Privacy Policy
Data Protection Declaration
Kontron Electronics GmbH respects your privacy
Kontron Electronics GmbH sets a high value on the protection of your data and your privacy. With this Data Protection Declaration, we inform you about the personal data that is collected when you visit our online presence. This data will be processed confidentially and only in accordance with legal requirements. Personal data is all information that enables the reference and identification of a specific natural person.
Kontron Electronics GmbH operates the websites www.kontron-electronics.com and www.kontron-electronics.de. This Data Protection Declaration applies accordingly to the contents of these web sites.
Name and Contact Details
Kontron Electronics GmbH is responsible for the processing of your data
Our Contact Details
Kontron Electronics GmbH
Max-Planck-Str.6
72636 Frickenhausen, Germany
Phone: +49 7022 4057-0
Email: [email protected]
Data Protection Officer
Our Data Protection Officer can be reached at [email protected]
Scope and Purpose of Data Processing
Accessing the website
Each time you access our websites www.kontron-electronics.com and www.kontron-electronics.de your internet browser automatically transmits information to the servers of our websites where this information is temporarily recorded in server log files.
The transmission of data to and from our websites is encrypted. We offer HTTPS as the communication protocol for our web presence, in each case using the current encryption protocols. In addition, we offer our users content encryption as part of the contact forms. The encryption can be recognized by https:// in the browser address bar.
Every time you access our websites, your internet browser automatically sends information to our web server. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until automatic deletion:
Date and time of Access
IP address (anonymized) of the internet-enabled device requesting access
Name and URL of the page accessed
The previously acceded website (Referrer URL)
Operating system and browser of your internet-enabled device
Name of the access provider used
The processing of this personal data is in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point f of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation). Kontron Electronics GmbH has a legitimate interest in the processing of data for the purpose of:
Ensuring smooth connections
Ensuring that our websites are user-friendly
Evaluating and ensuring the security and stability of the system
Facilitating and improving the administration of our websites
The processing specifically does not take place for the purpose of gaining personal data. The data collected in this way is deleted or anonymized after 7 days.
Purpose and Legal Basis of Data Processing
When processing your personal data, the provisions of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) and all other applicable data protection regulations are complied with. Article 6 of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) is the legal basis for data processing.
We use your data to initiate business, to fulfill contractual and legal obligations, to conduct the contractual relationship, to offer products and services and to strengthen the customer relationship, which may also include analysis for marketing purposes and direct advertising. Your consent also constitutes a data protection regulation. In this respect, we will inform you of the purposes of data processing and the right to withdraw your consent. If the consent also relates to the processing of special categories of personal data, we will explicitly notify you in the consent process.
Processing of special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9, Paragraph 1 GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) may only take place where necessary on the grounds of legal regulations and there is no reason to assume that your legitimate interests should prevail over the exclusion of processing such data.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
We only transmit your data to third parties within the scope of given statutory provisions or based on consent. In all other cases, information will not be transferred to third parties unless we are obliged to do so owing to mandatory legal regulations (disclosure to external bodies, including the supervisory authorities or law enforcement authorities).
Personal data is fundamentally only disclosed to third parties if
the person concerned expressly consented to this in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point a) of the GDPR,
the disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point f) of the GDPR and there is no overriding interest on the part of the person concerned worthy of protection,
a legal obligation exists for the disclosure of data in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point c) of the GDPR, and/or
this is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations with the person concerned in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point b) of the GDPR.
In all other cases, personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.
Data Recipients / Categories of Recipients
In our organization and within the Kontron Group, we ensure that only individuals who are required to process the relevant data to fulfill their contractual and legal obligations are authorized to handle personal data. In certain cases, service providers assist us. If they are given access to personal data in the process, the contract required by data protection law is concluded with these service providers.
Transfers of Personal Data to Third Countries
A transfer of data to third countries (outside the European Union or the European Economic Area) shall only take place if required by law or if you have provided your consent for such a transfer.
We transfer your personal data to service providers or group companies outside the European Economic Area as follows: Switzerland.
In such cases, compliance with the level of data protection is ensured by:
An “Adequacy Decision” by the European Commission based on Article 45 of the GDPR
Storage Period
The period for which your personal data is stored depends on the applicable statutory retention periods, particularly those under commercial or tax law. In addition, your personal data will be deleted unless it is required for the purpose of initiating, fulfilling, or processing a contract. This applies to the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims within the applicable limitation periods.
In addition, we may retain data if you have given us permission to do so or if legal disputes arise and we use evidence within the statutory limitation periods, which may be up to thirty years; the regular limitation period is three years.
Your Rights as a Data Subject
As a data subject, within the meaning of the GDPR, regarding your personal data processed on your visit to our website, you are entitled to the following rights.
Right of Access, Article 15 of the GDPR
You can request information from us as to whether and, if so, what personal data of yours is stored and processed by us. There is no right to information whether out if granting access to the requested information would violate any confidentiality obligations or if the information must be kept secret for other reasons, for the sake of the overriding interests of a third party. Deviation from this obligation to provide access to information may result if your interest in information prevails over the interest in confidentiality, when there is immediately impending damage.
The right of access is also excluded if the data is only stored because it may not be deleted due to legal or statutory retention periods or solely for purposes of data security or data protection control, provided that the right of access to information would require a disproportionately high effort and processing for other purposes by appropriate technical and organizational measures is excluded.
In the case that the right to information is not excluded and your personal data is processed by us, you can request information from about the following data:
Purposes of the processing
Categories of your processed personal data
If possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the duration of storage
The right to rectification or erasure or limitation of the processing of your personal data, or a right to object to such processing
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection
If the personal data has not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information on the data source
Rectification and Completion of Personal Data, Article 16 of the GDPR
If you discover that we have inaccurate personal data about you, you may request that we correct this inaccurate data immediately. You may request the completion of incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure, Article 17 of the GDPR
You have a right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") as long as the processing is not necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, the right to information, or for compliance with a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and one of the following reasons applies:
The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
The legal basis for the processing was based solely on your consent, and you have withdrawn this consent.
You have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have made public.
You have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have not made public and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for processing it.
Your personal data has been unlawfully processed.
Your personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.
There is no right to deletion if the deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionately high effort in the case of lawful non-automated data processing due to the special type of storage and your interest in the deletion is low. In this case, a restriction of processing will take the place of deletion.
Right to Restriction of Processing, Article 18 of the GDPR
You may request a restriction on processing when one of the following reasons applies:
You are contesting the accuracy of the personal data. A restriction can be requested for the duration of our check to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful and you request a restriction on processing your personal data rather than deletion.
We no longer need your personal data for the purposes of the processing, but this data requires establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
You have made an objection in accordance with Article 21, Paragraph 1 of the GDPR. The restriction of processing may be requested when it is not yet certain whether our legitimate reasons override your legitimate reasons.
Restriction of processing means that personal data is only processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. We are required to inform you before the restriction of processing is lifted.
Right to Data Portability, Article 20 of the GDPR
You have the right to data portability if the processing is based on consent Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point a) or on a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out by automated means. In this case, the right to data portability includes the following rights, provided that the rights and freedoms of other people are not affected: You may request to receive your personal data that you have already provided us within a structured, conventional, machine-readable format. You have the right to transfer this data to another person without any hindrance on our part. As far as technically feasible, you can request that we transfer your personal data directly to another person.
Right to Object
If the processing is based on Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point e) of the GDPR (performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point f) of the GDPR (legitimate interests pursued by the person responsible or by a third party), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also includes profiling based on Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point e) or f) of the GDPR. After exercising the right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which overrides your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. You may object at any time to processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This also includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. After you have exercised this right of objection, we will no longer use your personal data for direct marketing purposes. You have the option of informing us of your objection by telephone, e-mail or by sending it in writing to our address listed at the beginning of this declaration.
Right of Consent Withdrawal, Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the GDPR
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. We will immediately delete your affected personal data, unless further processing of your personal data is also based on a legal basis for processing without consent.
You can inform us of the withdrawal of consent by telephone, e-mail or by sending it in writing to our address. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to Lodge a Complaint, Article 77 of the GDPR
If you believe that there is unlawful processing of your personal data, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority responsible for your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.
Obligation to Provide Data
Various personal data is necessary for the establishment, implementation and termination of the contractual relationship and the fulfillment of related contractual and legal obligations. The same applies to the use of our website and the various functions it provides.
We have summarized details of this for you in the point above. In certain cases, data must also be collected or be made available due to legal requirements. Please note that it is not possible to process your request or carry out the underlying contractual relationship without providing this data.
Automated case-by-case decisions
We do not employ any purely automated processing intended to help make such decisions.
Communication
On our websites, we offer you the possibility to contact us via e-mail addresses and contact forms, so that you can send us a message via e-mail. The personal data you provide, such as title, name, e-mail address and, if applicable, other voluntary data, will be collected and processed. The data collection only takes place for the purpose of answering your request and the related technical processing.
In addition, the following data will be stored when sending the message:
IP address of the user
Date and time of the registration
Within the context of communicating with us for the purpose of applying for employment, the transmitted data is stored in addition to being collected.
Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point b) of the GDPR is the legal basis for the processing of data submitted by contacting us to respond to your request. In cases of employment-related purposes, § 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) also applies. Please refer to our detailed information under “Data Protection for Applicants” further down in this data protection declaration.
Your data will be deleted after your request has been fully processed, unless statutory retention obligations prevent deletion. If a contract is concluded, the data will be deleted after the contract has been fully terminated and the applicable statutory retention obligations have expired.
This applies equally if you contact us via the contact options on our social network sites.
If you contact us by email, we will process the personal information provided in the email solely for the purpose of processing your request.
Information on the Use of Cookies
Kontron Electronics GmbH uses cookies to be able to implement certain technically required functions of our web pages, for the constant optimization of the web pages and in order to be able to provide content adapted to your wishes. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when accessing our websites. Cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. They do not contain any viruses or other malware. Cookies are used to store information that is generated in connection with the specific end device used. Thus, we can under no circumstances obtain immediate knowledge of your identity.
Cookies are usually accepted with the default browser settings. The browser settings can be adjusted in such a way so that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used, or that a notification is sent before a new cookie is created. Please note, however, that disabling cookies may prevent you from making the best possible use of all the website's features.
The use of cookies serves to make the use of the website more comfortable. For example, session cookies can be used to track whether you have already accessed individual pages on the website. These session cookies are automatically deleted after you leave the website. Temporary cookies are used and saved on your device to improve user-friendliness. When you visit the website again, it is automatically recognized that you have already accessed the site at an earlier time. Entries and settings that have already been previously made do not have to be repeated.
Due to our legitimate interest according to Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point f) of the GDPR, we use technically necessary “cookies”, which are mandatory for the operation of the website and to ensure its functionality. Furthermore, we use cookies without your consent if their sole purpose is storing or accessing information stored on the device for transmitting messages or this information is essential to be able to provide the service you have explicitly requested, according to § 25 paragraph 2 of the German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG).
The use of cookies is also used, only with your consent, to analyze the visits to the website for statistical purposes and to improve the offer. These cookies make it possible to automatically recognize that you have already visited the website. These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time. The use of such tracking and analysis services and the placement of the associated cookies only takes place if you have given your corresponding consent (Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point a) of the GDPR, § 25 Section 1 TTDSG). Details of the services used can be found in the relevant section further down in this data privacy statement.
You may revoke your consent anytime and with effect for the future, as well as changing your cookie-settings via our consent-banner. Please remember that all changes must be made to each device.
Your cookie settings for this website
Should you have accounts with the third-party providers that we use and be logged into these while using our website, your data may be linked to your respective account. You can prevent such an association being made by not issuing or withdrawingyour consent to the cookies concerned or logging out of the respective third-party service providers in advance.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default. You can also deactivate, restrict or delete cookies manually via your browser settings or via software. If you disable cookies, the comprehensive use of our website is not possible or only possible with restrictions.
Advertising Purposes for Existing Customers
Kontron Electronics GmbH is interested in maintaining customer relations with you and sending you information and offers about our products, services, invitations to events and trade fairs by e-mail. Your data is processed as our legitimate interest according to Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point f) of the GDPR.
If you do not wish this, you can object at any time to the use of your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with direct advertising. If you object, we will no longer process your data for this purpose.
The objection can be made free of charge and without formalities, without giving any reasons, and should be made, if possible, by telephone: +49 7022 4057-0, by e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to Kontron Electronics GmbH, Max-Plack-Str. 6, 72636 Frickenhausen, Germany.
Newsletter
Subscribing to the newsletter
In order to provide you with further information about our offer, you can register for a newsletter on our websites www.kontron-electronics.com and/or www.kontron-electronics.de. in this regard, we would like to point out that the newsletter is a service of Kontron Europe GmbH, Gutenbergstrasse 2, 85737 Ismaning, Germany.
The following categories of data are collected and processed as part of the newsletter subscription:
First and last name
Email address
Company
Country
If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information on current topics, services and products. Your e-mail address, first and last name, company and country are required to subscribe to the newsletter.
You need to either consent to the newsletter subscription in writing or use the double opt-in procedure to receive the newsletter. With the double opt-in procedure, you will only receive the newsletter by e-mail once you expressively confirm the subscription with an e-mail in which you consent to receiving the newsletter and confirm by clicking on a verification link that you have received by e-mail.
By confirming the verification link, you consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point a) of the GDPR. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter.
As part of the registration process, we store your IP address transmitted by your internet service provider and the date and time of your registration to be able to track any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time.
Unsubscribing to the newsletter
You can unsubscribe to the newsletter at any time. For this purpose, a corresponding note is included in each newsletter. This can be done by using a special link at the end of the newsletter, by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or by informing the responsible person. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will immediately be deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data.
Newsletter Tracking
The newsletters sent by Kontron Europe GmbH contain a tracking pixel that transmits information to Kontron Europe GmbH as soon as the newsletter is opened by you. This information is used to generate statistical evaluations, such as which links are opened within the newsletter, to measure the success of the newsletter campaign. We use ClickDimensions marketing automation software to evaluate the tracking profile of visitors to the website www.kontron.com. Here we refer to the privacy policy statement of Kontron Europe GmbH, which can be viewed at www.kontron.com/en/datenschutz
Blog
On our website www.kontron-electronics.com and www.kontron-electronics.de we offer those interested the opportunity to visit the blog of our parent company, the Kontron Europe GmbH on the website www.kontron.com. The blog is used to actively communicate with the customers, prospective customers and users and to inform them about our services. Here we refer to the privacy policy statement of Kontron Europe GmbH, which can be viewed at www.kontron.com/de/datenschutz.
You have the possibility to leave a comment on the different topics of the individual blogs. Your name, e-mail address, and your website will be requested for this purpose. In addition, you can optionally choose to be informed about new comments or new posts.
Links for Social Media
On our websites, you will find links to the social media services of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn. You can recognize links to the websites of the social media services by the respective company logo. If you follow these links, you will reach the corporate presence of Kontron Europe GmbH at the respective social media services. When clicking on a link to a social media service, a connection is made to the servers of the social media services. This will communicate to the servers of the Social Media Service that you have visited our website. In addition, further data will be transmitted to the provider of the social media service.
These are for example:
Address of the website where the activated link is located
Date and time when the website was accessed or when the link was activated
Information about the browser used and the operating system used
IP address
If you are already logged in to the relevant social media service at the time of activating the link, the provider of the social media service may be able to determine your username and possibly even your real name from the data transmitted, and to assign this information to your personal user account to the Social Media Service. You can exclude this possibility of assignment to your personal user account if you log out of your user account beforehand.
The Social Media Services servers are in the United States and other countries outside the European Union. The data can therefore also be processed by the provider of social media service in countries outside the European Union. Please note that companies in these countries are subject to a data protection law that generally does not protect personal data to the same extent as is the case in the Member States of the European Union.
Please note that we have no influence on the scope, nature and purpose of the data processing by the provider of the social media service. Further information on the use of your data by the social media services included on our website can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social media services.
Creation of user profiles / use of cookies that are not purely functional
Google Analytics
On our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. With this, your interactions with our websites are recorded and systematically evaluated.
The following data from you is stored:
IP Address
Usage data
Click path
App updates
Browser information
Device information
JavaScript support
Pages visited
Referrer URL
Downloads
Flash version
Location information
Widget interactions
Date and time of the visit
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent according to Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point a) of the GDPR. Your consent can be revoked at any time.
The purpose of processing your personal data through Google Analytics service is to analyze the interaction of visitors with our website. By evaluating the data obtained here, we can optimize our offer and increase user-friendliness.
We delete or anonymize the data collected by Google Analytics as soon as it is no longer required for our purposes. This is the case after 26 months. This service can forward the collected data to another country. Please note that this service may transfer data outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and to a country that does not provide an adequate level of data protection. If the data is transferred to the United States, there is a risk that your data may be processed by U.S. authorities for control and monitoring purposes, without you possibly having any legal remedies. However, we take the possible and necessary data protection measures in accordance with Article 44 ff. of the GDPR to establish the level of data protection in the third country.
Google Maps API
This website uses Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence over this data transfer. Google Maps is used to make our website visually appealing and to make it easier to find the locations we list on the website. Google may transfer the information obtained through Google Maps to third parties where required by law or where third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Nevertheless, it would be technically possible for Google to identify at least individual users based on the data received. It is possible that personal data and user profiles may be processed by Google users for other purposes over which we have no control. You have the option to deactivate the Google Maps service and thereby prevent data from being transferred to Google by disabling JavaScript in your browser. However, please note that in this case you will not be able to use the map display on our pages. Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Google Webfonts
FFor consistent display of fonts, this site uses web fonts provided by Google. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly. For this purpose, your browser must establish a direct connection to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a consistent and visually appealing presentation of our website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information on how user data is handled can be found https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at
https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google Site Search
Google Site Search is a search engine embedding service provided by Google Inc. that enables this application to integrate relevant content on its pages. Google Inc. may collect usage data. The place of processing is the United States. Further information on how user data is handled can be found in the privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
LeadLander
This website uses a third-party application from Upland LeadLander.com to track users’ IP addresses and search-related data in order to evaluate visits to the website and monitor website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to a server in the United States and stored there. We use this information to create reports and improve the website. These anonymous cookies, provided by leadlander.com, help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. This helps us ensure that we communicate the right message in our marketing materials and optimize the process of providing the information you need. LeadLander places a cookie called “Trackalyzer,” which contains a random number, on the user’s computer. The random number and the user’s IP address are stored in LeadLander’s external database. LeadLander honors “Do Not Track” requests if this setting is enabled in a user’s browser. LeadLander does not store user or visitor data in weblogs or log files, but uses pixel tag images to record which pages of the website are visited. This cookie is persistent, allowing data to be linked across multiple sessions. LeadLander’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.leadlander.com/privacy.html.
Handling of Business Cards
By handing over or exchanging business cards, you provide us with personal data such as your telephone number and email address. We use this information exclusively to stay in contact with you. In addition, you will receive further information from us about our services. If you do not purchase any products or services from our offering, we will delete your contact details after five years. You have the right to access, deletion, or rectification at any time.
YouTube
Our website uses videos from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Two clicks for more data protection. Only when you click on the button does it become active and your browser establishes a direct connection with YouTube's servers. Clicking on the button thus means that you give your consent to the transfer of data to YouTube. By activating the plugin, YouTube receives the information about the pages of our website that you have accessed. If you are logged on to YouTube, YouTube may be able to associate the use of our website with your YouTube account from this moment on, even if you do not confirm the YouTube button a second time. When you interact with the plugins, for example start a video, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to YouTube and stored there.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your internet browser behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Your data is then usually transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there. A third country transfer takes place, so that in this case there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, without you possibly having any legal remedies. However, we take the possible and necessary data protection measures in accordance with Article 44 of the GDPR to establish the level of data protection in the third country.
Additional information on the handling of user data by YouTube can be found here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy
Data Protection for Applicants
Processing of personal data
You can apply for a job at Kontron electronically via our application tool. All personal data, including any data in the attachments that you upload via the application tool, will be stored and used for the purpose of your application. Information on your ethnic origin, political, religious or philosophical beliefs, memberships in trade unions, health or sexual orientation is not collected for these purposes. Your data will be used exclusively for the purpose of processing your application and will not be passed on to third parties.
Your data will, of course, be used exclusively for the purpose of processing your application and for contacting you as part of the application process and will not be passed on to third parties (Article 88, paragraph 1 of the GDPR in conjunction with § 26, paragraph 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG).
In addition, we process your data if we have a legal obligation to do so, in particular regarding employment law. In the case of special categories of personal data according to Article 9, paragraph 1 of the GDPR, a balancing of interests also takes place, i.e., data processing only takes place if your interests worthy of protection are not overridden (Article 88, paragraph 1 of the GDPR in conjunction with § 26, paragraph 1 and 3 of the BDSG).
Your consent also constitutes permission to process data. Provided that you have therefore given us your consent, we also process your data for this purpose (Article 88, paragraph 1 of the GDPR in conjunction with § 26, paragraph 2 of the BDSG). If we obtain consent from you, we will of course inform you about the specific purpose of data processing and about your right of revocation. If the consent also relates to the processing of special categories of personal data, we will explicitly notify you in the consent process in advance according to Article 9 of the GDPR.
The categories of data that we process include, for example:
Information about the applicant (first name, last name, address, job position)
Information about qualifications (cover letter, curriculum vitae, previous activities, professional qualifications)
References and certificates (performance information, appraisals, etc.)
Unfortunately, we are unable to review your application without this essential data. Of course, you have the option to provide additional voluntary information in the application form.
Legal Basis for Data Processing
Storage of Personal Data
We store your personal data for as long as is necessary to decide about your application. After completion of the application process, your personal data will be deleted unless you actively request us to store your data for a longer period or you have signed a working contract. The legal basis is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Point A and B of the GDPR and section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
If we unfortunately must reject your application, we will delete your application documents no later than 6 months thereafter. Unless you have given us your consent to be included in our applicant pool and the associated longer storage of your application documents. In this case, we will delete your data after a maximum of 12 months or if you revoke your consent.
Your data will mainly be processed by our HR department and the manager of the department for which you applied. Other personnel could also be involved in processing your data.
Internal personal:
HR department
Department manager
Employee representatives
Executive management
External Hosting
We use external service providers to host our websites www.kontron-electronics.com and www.kontron-electronics.de. We have carefully selected these service providers and monitor them regularly, their careful handling of the stored data and the safeguarding of the data stored on their servers. Our hosting providers will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data. All service providers are obligated by us to maintain confidentiality and to comply with legal requirements. Service providers can also be other companies of the Kontron AG. The contracts required by data protection law were concluded with all service providers used.
Information about Privacy in the Social Media
Kontron Electronics GmbH and, if applicable, also affiliated Group companies, maintain appearances in the "social media". As far as we have control over the processing of your data, we ensure that the applicable data protection regulations are adhered to. Below you will find the most important information on data protection in relation to our appearances.
Name and address of the person responsible for the operation.
Responsible for the company appearances within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection regulations are in addition to Kontron Electronics GmbH:
Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland)
YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland)
Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland)
LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland)
However, the use of these platforms and their functions is your own responsibility. This applies to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing and ranking). We would also like to point out that your data may be processed outside the European Union.
Purpose and Legal Basis
We ourselves maintain the fan pages to communicate with the visitors of these pages and to inform them in this way about our offers. In addition, we collect data for statistical purposes to further develop and optimize the content and to make our offer more attractive. The data required for this (e.g., total page views, page activity, and visitor-provided data, interactions) are edited and provided by social networks. We have no influence on its creation and presentation.
In addition, your personal data will be processed by the providers of social media and Kontron Electronics GmbH for market research and advertising purposes. So, it is possible that, for example, usage profiles are created based on your user behavior and the resulting interests. Among other things, advertisements can be placed inside and outside the platforms that are allegedly in line with your interests. Generally, cookies are stored on your computer for this purpose. Irrespective of this, data that is not collected directly from your end devices can also be stored in your usage profiles. The storage and analysis are also cross-device, this applies, but not exclusively, if you are registered as a member and logged in to the respective platforms.
The processing of your personal data by Kontron Electronics GmbH is based on our legitimate interest in effective information and communication in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point f) of the GDPR. If you are asked to consent to data processing, meaning if you declare your consent by confirming a button or similar (opt-in), the legal basis of the processing is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point a) and Article 7 of the GDPR.
Your rights / opposition
If you are a member of a social network and you do not want the network to collect information about you through our website and link it to your stored membership data on the respective network, you must log out of the respective network before visiting our fan page, delete the cookies on the device and exit your browser and restart. However, after logging in again, you will be recognizable to the network again as a specific user.
For a detailed description of the respective processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the information linked below:
Facebook
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads und http://www.youronlinechoices.comInstagram
Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
Opt-Out: https://optout.networkadvertising.org und http://www.youronlinechoices.comLinkedIn
Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-outYouTube
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-Out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de und http://www.youronlinechoices.com
In total, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data: Right to information; Right to rectification; Right to erasure; Right to restriction of processing; Right to objection; Right to data portability; Right to complain about illegal processing of your personal data by the competent data protection authority.
However, as Kontron Electronic GmbH does not have complete access to your personal data, you should contact the social media providers directly to assert their rights, as they have access to their users' personal data and can take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, we will try to support you, of course. Please contact [email protected].
Notes on Copyright and the Right to One’s Own Image
If you wish to publish images, texts, plans, videos, music, or similar content on our website, please be aware that you may be transferring all usage rights to the network. This could have legal consequences for you if you are not the author or rights holder yourself.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy for cause and without prior notice. Please check this page regularly for any changes to this Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer
The content of our websites has been made with the greatest care. However, no guarantee can be given regarding the accuracy, completeness and topicality of the conveyed information. Kontron Electronics GmbH provides the best possible protection against improper use of this website, particularly against viruses. No guarantee can be given, however, that the site is free of viruses.
Kontron Electronics GmbH does not accept any liability for damage arising from the use of its internet information platform unless the damage was caused deliberately or through gross negligence on Kontron Electronics GmbH’s part, or the damage affects life, limb or health.
Our websites contain clearly recognizable links to the websites of other companies. Kontron Electronics GmbH has no influence on their contents and assumes no guarantee and no liability. The respective provider or operator is responsible for the content on these sites.
The linked sites were checked for possible legal violations and recognizable infringements at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent control of the contents of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any infringements, such links will be removed immediately.
Audio and Video Conferencing
Data Processing
For communication with our customers, we use, among other things, the online conferencing tool Microsoft Teams. If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the conferencing tool.
The conferencing tool collects all data that you provide and use to use the tool (e-mail address and/or your telephone number). Furthermore, the conferencing tool processes the duration of the conference, start and end (time) of participation in the conference, number of participants and other "context information" related to the communication process (metadata).
Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data required to handle online communication. This includes IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or speaker, and the type of connection. If content is exchanged, uploaded or otherwise made available within the tool, this is also stored on the servers of the tool provider. Such content includes cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, white boards and other information shared while using the service.
Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the tool used. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policy of the provider. For further information on data processing by the conference tool, please refer to the privacy policy of the tool used, which we have listed below this text.
Purpose and Legal Basis
The conferencing tool is used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point b) of the GDPR). Furthermore, the use of the tool serves the general simplification and acceleration of communication with us or our company (legitimate interest according to Article 6, Paragraph 1, Point f) of the GDPR). Insofar as consent has been requested, the tools in question are used based on this consent; consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Storage Period
The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tool is deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Store cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the conferencing tool for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operator of the conferencing tool directly.
Conferencing Tools used
We use the following conferencing tools: Microsoft Teams
We use Microsoft Teams. The provider is the Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052- 6399, USA. For details on data processing, please refer to the Microsoft Teams privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
Disclosure to third countries
Please note that the service provider is based in the United States and that the data is therefore not fully subject to the strict rules of European data protection law and therefore, in particular, there is also the possibility that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you possibly having any legal remedies. However, we take the possible and necessary data protection measures in accordance with Article 44 ff. of the GDPR to establish the level of data protection in the third country. If you have any concerns about using the Microsoft Teams service, please contact us in advance.