Privacy Policy

DeDeNet GmbH appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our company and the services we offer. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and want you to feel secure when you visit our website. The following information therefore details which data are processed when you use our website.

 

Controller for this Website

The Controller for data processing as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is DeDeNet GmbH. It can be contacted at the following address:

DeDeNet GmbH
Am Erlengraben 8
D-76275 Ettlingen
phone 07243/575-280
email: info@dedenet.de

Our Data Protection Officer Silke Dähne-Eigenstetter can be contacted at the above address and via email to datenschutz@dedenet.de

Your Data Protection Rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to the disclosure of information (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • The right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • The right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • The right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • The right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • The right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If your personal data is processed based on a consent (e.g. when subscribing to our newsletter), you have the right to withdraw this consent for the future at any time (Art. 7 GDPR).

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the concerned supervisory authority if, in your opinion, your data has been processed unlawfully (Art. 77 GDPR).

Duration of Storage of Your Personal Data

Your personal data that is processed via our webpages will only be stored for the period of time required to fulfil the purposes of the respective processing. Furthermore, your personal data processed via our webpages will be stored if required due to statutory or contractual retention periods. As a rule, tax law relevant personal data will be stored for a period of 10 years, other personal data for a period of 6 years as required by commercial law.

Data security due to TLS Encryption

We use TLS encryption for our website for security reasons, to protect to the best possible extent the data, contents or enquiries transmitted by you.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the prefix “https” in your browser’s address line and by the lock symbol in the browser line. Unencrypted pages can be identified by “http”. No data that you transmit to this website - e.g. via the contact form - can be read by third parties, if the TLS encryption is activated.

Data collection and processing during use of our website

When you access our website, a series of general data and information are transmitted and stored in the server’s log files. The following data are automatically recorded:

  • IP address
  • Browser and operating system used
  • Referrer URL (previous website visited)
  • Website accessed and date and time of access
  • Access status (success/error when loading website)
  • Data volume transmitted

To be able to deliver our website to your computer, we have to collect and temporarily store your IP address. For this purpose, your IP address has to be stored for the duration of your visit to our website. The storing of the above data in log files is required to ensure the correct and permanent functioning and optimisation of our website and to ensure its stability and security.

This data will not be analysed for marketing purposes. The above purposes qualify as our legitimate interest in processing the data. The legal basis for collecting and temporarily storing this data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data collection and processing when using the contact form

If, when visiting our website, you use our email contact form to contact us quickly or submit an enquiry by electronic means, the data transmitted by you (surname, first name, email address, enquiry and, where applicable, additional information provided by you) are automatically collected and stored. These personal data which are transmitted by you on a voluntary basis are used only for the purpose of processing your enquiry, sending an offer, or in order to contact you if we have any subsequent questions.

The legal basis for processing this data is Art. 6, Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR if you have granted consent to our using the specified data. Please click on https:www.dedenet.de/en/contact.html to read the text of this consent.

The entered personal data will be deleted as soon as the processing of your enquiry has been completed, unless required otherwise by statutory retention obligations.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you access our website. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

The type of cookies used on our website are so-called “session cookies”. A “session ID” generated by a session cookie makes it possible to allocate various enquiries by your web browser to the current session and to recognise your computer if you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted once the current session has been terminated.

Cookies are used to ensure the proper operation of the website and to provide basic functionalities for using the website. The above purposes qualify as our legitimate interest in processing the data. The legal basis for using cookies is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can configure your browser settings to control the acceptance or rejection of cookies or so that you are informed in advance if cookies are to be stored. Your browser also allows you to delete cookies which have already been placed. If you deactivate cookies, this may impair the functionality of the website. You can generally find additional related information in your Internet browser’s settings.

Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we require an email address from you, and also information which enables us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter.

To ensure that you agree to us sending the newsletter, we use the "double-opt-in" process. As part of this process, the potential recipient allows himself/herself to be included in a distribution list. The user then receives a confirmation email enabling him/her to legally confirm the registration. The address is only actively included in the distribution list once this confirmation has been provided. We use these data exclusively for the purpose of sending the required information and offers.

We use the newsletter software Newsletter2Go. Your data will be transmitted to Newsletter2Go GmbH as part of the process. Newsletter2Go is prohibited from selling your data and from using them for purposes other than for sending newsletters. Newsletter2Go is a German certified service provider which has been selected in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Additional information is available here:

https://www.newsletter2go.de/informationen-newsletter-empfaenger

We store your email address in order to be able to mail the newsletter to you. The respective IP address and the time of log-on and confirmation are stored so that we can prove your registration and solve any possible misuse of your personal data. This qualifies as our legitimate interest in storing this data.

To the extent that you have granted us consent, the legal basis for processing this data after you have subscribed to our newsletter is Art. 6, Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR.  To the extent that the processing is based on a legitimate interest on our part, the legal basis is Art. 6, Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The above data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the stated purposes. The data will thus be stored for the period of time that you subscribe to our newsletter.

You may at any time revoke the consent granted with regard to the storage of data, your email address and their use for sending the newsletter. A corresponding link is provided in every newsletter. Moreover, you can also use the contact details provided in the Data Privacy Notice to inform us at any time of your wish to revoke consent in this regard.

Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts, a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). We use Google Fonts (selection of fonts for designing websites) to design our website. When our web pages are called up, these fonts are provided via Google servers to display certain fonts on our web pages. As a result of the generated connection, Google can identify the website that the enquiry was made from and the IP address that the display of the font is to be transmitted to.

In doing so, Google Fonts does not set or transmit cookies. Google Fonts analyses website visitor data only in aggregated form, i.e. the data is used to generate general statistics (e.g. which font is used how often).

Google Fonts is used to optimise the design of our website, this use qualifies as a legitimate interest on our part. The legal basis for this use is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For further information please visit:
https://fonts.google.com/
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Web Analysis Using Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer, to help analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Due to IP anonymisation being activated on this website, Google will truncate your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide the website operator with further services associated with website and Internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be linked to other data held by Google.

We use Google Analytics on our website to analyse the utilisation of our website and to continuously improve its functionality and user friendliness. This qualifies as our legitimate interest in processing this data, the legal basis for this is Art. 6 Sect. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use Google Analytics on our website exclusively with the described IP anonymisation (IP masking by the “anonymizeIp” code). As a result, your IP address will be processed only in truncated form, a personal identification can thus be excluded.

The data on website utilisation stored by Google Analytics is deleted automatically after 26 months. The data for which the retention period has expired is deleted automatically once a month.

You may prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

You can prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be placed which will prevent your data being collected when you visit this website in future: