1 Introduction

This Privacy Policy of TechnoGlobe GmbH, hereafter referred to as “TechnoGlobe” provides information about the personal data we process of website visitors, commercial contacts, customers and business partners of TechnoGlobe. TechnoGlobe considers it important to carefully process your personal data, and to provide you with clarity about the purposes for which we are processing your personal data, how we process your personal data and the legal rights you have regarding your personal data. We process your technoglobe.de data in compliance with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. We will always publish the latest version of this Policy on our website(s).

1.1 Questions?

In case you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the execution thereof, please contact us:
TechnoGlobe GmbH
Legal department
Am Thomelt-Grund 1, D-04603, Nobitz, Germany
E-mail: info@technoglobe.de

2 Your rights

2.1 Right to access your personal data

In case you have any questions regarding the personal data we process; you have the right to view any personal information we maintain about you. Provision of such information will be subject to the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address). We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.

2.2 Right to correct or to remove your personal data

In case the personal data we maintain about you is not correct; you have the right to request we either correct or remove the personal data TechnoGlobe maintains about you. Please send us a request using the above contact details.

2.3 Use of your personal data for marketing/sales related correspondence

You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing/sales related correspondence. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for these purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes. For this, you can use the ‘unsubscribe’ hyperlink in marketing/sales correspondence. You can also send us a request using the above contact details.

3 Personal data we process

We can maintain personal data depending on your relationship(s) with TechnoGlobe. Below we describe the types of relationship(s) you may have with TechnoGlobe and how we maintain personal data for each type of relationship.

3.1 Through electronic newsletters

You can subscribe to one or more of our electronic newsletters via our website. We will always ask for an ‘opt-in’, meaning that you will explicitly provide your consent that we may contact you via newsletters. At any time, you can unsubscribe to electronic newsletters by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link which is provided in each newsletter. After unsubscribing to our newsletter, your personal data will be removed from our records.

3.2 Enquiries

In case you approach TechnoGlobe with an enquiry or questions, for instance about our solutions, products or services, we will not record your personal information, unless we need to get back to you for additional support or enquiry. If this is the case, we will remove your personal data as soon as you have been provided with an answer. This includes enquiries via telephone, email, fax and the ‘Ask Your Question’ form on our website.

3.3 When visiting our website

Of any person visiting our website, we gather usage statistics including IP address (anonymised, only traceable to a geographic area and not to a specific person/connection), geographical location and visiting statistics (including duration of visit and page views). We use these statistics to improve our website, solutions or services. Please also refer to 7, Cookie and tracking policy.

4 Retention of personal data

In any of the above relationships, we will not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. However, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

• to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
• if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
• in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

5 Sharing personal data

In any of the relationships described above, we will use your personal data for the sole purpose of this relationship. We never sell, trade or rent your personal details to others outside TechnoGlobe without your consent or without one of the situations described below.

5.1 Sharing of personal data

TechnoGlobe will not share personal data with third parties, unless this is under our control and under strict conditions and in alliance with the purpose of the relationship. In case we need a third party to access your information, we will ensure that this third party acts according to this Privacy Policy and that a Non Disclosure Agreement is signed with this third party. Examples of third parties in this respect may include business partners, market survey agencies, HR service providers, consultancies.

5.2 Third parties processing personal data under our control

TechnoGlobe uses third parties like service providers (like payroll), external hosting providers or Software as a Service (SaaS) providers that process personal data under our control. In the case where a third party processes personal data under our control, TechnoGlobe ensures that a Data Processing Agreement (as described in the GDPR) is in place.

6 Securing personal data

We implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against all other forms of unlawful processing. Also, we require our data processors to implement such appropriate technical and organizational measures. For this, we have implemented an Information Security Management System based on ISO/IEC 27001:2013. In the unlikely event of a (suspected) personal data breach we will notify you and the appropriate Data Protection Authority within 72 hours after discovery, according to the rules set out in the GDPR.