Welcome to our website. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We
process your data in accordance with the applicable legislation on the protection of
personal data, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the
country-specific implementation laws applicable to us.
In this privacy policy, we shall inform you comprehensively about the processing of your
personal data by the EuroSpike GmbH and of the rights granted to you. Personal data is the
information that enables identification of a natural person. In particular, this includes
name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address and IP address. Data is
considered anonymous if no personal reference can be made to a user.
Your rights as a data subject
First, we would like to inform you about your rights as a data subject. These rights are
standardized in Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR. They include:
- Right to information (Article 15 of the GDPR),
- Right to erasure (Article 17 of the GDPR),
- Right to rectification (Article 16 of the GDPR),
- Right to data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR),
- Right to restriction of data processing (Article 18 of the GDPR),
- Right to object to data processing (Article 21 of the GDPR).
In order to assert these rights, please contact: Günter Lauer. The same applies if you have
any questions about data processing at our company. You also have the right to lodge a
complaint with a supervisory authority.
Right to object
Please note the following in conjunction with your right to object:
In the event that we process your data in order to protect legitimate interests, you can
object to this processing at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation. We
shall then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons
for processing warranting protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or
the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims. You
may object free of charge and in any form, preferably by contacting: info@eurospike.com
Purposes and legal bases for data processing
The processing of your personal data complies with the provisions of the GDPR and all other
applicable data protection provisions. The legal bases for data processing are derived in
particular from Article 6 GDPR.
Except as specifically described elsewhere in this policy, we use your data exclusively to
optimize our website, for example to improve the availability of the most visited pages or
to improve the display on mobile devices. For details, please refer to the section on
“Cookies”.
There shall be no processing of special categories of personal data within the meaning of
Article 9(1) GDPR.
Forwarding to third parties
We will only pass your data on to third parties within the scope of the statutory provisions
or with the appropriate consent. Otherwise, no data will be passed on to third parties
unless we are obliged to do so due to mandatory legal requirements (forwarding to external
bodies such as supervisory authorities or law enforcement authorities).
Recipients of data / Categories of recipients
Within Eurospike, we ensure that the only persons to receive your data are those that need it
in order to fulfill their contractual and legal obligations. If another company acquires our
company, business, or assets, we will also share your information with that company.
In many cases, service providers support our specialist departments in fulfilling their
tasks. We share your IP address and the data mentioned in section “contact form” below with
service providers that, among other things, help us administer our website and provide
technical support. Relevant data protection contracts have been concluded with all service
providers.
Transfer to third countries / Intent to transfer to third
countries
We do not transmit or intend to transmit any data to third countries (outside the European
Union and the European Economic Area). However, we point out that Google Maps is used on
this website. For details, please refer to the “Google Maps” section.”
Storage period for data
We store your data as long as it is needed for the respective processing purpose. Please note
that there are various retention periods requiring that data shall continue to be stored. In
particular, this refers to commercial or fiscal retention obligations (for example arising
from the German Commercial Code or the General Fiscal Law). If there are no further
retention obligations, the data will be routinely deleted after it has fulfilled its
purpose.
In addition, we may retain data if you have given us your permission to do so, or if legal
disputes arise, and we use evidence within the statutory limitation periods, which may be up
to thirty years; the regular limitation period is three years.
Secure transfer of your data
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to help best protect
the data stored by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or
access by unauthorized persons. Security levels are continuously reviewed in cooperation
with security experts and adapted to new security standards. In the event of a suspected
data security breach, we may notify you electronically, in writing, or by telephone, if we
are permitted to do so by applicable law.
Data that is transferred to and from our website is encrypted. We use HTTPS as a transfer
protocol for our website, using current encryption protocols.
It is also possible to use alternative communication channels (for example by post).
Obligation to provide data
Various personal data is necessary in order to establish, implement and terminate a contract
and to fulfill associated contractual and legal obligations. The same applies to the use of
our website and the various functions it provides.
In certain cases, data must also be collected or made available due to legal provisions.
Please note that it is will not be possible to process your request or execute the
underlying contractual obligation without providing this information.
Categories, sources and origin of data
The data we process is determined by the context: this depends upon whether you send an
inquiry via our contact form, send us an application or submit a complaint, for example.
Please note that we may also provide information for specific processing situations
separately in the appropriate places where applicable, for example when uploading
application documents or when making a contact inquiry.
When visiting our website, we collect and process the
following data:
- Web browser and operating system used
- The IP address assigned by your Internet service provider
- Requested files, amount of data transferred, downloads / file export
- Details of the web pages you visit with us, including date and time
- Resolution of your screen and device type
For reasons of technical security (in particular to defend against attempted hacking of the
web server), this data is stored in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Immediately
after being collected, data is anonymized by shortening the IP address, so that there is no
reference to the user.
We collect and process the following data in the course of a contact inquiry:
- Surname, first name
- The IP address assigned by your Internet service provider
- Contact details
- Details of requests and interests
Contact form / Contact by email (Article 6(1)(a),(b)
GDPR)
There is a contact form available on our website that can be used to contact us
electronically. If you write to us via the contact form, we will process the data you
provide to contact you and answer your questions and requests.
In doing so, we respect the principle of data minimization and data avoidance by requiring
you to provide only the data we absolutely need to contact you. These are your email address
and the message field itself. In addition, your IP address shall be processed for reasons of
technical necessity as well as legal protection. All other data is optional and may be
provided voluntarily (e.g., to provide a more personalized answer to your question).
If you contact us by email, we will process the personal data provided in the email solely
for the purpose of dealing with your request. If you do not use the forms provided to get in
contact, there will be no further data collection.
Automated individual decisions
We do not use purely automated processing to make decisions.
Cookies (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR / Article 6(1)(a) GDPR with
consent)
Our website does not use “cookies”.
Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps (API), provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying
interactive maps and geographic information. Using this service will allow you to view our
locations and will facilitate your journey to us.
When you visit any of the subpages on which Google Maps is incorporated, information about
your use of our website (such as your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by
Google’s servers. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you
can log in to or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in via Google, your data
is directly associated with your account. If you do not wish data to be associated with your
Google profile, you should log out prior to activating the button. Google will store your
data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles, which it then analyzes. This analysis
is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate
interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the customized
design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles,
whereby you must contact Google in order to exercise this right.
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the EU-US Privacy Shield, which ensures
compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps,
you can disable the Google Maps web service completely by turning off the JavaScript
application in your browser. Google Maps and the map display on this website cannot then be
used. You can view Google’s terms of use at https://policies.google.com/terms, and you can
find the additional terms of use for Google Maps at
https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be
found on the Google website (Google Privacy Policy): https://policies.google.com/privacy
Online content and children
Persons under the age of 16 may not submit personal data to us or give a declaration of
consent without the consent of their parents or guardians. We encourage parents and
guardians to take an active part in their children’s online activities and interests.
Links to other providers
Our website also contains clearly recognizable links to the websites of other companies. We
have no influence over the content of linked websites of other providers. No guarantee or
liability can therefore be accepted for such content. The content of these sites is the
responsibility of the respective owner or operator.
The linked sites were checked for any possible legal violations and identifiable
infringements at the time of linking. No illegal content was found at the time the links
were created. Continuous monitoring of the content of the linked sites without concrete
evidence of a violation is not feasible. We will remove any links to content that is illegal
or violates any laws as soon as we become aware of such violations.