Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The protection of your data is very important to us. We collect, store and use your data only in accordance with the legal requirements. Below you will find information about how we collect, store and process your data.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

 

  1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

(1) Below, we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behaviour.

(2) The controller responsible for data processing on this website in accordance with Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Energie durch Entwicklung GmbH

Hufeisen 13

D-41352 Korschenbroich

Register court: Neuss Local Court

Register number: HRB 22742

Authorised representative Managing Director: Victoria Beckers

Telephone +49 (0)2161 9372820

Email: info@energie-durch-entwicklung.com

Website www.energie-durch-entwicklung.com

(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, your first name, surname and telephone number, if provided voluntarily) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context after it is no longer necessary for storage or restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations.

(4) The data entered in the contact form will be processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. To do so, simply send an informal email to info@energie-durch-entwicklung.com. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

(5) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also specify the criteria for the storage period.

(6) Your personal data will be deleted if you have revoked your consent to processing or if the personal data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was processed. Cookies (see § 3 para. 2) are deleted after 12 months. Data collected in connection with establishing contact will be deleted after 12 months.

(7) Your personal data will not be transferred to a third country outside the EU or the EEA. Any other transfer will only take place if we are legally or officially obliged to do so or if the transfer is necessary in connection with your use of the website.

(8) Data transfer to the USA: We would like to point out that we use and have integrated tools from providers in the USA on our website (see Sections 7 to 9). Your personal data may be transferred to US companies and stored on US servers or otherwise processed. The level of data protection in the USA does not meet the standards of the European Union. In particular, there is a risk that US authorities may access and process the transferred personal data for inspection and monitoring purposes. For data subjects, there is a risk that no (judicial) legal remedies are available in this regard. The legal basis for the transfer of data to the USA is your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR.



  1. YOUR RIGHTS

(1) You have the right with regard to personal data concerning you

  • pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us
  • pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims;
  • pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, if the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, or if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller (right to data portability);
  • pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, to revoke your consent to us at any time. This means that we will no longer be allowed to continue processing the data based on this consent in the future and
  • to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR (right to lodge a complaint). As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

(2) Right to object to processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR:

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, which is carried out on the basis of the following provisions:

The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, or the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data in this case, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to info@energie-durch-entwicklung.com


 

  1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

(1) When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability, security and comfortable use (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Amount of data transferred
  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
  • Browser, browser type and browser version
  • Language and version of the browser software
  • Operating system used

(2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of cookies:

  1. a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
  • Transient cookies (see b)
  • Persistent cookies (see c).
  1. b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
  2. c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.
  3. d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.
  4. e) These cookies enable us to recognise your browser when you next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited. Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process or for the provision of certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.


    4. FURTHER FUNCTIONS AND OFFERS OF OUR WEBSITE

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you will usually need to provide additional personal data, which we will use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned principles for data processing apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.

(3) Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer campaigns, competitions, contract conclusions or similar services together with partners. You can obtain more detailed information on this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.

(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this in the description of the offer.


  1. OBJECTION OR WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Such withdrawal will affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data after you have given it to us.

(2) Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which is explained by us in the following description of the functions. If you exercise such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either cease or adapt the data processing or inform you of our compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing.

(3) You can, of course, object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the contact details listed above in § 1.


  1. NEWSLETTER

(1) With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which we use to inform you about our current interesting offers. The advertised goods and services are specified in the declaration of consent.

(2) We use the double opt-in procedure to register you for our newsletter. This means that after you register, we will send an email to the email address you provided, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within 48 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store your IP address and the time of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to verify your registration and, if necessary, to investigate any possible misuse of your personal data.

(3) The only mandatory information required for sending the newsletter is your email address. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will store your email address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

(4) You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by emailing info@energie-durch-entwicklung.com or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the legal notice.

(5) The data you provide us with for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from both our servers and HubSpot’s servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter (for more details, please refer to HubSpot’s privacy policy at: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy). Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.


  1. WEB ANALYTICS

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses ‘cookies’, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

(3) You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension ‘_anonymizeIp()’. This means that IP addresses are truncated and processed, thus excluding the possibility of personal references. If the data collected about you is personal, it will be excluded immediately and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR or your consent, if you have given it. Consent can be revoked at any time.

(6) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de. html, overview of data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

(7) We draw your attention to the transfer of data to the USA and the associated risks (see § 1 (8) above).

 

AWStats

This website uses the free web analytics service AWStats (http://www.awstats.org/) to collect and store data based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymised usage profiles may be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s Internet browser. Among other things, cookies enable the Internet browser to be recognised. The data collected using AWStats technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers. The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to the storage and use of this data at any time by clicking on the link below. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that AWStats will not collect any session data. Please note that if you delete all cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and you may need to reactivate it.

 

HubSpot

We use HubSpot for our online marketing activities on this website. HubSpot is a software company based in the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, telephone: +353 1 5187500.

This is an integrated software solution that we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing. These include, among other things: email marketing (newsletters and automated mailings, e.g. to provide downloads), social media publishing & reporting, reporting (e.g. traffic sources, hits, etc.), contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM), landing pages and contact forms.

Our registration service allows visitors to our website to learn more about our company, download content and provide their contact information and other demographic information. This information and the content of our website are stored on servers belonging to our software partner HubSpot. We may use this information to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company’s services are of interest to them. All information collected by us is subject to this privacy policy. We use all information collected solely to optimise our marketing activities.

Furthermore, to improve the user experience on our website, we use HubSpot’s live chat service ‘Messages’ (round chat icon at the bottom right of the screen) to send and receive messages on some subpages. If you agree to and use this function, the following data will be transmitted to HubSpot’s servers:

  • Content of all chat messages sent and received
  • Contextual information (e.g. page on which the chat was used)
  • Optional: User’s email address (if provided by the user via the chat function)

The legal basis for the use of Hubspot’s services is Art. 6 I f GDPR – legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest in using this service is to optimise our marketing measures and improve the quality of our service on the website. HubSpot is certified under the terms of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and is subject to the TRUSTe Privacy Seal and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework. For more information about HubSpot’s privacy policy, please visit: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy

If you do not want HubSpot to collect your data at all, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings accordingly or by using the following opt-out link: Opt-Out Link.

 

Social Media

Use of social media plug-ins:

(1) We currently use the following social media plug-ins: LinkedIn and YouTube. We use the so-called two-click solution. This means that when you visit our site, no personal data is initially passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. You can recognise the provider of the plug-in by the marking on the box above its initial letter or the logo. We offer you the option of communicating directly with the provider of the plug-in via the button. Only if you click on the marked field and thereby activate it will the plug-in provider receive the information that you have accessed the corresponding website of our online offer. In addition, the data mentioned in § 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. In the case of Facebook, according to the respective providers in Germany, the IP address is anonymised immediately after collection. By activating the plug-in, personal data will be transmitted from you to the respective plug-in provider and stored there (in the case of US providers in the USA). Since the plug-in provider collects data in particular via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies via your browser’s security settings before clicking on the grey box.

(2) We have no influence on the data collected and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full extent of data collection, the purposes of processing or the storage periods. We also have no information about the deletion of the data collected by the plug-in provider.

(3) The plug-in provider stores the data collected about you as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to display needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise this right. The plug-ins enable you to interact with social networks and other users, allowing us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of plug-ins is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR or your consent, if you have given it. Consent can be revoked at any time.

(4) The data is transferred regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in to the plug-in provider, the data collected by us will be assigned directly to your account with the plug-in provider. If you click on the activated button and, for example, link to the page, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and shares it publicly with your contacts. We recommend that you log out regularly after using a social network, but especially before activating the button, as this will prevent your profile from being linked to the plug-in provider.

(5) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the privacy policies of these providers listed below. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy.

(6) Addresses of the respective providers with their privacy policies:

  1. a) LinkedIn Plugin

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn ‘Recommend’ button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by LinkedIn.

The use of the LinkedIn plugin is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media.

Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

  1. b) YouTube:

Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=de

We draw your attention to the transfer of data to the USA and the associated risks (see above § 1 (8)). Integration of YouTube videos: We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored at http://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. When you visit the website, YouTube receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned in § 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account that you are logged into or whether no user account exists. If you are logged into Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want this assignment to your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. The legal basis for use is the legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR) in an appealing website presentation or your consent, if you have given it. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

We draw your attention to the transfer of data to the USA and the associated risks (see above § 1 (8)).



  1. OPTIONAL WHEN BOOKING A DEVELOPMENT PATH

A development path is a kind of ‘blended learning’ concept for managers, teams and organisations, which is usually based on a regular schedule lasting several months.

 

(1) Energie durch Entwicklung processes the information provided by the customer and/or their employees in order to enable access to the services ordered.

 

(2) Energie durch Entwicklung uses the digital services of Blink.it GmbH & Co KG, Robert-Bosch-Straße 13, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany, for its e-learning platform. Blink.it collects data such as IP addresses, technical information about the customer’s browser type, operating system or basic device information.

 

(3) If the data to be processed is personal data, this constitutes order processing (AV) and Blink.it will follow the instructions of Energie durch Entwicklung. The data will be stored and processed exclusively on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. Blink.it has also taken the technical and organisational security precautions and measures in accordance with the data protection regulations applicable in Germany pursuant to Section 32 GDPR. Furthermore, a contract for order data processing has been concluded between Blink.it and Energie und Entwicklung.