14. User rights
Your rights as a user
When processing your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a website user.
1. Right of access (Art. 15 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed; if this is the case, you have a right to access personal data and you have a right to access the information listed in Art. 15 of the GDPR.
2. Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and 17 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data concerning you be corrected and if applicable any incomplete personal data be supplemented without delay.
You have the right to request that personal data concerning you be deleted without delay provided that one of the reasons listed in Art. 17 of the GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued.
3. Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request that the processing of data be restricted if one of the prerequisites listed in Art. 18 of the GDPR applies, i.e. if you have objected to its processing for the duration of any inspection carried out.
4. Right to data portability (Art. 20 of the GDPR):
In certain cases that are listed in detail in Art. 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive personal data concerning you in a structured, standard, and machine-readable format, or to request the transmission of this data to a third party.
5. Right to object (Art. 21 of the GDPR):
If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 (1) letter f of the GDPR (data processing to safeguard legitimate interests), you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to its processing at any time. We shall then no longer process the relevant personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling, legitimate grounds for its processing, which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or its processing is required for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
6. Right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes upon data protection provisions. This right can be exercised in particular with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.
15. Data privacy statement for our social media pages
This text aims to provide information about how we handle your data in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
15.1 Controller
We, kwb Germany GmbH, operate the following social media pages:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kwbgermany/
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/kwbtools
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwb_germany_gmbh/
- Google+: https://plus.google.com/+kwbtoolsGmbHStuhr
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwb_Germany
You can find our contact details in our Disclaimer section.
In addition to us, the operator of the social media platform also processes data. This party is also considered a “controller”; someone who also processes data but over whom we have limited influence. Where we can exert influence and parameterise the processing of data, we are guided by the privacy-compliant handling of data by the operator within the scope of the options available to us. In many areas, however, we cannot influence the processing of data by the operator of the social media platform, and moreover do not know precisely what data this party processes. The website operator provides clarification on this in their respective privacy policy.
15.2 Data processing by us
The data you enter on our social media pages, e.g. comments, videos, images, likes, public messages, etc., is published by the social media platform and is never used or processed by us for any other purpose. We only reserve the right to delete contents if this is necessary. We may share your contents on our site if this is a function of the social media platform and communicate with you via the social media platform. The legal basis is Art. 6 par. 1 (1) letter f of the GDPR. Data is processed in the interest of our PR activities and communication.
If you wish to object to a certain type of data processing where we can exert influence, please refer to the contact details listed in the “Disclaimer” section. We will then assess your objection or forward it to the social media platform when required.
If you submit a query on the social media platform, depending on the required response, we may refer it to another, secure communication channel where confidentiality is guaranteed. You always have the option of sending confidential queries to the address specified in our “Disclaimer” section.
As already mentioned, we ensure that our social media pages are as privacy-compliant as possible where this is permitted by the provider of the social media platform. In particular, therefore, we ensure that we do not use demographic, interest-based, behaviour-based, or location-based target group definitions for advertising, which may be provided to us by the operator of the social media platform. In terms of statistics which the provider of the social media platform supplies to us, we can only influence these to an extent and cannot turn them off either. However, we ensure that no additional optional statistics are provided to us.
15.3 Data processing by the operator of the social media platform
The operator of the social media platform uses web tracking methods. Web tracking can also take place irrespective of whether you are logged in to or registered with the social media platform. As already shown, unfortunately we have little influence over the web tracking methods employed by the social media platform. In other words, we cannot turn this off.
Please be aware that we cannot rule out that the provider of the social media platform will use your profile and behavioural data to evaluate e.g. your habits, personal relationships, preferences, etc. In this respect, we have no influence over the processing of your data by the provider of the social media platform.
More information about data processing by the provider of the social media platform and other options to object can be found in their privacy statements:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
- YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en
- Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
- Google+: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
In cases where responsibility for processing of data is shared with the social media platform, you can find the significant content of the joint processing policy regarding your data here:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
15.4 Your rights as a user
When processing your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a website user.
15.4.1.) Right to access (Art. 15 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed; if this is the case, you have a right to access personal data and you have a right to access the information listed in Art. 15 of the GDPR.
15.4.2.) Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and 17 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data concerning you be corrected and if applicable any incomplete personal data be supplemented without delay.
You have the right to request that personal data concerning you be deleted without delay provided that one of the reasons listed in Art. 17 of the GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued.
15.4.3.) Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 of the GDPR):
You have the right to request that the processing of data be restricted if one of the prerequisites listed in Art. 18 of the GDPR applies, i.e. if you have objected to its processing for the duration of any inspection carried out.
15.4.4.) Right to data portability (Art. 20 of the GDPR):
In certain cases that are listed in detail in Art. 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive personal data concerning you in a structured, standard, and machine-readable format, or to request the transmission of this data to a third party.
15.4.5.) Right to object (Art. 21 of the GDPR):
If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 letter f of the GDPR (data processing to safeguard legitimate interests), you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to its processing at any time. We shall then no longer process the relevant personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling, legitimate grounds for its processing, which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or its processing is required for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
15.5 Right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes upon data protection provisions. This right can be exercised in particular with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.
16. Contact details of the data protection officer
Our data protection officer welcomes any information or suggestions that you might have in relation to data protection:
Dr Uwe Schläger
datenschutz nord GmbH
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen, Germany
Web: www.datenschutz-nord-gruppe.de
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0049 (0) 421 69 66 32 0
