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Our processing of personal data is always in line with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to us. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

As the controller, the admeritia GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed by the company.

1. Definitions

Our data protection declaration is based on the terms used in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy:

a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "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.

b) Processing

Processing is any operation related to personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

c) Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data which consists in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to an individual, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that individual's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour or location.

2. Name and address of the person responsible for the processing

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

admeritia GmbH
Elisabeth-Selbert-Str. 1
40764 Langenfeld
Germany

Tel. +49 (2173) 20363-0
Fax +49 (2173) 20363-29

Email: info-at-admeritia.de
Website: https://www.admeritia.de

3. Name and address of the data protection officer

Our data protection officer is:

Peter Breidbach
Elisabeth-Selbert-Str. 1
40764 Langenfeld
Germany

Tel.: +49 1523 6914677
Email: peter.breidbach@admeritia.de

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with all questions and suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Data processing

Our website, www.plc-security.com, collects a series of general data and information with every call. This general data is stored in the web server's log files and includes the following information:

• • Full IP address
  • time and method of the call
  • called URL
  • Version of the HTTP protocol used
  • Result value of the call
  • Size of the call in KByte
  • Page from which this page was called (only for referrer link)
  • Information on the browser and operating system used

The processing of this information is in our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR and is rather required to:

• • to deliver the contents of our website correctly
  • to ensure the permanent 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

This collected data and information is therefore evaluated by us on the one hand statistically and on the other hand with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company.

5. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this has been provided for by the European directives and regulations or another legislator in laws or regulations that apply to us.

If this purpose no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

6. Your rights

a) Right to information

You have the right to receive free information about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data from us at any time.

You also have a right to information as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a country outside the EU or to an international organization. If this is the case, you also have the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with this transmission.

If you would like to make use of this right to information, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

b) Right to rectification

You have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning you. Furthermore, you have the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data - also by means of a supplementary declaration.

If you would like to exercise this right to correction, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

c) Right to deletion ("right to be forgotten")

You have the right to demand that we delete the personal data concerning you immediately if certain reasons apply and if processing is not necessary.

If you would like to have personal data stored by us deleted, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. He will examine your request and, if necessary, arrange for the deletion request to be met.

If the personal data has been made public by us and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs to inform other persons responsible for data processing who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data from these other persons responsible for data processing, insofar as processing is not necessary. Our data protection officer will arrange the necessary in individual cases.

d) Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to demand that we restrict processing if certain conditions are met.

If you would like to request the restriction of personal data stored by us, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. He will then examine your request and, if necessary, arrange for the processing to be restricted.

e) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which has been provided by us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance from admeritia GmbH to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a GDPR or Art. 9 Paragraph 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority which has been assigned to us.

Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 Paragraph 1 GDPR, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another person responsible, as far as this is technically feasible and provided that this is not the case The rights and freedoms of other people are impaired.

You can contact our data protection officer at any time to assert your right to data portability.

f) Right to object

You have the right, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you, which is based on Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In the event of an objection, we will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

To exercise the right to object, you can contact any employee or our data protection officer directly.

g) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which has legal effect on you or similarly significantly affects you, unless the decision is for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and admeritia GmbH is required, or is permissible on the basis of legal provisions of the Union or the member states of the EU that apply to us and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests or are made with your express consent.

If the decision is necessary to conclude or fulfill a contract between you and admeritia GmbH or if it is made with your express consent, we will take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain of the intervention of a person on our part, to express our own point of view and to contest the decision.

If you would like to assert your rights with regard to automated decisions, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

h) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

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

If you would like to assert your right to withdraw your consent, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

7. Duration for which the personal data are stored

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the period has expired, the relevant data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

8. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.