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Data protection statement

Data protection is a matter of trust and your trust is important to us. We respect your privacy. The protection and lawful collection, processing and use of your personal data is therefore a matter for us. To ensure that you feel safe when visiting our websites, we strictly observe the legal regulations when processing your personal data and would like to inform you here about our how we collect and use data.

I.I The data controller within the meaning of Article 4 No. 7 GDPR is:

1.1 Controller:
DISPLAY INTERNATIONAL
Schwendinger GmbH & Co. KG
Am Weiweg 1-352146 Würselen
Tel.: +49 (0) 2405 – 461-0
Fax: +49 (0) 2405 – 461-123
Email: digermany@displayint.com

Managing director:
Mr Klaus J. Schwendinger
Mr Klaus Nock
Mr Thomas Bürger

1.2 Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please contact us.
Kleinermann & Sohn GmbH
Mr Stefan Kleinermann
Max-Planck-Str. 9
52499 Baesweiler
Tel.: (02401) 6054-0
Email: dsb@das-datenschutz-team.de

I.II. Scope and purpose of data processing

1. Anonymous data collection

We process the personal data of website visitors only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services.
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. For technical reasons, including to ensure a secure and stable internet presence, we only store so-called "server log files", access data without personal reference, such as your internet provider, the internet browser you use, the page from which you visit us, the date and time of your access or the name of the requested file.
The data is stored in "server log files" to ensure the functionality of the website and for security reasons, in particular to prevent and detect attacks on our website or fraud attempts. The data is erased as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the relevant session has ended.
This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and thus does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. It is evaluated for statistical purposes in order to be able to optimise our website and our offerings. The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the "server log files" is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Web hosting is provided by a web hosting company in Germany contracted by us. The legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (provision of our online offer). We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider pursuant to Article 28 GDPR.
To create our website we use the open source CMS system "Contao".

2. Collection and processing of personal data

If you wish to use one of our company’s services via our website and/or contact us via our contact form, we cannot rule out that it will be necessary to process personal data. If there is no legal basis for the processing of personal data, we will obtain the consent of the data subject. This will be visible in the appropriate places. This may be required if you contact us via our contact form. The legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent from you for processing purposes is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract or the initiation of a contract (e.g. for the delivery of goods or the provision of such services, or in the case of inquiries about our products and services), the processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We store and use the personal data provided by you, such as name, company, address, email and telephone number, for the purpose of individual communication with you in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the "BDSG-neu” (new version of the German Data Protection Act). Please note that, in general, no confidential information should be sent via the contact form.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

3. Cookies

“Cookies" are used when you visit our website. Cookies are small files that are stored on your terminal device during your visit to a website. From this, we can see, for example, whether there has already been a connection between the device and our website, take into account your preferred language or other settings, offer you certain functionalities or recognise your interests on a usage basis.
Cookies may also contain personal data. Whether and which cookies are used when you visit our websites depends on which areas and functions of our website you use and whether you agree to the use of cookies that are not technically necessary in our cookie settings (cookie notice banner).
The use of cookies also depends on the settings of the web browser you use (e.g. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox). Most web browsers are preset to automatically accept certain types of cookies; however, you can usually change this setting. You can delete existing cookies at any time.
The consent (= approval) to, as well as rejection or deletion of cookies are bound to the device used and furthermore to the web browser used. If you use multiple devices or web browsers, you can make the decisions or settings differently for each. If you decide against the use of cookies or delete them, it is possible that not all functions of our websites or individual functions will only be available to you to a limited extent. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies/session cookies is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest to ensure the ensure the functionality and security of our website). The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes or so-called third-party cookies is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if you have given your consent.

Information about the cookies used
The following cookies are used on the website:

Necessary cookies and session cookies

Provider

Cookie name

Validity

Description

Webseite

cms_cookies_saved

7 days

Saves the cookie selection made

Webseite

csrf_contao_csrf_token

1 year

Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery.

Statistic, marketing and personalisation cookies (SUBJECT TO CONSENT!)

Provider

Cookie name

Validity

Description

Google Analytics

_ga

2 years

Collects data on how many times a user has visited a website, as well as data for the first and last visit.

Google Analytics

_gid

1 day

Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Google Analytics

_gat

1 minute

Permanent cookie, which is used to throttle the request rate for anonymous users.

Google Tag Manager

ads/ga-audiences

Session

Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.

LinkedIn

li_gc

2 years

Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain

LinkedIn

lang

Session

Remembers the user's selected language version of a website

LinkedIn

AnalyticsSyncHistory

29 days

Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.

LinkedIn

UserMatchHistory

29 days

Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

LinkedIn

bcookie

2 years

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

LinkedIn

lidc

1 day

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

LinkedIn

lang

Session

Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel.

LinkedIn

bscookie

2 years

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

4. Use of tools and plugins on our website

Linking to our social media pages
We have linked to social media logos from Facebook, Instagram, Xing and LinkedIn (hereinafter referred to as "Providers") on our website, which redirect to our respective profiles stored with the Providers and are intended to enable you to follow us there, communicate with communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

Facebook
Facebook is a service of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is in turn operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter both referred to as "Facebook".
You can access Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy and view it.

Instagram
Instagram is a service of facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is in turn operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
You can access Instagram's privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and view it.

LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
You can access LinkedIn's privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy and view it.

Xing Xing is a service of XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
You can access Xing's privacy policy at https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung and view it.

For data protection reasons, we have only implemented a link to our respective profiles with the providers. This means that no data about you is transmitted to the providers unless you click on the relevant social media logo. However, as soon as you click on the link set by us to our respective profile, you will be redirected to the website of the provider, which will result in data being transferred to the respective provider. We have no influence on this - possibly personal - data transmission and data collection to/from the providers. Likewise, we have no knowledge of the individual purposes of this data processing or its scope and storage period. Whether the providers make deletions, generate or assign profiles or set anonymisations is also not known to us and is also not within our sphere of influence.
If you are logged in to one of the aforementioned providers at the same time as clicking on the respective link implemented on our website, the data collected by the provider when you call up their website will be directly assigned to your profile there.
The processing of users' personal data is based on our legitimate interests in effectively informing users and communicating with users pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the users are asked by the respective providers for consent to data processing (i.e. declare their consent, e.g. by ticking a box or confirming a button), the legal basis of the processing is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with Article 7 GDPR. Article 7 GDPR.
For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the options to object (opt-out), we refer to the privacy statements and information provided by the operators of the respective networks. Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we point out that these can be asserted with the respective provider, as they have access to the users' data and can take appropriate measures and provide information.

Sharing news/blog posts on social media sites
You have the option to share news/blog posts from our website on the social media sites "Facebook" and "Twitter". Data is transferred only after your active actions (sharing links). To do this, you must log in to the respective social media service with your access data there. If you activate the social media offers, their data protection provisions must be observed.
You can access Facebook's privacy policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy and view it.
You can access Twitter's privacy policy at https://twitter.com/de/privacy and view it.

Use of "Cookiebot” cookie banner
In order to be able to document consent to the storage of cookies requiring consent from visitors to our website in a data protection compliant manner, we use the consent management service "Cookiebot" from Cybot A/S, Haynegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen (Denmark). When you visit our website, a cookie is stored in your browser, which stores the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents. This allows us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing. The processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation (Article 7 para. 1 GDPR) to which we are subject (Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR). For this purpose, the following data is processed with the help of cookies:

    • Your IP address (the last three digits are anonymised)
    • Date and time of consent
    • the browser URL from which the consent was sent
    • an anonymous, random and encrypted key Your consent status of the end user, as proof of consent

This key and your consent status are stored for 12 months in the browser using the cookie. This preserves your cookie preference for subsequent page requests. With the help of the key, their consent can be proven and traced.

The data is processed in the EU. For more information on how to object to the provider Cybot, please visit:https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/

Use of Google Analytics
We use the web analytics service "Google Analytics" Google Inc (hereinafter: Google) on our website. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use the web analytics service to analyse and to be able to regularly improve the traffic on our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes and the economic operation of our website).
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" for this service, which are stored on your terminal device and enable us to analyse the 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 anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be abbreviated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. The data collected in this way is used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website and the usage activities there. Also, this data may be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the internet. Google states that it does not associate your IP address with any other data.
You can access he privacy policy of the provider at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and view it.

Google Tag Manager
Please note that the "Google Tag Manager" is being applied on our website. Provider is Google LLC, service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This service allows to manage so-called website tags via an interface. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest in the economic operation of our website). The Google Tag Manager only sets tags and does neither set cookies nor collect any personal data. The service provides for the triggering of other tags, which in turn may collect data. According to the provider’s information, Google Tag Manager does not access these data. However, we cannot exclude a transfer of your data (here: your IP address) to servers in the USA. If a deactivation has been carried out at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

LinkedIn Insight Tag
On our website, we use the conversion tool "LinkedIn Insight Tag" of the provider LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Assuming your acceptance via our cookie banner, LinkedIn sets a cookie on your device, which records data such as the IP address, device and browser properties, page views, etc. This enables us to perform an anonymised statistical evaluation of the use of our website in order to optimise it. In addition, we learn by which LinkedIn ad or interaction on LinkedIn the website visitors came to our website. The purpose of the data collection is to analyse visits to our website and campaign results in order to provide website visitors with interesting information. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO.
Further information on conversion tracking can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a420536/linkedin-conversion-trackingubersicht.

Please note that the data may be stored and processed by LinkedIn so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and LinkedIn may use the data for its own advertising purposes.

You can access LinkedIn's data protection declaration at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
If you are a member of LinkedIn, you can control the use of your personal data for advertising purposes in your account settings. To deactivate the Insight tag on our website ("opt-out"), click https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

SalesViewer
This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests (Section 6 paragraph 1 lit.f GDPR) in order to collect and save data on marketing, market research and optimisation purposes. In order to do this, a javascript based code, which serves to capture company-related data and according website usage. The data captured using this technology are encrypted in a non-retrievable one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymised and is not used to identify website visitors personally. The data stored by Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain them. The data recording and storage can be repealed at any time with immediate effect for the future, by clicking on https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out in order to prevent SalesViewer® from recording your data. In this case, an opt-out cookie for this website is saved on your device. If you delete the cookies in the browser, you will need to click on this link again.

Google Ads (formerly Google Adwords)
We use the advertising component Google Ads (formerly AdWords) on our website and thereby so-called conversion tracking. This is a service of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google").
We use conversion tracking for targeted advertising of our offer. Legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimisation and the economic operation of our internet presence.
If you click on an ad placed by Google, the conversion tracking we use saves a cookie on your terminal device. These so-called conversion cookies lose their validity after 30 days and do not serve to identify you personally. If the cookie is still valid and you visit a specific page of our website, both we and Google can evaluate that you have clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and that you have subsequently been redirected to our website.
Through the information collected in this way, Google provides us with statistics about the visit to our website. In addition, this provides us with information about the number of users who have clicked on our ad(s), as well as about the pages of our website subsequently accessed. Neither we nor third parties who also use Google Ads will be able to identify you in this way.
You can also prevent or restrict the installation of cookies through the appropriate settings of your internet browser. At the same time, you can delete cookies that are already stored at any time. However, the steps and measures required for this depend on your specific internet browser used. Therefore, if you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support.
You can access the privacy policy of the provider at https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=de and view it.

Integration of third-party services and content
Third-party content, such as videos and/or graphics from other websites, may be integrated within our pages. This is done on the basis of our legitimate interests (interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Article 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR). This always requires that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers") are aware of the IP address of the users, since without the IP address the content cannot be sent to the browser of the respective user. The IP address is thus required for the display of this content. We endeavour to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only for the delivery of the content. However, we have no influence if the third-party providers store the IP address, e.g. for statistical purposes. To the extent that this is known to us, we inform the users about it.

5. Publication of job advertisements

If you apply for one of our job offers, your application data will be collected and processed electronically by us for the purpose of handling the application process. If your application is followed by the conclusion of an employment contract, your transmitted data may be stored by us in your personnel file for the purpose of the usual organizational and administrative process in compliance with the relevant legal provisions. Pursuant to Article 26 para. 1 sentence 1 of the new version of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG-neu) in conjunction with Article 88 para. 1 GDPR, data protection law permits the collection of data required for the establishment of the employee relationship. If you voluntarily provide us with information about yourself that goes beyond what is necessary, this is done in the context of consent pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. In the course of processing, your data may be transferred to people within our company, as well as service providers who are contractually bound and obliged to maintain confidentiality and who perform partial data processing tasks.
In the event that an application is rejected, we automatically delete the data submitted to us two months after notification of the rejection. However, the data will not be deleted if it is required to be stored for a longer period of up to four months or until the conclusion of legal proceedings due to statutory provisions, e.g. due to the obligation to provide evidence in accordance with the German Act on Equal Treatment, or if you have expressly consented to longer storage (maximum 12 months) in our database of prospective customers.
If you expressly consent to your data being stored for a longer period (maximum 12 months), e.g. for your inclusion in a database of applicants or interested parties, the data will be processed on the basis of your consent. The legal basis is then Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Of course, you can revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Article 7 para. 3 GDPR by declaration to us with effect for the future.

Share job offers on social media sites
You have the option to share job ads on our website on the social media sites "Facebook" and "Twitter". Data is transferred only after your active actions (sharing links). To do this, you must log in to the respective social media service with your access data there. If you activate the social media offers, their data protection provisions must be observed.
You can access Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy and view it.
You can view Twitter's privacy policy at https://twitter.com/de/privacy and view it.

6. Data subject rights

As a data subject, you have the right of access (Article 15 GDPR), rectification (Article 16 GDPR), data erasure (Article 17 GDPR) and restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR) as well as data portability (Article 20 GDPR). We do not use automatic decision-making or profiling (Article 22 GDPR).
In addition, in accordance with Article 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you that is carried out on the basis of a balance of interests (Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) for reasons that arise from your particular situation. This is particularly the case if the data processing is not necessary for the fulfilment of a contract. If you exercise your right to object, please explain the reasons. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can prove to you that compelling reasons worthy of protection for the data processing outweigh your interests and rights. Please address your objection to the contact address of the responsible person indicated above.
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence, your workplace or our company headquarters (The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia). (Article 77 GDPR).

Right of withdrawal (Article 7 para. 3 GDPR)
If you have consented to the processing of your personal data by us, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. Likewise, further processing of this data on the basis of another legal basis, for example to fulfil legal obligations (e.g. legal retention periods), remains unaffected.

To exercise the rights of the data subject, please contact the above-mentioned office. Inquiries submitted electronically are usually answered electronically. The information, notifications and measures to be provided in accordance with the GDPR, including "the exercise of data subject rights", are generally provided free of charge. Only in the case of manifestly unfounded or excessive requests are we entitled to charge an appropriate fee for processing or to refrain from taking action (see Article 12 para. 5 GDPR).
If there is reasonable doubt about your identity, we may request additional information from you for identification purposes. If we are unable to identify you, we are entitled to refuse to process your request. We will inform you separately about a missing possibility of identification - as far as possible. (see Article 12 para. 6 and Article 11 GDPR).
Requests for information are usually processed immediately, within one month of receipt of the request. The deadline may be extended by a further two months to the extent necessary taking into account the complexity and/or number of requests; in the event of an extension of the deadline, we will inform you of the reasons for the delay within one month of receiving your request. If we do not act on a request, we will inform you immediately within one month of receipt of the request of the reasons for this and inform you of the possibility of filing a complaint with a supervisory authority or seeking a judicial remedy. (see Article 12 para. 3 and 4 GDPR).
Please note that you can exercise your data protection rights only within the limits of restrictions and limitations provided by the Union or the Member States. (Article 23 GDPR).

7. Data security

We secure our website and other systems through technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons. We use SSL encryption for our website so that your personal data is transmitted over the internet in encrypted form, e.g. when using our contact form and when subscribing to our newsletter.

8. Deletion and restriction (blocking) of personal data

The deletion and restriction (blocking) of your personal data will be carried out after the purpose limitation has ceased to apply, provided that they are no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract, in compliance with retention periods based on laws and/or the German Tax Code.

9. Contact possibility

We offer you the possibility on our website to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your contact. For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the submission process and reference is made to this privacy policy. Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the email address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. The processing of personal data from the input mask of our contact form serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contact by email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data. The data will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected and no retention periods apply.

10. Modification and update of the privacy policy

Changes and updates to our Data Protection Policy may occur due to changes in the data processing operations we perform, or changes in the law, court rulings, changes in our company's contact information, etc. Therefore, we ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy.

Status of the privacy policy: 19.01.2022