Legal
privacy policy
1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information about the controller” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order enquiries.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done mainly with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Hetzner
The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter Hetzner).
For details, please refer to Hetzner's privacy policy:
https://www.hetzner.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.
Hetzner is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law which guarantees that the service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General information and mandatory information
Privacy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information about the controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
mecom vision GmbH & Co. KG
Am Hirtsrain 2
D-36043 Fulda, Germany
Phone: +49 661 / 94940
Email: info@mecomvision.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place once these reasons cease to apply.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required to fulfil a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Note on data transfer to third countries that are not secure under data protection law and on transfer to US companies that are not DPF-certified
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in third countries that are not secure under data protection law, as well as US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these countries and processed there. Please note that a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed in third countries that are not secure under data protection law.
Please note that the USA, as a secure third country, generally has a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Data transfer to the USA is therefore permitted if the recipient is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) or has appropriate additional guarantees. Information on transfers to third countries, including the data recipients, can be found in this privacy policy.
Recipients of personal data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR or if another legal basis permits the disclosure of data. When using processors, we only pass on our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA 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 THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, correction and deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of our legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example by spam emails.
4. Data collection on this website
Consent with Complianz
Our website uses consent technology from Complianz to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection law. The provider of this technology is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”).
Complianz is hosted on our servers, so no connection is established to the servers of the provider of Complianz. Complianz stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents you have given or their revocation. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Complianz cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.
Complianz is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries sent to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
Enquiries by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries sent to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
HubSpot CRM
We use HubSpot CRM on this website. The provider is HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA (hereinafter “HubSpot CRM”).
Among other things, HubSpot CRM enables us to manage existing and potential customers as well as customer contacts. With the help of HubSpot CRM, we are able to record, sort and analyse customer interactions by email, social media or telephone across various channels. The personal data collected in this way can be evaluated and used for communication with the potential customer or for marketing measures (e.g. newsletter mailings). With HubSpot CRM, we are also able to record and analyse the user behaviour of our contacts on our website.
HubSpot CRM is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the most efficient customer management and customer communication possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device. Consent can be revoked at any time.
For details, please refer to HubSpot's privacy policy:
https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). Further information can be found at:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5812.
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service.
5. Social media
Facebook
Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. According to Facebook, however, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address.
This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information can be found in Facebook's privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/.
Meta is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
Instagram
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information can be found in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.
6. Analysis tools and advertising
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is used to manage and deliver the tools integrated via it.
As Google Tag Manager is only activated on our website after corresponding consent, it is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, insofar as information on the end device is accessed, Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Google is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, length of stay, operating systems used and the user's origin.
Google Analytics uses technologies that make it possible to recognise the user for the purpose of analysing user behaviour. Google Analytics is only activated on this website after your consent.
This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
With Google Analytics, IP addresses of users from the European Union are processed before storage and are not logged or stored. Further information on data protection and data processing at Google Analytics can be found at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=de.
Data transfer to the USA is based, among other things, on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and, where necessary, on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Google is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
Browser plugin
You can additionally restrict the collection and processing of your data by Google through appropriate browser and privacy settings. Further information on the handling of user data at Google Analytics can be found at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.
7. Plugins and tools
YouTube with enhanced data protection
This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The YouTube content is only activated on our website after your consent. After activation, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used to personalise browsing on YouTube. In enhanced privacy mode, however, local storage elements may be stored in the browser.
YouTube is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
Vimeo
This website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
The Vimeo content is only activated on our website after your consent. After activation, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. Vimeo may receive your IP address, among other things, and process information about which of our pages you have visited.
Vimeo is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy:
https://vimeo.com/privacy.
Vimeo is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
Font Awesome
This site uses Font Awesome for the uniform display of fonts and icons. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Font Awesome is only activated on our website after your consent. After activation, your browser may establish a connection to the Font Awesome servers. As a result, Font Awesome may in particular learn that this website was accessed via your IP address.
Font Awesome is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information can be found in Font Awesome's privacy policy:
https://fontawesome.com/privacy.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Maps is only activated on our website after your consent. After activation, it is necessary to process your IP address in order to use the functions of Google Maps. This information may be transferred to Google servers in the USA.
Google Maps is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Google is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).