PRIVACY STATEMENT
1. Information on the collection of personal data
(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.
Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses,
user behavior.
(2) The responsible party pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO)
is:
ELAC Electroacustic GmbH
Fraunhoferstrasse 16
24118 Kiel
Germany
(3) When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address,
name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.
We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the
processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
(4) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use
your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes
below.
2. Your rights
(1) You have the following rights in relation to personal data relating to you:
- Right to information,
- Right to rectification or erasure,
- Right to restriction of processing,
- Right to object to processing,
- Right to withdraw from processing where consent has been given
- Right to data portability.
(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the
processing of your personal data by us. You can view the addresses of the data protection authorities
here:
For Germany: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html
For Europe: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Europa/Europa-node.html
3. Storage of access data
(1) Each time our website is accessed, access data is stored in a log file on our provider's server.
(2) This data record consists of, for example, your IP address, the date and time of the request, the
name of the requested file, the amount of file transferred and the access status, a description of the
web browser and operating system used and the name of your internet service provider.
(3) This data is collected for technical reasons. Deletion takes place automatically after 14 days at the
latest. The legal basis for the collection of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest
is the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website.
(4) In the case of merely informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not log in to use the website,
register or otherwise provide us with information, we do not collect any personal data, with the
exception of the data mentioned under 3.2, which your browser transmits in order to technically
enable you to visit the website.
4. Processing of data from your end devices
(1) In addition to the above-mentioned data, we use technical aids for various functions when you
use our website, in particular cookies, which can be stored on your terminal device. When you call up
our website and at any time later, you have the choice of whether to generally allow cookies to be
set or which individual additional functions you would like to select. You can make changes in your
browser settings or via our Consent Manager. In the following, we first describe cookies from a
technical point of view before going into more detail about your individual choices by describing
technically necessary cookies and cookies that you can voluntarily select or deselect.
(2) Cookies are text files or information in a database that are stored on your hard drive and assigned
to the browser you are using so that certain information can flow to the body that sets the cookie.
Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer, but are primarily used to
make the website faster and more user-friendly. This website uses the following types of cookies,
whose function and legal basis we will explain below:
-Transient cookies: Such cookies, especially session cookies, are automatically deleted when
the browser is closed or by logging out. They contain a so-called session ID. In this way, various
requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session and your computer can be
recognized when you return to our website.
-Persistent cookies: These are automatically deleted after a predefined duration, which is set
differently depending on the cookie. You can view the cookies set and the duration at any time in the
settings of your browser and delete the cookies manually.
-Other technologies: These functions are not based on cookies, but on similar technical mechanisms,
such as Flash cookies, HTML5 objects or an analysis of your browser settings. The result is likewise
that we can use the techniques described below. Here, too, you can of course consent or object.
(3) Mandatory functions that are technically necessary to display the website: The technical structure
of the website requires us to use techniques, in particular cookies. Without these techniques, our
website cannot be displayed (completely correctly) or the support functions could not be enabled.
These are basically transient cookies that are deleted after the end of your website visit, at the latest
when you close your browser. You cannot deselect these cookies if you wish to use our website.
If cookies are used, data processing is regularly based on your consent pursuant to Section 25 (1)
TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO. If we consider the use of cookies to be absolutely
necessary, the data processing is based on Section 25 (2) no. 2 TTDSG. Further processing is based on
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
(4) Optional cookies when you give your consent: We only set various cookies after you have given
your consent, which you can select via the Consent Manager when you visit our website for the first
time. The functions are only activated in the event of your consent and may serve in particular to
enable us to analyze and improve visits to our website, to make it easier for you to use it via different
browsers or terminal devices, to recognize you when you visit or to serve advertising (possibly also to
orient advertising to interests, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements or to show interest-
oriented advertising).
The revocation of your consent is possible at any time without affecting the permissibility of the
processing until the revocation.
Our consent manager is CookiePro.
The legal basis for the use of the Consent Manager is Art. 6 (1) f) DSGVO (balancing of interests) in
conjunction with Art. 6 (1) c) DSGVO (obligation to provide evidence).
5. Links to external services
We use direct links to social media providers. If you do not want these providers to associate access
data with your user account there, please log out before clicking on one of the links to these services.
The data collected there may be transferred by the aforementioned companies to countries outside
the European Union and may also be merged with other data there. A level of data protection
appropriate to the legal framework of the European Union cannot always be guaranteed.
Facebook
Service Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin
2, Ireland; parent company: Meta Platforms Inc, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy
Information on Page Insights
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy Standard contractual clauses:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
YouTube
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated For
more information on terms of use and privacy, see
privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-Out: adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Instagram
Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited , 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2,
Ireland; parent company: Meta Platforms Inc, Menlo Park, California, USA.
Cookie Policy: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig
Instagram privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.
Twitter
Provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07,
Ireland; Parent company: Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA;
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy,
Settings: https://twitter.com/personalization
Xing
Provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany;
Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
LinkedIn
Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Standard contractual clauses:
https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa
Possibility of objection (opt-out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-
opt-out
For information on the internal processing of Page Insights at LinkedIn, please refer to the
regulations at https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum.
6. Liability for contents
The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. However, we cannot assume any
liability for the correctness, completeness and topicality of the contents.
7. Liability for links
Our pages may contain links to external websites of third parties over whose content we have no
influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective
provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages.
8. Automated decision making
Automated decision making is not used here.
9. Data security
We secure our website and other systems through appropriate technical and organizational
measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized
persons. However, despite regular checks, complete protection against all risks is not possible.
Our website uses the industry standard SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer) for encryption. This ensures
the confidentiality of your personal information over the Internet. You can tell whether encrypted
transmission is taking place by the closed key/lock symbol in your browser display. We would like to
point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security
gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is technically not possible.
10. Passing on of data
Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties
- if you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 a DS-GVO;
- if the passing on of the data is necessary for the fulfilment of contractual obligations in accordance
with Art. 6 para. 1 b DS-GVO;
- if we are legally obliged to pass on the data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 c DS-GVO;
- if the disclosure of the data is in the public interest as defined in Art. 6 para. 1 e DS-GVO or;
- if the disclosure of the data is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or the legitimate
interests of a third party in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f DS-GVO, provided that your
interests in the protection of your data do not prevail.
11. Categories of recipients
We use various external service providers who work exclusively on our behalf and are bound by
instructions (order processing) to provide the services offered, e.g. hosting this website or
operating our IT. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions
and are regularly monitored.
Third party receiver
In order to process your requests satisfactorily, we may need to share your personal data with third
party recipients. Third party recipients may include our suppliers, transport and logistics partners and
our trading partners.
12. Duration of the storage of personal data
We store your data for as long as they are needed for the respective purposes on which the
processing is based. Beyond that, we only store data insofar as we are legally obliged to do so, e.g.
due to statutory retention obligations.
13. Detailed information on the right to object
An objection to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e)
(data processing in the public interest) or (f) (data processing for the protection of legitimate
interests based on a balance of interests) is possible at any time in accordance with Article 21 of
the GDPR. In the event of an objection, the personal data will no longer be processed unless
compelling legitimate grounds for the processing are demonstrated which override the interests,
rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal
claims.
Please address your objection to the responsible body mentioned under point 1.
14. Detailed information on the right of withdrawal
If you have given us your consent to the processing of personal data, you can revoke this consent
at any time. Of course, this also applies to declarations of consent given to us before 25 May 2018
(before the application of the GDPR). The revocation of consent can only be valid for the future.
The lawfulness of the processing is not retroactively eliminated by a revocation.
Please address your revocation to the responsible body mentioned under point 1.
15. Changes to this privacy notice
This privacy policy was last updated in August 2022. It is the current and valid version of our privacy
policy. However, we would like to point out that a revision of this data protection declaration may
become necessary from time to time due to actual or legal changes.
16. Data protection officer
If you have any data protection questions, please feel free to contact our data protection officer:
Cord Lange
c/o Vater Solution GmbH
Boschstr. 5
24118 Kiel
e-mail: colange@vater-gruppe.de
