Data protection - va-Q-tec

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. With the following remarks about data protection, we would like to inform you about which data are gathered and processed from your visit to our website and for what purpose they are utilised.

Responsible office and data protection officer
va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH
Alfred-Nobel-Straße 33
97080 Würzburg
Phone +49 (0) 931 / 35-942-0
Fax +49 (0) 931 / 35942-10
E-mail [email protected]

If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can contact our data protection officer by email: [email protected].

Your rights as a data subject
You have the right to obtain information (Art. 15 EU-DS-GVO) at any time, free of charge about personal data we have stored. In addition, you can contact us at any time regarding your rights to correction (Art. 16 EU DS-GVO), restriction (Art. 18 EU DS-GVO), deletion (Art. 17 EU DS-GVO) and data transferability (Art. 20 EU DS-GVO).

You also have the right to object to data processing (Art. 21 EU-DS-GVO).

If you have given your consent to the usage of your data on our website, you can revoke this consent free of charge with effect in the future.

To assert these rights, please contact: [email protected]. The same applies if you have any questions about our data processing.

Furthermore you have the right of complaint to a data protection supervisory authority. Please note the following in connection with rights of objection: In case we process your data to protect legitimate interests, you can object to this processing at any time for personal reasons. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and liberties or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Aims and legal basis of data processing
When processing your personal data, the provisions of the EU-DS-GVO and all other valid data protection regulations are observed. The legal basis for data processing is derived in particular from Art. 6 EU-DS-GVO.

We use your data for business initiation, to fulfill contractual and legal obligations, to implement the contractual relationship, to offer products and services and to strengthen customer relations, which may also include analyses for marketing purposes and direct advertising.

Your consent to data processing may also constitute a data protection permission. Before consent is granted, we will inform you about the purpose of data processing and your right of revocation.

Disclosure to third parties
We only pass on your data to third parties within the framework of the legal regulations or with the appropriate consent. Otherwise, your data is not be passed on to third parties, unless we are obliged to do so by mandatory legal provisions (passing on to external parties), such as supervisory authorities or law enforcement agencies.

Recipients of the data / categories of recipients
Within our company, we ensure that only those persons receive your data who need it to fulfill their contractual and legal obligations. In many cases, service providers support our specialist departments in fulfilling their tasks. The necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all service providers.

Secure transmission of your data
In order to protect the data stored at our company in the best possible way against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons, we use appropriate technical and organizational security measures. The security levels are continuously reviewed in cooperation with security experts and adapted to new security standards.
The data exchange from and to our website is always encrypted. We offer HTTPS as a transmission protocol for our website, always using the latest encryption protocols. In addition, there is the possibility of using alternative communication channels (e.g. by post).

Third country transfer / Third country transfer intention
Data will only be transferred to third countries (outside the European Union or the European Economic Area) if this is necessary for the execution of the contractual obligation, if it is required by law or if you have given us your consent.

Data storage duration
We store your data as long as they are needed for the respective processing purpose. Please note that numerous retention periods require that data is (must be) still stored. This applies in particular to storage obligations under commercial or tax law (e.g. German Commercial Code, German Fiscal Code, etc.). If there are no further storage obligations, the data will be routinely deleted once the purpose has been achieved. In addition, we may retain data if you have given us your permission to do so or if legal disputes arise and we use evidence within the scope of statutory limitation periods, which can be up to thirty years; the regular limitation period is three years.

Obligation to provide data
Various personal data are necessary for the establishment, execution and termination of the contractual relationship and the fulfillment of the associated contractual and legal obligations. This also applies to the use of our website and the various functions it provides. We have summarized the details for you in the point above. In certain cases data must also be collected or made available due to legal regulations. Please note that it is not possible to process your request or to carry out the underlying contractual relationship without providing this data.

Categories, sources and origin of data
Which data we process is determined by the respective context: This depends on the circumstances, e.g. whether an inquiry is entered into our contact form, whether you send us an application or file a complaint.

Please note that we may also provide information for special processing situations separately in an appropriate place, e.g. when uploading application documents or submitting a contact request.

Server log files (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO)
We collect the following data, which your internet browser transmits to us:

Browser type and version
Operating system in use
Web page from which you visit us (referrer URL)
Web page you visit
Date and time of your access
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address

This data is stored separately and will not be merged with other data you may have provided. A conclusion on certain persons is thereby excluded.

We use the information from the server log files only for statistical reasons to optimize our website.

Contact form (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a, b EU-DS-GVO)
On our website, we offer you the option to send us queries by email or via a contact form. We store the information for the purposes of processing your contact. Data are not transmitted to third parties.

The principle of data economy and data avoidance is observed, as you only have to provide the data that we need to contact you. These are your e-mail address, your name, a topic to be selected and the message field itself. In addition, your IP address is processed for technical reasons and for legal protection. All other data are voluntary fields and can be entered optionally (e.g. to answer your questions more individually).

In order to protect the security and confidentiality of your data in the best possible way, we implement appropriate security measures. Your request will be transmitted to us in encrypted form.

Newsletter (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a EU-DS-GVO)
We offer you the opportunity to order a newsletter. For this service we require your email address.

You can register for a newsletter in our Investor Relations section as well. Here, we additionally need your first and family names, as well as your professional role, in order to personally address you in this newsletter and provide you with information in accordance with your requirements.

In both cases, no further data are gathered. The data are utilized only to send newsletters. In connection with the newsletter dispatch, we are supported by service providers who receive your personal data required for this purpose. The necessary data protection agreement has been concluded with these service providers. As soon as you have registered for the newsletter, we send you a confirmation email with a link to the registration confirmation.

You can unscribe the newsletter at any time by revoking your consent. You can find a corresponding link to the possibility of cancellation in each newsletter we send to you. We then immediately delete your data in connection with the dispatch of the newsletter.

Appointments (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b EU-DS-GVO)
In our Virtual Forum, in the “Book Your Appointment” area, you also have the option of making direct appointments with us on topics relating to our products that are of particular interest to you. For the purpose of making and keeping appointments, we keep your name and e-mail address. In addition, you also have the option to provide us with your telephone number and address, as well as special requests, which we can then take into the account accordingly. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b EU-DS-GVO as contact for the purpose of pre-contractual measures with you.
The appointment is made via Microsoft Bookings, a tool of Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, One Microsoft Place, South, County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Therefore, the data collected as part of this service may be transferred to another country outside the European Union, 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 U.S., there is a risk that your data may be processed by U.S. authorities for control and monitoring purposes, without any possible legal remedy available to you. However, we take the possible measures necessary under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 et seq. EU-DS-GVO to establish the level of data protection in the third country.
For more information about how Microsoft handles your personal data, please visit the following link: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacy

Online job application
(Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a, b EU-DS-GVO)

You have the possibility to apply via our application portal. You submit your personal data to us for use within a specific application process. Your data will be stored and processed on the systems of our software partner Haufe-umantis AG.

Confidentiality and data protection in handling personal data are important to us and our software partner Haufe-umantis AG. To ensure the confidentiality of your application we have organized the processing and storage of your personal data and have taken the necessary technical measures. All employees of our human resources department and our software partner have been personally committed to maintain confidentiality regarding personal data. The data transfer is secured as it is carried out with an automatically activated 128bit encryption. In all other respects, data handling is carried out according to the general current standards of data security.

Exclusively for the purpose of your application, we store the title, surname, first name, date of birth, e-mail address and telephone numbers in the applicant database. These mandatory details are marked with an asterisk. We also record your cover letter, curriculum vitae, application photo, submitted job references and professional qualifications, training qualifications and further education qualifications. We will only evaluate, process and forward this data internally within this procedure. Only our employees in the human resources department and the persons responsible for selection at va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH have access to the stored data. Under no circumstances will we pass on your data to companies or persons outside our company or use them for other purposes. Without the possibility of inference to individual persons, we can process the data for statistical purposes. (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO).

You can request information in written form about the data stored about you. Please address this inquiry to our human resources department [email protected]. At your request we will delete your electronically stored data at any time.

With the start of your employment, your personal data will be added to your personnel file. We delete the stored data of applicants not considered about 3 months after completion of the application procedure (profile and application). We will not inform you separately about the deletion of this data. If we are unable to offer you a suitable position within the scope of your application, we reserve the right to assign your application to the talent pool after receiving the appropriate consent. In this case, you can request the immediate deletion of your data at any time. Applications that we have assigned to the talent pool will be deleted after 12 months.

Hyperlinks to other providers
Our website contains – clearly recognizable – links to the Internet presences of other companies. As far as links to websites of other providers are available, we have no influence on their contents. Therefore, no guarantee or liability can be assumed for these contents. The respective provider or operator of these sites is always responsible for the contents of these sites.

The linked pages were checked for possible violations of law and recognizable infringements at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognizable at the time of linking. However, a 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 of the law, such links will be removed immediately.

Automated individual case decisions
We do not use entirely automated processing to make a decision.

Cookies (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GS. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO, § 25 Abs. 2 TDDDG / Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a EU-DS-GVO, § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG with consent)
The website utilises so-called cookies in several places. They serve to make our services more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser (locally on your hard disk). Due to our legitimate interest (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO) we use technically necessary cookies, which are essential for the operation of the website and to ensure its functionality. Depending on the purpose, these are stored permanently – even after the end of the session – (so-called persistent cookies, e.g. opt-out) or are deleted when the browser is closed (so-called session cookies – these are only valid for one browser session).

In addition, we set further cookies with your consent. These cookies enable us to analyze how users use our website. This allows us to design the website content according to the needs of our visitors. Cookies also enable us to measure the effectiveness of a particular advertisement and to place it, for example, depending on the thematic interests of the user. The legal basis for this is your consent (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a EU-DS-GVO).

If you have given your consent to this, you can revoke it as a matter of course at any time without giving reasons via our cookie settings.

Change cookie settings

Most web browsers accept cookies automatically. Of course, you can also deactivate, restrict or delete cookies on your end device manually via the settings of your browser or software-supported.

Please note: If you deactivate the setting of cookies, not all functions of our website may be completely usable.

Creation of user profiles respectively the use of purely functional cookies (Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a EU-DS-GVO)

We use the following tools and services on our website:

Use of Google Analytics

On our website we use the tracking tool Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited.

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.

In case of activation of IP-anonymization on this website, your IP-address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states of the agreement on the European Economic Area before. 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 for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

Google processes and stores your data in the USA. Appropriate contractual provisions and guarantees ensure compliance with the European level of data protection for data transfer and processing in third countries. Data processing or storage in third countries may also take place on the basis of your consent (Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), in which case you will be informed separately when your consent is obtained, as well as the possibility of revocation.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is based on your consent according to art. 6 par. 1 letter a. EU-DS GVO. You can revoke your consent. Change cookie settings
The purpose of the processing of your personal data by the Google Analytics service is to analyze the interaction of our website 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 they are no longer required for our purposes. This is the case after 26 months.

Dynamics 365 Marketing uses the following types of cookies:

Long-term behavioral-analysis cookie: This cookie enables Dynamics 365 Marketing to generate so-called “leads”, depending on the level of interaction with the website. The cookie does not contain any personal information, but can identify a specific browser on a specific device. Dynamics 365 Marketing can then use this information to create a cookie ID and compare it with a specific contact or contact ID in the Dynamics 365 Marketing database. The cookie remains active for two years.
Short-term, single-visit cookie: Dynamics 365 Marketing uses this cookie to record all page views of a visitor that are made in a 30-minute period. All of these requests are viewed as a single visit to the website and the cookie is automatically deleted after the 30 minutes.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Letter of the EU-DS-GVO. You can revoke your consent at any time here.

The purpose of processing your personal data through this service is to analyze the interaction of our website visitors with our website. By evaluating the data obtained here, we can optimize our offer and increase user-friendliness.

As part of this service, the data collected can be transferred to another country outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, and to a country that does not offer an adequate level of data protection. If the data is transferred to the USA, 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 measures required under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 ff. EU-DS-GVO in order to establish the level of data protection in the third country.

You can find more information about the handling of your personal data at Microsoft under the following link: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacy

Use of Google-Maps (Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. a EU-DS-GVO)

On our website we use Google Maps (API) by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). To protect your privacy, Google Maps is disabled the first time you enter this website. A direct connection to the servers of Google is only established when you activate Google Maps independently (consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

You can revoke your consent. This prevents your data from being transmitted to Google the very first time you enter the site. After activation, Google Maps will save your IP address. This is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Since the USA is a country outside the European Union and the European Economic Area that does not have an adequate level of data protection, 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 measures necessary under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 et seq. EU-DS-GVO to establish the level of data protection in the third country.

For more information on how we handle user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Use of Google reCaptcha (Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO)

This website uses Google reCAPTCHA v3, a service of Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google reCAPTCHA uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer. Furthermore, information about your browser and existing Google cookies are read and your interaction with the website is recorded. We use Google reCAPTCHA on all websites where you can communicate with us directly, such as our contact form. The information generated about your use of this website in this context is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-DS-GVO based on our legitimate interest in the security of our website and the prevention of misuse and spam. However, by activating IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to determine whether an input was made by a human or a machine. This enables efficient and user-friendly spam or bot protection and serves the security and availability of this website. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google reCAPTCHA is not merged with other Google data as long as you are not connected to your Google account and no cookies from Google or a company affiliated with Google are stored on your computer. You can find more information on data protection at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.Sie. You can prevent the storage of cookies and the execution of scripts by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Use of Campaign Manager (formerly DoubleClick by Google)

This website uses the online marketing tool Campaign Manager from Google. Google Campaign Manager is a program of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Campaign Manager uses cookies to present you relevant advertisements. In this process, a pseudonymous identification number (ID) is assigned to your browser in order to check which ads have been shown in your browser and which ads have been viewed. The use of cookies only enables Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on previous visits to our or other websites on the Internet. The information generated by the cookies is transferred by Google to a server in the USA for evaluation and stored there. The information generated by the cookies is transferred by Google to a server in the USA for evaluation and stored there. 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 measures necessary under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 et seq. EU-DS-GVO to establish the level of data protection in the third country.

The use of Google Campaign Manager is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a. EU-DS-GVO, which you can revoke at any time.

Further information on Campaign Manager is available at https://www.google.de/doubleclick and on data protection at Google in general https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Protection of our website by Cloudfare (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO)

On our website, we use the content delivery network service of Cloudflare Inc. (101 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107).
Technically, the connection from your device to our website is routed through Cloudflare’s network. This enables Cloudflare to detect, for example, attacks on our website. The aim is that attacks can be detected and repelled at an early stage to allow you to access our site whenever you want. However, Cloudflare has no access to data entered by you due to the TLS encryption always activated on our website.
When you access our website, cookies are set by Cloudflare in your web browser. Cloudflare also collects statistical data about visits to this website. The access data includes: Name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type along with version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.
Cloudflare uses the log data for statistical analysis for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the offer (e.g. to identify and defend against mass abusive accesses in the context of denial of service attacks (DDoS) or to identify multiple legitimate accesses of different devices using one IP address – in summary, you can say that the system analyzes whether you want to carry out an attack on our site due to certain technologies and prevents it, or whether you are a regular visitor).
You can find more information about data processing by Cloudflare at the following link:

https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/
We use this service to ensure the availability of our website, to protect us from attacks and to optimize the loading times of our website.
The tool is used on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) lit f EU-DS-GVO.
Please note that in doing so, the collected data may be transferred to another country outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and to a country that does not offer an adequate level of data protection. If the data is transferred to the USA in the process, 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 measures necessary under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 et seq. EU-DS-GVO to establish the level of data protection in the third country.

Use of Google web fonts for correct display (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO, § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG)

We use so-called web fonts in order to display the content on our website in an appealing, correct and uniform manner across all browsers. The appealing and correct presentation of our content represents a legitimate interest. The web fonts we use are Google web fonts from Google LLC (Google), Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
For data protection reasons, these web fonts are only integrated locally. A data transfer to third parties does not take place. The use of Google Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f EU-DS-GVO, § 25 para. 2 TDDDG.

Google General

The Google General service of Google LLC (Google), Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA is identified within our Consent Management. However, this is not an independent service that uses cookies for its own purposes. Rather, it is a general reference to the fact that various services and tools offered by Google (e.g., Google Analytics or Campaign Manager) are used on our website. These are described transparently in this statement.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this context is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. EU-GDPR, § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. You can revoke your consent at any time Cookie Einstellungen ändern .”

Google Tag Manager

Our website uses Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store any cookies, and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the United States. The Google Tag Manager is used based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in the fast and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on our website. Only if you give us your consent for the use of the services described will they be used further because of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time by clicking Cookie Einstellungen ändern . The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:

https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active”

Google Ads

We use Google Ads conversion tracking and the remarketing service of Google Inc (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, “Google”). Google Ads uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and generate conversion statistics for the Google Ads advertising program. The Google Remarketing service allows us to display advertisements for our website that are potentially more relevant to the user personally. For these purposes, so-called remarketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also known as “web beacons”) are integrated into the website when our websites on which Google Ads Conversion Tracking is active are accessed. This file records which websites the user has visited, which content they are interested in, and which offers they have clicked on, as well as technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of the online offer. The IP address of the user is also recorded, whereby the full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases.

If the user subsequently visits other websites, they can be shown ads tailored to their interests. User data is processed pseudonymously as part of Google marketing services. This means that Google does not store and process the user’s name or email address, for example, but processes the relevant data in relation to cookies within pseudonymous user profiles. This means that, from Google’s perspective, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie owner, regardless of who this cookie owner is. This does not apply if a user has expressly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymization. The information collected by Google marketing services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google’s servers in the USA.

The service provider is obliged by corresponding contractual provisions to comply with the data protection standards of the EU and to guarantee the European level of data protection. Data processing or storage in third countries may also take place based on your consent (Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), in which case you will be informed of this separately.

The cookies used lose their validity after 90 days and are not used to identify you personally. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.

The processing is based on your prior consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. To do so, simply call up our consent banner and deselect the corresponding consent. Please note that the change in the consent banner settings must be made individually for each end device.

YouTube Platform

The embedding on YouTube is done by the technical process of so-called framing. Framing is the process of simply inserting an HTML link provided by YouTube into the code of a website to create a playback frame on the third-party site, allowing the video stored on YouTube servers to be played back.

We use the framing codes generated by YouTube in the so-called “extended privacy mode”. According to the information provided by the YouTube platform, the cookie activity and the resulting data collection is only linked to the use of the playback function of the video itself. In this context, data collection through mere use of the website with framed content is prohibited.

To protect your data, we use a so-called two-click solution. All YouTube content is deactivated by default and is only loaded and displayed from the YouTube servers after clicking the “Activate content” button. With this click you agree that your IP address is transferred to YouTube and that the provider sets cookies in your browser. For your convenience, we will remember your consent for 30 days via a so-called Local Storage object that we store in your browser.

LinkedIn Ads / LinkedIn Analytics

We use “LinkedIn Ads” on our website, a service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn Ads stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. LinkedIn Ads uses cookies, which are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device and which enable an analysis of your use of our website.

We use LinkedIn Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, particularly to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. By statistically evaluating user behavior, we can improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. The use of LinkedIn Ads is based on your consent, which you can revoke at any time here https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

We would point out that in the case of a revocation you may not be able to use all functions of our Internet presence to their full extent.

Please note that in doing so, the collected data may be transferred to another country outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and to a country that does not offer an adequate level of data protection. If the data is transferred to the USA in the process, 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 measures necessary under data protection law in accordance with Art. 44 et seq. EU-DS-GVO to establish the level of data protection in the third country.

For more information about the third party’s privacy practices, please visit the following website: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Social Media

Social Plugins of social networks

No social plugins are active on our website.

Links to social media

On our website you will find links to the social media services of Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. You can recognize links to the social media services by the respective company logo. If you follow these links, you will reach the company website of va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH at the respective social media service. When you click on a link to a social media service, a connection to the servers of the social media service is established. This will transmit to the servers of the social media service that you have visited our website. In addition, further data is transmitted to the social media service provider. These are for example:

Address of the website where the activated link is located
Date and time when the website was accessed or the link was activated
Information about the browser and operating system used
IP address
If you are already logged in to the corresponding social media service at the time the link is activated, the provider of the social media service may be able to determine your user name and perhaps even your real name from the data transmitted and assign this information to your personal user account with the social media service. You can exclude this possibility of assignment to your personal user account by logging out of your user account first.

The servers of the Social Media Services are located in the USA and other countries outside the European Union. The data can therefore be processed by the provider of the social media service in countries outside the European Union. Please note that companies in these countries are subject to a data protection law which generally does not protect personal data to the same extent as it is the case in member states of the European Union.

Please note that we have no influence on the scope, type and purpose of data processing by the provider of the social media service. Further information on the use of your data by the social media services integrated on our website can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social media service.

Appearance in our social media

The va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH maintains various appearances in social media, currently on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. As far as we have control over the processing of your data, we ensure that the applicable data protection regulations are observed.

In the following, you will find the most important information on data protection law with regard to our social media appearances.

Name and address of the person responsible for the holding

Responsible for the company’s web presence in terms of the EU Data Protection Regulation (EU-DS-GVO) and other data protection regulations is va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH and

Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Instagram (Facebook Ireland Ltd. 4, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)
LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
You use these platforms and their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating).

We maintain the fan sites in order to communicate with visitors to these sites and to inform them about our offers.

In addition, we collect data for statistical purposes in order to be able to further develop and optimize the contents and to make our services more attractive. The data required for this (e.g. total number of page views, page activities and data provided by visitors, interactions) is processed by the social networks and made accessible to us. We have no influence on the generation and presentation of this data.
Moreover, your personal data is processed by the social media providers, but also by va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH, for market research and advertising purposes. Therefore, it is possible that user profiles are created based on your usage behavior and the resulting interests. This allows, among other things, the placement of advertisements within and outside the platforms that correspond to your interests. For this purpose, cookies are usually stored on your computer. Irrespective of this, data that is not collected directly on your end devices can also be stored in your user profiles. The storage and analysis also takes place across devices. This applies in particular, but not exclusively, if you are registered as a member and logged on to the respective platforms.

We do not collect or process any other personal data.

The processing of your personal data by the va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH is based on our legitimate interest in effective information and communication according to Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. EU-DS-GVO.

If you are asked for your consent to data processing, i.e. if you give your consent by confirming a button or similar (opt-in), the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. a., Art. 7 EU-DS-GVO.

Your rights / possibility of objection

If you are a member of a social network and do not want the network to collect information about you through our site and link it to your stored membership data at the respective network, you have to

log out of the respective network before you visit our fan page
delete the cookies present on the device and
exit and restart your browser
Please note that this procedure must be carried out separately for each end device.

After a new login, you will once again be recognizable to the network as a specific user.

For a detailed presentation of the respective processing and the possibilities of objection (opt-out), we refer to the following linked information:

Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) – Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy, Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads und http://www.youronlinechoices.com
Instagram (Facebook Ireland Ltd. 4, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland) – Privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875,
LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) – Privacy policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
Twitter (Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) – Privacy policy https://twitter.com/de/privacy, Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/account/settings und https://optout.aboutads.info/?
In total, you are entitled to the above-mentioned rights regarding the processing of your personal data.

Since the company va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH does not have full access to your personal data you should contact the social media providers directly when asserting your rights, since they each have access to the personal data of their users and can take appropriate measures and provide information.

Naturally, if you still need help, we will do our best to support you. Please contact [email protected].

Data Protection Declaration