Data protection policy
1. General notes and required information
Data Protection
We appreciate your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us. That is why we take the protection of your personal data very seriously and handle your personal data confidentially in accordance with statutory data protection legislation and with this data protection policy.
Various personal data is collected and processed when you use this website. Personal data is data that relates to an identifiable individual, for example, name, address, e-mail addresses, user behaviour. This data protection policy clarifies which personal data we collect and what we use it for. It also clarifies how it is used and for what purpose.
The controller responsible for data processing
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Kingbright Electronic Europe GmbH
represented by its managing director
Udo Reinhold
Lindenau 7 / Gewerbegebiet
D – 47661 Issum
Telephone: +49 28 35 – 44 46-0
E-Mail: info@kingbright-europe.de
The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (for example, names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Recipients of your personal data
We also employ service providers (IT providers, delivery workers) to process your personal data. Our IT provider is ORGA-Soft, Organisation und Software GmbH, Industriestraße 39, 82194 Gröbenzell, Germany.
These service providers process your personal data exclusively at our instruction and are required to comply with the applicable data protection provisions. They have been carefully chosen and receive access to your personal data only to the extent and for the duration necessary to provide the services or to the extent to which you have consented to the data processing.
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, also receives your personal data when you use Google Fonts and Google Maps.
Storage periods
We store your personal data in the context of the statutory provisions or according to your consent.
We erase the personal data collected for the purposes mentioned below after its storage is no longer required to fulfil the purpose, or the processing is restricted if statutory retention requirements exist. Personal data is also erased in the event of your consent being withdrawn or in the event of a justified objection.
Access, restriction, erasure
In the context of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to access information about the data stored concerning you at any time and free of charge.
Furthermore, you have the right to obtain from us the rectification, restriction (blocking) or erasure of your personal data if the personal data has been unlawfully processed by us, there are legitimate grounds for restricting further processing or the data processing has become unlawful on different grounds, or if the storage of your personal data is inadmissible on other legal grounds. It should be noted that your right to erasure may be restricted by statutory retention periods.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data at the address provided in the legal notice.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive data that we process by automated means based on your consent or on the fulfilment of a contract or to have this data transmitted to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you demand the direct transmission of data to another controller, this shall only occur where it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For reasons of security and to protect the sending of confidential content, such as for example, the orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can identify an encrypted connection from the padlock symbol in your browser bar and the fact that the ‘http://’ in the address bar changes to ‘https://’.
If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the (personal) data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
It should be noted that you can withdraw your consent to the processing of your data by us at any time and with future effect. An informal communication by e-mail shall be sufficient to withdraw your consent. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out based on your consent before the withdrawal shall remain unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to object
If we base the processing of your data on Sentence 1 of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not required for the fulfilment of a contract with you. When exercising your right to object, we ask that you provide a reason as to why we should not continue to process your data. In cases where your objection is justified, we shall check the facts and either cease or adjust the data processing or provide you with the compelling and legitimate grounds upon which we shall continue the processing.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
In cases of infringements of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The contact details for our supervisory authority are: Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit Nordrhein-Westfalen [State Officer for Data Protection and Information Security North-Rhine Westphalia], Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, (Postal address: Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf), Germany, Telephone: +49 211/38424-0, Fax: + 49 211/38424-10, E-Mail: poststelle@lfdi.nrw.de, Website: www.ldi.nrw.de.
2. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Our website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your end device or contain viruses. They are designed to make our services more user-friendly, more effective and more secure.
Cookies are small text files which make it possible to store information on your end device that relates specifically to you whilst you are using our website. Cookies remain stored on your device after the browser session has ended and can be retrieved when the website is visited again. If you do not want cookies stored on your device, you should adjust your browser settings to disable cookies.
Cookies which are required for electronic communication or to provide you with certain functions (for example, the shopping basket function) are stored based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to optimise our services and to ensure that they work properly.
Types of Cookies
Our website uses the following types of cookie for which the scope and how they work are subsequently explained: Session cookies and persistent cookies.
The difference between ‘session cookies’ and ‘persistent cookies’ is their lifespan. Whilst ‘session cookies’ only last for the duration of the browser session, ‘persistent cookies’ are stored after the respective browser session has ended. So when you close your browser, ‘session cookies’ are deleted but ‘persistent cookies’ are not. In fact, the latter are stored until their respective expiration date. Therefore, a ‘persistent cookie’ is activated every time you visit that particular website unless you delete the ‘persistent cookie’ manually beforehand.
Our website uses the following two persistent cookies: the WordPress Multilingual Plug-in which identifies the language and is stored for 3 days, and a cookie plug-in which is stored for 1 year with the acceptance or rejection of cookie storage.
Consent
We only place cookies if you have previously given your consent to this. When you use our website for the first time, a pop-up window appears which informs you about the use of cookies on our website. Here you have the opportunity to receive more information on which cookies we use and how we use them via a link. The link contained in this pop-up window leads you to this data protection policy. If you click on ‘Reject’ in this pop-up window, no cookies are placed. Please be aware that if you reject the storage of cookies, you will not be able to access certain functions on our website. On the other hand, if you click ‘Accept’ in this pop-up window, you are giving your consent to the use of cookies by our website.
Disabling cookies in the browser settings
You can also determine whether cookies may be placed and retrieved in your browser’s settings. You can completely disable the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites, or configure your browser so that you are automatically notified as soon as a cookie should be placed and are then asked to confirm whether the cookie in question may be placed.
You will find more information about cookies on the website www.allaboutcookies.org. There you will find instructions for the settings of the most common browsers. You can also obtain further information from your browser’s provider. You can find more information about how to delete cookies in your browser on the website http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2 as well as from your browser’s provider.
Server log files
If you visit our website purely for informational purposes, in principle, it is not essential that you provide personal data. In this case, we only collect and process that personal data which your browser automatically transmits to our server. This is stored in what are called server log files. If you look at our website, we collect the following data which we technically require to display our website and to guarantee its stability and security. These are:
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the computer accessing the site
• Time of server request
• IP address
The processing of this personal data for the purpose of displaying our website in a stable and secure way represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This data will not be merged with other data sources. The legal basis for the data processing is Sentence 1 of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Enquiry via e-mail / Contact form
You have the option of enquiring about our products via e-mail or by using our contact form.
If you send us an enquiry via e-mail or the contact form, the data you enter into the enquiry form will be stored, including the contact details you provide, so that the enquiry can be processed and any follow-up questions dealt with. We will not share this personal data with third parties without your consent.
We collect your first and last name, your e-mail address and your message. You can also provide us with additional personal data voluntarily, such as for example, your telephone number, so that your enquiry can be processed.
The legal basis for this data processing, depending on your enquiry, is Sentence 1 of Article 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR.
We store the personal data you provide via e-mail or on the contact form until the purpose for the data storage no longer exists (for example, after your enquiry has been processed) or if you object to the data processing on legitimate grounds. Storage on the grounds of statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – shall remain unaffected by this.
Speculative applications
If, in the context of your speculative application, you provide us with personal data via e-mail or the contact form, we process this for the sole purpose of establishing an employment relationship. Personal data which is regularly provided to us in the context of speculative applications includes: First and last name, address details (street, postcode, city), contact details (telephone and mobile number, e-mail address), date of birth, CV, evidence of qualifications.
The legal basis for this data processing is Sentence 1 of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
If no statutory retention requirements (Section 257 Handelsgesetzbuch [German Commercial Code] (HGB), Section 147 Abgabenordnung [Fiscal Code of Germany] (AO)) apply, applicants’ personal data is deleted from our database and our other systems six calendar months after the end of the application process (day of rejection) or blocked from further processing. Print-outs are destroyed.
Registering on our website
You can register on our website in order to use additional functions on the site. We only use the personal data entered here for the purpose of using the respective product or service for which you have registered. When registering, the required mandatory fields must be completed. Otherwise we will reject the registration.
The following personal data is required to register:
• Name and surname,
• E-Mail Address.
• Password
The personal data collected in the context of registration is saved on the servers of our IT provider in Germany.
We use the e-mail address provided at registration to inform you of important changes to the services we offer or of necessary technical changes.
Your consent to the processing of registration data is required to use the additional functions.
The processing of the personal data provided at registration is based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal communication by e-mail shall be sufficient to withdraw your consent. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out shall remain unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data entered at registration is stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and is then deleted after you have unregistered. Statutory retention periods shall remain unaffected.
3. Plugins and Tools
Google Fonts
Our website uses the service ‘Google Fonts’ from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, to display the text on our website in an optimum way. When visiting our website, the fonts required by Google to display it are downloaded to your browser. To do this, connection data, such as your IP address, information on the browser used, the site making the request and, if necessary, other technical data, is transmitted to Google.
The browser used by you must communicate with Google’s servers for this purpose. For this reason, Google knows that our website was requested from your IP address. We use Google Fonts in the interests of presenting our online services in a consistent and appealing way. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support Google Fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information on Google Fonts can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
Google’s privacy policy applies to this service
(https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en).
Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google Maps
This website uses the maps service Google Maps via an API for the purpose of displaying maps and plotting routes. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the Google Maps functions, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google Inc. server in the USA, where it is stored. We have no influence over this transfer of data.
We use Google Maps in the interests of presenting our online services in an appealing way and of making it easier to find the locations given on our website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
You can find further information on how user data is handled in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Transmissions to third countries and legal bases
Both in the case of Google Fonts and Google Maps, data transfers to other countries outside of the European Union, in particular the USA, take place. If the applicable data protection law in the respective third country does not have an adequate level of data protection in terms of the GDPR, we have ensured an adequate level of data protection in terms of the GDPR through contractual regulations or other recognised instruments. If a transfer of personal data to a third country takes place, this occurs on the basis of the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy Shield in accordance with Article 45 GDPR or on the basis of the EU standard data protection clauses in accordance with Article 46(2)(c) GDPR.
4. Data collection via business cards
If you give us your business card with your contact details at events or on other occasions, we store these in our Outlook address books.
We collect your first and last name, your telephone number and e-mail address, as well as the address details of the company which you work for, and if necessary, its fax number.
We only use this personal data to contact you for the purpose of sending you offers or information about our products. Newsletters will not be sent to your contact details.
The legal basis for this data processing is Sentence 1 of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If no statutory retention requirements (Section 257 HGB, Section 147 AO) apply, we delete your personal data if the purpose for storing the data no longer exists or if you object to the data processing.