Transparency and information obligations for customers, suppliers, contractual partners and interested parties of Kontron Electronics GmbH

according to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Hereinafter, we inform you about the processing of your personal data by Kontron Electronics GmbH and the rights to which you are entitled under data protection law. 

Responsible Authority / Data Protection

Kontron Electronics GmbH
Max-Planck-Str. 6
72636 Frickenhausen
Germany

Tel: +49 7022 4057-0
Fax: +49 7022 4057-22
E-Mail: info@remove-this.kontron.de

Contact Data Protection: datenschutzbeauftragter@remove-this.kontron.de

Categories of Data/Data Sources

We process the following personal data within the framework of the contractual relationship and for the initiation of a business relationship:

For business customers

  • Contact information (e.g., first/last names of current and, if applicable, previous contact persons, company name and address of the customer (employer), telephone number with extension, business e-mail address 
  • Job-related information (e.g., function in the company, department)

For private customers:

  • Personal information (e.g., title/address, first/last names and, if necessary, date of birth)
  • Contact data (e.g., name and private address (if applicable, floor, city, state and country), mobile and/or landline phone number, e-mail address, fax number)
  • Different delivery/invoice address (e.g., name and address (if applicable, floor, city, state and country), if applicable, telephone number and/or e-mail address)
  • Order History
  • If applicable, bank details (bank name and location, first name/last name of the account holder and account number)

We collect your personal data directly from you within the framework of the initiation of a business relationship or the framework of current contractual transactions. In exceptional circumstances, in certain constellations, your personal data will also be collected from other authorities. This includes situation-related inquiries for relevant information from credit agencies, in particular regarding creditworthiness and credit behavior.

Purposes and Legal Basis of Data Processing

When processing your personal data, the provisions of the GDPR, German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and all other applicable data protection regulations are complied with.

Your personal data is exclusively processed for the execution of pre-contractual measures (e.g., for the preparation of offers for products or services) and for the fulfillment of contractual obligations (e.g., for the execution of our services or for sales/order/payment processing), (Article 6, paragraph 1, section b of the GDPR) or if there is a legal obligation for processing (e.g., due to tax regulations) (Article 6, paragraph 1, section c of the GDPR). Personal data was originally collected for these purposes. Personal data was originally collected for these purposes.

Of course, your consent may also constitute a legal basis for the processing of your personal data (Article 6, paragraph 1, section a of the GDPR).  Before you grant such consent, we will inform you about the purpose of the data processing and about your right of revocation according to Article 7, paragraph 3 of the GDPR. 

Kontron Electronics GmbH is interested in maintaining customer relations with you and sending you information and offers about our products and services by e-mail. Therefore, we process your data in order to send you corresponding information and offers (Article 6, paragraph 1, section f of the GDPR). 

ZYour personal data will only be processed for the detection of criminal offenses if the requirements of Article 10 of the GDPR are met. 

Duration of Data Storage

We will delete data as soon as your data is no longer needed for the above-mentioned purposes or in the event that you revoked your consent. Data will only be stored beyond the existence of the contractual relationship only in cases in which we are either obliged or entitled to do so.  Regulations, which oblige us to keep data, can for example be found in commercial or tax laws. 

This may result in a storage period of up to ten years. In addition, statutory limitation periods must be observed.  

Data Recipients / Categories of Recipients

IIn our company, we ensure that only those departments and persons receive access to your application data that need it to fulfil contractual and legal obligations. 
In specific cases, service providers support our departments to perform their duties. In these cases, the necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all service providers.  

In addition, we are required by law to disclose certain information to public authorities, such as: tax authorities, law enforcement agencies and customs authorities.

Transfer of and Intend to Transfer Personal Data to Third Parties / Countries

It may be necessary that we transfer your personal data to any service provider or to affiliates outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland in particular.

Compliance with the level of data protection is ensured by the adequacy decision of the European Commission according to Article 45 of the GDPR.

Rights of Data Subjects

Your rights as a data subject are set out in Articles 15 - 22 GDPR.
These include:

  • The right of access (Article 15 of GDPR)
  • The right of rectification (Article 16 of GDPR)
  • The right of erasure (Article 17 of GDPR)
  • The right of restriction of processing (Article 18 of GDPR)
  • The right of objection of processing (Article 21 of GDPR)
  • The right of data portability (Article 20 of GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact: datenschutzbeauftragter@remove-this.kontron.de. The same applies if you have questions about data processing in our company or want to revoke your consent. You can also file a complaint against data processing with a data protection supervisory authority.

If we process your data to safeguard legitimate interests, you can object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. 

If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object without giving any reasons; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for the purposes of direct advertising, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

Obilgation to Provide Data

To establish a contractual relationship, you are required to provide certain personal data. This is necessary for the establishment, implementation and termination of the contractual relationship and the fulfillment of the associated contractual and legal obligations. An execution of the contract is not possible without the provision of this data.

 

Automated Case-by-case Decisions

We do not employ any purely automated processing intended to help make such decisions.

 

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