information

We are pleased to welcome you to our website. Data privacy and data security with the use of our website are very important to us. We therefore pledge to protect your privacy and to handle your data confidentially. At this point we would like to inform you about what personal data of yours we record in connection with your visit to our website and the purposes for which this data is used. Changes in legislation or changes in our internal corporate processes can make it necessary to alter this data privacy statement, so please read through this data privacy statement regularly.
This data privacy statement applies both to the generally accessible part of the seca website as well as to the password-protected dealer login area, to the password protected seca license database, as well as to the online application area.

2.    What is personal data?

Personal data is information that can be used to find out personal or material circumstances about you. Information that we cannot use (or can only use with an unreasonable amount of effort) to identify you personally, e.g. due to use of a pseudonym or anonymization of the information, is not personal data.

3.    What data do we collect and process?

In connection with the accessing of the information requested by you, data is stored on our servers for the purpose of performing the service or for security purposes and this data may possibly enable the user to be identified. This data includes:

  • the type of browser
  • the type of operating system
  • the location of the computer
  • your IP address
  • the date and time of the visit

As long as this data is not evaluated in an anonymized form, it will be deleted again immediately after the end of the session.
Certain services of the seca website may require personal data to be collected and processed. This will only be carried out if you consent to the terms of our data privacy statement and to the corresponding use of your data.
We store your personal data in a database and use it for the purposes specified below:

E-mail form
In the case of an inquiry via the e-mail form, we collect your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address in order to perform the respective services and to contact you.

License database
Personal data is collected in the password-protected license database in order to provide support or to contact you in the case of questions about the licensing. This includes contact data such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, information on your line of business and your business itself, as well as a password to be entered.

Dealer login
When you register for the password-protected dealer area, personal data will be collected in order to identify you as a seca trade partner. This includes your entry of a username and a password, the collection of contact information such as your name, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and information about your line of business and your business itself. You can also leave a comment for us.

Online application
You can apply for a position at seca online. In order to be able to process your application, we collect your contact information such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, as well as information about your earliest possible starting date and your desired salary per year. You can also attach your own files and send us a message.
There is no further use of the personal data beyond this unless the consent of the user is obtained in advance. Personal data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to be stored in order to fulfill this purpose.


4.    Granting and withdrawing consent

Seca only stores your data for as long as it is legally permissible. At your request, we will be glad to notify you at any time about whether or not your data is being stored by us and what data in particular is being stored. If incorrect data regarding your person is being stored by us despite our efforts to ensure that this data is correct and up to date, we will immediately correct this data upon your request. If you wish for the stored data to be deleted, we will immediately delete this data upon your request as well. If it is not possible to delete the data for legal reasons, the respective data will be blocked instead.
You can also withdraw your consent to seca processing and storing your personal data at any time. Consent can be withdrawn by sending an informal letter or an e-mail to:


seca deutschland
seca gmbh & co. kg.
Medizinische Waagen und Messsysteme
Hammer Steindamm 9-25
22089 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 20 00 000
Fax: +49 40 20 00 00 50
E-mail: info(at)seca.com

If you withdraw your consent, seca will delete all of your personal data. However, please note that if your data is deleted then under certain circumstances we may no longer be able to offer some or all of the services offered on our websites.

5.    Safety measures for the protection of the data we have stored

Insofar as we collect personal data, we store it on specially protected servers in Germany. Access to it is only possible by a few specially authorized individuals who are involved in technical, customer, or content support. In order to prevent the loss or misuse of the data, we make use of extensive technical and operational security measures that are regularly checked and adapted to technical progress. However, please note that, due to the structure of the Internet it is possible that the rules of data privacy and the aforementioned security measures may not be observed by other individuals or institutions over which we have no responsibility. In particular, information that is provided without encryption, even if this is done by e-mail, can potentially be read by third parties. We do not have any technical influence on this. It is the users' own responsibility to protect the data that they are providing from misuse by using encryption or another method.

6.    Use of "cookies"

We make use of "cookies" (small files with configuration information). These are primarily used to determine the number of visitors to our website and its frequency of use as well as to make your visit to our website simpler and more comfortable. It is also possible to use our website without cookies. Most browsers are preconfigured to automatically accept cookies. However, you can deactivate cookies or set your browser so that it will notify you before saving cookies.


7.    Disclosure to third parties

Due to legal requirements, in certain specific cases we are obligated to disclose your personal data to third parties. This is the case if there is a suspicion of a criminal offense or misuse of our website. In these cases we are obligated to disclose your data to the responsible law enforcement agencies. Insofar as seca employs third-party companies for data processing (contracted data processing) in order to fulfill the contractual obligations with regard to you, these parties are contractually obligated to handle your data carefully in compliance with the provisions of data privacy law and according to our instructions and neither to use this data for their own purposes nor to disclose it to third parties.


8.    Use of social plug-ins

This website makes use of what are known as "social plug-ins" of the social networks Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest, which are operated by the companies Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, and Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA.  These social plug-ins are identifiable by the logo of the respective social network. As soon as you visit our website, your browser creates a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest through these social plug-ins. The content of the respective plug-ins is transferred from Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest directly to your browser, which then integrated them into the website you are visiting. We therefore do not have any influence on the scope of the data collected by Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest in this manner. According to our present knowledge, the following information is collected:
Through the integration of the social plug-ins, the operators of the social networks receive the information that you have accessed the respective page of our online presence. Insofar as you are also logged in to one of the social networks at the same time, the operator can allocate the corresponding page views to your account with the respective social network. If you also interact with the social plug-ins, i.e. by clicking on the "Like" button or posting a comment, the corresponding information will be transferred to the respective social network. Even if you are not a member of one of the social networks listed above, there is a possibility that they will be notified of your IP address through the social plug-in and that they may save it. For details on the purpose and scope of the data processing, collection, and use by Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest and your rights and setting options with regard to this, please read the information in their respective privacy policies:

www.facebook.com/about/privacy
www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
www.twitter.com/privacy
www.about.pinterest.com/privacy

If you are a member of one of the specified social networks and do not wish for these to collect data about you and link the data with your respective member data via our website then please log out of the respective social network before accessing our website.
You also have the option to manage your personal preferences regarding usage-based online advertising on the following website. You can deactivate or activate all providers at once. Alternatively, you can also adjust the settings for individual providers:
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/


9.    Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. Google Analytics makes use of cookies, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.  The information about your use of this website (including your IP address) generated by the cookie is normally transferred to a server operated by Google in the USA and stored there.  This website only uses Google Analytics only with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" for IP anonymization, which ensures that your IP address will be shortened in advance by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting member states of the treaty outside of the European Economic Area in order to prevent it from being directly linked to you personally. The full IP address will only be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyze your use of the website in order to compile reports on the website activity for us and to perform additional services related to the use of the website and of the Internet.  The IP address communicated by your browser within the framework of the use of Google Analytics will not be linked together with other data from Google. You can prevent the installation of cookies using a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, please note that you may not be able to use the full extent of all of the functions of our website if you do so. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available by clicking on the following link:
[ http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de ].


10.    Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and to generate route plans. Google Maps is a map service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps, information about your use of this website including your IP address and the start address entered within the framework of the route planner function can be transmitted to Google in the USA.
If you access one of our pages that contains Google Maps, your browser will create a direct connection to the Google servers. The map contents are transmitted by Google directly to your browser, which integrates them into the website. We therefore do not have any influence on the scope of the data collected by Google. According to our present knowledge, the following information is collected at the very least:

  • the date and time of the visit to the website in question
  • the internet address or URL of the accessed website
  • your IP address
  • the start address entered within the framework of the route planning

We have no influence on the further processing and use of the data by Google and therefore cannot assume any responsibility for it.
If you do not want Google to collect, process, or use data about you through our online presence, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. However, you cannot use the map display if you do so.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights and setting options with regard to this, please read the information in Google's privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/privacy/privacy-policy.html.


11.     Telephone / telephone hotlines

In order to process your request and, if necessary, to be able to give you feedback afterwards, data will be collected from you during the telephone call. In detail, this can be, for example, your name, your telephone number, your company, your email address or similar data. The information is provided voluntarily by you.
The storage period is within the scope of the legal provisions and as far as it is necessary for the purpose of fulfillment.
The data collected by telephone will be used exclusively for processing your request and stored by us as well as Germany and Austria by the commissioned processor CALL + CARE Agentur für Kundendialog GmbH, as a contractual order processing service provider. This applies in particular to calls via our service hotline +49 (0)800 20 00 005.


12.     Contact

Your trust is important to us. For questions regarding data protection law please confidentially contact our appointed data protection officer as per § 38 BDSG at data.privacy@seca.com.