General data protection information in accordance with the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the use of the www.it-designers-gruppe.de website, as of June 2, 2022
Responsible Body
IT-Designers GmbH
Alleenstraße 26
73730 Esslingen, Germany
IT-Designers GmbH is the operator of the www.it-designers-gruppe.de website (hereinafter referred to as the website, also accessible at www.it-designers.de and www.stz-softwaretechnik.de) and is therefore responsible for the processing and protection of the personal data of users (hereinafter: users) of the website as well as customers and employees of the company in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).
The collection, processing, and use of personal data by the IT systems maintained for the website are carried out in compliance with the currently applicable data protection regulations and the technical possibilities available for this purpose.
Questions About Data Protection
If you have any questions about data protection, please contact our data protection officer:
datenschutz(at)it-designers(dot)de
Our data protection officer is registered with the competent authority.
(1) Purpose of the Website
The purpose of the website is
· to provide a joint internet presence for the companies in the group
· to provide information about the services offered by the group
· to provide information about career opportunities and current job vacancies
We will be pleased to answer any questions you may have via the channels listed above and under Contact. If you contact us by email, please note that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be guaranteed, as the content of emails can be viewed by third parties during transmission. We therefore strongly recommend that you send sensitive information by post.
For job applications, we expressly request that you use our applicant portal exclusively.
(2) Our Principles and Your Rights
Definition of Personal Data
Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number, and date of birth.
Data Minimization and Retention Period
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here (e.g., inquiry, application) or as required by the various storage periods provided for by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Data Security and Information About Breaches
We take all necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data managed by us from loss and misuse. Your data is stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public.
In certain cases, your personal data is encrypted during transmission using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. This means that communication between your computer and our servers is carried out using a recognized encryption method if your browser supports SSL.
If unforeseen incidents occur with your personal data and this results in damage to the user or is to be expected, we will inform the user immediately. We are grateful for any information about malfunctions or manipulation. This is because, despite the highest level of protection, our IT systems – like all others – are vulnerable to attack with the appropriate effort.
Your Rights to Information, Correction, Blocking, Deletion, and Objection
The affected user of the website has the following rights under Articles 15–21 of the EU GDPR:
· Right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR.
· Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
· Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
· Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
· Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
· Right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR
You therefore have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us at any time. You also have the right to rectify, block, or, apart from the prescribed data storage for business transactions, delete your personal data. Please contact our data protection officer for this purpose.
In order for data to be blocked at any time, this data must be stored in a block file for control purposes. You can also request deletion of the data, provided that there is no legal archiving obligation. If such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request.
You may make changes or revoke your consent at any time by sending us an informal written notification with effect for the future. To assert the aforementioned rights, simply send an email to our data protection officer.
All information and all our activities in accordance with the above provisions will be provided free of charge and within the normatively regulated deadlines, depending on the factual and legal situation.
(3) Collection of Personal Data
Our website contains functions that require the entry of personal data. By using the functions listed below and other functions, and by entering your data, you consent to the use and storage of this data until the specified purpose has been fulfilled. In individual cases, explicit consent to the use of the function may be required. Data transmission is encrypted using the latest recognized technology.
Contact by Email or Pos
If you contact us by email or post, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for any follow-up questions, and will also be archived in accordance with the statutory retention periods.
Applicant Portal
By submitting the application form, you give your consent for your data to be stored, processed and used for contact purposes during the application process. This also applies mutatis mutandis to applications submitted by other means.
Application data is used exclusively for internal application procedures and for anonymized statistics. In this context, d.vinci HR-Systems GmbH, Nagelsweg 37-39, 20097 Hamburg, Germany, supports us as a technical service provider exclusively in accordance with our instructions. Your application data will not be used for any other purpose or passed on to third parties.
If an application relates to a specific job advertisement, we will only store the data beyond the conclusion of the application process for this position to the extent necessary to protect our legitimate interests, e.g., defense against legal claims.
If we are currently unable to offer you a position and we believe that your profile could be of interest for future job advertisements, we will expressly ask for your consent to store your application data. If this consent is given, we will store the application data in our applicant management system for 6 months and use it exclusively for suitable vacancies.
(4) Collection of Technical Data Without Personal Reference
Use of Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. Cookies are also used by other teleservice providers, such as search engines and social media services in particular.
The purpose of cookies is, among other things, to permanently store user settings for a website. Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. The information contained in cookies enables us to facilitate navigation and ensure that our web pages are displayed correctly.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are usually set to accept cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser or a search engine of your choice with search terms such as “deactivate cookies” or “delete cookies” to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Technical Collection of Usage Data
When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) essentially contains the following data:
· Date and time of the request
· Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
· IP address (the current address of the computer used by the user on the Internet)
· Browser used by the user (type, version, language)
· Operating system of the user’s computer
· Website URL from which the request originates (= the one the user visited immediately before)
· Content of the request (= specific webpage requested)
· Success of the request (status message)
· Amount of data transferred
This initially refers exclusively to information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content you have requested from websites and is mandatory when using the Internet.
We evaluate anonymous information of this kind statistically in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
When combined with other data stored by the user’s access or host provider about them as a customer, this information can become personal data. This data is transmitted during the mere process of use (“surfing”), is not stored beyond the usual duration of the computing process, and is not evaluated in relation to any specific person for any purpose whatsoever.
Use of Advanced Analysis Functions and Tracking Tools
This website does not permanently use any additional functions for actively analyzing website usage or user behavior (e.g., Google Analytics). If used at all, these are only used for technical analyses for a short period of time. The data collected in this process is deleted after the analysis is complete.
Use of Social Media Plugins
Social media plugins allow the evaluation, linking or sharing of website content via the corresponding social media platform, e.g., with the help of corresponding buttons. To do this, the website user must usually be logged in (online) to the corresponding social media platform. Since information about user behavior can also be evaluated by the social media platform, these are not used on our website.
(5) Final Provisions
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to occasionally amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.