Data Protection Notice

We take the protection of your private sphere very seriously. To provide you with the assurance you require when visiting our websites, we strictly observe the legal regulations with regard to the processing of your personal data. You will find detailed information on how we handle your data in the following.

1. Who is responsible for processing your data?

DeChem-Tech. GmbH, Hammerbrookstr. 93, 20097 Hamburg is responsible for processing your data when you visit this website.
You can contact the person responsible for privacy at DeChem-Tech. GmbH the above-mentioned postal address and by sending an e-mail to: info@dechem-tech.com .

2. When do we gather data about you?

We gather a certain amount of data to enable us to provide you with content appropriate to your needs. You can visit our websites without having to divulge any personal details. Only technical access data is stored in so-called server log files, including the name of the file requested, the date and time of the query, the volume of data transmitted and the provider making the inquiry, for example. This data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and to improve the content.
Specifically, we gather personal data

  • in contact forms
  • from online job applications

The particular data gathered in each case can be seen from the applicable input forms. We use the data you enter for contract performance, for the provision of services and for processing your inquiries.

3. For what purposes is your data used?

3.1 In connection with the weighing of interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point f GDPR)

We may also use your data in the context of a weighing of interests to safeguard the legitimate (generally economic) interests of our company or of third parties; wherever possible the data will be processed in pseudonymized or anonymized form. This is done for the following purposes:

  • detection, prevention and prosecution of criminal offenses
  • to guarantee the security and operational reliability of our IT systems

3.2 By reason of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point a GDPR)

Insofar as you have given your consent for us to process your data, the respective consent forms the legal basis for the processing covered by the consent.

4. Passing-on of your data

Insofar as these service providers process your data outside the European Union, this may result in your data being transmitted to a country that does not apply the same privacy protection standards as the European Union. In such cases we will ensure that the recipients of your data guarantee a level of privacy protection equivalent to that of the European Union, either by contractual means or in some other form. You are entitled to request a copy of these guarantees.

5. Security of your data

As a safeguard, your data will be transmitted in encrypted form (SSL / HTTPS), using the latest secure encryption techniques. We also employ technical and organizational means to secure our websites and other systems to prevent the loss, destruction, accessing, manipulation, and distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.

6. Why does this website use cookies?

On various pages we employ cookies to make our website attractive to visit and to permit the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use (so-called session cookies) are deleted again at the end of the browser session, in other words when you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can adjust your browser settings so that you are informed about the placement of cookies and can decide on a case-to-case basis whether to accept these, or to refuse the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. The functionality of our website may be restricted in the event of non-acceptance of cookies.

7. Use of Google Maps

Our websites use Google Maps to visually present geographical information. On using Google Maps, Google Inc. also captures, processes and makes use of data on the utilization of the map functions by visitors. Further information on data processing by Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

8. When will your data be deleted?

If necessary, we process your personal data for the duration of our business relationship, including the initiation and execution of a contract. In addition, we are subject to various storage and documentation obligations, which u. a. from the Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB) and the Abgabenordnung (AO). The retention period for storage and documentation specified there are up to ten years beyond the end of the business relationship or the pre-contractual legal relationship. The cancellation of your customer account is possible at any time while maintaining the legal retention periods and can be done by an informal message to the contact mentioned above.

9. What are your privacy protection rights?

Insofar as DeChem-Tech. GmbH processes your data in the context of a weighing of interests, you can object to such processing. If you lodge a protest, your data will no longer be processed, unless the company responsible can furnish proof of compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and liberties, or insofar as processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

As at: Mai 2019