Data protection

Data privacy statement

(English translation just for information; only the German version is legally binding)

The controller within the data privacy laws, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, is

Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH
Daimlerstrasse 15
85521 Ottobrunn
Germany

Your rights

You may exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer under the contact details given below:

  • Obtain information from us about the personal data concerning you and processed by us, to the extent defined in Art. 15 GDPR.
  • Require us to rectify any inaccurate personal data concerning you without undue delay (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • Request immediate deletion (“right to be forgotten”) of personal data concerning you, where the legal reasons defined in Art. 17 GDPR apply.
  • Restrict processing of your data, if the criteria defined in Art. 18 GDPR are fulfilled.
  • Object at any time under Art. 21 GDPR to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR, on grounds relating to your particular situation.
  • Data portability as defined in Art. 20 GDPR.

Where you have given your consent to the processing of personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent up to the time of withdrawal of consent.

You have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us at any time. You can contact this authority at

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (Bavarian State Office for Data Protection)
Promenade 27 (Schloss)
91522 Ansbach
Tel.: +49 (0) 981 53 1300
Fax: +49 (0) 981 53 98 1300
Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de

Processing of personal data

Accessing our website

We record and save your computer’s IP address in order to send the contents of our website visited by you to your computer (e.g. texts, pictures, and files provided for downloading, etc.) (cf. Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR). We also process these data to identify and pursue any misuse. Legal basis in this case is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. In this context, our legitimate interest in data processing is to ensure the due functioning of our website and the business transacted via the website.

In as far as we process your data as described above for the purpose of providing the functions of our website, you are contractually bound to make these data available to us.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. Depending on which of our Websites you are visiting, we may also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts, as well as to understand your browsing of the Website (for example, which page you visit or how long you stay on each page).

More specifically, we may use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

  • Assisting you in navigation
  • Analysing your use of our products, services or applications

Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website (You can find more detailed information in our Cookie Notice). Our website is scanned with our cookie scanning tool regularly to maintain a list as accurate as possible. We classify cookies in the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies
  • Performance Cookies
  • Functional Cookies
  • Targeting Cookies

You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) by clicking on the “cookie settings” button in the Cookie Notice.

PlugIns

In order to ensure the functionality of the website, we have a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR) in using the following plugins for the content management of the website:

WP Bakery Page Builder, author: Michael M – WPBakery.com, data privacy information: https://wpbakery.com/gdpr/

Other purposes

We also process personal data that you provide voluntarily, e.g. when you make an inquiry or when you order information material or newsletters. Legal basis in this case is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The data processed by us in this context include the data of customers, employees, and suppliers to the extent necessary for the purposes specified within the scope of this data privacy statement.

In as far as we process your data as described above for the purpose of accepting and processing your inquiry or (newsletter) order, you are contractually bound to make these data available to us. We are unable to process your request without the data.

Where you have given your consent to the processing of personal data (cf. Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR), you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent up to the time of withdrawal of consent.

We process your personal data only for the purposes specified in this data privacy statement. They are not passed on to third parties for any other purpose. We will only pass on your personal data in the following cases:

  • You have given us your explicit consent.
  • The processing is governed by an agreement or other binding legal instrument.
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
  • The processing is necessary to safeguard justified interests and there is no reason to believe that your legitimate interests for excluding the processing of the data take precedence.

Newsletter

With your consent, we provide you with our LBST newsletter or similar information at irregular intervals by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

Providing your e-mail address is sufficient for receiving the newsletter. The data entered when registering for the newsletter service will be used only for that purpose. Subscribers may be informed by e-mail about relevant topics relating to the newsletter service or the registration for it (e.g. changes in the service or technical requirements).

You can object to processing your personal data and their use for the newsletter service at any time by sending a note to unsubscribe@lbst.de; any newsletter contains a corresponding link. Alternatively, you may also address your objection to the contact given below at the end of this data privacy statement.

Amendment of this data privacy statement

We reserve the right to occasionally adapt this Data Protection Declaration so that it continually meets legal requirements or to reflect changes in the services we provide.

The current version of this data privacy statement can always be accessed at https://en.lbst.de/data-protection/

Questions to the data protection officer

Please address any questions regarding the processing of your personal data by e-mail to datenschutz@lbst.de

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser Browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that this website is accessed via your IP address was called. Google WebFonts are used on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on his website. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit TTDSG includes. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Google reCaptcha


We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Use at the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de
.

Font Awesome


This site uses Font Awesome for the uniform display of fonts and symbols. The provider is Fonticons, Inc, 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

When you access a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its browser cache in order to display text, fonts and symbols correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Font Awesome’s servers. This enables Font Awesome to know that your IP address has been used to access this website. The use of Font Awesome is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Font Awesome, a default font will be used by your computer.

For more information about Font Awesome, please see and Font Awesome’s privacy policy at:
https://fontawesome.com/privacy
.

Contact form


If you send us inquiries via contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Server log files


The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

browser type and browser version
Operating system used
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

SSL or TLS encryption


For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize 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.