Whenever our website is visited, the following information is collected and stored by us and/or our hosting provider for the purpose of the provision of the website:

• Operating system of the device used to visit our website
• Browser (type, version & language settings)
• the amount of data retrieved
• the current anonymised IP address of the device used to visit our website
• date and time of access
• the URL of the previously visited website (referrer)
• the URL of the (sub)page(s) visited on the website
• the Internet service provider of the accessing visitor system

The data listed above will not be merged with any other data.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to display the website to you, to provide necessary functionality and to ensure the stability and security of our systems. The deletion of the log files takes place 7 days after collection.

This website uses a technical "fe_typo_user" cookie to ensure the internal spam protection when using the contact forms. This cookie is stored for 30 days and then automatically deleted. The legal basis for the use of this cookie is for our legitimate interest in protecting our own IT system against spam, in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. f EU-GDPR.

If you contact us via this contact form, we process the data you provide on the basis of a legitimate interest according to Article 6 (1) lit. f EU-GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in processing and answering your enquiry, as well as in sending a possible offer to you if the area you have indicated can be considered for our projects. The legal basis for this processing of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b EU- GDPR, in the event that your request is aimed at concluding a contract.

The data entered in the contact form will be stored by us for as long as it is necessary to process your enquiry. If the area that you have indicated is not eligible for our company's projects, we will inform you of this, in which case the data you have provided will be deleted immediately, provided that this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

If you contact us by e-mail, your e-mail, including the contact data you provide, will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for follow-up questions. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 I lit. b EU-GDPR if your enquiry is aimed at concluding a contract. In other cases, the basis is Art. 6 I lit. f EU-GDPR. The legitimate interest is the processing of your request.  Your data will be deleted after processing has been completed, provided that this does not conflict with any legal obligations to retain data.

The press distribution list offers you the opportunity to receive regular news from our company for the purpose of your editorial work.

Your data will not be transferred to any other companies for the above-mentioned purposes. We do not measure reach or check your reading behaviour.

Registration for our press distribution list takes place in a so-called double opt-in process, in which, after successful registration you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register using a third party’s email addresses.

The processing of the data entered in the registration form and the subsequent sending of press releases is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a EU_GDPR. You have the right to withdraw this at any time. To do so, simply send an informal e-mail to presse@uka-gruppe.de. You will find the link for withdrawal at the end of each press release. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing, carried out on the basis of the original consent, until the withdrawal has been received.

The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. The aforementioned information is stored for up to three years, to the end of the year, upon withdrawal of the declaration of consent. During this time, you will not receive any newsletters and your email address will no longer be used to send the newsletter.

The registration process is logged and stored according to Art. 6 I lit. c EU_GDPR, for the fulfilment of our accountability obligations according to Art. 5 II EU-GDPR as well as for the defence of legal claims that depend on the proof of consent. 

In order to provide the website, we use service providers who process personal data on our behalf or through whom access to personal data cannot be ruled out. We have entered into contracts with these service providers for commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 EU_GDPR. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU_GDPR. These are our hosting providers and the technical support providers. These service providers are based within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

You can read the data protection information for our career portal, directly on the career portal.

We have a profile on "kununu". The provider is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

You can recognise the kununu link by the corresponding logo on our page. When you visit our profile, using the kununu link on our site, a direct connection between your browser and the provider's server will be established. The provider thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the site, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by XING as the operator of the kununu platform.

For details on how your personal data is handled, please refer to the privacy policy of this provider: privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy

a. You have the following rights with regards to your personal data:

• right to information,
• right to rectification
• right to deletion,
• right to restriction of processing,
• right to object to processing,
• Right to data portability.

b. If you want to exercise your legal rights, please contact our data protection officers.

c. You also have the right to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

Right to object to processing based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f EU-GDPR

If we base the processing of your personal data on our legitimate interest, you may lodge an objection to this processing. This is the case when the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which will be presented by us in each case in the relevant description of the processing. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to send us a statement setting out the reasons why we should not process your personal data. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the state of facts and either discontinue or adjust the data processing or we will inform you of any compelling and legitimate grounds on the basis of which we may continue the processing.