We are pleased to welcome you to our online presence at
https://mechatronics-international.de/
(referred to hereinafter as „Website“).
This document provides information under Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding which personal data is collected and processed when you visit our website or use the online services provided on it. Below, you will find details on the following topics:
- Name and Address of the Responsible Party
- General Information on Data Processing
- Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files
- Use of Cookies
- Contact Form and Email Contact
- Newsletter
- Use of Script Libraries (Google Fonts)
- Web Analysis with WP Statistics
- Use of Google Maps
- Linking to Social Media Portals
- YouTube Videos
- Your Rights as a Data Subject
1. Name and Address of the Responsible Party
The party responsible under the GDPR, other national data protection laws, and other data protection provisions is:
MTI Mechatronics International GmbH
Zimmerstraße 1, 04109 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 222298 0
Email: info@mechatronics-international.de
2. General Information on Data Processing
We collect personal data from you, as a visitor to our website, only to the extent necessary to provide a proper display of our website or to enable the use of its content and services. Data processing is generally only carried out if you have given your consent or if legal regulations permit processing.
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for which it was stored is no longer applicable, except when we are legally required to retain it for a longer period or if you have consented to its extended use.
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3. Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Whenever our website is accessed, our hosting provider automatically collects data about the access to the server hosting our website. This data includes:
- Name of the accessed file
- Date and time of access
- Access status (e.g., file transferred or file not found)
- Amount of data transferred
- Information about the browser type and version used
- Information about your system’s operating system
- IP address of the internet connection used by your system
- The referring URL (the website from which you accessed our site)
This data is also automatically stored in our system’s log files, which include the IP address. However, this data is not combined with other personal data, so it is not possible to create personal user profiles.
2. Purpose and Legal Basis for Data Processing
The temporary storage of your IP address by our system is necessary to deliver the website to your device. The IP address must remain stored for the duration of your session.
Log files are used to ensure the website’s functionality, optimize the website, and maintain the security of our IT systems (e.g., identifying misuse or fraudulent activity).
The legal basis for this temporary storage is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing a functional website and ensuring the security of our systems.
3. Retention Period
Log file information is retained for a maximum of 10 days. After this period, the log files are deleted. Data that must be retained as evidence is exempt from deletion until the respective issue is resolved.
4. Objection and Removal Options
The collection of data necessary for providing the website and storing data in log files and protocol files is essential for the secure operation of our website.
Therefore, you do not have the option to object to this processing.
4. Use of Cookies
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Our website uses individual cookies. These are files that are transmitted to the visitor’s device when the website is accessed and stored there. If you visit a website that uses a cookie, it is transmitted to your device and stored in your browser. The cookie contains an individual identifier. This makes your system or the browser used on it uniquely identifiable to the cookie provider. Various data and information about you or your system can be collected and stored in the cookie.
If data is stored only for the duration of your visit or browsing session, these are so-called temporary cookies (also known as session cookies or transient cookies). For example, such a cookie can store the shopping cart of an online shop or the login status for a restricted user area. Temporary cookies are deleted when you leave the visited website and close your browser.
In contrast, permanent cookies (also referred to as persistent cookies) remain stored on your system even after you close the browser. The stored data thus remains available for new browsing sessions at a later time. Such cookies can be used for marketing purposes, for example, to track specific interests and individual usage behavior and display tailored advertising. Finally, cookies that originate from third parties rather than the website operator are referred to as third-party cookies (as opposed to first-party cookies).
We use both our own cookies and third-party cookies on our website. The cookies we use store your selection regarding our cookie banner, which is displayed to you when you first access our website.
2. Purpose of Data Processing and Legal Basis
The cookies we use serve to ensure the use of the website and its functionalities and enable us to fulfill our legal obligations regarding data protection. The session ID must be recorded so that the connection can be maintained when switching between individual pages. Your confirmation of our cookie banner is stored so that the banner is not displayed again for each subsequent page visit.
Overall, by storing data via cookies, we pursue our legitimate interest in providing you with the best possible website functionality and a user-friendly and effective website experience. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The data collected by our cookies is not used to create personal user profiles. The purpose and legal basis of third-party cookies used on our website are each explicitly explained under the respective section of the relevant function.
3. Duration of Storage
T emporary cookies are only stored temporarily on your system and deleted as soon as you close your browser. Permanent cookies remain on your system even after the end of a browser session until they are deleted. Since cookies are generally stored on your system and the information stored in them is transmitted from there to our website, you have full control over the use of cookies.
4. Objection and Removal Options
Since cookies are stored in the browser on your computer, you as a user can also actively influence data processing. You can restrict or completely prevent the use of cookies at any time with future effect. If you generally do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, please deactivate the corresponding option in your browser’s system settings. You can also delete cookies that have already been stored there at any time.
If you only wish to change the cookie settings for our website or revoke your consent with future effect, you can access the cookie settings HERE:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-compliance/
and change your selection there. Please note that you may no longer be able to use all functions of our website fully if you generally prevent cookies from being stored on your system.
Further information on cookies and usage-based online marketing can be found, for example, on the EU website www.youronlinechoices.com. There you can also object to the use of cookies for usage-based online marketing purposes in whole or for individual providers.
5. Contact Form and Email Contact
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
Contact forms for electronic communication are integrated into our website. Additionally, it is possible to contact us via the provided email addresses.
Contact Forms
If you use the contact form for communication, the data entered into the form and any attached files will be transmitted to us and stored. Transmission is carried out via an encrypted connection. When the message is sent, the IP address of the internet connection you are using, as well as the date and time of submission, will also be stored.
The data you provide in connection with your inquiry is used solely for processing your request to the necessary extent. There is no transfer of your data to third parties.
Email Contact
Alternatively, you can contact us via the email addresses provided for this purpose. If you use this option, the personal data transmitted with the email will also be stored and used to process your request. No transfer of your data to third parties takes place in connection with email contact.
2. Purpose of Data Processing, Legal Basis
The purpose of processing personal data from inquiries via our contact forms or by email is solely to handle the matter underlying your contact.
The legal basis for processing the transmitted data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest in processing lies in our ability to handle your request. If your contact aims to conclude a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
3. Duration of Storage
The data transmitted to us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for achieving the purpose for which it was collected. For data submitted via contact form or email, this is generally the case when the matter in question has been conclusively resolved.
4. Objection and Removal Options
Y ou have the right to request the deletion of personal data transmitted to us in connection with an inquiry at any time. In such cases, all affected data will be deleted unless it is required for the fulfillment of a contract, for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, or if contractual or legal obligations oppose deletion.
6. Newsletter
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to subscribe to a newsletter free of charge by entering your email address. If you use this option, your email address will be collected and stored by us during the newsletter registration process. Additionally, the following data will be collected at the time of registration submission:
- The IP address of the internet connection used by your system
- The date and time of registration
After registration, we send a message to the specified email address requesting confirmation of the newsletter subscription. This serves to prevent newsletter registrations with third-party email addresses. If you confirm the subscription using the designated link, we will store and log the time of confirmation. Once the registration is complete, we will send you the subscribed newsletters. Your data will not be shared with third parties in connection with the registration for our newsletters.
2. Purpose of Data Processing, Legal Basis
The collection of your data in connection with the order of our newsletter serves the purpose of being able to deliver the newsletter to you. The legal basis for the processing of the data after registering for the newsletter is based on your consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The logging of your registration for the newsletter and the confirmation of the email address serves the purpose of conducting a registration process in accordance with legal requirements. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in being able to demonstrate compliant registration.
3. Duration of Storage
Your data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of their collection. Therefore, they will be stored as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active.
4. Objection and Removal Options
You can cancel the subscription to the newsletter at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter.
7. Use of Script Libraries (Google Fonts)
To correctly and visually appealingly display the content of our website across different browsers, we use Google Fonts, a script or font library from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (Google). The provider of Google services in the territory of the European Union and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Google). For more information about Google Fonts, please visit https://fonts.google.com/.
The Google Fonts are installed locally on our web space. There is no connection to Google servers in this process.
8. Web Analysis with WP Statistics
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
We use functions of WP Statistics on our website. WP Statistics is a web analysis plugin developed by Veronalabs from Estonia (Tornimäe 5, 10145 Tallinn, Estonia). Web analysis refers to the collection, storage, and evaluation of data about the browsing behavior of visitors to websites. Various data about the visitor is collected during a visit to a website.
WP Statistics does not use cookies for data collection. Statistics about the use of our website are generated by WP Statistics only in anonymized form. Even the IP address of your internet connection is stored only in an anonymized manner. Therefore, you cannot be identified based on the data.
Specifically, WP Statistics collects and stores the following data when you access our website and your device’s web browser connects to our web server:
(1) the URL of the page accessed on our website,
(2) date and time of the access,
(3) country/city or region from which the access occurs,
(4) the browser you are using and its version,
(5) the operating system you are using,
(6) the website from which you arrived at our website (referrer URL),
(7) the hostname and (anonymized) IP address of the accessing device,
(8) the search engine through which our website was found,
(9) your duration of stay on the website, and
(10) clicks on the website.
The data is not shared with third parties and is not sold, in particular.
2. Purpose of Data Processing, Legal Basis
The processing allows us to analyze the browsing behavior of visitors to our website. By evaluating the collected data, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continuously improve our online offerings and their user-friendliness. Additionally, the use of WP Statistics serves the purpose of reach measurement and market research.
The processing only occurs if you provide us with your consent. We obtain this through our cookie consent tool, which displays a banner when you first visit our website and requests your consent. The legal basis for processing based on your consent is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
3. Duration of Storage
he data collected by us in connection with the use of WP Statistics will be stored on our web server as long as they are needed for the purposes mentioned above.
4. Objection and Removal Options
You can revoke the consent you have given for the collection and storage of personal data in connection with the use of WP Statistics at any time. To do this, you can access the relevant settings of our consent tools HERE and change your selection there access the relevant settings of our consent tools HERE:
https://mechatronics-international.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=moove-gdpr&tab=consent-log
and https://mechatronics-international.de/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wps_settings_page and change your selection there.
9. Use of Google Maps
To visually represent geographical information, we use the Google Maps API on our website. The API (Application Programming Interface) is an interface that allows us to integrate map material from Google Maps into our website. The provider of Google Maps is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. The provider of Google services in the territory of the European Union and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Google).
To ensure data protection on the website, Google Maps is disabled when you first visit the website. If you consent to the use of Google Maps and its cookies, the service will be activated to ensure the correct display of Google Maps on our website. When you access the subpage with the Google Maps functionality, Google subsequently stores a cookie on your system via your internet browser and establishes a connection to a Google server.
By connecting to a Google server, Google can recognize that your request has been sent from our website. Google also recognizes that the geographical information is transmitted to the IP address associated with the internet connection you are using. The legal basis for the use of Google Maps is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
We cannot exclude the possibility that Google uses servers outside the territory of the European Union, particularly in the USA, to provide the Google Maps functionality. However, Google assures that it will comply with the EU data protection regulations even in such data processing. The use of Google Maps and the processing of data collected by Google occurs based on the Google Terms of Service (https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de) and the Terms of Service for Google Maps (https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html). Additional information from Google can be found at https://adssettings.google.de/ or https://policies.google.com/privacy.
If you do not agree with this processing of your data by Google, you have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your internet browser. Details on this can be found above under the section „Cookies“ (Section IV).
10. Linking to Social Media Portals
We maintain an online presence on the social media platform LinkedIn. We use this to connect with customers and interested parties who are active on these platforms and to inform them about our offerings there. Our website contains buttons that link to these presences.
If you use one of the buttons, you will be redirected to our presence on the respective portal. If you contact us there, we will process the data you provide accordingly. Please note that the terms of use and data processing rules of the respective operator apply to the processing of your data within the social media portals, and we therefore have only limited influence over how personal data you provide to us on these platforms is processed.
Further information about the collection and use of data, as well as your rights and protection options in this regard, is provided by the portal operators in their privacy notices..
11. YouTube Videos
Our website includes videos that have been published on YouTube (hereinafter: YouTube videos). YouTube is an internet video portal that allows for the free publication of video clips as well as their free viewing, rating, and commenting.
The operating company of YouTube is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. You can find more information about YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/.
When you access a YouTube video that is embedded on a subpage of our website, the internet browser you are using is prompted to download and display this video from YouTube. As part of this process, YouTube and Google also become aware that this video is being accessed via the IP address of your internet connection on the subpage of our website. If you are logged into a user account with YouTube and/or Google, YouTube and/or Google can also register your visit to the affected subpage without you accessing the video. In this case, YouTube and/or Google can associate your activities on our websites with your person or the account you are using. This information is likely collected and further evaluated by YouTube and/or Google. You can prevent this association and evaluation by logging out of your YouTube account before accessing one of our websites.
Further information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy, which is available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
12. Your Rights as a Data Subject
If your personal data is processed by us in the context of using our website or in any other context, you are a data subject as defined by the GDPR. As such, you have the following rights against us as the data controller:
1. Right of Access, Article 15 GDPR
You can request information from us at any time about whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing occurs, you have the right to further information about:
(1) the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
(2) the categories of personal data that are processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom we have disclosed or will disclose personal data concerning you;
(4) the planned duration of storage of personal data concerning you or, if specific details cannot be provided, the criteria for determining the storage duration;
(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by us, or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) all available information about the source of the data if we have not collected the personal data from you;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, as per Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR, and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information about whether personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards according to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
2. Right to Rectification, Article 16 GDPR
You have the right to request rectification and/or completion from us if the personal data concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. If you exercise this right, we will make the rectification without delay.
3. Right to Restriction of Processing, Article 18 GDPR
You can request the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you if:
(1) you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you, for a duration that allows us to verify the accuracy of the data;
(2) the processing is unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of its use;
(3) we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or
(4) you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate grounds override your grounds.
If we have restricted the processing of personal data concerning you at your request, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of significant public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If you have enforced the restriction of processing under the aforementioned conditions, we will inform you before we lift the restriction..
4. Right to Erasure, Article 17 GDPR,
You can request that personal data concerning you be erased without delay. We are obliged to erase this data without delay if:
(1) the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed;
(2) you withdraw your consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
(3) you object to the processing according to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing;
(4) you object to the processing according to Article 21(2) GDPR;
(5) the personal data concerning you has been unlawfully processed;
(6) the erasure of personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject; or
(7) the personal data concerning you was collected in relation to the offer of information society services according to Article 8(1) GDPR.
If we have made personal data concerning you public and are obliged to erase it according to Article 17(1) GDPR, we will take reasonable steps, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, to inform other data controllers processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.
The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary
- for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
- to fulfill a legal obligation that requires processing under Union or Member State law to which we are subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
- for reasons of public interest in the area of public health according to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) as well as Article 9(3) GDPR;
- or archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes according to Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right mentioned in section (1) is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously impair it; or
- for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
5. Right to Notification, Article 19 GDPR
If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom we have disclosed personal data concerning you of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
6. Right to Data Portability, Article 20 GDPR
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that:
- the processing is based on your consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, or on a contract according to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and
- the processing is carried out by automated means.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be transmitted directly by us to another controller, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be adversely affected by this.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
7. Right to Object, Article 21 GDPR
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons relating to your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
We will no longer process the personal data concerning you 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 the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
You have the option to exercise your right to object in connection with the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – by automated means using technical specifications.
8. Right to Withdraw Consent, Article 7(3) GDPR
If we process your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent until the withdrawal.
9. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority, Article 77 GDPR
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your residence, your workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR.
When you lodge a complaint, the supervisory authority will inform you about the status and the results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.
