Responsible body:

Thank you for visiting our website. First of all, we would like to introduce ourselves as the responsible body in terms of data protection law:

BICKEL GMBH & CO. KG
represented by the Managing Director: Dr. Walter Bickel
Laufzorner Straße 10a
82031 Grünwald
Phone: +49 (0) 89 41 14 72 00
E-mail: info@bickel-company.com


Data Protection Officer:

Manuel Vinke
E-mail: manuel.vinke@bickel-company.com
Phone: +49 (0) 151 51551221


General

In accordance with our legal obligations, we would like to inform you about the collection and use of your personal data. When you use our website, personal data is collected about you. This can be done by you entering the data yourself - such as your e-mail address. However, our system also collects data from you automatically, such as your visit to our website. This happens regardless of the device or software you use to access our website.

Any entry of data by you on our website is voluntary; you will not suffer any disadvantages if you do not disclose your data. Without certain data, however, it is not possible for us to provide services or conclude contracts. We will point out such mandatory data to you in each case.

On this website, personal data of the user is only collected within the framework of the applicable data protection law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). The technical terms used in the text are explained in more detail in Art. 4 of the DSGVO.


According to the DSGVO, data processing is permitted in three cases in particular:

- according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a and 7 DSGVO, if you have consented to data processing by us; in each case, we will inform you in advance in this data protection declaration and on the occasion of the consent in accordance with Art. 4 No. 11 DSGVO exactly for what purpose and under what circumstances your data will be processed by us;

- according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, if the processing of your personal data is necessary for the initiation, conclusion or execution of a contractual relationship;

- according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, if, after a balancing of interests, the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests; this includes in particular our interests in analysing, optimising and securing the offer on our website - this includes in particular an analysis of user behaviour, the creation of profiles for advertising purposes and the storage of access data as well as the use of third party providers.

Inventory data:

We collect inventory data insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content or amendment of a contractual relationship (also free of charge) between us and the user. This may include: Customer data (e.g. name, address), contact data (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), performance data (e.g. service ordered, term, fee). When establishing the user relationship, we will request this data from you (e.g. name, address and e-mail address) and also inform you of the extent to which the information is required in each case in order to establish the user relationship.

Usage data:

We also collect usage data to enable the user's use of the services on our website. This may include: Usage data (e.g. web pages or areas accessed, duration of visit, interest in services), content data (e.g. data entered or uploaded by you, texts, images, sounds, videos), metadata (e.g. identity of your device, location, IP address).

We will only aggregate usage data if and to the extent that this is necessary for billing purposes. Otherwise, we will only create usage data pseudonymously and only if you have not objected to this. You can send this objection at any time to the address given in the imprint or to the responsible person named in this data protection declaration.

The legal basis for this data processing is, on the one hand, our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in the analysis of the website and its use, and, if applicable, also the legal permission to store data in the context of the initiation of a contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

Hoster:

domainfactory GmbH
Oskar-Messter-Str. 33
85737 Ismaning

Our website is made available for retrieval on the Internet by a service provider (provider or hoster). We use the service of domainfactory GmbH, Oskar-Messter-Str. 33, 85737 Ismaning, Germany. We have concluded an order processing contract with our provider. According to this contract, our provider is obliged to process your data only on our behalf and according to our instructions. Further information on data processing by our provider can be found in their data protection declaration at https://www.df.eu/de/datenschutz/. The legal basis for this data processing is, on the one hand, our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in the provision and use of our website on the Internet and, where relevant, the legal permission to store data in the context of the initiation of a contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Each time you use this website, our provider processes information, the so-called server log files, which are automatically transmitted by your browser each time you call up websites on the Internet. These are:

- your IP address
- type and version of your browser
- host name
- time of visit
- the website from which you visited our website
- name of the website called up
- exact time of call-up as well as
- the amount of data transferred

This data is only used for statistical purposes and does not enable us to identify you as a user.

The legal basis for this data processing is, on the one hand, our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in the analysis of the website and its use, and, if applicable, also the legal permission to store data as part of the initiation of a contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

Weglot:

Our website uses the translation service Weglot to make the information on the website available to foreign language users. In this context, your IP address and the URL of the visited website are transmitted to Weglot. We have no influence on this data processing. Further information on the purpose and scope of data processing by Weglot as well as the rights of the data subjects can be found in their data protection notices. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) DSGVO.

Webflow - External Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN):

We use Webflow, a website construction system, for our website. The service provider is the American company Webflow, Inc. 398 11th St., Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.Webflow also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be accompanied by various risks for the legality and security of data processing.As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. especially in the USA) or a data transfer there, Webflow uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data comply with European data protection standards even if they are transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Webflow undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de. For more information on the standard contractual clauses and on the data processed through the use of Webflow, please refer to the Privacy Policy at https://webflow.com/legal/privacy

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Our fan page(s) - General information:

In addition to our website, we also use fan page(s) on social media platforms. After we have already informed you above about the data processing on our website and we have then ensured in particular that your call to our website is not alone already sent to the social media platform, we would like to inform you in accordance with the ECJ ruling of 5 June 2018 on social media presences about the data processing on the occasion of the visit to our social media fan page(s):

We present ourselves and our offers on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in timely customer communication as well as for the purpose of advertising and our public relations on social media fanpage(s).You can regularly call up our social media fanpage(s) on the Internet regardless of whether or not you have created a user account on the corresponding platform yourself. In both cases, however, your data will be processed by the social media platform. Every time you call up the social media platform, your IP address is recorded and stored. Furthermore, a cookie is usually set on your page, which stores your visit and further data about your visit to the social media platform.

If you are also registered on the social media platform itself, your visit will also be recorded by cookies or other technical means and assigned to your user account. This enables the social media platform to regularly analyse your user behaviour. This creates a user profile with your interests, which is used by the social media platform to provide you with an interest-based user experience, but above all also to play interest-based advertising within and outside the social media platform - if necessary even across devices. Furthermore, your data may be used for market research. For details, please refer to the following data protection declarations of the social media platform(s) we use.

We may also regularly use the data from the social media platform to enable you to use our fan page according to your interests or to address you with advertising.

If you interact with our fan page and are registered on the corresponding social media platform, we can, in accordance with the terms of use of the social media site, also recognise your user profile and view your content.

If you do not wish this, we refer you to our above presentation under the heading "Cookies" for the general handling of cookies and their deactivation. There we have listed in general how you can prevent or restrict the storage of cookies on your devices. Further information can be found below on the relevant social media platform.

According to the stated ECJ ruling of 5.6.2018, we are always jointly responsible for our social media fan page(s) with the respective social media platform. This means that you can also assert your general rights, which we have detailed above under the heading "User rights", against us. For this, we refer you to our contact details at the beginning of this privacy policy. Please note, however, that we have no conclusive knowledge of the exact scope of the processing of your data on the social media platform and can exert even less influence on it. We therefore ask you to contact the relevant social media platform immediately regarding your rights.

As a matter of principle, we leave your data on the social media platform and do not import it onto our servers. If this should be the case, our general information on the storage period applies.

For further information on the processing of your data and the storage period on the social media platform, please refer to the respective data protection statement of the social media platform, which we have listed below.

LinkedIn:

We present ourselves on the social media platform Linkedin. Jointly responsible

LinkedIn Ireland Limited Company,
Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?

If you access our profile on Linkedin, your data may be transferred to the USA.We have no knowledge of and no influence on the possible collection and use of your data by Linkedin. For more information, please refer to Linkedin's privacy policy at
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. Linkedin also provides us with statistics. These are generated without our intervention and made available to us. The data includes interactions and statistical data.You can strongly influence the processing of your data on Linkedin in various ways when you are logged in. For your privacy settings on Linkedin, Linkedin refers to various options in its privacy policy, which you can read about there.

You can switch off the Linkedin advertising cookie here (opt out):
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Initial contact through electronic enquiry:

If you contact us in electronic form (e.g. e-mail, fax, telephone, messenger, etc.), we store and process the data you have provided us with (e.g. name, contact information, content of the enquiry). The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in effective customer communication pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and, insofar as it concerns an enquiry to enter into or fulfil a contract, also Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

We will only pass on this data to third parties if it is necessary (according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) for the fulfilment of the contract, if this is in the overriding interest of effective performance (according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or if you have given your consent (according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) or if there is another legal permission or obligation.

You can request information about the purpose of processing, origin and, if applicable, recipients of your personal data from us free of charge at any time. Furthermore, you can assert the correction, deletion and restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may object to the (further) processing of your data at any time and have a right to data portability as well as a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

In principle, your data will only be stored for as long as the purpose of the respective data processing requires. Further storage is mainly possible if this is still necessary for legal prosecution or for legitimate interests or if there is a legal obligation to retain the data (e.g. tax retention periods, statute of limitations).

Consent:

Where we ask for your consent to process your data, we will inform you in clear language and in an easily accessible way about the cases for which you are giving your consent. Any consent we ask for is voluntary, any benefit you wish to obtain by giving consent can be obtained without the consent, just ask us.

For any consent, you have the right to withdraw any consent you have given us to process your personal data at any time. This can be done by sending an informal message, e.g. via our contact form, an e-mail to the e-mail address given in the imprint or an unsubscribe link (where offered by us). Your revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to that point.

Storage period:

Your data will only be stored for as long as the purpose of the respective data processing requires. Further storage is mainly considered if this is still necessary for legal prosecution by us or for our other legitimate interests.

For your inventory data that was required for the fulfilment of a contractual relationship (also free of charge), this means that we store it until the complete fulfilment or termination of the contractual relationship plus the limitation period (which is generally 2 or 3 years) plus an appropriate surcharge for any interruption of the limitation period.

For your usage data collected on the occasion of your use of the website, this means that we will only store it for as long as this is still necessary for the proper functioning of our website and our legitimate interest is sufficient. In the first instance, we will only store statistical data in pseudonymised form.

We will also store your data to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so. These are in particular the tax retention periods, which are generally 6 or even 10 years.


Disclosure to third parties:

We don't like spam any more than you do. We will therefore not pass on your data to third parties unless this is permitted by law.

A transfer of your data can either :

be necessary for the fulfilment of a contract and then be permitted according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO

or

be permitted on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective service design according to
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO,
be covered by a consent granted by you or
become necessary if a state or authority lawfully makes a claim on us for the surrender of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

If your data is passed on to third parties, this is stated in this data protection declaration.


User rights:

You can request information from us at any time and free of charge about the personal data we have stored about you. In this case, identification of your person is required in order to prevent misuse.
Deletion, correction, restrictionYou can demand that we correct (also by supplementing) incorrect data at any time, as well as restrict their processing or also delete your data. This applies in particular if the purpose of processing has expired, a required consent has been revoked and no other legal basis exists or our data processing is unlawful. We will then immediately correct, block or even delete your personal data within the legal framework.


Objection:

ANY PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA THAT WE MAY OBJECT TO YOUR INTEREST PURSUANT TO ART. 6 ABS. 1 lit. f DSGVO, YOU CAN OPPOSE AT ANY TIME, IF THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT ARISE OUT OF YOUR PARTICULAR PERSONAL SITUATION.
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE THE INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF YOU, OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS ON OUR PART.


Data transfer:

You can request that we transfer the data we hold about you in machine-readable form.


Complaint:

If you feel that your rights have been violated by our data processing, you can file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (you can find a list of authorities here).
Changes to the data protection declaration

If a change to the data protection declaration becomes necessary for legal or factual reasons, we will update this page accordingly. This will not involve any changes to the consents given by the user.

Our current data protection declaration of 25.11.2021

applies.