Privacy policy

Opteinics™ is delighted that you have visited our website and thanks you for your interest in our company. Opteinics™ takes data protection seriously.

This data protection statement describes:

Who is responsible for data processing and who is our data protection officer?
What data do we process, for what purposes, for how long and on what legal basis?
Data protection for children
How long do we store data?
To whom do we pass on your personal data?
Automated individual decision-making
Data transmitted to third countries
Are you obliged to provide us with data?
What rights do you have?
Where can you complain?

Who is responsible for data processing and who is our data protection officer?

Responsible within the meaning of the GDPR is the following provider and operator of this website:

Chemovator GmbH

Industriestraße 35
68169 Mannheim

info@chemovator.com.

The Data Protection Officer of Chemovator is:
Jennifer Kürner
Head of Communications & Marketing
Industriestraße 35
68169 Mannheim
+49 175 6406795
jennifer.kuerner@chemovator.com

What data do we process, for what purposes, for how long and on what legal basis?

Log Files

When you visit our website without contacting us or signing in, your browser transmits the following information automatically to our server:

IP address of your computer
Information about your browser (such as main language, user agent, dimensions)
Website that you were on right before you landed on our website
URL or file requested, title of the page being viewed
URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page
Link clicks to an outside domain
Date and time of your visit
Location of the user
Screen resolution
Volume of data transmitted
Status information, e.g. error messages, pages generation time

We use this data in order to:

send the requested content to your browser. In doing so, we store the complete IP address only to the extent necessary to serve the requested content to you.
send your IP address to a service provider to map your public IP address with company and industry related information (no personal information). This company- and industry related information will be processed to our web measurement system. In this process step your IP address is not stored at our service provider or in our system at any time.
protect us from attacks and to safeguard the proper operation of our website.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session is ended. In the case of storage of the data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses are anonymized by deleting the last eight bits, so that an identification of you is no longer possible.

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. sentence 1 lit. f of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Our legitimate interest follows from the above listed purposes for data processing and a secure, fast and efficient provision of our website and the defense against and pursuit of illegal attacks. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Contact forms and contacts via e-mail

If you contact us by email or by contact form on our website, we receive the following information:

Your email address and further information that you provide by email or contact form
Date and time of your message

If you use the application form or the event registration form on our website, we receive the following information:

Your email address and further information that you provide by email or contact form
Date and time of your application/registration

We use this data to answer and, if possible, to meet your request, provide you with the respective service and to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

The legal basis for the processing of data classified as being mandatory is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The aforementioned purposes also include a legitimate interest in the processing of the data. If the purpose of the contact is the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of the data that you have voluntarily provided us with is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. In case of a consent, you have the right to revoke such consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. To do so, please send an informal email to us.

We store such data to the extent necessary to answer and meet your request or until we receive from you the request to delete your personal data. Please note that if you ask us to delete your personal data, we might not be able to answer and meet your request. Please further note that in some cases we may need to send messages containing personal data in order to protect our rights. Furthermore, data may be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations to which the person responsible is subject. Data will also be deleted or made unavailable when a storage period prescribed by the above-mentioned provisions expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling a contract.

Use of cookies

Our website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses.

Generally we may use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the functioning of the website. In general, these cookies are only set in response to actions you take in response to a service request, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. You can set your browser to block these cookies or to notify you about these cookies. However, some areas of the website may not function properly.

The legal basis for the processing of these cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and § 25 para. 2 TTDSG. Our legitimate interest follows from our intention for a secure, fast and efficient provision of our website and the defense against and pursuit of illegal attacks

Performance cookies

These cookies enable us to count visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us answering questions about which pages are most popular, which are least used and how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we cannot know when you visited our website.

The legal basis for the processing of these cookies is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, which you have given us by making your selection in the cookie banner.

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. To do so, please send an informal email to us.

Functional cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we use on our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.

The legal basis for the processing of these cookies is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, which you have given us by making your selection in the cookie banner.

Cookies for marketing purposes

These cookies can be set via our website. They may be used by our marketing partners to profile your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Specifically, we use the following cookies, depending on the cookie preferences you set in the cookie banner. Only the strictly necessary cookies are activated by default. If you do not want this either, you have the option of generally rejecting cookies in your browser. In this case, the functionality of the visited website may be impaired.

Data protection for children

This Website is intended to be used by persons aged 18 and older. We do not seek to collect information about persons under the age of 18.

No information should be submitted to or posted on the Websites by persons younger than 18 years of age. If such a person submits personal information via the Websites, we shall delete that information as soon as we are made aware of their age and thereafter shall not use it for any purpose whatsoever.

How long do we store data?

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session is ended. In the case of storage of the data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses are anonymized by deleting the last eight bits, so that an identification of you is no longer possible. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

To whom do we pass on your personal data?

Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties to the extent described in this privacy policy.

A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned above will only take place in the following cases in individual cases:

you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sen-tence 1 lit. a GDPR;
the disclosure is required under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the pro-cessing of contractual relationships with you;
there is a legal obligation under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR to pass on the data or
according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise of or defense against legal claims and there is no reason to as-sume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data.

Automated individual decision-making

The personal data collected via this website is not subject to automated individual decision-making.

Data transmitted to third countries

Unless specified in this data protection statement, personal data is not being transmitted to third parties.

Are you obliged to provide us with data?

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide your personal data. Please note that if you do not provide the personal data we require, we may not be able to provide all the features of the website.

What rights do you have?

You have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation including the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, if you request it from us in writing:

Right to information: you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing.
Right to correction: if your personal is inaccurate or incomplete you have the right to have your personal information rectified;
Right to erasure: this is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’ and enables you to request the deletion or removal of your information where there’s no compelling reason for us to keep using it. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions. For example, we have the right to continue using your personal data if such use is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Right to restrict our use of your information: the right to suspend the usage of your personal information or limit the way in which we can use it. Please note that this right is limited in certain situations: when we are processing your personal information that we collected from you with your consent you can only request restriction on the basis of: (a) inaccuracy of data; (b) where our processing is unlawful and you don’t want your personal information erased; (c) you need it for a legal claim; or (d) if we no longer need to use the data for the purposes for which we hold it. When processing is restricted, we can still store your information, but may not use it further. We keep lists of people who have asked for restriction of the use of their personal information to make sure the restriction is respected in future;
Right to data portability: the right to request that we move, copy or transfer (where technically feasible) your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, for your own purposes across different services;
Right to object: the right to object to our use of your personal information including where we use it for our legitimate interests, direct marketing;
Right to be informed: you have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your personal information; and
Right to withdraw consent: if you have given your consent to anything we do with your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (although if you do so, it does not mean that anything we have done with your personal information with your consent up to that point is unlawful). The exercise of these rights is free of charge for you, however you are required to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved identification. We will use reasonable efforts consistent with our legal duty to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.

To make inquiries or exercise any of your rights set out in this Privacy Policy and/or make a complaint please contact us by emailing or write to us and we will endeavor to respond within 30 days. Contact details can be found in section 9 below. When we receive formal written complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints that we cannot resolve directly. If you are not satisfied with the way any complaint you make in relation to your personal information is handled by us then you may refer your complaint to the relevant data protection supervisory authority.

Where can you complain?

You have the right to lodge a complaint with our Data Protection Officer (for contact details see above) or with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

Or you can contact:
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg
Königstrasse 10 a
70173 Stuttgart
www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de
E-Mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de