Data Privacy & Cookies

You can reach our data protection officers as follows:
Niklas Hanitsch
secjur GmbH
Steinhöft 9
20459 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 228 599 520
E-mail: dsb@secjur.com
You can contact our data protection officers directly at any time with all questions and suggestions regarding data protection and the exercise of your rights.

We use third-party services for certain functions and services on our website. The specific services can be found in the corresponding chapters.
In some cases, we use service providers that are based in a third country, i.e., outside the EU. We only transfer data to a third country where there is an adequate level of data protection or appropriate safeguards as defined in Art. 44-49 of the GDPR. You have the right to request a copy of the appropriate safeguards we have put in place. To do so, please send us an e-mail to the e-mail address stated in this privacy policy. If such a case applies, this is shown separately in the following chapters.

4.1 General information

When you visit our website, data is automatically processed that your browser transmits to our server. This data and information are stored in the log files of the server (in so-called “server log files”). The following can be collected

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (previously visited website)
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Date and time of the server request
• IP address

4.2 Purpose of processing

When using this data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. The purposes pursued by us include in particular:

• ensuring the smooth connection of the website,
• the investigation of acts of abuse or fraud,
• problem analyses in the network, as well as
• the evaluation of system security and stability.

4.3 Legal basis

The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have an overriding legitimate interest in being able to offer our service in a technically flawless manner.

4.4 Storage duration

The log files are stored for security reasons (e.g., to clarify acts of abuse or fraud) for the duration of maximum 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes will be retained until final clarification of the matter.

4.5 Recipients of personal data

We use the following service providers:

5.1 General information

We use cookies on our website. These are text files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device when you visit our website. In the cookie, information is stored that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used.

For more information about cookies, please see the privacy settings by clicking on the UserCentrics fingerprint button at the bottom left.

5.2 Technically necessary cookies

We use technically necessary cookies. These are cookies that are technically necessary to provide all the functions of our website. Cookies for marketing or tracking purposes are not set.

5.2.1 Purpose of processing

We use technically necessary cookies for the following purposes to:

• offer services,
• enable the use of our website functions,
• and to offer different languages.

5.2.2 Legal basis

The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have an overriding legitimate interest in being able to offer our service in a technically flawless manner.

5.2.3 Storage duration

We delete your personal data as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. Technically necessary cookies are only stored for the respective session. When you leave our website and close your browser, the cookies are deleted.

5.2.4 Recipients of personal data

At the current time, there are no recipients of personal data from session cookies.

5.3 Analytics and marketing cookies

We also use analysis and marketing cookies. These are cookies that are not technically necessary. We use them to understand your behavior on our website and to improve our offer.

5.3.1 Purpose of the processing

We use technically necessary cookies for the following purposes:

• Reach measurement and tracking,
• evaluation of visitor behavior,
• optimization of our offer,
• as well as targeted advertising.

5.3.2 Legal basis

The legal basis for the data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The cookies are only set after you have given your consent via our cookie banner.

5.3.3 Storage duration

We delete your personal data as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. The storage period of personal data depends on the providers used.

5.3.4 Recipients of personal data

We use the following service providers:

6.1 General information

Through our website you have the possibility to contact us by e-mail or via our form.

While contacting you and responding to your inquiry, we process the following personal data from you:

• Name
• Salutation
• E-mail
• Company name
• Country/Region
• Date and time of the request
• IP address
• Other personal data that you voluntarily provide to us while contacting us.

6.2 Purpose of processing

We process your data to respond to your inquiry as well as other matters arising from it.

6.3 Legal basis

If your request is based in connection with pre-contractual measures or with an existing contract with us, the legal basis is the performance of the contract and the implementation of pre-contractual measures pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

If your request is made independently of contractual or pre-contractual measures, our overriding legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR constitute the legal basis. The overriding legitimate interest corresponds to the above-mentioned purposes.

6.4 Storage duration

We delete your personal data as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the context of contact inquiries, this is generally the case when the circumstances indicate that the specific matter has been conclusively processed.

6.5 Recipients of personal data

We use the following service providers:

7.1 General information

We offer you the possibility to receive the newsletter of our company. With our newsletter, we inform customers and business partners about our offers at regular intervals. Within the scope of the newsletter dispatch, we process the following personal data:

• First and last name
• E-mail address
• Organization
• Preferred language
• Metadata (e.g., device information, IP address, date, and time of registration)

7.1.1 Newsletter Registration

If you register for our newsletter via our website, we will send you a confirmation e-mail. After confirming your registration through the double opt-in procedure, you will be placed in our newsletter database. This confirmation e-mail serves to verify whether you, as the owner of the e-mail address, have authorized the receipt of the newsletter. In the process, the registration for the newsletter is logged.

7.1.2 Newsletters for Existing Customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services, such as those already purchased, by e-mail. We base this processing on section 7 (3) of the German Act against Unfair Competition.

7.1.3 Newsletter Tracking

Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. This is a miniature graphic that is embedded in e-mails. This allows us to track, for example, whether and when an e-mail was opened by you and which links in the e-mail were called up by you. This enables us to statistically evaluate the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. The personal data collected by the tracking pixel is stored and analyzed by us to optimize the newsletter mailing and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to your interests.

7.2 Purpose of processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Newsletter mailing: implementation of marketing measures.
• Newsletter tracking: display of personalized advertising, market research, performance measurement.

7.3 Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of the:

• newsletter subscription is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR,
• newsletter tracking is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR,
• newsletters for existing customers for similar goods or services is based on our legitimate interest in advertising, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

7.4 Retention Periods

We delete your personal data as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the context of the newsletter mailing, this is generally the case when you withdraw your consent or you object to the processing.

For this purpose, there is an opt-out link at the end of every newsletter. In addition, you also have the option of unsubscribing from the newsletter mailing at any time on our website or informing us of this in another way. When you select the unsubscribe option in our newsletters, we automatically interpret this as your withdrawal of consent or your objection to the processing.

7.5 Recipients of Personal Data

We use the following service providers:

7.6 LinkedIn

When you visit our LinkedIn company profile, certain information about you is processed. In the case of direct messages to us or comments on our LinkedIn company profile or under our posts, we receive the message, the comments and your username.

In addition, the operator of the platform, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (LinkedIn), processes personal data when you visit our LinkedIn company profile, follow this page or engage with the page, to provide us with statistics and insights in anonymized form. This provides us with insights into the types of actions that people take on our site (Page Insights). For this purpose, LinkedIn processes in particular such data that you have already provided to LinkedIn via the information in your profile, such as data on function, country, industry, seniority, company size and employment status. In addition, LinkedIn will process information about how you interact with our LinkedIn company profile, such as whether you are a follower of our LinkedIn company profile. With the page insights, LinkedIn does not provide us with any personal data about you. We only have access to the aggregated Page Insights. It is also not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual members using the information in the Page Insights.

The processing of your personal data in connection with the operation of our LinkedIn company profile is carried out on the basis of a balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6(1) s. 1 lit. f GDPR in order to offer you an up-to-date and supportive information and interaction option with and about us. The processing serves our legitimate interest to evaluate the types of actions taken on our LinkedIn company profile and to improve our company profile based on these findings.

This processing of personal data in the context of Page Insights is carried out by LinkedIn and us as joint controllers. We have reached an agreement with LinkedIn on processing as joint controllers, which specifies the distribution of data protection obligations between us and LinkedIn. The agreement is available here. Accordingly, the following applies:

• LinkedIn and we have agreed that LinkedIn is responsible for exercising your rights under the GDPR. You can contact LinkedIn to do so online via the following link (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/PPQ?lang=de) or reach LinkedIn via the contact details in the Privacy Policy. You can contact the Data Protection Officer at LinkedIn via the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO. You may also contact us at our provided contact details to exercise your rights in connection with the processing of personal data in the context of the Page Insights. In such a case, we will forward your request to LinkedIn.
• LinkedIn and we have agreed that the Irish Data Protection Commission is the lead supervisory authority overseeing processing for Page Insights. You always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (see at www.dataprotection.ie) or any other supervisory authority.

In addition, LinkedIn processes your data as a user for the provision of services, communication, further development of services and research as well as for purposes of advertising, customer support, analysis and security. LinkedIn is the sole controller for the processing of personal data when visiting our LinkedIn company profile. The categories of personal data that LinkedIn processes in this context are described in LinkedIn’s data policy. Further information about the processing of personal data by LinkedIn can be found here.

Please note that in accordance with the LinkedIn Privacy Policy, personal data may also be processed by LinkedIn in the U.S. or other third countries.

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the following status: December 2022.

If we continue to develop our website and our offers or if legal or regulatory requirements change, it may be necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access the current privacy policy at any time here.