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Privacy Note

We at Bronkhorst take your trust in us, as a user and/or customer, extremely seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data privacy policy.

Name and contact details for the processor and the company data protection officer

The following are responsible for collecting and processing your data:
Bronkhorst Instruments GmbH, Am Ziegelwerk 1, 85391 Leonhardsbuch, Germany
Managing directors: Nicolaus Dirscherl, Hendrik Gezinus Tappel
Tel.: +49 (0) 8166 9921 0
E-mail: [email protected]

Our data protection officer is:
Ms Lydia Voß
Steinberg Rechtsanwälte
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 3-5 50672 Köln
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.steinberg-arbeitsrecht.de

Bronkhorst Instruments GmbH undertakes to protect your privacy and to ensure your personal data’s safety.

Unless otherwise stated, we do not pass this information on to third parties. We endeavour to live up to the trust that our users place in us. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions or concerns regarding data protection or security of the information you supply.

Information handling

We use the contact details to reply to your questions and fulfil your wishes, to improve our communication with you and to customise it. We treat your contact details as confidential.

Collection and storage of personal data and nature and purpose of its use

When visiting the website

When you visit our website, the browser on your device automatically sends information to our website server. This information is stored temporarily in what is known as a logfile. This information is recorded without involving you and stored until it is automatically erased:

  • Requesting computer’s IP address,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of file viewed,
  • Website from which our site is accessed (referrer URL),
  • Browser used and your computer’s operating system, as applicable, and the name of your access provider.

We process this data for the following purposes:

  • To ensure a smooth connection to our website,
  • To ensure an easy and convenient-to-use website,
  • To analyse system security and stability, and
  • for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 no. 1, sentence 1f GDPR. Our legitimate interest in data collection lies in the purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected to identify you.

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and to create directions.

This is a map service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.

If you download a subpage that contains Google Maps (such as https://www.bronkhorst.com/de-de/bronkhorst-instruments) your browser forms a direct connection with Google’s servers. Google sends the map content directly to your browser and incorporates this into the webpage. We therefore have no control over the scope of the data Google collects. To the best of our knowledge, as a minimum this is the following:

  • Date and time of visit to the webpage in question,
  • Internet address or URL for the downloaded webpage,
  • IP address,
  • (Starting) Address supplied for route planning.

We have no control over whether Google processes or uses the data further and are therefore unable to accept responsibility for this.

Please refer to Google’s data privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de) for the purpose and scope of Google’s data collection, further processing and use, your rights in this regard and Settings options for protecting your privacy.

You can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings if you do not want Google to collect, process or use your data via our website. In this case, however, you will not be able to display maps.

E-mail communication

Of course you can also contact us at any time by e-mail. As a result your e-mail address will be transmitted to us, as a minimum. You can provide other information voluntarily.

We use Microsoft Office and the related storage for e-mails and other files. Data is also transmitted to Microsoft in this context. Microsoft has comprehensive expertise in data protection and maintaining privacy and has undertaken to comply with the EU-US Privacy Shield. Further details can be found at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter/privacy/you-own-your-data.

Data processing for the purposes of contacting us takes place according to Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1a GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent and on the basis of Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1f GDPR.

The personal data we process to respond to your enquiry is automatically erased after we have dealt with it.

Online meetings, telephone and video conferences using Microsoft Teams

We use Microsoft Teams and other Office 365 Cloud Services to hold telephone conferences, online meetings and/or video conferences (hereafter “Online Meetings”).

Microsoft Teams and Office 365 are services of Microsoft Corporation, with registered office in the USA.

A variety of data types is processed when using Teams or Office 365. The scope of the data also depends on which information you provide before or during participation in an Online Meeting.
 
The following personal data may be processed:

  • User account details:
    First name, surname, telephone number (optional), e-mail address, password (if single sign-on has not been used), profile picture (optional), department (optional).
    To participate in an Online Meeting, you must provide a name as a minimum, with it being left to your discretion whether you provide pertinent details.
  • Online metadata:
    Topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device/hardware information.
  • For the duration of the meeting the data from your device’s microphone and from any video camera will be processed in order to permit video display and audio reproduction. You can switch off the camera or mute the microphone yourself at any time using the Teams applications.
  • When dialling-in using a telephone:
    Details of incoming and outgoing telephone number, country name, start and finish time,
  • Text, audio and video data:
    In an online meeting, you have the option of using the Chat, Question or Survey functions and other functions to upload and download files, such as photos, sound, videos or Office data. The data provided by you is processed to the extent required to display or reproduce these during the Online Meeting and to make them accessible to other participants during the meeting or afterwards and to file them for the record, as applicable.
  • In the case of recordings (optional):
    MP4 files of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A files of all audio recordings, text files on Online Meeting chats.
    N.B.: If we want to record an Online Meeting, we will first expressly inform you of this and ask for your consent. The fact that a recording is being made will also be displayed to you in the programme itself.
  • Exchange Online: Surname, first name and e-mail address required to log on to Office 365 services, as well as the e-mails that are exchanged and processed using this service. The e-mails are processed electronically (stored) only insofar as necessary for provision and storage of e-mails for the purposes of processing by the user.
  • SharePoint, OneDrive and other Office 365 Cloud services: Storage of the data stored by the user in these services and only for the purposes of further processing or dissemination specified by the user,
  • If you are registered with Microsoft as a user and take part in a conference as a guest, then reports of Online Meetings (meeting metadata, telephone dial-in data, webinar questions and answers, webinar survey function) can be stored by Teams until the end of the Meeting or training, and for one month afterwards.

If personal data is processed in connection with use of Teams or Office 365, the legal basis for data processing during online meetings is Art. 6 no. 1b) GDPR, if the Meetings are held within the scope of contractual relations.
If there is no contractual relation, the legal basis is Art. 6 no. 1f) GDPR. In this case too, our legitimate interest lies in effective conduct of Online Meetings. We also assume that by taking part in the Online Meeting, you consent to processing of your personal data (Art. 6 no. 1a) GDPR).

Personal data processed in connection with participation in Teams Online Meetings and the Office 365 services provided is in principle not passed to third parties if it is not specifically destined for onward transmission. Please note that, as for personal meetings, Online Meeting content is frequently used to communicate information and is therefore destined for onward transmission.

Microsoft Corporation, as the provider of Teams, necessarily also acquires knowledge of the above data if our processing agreement with Microsoft makes provision for this. Please also note that these are services rendered by a provider from the USA. Personal data is therefore also processed in a third country.

An appropriate level of data protection is provided on the one hand by Microsoft Corporation’s Privacy Shield certification and by the conclusion of what is known as EU standard contract clauses on the other. In addition, we have concluded a processing agreement with both providers that meets the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.

Further details can be found at: https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/datenschutz-und-sicherheit-in-microsoft-teams-nutzer/

Links to third-party websites

Our offering contains links to external third-party websites, over whose content we have no control. We therefore cannot assume any responsibility for this third-party content either. The respective site provider or operator is always responsible for the linked websites’ content. The linked sites have been checked for potential legal violations at the time of linking. No illegal content was apparent at the time of linking.

It is unreasonable, however, to monitor the linked websites’ content permanently without specific indications of a legal violation. We will immediately remove such links if legal violations become known.

Transmission of data

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below:

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • You have expressly consented to this according to Art, 6 no. 1 sentence 1a GDPR
  • Transmission according to Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1f GDPR is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overwhelming interest in non-transmission of your data worthy of protection,
  • In the event of there being a legal obligation to pass on the data according to Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1c GDPR, and
  • • this is permissible by law and is required according to Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1b GDPR for processing of contractual relationships with you.

Subject’s rights

You have the right:

  • In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data that we process. In particular you can request information about the processing purpose, the category of personal data, the categories of recipient to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if we have not collected this, and about the existence of an automated decision-making process, including profiling and information on the details, as applicable,
  • In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to request immediate rectification of your incorrect personal data stored by us or completion thereof,
  • In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to request erasure of the personal data we store about you, unless processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of speech and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, on the grounds of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
  • In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request restriction of processing of your personal data if you contest the data's accuracy, if processing is illegal but you refuse the option of having it erased and also if we no longer need the data but you require it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. You can also request restriction of processing if you have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR,
  • In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have supplied to us in a structured, current, machine-readable format, or to request the transmission thereof to another Controller;
  • In accordance with Art. 7 no. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent from us at any time. As a consequence, in future we will not be able to continue the data processing based on this consent, and
  • • in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Generally speaking you can contact the supervisory authority for your customary place of residence or work, or our company registered office, to do this

Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 no. 1 sentence 1f GDPR, you have the right in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR to object to processing of your personal data if there are grounds that ensue from your particular situation, or the objection is directed at direct advertising. In the latter case you have a general right to object that we will implement it without giving a specific situation.

If you would like to exercise your right of withdrawal or right to object, simply send an e-mail to [email protected].

Validity and amendment of this data privacy policy

This data privacy policy is valid as of May 2021.

As a result of further development of our website and offers on it, or due to changes to statutory or official stipulations, it may be necessary to amend this data privacy policy. The latest data privacy policy can be downloaded and printed out at any time under https://www.bronkhorst.com/de-de/bronkhorst-instruments/datenschutzerklarung-de from our website.

Publication date: 07/05/2021