Privacy Policy - Sulfimax GX

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection provisions is:

ECH Elektrochemie Halle GmbH
Otto-Eißfeldt-Str. 8

06120 Halle (Saale)

Germany

Telephone: +49 345 279570-0

Fax: +49 345 279570-99

E-Mail: info@ech.de
Website: www.ech.de
Represented by: Dr. Michael Hahn, Managing Director

II. General information on data processing

1. Scope of processing of personal data
We generally only process our users’ personal data to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functioning website as well as our content and services. Our users’ personal data is generally only processed with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data
If we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis. For the processing of personal data that is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.If vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make the processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.

3. Data deletion and storage period
The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

1. Description and scope of data processing
Every time our website is accessed, our system automatically records data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.The following data is collected:

(1) Information about the browser type and version used

(2) The user's operating system

(3) The user's Internet service provider

(4) The user's IP address

(5) Date and time of access

(6) Websites from which the user's system accesses our website

(7) Websites accessed by the user's system via our websiteThe data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must be stored for the duration of the session. The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

4. Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. If the data is collected to provide the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after nine weeks at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the users' IP addresses are deleted or altered so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.

5. Possibility of objection and removal
The collection of data to provide the website and the storage of data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

1. Description and scope of data storage
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string that enables the browser to be clearly identified when the website is visited again. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the browser that is visiting the website can be identified even after a page change. The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

(1) Language settings

(2) Log-in information

2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.We need cookies for the following applications:(1) Adoption of language settings(2) Remembering search termsThe user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.
Our legitimate interest in processing personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR also lies in these purposes.

4. Duration of storage, right to object and removal
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted from there to our site. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to fully use all of the website's functions.

1. Description and scope of data processing
On our website it is possible to subscribe to a free newsletter. When you register for the newsletter, the data from the input mask is sent to us.

(1) Name

(2) First name

(3) Institution/company

(4) Telephone number for queries

(5) Email address

(6) Consent to the data protection declaration

(7) Subscribe to the newsletter (if checked)

The following data is also collected when you register:

(1) IP address of the computer accessing the website

(2) Date and time of registration

Your consent to the processing of the data is obtained during the registration process and reference is made to this data protection declaration.If you purchase products or services from our company and provide your email address, we may subsequently use this to send you a newsletter. In such a case, the newsletter will only be used to send direct advertising for our own similar goods or services.In connection with data processing for sending newsletters, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will only be used to send the newsletter.

2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for processing data after the user has registered for the newsletter is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR if the user has given their consent. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of products or services is Section 7 (3) UWG.

3. Purpose of data processing
The collection of the user's email address serves to deliver the newsletter. The collection of other personal data as part of the registration process serves to prevent misuse of the services or the email address used.

4. Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. The user's email address is therefore stored as long as the newsletter subscription is active. The other personal data collected during the registration process is usually deleted after a period of seven days.

5. Possibility of objection and removal
The subscription to the newsletter can be cancelled by the user concerned at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter. This also makes it possible to revoke the consent to the storage of the personal data collected during the registration process.

1. Description and scope of data processing
There is a contact form on our website which can be used to contact us electronically. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and saved. This data is:

(1) Name

(2) First name

(3) Institution/company

(4) Telephone number for queries

(5) Email address

(6) Consent to the data protection declaration

(7) Newsletter subscription (if checked)

When the message is sent, the following data is also saved:

(1) The user’s IP address
(2) Date and time of registration
Your consent to the processing of the data is obtained during the sending process and reference is made to this data protection declaration.

Alternatively, you can contact us using the email address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the email will be saved. The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context. The data will only be used to process the conversation.

2. Legal basis for
data processing If the user has given their consent, the legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The legal basis for processing the data transmitted when sending an email is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If the email contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing
The processing of personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contact by email, this also represents the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

4. Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those that were sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified or the customer-supplier relationship has been terminated. The additional personal data collected during the sending process is deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.

5. Possibility of objection and removal
The user has the option of revoking his consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, he can object to the storage of his personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. To revoke the consent to the processing of personal data or to object to the storage of personal data, an informal email to widerruf@ech.de or to the email address provided in the imprint is sufficient.
In this case, all personal data that was stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted.

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

1. Right to information
You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed by us.If such processing has taken place, you can request information from the controller about the following information:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

(2) the categories of personal data being processed;

(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;

(4) the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;

(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to rectification
You have the right to have the personal data concerning you rectified and/or completed by the controller if it is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification immediately.

You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:

(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of the personal data instead;
(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or

(4) if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, these data may - with the exception of storage - only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

a) Obligation to delete
You can request that the responsible party delete the personal data concerning you immediately, and the responsible party is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

(2) You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

b) Information to third parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, the controller shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure by them of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data.

The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary

(1) for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information;

(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for performing a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9

(3) GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section (a) is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of this processing impossible or seriously compromises it, or

(5) for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the responsible party, this party is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you was disclosed of said rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, unless doing so should prove impossible or involve disproportionate expenditure.
You have the right to be informed by the responsible party of these recipients.

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have made available to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was made available, provided that
(1) the processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and (2) the processing is carried out using automated procedures. In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be impaired by this.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.If the personal data concerning you is processed in order to conduct direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising.If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.In connection with the use of information society services, you have the option of exercising your right of objection by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

You have the right to revoke your consent to data protection at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This shall not apply if the decision

(1) is necessary for entering into or fulfilling a contract between you and the controller,

(2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, and this law contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, or
(3) is made with your explicit consent.

However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2)(a) or (g) GDPR applies and appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests have been taken. With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.
The supervisory authority to which the complaint was submitted shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Art. 78 GDPR.