{"id":11181,"date":"2026-09-30T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berndt-contec.de\/privacy-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:10:39","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berndt-contec.de\/en\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11181\" class=\"elementor elementor-11181 elementor-613\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f5ba3 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-b90ed83 \" data-id=\"19f5ba3\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"19f5ba3\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"19f5ba3\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb4826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb4826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>A. Privacy Policy<\/h4>\nData protection and data security are very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you at this point which personal data we collect during your visit to our website and for which purposes it is used. \n\nAs changes in legislation or changes to our internal company processes may make an adjustment to this privacy policy necessary, we ask you to read through this privacy policy regularly.\n<h5>Name and contact details of the controller<\/h5>\nThis privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data by\n\nBERNDT CONTEC GmbH &#038; Co. KG\nOtto-Hahn-Stra\u00dfe 6\n53501 Grafschaft\n\nFor questions regarding data protection, our Data Protection Officer, Mr Peter Christian Felst, can be reached at the above address or at the email address <a class=\"mail\" href=\"mailto:datenschutzbeauftragter@handwerksgruppe.de\">datenschutzbeauftragter@handwerksgruppe.de<\/a>.\n<h5>1. Personal data<\/h5>\nPersonal data is information that can be used to learn about your personal or factual circumstances, such as IP address, name, address, or email address. Information with which we cannot establish a link to your person is generally not personal data. \n<h5>2. Scope and purpose of the processing of personal data<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem;\">2.1 Accessing the website<\/span><\/h5>\nWhen the website is accessed, data is automatically sent to the server of this website by the internet browser used by the visitor and stored for a limited time in a log file. Until automatic deletion, the following data is stored without further input from the visitor: \n<ul>\n \t<li>IP address of the visitor&#8217;s terminal device,<\/li>\n \t<li>Date and time of access by the visitor,<\/li>\n \t<li>Name and URL of the page accessed by the visitor and other data comparable to the aforementioned,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\nThe processing of this personal data is justified in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in data processing for the purposes of,   <\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li>enabling a user-friendly application of the website,<\/li>\n \t<li>recognising and ensuring the security and stability of the systems, and<\/li>\n \t<li>facilitating and improving the administration of the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\nProcessing is explicitly not carried out for the purpose of gaining insights into the person of the visitor to the website.<\/span>\n<h5>2.2 Contact form<\/h5>\nWe offer you the possibility on our website to get in touch with us by email and\/or via a contact form. In this case, your details (name and email address) will be stored for the purpose of processing the contact. We use this data only for contacting you and not for other services (e.g. newsletter). The legal basis for the processing of personal data for contacting you is consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest in data processing lies in particular in communication with the interested party.      \n<h5>2.3 Online application<\/h5>\nOn our website, we inform you about new job offers and invite you to apply for them by email and\/or via the online application. Your data entrusted to us (name, contact details, application documents) and any other information provided by you will only be used to process the application. The purpose is the selection of candidates for an employment relationship. Your data will not be used for other processing purposes. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG. Candidate data will be permanently deleted after the processing purpose no longer applies (6 months after completion of the application process).      \n<h5>3. Disclosure of data<\/h5>\nPersonal data will be transferred to third parties if\n<ul>\n \t<li>express consent has been given by the data subject in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (a) GDPR, <\/li>\n \t<li>disclosure is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of their data, <\/li>\n \t<li>there is a legal obligation for the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) GDPR, and\/or <\/li>\n \t<li>this is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (b) GDPR for the performance of a contractual relationship with the data subject. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties.\n<h5>4. Cookies<\/h5>\nSo-called cookies are used on the website. These are data packets that are exchanged between the website server and the visitor&#8217;s browser. These are stored by the respective devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when visiting the website. In this respect, cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. Information is stored in the cookies that arises in connection with the specific terminal device used. We can in no way obtain direct knowledge of the identity of the visitor to the website from this.\nCookies are largely accepted according to the basic settings of the browser. The browser settings can be configured so that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used, or that a special notice is given before a new cookie is created. However, it is pointed out that deactivating cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used to the best possible extent.        \n\nThe use of cookies serves to make the use of the web offer more convenient. For example, session cookies can be used to track whether the visitor has already visited individual pages of the website. After leaving the website, these session cookies are automatically deleted.  \n\nTemporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor&#8217;s device for a temporary period. When the website is visited again, it is automatically recognised that the visitor has already accessed the page at an earlier point in time and which entries and settings were made so that these do not have to be repeated.  \n\nCookies are also used to analyse website hits for statistical purposes and for the purpose of improving the offer. These cookies make it possible to automatically recognise that the website has already been accessed by the visitor during a subsequent visit. Here, the cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time.  \n\nThe data processed by cookies is justified for the above-mentioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR, in particular ensuring the integrity and availability of the website. \n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.berndt-contec.de\/cookie-richtlinie-eu\/\">Change cookie settings<\/a>\n<h5>5. Google Analytics<\/h5>\nThis website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.\n\nGoogle Analytics uses so-called &#8220;cookies&#8221;. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.  \n\nThe storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offer and its advertising.   \n<h5>5.1 IP Anonymisation<\/h5>\nWe have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted 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. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.    \n<h5>5.2 Browser Plugin<\/h5>\nYou can prevent the storage of cookies by setting 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 the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout?hl=en<\/a> \n<h5>5.3 Objection to data collection<\/h5>\nYou can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: . More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google&#8217;s privacy policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/6004245?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/6004245?hl=en<\/a>  \n<h5>5.4 Data processing agreement<\/h5>\nWe have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.\n<h5>5.5 YouTube<\/h5>\nWe use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal of YouTube LLC., a subsidiary of Google Inc., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to simply as &#8220;YouTube&#8221;.\n\nThrough certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield,\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyshield.gov\/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&#038;status=Active\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.privacyshield.gov\/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&#038;status=Active<\/a>\n\nGoogle, and thus also its subsidiary YouTube, guarantees that the data protection requirements of the EU are also complied with when processing data in the USA.\n\nWe use YouTube in connection with the &#8220;Enhanced Data Protection Mode&#8221; function offered, in order to be able to show you videos in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. According to YouTube, the &#8220;Enhanced Data Protection Mode&#8221; function means that the data described in more detail below is only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.   \n\nWithout the &#8220;Enhanced Data Protection&#8221; function, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA is established as soon as you access one of our internet pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.\n\nThis connection is required to be able to display the respective video on our website via your internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will record and process at least your IP address, the date and time, and the website you visited. In addition, a connection to Google&#8217;s &#8220;DoubleClick&#8221; advertising network is established.  \n\nIf you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account. \n\nFor the purpose of functionality and to analyse user behaviour, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your terminal device via your internet browser. If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by a setting in your internet browser. Further information on this can be found above under &#8220;Cookies&#8221;.  \n\nFurther information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is provided by Google in the privacy notices available at\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/a>.\n<h5>6. Google Tag Manager<\/h5>\nGoogle Tag Manager is a solution with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface (and thus, for example, integrate Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offer). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process any personal data of users. With regard to the processing of users&#8217; personal data, reference is made to the following information on Google services. Usage policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/de\/tagmanager\/use-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en\/tagmanager\/use-policy.html<\/a>   \n<h5>7. Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking<\/h5>\nWe use the online advertising programme &#8220;Google Ads&#8221; on our website and, within this framework, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; &#8220;Google&#8221;). When you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is placed on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, contain no personal data and thus do not serve for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that you clicked on the advertisement and were redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no possibility that cookies can be tracked via the websites of Ads customers.\nThe information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of creating conversion statistics. Here, we learn the total number of users who clicked on one of our advertisements and were redirected to a page provided with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR from the legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the analysis of the effect and efficiency of this advertising.\nYou have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.\nTo do this, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting appropriate technical settings in your browser software. 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 will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.\nFurthermore, you can deactivate personalised advertising for you in the settings for advertising at Google. Instructions for this can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/ads\/answer\/2662922?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/ads\/answer\/2662922?hl=en<\/a>. In addition, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by accessing the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkadvertising.org\/choices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.networkadvertising.org\/choices\/<\/a> and implementing the further information on opting out mentioned there.\nFurther information and Google&#8217;s privacy policy can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/policies\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.google.de\/policies\/privacy\/<\/a>\nYou can also prevent the collection of your data by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: .                \n<h5>8. Duration of storage<\/h5>\nYour personal data will therefore only be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned herein or as provided for by the various storage periods stipulated by the legislator. After the respective purpose no longer applies or these periods expire, the corresponding data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the legal regulations. \n<h5>9. Your rights as a data subject<\/h5>\nInsofar as your personal data is processed on the occasion of visiting our website, you are entitled to the following rights as a &#8220;data subject&#8221; within the meaning of the GDPR:\n<h5>9.1 Access<\/h5>\nYou can request information from us as to whether personal data of yours is being processed by us. The right of access is excluded if the data is only stored because it may not be deleted due to legal or statutory retention periods or serves exclusively for purposes of data backup or data protection control, provided that the provision of information would require a disproportionately high effort and processing for other purposes is excluded by suitable technical and organisational measures. If the right of access is not excluded in your case and your personal data is processed by us, you can request information from us about the following information:  \n<ul>\n \t<li>Purposes of processing,<\/li>\n \t<li>Categories of personal data processed by you,<\/li>\n \t<li>Recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data is disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries,<\/li>\n \t<li>if possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage duration,<\/li>\n \t<li>the existence of a right to rectification or erasure or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to such processing,<\/li>\n \t<li>the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection,<\/li>\n \t<li>if the personal data has not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information about the origin of the data,<\/li>\n \t<li>if applicable, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of automated decision-making,<\/li>\n \t<li>if applicable, in the case of transfer to recipients in third countries, if there is no decision by the EU Commission on the adequacy of the level of protection according to Art. 45 (3) GDPR, information on which suitable guarantees according to Art. 46 (2) GDPR are provided for the protection of personal data.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>9.2 Rectification and completion<\/h5>\nIf you find that we have incorrect personal data of yours, you can demand the immediate rectification of this incorrect data. In the case of incomplete personal data concerning you, you can demand completion. \n<h5>9.3 Erasure<\/h5>\nYou have a right to erasure, provided that processing is not necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression, the right to information or for the fulfilment of a legal obligation or for the performance of a task that is in the public interest and one of the following reasons applies:\n<ul>\n \t<li>The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was processed.<\/li>\n \t<li>The justification basis for the processing was exclusively your consent, which you have withdrawn.<\/li>\n \t<li>You have lodged an objection to the processing of your personal data that we have made public.<\/li>\n \t<li>You have lodged an objection to the processing of personal data not made public by us and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.<\/li>\n \t<li>Your personal data was processed unlawfully.<\/li>\n \t<li>The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThere is no claim to erasure if, in the case of lawful non-automated data processing, erasure is not possible or only possible with disproportionately high effort due to the special type of storage and your interest in erasure is low. In this case, restriction of processing takes the place of erasure. \n<h5>9.4 Restriction of processing<\/h5>\nYou can demand the restriction of processing from us if one of the following reasons applies:\n<ul>\n \t<li>You dispute the accuracy of the personal data. The restriction can be requested in this case for the duration that enables us to verify the accuracy of the data. <\/li>\n \t<li>The processing is unlawful and you demand the restriction of the use of your personal data instead of erasure.<\/li>\n \t<li>Your personal data is no longer required by us for the purposes of processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.<\/li>\n \t<li>You have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR. The restriction of processing can be requested as long as it is not yet certain whether our legitimate grounds outweigh your grounds.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRestriction of processing means that the personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. Before we lift the restriction, we have the duty to inform you about it. \n<h5>9.5 Data portability<\/h5>\nYou have a right to data portability, provided that the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR). The right to data portability in this case includes the following rights, provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons: You can demand from us to receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance on our part. As far as technically feasible, you can demand from us that we transmit your personal data directly to another controller.    \n<h5>9.6 Objection<\/h5>\nInsofar as the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (e) GDPR (performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the controller or a third party), you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (e) or (f) GDPR. After exercising the right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.\nYou can object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of direct marketing. This also applies to profiling associated with such direct marketing. After exercising this right to object, we will no longer use the personal data concerned for direct marketing purposes.           \n\nYou have the possibility to communicate the objection informally to our Data Protection Officer by email or to our postal address listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.\n<h5>9.7 Withdrawal of consent<\/h5>\nYou have the right to withdraw consent given at any time with effect for the future. The withdrawal of consent can be communicated informally by telephone, by email or to our postal address. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing that took place on the basis of the consent until receipt of the withdrawal. After receipt of the withdrawal, the data processing that was based exclusively on your consent will be discontinued.   \n<h5>9.8 Complaint<\/h5>\nIf you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful, you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection responsible for the place of your residence or workplace or for the place of the alleged infringement.\n<h5>10. Status and update of this privacy policy<\/h5>\nThis privacy policy is current as of 25 May 2018. We reserve the right to update the privacy policy in due course in order to improve data protection and\/or to adapt it to changed official practice or case law. \n<h4>B. Note on the Consumer Dispute Resolution Act<\/h4>\nWe do not participate in consumer arbitration proceedings under the Consumer Dispute Resolution Act.\n<h4>C. Further information<\/h4>\nAll information on our website has been carefully checked. We endeavour to constantly expand and update this information offer. However, no guarantee can be given for completeness and correctness. The same applies to all other websites referred to by hyperlink. We are not responsible for the content of websites reached due to such a connection. Liability claims caused by the use of our internet offer are excluded, unless we have acted intentionally or with gross negligence.\nFurthermore, we reserve the right to make changes or additions to the information provided. The content and structure of this website are protected by copyright. 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