Legal & Privacy
A. Name and address of the Data Controller
The controller within the meaning of the GDPR and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
PCC Thorion GmbH
Moerser Strasse 149
D-47198 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2066 2019-0
E-Mail: thorion@pcc.eu
Website: www.pcc-thorion.eu
B. Name and address of the data protection officer
The data protection officer of the controller is:
PCC SE
Data Protection Officer
Moerser Str. 149
47198, Duisburg
+49 (0)2066 2019-0
datenschutz@pcc.eu
C. Collection of general information when visiting our website
1. Description and scope of data processing
Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer.
The following data is collected:
- Information about the browser type and version used
- The user’s operating system
- The user’s internet service provider
- The IP address of the user
- Date and time of access
- Websites from which the user’s system reaches our website
- Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website
2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
3. Purpose of data processing
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must remain stored for the duration of the session.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
4. Duration of storage
The data will be erased as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
5. Possibility of objection and removal
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.
6. Recipients
The only recipients of the data are the data controlling body and, if applicable, the technical service providers who act as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
D. Use of cookies
1. Description and scope of data processing
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a specific string of characters that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/search?query=how%20to%20enable%20cookies%20in%20internet%20explorer
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
2. Purpose of data processing
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these functions, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
Cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its contents. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimize our offering.
We also have a legitimate interest in relation to these objectives in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
3. Duration of storage, possibility of objection and erasure
Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, as a user, you also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be erased at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.
E. Contact
1. Contact form and e-mail contact
a. Description and scope of data processing
A contact form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic contact. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data are used exclusively for the processing of the conversation.
b. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
c. Purpose of data processing
The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
d. Duration of storage
The data will be erased as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is terminated when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been conclusively clarified.
e. Possibility of objection and erasure
The user has the possibility to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be erased in this case.
2. Contact by e-mail
If you contact us by or e-mail, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The provision of the data is necessary to process and answer your request – without their provision, we will likely not be able to answer your request to the extent required. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Your data will be erased if your request has been answered conclusively and the erasure does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations, such as in the case of any subsequent contract processing.
3. Data processing at trade fairs
If you provide us with your contact details at the trade fair, e.g. If you leave your business card, we record this data in our CRM system. We use your data to contact you as desired, to establish a business relationship and to send you information materials.
4. Data processing during telephone contact
If you contact us by telephone, we will collect your name, company, request and, where appropriate, contact details for a callback if necessary for request handling. The provision of the data is necessary to process and answer your request – without their provision, we will likely not be able to answer your request to the extent required. The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR.
5. Recipients
In special cases, it may be necessary for us to process your data throughout the corporate group. However, data processing within the PCC Group only takes place if we have legal permission to do so. This is the case, for example, if other companies of the PCC Group act for us in the context of order processing or if there is a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
F. Information on the processing of your applicant data
1. Description and scope of data processing
The processed categories of personal data include, in particular, your master data (e.g. first name, last name, name additions, nationality and date of birth), contact data (such as private address, (mobile) telephone number, e-mail address) as well as the data of the entire application process (cover letter, certificates, interviews, qualifications and previous activities). If you have voluntarily provided special categories of personal data (such as health data, religious affiliation, degree of disability) in the letter of application or in the course of the application process, processing will only take place if you have consented to this or if a legal circumstance permits or justifies this.
2. Purpose of data processing
The data processing of the applicant data collected by us or transmitted to us serves the purpose of carrying out and processing the application process and assessing the extent to which there is suitability for the position in question.
3. Legal basis
The processing of your applicant data is necessary in order to be able to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The primary legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (1) BDSG (Federal Data Protection Act).
4. Recipients
We will only pass on your personal data to those persons and bodies within our company (e.g. human resources department and the hiring department) and to selected contract data processors (e.g. personnel service providers) who need them for the above-mentioned purposes and/or to fulfil our pre-/contractual and legal obligations.
5. Storage duration
We erase your personal data three months after receipt of a rejection or withdrawal by you. This does not apply if statutory provisions preclude erasure or if further storage is necessary for the purpose of providing evidence or if you have consented to longer storage. If you are hired, we store and process your data as part of the subsequent employment relationship.
G. Rights of the data subject
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
1. Right of access/information
You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
2. Right to rectification
You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete.
3. Right to restriction of processing
You have a right to restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to erase your data due to legal obligations.
4. Right to erasure
You can request from the controller that the personal data concerning you be erased without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase this data without undue delay, provided that a condition pursuant to Article 17 (1) GDPR applies.
a) The personal data concerning you 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 in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
b) You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (2) GDPR.
The personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed.
c) The erasure of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under European Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 (1) GDPR.
5. Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, on condition that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
6. Right to object
You have the right, for reasons pertaining to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR.
In addition , you have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
7. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR.
The data protection supervisory authority responsible for us is:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20
04 44 40102 Düsseldorf / Germany
Tel.: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
E-mail address: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
H. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS
1. Type and purpose of processing
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, 4 D04 E5W5, Ireland (hereinafter: „Google“). Google Analytics uses so cookies in the form of text files that are stored on your computer and that enable 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. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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.
The purposes of data processing are the evaluation of the use of the website and the compilation of reports on activities on the website. On the basis of the use of the website and the internet, further related services may then be provided.
2. Legal basis
The processing of the data takes place on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
3. Recipients
Recipients of the data are the data controller and Google as the processor. For this purpose, we have concluded a corresponding order processing contract with Google.
4. Duration of storage
The erasure of the data takes place as soon as it is no longer necessary for our recording purposes.
5. Transfer to third countries
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
In addition, we have concluded standard data protection agreements with Google for the use of Google Analytics.
6. Provision specified or required
The provision of your personal data is voluntary and effected solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may lead to functional restrictions on the website.
7. Revocation of consent
You 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 the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
In addition to or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website pages by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is installed on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
8. Profiling
With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behavior of visitors to the website can be evaluated and their interests analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.
J. USE OF GOOGLE MAPS
1. Type and purpose of processing
On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, 4 D04 E5W5, Ireland (hereinafter „Google“). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&fg=1). There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.
2. Legal basis
The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
3. Recipients
Google receives information that you have accessed a corresponding subpage of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged into Google, however, your data will be assigned directly to your account.
If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before activating the map button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, for which purpose you must contact Google.
4. Duration of storage
We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Maps.
5. Transfer to third countries
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield.
https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
6. Revocation of consent
If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will likely not be able to use our website to the extent envisaged.
7. Provision specified or required
The provision of your personal data is voluntary and effected solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may lead to functional restrictions on the website.
K. Borlabs Cookie
This website uses a Borlabs Cookie, which sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs-cookie) to store your cookie preferences.
Borlabs Cookie does not collect any personal data.
The borlabs-cookie cookie stores the consent you have given when you entered the website. If you wish to revoke these consents, simply delete the cookie from your browser. If you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie consent.