Privacy statement
Responsible in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (GDPR), is
Bayerische Kabelwerke AG
Otto-Schrimpff-Str. 2
91154 Roth
Tel. +49 (0)9171 806111
Your personal data subject rights
You can exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer:
- Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correcting incorrect personal data (article 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored with us (article 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing, provided that we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations
(article 18 GDPR), - Objection to the processing of your data by us (article. 21 GDPR) and
- Data transferability, if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us
(article 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You may at any time submit a complaint to a supervising authority, e.g. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of the regulatory authorities (for the non-public sector) with their addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Cookies
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.
This enables us to obtain certain data such as IP address, browser used and operating system.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. We can use the information contained in cookies to make navigation easier for you and to enable our web pages to be displayed correctly.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can always view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Storage duration and cookies used:
If your browser settings or consent allow us to use cookies, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Insofar as these cookies can (also) affect personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE
Newsletter
Nature and purpose of the processing:
Your data will only be used to send you the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. Your name will be given in order to address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.
To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to enter your e-mail address. If you register to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers can also be informed by e-mail about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (e.g. changes to the newsletter offer or technical conditions).
For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the “double opt-in” procedure. For this purpose we log the ordering of the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation mail and the receipt of the hereby requested answer. Further data is not collected. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties.
Legal basis:
On the basis of your expressly granted consent (article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR), we will send you our newsletter or comparable information regularly by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You will find a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation using the contact option at the end of this data protection notice.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be order processors.
Storage duration:
The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been obtained. Afterwards they will be deleted.
Provision prescribed or necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. We are not able to send you our newsletter without existing consent.
Contact form
Nature and purpose of the processing:
The data entered by you will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This serves to assign the inquiry and to answer it afterwards. The specification of further data is optional.
Legal basis:
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR).
By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of implementing pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be contract processors.
Storage period:
Data will be deleted at the latest 6 months after processing the request.
If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision prescribed or necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, your e-mail address and the reason for your inquiry.
Use of Matomo
Nature and purpose of the processing:
This website uses the on-premise-version of the open source web analytics software Matomo. Matomo uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer helping the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not transferred to Matomo, but stored on our servers in Germany. In this process the IP address is anonymized by shortening it. This information is used for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, further associated services are then to be provided.
Legal basis:
The processing of data is based on the consent of the user (article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipient:
Recipient of the data is Bayerische Kabelwerke AG.
Storage period:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for our recording purposes.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.
Revocation of consent:
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Profiling:
With the help of the tracking tool Matomo, the behaviour of the website visitors can be evaluated and the interests can be analyzed. For this purpose we create a pseudonymous user profile.
Embedded YouTube videos
Nature and purpose of the processing:
On some of our websites we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. This will tell YouTube which pages you visit. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by first logging out of your YouTube account.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of YouTube and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR)
Recipients:
The call of YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.
Storage period and withdrawal of consent:
If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to reckon with any such cookies even when watching YouTube videos. YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Third country transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Provision required or necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.
Embedded maps of OpenStreetMap
Nature and purpose of the processing:
On some of our websites we embed maps of OpenStreetMap. The operator is the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, Great Britain (hereinafter “OSMF”). When you visit a page with maps of OpenStreetMap, a connection to OSMF servers is established. Among other things, your IP address and other information about your behavior on this website can be forwarded to the OSMF.
Further information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and its processing by OSMF can be found in the data protection declarations of the provider at:
https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of OpenStreetMap and the associated data transfer to OSMF is your consent (article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipients:
The call of OpenStreetMap automatically triggers a connection to OSMF.
Withdrawal of consent:
You can refuse future connections to OSMF by managing your consent to marketing cookies at any time on our website.
Third country transfer:
OSMF processes your data in the UK. The UK is regarded as a safe third country under data protection law. This means that there is a level of data protection that corresponds to that of the European Union.
TLS Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. TLS) via HTTPS.
Contract processors used
The following organisations, companies or persons have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:
CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always meets the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration then applies to your renewed visit.
Questions to the data protection officer:
If you have any questions regarding data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
Bayerische Kabelwerke AG
Otto-Schrimpff-Str. 2
91154 Roth
E-Mail:
The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2019-04-10 changed 2023-10-23).
