We appreciate your interest in our company and our websites. We take the protection of your personal data and the safeguarding of your privacy very seriously. We want you to know when we collect which data and how we use it. Below, we would like to inform you 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 our channels on Instagram and YouTube.
The person responsible is
KE Elektronik GmbH
21 Klingenfeld
74594 Kressberg Marktlustenau
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 79 57 – 98 86-0
Fax: +49 (0) 79 57 – 98 86-50
Email: [email protected]
The Data Protection Officer for KE Elektronik GmbH is:
Mr. Markus Strauss
tacticx Consulting, LLC
53 Walbecker Street
47608 Geldern
Email: [email protected]
When you use our services, we process your personal data. We process your data in strict confidence and only for the purpose we disclosed to you when we collected your data. We process your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and other applicable data protection regulations.
Every time you access our website or retrieve a file, data—including personal data—is collected by our systems and temporarily stored in a log file. The following personal data is processed:
1.2.1 We use the personal data collected when you visit our websites to protect our IT systems from attacks and other unlawful acts, as well as to ensure that your browsing experience on our websites is as pleasant as possible. When processing this data, we do not draw any conclusions about your identity. We do not perform any personalized analysis, use the data for marketing purposes, or create user profiles. Your data is anonymized within 24 hours at the latest.
1.2.2. If you provide us with personal data—for example, as part of a registration or for the purpose of fulfilling a contract—we will use this data for the purposes specified to you. In addition, we use this data for customer management purposes and, where applicable, for billing any business transactions, in each case to the extent necessary.
1.2.3. To the extent that you have provided your consent through our consent management tool, we—and possibly third parties—may use your personal data to display personalized content or advertising based on your usage behavior. Analytical methods, such as profiling or scoring, may be used for this purpose. You can access further information by clicking the blue floating button (always located at the bottom left of our web pages).
1.2.4. In addition, we process your data to the extent that we are legally required to do so, e.g., in connection with retention requirements under commercial or tax law.
1.2.5. We use your data to customize the features of our websites based on your usage behavior.
To optimize and secure our websites, as well as to improve our business operations, we may use external service providers, such as data centers or IT service providers. We carefully select these service providers and bind them to our requirements through contracts. As part of their service provision, these service providers may need to process your personal data. However, we will only disclose your data to the extent necessary to provide our websites, to comply with our legal obligations, to protect our legitimate interests, or with your consent.
As a general rule, your personal data is processed in Germany or within the European Union („EU“) or within the European Economic Area („EEA“). Due to the use of external service providers or based on your consent, your personal data may be transferred and processed 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 not be legal remedies that are comparably effective against access to data by government agencies. However, your personal data will only be transferred to a third country if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. of the GDPR. This ensures that the level of protection required by the GDPR is not undermined for you; this is achieved in particular through the inclusion of so-called EU Standard Data Protection Clauses (SCCs) in the contractual relationship with the recipient.
If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of your data.
If you access or store information on end devices (e.g., mobile phones, desktop computers), this is done in accordance with § 25(1) of the TDDDG.
If we process your personal data for the purpose of entering into or fulfilling a contract with you, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. If we process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.
If we process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of a third party, Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR serves as the 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.
We will delete your personal data as soon as the purpose of processing specified in this Privacy Policy no longer applies. If necessary, data may be retained beyond this point in time to the extent that we are legally required to do so or if it is necessary to defend against legal claims. If deletion is not possible in a specific case, we will block the relevant data from further processing.
We use cookies and similar analytics and marketing technologies („cookies“) on our websites. Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our websites. A cookie contains a unique string of characters that allows your web browser to be uniquely identified when you visit our websites again.
We distinguish between technically necessary cookies (Section 2.2) and marketing cookies as well as cookies for other services (Section 2.3).
We use analytical, statistical, and marketing cookies exclusively with your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. Please refer to our information regarding data transfers to third countries (Section 1.4.). The storage or retrieval of information on your device takes place only with your consent in accordance with § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TDDDG). However, to the extent that such storage or retrieval is necessary for the provision of our websites, no consent is required; see § 25(2)(2) of the TDDDG.
We use the consent management tool on our websites the Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, for the purpose of managing consents and objections. No personal data is shared with Borlabs. For more information about the Borlabs cookie, please visit https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
You can revoke your consent at any time or adjust your cookie settings by clicking the blue floating button (located at the bottom left of our web pages).
You can also configure how your browser handles cookies. By changing your browser settings, you can disable or restrict the use of cookies. You can delete cookies that have already been stored at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are disabled for our websites, you may no longer be able to use all features to their full extent.
For more information, please visit the websites of your respective browser providers:
To continuously improve our website and provide you with the best possible user experience on our websites, we use the services of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („Google“). As part of these services, Google may process your personal data. In this context, it cannot be ruled out that Google may also transfer your data to a server outside the EU, possibly in the U.S. or another third country. For more information, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?gl=de.
We have no control over how Google processes your personal data or what specific data it processes. According to Google’s Privacy Policy, depending on the specific Google service, the following personal data may be processed (see. https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=de#infocollect):
For more information on how Google uses data from websites that incorporate Google services, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=de.
For information on the purpose and scope of data processing by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and the settings available to protect your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. For information about your privacy settings, see https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/.
These cookies are technically necessary for the proper functioning of our websites. Among other things, they ensure the technical stability of our websites and enable security-related features. The use of certain features, such as our contact form, is also only made possible by technically necessary cookies. It is not possible to use our websites without this data processing; in other words, you do not have the option to object.
We use these types of cookies to enhance the security and functionality of our websites and the web applications we offer.
The processing of personal data using necessary cookies is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. By using technically necessary cookies, we aim to simplify your use of our websites. Some features of our websites cannot be provided without the use of cookies. For these features, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after changing pages. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest. We do not use the user data collected through technically necessary cookies to create user profiles.
You can view an overview of the technically necessary cookies by clicking the blue hover button (located at the bottom left of our web pages).
Analytics cookies allow us to analyze how you use our websites. These cookies help us test the effectiveness of our websites and identify errors. They also provide insights that help us optimize our services and conduct web analytics. We can also use them to show you usage-based content and personalized ads.
You are not required to provide your personal data. Providing such data is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for entering into a contract. However, failure to provide such data may, in some cases, prevent you from using our websites or from using them to their full extent.
The legal basis for processing personal data using cookies for the purpose of analyzing usage is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
We use Google Maps, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („Google“). Google Maps is a mapping service designed to make it easy to locate the places listed on our websites. By using Google Maps, data regarding your use of the Maps features on our websites may be processed by Google. The information is transmitted to a Google server—which may be located in the United States or another third country—and stored there.
The legal basis for processing your data is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You can manage the consent you have provided for data processing yourself using our consent management tool. By clicking the blue floating button (always located at the bottom left of our web pages), you can withdraw your consent at any time.
| Right of Withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without providing a reason, effective for the future. If you do not consent to your data being transmitted to Google in the future when using Google Maps, you can disable Google Maps in your browser settings. In that case, however, you will no longer be able to use Google Maps or view maps. |
For information and further details regarding Google’s processing of data in connection with the use of Google services, please refer to Section 2.1, „Integration of Google Services,“ in this Privacy Policy.
There are several ways to get in touch with us.
Our website features contact forms that you can use to get in touch with us. We store the personal data you submit via these forms. The specific data processed is indicated on the respective forms. Only those fields that are absolutely necessary for using the respective service are marked as required fields in the forms.
You have the option to contact us using the contact methods provided on our website (email, mail, phone). In this case, we process the personal data you provide when contacting us (e.g., email address, mailing address, phone number, and data derived from the content of your message).
If your inquiry relates to a contract or is a pre-contractual inquiry, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis for processing your data is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. It is in our legitimate interest to process your contact requests.
| Right to Object (Art. 21 of the GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, effective for the future, for example by [email protected]. We will not continue to process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. |
The purpose of data processing is to handle your contact request. The data will be processed exclusively for this purpose. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties in this context.
Once your contact request has been fully processed, we will restrict further processing of your data. Your data will be deleted once the retention periods required by tax and commercial law have expired. Pursuant to Section 147(1) of the German Tax Code (AO), these periods are 10 full years for accounting documents, and pursuant to Section 257(1) of the German Commercial Code (HGB), they are 6 full years for business records.
You are not required to provide your personal data. Providing such data is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for entering into a contract. However, failure to provide such data may, in some cases, prevent you from using our contact form—either in part or in full—or from contacting us.
On our website, we provide information about our current job openings.
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to apply for advertised job openings by providing personal information. We store the personal information you submit in connection with your application. The specific data processed is indicated on the respective submission forms. Only those fields that are absolutely necessary for using the respective service are marked as required fields in the forms.
To participate in the application process, you must provide personal data derived from the documents you submit to us, such as your cover letter, resume, application photo, transcripts, or other proof of professional qualifications. This data may include, among other things, personal identification information such as first name, last name, address, date of birth, contact information such as phone number or email address, as well as information related to your educational and/or professional background, such as school and employment references, details about training programs, internships, or previous employers.
In addition to applying via the online tool, you have the option of applying for an open position by using one of the contact methods listed (see Section 3).
To participate in the application process, you must provide personal data derived from the documents you submit to us, such as your cover letter, resume, application photo, transcripts, or other proof of professional qualifications. This data may include, among other things, personal identification information such as first name, last name, address, date of birth, contact information such as phone number or email address, as well as information related to your educational and/or professional background, such as school and employment references, details about training programs, internships, or previous employers.
We will process the personal data you provide as part of your application solely for the purpose of selecting candidates. When processing applications, we limit ourselves to the information you provide directly. This may also include information you have posted on professional online networks or job boards. If, as part of the application process, we ask for your gender in the form of your preferred title, this is solely to ensure that we address you correctly in writing or in person.
The processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. If the data involves special categories of personal data as defined in Article 9 of the GDPR, Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, in conjunction with Section 9(2)(b) of the GDPR, constitutes the legal basis for data processing.
If your application results in a job offer, your personal data will be transferred to your personnel file.
If your application is rejected, we will delete your data six months after the rejection, unless you have consented to the inclusion of your personal data in our applicant pool. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may revoke the consent you have given us at any time.
| Right of Withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without providing a reason, effective for the future; for example, by sending an email to [email protected]. In that case, your information will be deleted from our applicant pool. |
Providing your personal information is required to submit an application. If you do not provide this information, we will not be able to process your application.
We maintain an online presence on social networks and platforms (so-called „fan pages“). On our social media pages, we regularly publish and share content, offers, and product recommendations.
Every time you interact with 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 may also be processed outside the European Union. Among other things, this may make it more difficult for you to exercise your data subject rights. When you visit fan pages, the operators of the social networks use cookies and similar technologies to track your usage behavior. With each of your interactions, the operators can view general statistics regarding your interests and demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, region). The operators use pseudonyms to create user profiles based on the collected data. These profiles may be used, for example, to display advertisements—both within and outside of social networks—that are presumed to match your interests.
We run fan pages on the following social media platforms:
| Operator | Corporate Headquarters | Privacy Policy | Right to Cancel |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland | https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
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| 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 feature, but refers users to the features provided by individual advertising partner agencies (e.g., the Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp), Digital Advertising Alliance (http://www.aboutads.info/) or the 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
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| 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 1 Strandkai 20457 Hamburg Germany | Privacy Policy at XING | Privacy Policy at XING |
To the extent that you communicate with us directly through our fan pages or share personal information with us, we are responsible for processing your data. An exception applies to the data processing described below in connection with usage analysis (Facebook and Instagram Page Insights); for this, we share responsibility 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 pages—for example, when you post something on one of our social media pages or send us private messages. If you have an account with the respective social network, we may also see your public information, such as your username, information in your public profile, and content 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 those social networks.
Every time you interact with fan pages, the respective operators track your usage behavior using cookies and similar technologies. Based on this, the operators provide us with what are known as „Page Insights.“ These are anonymized statistics that can give us insight into your interactions with our posts or other content. It is not possible to link this data to you personally. We do not have access to the personal data processed by the operator to generate Page Insights („Page Insights data“). The selection and processing of Page Insights data are carried out exclusively by the respective operator.
Page Insights help us gain insights into how you use our fan pages, what interests you have regarding our fan pages, and which topics and content are particularly popular. This enables us to optimize our fan page activities—for example, by better tailoring the planning and selection of our content to the interests and usage habits of our target audiences. We and the operator are jointly responsible for the processing of your data in connection with Page Insights. For this purpose, we have established in an agreement which company fulfills which data protection obligations under 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 key provisions 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 more information about data processing by the respective operator, as well as your rights in this regard and the settings available to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective operator.
If the respective social network operator asks for your consent to data processing, the legal basis for the data processing is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have an overriding legitimate interest in optimizing the presentation of our offerings and ensuring effective communication with our customers and prospective customers.
| Right of Withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without providing a reason, with effect for the future. If you do not consent to the future transfer of your data in connection with your use of our social media platforms, you have the option to object to the processing of your data. In section 5.1, we have provided the relevant links for you to exercise your rights. If you revoke your consent, you may no longer have full access to all the features of our websites. |
| Right to Object (Art. 21 of the GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, effective for the future, for example by sending an email to [email protected]. We will not continue to process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. With regard to the processing of your Page Insights data in collaboration 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 for enabling you to exercise your data protection rights under the GDPR (e.g., the right to object). You can also exercise your rights with us regarding processing activities for which we share responsibility with Facebook, for example, by sending an email to [email protected]. In that case, we will forward your request to Meta Ltd. immediately. |
Through our online presence, we aim to communicate effectively with our customers and prospective clients and to present our offerings in the best possible light.
You are not required to provide your personal data. Providing such data is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for entering into a contract. However, failure to provide such data may, in some cases, prevent you from using our websites or from using them to their full extent.
Our website uses Cloudflare, a service provided by Cloudflare, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is routed through the Cloudflare network. Cloudflare is thus able to analyze data traffic between users and our websites in order, for example, to detect and defend against attacks on our services. User data (IP address) is processed exclusively for the aforementioned purpose. It cannot be ruled out that Cloudflare may also transfer this personal data to a server in the United States. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and we have entered into a data processing agreement with Cloudflare, thereby ensuring that data transfers comply with data protection regulations.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The purpose of the processing is the early detection and, if necessary, prevention of attacks on our websites. This also constitutes our legitimate interest.
For more information about Cloudflare's data processing, please see the privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. You are not obligated to provide your personal data. Providing such data is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, failure to provide such data may, in some cases, result in your inability to use our websites or to use them to their full extent.
| Right to Object (Art. 21 of the GDPR)
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, effective for the future, for example by sending an email to [email protected]. We will not continue to process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. |
Our website uses „Microsoft Clarity,“ a service provided by Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland („Microsoft“). Microsoft Clarity is used to analyze the use of our website. In particular, mouse movements, clicks, scrolling behavior, technical information about the browser and device, and the time spent on individual pages are recorded and analyzed using so-called session replays and heat maps. User data (IP address) is processed exclusively for the aforementioned purpose.
In this context, it cannot be ruled out that Microsoft may also transfer personal data to a server in the United States. Microsoft is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and we have entered into a data processing agreement with Microsoft, which ensures that data transfers comply with data protection regulations.
The use of Microsoft Clarity is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
For more information about Microsoft's data processing practices, please see the privacy notice at https://clarity.microsoft.com/. You are not obligated to provide your personal data. Providing such data is neither required by law nor by contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, failure to provide such data may, in some cases, result in your inability to use our websites or to use them to their full extent.
Right of Withdrawal:
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without providing a reason, with effect for the future. If you do not consent to the future processing of your data in connection with Microsoft Clarity, you may withdraw your consent with future effect by adjusting the relevant settings in our consent management tool or by disabling cookies in your browser settings.
If you revoke your consent, you may no longer have full access to all the features of our websites.
When we process your personal data, you are a data subject under Article 4(1) of the GDPR and have the following rights with respect to us:
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, for example by sending an email to [email protected]. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out on the basis of that consent prior to its withdrawal.
| Right to Object (Art. 21 of the GDPR)
Pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. You may submit your objection to one of our listed contact addresses, for example to [email protected] We will not continue to process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. |
If you wish to exercise a right, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected] on.
We would like to inform you that, in certain cases, we may request additional information from you in order to verify your identity. This allows us, for example, to ensure that information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons when you exercise your right to access your data.
Automated decision-making does not take place on our websites.
We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional tampering, loss, destruction, or unauthorized access. We continuously improve our security measures in line with technological advancements.
Our websites contain links to websites operated by third parties. We have no influence over these sites and do not verify that third-party providers comply with applicable privacy regulations. If you believe that any linked external sites violate applicable law or contain other inappropriate content, please notify us. We will review your report and remove the external link if necessary. We are not responsible for the content or availability of the linked external websites.
As we continue to develop our websites or implement new technologies, it may become necessary to amend this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, effective for the future. The version available at the time of your visit to our website is always the one that applies.
As of May 2026