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.

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The responsible party for data processing on this website (data controller) is indicated in the legal notice. This office is the first point of contact for questions relating to data protection.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it yourself. This may be data that you enter in a contact form or when ordering a newsletter.

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.

Analysis of your data

When visiting our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is done mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis tools. The analysis of your surfing behavior is anonymous, and cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. For details, please refer to our privacy policy under the heading “Third-party modules and analysis tools”.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website.

With other data, we can statistically analyze your user behavior on the Internet (e.g. via so-called cookies). Such analyses are anonymous and cannot be traced back to you personally. You can object to this analysis. For details, please refer to our privacy policy under the heading “Third-party modules and analysis tools”.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. 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 personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Is the transmission of your data encrypted?

Yes. This website uses encryption. This is to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your data.

I. General notes and mandatory information

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is 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 point out that transmitting data via the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may pose a security risk. It is not possible to protect such data completely against access by third parties.

Data controller

The responsible party for data processing or data controller on this website is:

Schulz Engineering GmbH
Theodor-Krumm-Straße 18
D-88213 Ravensburg
Tel.: +49 751 36656-0
Fax: +49 751 36656-600
Email: info@schulz-engineering.com

The 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, email addresses, etc.).

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If the data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data relating to you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your consent. We will explicitly obtain this from you before starting data processing. You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data protection officer required by law

We are required by law to appoint a data protection officer and have appointed one. Name and contact details of our data protection officer:

Mr. Klaus-Jürgen Kinze
Schulz Engineering GmbH
Theodor-Krumm-Straße 18
88213 Ravensburg

Tel.: +49 751 36656-0
Email: klaus-juergen.kinze@schulz-engineering.com

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

The website visitor is informed that he has the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority in case of data protection violations. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company has its headquarters. A list of the data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found in the following link: https://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 another person responsible, 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

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as any inquiries you send to us as the operator of the website. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data 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. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

Amendment of this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in compliance with legal requirements.

II. Data collection on our website

Cookies

This website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies enable us to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser.

You can set your browser to inform you when cookies are placed on your computer and only allow cookies on an individual basis, refuse to accept cookies in specific situations or refuse them in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Most of the cookies we use are session cookies. They are automatically deleted when you end your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing the cookies for the technically error-free and optimal 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.

Consent to the use of cookies

If you do not consent to the use of cookies for analysis and marketing purposes, we will only use cookies that are essential for the functionality of the website and therefore technically necessary.

Server log files

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

• browser type and browser version
• operating system used
• referrer URL
• host name of the accessing computer
• time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free and optimal presentation of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact data you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by email 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 inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

III. Third-party modules and analysis tools

Google Analytics

This website uses features provided by the web analysis service Google Analytics. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are saved on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of this website is normally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google's privacy policy:  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Browser Plugin

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to fully use all of the website functions. Furthermore, you can prevent collection of the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as its processing by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin via the following link:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics deaktivieren

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated containing statements about the age, gender and interests of the visitors to our website. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data cannot be attributed to any specific individual person. You can disable this feature at any time by adjusting the ads settings in your Google account or by prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics as outlined in the section “Objection to data collection”.

IP anonymization

We use the “Enable IP anonymization” feature on this website. However, within Member States of the European Union and in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area, Google will truncate your IP address first. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the US, where it is abbreviated. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator. Google will not combine the IP address sent by your browser as part of Google Analytics with any other data.

Legal basis

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

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”)) for the uniform display of fonts. When accessing a site, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to correctly display text and fonts. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. Web fonts are used in the interests of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online services. This represents a legitimate interest within the context of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a standard font.

For more information about Google Web Fonts and Google's privacy policy, please see the following links:

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

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 assign your surfing behavior directly to 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 services. This represents a legitimate interest within the context of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

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

Content Delivery Network (Prismic)

To optimize the presentation of these web pages, in particular to increase the loading speed of the respective page content, we use the technology partner Prismic Networks, Inc. 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, #410 Cambridge, MA 02138 (hereinafter referred to as Prismic). Data transfers between the website and the servers are made through Prismic's worldwide network or its business partners.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of the Internet presence.

Through the connection to Prismic established when you call up our website, Prismic can determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the content is to be transmitted.

You can find more information on data collection and processing at: https://prismic.io/legal/privacy and https://prismic.io/security

OpenStreetMap

We include the maps of the service “OpenStreetMap” (https://www.openstreetmap.org), which are offered on the basis of the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). Privacy Policy:  https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

To our knowledge, user data is used by OpenStreetMap solely for the purposes of displaying the map functions and caching the selected settings. This data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, which, however, will not be collected without their consent (usually executed within the settings of their mobile devices).

MailChimp

This website uses the services of MailChimp for sending newsletters. This is provided by Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

MailChimp is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. If you enter data for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address), this data is stored on MailChimp's servers in the USA.

MailChimp has a certification according to the “EU-US Privacy Shield”. The “Privacy Shield” is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

With the help of MailChimp, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent with MailChimp, a file contained in the email (so-called web beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the USA. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient. They are used exclusively for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.

If you do not want any analysis by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from 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 from our servers as well as from the servers of MailChimp after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

For more details, please refer to the privacy policy of MailChimp at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with MailChimp, in which we oblige MailChimp to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties. This contract can be viewed at the following link: https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/sample-agreement/.

IV. Privacy policy for online applications

We offer you the opportunity to apply for a position at our company (e.g. by email, post or via online application form). In the following paragraphs, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will be in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us a job application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary to decide on whether to establish an employment relationship with you. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG (Federal Data Protection Act) under German law (initiation of an employment relationship) and Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (general contract initiation).

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG-new and Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.

Data retention period

If we are unable to make you a job offer, if you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have provided on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The purpose of the storage is mainly to serve as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will not be deleted until the purpose for continued storage no longer applies.

The data may also be stored for a longer period if you have given a corresponding consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if legal storage obligations oppose the deletion.

Inclusion in the applicant pool

If we do not make you a job offer, we may be able to include you in our applicant pool. If we do decide to include you, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool so that we can contact you if we have any suitable vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). The submission of the consent is voluntary and is not related to the current application process. You can revoke your consent at any time. In this case, the data will be irrevocably deleted from the applicant pool, unless there are legal reasons for retention.

The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than 24 months after consent has been given.

Use of the Umantis applicant management tool

We use the Umantis software for the organization of job applications, which is provided to us by Schulz Group GmbH, Theodor-Krumm-Straße 18, 88213 Ravensburg. Schulz Group GmbH in turn obtains the software from Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG, Munziger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg (hereinafter “Umantis”).

If you apply to us, your applicant data will be stored and processed on Umantis' systems. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Schulz Group GmbH for the use of the software.

Data security

Data protection is an important concern for us. We and Schulz Group GmbH as well as Umantis have taken the necessary organizational and technical measures to ensure the confidentiality of your application. All the employees in the Human Resources department as well as our software partners are required to maintain confidentiality regarding personal data in the context of their employment contract. Thanks to an automatically activated 128-bit encryption, a secure transmission of your data is ensured. Data processing takes into account the general standards for data security in accordance with the current state of technology.

As of: July 2021