Data privacy

1. Data protection at a glance

 
General notes

 
The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

 
Data collection on our website

 
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the lega notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This may be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Third-party analytics and tools

When visiting our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.

 
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.

 
2. General notes and mandatory information

 
Data privacy

 
The operator of these pages takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data in a confidential manner and in accordance with legal data privacy provisions and with this data privacy declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.

We would like to inform you that transmitting data over the internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) may be subject to gaps in security. It is not possible to seamlessly protect data from access by third parties.

 
Note on the data controller

 
The data controller for data processing on this website is:

Karl Simon GmbH & Co. KG
Sulgener Str. 19 - 23
78733 Aichhalden

Represented by:

Simon Beteiligungs-GmbH
Sulgener Straße 19-23
D-78733 Aichhalden

Commercial Register:

Stuttgart Local Court HRB 480075
Represented by the managing directors

Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Hilgert
Dr.-Ing. Marc Siemer

 
The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

 
Revocation of your consent to data processing

 
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already given consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

 
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of the data protection officers and their contact details can be found in the following link: www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

 
Right to data portability

 
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

 
SSL or TLS encryption

 
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or 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 browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

 
Encrypted payment transactions on this website

 
If, after the conclusion of a contract subject to costs, there is an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorization), this data will be required for payment processing.

Payment transactions via the common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 
Information, blocking, deletion

 
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right, at any time, to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time if you have questions on this, or other questions related to personal data, at the address indicated in our Legal Notice.

 
Objection to advertising e-mails

 
We hereby object to the use of contact data published under our Legal Notice obligations to send us advertisements and informational materials which we have not expressly requested. The operator of these websites expressly reserves the right to take legal action if advertising information is sent without being requested, for instance through spam e-mails.

 
3. Data protection officer

 
Data protection officer required by law

 
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Karl Simon GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Gerold Klausmann
Sulgener Str. 19 - 23
78733 Aichhalden

Phone: +49 (0) 7422 565 156
E-mail: datenschutz@simongruppe.de

 
4. Data collection on our website

 
Cookies

 
Some of these websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer, and do not contain viruses. Cookies allow us to make our services more user-friendly, more effective, and more secure. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. These are deleted automatically after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser when you visit our websites again.

You can change your browser settings so that you are informed whenever cookies are saved. You can allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in all cases, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, this may restrict the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

 
Server log files

 
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.
This information includes:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

We do not combine this data with data from other sources.

The basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

 
Contact form

 
When you send us an inquiry using the contact form, we save your information from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, in order to process your inquiry and in case we receive any follow-up questions from you. We do not transmit this data to third parties without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is, therefore, based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 [1] lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form 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 we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.

 
Registration on this website

 
You can register on our website to use additional features on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, for example in the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 [1] lit. a GDPR). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

 
5. Social media

 
Facebook plugins (Like & Share button)

 
Plug-ins provided by the social network Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are embedded in our pages. Facebook plugins can be identified by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If you visit our sites, a direct connection is produced between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby obtains the information notice that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like-Button” while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our sites to your Facebook profile. Facebook can thereby allocate the visit to our sites to your user account. We would like to inform you that, as the service provider for this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data which is transmitted, nor are we aware how said data is used by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at: en-en.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

 
LinkedIn plugin

 
Our website uses functions of the network LinkedIn. The service provider for these functions is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our websites with your IP address. If you click on the “Recommend Button” from LinkedIn and are logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you personally and with your user account. We would like to inform you that, as the service provider for this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data which is transmitted, nor are we aware how said data is used by LinkedIn.

For more information, please see LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

 
XING plugin

 
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is called up, a connection to XING servers is established. To our knowledge, your personal data is not saved. In particular, no IP addresses are saved, and your usage behavior is not evaluated.

For more information on data protection and the XING Share button, please see XING’s privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

 
Google Analytics

 
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files which are saved on your computer and which make it possible to analyze your use of this website. The information on your use of this website generated by the cookie is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

 
IP anonymization

 
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is your full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. By order of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, in order to assemble reports regarding website activities and to provide other services associated with website usage and internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser under Google Analytics will not be associated with other data from Google.

 
Browser plugin

 
You can prevent the website from saving cookies by changing the settings on your browser software; we would like to inform you, however, that if you do so you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 
Objection to data collection

 
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set, which prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

 
Order data processing

 
We have concluded an order data processing contract with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

 
Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

 
This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google, as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the item “Objection to data collection”.

 
Google Analytics Remarketing

 
Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This feature allows the advertising audiences created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked to the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one end device (e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google Account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device ad advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google account; follow this link: www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 [1] lit. a GDPR). In the case of data collection processes that are not merged in your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

For more information and the privacy policy, please see Google’s privacy policy at: www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

 
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

 
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

Within the scope of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked through AdWords customers’ websites. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Clients learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising

For more information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, please see Google’s privacy policy: www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

You can change your browser settings so that you are informed whenever cookies are saved. You can allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in all cases, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, this may restrict the functionality of this website.

 
Google reCAPTCHA

 
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether data entry on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not made aware that an analysis is taking place.

The data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please see the following links: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

 
7. Newsletter

 
Newsletter data

 
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 [1] lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

 
8. Plugins and tools

 
YouTube

 
Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

 
Vimeo

 
Our website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the servers of Vimeo is established. This tells the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For more information on how we handle user data, please see Vimeo’s privacy policy at: vimeo.com/privacy.

 
Google Web Fonts

 
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, visit developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

 
Google Maps

 
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers, and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

 
jacando

 
Our website uses the services of the HR cloud software provider jacando AG, Münchensteinerstrasse 41, 4052 Basel, Switzerland. If you apply to us, the personal data you submit (CV, certificates, etc.) will be stored on the jacando AG servers. Your personal data will only be processed for the purpose of your application for employment. Only those persons who are responsible for filling the positions have access to this data. Your data will be deleted automatically by the jacando AG servers after 180 days at the latest, unless the decision on your application has not yet been made.

strong>Use of personal data and purpose limitation (in the applicant process):

If you submit your data to us as a result of an application, this data will usually be automatically deleted after 180 days. Exceptions apply in the following cases:

Open Application Process

If the application process is still open after 180 days, we will continue to save your data. Open means in this case that no decision (acceptance or rejection) has been made about your application.

Defense of Legal Claims

Your data will be processed over the period of 180 days if we need to provide this data in order to defend against any claims made against us.

Conclusion of an Employment Relationship

If employment occurs, we may continue to use your personal information for the purpose of carrying out or terminating the employment relationship.

Termination of Employment

Upon termination of employment your personal data will be stored as long as we are legally obliged to do so.