Privacy and policy

Imprint & Data protection / Responsibility for the content

PIERBURG s.r.o.

K Pierburgu 1

400 01 Ústí nad Labem

Česká republika

Jednatelé: Andreas Müller, Sascha Günther

Rejstříkový soud: Krajský soud v Ústí nad Labem

Spisová značka: C 20577

DIČ: 254 88 805

Information on data protection

from Rheinmetall Automotive AG

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. This means that we treat your personal data in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations at all times. We have appointed an expert and reliable external data protection officer. This external data protection is being administered by UIMC Dr. Vossbein GmbH & Co KG.

In the following, we would like to inform you about the processing of personal data.

Provision of the website

As a basic principle, you can use our website without revealing your identity. If you would like to use certain functions/areas of our website, you may have to provide personal data, depending on the circumstances. This information is provided by you on a voluntary basis and is used by the Rheinmetall Automotive Group solely for business purposes.

You can revoke any consents that you have previously given at any time, effective going forward, without having to state a reason. Depending on the purpose of the processing, we offer you a variety of options for doing this.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved to your computer and enable our website to be personalised/adapted to your preferences and your use of it to be analysed. They also ensure that you are automatically recognised the next time you visit the site.

We use cookies for the following overarching purposes on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR:

to ensure convenient use of our website,
to evaluate our system’s security and stability,
to analyse website use and prepare statistical analyses, and
for other administrative purposes.

You can see a detailed overview of the cookies used by us, their purpose, and the length of time they are stored by clicking on this “Cookie overview” link.

Cookies are deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for this purpose or after 183 days, whichever is the earlier. If cookies are refreshed through follow-up visits to our website, their storage period may be extended in accordance with the information set out under the “Cookie overview”.

You can set your browser to prevent cookies from being installed, however this may mean that you are unable to use all of the features in full.

If your browser’s Do Not Track function is activated, we will take this into account and no cookies will be installed for statistical purposes.

Recording your visit to our website

Records will be created and processed for statistical purposes each time you access the website:

Referrer (page containing the link you used to access our website)
Search terms (if the referrer is a search engine)
IP address is used to determine the country of origin and provider – and where details are entered in a form, it is stored for reasons of spam protection.
Browser, operating system, installed plug-ins and screen resolution
Time spent on the website

This data is processed by us for the following purposes on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR:

to ensure a smooth connection set-up to the website,
to ensure convenient use of our website,
to evaluate our system’s security and stability, and
for other administrative purposes.

We reserve the right to subsequently re-examine this data if we become aware of any specific indications of illegal use. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for this purpose or after 6 months, whichever is the earlier.

Logging downloads

Records will be created and processed for statistical purposes each time something is downloaded from the website:

Referrer (page containing the link you used to access the download page)
Search terms (if the referrer is a search engine)
IP address (anonymised) is analysed to determine the country of origin and the provider.
Browser, operating system, installed plug-ins and screen resolution
Time stamp for the download
Cookie and session ID to avoid multiple counts

This data is processed by us for the following purposes on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR:

to ensure a smooth connection set-up to the download pages,
to ensure convenient use of our download pages,
to evaluate our system’s security and stability,
to optimise the download features, and
for other administrative purposes.

The data will be pseudonymised and subsequently deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for this purpose or after 90 days, whichever is the earlier.

We also use the content delivery network of Amazon Web Services, Inc. (410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109, United States). Amazon Web Services is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TOWQAA4). The use of the content delivery network takes place on the basis of a legitimate interest in the form of an efficient provision of media content pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. More extensive details on data protection at Amazon Web Services, Inc. are available at https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr.

Data sharing

No data is shared with third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes without your express consent. We will only share your data with third parties if this is both necessary and permitted by law [for example on the basis of Art. 6 GDPR]. In some instances we use service providers for the purposes of commissioned data processing pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR; for example the website is maintained by UEBERBIT GmbH (Rheinvorlandstrasse 7, 68159 Mannheim, Germany) and hosted by its commissioned hoster. Full responsibility for the data processing remains with us. We also sometimes use plug-ins from other providers on our website; further details are set out below.

Please note that we may share your personal data with other group companies where necessary for the above-mentioned purposes [see “Company”]. The data is transferred on the basis of a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR, so that we may offer you a fully integrated range of services.

Some of the companies involved may be located outside the EU/EEA. We ensure that our affiliated companies have an appropriate level of data protection.

Data protection where contact forms are used

Should we request personal data (such as your name, address, or email address) in the context of contact forms on our website, our use of that data is on the basis of it having been voluntarily disclosed by you. We use this data for our own business purposes (such as the dispatch of the requested materials/information). Contact forms are provided for the following purposes:

General establishment of contact
Support with advertisements and trade fairs
Preparation of routine analysis packages and sales opportunity analyses
Translation/customisation of catalogues/brochures
Supplier assessments

All contact forms are intended solely for the fulfilment of their relevant purpose. Any initiation of contact that cannot be unequivocally allocated to the defined purposes is immediately deleted by us and not pursued further. In this event, the personal data included in this is only processed for the purposes of deleting your contact enquiry and the personal data transmitted by you is not stored. Specifically, the use of the contact form for the “general establishment of contact” for the transmission of applications will lead to the immediate deletion of your enquiry. Please send us any applications via our career portal.

The data marked as mandatory in the contact forms is required so that the enquiry can be allocated and responded to. Additional disclosures may be made voluntarily. The data processing for the purpose of establishing contact with us takes place pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (a) GDPR on the basis of your freely given consent.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be deleted after your enquiry has been dealt with or after the retention obligations under tax or commercial law have expired.

You can revoke a consent that you have previously given – so that we can send you information materials, for example – at any time, effective going forward, without having to state a reason. To do so, please use the relevant contact form.

Data sharing

Some of the companies involved may be located outside the EU/EEA. We ensure that our affiliated companies have an appropriate level of data protection.

Data protection within the context of the business relationship

In our capacity as a contractual partner of your company, we process your personal data in order to prepare quotations, fulfil contracts, and perform bookkeeping and cost accounting activities on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (b) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR, and in order to meet contractual and legal obligations (e.g. under commercial or tax law) on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) GDPR. The business relationship is between us and your company. In the event of external demands (for example under customs or tax law), your personal data may be compared with information in lists published by public authorities.

Data may also be processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR for legitimate purposes such as merchandising, internal market research, marketing, or in-house statistics. Our legitimate interests lie in particular in the optimisation of processes and cost-based attribution; your interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms will be duly taken into account.

Only if you have given us your consent or if we have adequately informed you when collecting the data pursuant to Section 7 UWG will we use your data to send you information about products, services, events, or other interesting information about our company. You can opt out of these mailings at any time, effective going forward.

The data that you have provided is necessary for the implementation of the contractual relationship. Without it we will not be able to fulfil our contract with your company.

Data sharing

Some of your personal data will be passed on to external service providers (such as tax consultants or legal advisors). In some cases, external IT service providers will be able to access your data (in the course of commissioned data processing pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR). In such cases these service providers are bound by appropriate contracts to comply with their instructions.

Some of the companies involved may be located outside the EU/EEA. We ensure that our affiliated companies have an appropriate level of data protection.

Storage and deletion of data

Your data will be retained for as long as they are needed for the above purposes. It will be deleted, at the latest, after the termination of our contractual relationship and after expiration of the statutory retention periods stipulated in civil, commercial and tax law.

Data protection in connection with web analytics

Web analytics processes are used on our website. Web analytics enable us to assess and optimise the effectiveness of our website and to customise it to the needs of our users.

Each time our website is visited, statistics are generated and processed for analysing these visits.

This data is processed by us for the following purposes on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR:

to measure the effectiveness of our website,
to analyse user interactions with the website,
to optimise the structure of the website, and
to customise the website to the needs of our users.

Further information can be found under “Web analytics with Google Analytics”, which is a subsection of “Plug-ins on our website” below.

Data protection in connection with the use of online marketing procedures

Google AdWords

We use Google AdWords to place advertising via the Google advertising network. The use of the Google advertising network should enable us to address users in a targeted fashion and to display advertising only to users with an actual interest, where possible. Data processing for the display of advertising within the Google advertising network is carried out exclusively by Google. More information on this data processing by Google is available at (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) [external site].

Plug-ins on our website

We use a variety of plug-ins from other service providers on our website, and have set out more information on these below.

Web analytics with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Ltd. (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland), hereinafter referred to as “Google”. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”: text files that are saved on your computer and facilitate an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your shortened IP address) will be transferred to and stored on a server belonging to Google LLC in the US. Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, compile reports on website activities for the website operator, and provide further services in relation to the website use and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if necessary, provided that this is legally mandated or if third parties have been engaged by Google to process this information. Under no circumstances will Google associate your IP address with other data held by Google LLC.

You can opt out from allowing your data to be used by Google Analytics by installing an add-on in your browser. Should you wish to do this, the following link will take you to the appropriate Google webpage: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout [external site].

Your personal data will be deleted or anonymised within 14 months at the latest.

Detailed information can be found in Google’s privacy center: Transparency, and Choices and privacy policy.

Google Tag Manager

This website also uses Google Tag Manager, a service that allows website tags to be managed via an interface. Google Tag Manager is operated by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Tag Manager implements tags only – no cookies are used, and no personal data is recorded. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that, in turn, may record data. However, Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivated at domain or cookie level, this setting takes effect for all tracking tags provided that they are implemented using Google Tag Manager.

By using this service, you agree to the collection, processing, and use by Google of the data collected during this process and input by you. The terms of use for Google Tag Manager are available at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html [external site].

Detailed information can be found in Google’s privacy center: Transparency, and Choices and privacy policy.

Google Maps

To make journeys to us easier, we offer the use of Google Maps for the display of maps and preparation of travel directions. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These pages are identified to you accordingly.

By using this service, you agree to the collection, processing, and use by Google of the data collected during this process and input by you. The terms of use for Google Maps are available at http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html [external site].

Detailed information can be found in Google’s privacy center: Transparency, and Choices and privacy policy.

YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins from YouTube, a site operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit any of our webpages with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server will then receive information as to which of our webpages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you will enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of your user data is available in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy [external site].

Twitter

Twitter functions are integrated into our webpages using the Click to Activate solution, and are only activated when they are clicked. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the retweet function, the websites visited by you are linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process. Please note that, as provider of the webpages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or of its use by Twitter. Further information on this is available in Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy [external site]. You can amend your data protection settings with Twitter in your account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings [external site].

LinkedIn

This website uses a link to the LinkedIn network. The data controller for any data processing that occurs after the link has been clicked is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Please note that, as provider of the link, we have no knowledge of the use of personal data by LinkedIn. Further information on this is available in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy [external site].

XING/Kununu

This website uses a link to the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Please note that, as provider of the link, we have no knowledge of the use of personal data by XING. Further information on data protection is available in XING’s privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection [external site].

Rights of data subjects

We hereby inform you that, pursuant to Article 15 et seq. of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the conditions defined therein, you have the right to demand that we provide you with information on any personal data that we hold concerning you, and that we correct or delete this data or restrict our processing of it. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data and the right to data portability. You also have the right under Article 77 GDPR to complain to a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of the personal data relating to you infringes this Regulation. Where data processing is on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR (consent), you also have the right to revoke your given consent at any time without this affecting the legality of any processing carried out on the basis of that consent prior to its revocation.

Right to information, Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to demand information as to whether and to what extent your personal data is being processed (particularly the purpose of any processing, recipient(s) of the data, duration of its storage, etc.).

Right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to demand that your stored data be corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. This includes the right to complete the data by means of supplementary declarations or disclosures.

Right to erasure, Art. 17 GDPR

You have the right to demand that your personal data be deleted. This is possible, for example, if the data is no longer required for the purpose, for which it was collected, of if the data has to be deleted due to statutory obligations. However, this right can be excluded in individual cases.

Right to restrict processing, Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to have the processing of your personal data restricted. This is possible, for example, if your data has been improperly collected or if the data processing is being carried out unlawfully. If processing is restricted, the data is permitted to be processed only in narrowly defined cases.

Right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to demand that the data concerning you is surrendered to you or to a responsible person nominated by you in a common, electronic, machine-readable data format, if you provided this data yourself.

Right to object, Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time and effective going forward, to the processing of personal data concerning you if the data processing is carried out to safeguard legitimate interests (cf. Art 6 (1) (e) (f) GDPR). Should you object, a check will be carried out to ascertain whether the legal conditions for processing your data have been met and if this is not the case, no additional processing of your data will take place.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority, Art. 77 GDPR

You have the right to lodge a complaint at any time with the competent supervisory authority of the EU or its member states if you consider that any data protection regulations may have been breached.

Contact details for the competent supervisory authority:

Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (State Representative for Data Protection and Information Freedom), Baden-Württemberg
PO box 10 29 32
70025 Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 (0)711 6155 410
Fax: +49 (0)711 6155 4115
Email: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy occasionally so that it always meets the current legal requirements and also reflects any changes in our services. The privacy policy displayed at the time of any follow-up visits by you to our site is always the valid, applicable version.

Contacting our data protection officer

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact our data protection officer directly. Our data protection officer and the team at UIMC are also at your disposal to help you with any requests for information, applications, or complaints that you might have.

External data protection officer of the Rheinmetall Automotive Group
UIMC DR. VOSSBEIN GmbH & Co. KG
Otto-Hausmann-Ring 113
42115 Wuppertal
http://Datenschutz.UIMC.de
Tel: +49 (0)202 946 7726 200
Email: datenschutz.rh-a@uimc.de