Data Protection

Data privacy statement for the processing of data in accordance with ARt. 13 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The protection of personal data is important to us. Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V. therefore processes your data in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable legal provisions for the protection of personal data and data security.

This data protection notice contains information on how we process your personal data when you visit our website, what measures we have taken to protect your data and what rights you have with regard to your personal data.

1. Responsible Body

Responsible body in the sense of the data protection law is:

  • Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V.
  • Moosacher Str. 80
  • 80809 Munich
  • Tel.: +49 89 3547-180022
  • E-Mail: global.care@knorr-bremse.com

2. For what purposes and on what legal basis are your personal data processed?

Visiting the website

When you visit our website, data that is technically necessary to display our website is automatically processed. These data are for example your IP address, device type, browser type, previously visited website, visited subpages or date and time of the respective visitor inquiry. This data is stored in the log files of our systems for a maximum of six months.

The legal basis for the processing of your data in this case is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring the functionality and security of our website.

Contact forms and enquiries

If you contact us via our website, we also process the data that you provide in the contact forms or your enquiry, for example your name, your e-mail address, your telephone number and your messages to us. In this case, the legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

3. To which recipients will your data be transmitted?

We use service providers (so-called contract processors) for the operation and support of our website.

We may pass on your data to other third parties, e.g. public authorities or other public bodies, if we are legally obliged to do so or if the transfer is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Google Maps

In order to provide you with an overview of our locations, we use the “Google Maps” service on our website. The provider of this service, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”), processes personal data when Google Maps is used, which may include, among other things, the IP address of your terminal device and your location data. To process your location data, you must have allowed access to your location in your device settings. Data is only transmitted to Google when you click on the map. Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

4. Will your data be transferred to third parties?

Some of your data will also be processed in countries outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) which may have a lower level of data protection than within Europe. In such cases, we will ensure an adequate level of data protection for your data by means of contractual agreements based on the EU standard contracts (copy available on request) or, in the case of recipients domiciled in the USA, by means of the EU/USA Privacy Shield Certification, or we will ask you for your express consent to transfer the data.

5. When will your personal data be deleted?

We will delete your data in accordance with legal retention periods as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose in question, for example when the processing of you request has been completed.

6. Cookies

Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer by your browser. We use cookies to make the functions of our website available to you. The cookies we use do not contain any personal data. These are so-called “session cookies” which are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

7. What rights do you have?

You have the following rights, provided the legal requirements are met:

  • To obtain information about the personal data concerning you,
  • Require the correction or completion of inaccurate or incomplete data,
  • To request the deletion of your personal data,
  • To request the restriction of the processing of your personal data,
  • To request the transfer of your personal data within the framework of the statutory provisions,
  • To object to the processing of personal data concerning you.

If we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you can revoke this consent at any timw. The revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing that took place on the basis of your consent until you revoke your consent.

8. Who can you contact if you have questions or wish to exercise your rights?

If you have questions about data protection or wish to exercise your rights, please contact Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V. (see point 1 for contact details).

We take your enquiries and concerns very seriously and make every effort to comply with them at all times. In addition, however, you have the right at any time to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority. In Bavaria, the responsible supervisory authority is the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach.

9. Links to websites of other providers

Our website also contains links to websites of other providers. If these links are activated, you will be redirected from our website directly to the websites of the other providers. You will recognize this by the change of URL, among other things. We cannot accept any responsibility for the confidential handling of your data on the websites of third parties, as we have no influence on whether these third parties comply with the data protection regulations. Please inform yourself directly about the handling of your personal data by these third parties on the corresponding websites.

Alterations

We may change our privacy policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page.

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