Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us and we want you to feel safe when visiting our website. We protect your privacy and your personal data. We process your personal data in accordance with the contents of this privacy policy in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the other relevant data protection regulations in each case.

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Table of contents

Name and contact details of the data controller
Contacting the Data Protection Officer
What is personal data?
Purposes of data processing
Legal basis of data processing
Right to object
Use of our website for information purposes
Use of our website for other services
Hosting
Contacting us
Newsletters
Security
Cookies and similar technologies
Web analytics
Social media
Other functions and content
Links to other websites
Recipients and data transfer
Data transfer to third countries
Deletion of your data
Your rights
Changes to our privacy policy
Privacy policy according to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR

1. Name and contact details of the data controller

As the operator of the website https://www.herrenknecht-vertical.com, Herrenknecht Vertical GmbH, Im Heidenwinkel 5, 77963 Schwanau, Germany, is the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR.

2. Contacting the Data Protection Officer

You can contact our Data Protection Officer at any time with any privacy concerns at datenschutz@herrenknecht-vertical.com.

3. What is personal data?

Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

4. Purposes of data processing

The extent and nature of the collection, processing and use of your data depends on whether you visit our website only to retrieve generally available information or make use of additional services. We always process your personal data in the course of our business activities for pre-contractual or contractual purposes. In addition, the exercise of our legitimate interest, your consent or compliance with legal requirements may also be the substantive purpose of data processing by us. We inform you about the respective specific purposes of data processing in the sections below.

5. Legal basis for data processing

We process your personal data according to the following legal bases:

To fulfill pre-contractual or contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR)
On the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR)
In the context of a balancing of interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR)
On the basis of legal requirements (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR)

In connection with the respective instances of data processing carried out by us we will inform you of the specific legal basis of the data processing.

6. Right to object

If in the context of a balancing of interests we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest (legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) ( f) GDPR), you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you exercise your right to object, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, we reserve the right to further processing (with the exception of direct advertising, in which case we will comply with your objection immediately) if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. More extensive data subject rights remain unaffected by this.

7. Use of our website for information purposes

For the purely informational use of our website it is not necessary for you to provide any personal information at all. Rather, in this case, when you access our web pages, we only collect the data that your internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as:

Referrer (previously visited website)
Requested web page or file
Browser type and version
Operating system
Device type
Date and time of access
IP address in anonymized form
Other similar data and information used to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

This is usually done using log files. The purpose of processing is to ensure the functionality and compatibility of our website for technically unproblematic use, including troubleshooting and protection against technical attacks and misuse of the usage. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the proper operation of our website. The log file data is deleted when it is no longer required for the purpose of processing.

8. Use of our website for other services

If you make use of other services of our company via our website, it may be necessary for you to provide personal information. The personal data required for the provision of services is specified in the respective input mask or application. You can voluntarily provide additional information. You can tell which information is required and which is voluntary by the fact that the mandatory information is marked with an asterisk (*) or with the note "Mandatory field". Your data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of providing the service you requested. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data and the information on when your personal data will be deleted can be found in the description of the specific services.

9. Hosting

We use an external service provider to host our website. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hosting company's servers. The use of the hosting company is in the interest of the secure, fast and efficient provision of our website (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Our hosting provider will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations in accordance with contractual obligations and instructions from us. We use DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany as our hosting provider. We have concluded a data processing agreement according to Art. 28 GDPR with the hosting provider.

10. Contacting us

Contact by mail

On our website we offer you the possibility of contacting us by email. Please note that unencrypted communication by email is not secure. It cannot be ruled out that data transmitted in this way may be read, copied, altered or deleted by unauthorized persons. The personal data you provide when contacting us via email will only be processed for the purpose of dealing with your contact via email. Data will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing this contact. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your personal data will be deleted when no longer required to fulfill the purpose of your contact. Please note that your messages may have to be stored due to statutory retention requirements. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

11. Newsletters

Newsletters are not currently offered.

12. Security

We have taken technical and organizational measures to secure our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, alteration or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons. In particular, your personal data provided in the contact form will be transmitted in encrypted form. We use the TLS 1.3 (Transport Layer Security) coding system for this purpose.

13. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies or similar technologies for various purposes, e.g. to ensure the functionality, security and convenience of online services and to analyze visitor flows.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer whenever you use our website. Similar technologies are so-called web storage technologies (also called "local data" and "local storage"); data is stored locally in your browser's memory ("cache"). In the following, for reasons of better readability, we refer to cookies and similar technologies collectively as "cookies".

We use cookies in accordance with the statutory provisions. We therefore obtain prior consent from users, unless this is not required by law.

If users consent, the legal basis for the processing of their data is the declared consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to users and contains information on the respective use of cookies. For more information on the individual cookies or similar technologies and their purpose, please refer to our privacy settings.

Change your cookie settings

Consent is not required in particular if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide users with a telemedia service (i.e. our online offering) that they have expressly requested. In these cases, the legal basis for the processing of your data is the fulfillment of our contractual obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, compliance with legal obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR or our legitimate interest (e.g. in the economic and secure use of our online offering and improvement of its usability) pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. For more information about each cookie and its purpose, see our privacy settings.

Change your cookie settings

If you wish, you can delete the cookies at any time. However, this may result in individual functions no longer being available to you. To delete cookies, please refer to your browser's help function or change your settings in the privacy settings.

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Cookiebot
This website uses the cookie consent tool "Cookiebot" from Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. The purpose of the processing is to obtain and document consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or to the use of certain technologies as well as to technically enable revocation of consent given. When you visit our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Cybot:

Your IP address
Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
Date and time of consent
Information about your browser
Information about your device
An anonymous, random and encrypted key value

Furthermore, Cookiebot stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to associate you with the consents granted or their revocation.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is section 25 (2) (2) of the German Federal Act on the Regulation of Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (TTDSG) and Art. 6 (1) (c) and (f) GDPR to fulfill our legal obligation to obtain consent to the processing of personal data in accordance with the provisions of the applicable data protection laws and to document this consent. Data collected in this way will be stored until you effectively object to this storage, request us to delete it, delete the Cookiebot cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention requirements remain unaffected.

For more information, see Cookiebot's privacy policy at: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/

We have concluded a data processing agreement according to Art. 28 GDPR with Cybot as our service provider.

14. Web analytics

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies which are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of analyzing your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

It cannot be ruled out that your personal data will also be transferred to Google LLC, based in the U.S.A. Google has certified itself under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to comply with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. The certificate can be viewed at www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by removing the checkmark for Google Analytics.

Change your cookie settings

You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; please note, however, that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) being sent to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html and https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Please note that the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" has been added to Google Analytics on this website to ensure that IP addresses are recorded anonymously.

15. Social media

We maintain publicly available profiles on social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook etc. can generally analyze your user behavior extensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (such as Like buttons or banner ads). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered.

Specifically: if you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, however, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data is collected, for example, via cookies which are stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way you can be shown interest-based advertising within and outside of the particular social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in.

Please also note that we cannot reconstruct all processing processes on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, therefore, additional processing operations may possibly be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis
Our social media presences are designed to provide an informative presence on the internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. In necessary cases, the legal basis is also Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks themselves may be based on other legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks (for example, consent within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Data controller and assertion of rights
If you visit any of our social media sites, together with the social media platform operator we are jointly responsible for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. As a matter of principle, you can assert your rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both to us and to the operator of the respective social media portal.

Please note that despite the shared responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options are determined by the company policy of the respective provider.

Duration of storage
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose of storage no longer exists, you ask us to delete it, you withdraw your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage no longer exists. Saved cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

We have no control over the duration of storage of your data stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please refer to the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Social networks in detail

LinkedIn
We use LinkedIn. The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. We link to this profile on our website. If you click on a corresponding link, this provider stores and uses your data (IP address and other personal data) to provide the service and for its own business purposes. It cannot be ruled out that your personal data will also be transferred to LinkedIn Corporation, based in the U.S.A. LinkedIn has certified itself under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to comply with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. The certificate can be viewed at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/.
LinkedIn uses advertising cookies. If you wish to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out. For more information about privacy at LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
For more information about privacy at LinkedIn visit: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

16. Other functions and content

If we use additional functions and content (e.g. map or font services) on our website, by means of which we or the provider of the services process personal data from you, we will inform you about this here.

Google services
We use services from Google on our website. All such services are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. It cannot be ruled out that your personal data will also be transferred to Google LLC, based in the U.S.A., or that by using one Google service, other Google services will be loaded by Google itself, without us having any influence over this. Google has certified itself under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to comply with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. The certificate can be viewed at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/.

You can find more information about data processing by Google here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager service of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland on our website. Google Tag Manager is a website tag management tool. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. The Google Tag Manager itself therefore does not create any user profiles or store any cookies. Google only learns the user's IP address. It cannot be ruled out, however, that your browser may also pass on personal data to Google LLC. in the U.S.A. Google has certified itself under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to comply with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. The certificate can be viewed at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/.

The legal basis for the use of Google Tag Manager is Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by removing the checkmark.

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You can find more information about data processing by Google here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

17. Links to other websites

If we provide links to websites of other organizations, this privacy policy does not apply to the processing of personal data by that organization. We therefore recommend you read the privacy policies on the other websites you visit.

18. Recipients and data transfer
We have bundled certain data processing operations within our company. These can be used centrally by individual areas of our company, e.g. for processing inquiries. External contractors and service providers (e.g. logistics companies or IT service providers) may also be used to ensure our responsibilities are met and to fulfill contracts. In addition, data may go to recipients to whom we are obligated or entitled to disclose data due to contractual or legal obligations or due to your consent.

19. Data transfer to third countries
Data transfer to third countries
Data is only transferred to third countries (countries outside the EU and the European Economic Area EEA) if this is necessary for the execution of a contract/order/business relationship, including the initiation thereof, or if it is permissible due to our legitimate interest or your consent, and only in compliance with the data protection requirements stipulated for this purpose.

Note on data transfer to the U.S.A.
As part of the so-called "Data Privacy Framework" (DPF), the EU Commission has also recognized the level of data protection for certain companies from the U.S.A. as secure within the framework of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. The list of certified companies and further information about the DPF can be found on the website of the U.S. Department of Commerce at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. In this privacy policy, for the respective services we inform you which of the service providers we use are certified under the DPF.

20. Deletion of your data
We process your personal data only for as long as this is necessary to fulfill the respective purpose or until there is no longer a legal basis for processing (e.g. revocation of consent to data processing). In doing so, we observe the existing statutory retention and storage periods.

21. Your rights
You have the right:

To gain access free of charge to the personal data concerning you that is stored by us (right to access).
To obtain confirmation whether we are processing personal data concerning you (right to confirmation).
To request us to immediately delete the personal data concerning you if the processing is no longer required and the other requirements for the erasure pursuant to GDPR have been fulfilled (right to erasure).
To request the immediate rectification and completion of inaccurate personal data concerning you (right to rectification).
To request restriction of processing of your personal data (right to restriction of processing).
To receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (right to data portability).
To object to the processing of your personal data (right to object).
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on an automated processing of data, including profiling, and that may have a legal effect on you or any similarly significant restrictive effect (right to individual decision-making).
To revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future.
To lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is in violation of GDPR (right to lodge a complaint).

For more information on your rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer.

22. Changes to our privacy policy
In order to ensure our privacy policy always complies with the current statutory requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the privacy policy needs to be adapted due to new or revised offerings, for example new service offerings.

23. Privacy policy according to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR
Information for customers, suppliers and other third parties according to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR
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