Private Policy

We are pleased that you visit our website and thank you for your interest in our company. The protection of personal data is important to us. Therefore, the processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall be in line with applicable European and national law.

If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

You can of course revoke your declaration(s) of consent at any time with effect for the future. Please contact the responsible person for this purpose. You can find the contact details at the bottom of this privacy policy.

In the following, the GFC Consulting GmbH would like to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data it processes. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

Definitions

The data protection declaration of GFC Consulting GmbH is based on the terms used by the European Directive and Ordinance Maker in the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as: "EU-DSGVO" or "DSGVO"). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our guests and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain in advance the terminology used.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy and on our website:

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects relating to that natural person's job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or change of location.

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Operator or person responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for under Union or Member State law.

Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the operator.

Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not a third party. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients.

Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the operator, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the operator or the processor.

Consent shall mean any freely given indication of the data subject's wishes for the specific case in an informed and unambiguous manner, in the form of a statement or any other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that he or she consents to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

Rights of the person concerned

Right to confirmation: Every person concerned has the right to obtain confirmation from the operator of this webnsite as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right, he or she may, at any time, contact the operator.

Right of access: Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the oeprator, at any time and free of charge, information about the personal data stored about him or her, as well as a copy of that information. Furthermore, the European Directive and Regulation has granted the data subject access to the following information:

the purposes of processing
the categories of personal data processed
the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations
if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her, or to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing
the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: Any available information about the origin of the data
The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) EU GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right to obtain information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may contact the controller at any time.

Right to rectification: Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand that inaccurate personal data concerning him or her be corrected without delay. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, also by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact the operator.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten): Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller the erasure without delay of personal data concerning him or her, where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The data subject withdraws his or her consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) EU GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) EU GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) EU GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) EU GDPR.
The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data has been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) EU GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to arrange for the deletion of personal data stored by the GFC Consulting GmbH, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller. The data subject's request for erasure will then be complied with immediately.

If the personal data have been made public by the GFC Consulting GmbH, and our company as the controller is obliged to erase the personal data pursuant to Article 17 (1) of the EU Data Protection Regulation, the GFC Consulting GmbH shall, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation, implement reasonable measures, including those of a technical nature, to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data, that the data subject has requested from those other data controllers to erase all links to or copies or replications of the personal data, unless the processing is necessary. The controller will then arrange the necessary in individual cases.

Right to restriction of processing: Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller the restriction of processing where one of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, the data subject objects to the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the use of the personal data.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) EU GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by the GFC Consulting GmbH, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller. The restriction of the processing will then be arranged immediately.

Right to data portability: every data subject concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain personal data concerning him or her, which has been provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) EU GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) EU GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) EU GDPR and the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures, unless 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.

Furthermore, when exercising the right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) EU GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other individuals.

In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact the controller.

Right to object: any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the EU GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The GFC Consulting GmbH shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If the GFC Consulting GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data processed for such marketing. This also applies to the profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to GFC Consulting GmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, GFC Consulting GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out by the GFC Consulting GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the EU Data Protection Regulation, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact the controller. The data subject is also free to exercise his or her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

Automated decisions on a case-by-case basis, including profiling: Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, where the decision:

is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or
is permitted by legal provisions of the Union or the Member States to which the controller is subject, and such legal provisions include appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, or
is carried out with the express consent of the data subject.

If the decision is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or if it is made with the data subject's explicit consent, the GFC Consulting GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, which include at least the right to obtain the data subject's involvement on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated decisions, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law: Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact the controller at any time.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes this Regulation.

The competent supervisory authority:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein
Marit Hansen
Postfach 71 16
24171 Kiel

oder:

Holstenstraße 98
24103 Kiel
Telefon: +49 4 31 - 988-12 00
Telefax: +49 4 31 - 988-12 23
E-Mail: mail@datenschutzzentrum.de
Homepage: www.datenschutzzentrum.de

Cooperation with processors and third parties

If we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties) within the scope of our processing, transmit it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g. if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a so-called "order processing agreement", this is done on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO.

Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller processes (in this sense also: stores) personal data of the data subject only for the period of time necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or insofar as this has been provided for by the European Directive and Regulation or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European Directive and Regulation Maker or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Data protection in applications and the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application procedure. The processing may also take place electronically. This is the case, in particular, if an applicant sends relevant application documents to the controller by electronic means, for example by e-mail. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller conflict with such deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Security

To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, GFC Consulting GmbH uses numerous technical and organizational measures.

Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions, for example, can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

If encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Collection of general data and information

The website of the GFC Consulting GmbH collects a series of general data and information with each call-up of the website by a data subject or automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. Collected can be:

the browser types and versions used
the operating system used by the accessing system
the website from which an accessing system arrives at our website (so-called referrer)
the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website
the date and time of an access to the website
a web protocol address (IP address)
the Internet service provider of the accessing system
other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems

When using these general data and information, the GFC Consulting GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. This information is rather required in order to:

to deliver the contents of our website correctly
to optimize the content of our website and, if applicable, the advertising for it
to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website
to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack

Therefore, the GFC Consulting GmbH analyzes these data and information on one hand statistically and on the other hand with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and ultimately ensuring an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from any personal data provided by a data subject.

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Request by e-mail, phone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular legal retention periods - remain unaffected.

Data transfer from forms

The person concerned has the possibility to register for a data transmission via forms on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data is transmitted to the data controller in this context results from the respective input mask used for the entries. The personal data entered by the data subject is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. Data transmission from forms is always encrypted.

The operator may arrange for the data to be transferred to one or more processors (for example, a parcel service provider), who will also use the personal data exclusively for an internal use attributable to the controller.

Through the data transmission on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date as well as the time of the transmission are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that only in this way can the misuse of the services offered be prevented and, if necessary, this data enables committed crimes and copyright infringements to be clarified. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary for the protection of the data controller. As a matter of principle, this data will not be disclosed to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to disclose it or the disclosure serves criminal or legal prosecution purposes.

The person concerned's entries under voluntary provision of personal data serve the purpose of the controller to offer the person concerned content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to these users.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other websites (so-called external links).

As a provider, GFC Consulting GmbH is responsible for its own content in accordance with the applicable European and national legal provisions. Links to content provided by other providers are to be distinguished from this own content. We have no influence on whether the operators of other websites comply with the applicable European and national legal provisions. Please refer to the data protection declarations provided on the respective website for more information.

Cookies

In order to make our website user-friendly for you and to optimally adapt it to your needs, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your browser by a web server as soon as you visit a website and are stored locally on your end device (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.).

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters by which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific web browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other web browsers that contain other cookies. A specific web browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID. This information is used to automatically recognize you when you visit the website again with the same terminal device and to facilitate navigation.

You can also consent to or refuse cookies - including for web tracking - via your web browser settings. You can configure your browser in such a way that the acceptance of cookies is refused in principle or you are informed in advance if a cookie is to be stored. In this case, however, the functionality of the website may be impaired (for example, when placing orders). Your browser also offers a function to delete cookies (for example, via "Delete browser data"). This is possible in all common web browsers. You can find more information on this in the operating instructions or also in the settings of your browser.

First-party cookies: first-party cookies refer to permanent cookies that are stored on the computer and only lose their validity when the expiration date assigned to them has expired. The word "party" refers to the domain from which the cookie originates. Unlike third-party cookies, first-party cookies usually originate from the website operator itself. They are therefore not accessible by browsers across domains. For example, website A issues a cookie A, but this cookie is not recognized by website B, but can only be recognized by website A again. This means that data cannot be passed on to third parties.

Third-party cookies: In the case of a third-party cookie, the cookie is set and collected by a third party. These cookies are mostly used by advertisers who use the cookies to collect information about the website visitor via their advertising placements on other websites. These are records that are stored in the user's web browser when he visits a page with the advertisement. If he visits a page with advertising from the same provider again, he will be recognized.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place. You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Name and address of the person responsible:

The responsible party within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO), other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

GFC Consulting GmbH
Jahnstraße 66b
25451 Quickborn
Telefon: +49 (0) 4106 / 640 72 54
E-Mail: info@gfcconsulting.de

Managing director authorized to represent the company:
Angelika Westerwelle

Quickborn, May 2020

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and this Privacy Policy to conform to changes in relevant laws or regulations or to better meet your needs. Possible changes to our data protection practices will be announced here accordingly. Please note the current version date of the Privacy Policy.