Privacy policy
Privacy policy
1. Introduction
We appreciate your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of your personal data, as well as your rights regarding the data processing.
2. Controller
The controller under data protection laws is:
Förderprojekt "mechIC"
Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum
info@mechIC.de
+49 234 32 28073
Philip Schmitt
3. General Information on Data Processing
We only collect and process personal data if this is legally permitted or if you have given your consent to the data processing. Personal data includes any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.
4. Collection and Processing of Personal Data
We collect personal data in the following situations:
- When visiting our website:
Every time you access our website, data is automatically transmitted by your browser and stored in log files. This includes:
- IP address of the requesting computer
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the retrieved file
- Website from which the access occurs
- Browser type and version Operating system used
- Amount of data transmitted
- Notification of successful retrieval
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- Contacting us:
When you contact us via a contact form or email, we collect the data you provide, such as:- name
- E-Mail-Adress
- phone number (optional)
- content of you message
- Cookies:
Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please note that if you do so, some functionalities of our website may not be fully usable.
5. Purposes of Data Processing
The personal data we collect is processed for the following purposes:
- Providing and improving our website
- Processing your inquiries and contacting you
- Analyzing the use of our website
- Ensuring the security of our IT systems
- Complying with legal obligations
6. Legal Basis for Processing
The processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:
- Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR: Consent
- Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR: Performance of a contract
- Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR: Legitimate interest
7. Data Sharing
Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties unless this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or you have previously consented to such disclosure. In some cases, we may work with service providers (e.g., hosting providers) who assist us. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and process it only according to our instructions.
8. Transfer to Third Countriesr
If data is transferred to countries outside the European Union (third countries), this will only take place if an adequate level of data protection is ensured or the necessary guarantees, such as standard contractual clauses, are in place.
9. Data Retention
We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes mentioned above or as required by statutory retention periods. Once the purpose ceases or the retention period expires, your data will be deleted.
10. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Obtain information about the personal data we process (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Request deletion of your data unless there are legal retention obligations (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restrict processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Object to the processing of your personal data (Art. 21 GDPR)
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.
11. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
12. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or destruction.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. The current version will be published on our website. Please check this privacy policy regularly to stay informed about any changes.
Date: 1st November 2024
Although this website may be linked to other websites, we do not imply, either directly or indirectly, any endorsement, association, sponsorship, support, or affiliation with a linked website unless explicitly stated.
You should carefully review the legal statements and other terms of use of any website you access through a link from this website. Linking to other off-site pages or other websites is done at your own risk.
The website may use cookies to personalize and facilitate the user's navigation through this website. The user can configure their browser to notify them of and refuse the installation of cookies sent by us.
Cookies are small text files sent from our servers to your computer or device when you access our services. They are stored in your browser and later returned to our servers so that we can provide contextual content. Without cookies, using the internet would be a much more frustrating experience. We use them to support your activities on our website, such as maintaining your session (so you don’t have to log in again) or your shopping cart.
Cookies are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current activity on our website (the pages you have visited), your language and your country, which enables us to provide you with a better service. We also use cookies to collect aggregated data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer you better site experiences and tools in the future.
Here you will find an overview of the cookies that may be stored on your device when you visit our website:
| Category of the cookie | purpose | example |
|---|---|---|
session & security (essentiel) | Authenticate users, protect user data and enable the website to provide the services expected by users, such as maintaining the contents of their shopping cart or allowing file uploads. The website will not function properly if you refuse or reject these cookies. | session_id (Odoo) |
preferences (essentiel) | Remember information about your preferred website appearance or behavior, such as your preferred language or region. Your experience may be affected if you reject these cookies, but the website will continue to function. | frontend_lang (Odoo) |
| Interaction history (optional) | Used to collect information about your interactions with the website, the pages you have visited and specific marketing campaigns that referred you to the website. We may not be able to provide you with the best service if you refuse these cookies, but the website will function. | im_livechat_previous_operator (Odoo) utm_campaign (Odoo) utm_source (Odoo) utm_medium (Odoo) |
Marketing & Advertisement (optional) | Used to make advertising more attractive to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers, e.g. to provide more relevant advertising when you visit other websites where advertising is displayed or to improve reporting on the performance of advertising campaigns. Note that some third-party services may install additional cookies on your browser to identify you. You can refuse the use of cookies by third parties on the Verweigerungsseite der Netzwerkwerbeinitiative. The website will continue to function even if you reject or refuse these cookies. | __gads (Google) __gac (Google) |
Analytics (optional) | Understand how visitors use our website with Google Analytics. Learn more about
| _ga (Google) _gat (Google) _gid (Google) _gac_* (Google) |
You can choose whether you want your computer to warn you each time a cookie is sent or whether you want to disable all cookies. Every browser is a little different. So check your browser's help menu to find out how to change your cookies correctly.
We do not currently support Do-Not-Track signals as there is no industry standard for compliance.