This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website and MiniTec UK Limited, the owner and provider of this Website. MiniTec UK Limited takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website. Please read this privacy policy carefully.
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
| Data | collectively all information that you submit to MiniTec UK Limited via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Act 1998; |
| Cookies | a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies); |
| MiniTec UK Limited, or us | MiniTec UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05366075 whose registered office is at Unit 1 Telford Road, Houndmills Estate, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6YU; |
| UK and EU Cookie Law | the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011; |
| User or you | any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by MiniTec UK Limited and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to MiniTec UK Limited and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and |
| Website | the website that you are currently using, minitec.co.uk, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions. |
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of MiniTec UK Limited and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
(The data collected, unless for enquiries, is via Google Analytics to identify website performance.)
MiniTec UK Limited may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with certain processes necessary for the operation of the Website. The providers of such services do not have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Website.
This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following:
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal Data held by MiniTec UK Limited (where such Data is held) on payment of a small fee, which will not exceed £10.
You may contact MiniTec UK Limited by email at info@minitec.co.uk.
DoubleClick
We use the DoubleClick service of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA94043, USA. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy. DoubleClick is used to serve ads when you visit our website and is used for website functionality and monetization. DoubleClick uses information (but not personally identifiable information such as your name or email address) about visits to this and other websites in order to serve ads about products and services that interest or may interest you. For more information about DoubleClick and to learn what choices you have about not having this information used by DoubleClick, click here: http://www.google.de/policies/technologies/ads/. Google LLC ensures and provides sufficient guarantees to comply with European data protection law.
Jquery
Our internet provision uses Java Script Code of the internet page www.jquery.com of the provider JSFoundation, Inc., Attn: Privacy Office, 1 Letterman Drive San Francisco, CA 94129 (hereinafter: Jquery). query (also jQuery Core) is a free JavaScript library providing functions for DOM Navigation and Manipulation. The jQuery Basic library consists of a JavaScript file containing all basic DOM-, event-, effect- and Ajax-functions. This service provides better optical design and functionality and faster availability of the web offer. You can find more detailed information in the data protection declaration of the JS Foundation athttps://js.foundation/about/governance/privacy-policy. JSFoundation, Inc. ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained.
BootstrapCDN
We use BootstrapCDN to load CSS files, Java Script, fonts or images from their servers. This makes our web-site more resilient to constrictions in the bandwidth available and allows our visitors fast and reliable connection to our web site. When a page is opened, your browser downloads the necessary files (especially Web Fonts) via the Content Delivery Network (CDN) via the address in your browser cache in order to correctly display texts and fonts. In this way the operator can become aware that our web site was opened via your IP address. Use of the CDN is in the interests of a uniform and appealing design of the web site and fas and reliable connection to our web site. The basis for justification is Art. 6 Sect. 1f) GDPR. You can find further information and the data protection declaration of the operator at: https://www.bootstrapcdn.com/privacy-policy.
Unpkg
The web service Unpkg of the company Npm, Inc., 1999 Harrison Street #1150, CA 94612 Oakland, United States of America (hereinafter: Unpkg) is reloaded on our web site. Unpkg is used as a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Content of this website like fonts and style sheets are delivered faster with the CDN via a network of regionally distributed servers. For this purpose, your browser must connect to the unpkg servers. In this way unkpg will become aware that our web site was opened via your IP address. If the files concerned have already been loaded on another CDN site, your browser will generally access the copy stored in the cache instead. If you have activated Java script in your browser and not installed a Java Script blocker, your browser might transfer personal data to Unpkg. This processing is in accordance with Art. 6 Sect. 1f. GDPT on the basis of the legitimate interest in the fast and secure provision and optimisation of this on-line offer. You can find further information on handling the data transferred in the Unpkg data protection declaration at https://www.npmjs.com/policies/privacy. Unpkg ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained. You can prevent collection and processing of your data by Unpkg by deactivating the execution of Script Code in your browser or installing a script blocker in your browser.
Youtube
We use the option of using the "YouTube" platform of the provider of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA94043, USA. The privacy policy of the service is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy. A control option for the processing of your data by the provider is offered at: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. The legal basis for the data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, which you can give either in the form of the cookie banner or when calling up the video. During processing, it cannot be ruled out that data will be transferred to other Google servers. Google LLC guarantees and provides sufficient guarantees to comply with European data protection law.
Vimeo
We use the possibility to embed videos from the platform "Vimeo" of the provider Vimeo, LLC with headquarters at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011. The privacy policy of the service is available at https://vimeo.com/privacy and further detailed information can be found here https://vimeo.com/privacy/california-privacy. The legal basis for the data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO, which you can give either in the form of the cookie banner or when calling up the video. In the course of processing, it cannot be ruled out that data will be transferred to other Vimeo servers. Vimeo LLC guarantees and provides sufficient guarantees to comply with European data protection law.
Newsletter2Go
This web site uses Newsletter2Go for sending newsletters. The provider is Newsletter2Go GmbH, Nürnberger Straße 8, 10787 Berlin, Germany. Newsletter2Go is a service with which the sending of newsletters can be organised and analysed. The data submitted by you in relation to the newsletter are stored on a Newsletter2Go server in Germany.
It is also possible for us to analyse our newsletter campaigns through Newsletter2Go. Thus we can see, e.g., whether a newsletter has been opened and what links might have been clicked. In this way we can determine amongst other things what links have been clicked particularly often. We can also identify whether pre-defined actions have been carried out after opening/ clicking (Conversion Rate). Thus we can identify whether a purchase was made after clicking the newsletter. Newsletter2Go also enables us to categorise Newsletter recipients according to various classifications (“clusters”). The newsletter recipients can thus be classified by e.g., age, gender, residence. This allows the newsletters to be adapted better to each target group. If you do not wish Newsletter2Go to carry out this analysis, you must unsubscribe from the Newsletter. There is a corresponding link available in each newsletter report. You can also unsubscribe directly on the web site. You can find detailed information on the functions by following the link: https://www.newsletter2go.de/features/newsletter-software/.
Data is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. Revocation of consent does not affect the legality of data processing procedures already carried out. The data submitted by you to use for the purposes of the newsletter are stored by us until your unsubscription from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and those of Newsletter2Go after unsubscription from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g., e-mail addresses for the members area) are not affected by this.
You can see further information about the data protection conditions of Newsletter2Go at https://www.newsletter2go.de/features/datenschutz-2/.
LinkedIn Insight Tag
We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag of the LinkedIn social network on our web site. TheLinkedIn Insight Tag is operated by the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland if the data subject lives outside the USA or Canada.
A direct connection to LinkedIn servers is created via the LinkedIn Insight Tag if visitors visit this web site. Through this, information that a visitor has opened this web site is sent to the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn processes this information and can associate it with the personal LinkedIn user account of a visitor. Using the LinkedIn Insight Tag we would also like to ensure that our LinkedIn-Ads correspond to the potential interests of the user and are not annoying. IN this way, we can also use theLinkedIn Insight Tag see the effectiveness of the LinkedIn advertising for statistical and market research purposes, by seeing whether users were transferred to our web page after clicking a LinkedIn advertisement (“Conversion“). Data are processed by LinkedIn in the context of LinkedIn’s guidelines on use of data.
The legal basis of the processing of data collected in connection with the LinkedIn Insight Tag is Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in respect of marketing purposes, as this promotes activation of advertising with greater relevance. If you have allowed use of the LinkedIn Insight Tag, you can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight Tag here at any time, if you are logged in to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising.
General information about how LinkedIn collects, processes and protects data can be found in the LinkedIn data protection guidelines at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. Data are processed by LinkedIn in the context of LinkedIn’s guidelines on use of data. Accordingly, general information on the display of LinkedIn Ads and special information and details ofLinkedIn Insight Tag and its functionality are contained inhttps://business.linkedin.com/de-de/marketing-solutions/native-advertising/lead-gen-ads. Information on the setting of cookies can be found in the cookie guidelines at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie_polic. There is an opt-out option at: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
You have the right, for reasons arising from your personal circumstances, to object to such processing at any time. To exercise this right, you can deactivate the use of tracking cookies in the settings for tracking cookies of this web-site at any time.
LinkedIn Insight Tag and LinkedIn Analytics
Subject to your consent, the LinkedIn Insight Tag on this web site is used with the LinkedIn Analytics function for Re targeting and tracking purposes and re-marketing. The LinkedIn Insight Tag and LinkedIn Analytics are operated by the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland if the data subject lives outside the USA or Canada.
We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag and LinkedIn Analytics to direct advertising to visitors to this web site suitable for target groups based on previous use of this web site in the context of marketing as soon as they visit the LinkedIn social network. A direct connection to LinkedIn servers is created via the LinkedIn Insight Tag if visitors visit this web site. Through this, information that a visitor has opened this web site is sent to the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn processes this information and can associate it with the personal LinkedIn user account of a visitor. Using the LinkedIn Insight Tag we would also like to ensure that our LinkedIn-Ads correspond to the potential interests of the user and are not annoying. In this way, we can also use theLinkedIn Insight Tag to see the effectiveness of the LinkedIn advertising for statistical and market research purposes, by seeing whether users were transferred to our web page after clicking a LinkedIn advertisement (“Conversion“). We also use the additional function of an extended comparison in the use of the LinkedIn Insight Tag for tracking purposes. In this, data such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or Facebook IDs of users are transferred (encrypted) to LinkedIn for formation of target groups. You can find further information on the “extended comparison” at https://business.linkedin.com/de-de/marketing-solutions/native-advertising/lead-gen-ads.
The legal basis for use of the LinkedIn Insight Tag is Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in respect of marketing purposes, as this promotes activation of advertising with greater relevance. You can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight Tag here at any time if you are logged in to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising. The legal basis for processing the data collected in connection with LinkedIn Analytics is your consent according to Art. 6 Sect 1a. GDPR. Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We only use LinkedIn Analytics Tracking if you expressly consent to this.
General information about how LinkedIn collects, processes and protects data can be found in the LinkedIn data protection guidelines at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. Data are processed by LinkedIn in the context of LinkedIn’s guidelines on use of data. Accordingly, general information on the display of LinkedIn Ads and special information and details ofLinkedIn Insight Tag and its functionality are contained inhttps://business.linkedin.com/de-de/marketing-solutions/native-advertising/lead-gen-ads. Information on the setting of cookies can be found in the cookie guidelines at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie_polic. There is an opt-out option at: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
You have the right, for reasons arising from your personal circumstances, to object to such processing at any time. To exercise this right, you can deactivate the use of tracking cookies in the settings for tracking cookies of this web-site at any time.
Facebook Pixel
On our web site we use the Facebook-Pixel of the Facebook social network . The Facebook-Pixel is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Facebook ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland if the data subject lives outside the USA or Canada.
A direct connection to Facebook servers is created if visitors visit this web site. Through this, information that a visitor has opened this web site is sent to the Facebook server. Facebook processes this data and can assign it to the personal Facebook user account of a visitor. We also wish to use the Facebook Pixels to ensure that our Facebook Ads corresponds to the potential interests of the users and are not annoying. In this way, we can also use the Facebook Pixels to see the effectiveness of the Facebook advertising for statistical and market research purposes, by seeing whether users were transferred to our web page after clicking a Facebook advertisement (“Conversion“). Processing of data by Facebook is in the context of Facebook’s guidelines on the use of data.
The legal basis for the use of Facebook Pixels is Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in respect of marketing purposes, as this promotes activation of advertising with greater relevance. You can deactivate Facebook Pixel at any time by updating your Facebook account settings or at the bottom of your cookie settings.
General information about how Facebook collects, processes and protects your data can be found in the Facebook Data Protection Guidelines at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Processing of data by Facebook is in the context of Facebook’s guidelines on the use of data. Accordingly, general information on the presentation of D=Facebook ads is contained in the Facebook Guidelines on the use of data at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Special information and details about Facebook-Pixel and its functionality can be found in the help area of Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
To set what type of advertising is shown to you within Facebook, you can call up the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions to the settings for usage-based advertising (https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads). The settings are not platform-dependent, i.e., they are transferred to all devices such as desktop computers or mobile devices. There is an opt-out possibility here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
You have the right, for reasons arising from your personal circumstances, to object to such processing at any time. To exercise this right, you can deactivate the use of tracking cookies in the settings for tracking cookies of this web-site at any time.
Facebook Pixel and Facebook Look-Alike/Custom Audience
Subject to your consent, Facebook Pixel is used on this web site with the function Look-Alike-/Custom Audience for re-targeting, for tracking purposes and for re-marketing. Facebook Pixel and Facebook Look-Alike/Custom Audience are operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Facebook ensures and offers sufficient guarantees that European Data Protection law is maintained. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland if the data subject lives outside the USA or Canada.
We use Facebook Pixel together with the re-marketing function Look-Alike/Custom Audience to direct advertising to visitors to this web site suitable for target groups based on previous use of this web site in the context of marketing as soon as they visit the Facebook social network (“Facebook-Advertising“). A direct connection to LinkedIn servers is created to the Facebook servers if visitors visit this web site. Through this, information that a visitor has opened this web site is sent to the Facebook server. Facebook processes this data and can assign it to the personal Facebook user account of a visitor. We also wish to use the Facebook Pixel to ensure that our Facebook Ads corresponds to the potential interests of the users and are not annoying. In this way, we can also use Facebook Pixel to see the effectiveness of the Facebook advertising for statistical and market research purposes, by seeing whether users were transferred to our web page after clicking a Facebook advertisement (“Conversion“). We also use the additional function “enhanced comparison” for tracking purposes when using Facebook Pixel. In this, data such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or Facebook IDs of users are transferred (encrypted) to Facebook for formation of target groups (Look-Alike/Custom Audiences). Further information on the “enhanced comparison” can be found at https://www.facebook.com/business/help/611774685654668.
The legal basis for the use of Facebook Pixels is Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in respect of marketing purposes, as this promotes activation of advertising with greater relevance. You can deactivate Facebook Pixel at any time by updating your Facebook account settings or at the bottom of your cookie settings. The legal basis for processing data collected in connection with Facebook-Tracking is your consent under Art. 6 Sect. 1a GDPR. Art. 6 Sect. 1 (f) GDPR. We only use Facebook-Tracking if you have expressly consented to this.
General information about how Facebook collects, processes and protects your data can be found in the Facebook Data Protection Guidelines at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Processing of data by Facebook is in the context of Facebook’s guidelines on the use of data. Accordingly, general information on the presentation of D=Facebook ads is contained in the Facebook Guidelines on the use of data at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Special information and details about Facebook-Pixel and its functionality can be found in the help area of Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
To set what type of advertising is shown to you within Facebook, you can call up the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions to the settings for usage-based advertising (https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads). The settings are not platform-dependent, i.e., they are transferred to all devices such as desktop computers or mobile devices. There is an opt-out possibility here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
You have the right, for reasons arising from your personal circumstances, to object to such processing at any time. To exercise this right, you can deactivate the use of tracking cookies in the settings for tracking cookies of this web-site at any time.
CookieFirst
This web site uses a cookie consent banner with technology by Digital Data Solutions B.V., Plantage Middenln 42a, 1018 DH Amsterdam, Netherlands (hereinafter CookieFirst) to collect valid user consents for cookies requiring consent and cookie-based applications. By including an appropriate Java script, users are shown a banner when they open the page in which consent to certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications is given by checking the appropriate box. In so doing, the banner blocks the setting of all cookies requiring consent until the user concerned has given the appropriate consent by placing a check. This ensures that this type of cookie is only places on the user’s end device if consent has been granted. So that the cookie consent banner can uniquely assign page accesses to individual users and collect, record and save the consent settings from users individually, and for one session, certain user information (including the IP address) is collected, transferred to CookieFirst servers and stored there when our web site is accessed. This data processing is in accordance with Art 6 sect 1f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus a legally compliant design of our internet presence. A f further legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 sect. 1 c GDPR. As the responsible party, we are subject to the legal obligation to make cookies that are not technically necessary dependent upon user consent.
We have a contract processing agreement with CookieFirst through which we require CookieFirst to protect the data of visitors to our web site and not pass them to third parties. Further information on use of data by CookieFirst can be found in the CookieFirst data protection statement at https://cookiefirst.com/legal/privacy-policy/. You can find further information about CookieFirst here: https://cookiefirst.com/legal/cookie-declaration/ and https://cookiefirst.com/legal/data-processing-agreement/.
Credit Information
Please note that we also make use of the services of credit information bureaux for the purposes of checking credit ratings in connection with our services. Please note the corresponding regulations in our terms and conditions in connection with this.
Such credit information bureaux are:
• Creditreform Kaiserslautern, Luxemburger Straße 7, 67657 Kaiserslautern
With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter. With which we keep you informed about current interesting offers and events relating to out organisation. The goods and services advertised correspond to our portfolio.
We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registering for our newsletter. That means that we send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you gave us after registering in which we ask you to confirm that you wish us to send you newsletters. If you do not confirm the registration, the information is blocked and finally automatically deleted. We also store the IP addresses you use and the time of the registration and confirmation. The purpose of the procedure is to prove your registration or be able to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data (Art. 6 Sect. 1 f. GDPR).
The only mandatory detail for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Giving any other, specially marked, data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. If you do not wish to give your name, you can use a pseudonym. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to receiving the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can revoke your consent via the link that is provided in every newsletter e-mail, via our web site or by e-mail or via a message to the contact details given in the contact section.
We use the services of the provider Newsletter2Go to send our newsletter. We advise you that we analyse your user behaviour in sending the newsletter. To do this analysis, the e-mails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which constitute pixel image files stored on our website. For the analysis, we link the pixels in named data and the web beacons with your e-mail address and an individual ID. We create a user profile with the data obtained to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. To do this, we record when you read our newsletter, what links you click and from that trace your personal interests. We link this data with the actions carried out by you on our web site.
You can object at any time to this tracking by clicking the special link provided in every e-mail or by informing us via another contact route. The information is stored for as long as you subscribe to the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we store the data only anonymously for statistical purposes. This tracking is not possible if you have deactivated the display of images by default in your e-mail program. In this case, the newsletter will not be displayed to you completely and you may not be able to use all the functions. If you manually allow display of images, the tracking named above takes place.
You can send a message to our specialist departments using the contact form. It is primarily for interested persons to to contact in respect of our products and services. Please note that your message cannot initially be assigned to a specific recipient but is distributed in house to the contact person by the person appointed to that task. If your wish to direct your enquiry to a specific contact person without the knowledge of other contact persons, please make your enquiry by telephone or post naming the specific contact partner.
The only mandatory detail for the contact form is your e-mail address. Giving any other, not specifically marked, data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. If you do not wish to give your name, you can use a pseudonym.
We will delete the enquiry if it is no longer required and there is no legal duty to retain it. We regularly check the necessity, and there are also duties of archiving which can arise in particular from the tax laws or trading laws.
If you wish to make a purchase/enquiry in our web shop, it is necessary to close the contract for you to give the personal data we need to process your order. Mandatory details required to process your order are specially marked, other details are voluntary. We use the data you provide to process your order/enquiry. To do this, we may pass your payment details to our bank. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 sect. 1 S. 1 b GDPR.
You can create a customer account voluntarily, through which we can save your data for later purchases. When an account is created under “My account”, the data you give is revocably stored. All other data, including your user account, can be deleted by you at any time in the customer area.
We may also process the data given by you to inform you about other interesting products in our portfolio or to send you e-mails with technical information.
We are obliged under trading and tax laws to store your address, payment and order data for a duration of ten years. However, after [two years] we undertake a restriction of the processing, i.e., your data is only used to maintain legal obligations.
To prevent unauthorised access of third parties to your personal data, especially financial data, the order process is encrypted by TLS technology.
If you wish to use our log-in area, you must register by giving your first and last names, your company name, your e-mail address and a password you choose yourself. For the registration, we use the s-called double opt-in procedure, i.e., your registration is not complete until you confirm your registration by clicking the link in the confirmation e-mail sent to you for this purpose. If this confirmation does not happen, your registration is automatically deleted from our database. Giving the data previously named is obligatory, you can provide all other information voluntarily by using our log-in area.
If you use our log-in area, we store your data necessary to fulfil contracts or agreements, including details of the method of payment, until you finally delete your access. We also store the data you give voluntarily for the time of your use of the log-in area unless you previously delete them. You can manage and change all details in the protected log-in area at any time. The legal basis is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1f) GDPR.
To prevent unauthorised access of third parties to your personal data, especially financial data, the connection is encrypted by TLS technology.
You have the right without giving a reason and at no cost to be informed about the data stored by us and the origin, recipient or categories of recipient to whom these data are passed on, and the purpose of the storage. You can correct, delete or restrict the processing of your data collected by us at any time and exercise the right to data portability. You also have the right of objection.
Correction, deletion or restriction of processing:
You have the right to require that Minitec immediately corrects any personal data about you that is incorrect. In consideration of the purposes of processing, you have the right to require completion of incomplete personal data, including via a supplementary declaration.
Right to object:
If the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Sect 1f GDPR, you have the right, arising from your personal circumstances, to object at any time to the processing of these data. We will then no longer process the data unless Minitec can demonstrate urgent defensible reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, freedoms and rights, or the processing is for claiming, exercising or defending legal claims.
Right of Revocation:
If the processing depends on your consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time without this affecting the legality of any processing based on consent that has taken place up to the revocation of consent. To do this, you can contact us and/or our Data Protection Officer using the contact details given above.
Right to deletion:
You have the right to require that your personal data are immediately deleted and Minitec is obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
• The personal data are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were collected or processed in any other way.
• You object to processing and there are no overriding legal reasons for processing.
• The deletion of the personal data is necessary for meeting a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the member states to which we are subject. This does not apply if processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation that requires processing under Union law or the law of the member states to which we are subject.
Right to restriction of processing:
You have the right to require Minitec to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:
• You dispute the accuracy of the personal data for a duration that enables us to check the correctness of the personal data.
• The processing is illegal and you refuse deletion of the personal data and instead require the use of the personal data to be restricted.
• Minitec no longer needs the personal data for the purposes for which it was processed but you need it for claiming, exercising or defending a legal claim, or you have raised an objection to the processing, if it is not yet established that our legitimate rights outweigh yours.
• If processing has been limited, these data may, apart from their storage, only be processed with your consent or to claim, exercise or defend a legal claim or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of a compelling public interest of the Union or of a member state.
If you have activated a restriction of processing, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.
Right to Complain Without prejudice to other administrative laws or legal remedy, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, especially in the member state where you live, or work, or where the suspected violation has occurred if, in your view ,the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR. You can also contact the Minitec data protection officer.
This officer can be contacted at:
datenschutz@minitec.de
Telephone: 06841 9816 0
Fax: 06841 9816 29
We will be pleased to help you at any time with further questions about our information, data protection and the processing of your personal data. Further information on the subject of data protection in the Federal Republic of Germany can also be found at www.bfd.bund.de.
Data of validity of the data protection declaration and information: 22/02/2022