Privacy

2. Definitions
In the following, we would like to inform you about the processing of your data when visiting our website and using our content and services “Personal data” is, according to the GDPR, any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject).
An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of association with an identifier (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, IP address, location data or special characteristics such as genetic, economic and social identity of that natural person).

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon data, whether or not by automatic means. This includes, in particular, collection, recording, organization, arrangement, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or making available, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
With regard to the other data protection terms used, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 DS-GVO.

3. Scope of the processing of data
In order to use our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide data. In certain cases, however, we need your name and address as well as other information so that we can provide the requested services.

The same applies, for example, to the sending of information material or to answering individual questions. Where this is necessary, we will point this out to you accordingly. In addition, we only process data that you provide to us voluntarily and, where applicable, data that we collect automatically when you visit our website (e.g. the resolution of your screen).

If you make use of services, we generally only collect the data that we need to provide the services. If we ask you for further data, this is voluntary information.

4. Purpose limitation of the processing of data
We process the data you provide in accordance with the principles of data minimization and purpose limitation. The purpose limitation principle means that data is collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and may not be further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes. Further processing for archival purposes in the public interest, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes is not considered incompatible with the original purposes.
In principle, we process your data for the purpose of answering your inquiries, processing your orders or providing you with access to certain information or offers. In order to maintain customer relations, it may also be necessary for us or a service company commissioned by us to use this data to inform you about product offers or to conduct online surveys to better meet the tasks and requirements of our customers.
We will process the data you provide online only for the purposes communicated to you.

5. passing on of data to external parties
Your data will only be passed on to external parties in exceptional cases,

to external service providers acting on our behalf (order processors), if this is necessary for the purpose of implementing the contractual relationship,
to state institutions and authorities if we are legally obliged to do so, or
if you consent to this.

We conclude the necessary agreements on commissioned processing with the commissioned processors on the basis of Art. 28 DS-GVO. The service companies commissioned by us are obligated by us to maintain confidentiality and to comply with the provisions of the DS-GVO and the BDSG. The data passed on may only be used by our service providers to fulfill their task. Any other use of the information is not permitted and does not occur with any of the service providers entrusted by us.
A transmission and further processing of data to institutions and authorities entitled to receive information will only take place within the framework of the relevant laws or if we are obliged to do so by a court decision.
Beyond this, we do not pass on any data to third parties unless you have given your express consent.
Of course, we will respect your wishes if you do not want us to use your data to support our customer relationship (especially for direct marketing or market research purposes). We will neither sell your data to third parties nor market it in any other way unless you have given us your consent to do so.

6. data transfer to a third country
If, in the context of using third-party services, it comes to the disclosure or transfer of data to third parties in a third country, i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), and data is further processed, this will only be done on the basis of your consent, a legal obligation, our legitimate interests or if it is necessary for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations.
Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or allow the processing of data in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. DS-GVO are met. This means that the processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of an EU-compliant or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “EU standard data protection clauses”).

7. legal basis for the processing of data
Insofar as we obtain your consent for processing operations of data, the consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO constitutes the legal basis for the processing of your data.
When processing data that is required to fulfill the requested service, we refer to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b DS-GVO as the legal basis.
If processing of data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DS-GVO is 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) p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO forms the legal basis for processing.

8. storage period and data deletion
We store your data only until the purpose of processing has been fulfilled and no other legal storage obligations exist (e.g. storage obligations under commercial or tax law).
If you have given us consent, we will store your data until you revoke your consent, provided there is no other legal basis for processing your data and no statutory retention periods prevent deletion.
In addition, in individual cases, e.g. for evidence purposes, longer retention may be indicated for the defense / enforcement of civil or public law claims or for evidence purposes.

9. data collected automatically when visiting our website
When using our website, the following data may be processed for organizational and technical reasons: the width of your screen, the name of the browser you are using and your operating system, the date and time of access, search engines used, names of downloaded files or their IP address.

10 Cookies
10.1 General
When you visit our website, we may store information on your computer in the form of a cookie. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Some cookies are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal device and allow your browser to be recognized the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie.
The cookies we use generally do not store any of the user’s personal data. This information is used to automatically recognize you the next time you visit our website and to make navigation easier for you. Cookies allow us, for example, to adapt a website to your interests.
Of course, you can also view our web pages without cookies. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions for details on how this works. If you do not accept cookies, however, this may lead to functional restrictions of our offers.
Cookies that are necessary for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services (“technically necessary cookies”) are stored on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Technically unnecessary cookies are only set after you have given your consent (based on the legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO).

11. etracker
When visiting our website, we use services of etracker GmbH from Hamburg, Germany (https://www.etracker.com) to analyze usage data. No cookies are used by default for web analysis.
etracker cookies do not contain any information that enables identification of a user.
The data generated with etracker is processed and stored on our behalf by etracker exclusively in Germany and is therefore subject to German and European data protection laws and standards.
In this regard, etracker has been independently audited, certified and awarded the data protection seal of approval https://www.eprivacy.eu/kunden/vergebene-siegel/firma/etracker-gmbh/.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of the legal provisions of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DS-GVO (legitimate interest). Our concern in terms of the DS-GVO is the optimization of our online offer and our web presence.
Since the privacy of our visitors is important to us, the data that may allow a reference to an individual person, such as the IP address, login or device identifiers, are anonymized or pseudonymized as soon as possible. No other use, combination with other data or transfer to third parties will take place.

You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time. The objection has no adverse consequences.
Further information on data protection at etracker can be found on the following website: https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/

12. Social media
Our website uses the following links to social media:

12.1 Facebook
On our pages there are links to the social network Facebook, 1601 Willow Rd, 94025 Menlo Park, USA or if the service is provided in the European Union (EU), Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
You can usually recognize these links by their design with the Facebook logo or familiar colors (i.e. white “f” on a blue tile or the terms “Like”, “Like” or a “thumbs up” sign).
If you activate the links, for example by clicking on the button, you will leave our website and be redirected to Facebook. In this case, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website may be transmitted from your browser to Facebook and stored there. For Facebook users who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data can be assigned to your respective personal account. If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, you must log out of your Facebook user account and delete your cookies before accessing our website.
Even if you are not a member of Facebook, Facebook still stores your IP address. However, for European users, only an anonymized IP address shall be stored.
The information generated by Facebook is usually transmitted to a Facebook server and stored there. Here, a transmission to the servers of Facebook Inc. in the USA is not excluded.
For more information, in particular the exact purpose and scope of data collection, visit https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

12.2 Twitter
On our pages there are (links) of the network of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94107 in the USA (“Twitter”) forward. The (image) link is marked with a Twitter logo.
If you activate the links, for example by clicking on the button, you will leave our website and be redirected to Twitter. In this case, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website may be transmitted from your browser to Twitter and stored there. For users of Twitter who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data can be assigned to your respective personal account. If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our website with your Twitter user account, you must log out of your Twitter user account and delete your cookies before accessing our website.
To find out the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of your data, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please visit the websites listed below with the privacy notices of the social network providers at: http://twitter.com/privacy

12.3 LinkedIn
On our website are links from linkedin.com, which is operated by LinkedIn Inc, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View CA 94043 in the USA. The LinkedIn link is usually marked with a blue logo with the white letter “in”.
If you activate the links, for example by clicking on the button, you will leave our website and be redirected to LinkedIn. In this case, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website may be transmitted from your browser to LinkedIn and stored there. For users of LinkedIn who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data can be assigned to your respective personal account. If you do not want LinkedIn to be able to assign the visit to our website to your LinkedIn user account, you must log out of your LinkedIn user account and delete your cookies before calling up our website.
To find out the purpose and scope of the processing of your data, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy at LinkedIn, please visit the website with LinkedIn’s privacy policy at http://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

12.4 XING
We would like to point out that there are links to XING on our website. The provider of XING is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. The (image) link is usually identified by a two-colored “X” on a white background, based on the XING logo.
If you click on the link, for example by clicking on the button, you will leave our website and be redirected to XING. Information that you have accessed certain pages of our website may be transmitted from your browser to XING and stored there. For users of XING who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data can be assigned to your respective personal account. If you do not want XING to be able to assign your visit to our website to your XING user account, you must log out of your XING user account and delete your cookies before accessing our website.
To find out the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of your data, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please visit the websites listed below with the data protection notices of the social network providers at: https://www.xing.com/privacy

13. Contact form
If you use our contact form to contact us, we will ask you for personal information. In order for us to be able to answer the request, it is necessary to provide your contact information in the process.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is generally based on your voluntarily given consent, for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. By clicking the “Send” button, you consent to the processing of your contact information for the above-mentioned purposes. If you do not agree, you must cancel the process. No sending of the contact form and no processing of your data will then take place.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is thus based on Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. a DS-GVO or Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. b DS-GVO.
You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please write to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.
We will use your data only to the extent necessary to process your inquiries and for further correspondence with you. The data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions and will be deleted after completion of your inquiry in accordance with data protection law, unless there is a legal obligation to keep records.

14 Registration for and sending of the newsletter
Mandatory information for sending the newsletter is only your e-mail address. We store your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
We will log your consent and are obliged to keep its content available for retrieval at any time.
The provision of further, separately marked data and information is voluntary. They will be used for the purpose of personal addressing and / or personalization of the e-mail newsletter.

15. children and young people
Our website is aimed exclusively at potential applicants, customers, business partners and representatives of the press.
Persons under the age of 16 should not transmit any data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request data from children and young people who have not reached the age of sixteen. We do not collect this data and do not pass it on to third parties.

16. security
We have taken technical and organizational security measures in accordance with legal requirements to protect your data from loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access.
The security measures include in particular the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server. This website uses transport encryption (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If transport encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
All our employees and all persons involved in data processing, as well as the service companies we commission, are obliged to comply with the DS-GVO, the BDSG and other laws relevant to data protection and to handle data confidentially.
Our security measures are regularly reviewed and continuously revised in accordance with technological developments.

17. data subject rights
Insofar as we process your data, you have extensive rights as a data subject, which are listed in detail below:

17.1 Revocation of consent
If you have given us your consent to process your data, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please write to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.2 Right to information
You can obtain information about your data processed by us at any time within the scope of Art. 15 DS-GVO. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of data processed, categories of possible recipients and the planned storage period.
Please address your request for information to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.3 Right to rectification
You are entitled to request correction or completion of your data stored by us in case of inaccuracy within the scope of Art. 16 DS-GVO.
To assert your right to rectification, please write to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.4 Right to deletion
Within the scope of Art. 17 DS-GVO, you can demand the deletion of the data if the storage of the data is no longer necessary and there is no other legal basis for the processing. In addition, you may request erasure if you have objected to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for further processing of your data and if your data has been processed unlawfully or if there is a legal obligation to erase it under EU or national law.
You can exercise your right to erasure by writing to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or by sending an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.5 Right to restriction of processing
In addition, you have a right to restriction of processing within the scope of Art. 18 DS-GVO if you dispute the accuracy of the data for a period of time that enables the controller to verify the accuracy of the data; if the processing is unlawful but you refuse to erase the data; the purpose of the processing has ceased to exist but the data is necessary to assert your legal claims or if you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override your interests.
To exercise your right to restrict processing, please write to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.6 Right to data portability
Within the scope of Art. 20 DS-GVO, you have the right to receive the data concerning you in a common, structured and machine-readable format (data portability). In addition, under certain conditions, you can obtain that your data is transferred directly from a responsible party, insofar as this is technically possible.
You can assert your right to data portability by writing to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or by sending an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

17.7 Right of objection
You have the right to object to the use of your data for the above-mentioned purposes at any time (Art. 21 DS-GVO). This is possible insofar as the objection is directed against direct advertising or there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation. In the case of objection to direct marketing, you have a general right to object, which is implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.
To exercise your right to object, please write to abl solutions GmbH, Marienbergstrasse 82, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, or send an e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.

18. Right of complaint to the supervisory authority
In addition, we would like to point out that, 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 data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html:

19. Questions, suggestions, complaints to the data protection officer.
If you have any questions about our notices on data protection or the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer directly:

abl solutions GmbH
Abteilung Datenschutz
Marienbergstraße 82
90411 Nürnberg
Phone: 0911 / 477157-0
E-Mail: privay[at]abl-solutions.com

He is also available to you as a contact person in the event of requests for information, suggestions or complaints.

20 Change of our data protection regulations
We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures if this becomes necessary due to technical developments. In these cases, we will also adapt our data protection information accordingly. Therefore, please refer to the current version of our privacy policy. (Status is September 2021).

21. etracker
The provider of this website uses services of etracker GmbH from Hamburg, Germany (https://www.etracker.com) to analyze usage data. We do not use cookies for web analysis by default. Insofar as we use analysis and optimization cookies, we obtain your explicit consent separately in advance. If this is the case and you consent, cookies are used to enable statistical coverage analysis of this website, measurement of the success of our online marketing measures, and test procedures, for example, to test and optimize different versions of our online offering or its components. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user’s terminal device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that enables identification of a user.

The data generated by etracker is processed and stored by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website exclusively in Germany and is therefore subject to strict German and European data protection laws and standards. etracker has been independently audited and certified in this regard and awarded the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of the legal provisions of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f (legitimate interest) of the German Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). Our concern in terms of the DSGVO (legitimate interest) is the optimization of our online offer and our web presence. Since the privacy of our visitors is important to us, the data that may allow a reference to an individual person, such as the IP address, login or device identifiers, are anonymized or pseudonymized as soon as possible. No other use, combination with other data or transfer to third parties will take place.

You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time. The objection has no adverse consequences.

Further information on data protection at etracker can be found at https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/.

22. Reporting data protection violations
Would you like to report a data protection violation? Then please feel free to write to us by post, by e-mail to privacy@abl-solutions.com.Marienbergstrasse 82Marienbergstrasse 82