Note: This privacy policy contains sections on the controller, the operation of the website and individual services. The scope of the privacy policy has been selected to comply with legal requirements. It is nevertheless possible to describe individual services in more detail or to add further services that do not necessarily have to be mentioned in the privacy policy.
Privacy policy
KE Elektronik GmbH
Thank you for your interest in our company and our websites. We take the protection of your personal data and your privacy very seriously. We want you to know when we store which data and how we use it. We would like to inform you below about how we handle your data. This privacy policy applies to our websites as well as our Facebook fan page, our Xing and LinkedIn profiles and channels on Instagram and YouTube.
Responsible
KE Elektronik GmbH
Im Klingenfeld 21
74594 Kressberg Marktlustenau
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0) 79 57 – 98 86-0
Fax: +49 (0) 79 57 – 98 86-50
E-Mail: [email protected]
The data protection officer of KE Elektronik GmbH is:
Mr. Markus Strauss
tacticx Consulting GmbH
Walbecker Straße 53
47608 Geldern
E-Mail: [email protected]
When you use our services, we process your personal data. We process your data in strict confidence and only for the purpose that we communicated to you when collecting your data. Our standards when processing your data are the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the other applicable data protection regulations.
1. Processing of your personal data when you access the website
1.1. Scope of data processing
Every time our website is accessed and every time a file is retrieved, data, including personal data, is recorded by our systems and temporarily stored in a log file. The following personal data is processed:
- IP address (possibly in anonymized, shortened form)
- Date and time of access (timestamp)
- Access details and destination address (protocol version, HTTP method, referer, user agent string)
- Name of the retrieved file and amount of data transferred (requested URL incl. query string, size in bytes)
- Message as to whether the request was successful (HTTP status code)
- Website from which the request comes
- Browser type or app used
- Operating system and its interface
- Language and version of the browser software
1.2. Purposes of data processing
1.2.1 We use the personal data collected when you visit our websites to protect our IT systems from attacks and other illegal activities and to enable you to surf our websites as pleasantly as possible. We do not draw any conclusions about your person when processing this data. We do not carry out any personal evaluation or evaluation of the data for marketing purposes or profiling. Your data will be anonymized after 24 hours at the latest.
1.2.2 If you provide us with personal data, e.g. as part of a registration or for the execution of a contract, we will use this data for the purposes stated to you. In addition, we use this data for the purposes of customer administration and, if necessary, for the purposes of invoicing any business transactions, in each case to the extent necessary for this purpose.
1.2.3 If you have given us your consent as part of our Consent Management Tool, we and possibly third parties will use your personal data to display personalized content or advertising based on your usage behavior. Analysis methods such as profiling or scoring may be used for this purpose. You can call up further information by clicking on the blue floating button (always displayed at the bottom left on our websites).
1.2.4 In addition, we process your data if we have a legal obligation to do so, e.g. in the case of retention obligations under commercial or tax law.
1.2.5 We use your data to adapt the functionalities of our websites based on your usage behavior.
1.3. Disclosure of your personal data
In order to optimize and secure our websites and to improve our business operations, we may use external service providers, e.g. data centers or IT service providers. These service providers are carefully selected by us and contractually bound accordingly. As part of their service provision, it may be necessary for these service providers to process your personal data. However, we only pass on your data if this is necessary for the provision of our websites, to comply with our legal obligations or to protect our legitimate interests or if we have your consent.
1.4. Data transfer to recipients in third countries
In principle, your personal data is processed in Germany or within the European Union (“EU”) or within the European Economic Area (“EEA”). The use of external service providers or your consent may result in the transfer and processing of your personal data outside the EU or the EEA.
Please note that the level of data protection in the respective recipient country may be lower than in the EU. For example, there may be no comparably effective legal remedies against data access by state authorities. However, your personal data will only be transferred to a third country if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. This ensures that the level of protection for you required by the GDPR is not undermined, in particular by the inclusion of so-called EU standard data protection clauses (SCCs) in the contractual relationship with the recipient.
1.5. Legal bases of data processing
If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR is the legal basis for the processing of your data.
If you access information from end devices (e.g. cell phones, desktop) or save it there, this is done on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG.
If we process your personal data for the purpose of initiating or fulfilling a contract with you, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR is the legal basis. If we process your personal data to fulfill our legal obligations, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR is the legal basis.
Insofar as we process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of a third party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR constitutes the corresponding legal basis. We take into account the type of personal data, the purpose of processing, the circumstances of processing and the interest in the confidentiality of the personal data as part of a balancing of interests.
1.6. Duration of storage of your personal data
We will delete your personal data as soon as the purpose of processing stated in this privacy policy no longer applies. If necessary, data will be stored beyond this point in time if we are legally obliged to do so or if it is necessary for the defense of legal claims. If deletion is not possible in individual cases, we will block the data concerned for further processing.
2. Cookies and analysis and marketing technologies
We use cookies and comparable analysis and marketing technologies (“cookies”) on our websites. Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our websites. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables your web browser to be uniquely identified when you return to our websites.
We distinguish between technically necessary cookies (section 2.2.), marketing cookies and cookies for other services (section 2.3.).
We use analytical, statistical and marketing cookies exclusively with your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Please note our information on data transfers to third countries (section 1.4.). The storage or retrieval of information in the end device only takes place with your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TDDDG. However, if the storage or retrieval is necessary for the provision of our website, no consent is required, cf. section 25 (2) no. 2 TDDDG.
We use the consent management tool of Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany, on our websites to manage consents and objections. Personal data is not passed on to Borlabs. Further information on the Borlabs cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
You can revoke your consent at any time or change your cookie settings by clicking on the blue hover button (always displayed at the bottom left of our websites).
You can also configure the handling of cookies in your browser yourself. By changing the settings in your browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. You can delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our websites, it may no longer be possible to use all functions to their full extent.
Further information can be found on the websites of your respective browser provider:
2.1 General information on the integration of Google services
We use the services of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”) to continuously improve our website and provide you with the best possible user experience on our website. Google may process your personal data as part of the services. It cannot be ruled out that Google may also transfer your data to a server outside the EU, possibly in the USA or in another third country. You can find further information at https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?gl=de.
We have no influence on how and which of your personal data Google processes. According to Google’s privacy policy, the following personal data may be processed, depending on the respective Google service (see https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=de#infocollect):
- Data about the apps, browsers and devices you use to access Google services
- unique identifiers, the type and settings of your browser, the type and settings of your device, the operating system, information about the mobile network (name of your mobile provider, telephone number, version number of the app)
- Data about the interaction of your apps, browsers and devices with Google services (e.g. IP address, crash reports, system activity and the date, time and referral URL of your request).
- Activity data (e.g. terms you search for, videos you watch, content and advertisements you view and interact with).
Further information on how Google uses data from websites on which Google services are integrated can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=de.
For the purpose and scope of data processing by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google’s data protection information at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. You can find information on your privacy settings at https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/.
2.2 Technically required cookies
These cookies are technically necessary for the proper operation of our websites. Among other things, they ensure the technical stability of our websites and enable security-relevant functionalities. The use of certain functions, such as our contact form, is also only made possible by technically necessary cookies. It is not possible to use our websites without such data processing, i.e. you have no option to object.
We use this type of cookie to increase the security and functionality of our websites and web applications.
The processing of personal data using necessary cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. By using technically necessary cookies, we aim to simplify the use of our websites for you. Some functions of our websites cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after a page change. Our legitimate interest also lies in these purposes. We do not use your user data collected by technically necessary cookies to create user profiles.
You can view an overview of the technically required cookies by clicking on the blue floating button (always displayed at the bottom left on our websites).
2.3 Cookies for usage analysis/marketing and other services
Cookies for usage analysis enable us to analyze how you use our websites. With the help of these cookies, we can test the effectiveness of our websites and detect errors. These cookies also provide information for optimizing our services and for web analyses. They also allow us to show you usage-based content and personalized advertising.
You are not obliged to provide your personal data. The provision is neither legally or contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide it, you may not be able to use our websites or not be able to use them to their full extent.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for usage analysis is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
2.3.1 Google Maps
We use Google Maps from the provider Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a map service designed to make it easy to find the places we indicate on our websites. By using Google Maps, data about your use of the Maps functions on our websites may be processed by Google. The information is transferred to a Google server, possibly in the USA or in another third country, and stored there.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can manage your consent to data processing yourself using our consent management tool. You can revoke your consent at any time by clicking on the blue floating button (always displayed at the bottom left on our websites).
| Right of withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without giving reasons with effect for the future. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, you have the option of deactivating Google Maps in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will no longer be able to use Google Maps and the map display. |
Information and further information on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under section 2.1 “Integration of Google services”.
3. Contact
You have various options for contacting us.
3.1 Scope of data processing
3.1.1 Contact forms
Contact forms are available on our website which you can use to contact us. Your personal data transmitted via the form will be stored by us. Which data is processed can be seen from the respective input forms. In the forms, only those fields that are mandatory for the use of the respective offer are indicated as mandatory fields.
3.1.2 Other contact options
You have the option of contacting us via the contact channels provided on our website (e-mail, post, telephone). In this case, we process your personal data transmitted to us when you contact us (e.g. e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, data resulting from the content).
3.2 Legal basis
If your contact relates to a contract or is a pre-contractual contact, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR is the legal basis. In all other cases, the legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6para. 1 lit. f GDPR. It is our legitimate interest to process your contact requests.
| Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future, for example via [email protected]. We will subsequently no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. |
3.3 Purpose of data processing
The purpose of data processing is to process your contact request. The data will be processed exclusively for this purpose. Your data will not be passed on to third parties in this context.
3.4 Duration of storage of your personal data
Once the contact request has been fully processed, we will restrict your data for further processing. Your data will be deleted after the retention periods under tax and commercial law have expired. These are a full 10 years for accounting documents in accordance with Section 147 (1) of the German Fiscal Code (AO) and a full 6 years for business documents in accordance with Section 257 (1) of the German Commercial Code (HGB).
You are not obliged to provide your personal data. The provision is neither legally or contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide it, you may not be able to use our contact form or not be able to use it to its full extent, or you may not be able to contact us.
4. Job application
We will inform you about our vacancies on our website.
4.1 Scope of data processing
4.1.1 Application via online tool
On our websites, we offer you the opportunity to apply for advertised vacancies by providing personal data. Your personal data transmitted in connection with your application will be stored by us. Which data is processed can be seen from the respective entry forms. In the forms, only those fields that are mandatory for the use of the respective offer are indicated as mandatory fields.
For your participation in the application process, it is necessary to provide personal data from the documents you provide us with, such as cover letter, CV, application photo, certificates or other professional qualifications. This data may include personal master data such as first name, surname, address, date of birth, contact details such as telephone number or e-mail address as well as data relating to your educational and/or professional background such as school and work references, data on training, internships or previous employers.
4.1.2 Application via other contact channels
In addition to applying via the online tool, you have the option of applying for a vacancy using one of the contact channels provided (see section 3).
For your participation in the application process, it is necessary to provide personal data from the documents you provide us with, such as cover letter, CV, application photo, certificates or other professional qualifications. This data may include personal master data such as first name, surname, address, date of birth, contact details such as telephone number or e-mail address as well as data relating to your educational and/or professional background such as school and work references, data on training, internships or previous employers.
4.2 Purpose of data processing
The personal data provided in your application will be processed by us exclusively for the purpose of selecting applicants. When processing applications, we restrict ourselves to the information you provide directly. This may also include information that you have entered in professional online networks or job exchanges. If we ask for your gender in the form of the desired form of address as part of the application process, this is solely due to the fact that we want to write or speak to you in the correct manner.
4.3 Legal basis
The processing of personal data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. If special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 GDPR are involved, Art. para. 1 lit. b) GDPR in conjunction with § 9 para. 2 lit. b) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing.
4.4 Duration of storage of your personal data
In the event that the application results in an employment relationship, your personal data will be transferred to the personnel file.
If an application is rejected, the data will be deleted by us six months after rejection of an application, unless you have consented to the inclusion of your personal data in our applicant pool. In this case, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw the consent you have given us at any time.
| Right of withdrawal
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons with effect for the future, for example by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. In this case, your data will be deleted from our applicant pool. |
The provision of your personal data is required for the submission of an application. Failure to do so will mean that we will not be able to process your application.
5. Online presences in social media
We operate online presences on social networks and platforms (so-called “fan pages”). We regularly publish and share content, offers and product recommendations on our social media presences.
5.1 Scope of processing
With every interaction on our fan pages, the operators of the respective social network automatically collect and store your personal data for market research and advertising purposes. It cannot be ruled out that the data collected will also be processed outside the European Union. Among other things, this may make it more difficult to enforce your rights as a data subject. When you visit fan pages, the operators of the social networks record your usage behavior using cookies and similar technologies. With each of your interactions, the operators can view general statistics on your interests and demographic characteristics (e.g. age, gender, region). The operators create user profiles from the data collected using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the social networks that presumably correspond to your interests.
We operate fan pages on the following social media platforms:
| Operator | Company headquarters | Privacy policy | Possibility of revocation |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland | https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads | |
| Google/
YouTube |
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA | https://policies.google.com/privacy | https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland | https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content | Instagram does not offer its own opt-out function, but refers to the functions of individual advertising partner agencies (e.g. Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp), Digital Advertising Alliance (http://www.aboutads.info/) or European Digital Advertising Alliance (http://youronlinechoices.eu/http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/) | |
| LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA): | https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy | LinkedIn Privacy Policy | |
| TikTok | TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland. | https://www.tiktok.com/de/privacy-policy | Account and privacy settings | TikTok Help Center |
| New Work SE Am Strandkai 1 20457 Hamburg Germany |
Data protection at XING | Data protection at XING |
If you communicate directly with us via our fan pages or share personal content with us, we are responsible for processing your data. An exception applies to the data processing described below for usage analysis (page insights from Facebook and Instagram); we are jointly responsible for this with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.
We generally collect all messages, content and other information that you share with us when you visit our social media sites, such as when you post something on one of our social media sites or send us private messages. If you have an account with the relevant social network, we may also see your public information, such as your username, information in your public profile and content that you share with a public audience. The nature, scope and purposes of the processing of your personal data on social networks are primarily determined by the operators of the social networks.
5.2 Usage analysis (page insights from Facebook and Instagram)
Each time you interact with fan pages, the respective operators record your usage behavior using cookies and similar technologies. Against this background, the operators provide us with so-called “page insights”. These are anonymized statistics that can provide us with information about your interactions with our posts or other content. It is not possible to identify you personally. We have no access to the personal data processed by the operator for the creation of Page Insights (“Page Insights data”). The selection and processing of Page Insights data is carried out exclusively by the respective operator.
With the help of Page Insights, we gain insights into how you use our Fanpages, what interests you have in our Fanpages and which topics and content are particularly popular. This enables us to optimize our fan page activities, for example by better responding to the interests and usage habits of our target groups when planning and selecting our content. We and the operator are jointly responsible for processing your data in connection with Page Insights. For this purpose, we have set out in an agreement which company fulfills which data protection obligations in accordance with the GDPR with regard to the processing of Page Insights data.
You can view the agreement with Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
A summary of the main contents of this agreement (including a list of Page Insights data can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.
For further information on data processing by the respective operator as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective operator.
5.3 Legal basis of the processing
If you are asked by the respective social network operator for consent to data processing, the legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have an overriding legitimate interest in an optimized presentation of our offers and effective communication with our customers and interested parties.
| Right of withdrawal
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons with effect for the future. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data when using our social media presences, you have the option of objecting to the data processing. We have compiled the relevant links for exercising your rights under 5.1. In the event of revocation, it is possible that not all functions of our websites will be fully available to you. |
| Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future, for example by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. We will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. For the processing of your Page Insights data jointly with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (hereinafter Meta Ltd.), we have agreed with Meta Ltd. that Meta Ltd. is primarily responsible for providing you with information about the processing of your Page Insights data and enabling you to exercise your data protection rights (e.g. right to object) under the GDPR. You can also assert your rights in connection with processing activities relating to our joint responsibility with Facebook with us, e.g. by sending an email to [email protected]. In this case, we will forward your request to Meta Ltd. without delay. |
5.4 Purpose of data processing
The purpose of our online presence is to communicate effectively with our customers and interested parties and to optimize the presentation of our offers.
You are not obliged to provide your personal data. The provision is neither legally or contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide it, you may not be able to use our website or not be able to use it to its full extent.
6. Use of Cloud Flare for attack detection
Our website uses Cloud Flare, a service of the provider Cloud Flare, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloud Flare offers a so-called globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is routed via the Cloud Flare network. Cloud Flare is thus able to analyze the data traffic between users and our websites, for example to detect and ward off attacks on our services. User data (IP address) is processed exclusively for the aforementioned purpose. It cannot be ruled out that Cloud Flare may also transmit the personal data to a US server. Cloud Flare is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and we have concluded an order processing agreement with Cloud Flare, which guarantees data transmission in compliance with data protection regulations.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The purpose of the processing is the early detection and, if necessary, defense against attacks on our websites. This is also our legitimate interest.
Further information on data processing by Cloud Flare can be found in the data protection information at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. You are not obliged to provide your personal data. The provision is neither legally or contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide it, you may not be able to use our websites or not be able to use them to their full extent.
| Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future, for example by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. We will subsequently no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. |
7. Rights of the data subject
If we process your personal data, you are a data subject pursuant to Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR with the following rights vis-à-vis us:
- Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to information (Art. 19 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
- Right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)
You have the right to revoke your consent to us at any time, e.g. by sending an email to [email protected]. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
| Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of your personal data which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. You can address your objection to one of our contact addresses provided, for example to [email protected] We will subsequently no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. |
If you wish to exercise a right, please contact our data protection officer at [email protected].
We would like to point out that in certain cases we may request additional information from you in order to establish your identity. For example, when exercising the right to information, we can ensure that information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons.
Automated decision-making does not take place on our websites..
8. Safety
We use technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. We are constantly improving our security measures in line with technological developments.
9. Responsibility for external content
Our websites contain links to websites of external providers. We have no influence on and do not check that other providers comply with the applicable data protection regulations. If you are of the opinion that linked external sites violate applicable law or have other inappropriate content, please let us know. We will check your information and remove the external link if necessary. We are not responsible for the content and availability of linked external websites.
10. Validity of the privacy policy
Due to the further development of our websites or the implementation of new technologies, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. The version available at the time of your website visit always applies.
Status: September 2024