Name and contact details of the data controller and the data protection officer

  1. 1. the responsible person according to Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is Teleconnect GmbH, Am Lehmberg 54, 01157 Dresden, 0351-4236210, info@teleconnect.de (see our imprint https://www.teleconnect.de/en/impressum).

  2. You can reach our data protection officer, Mr. Christian Krösch, lawyer, SLK Compliance Services GmbH, Königsbrücker Straße 76, 01099 Dresden, by phone: 0351 89676360 or e-mail: datenschutz@slk-compliance.de.

Information on the collection and disclosure of personal data

  1. We process your personal data in compliance with the provisions of the DSGVO, the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and all other applicable laws.     
  2. Primarily, the data processing serves the establishment and fulfillment of a contractual relationship with you. When you contact us by e-mail, via a contact form or by telephone, the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. The primary legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 b) DSGVO. In addition, your separate consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a), 7 DSGVO may be used as a permission provision under data protection law. We also process your data in order to be able to fulfill our legal obligations, in particular in the area of commercial and tax law. This is done on the basis of Art. 6 (1) c) DSGVO. Where necessary, we also process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) f) DSGVO in order to protect legitimate interests of us or of third parties.
  3. A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO, the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f) DSGVO and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data, in the event that the disclosure is necessary for the purposes set out in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) DSGVO a legal obligation exists as well as this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO for the processing of contractual relationships with you.
  4. If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. In doing so, we will also state the defined criteria for the storage period.
  5. We delete your personal data as soon as they are no longer required for the following purposes. After termination of the contractual relationship, your personal data will be stored as long as we are legally obliged to do so. This regularly results from legal obligations to provide proof and to store data, which are regulated, among other things, in the German Commercial Code and the German Fiscal Code. The storage periods are then up to ten years. In addition, personal data may be retained for the period during which claims can be asserted against us (statutory limitation period of three or up to thirty years).

Collection of personal data on our website

Visit to our website

1.1 When you use the website for information purposes only, or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect data that is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security. The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user. This data includes the IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code, amount of data transferred in each case, website from which the request comes, browser, operating system and its interface and language and version of the browser software.

1.2 The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.        

1.3 The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to your browser. For this purpose, your IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, we use the data to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in data processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

1.4 The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. Log files are deleted within 7 days after the website is called up.

1.5 The collection of data when visiting the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on your part.

Use of cookies

2.1 When using our website, no cookies are stored on your computer system. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on your computer system. If you call up a website, a cookie could be stored on your operating system. This cookie would contain a characteristic string of characters that would allow the browser to be uniquely identified when you return to the website.

Other functions and offers of our website

3.1 In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, you usually have to provide further personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

3.2 Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if contract conclusions or similar services are offered by us together with partners. You will receive more information about this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.

3.3 If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

Use of contact forms

4.1 Further personal data is only collected if you provide it to us voluntarily via our contact forms. We then record the information that comes about in the course of contacting you. This includes in particular names and transmitted contact data, date and reason for contact. We will use the personal data collected from you only for the purpose of providing you with the requested products or services (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 b) DSGVO), or for other purposes for which you have given your consent (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 a) DSGVO) and which are described in this privacy policy. Your consent, for example for the setting of cookies by third-party providers or for web tracking by them, can also be given in the appropriate technical settings of your browser. You have the option to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

4.2 The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form, this is the case when the respective conversation with you has ended. The conversation is ended when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.

Data security

5.1 Within the website visit, we use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

5.2 We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Collection of personal data when contacting us by e-mail, by mail and by telephone

Collection of personal data from customers, interested parties and suppliers

1.1 We collect your personal data as a customer, interested party or supplier only if you provide it to us of your own accord by e-mail, by mail or by telephone. We then collect the information that comes about in the course of contacting you. This includes in particular names and transmitted contact data, date and reason for the contact. The personal data collected from you will only be used for the purpose of providing you with the requested products or services (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 b) DSGVO), or for other purposes for which you have given your consent (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 a) DSGVO) and which are described in this privacy policy. You have the option to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

1.2 You are not obliged to provide the aforementioned personal data. The data provided may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract. Without the provision of the data, communication, conclusion of a contract or contract processing may not be possible.

1.3 A transmission of the data relevant in the respective individual case takes place on the basis of the legal provisions or a contractual agreement to public bodies in the presence of overriding legal provisions, to external service providers or other contractors and to other external bodies, insofar as you have given your consent or a transmission is permissible for predominant interest. There is no intention to transfer your data to a recipient in a third country (not a member state of the EU / EEA) or an international organization.

1.4 The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data provided, this is the case when the respective conversation with you has ended. The conversation is ended when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. Insofar as the data provided is subject to retention obligations under tax and commercial law, it will be stored for the duration of the retention obligations of ten years and then deleted, unless you have consented to storage beyond this or the further processing of the data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. The legal basis for the processing of personal data for the purpose of fulfilling the legal archiving and retention obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c) DSGVO.

Collection of personal data from applicants

2.1 We collect your personal data as an applicant only if you provide it to us voluntarily by e-mail, by mail or by telephone. This applies both to applications in response to job advertisements and to unsolicited applications. In this case, we record the information provided in the application. This includes in particular name, date of birth, contact data, interests, qualification data as well as educational and professional background. The personal data collected from you will only be used for the purpose of carrying out the application process (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a), b) and f) DSGVO, § 26 BDSG).

2.2 You are not obliged to provide the aforementioned personal data. The data provided may be required for a future conclusion of a contract after completion of the application process. Without the provision of the data, it may not be possible to communicate, carry out the application procedure or conclude a contract.

2.3 A transmission of the data relevant in the respective individual case takes place on the basis of the legal provisions or a contractual agreement. Data is transferred to employees of the personnel department, employees of the management and the respective head of department. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties. There is no intention to transfer your data to a recipient in a third country (not a member state of the EU / EEA) or an international organization.

2.4 The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. Therefore, after the application procedure has been carried out, in the event of a rejection, we retain your data for six months after the rejection decision has been communicated to you. If you have consented to longer storage, the storage period is two years. After that, we will either delete your data or obtain your consent again. You have the option to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

Objection or revocation against the processing of your data

1. if you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time. Such revocation affects the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us.

2. insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, for the performance of a contract with you, which is presented by us in each case in the description of the functions above. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either discontinue or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing. 3.

You can, of course, object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your advertising objection using the following contact details: Teleconnect GmbH, Am Lehmberg 54, 01157 Dresden, 0351-4236210, info@teleconnect.de (see our imprint https://www.teleconnect.de/impressum).

Your rights

You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.

2. in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, you can immediately request the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us. In accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. 3.

(3) Pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR.

4. in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller.

According to Art. 7 (3) DSGVO, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.

You also have the right under Article 77 DSGVO to complain to a supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us, such as the Saxon Data Protection Commissioner responsible for us, Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1, 01067 Dresden, phone: 03 51 / 49 3-5401, e-mail: saechsdsb@slt.sachsen.de.

Actuality and change of this privacy policy

1. this privacy policy is currently valid and has the status April, 2023.

2. due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.teleconnect.de/en/datenschutzerklärung.

Web Analysis with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this happens. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: optout
This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIP()”, so that the IP addresses are only processed in a shortened form in order to exclude the possibility of direct personal references.

Use of Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

We use the online advertising program “Google AdWords” on our website and in this context conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). When you click on an ad placed by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages on our site and the cookie hasn’t expired, Google and we can tell that you clicked on the ad and were directed to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. As a result, there is no way that cookies can be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion
statistics. This tells us the total number of users who have clicked on one of our ads and been redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive information that personally identifies users. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO from the legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the analysis of the impact and efficiency of this advertising. You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO. For this purpose, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. You can find further information and the Google data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

Use of Hubspot

We use Hubspot, a service of Hubspot Inc. on our websites for analysis purposes. Hubspot is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

So-called “web beacons” are used and “cookies” are also set, which are stored on your computer and enable us to analyse your use of the website. Hubspot uses the information collected (e.g., IP address, geographic location, browser type, length of visit and pages viewed) to generate reports on Flash Hub’s visit and pages viewed. If you subscribe to our newsletter and receive studies and other documents, Hubspot may also associate a user’s visits to Flash Hub sites with personal information (primarily name/email address) based on consent given, thereby collecting personal information and providing users with individualized and targeted information on preferred topics. If you do not want Hubspot to collect your personal information, you may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser (see section 3b above). For more information about how Hubspot works, please see Hubspot Inc.’s Privacy Policy, available at http://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.

LinkedIn Analytics and LinkedIn Ads

We use conversion tracking technology on our website and the retargeting feature of LinkedIn Corporation. This technology allows visitors to this site to see personalized ads on LinkedIn. It also
provides the ability to generate anonymous reports on ad performance and website interaction information. LinkedIn Insight tag is embedded in this website, which connects to the LinkedIn server when you visit this website and are logged into your LinkedIn account. Please see the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy for more information about data collection and use, and the choices and rights you have to protect your privacy. If you are logged in to LinkedIn, you may opt out of the collection of your information at any time by following this link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising.

Facebook Analytics and Facebook Ads

We use the remarketing function “Custom Audiences” of Facebook Inc. on our website. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; “Facebook”) and the Facebook tracking pixel. This function serves the purpose of targeting website visitors with interest-based advertising on the social network Facebook and to evaluate conversions. For this purpose, the Remarketing tag and the Facebook tracking pixel were implemented on the website. This tag is used to establish a direct connection to the Facebook servers when visiting the website. Through this, the Facebook server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the social network Facebook, you will then see personalized, interest-based Facebook ads. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO from the legitimate interest in the above-mentioned purpose. You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO. You can find more detailed information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, on your rights in this regard and on ways to protect your privacy in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Social Media Plugins General

Social buttons from social networks are used on our website.
This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which outweigh the interests of the parties concerned, in the best possible marketing of our products and services in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 sentence 1 letter f DSGVO. In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestrictedly integrated into the page as plug-ins, but only by using an HTML link. This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is called up, no connection is yet established with the servers of the provider of the respective social network.
Click on one of the buttons, a new window of your browser opens and calls up the page of the respective service provider, where you can (if necessary after entering your login data) press the Like or Share button, for example.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by the providers on their sites as well as a contact option and your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the providers. http://www.facebook.com/policy.php, https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung, https://twitter.com/privacy 

Usage of Hotjar

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.

For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.