Privacy Policy


Information on data protection in accordance with Articles 13, 14 and 21 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, in German: Datenschutz-Grundverordnung).

Service and your satisfaction are our top priority. We would therefore like to inform you when we collect which data, how it is used and what rights and claims you have under data protection law.

1. Responsible body

For Germany:
Schweers CONSULT GmbH
Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 18
40670 Meerbusch, Germany
For USA:
Schweers Technologies, Inc.
32 Forest St.
Montclair, NJ 07042
For Denmark:
Schweers Consult GmbH, Nordic
Naverland 2, 2.Sal
2600 Glostrup
København
For all other countries:
PanStreet International GmbH
Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 18
40670 Meerbusch, Germany


Contact Data Privacy Officer:

Schweers CONSULT GmbH
Data Privacy Officer Mr. Norbert Luhnen
Rudolf-Diesel-Str.18
D-40670 Meerbusch, Germany
E-Mail: norbert.luhnen@schweers.de


2. Legal basis on which we process your data

We process personal data according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (in German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, abbreviation: BDSG).

2.1 Categories of data subjects (hereinafter referred to as users)

  • Customers
  • Interested parties
  • Suppliers
  • Cooperation partners
  • Applicants

No special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless these are provided by the users for processing, e.g. in the case of applications or contact forms.
We also process personally identifiable information that we have legitimately obtained from publicly available sources, in particular the Internet and telephone directories, and are authorized to process.

2.2 Types of processing data

The data processed and used is determined to a significant extent by the categories mentioned under 2.1 and the resulting contractual relationships. In particular, these are:

  • Contact person (salutation, last name, first name)
  • Address
  • E-Mail address
  • Telephone and fax numbers
  • Contract Data
  • Service data (ticket system)
  • usage data (visited websites, interest in content, access times)
  • Meta / communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses) 

2.3 Purpose of processing (fulfillment of a contract / pre-contractual measures)

  • Marketing, advertising and market research
  • Communication with users, contact requests, offers, contracts
  • fulfillment of contractual obligations, services, deliveries, service, customer care
  • Payment data
  • compliance with legislation, e.g. tax law 

3. Subcontracting (order processing and third parties)

For the purposes of this regulation, subcontracting relationships are those services that directly relate to the provision of our services. This does not include ancillary services that we make use of, e.g. as telecommunications services, postal/transport services, payment services, maintenance and user services or the disposal of data carriers as well as other measures to ensure the confidentiality, availability, integrity and resilience of the hardware and software of data processing systems. In order to ensure data protection and data security of the user's data, appropriate and legally compliant contractual agreements and control measures are also agreed for outsourced ancillary services.
In accordance with Art. 28 paragraph 2-4 GDPR, we may only commission subcontractors (other processors) after the user's express prior written or documented consent.
If the subcontractor provides the agreed service outside the EU / EEA, the data protection legal admissibility is ensured by appropriate measures.

4. Safety (technical and organizational measures)

We take measures in accordance with. Articles 28 paragraph 3 lit. c, 32 GDPR, particularly in conjunction with Article 5 (1) (2) GDPR. Overall, the measures to be taken are data security measures and to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the level of risk regarding the confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the systems. In this context, the state of the art, the implementation costs and the type, scope and purpose of the processing as well as the different probability and severity of the risk for the rights and freedoms of natural persons within the meaning of Art. 32 (1) GDPR must be considered.


The technical and organizational measures are subject to technical progress and further development. In that regard, we reserve the right to implement alternative adequate measures. In doing so, the safety level of the specified measures must not be undercut. This privacy policy may therefore be updated from time to time.

5. Rights of data subjects

You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to information, Art. 15 GDPR
  • Right to correction or deletion, Art. 16 DSGVO, Art. 17 GDPR
  • Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR
  • Right to object to the processing, Art. 21 GDPR
  • Right to data transferability, Art. 20 GDPR
  • You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us, Art. 77 GDPR.

However, we recommend that you first make a complaint to our data protection officer.

Supplementary privacy policy for website

Collection of access data and log files

Based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR,  we collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data include name of the retrieved website, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.
Logfile information is stored for security purposes (for example, to investigate abusive or fraudulent activities) for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidential purposes shall be exempted from the cancellation until final clarification of the incident.

Cookies and right to object in direct mail

We set temporary and persistent cookies, i. e. small files that are stored on users' devices (explanation of the term and function, see last section of this Privacy Policy). In part, the cookies are used for security purposes or to operate our online offer (for example, for the presentation of the website) or to save the user's decision when confirming the cookie banner. In addition, we or our technology partners use cookies for reach measurement and marketing purposes, which users are informed about in the further details of the privacy policy.
A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be found in a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ be explained. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by switching them off in the settings of the browser. Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.


Cookies & reach measurement

Cookies are information transmitted from our web server or third-party web servers to users' web browsers and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies can be small files or other types of information storage.
We use "session cookies" that are only stored for the duration of the current visit to our online presence (for example, to enable the storage of your login status or the shopping cart function and thus the use of our online offer at all). In a session cookie a randomly generated unique identification number is stored, a so-called session ID. In addition, a cookie contains information about its origin and the retention period. These cookies cannot save any other data. Session cookies are deleted when you have finished using our online offer and you are, for example, logged out or close the browser.
The use of cookies in the context of pseudonymous range measurement informs users in the context of this privacy policy.
If users do not want cookies stored on their computer, they will be asked to disable the option in their browser's system settings. Saved cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offer.


You may opt for the use of cookies for reach measurement and promotional purposes through the Disable Network Initiative Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and the US website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices ) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ uk / your-ad-choices /).

Our detailed Cookies Policy is available here 


Contact form

In the event that you send us enquiries via our contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Online presence in social media

We maintain online presence within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, prospects and users active there and to inform them about our services. When calling the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and the data processing guidelines apply to their respective operators.
Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process users' data as long as it communicates with us within social networks and platforms, e.g. Write posts on our online presence or send us messages.

 Google Analytics

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. GDPR) we set Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC ("Google" ) on. Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the users are usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. 

Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search).

 Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offer and to provide us with further services related to the use of the range of options made available by our website and the internet usage. In this case, pseudonymous usage profiles of the users can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics to display advertisements made by Google and its affiliates within advertising services, only those users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e. g, interest in specific topics or products based on their online content) visited web pages), which we transmit to Google (so-called "Remarketing" or "Google Analytics Audiences"). With Remarketing Audiences, we also want to make sure that our ads meet the potential interest of users and are not annoying.
We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of the users will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases.
The IP address submitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other data provided by Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly. Users may also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to its use of the online offer and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https: / /tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent the detection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this data protection information version 23 May 2018, no 01, page 8 - 12 Opt-Out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, if you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again): Opt-Out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, if you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again):


Disable Google Analytics
For more information about Google's data usage, how to opt-out and opt-out, please visit Google's websites: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners ("How Google Uses Your Data When You Use Websites or Our Partners' Apps "), https://policies.google.com/technologies/ad (" Use of Data for Advertising "), https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated ("Manage information Google uses to show you advertising").

Google Re-/Marketing services

Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our of the range of options made available on our website within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR), we use the marketing and remarketing services ("Google Marketing Services "), LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, (" Google ").

Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search).

Google Marketing Services allows us to better target advertisements for and on our website so that we only present advertisements to users that potentially match their interests. If users are shown e. g. advertisements for products they were interested in on other websites, this is called "remarketing". For these purposes, when our and other websites on which Google marketing services are active are accessed, a code from Google is executed directly by Google and so-called (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also known as ‘web beacons’) are integrated into the website. With their help, an individual cookie, i.e. a small file, is stored on the user's device (comparable technologies can also be used instead of cookies). Cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, doubleclick.net, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googlead-services.com. This file records which websites the users have visited, what content they are interested in, and which offers they have clicked on, as well as technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of the online offer. The IP address of the users is also recorded, whereby we inform you in the context of Google Analytics that the IP address is shortened within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases is it transmitted in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address is not merged with the user's data within other Google services. Google may also combine the aforementioned information with such information from other sources. If the users subsequently visit other websites, they can be shown adverts tailored to their interests.

The data of the users are pseudonym processed in the context of the Google marketing services. That means Google stores and processes e.g. not the name or e-mail address of the users, but it processes the relevant data cookie related within pseudonymous user profiles. That means from the perspective of Google, the advertisements are not managed and displayed to a specifically identified person, but to the cookie owner, regardless of who that cookie owner is. This does not apply if a user has explicitly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymization. The information collected about users through Google Marketing Services is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the United States.


We can also use the "Google Tag Manager" to integrate and manage the Google Analytics and Marketing services on our website.
For more information about Google's data usage for marketing, see the overview page: https://policies.google.com/ technologies / ads, Google's Privacy Policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.


If you wish to opt-out of interest-based advertising through Google Marketing Services, you can take advantage of Google's recruitment and opt-out options: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Instagram

Website: https://www.instagram.com

Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Irland
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited is a company registered under the laws of the Republic of Ireland.
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/?entry_point=ig_help_center_data_policy_redirect

Our profile: https://www.instagram.com/schweers_international

LinkedIn

Within our online offer will use the marketing functions (so-called "LinkedIn Insight Tag") of the network LinkedIn. Providers is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. Each time you visit one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, it will connect to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. In particular, the LinkedIn Insight Tag allows us to analyze the success of our campaigns within LinkedIn, or to target audiences based on how users interact with our online offering. If you are registered with LinkedIn, LinkedIn will be able to associate your interaction with our online offering with your user account. Even if you click LinkedIn's "Recommend Button" and are logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to make your visit on our website you and your user account.

LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search).

Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

TikTok

Anbieter: TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Irland
Website: https://www.tiktok.com/de-DE
Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=de

Our profile: https://www.tiktok.com/@schweers.international