Privacy policy

The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online services www.concentric-scale.de and concentric-scale.com (hereinafter "website"). We attach great importance to data protection. Your personal data is collected and processed in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1 Person responsible

Responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is

• Marco Hertwig
• Münchnerstrasse 20
• 89073 Ulm
• Germany
• EMail: info@concentric-scale.de
• Imprint : Link

If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us as a whole or for individual measures in accordance with these data protection provisions, you can address your objection to the person responsible.

2 General purpose of the processing

We use personal data for the purpose of operating the website.

3 Which data we use and why?

3.1 Hosting

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage and database services, security services and technical maintenance services that we use to operate the Site. We or our hosting provider process inventory data, content data, usage data, meta and communication data of interested parties and visitors to this website on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of our website in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 f) GDPR in conjunction with. Art. 28 GDPR.

3.2 Access data

We collect information about you when you use this website. We automatically collect information about your usage behavior and interaction with us and record data about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data about every access to our website (so-called server log files). Access data includes:

• Name and URL of the retrieved file
• Date and time of retrieval
• transferred data volume
• Message about successful retrieval (HTTP response code)
• Browser type and browser version
• operating system
• Referer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
• Websites accessed by the user's system through our website
• Internet service provider of the user
• IP address and the requesting provider

We use this log data without allocation to your person or other profiling for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimisation of our website, but also for anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic) and the extent and type of use of our website and services. This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with (Art 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR.

We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there is a justified suspicion of illegal use based on concrete evidence. We store IP addresses in the log files for a limited period of time if this is necessary for security purposes.

3.3 Cookies

We don't use cookies on the website.

3.4 E-Mail contact

If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we will process your details to process your inquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise. We will only process further personal data if you give your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a) GDPR) or if we have a legitimate interest in processing your data (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR). For example, there is a legitimate interest in replying to your e-mail.

4 Storage period

Unless specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued. In some cases, the legislator provides for the storage of personal data, for example in tax or commercial law. In these cases, the data will only be stored by us for these legal purposes, but will not be processed in any other way and deleted after expiry of the legal retention period.

5 Your rights according data

According to the applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data. If you wish to assert these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post to the address specified in section 1, clearly identifying yourself.

Below you will find an overview of your rights.

5.1 Right to confirmation and information

You have the right to clear information about the processing of your personal data.

In detail: You have the right to receive confirmation from us at any time as to whether personal data relating to you will be processed. If this is the case, you have the right to request from us free of charge information about the personal data stored about you together with a copy of this data. Furthermore, there is a right to the following information:

• the purpose of processing
• the categories of personal data being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or are still being disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
• 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 have your personal data concerning you rectified or deleted or to have the controller restrict or object to such processing
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
• if the personal data is not collected from you, all available information about the origin of the data
• the existence of automated decision making including profiling pursuant to Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and "at least in these cases" meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for you. If personal data are transferred to a third country or an international organisation, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

5.2 Right to correct

You have the right to ask us to correct and, if necessary, complete any personal data concerning you. In detail: You have the right to request us to correct any inaccurate personal data concerning you without delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data also by means of a supplementary declaration.

5.3 Right of deletion ("Right to be forgotten")

In a number of cases we are obliged to delete personal data concerning you. In detail: Pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, you have the right to demand that we delete personal data concerning you without delay, and we are obliged to delete personal data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

• The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• You file an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing, or you file an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
• The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States which we are subject to.
• The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

If we have made the personal data public and we are obliged to delete them pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, to inform those responsible for data processing who process the personal data that you have requested them to delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

5.4 Right to limitation of processing

In a number of cases you are entitled to request us to restrict the processing of your personal data. In detail: You have the right to request us to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

• the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by you for a period that enables us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
• the processing is unlawful and you have refused to delete the personal data and have instead requested the restriction of the use of the personal data;
• we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you do need the data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
• You have filed an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, as long as it is not yet clear whether the justified reasons of ours outweigh yours.

5.5 Right to data transferability

You have the right to receive, transmit or have us transmit personal data concerning you in machine-readable form.

In detail: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this data to another person in charge without our interference, provided that

• processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 b) GDPR and
• processing is carried out using automated methods.

When exercising your right to data transferability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to request that the personal data be transferred directly by us to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible.

5.6 Right of objection

You have the right to object to the lawful processing of your personal data by us if this is justified by your particular situation and if our interests in the processing do not outweigh ours. In detail:

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 e) or f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We no longer process personal data unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, for reasons arising from your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary to fulfil a task in the public interest.

5.7 Automated decisions including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effect against you or significantly affects you in a similar manner. Automated decision-making based on the personal data collected does not take placet.

5.8 Right to revoke consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

5.9 Right of appeal to a supervisory authority

You have the right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you are staying, working or suspected of having infringed the law, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful.

6 Data security

We make every effort to ensure the security of your data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and technical possibilities. Your personal data will be transmitted encrypted. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system, but point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

To secure your data, we maintain technical and organisational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, which we constantly adapt to the state of the art. Furthermore, we do not guarantee that our offer will be available at certain times; disruptions, interruptions or failures cannot be ruled out.

7 Disclosure of data to third parties, no data transfer to non-EU countries

We do not pass on any data to third parties. Data transmission to places or persons outside the EU does not take place and is not planned.