Bechtle Network und Security Solutions GmbH Privacy Policy.

Welcome to our website and thank you for your interest in our company. We are committed to protecting your personal data and want to ensure you have a good experience when you browse our website.

We process your data in accordance with applicable legislation for the protection of personal data, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and applicable national legislation. This Privacy Policy explains the type, scope and purpose of the personal data, we collect, use and process, as well as your rights as the data subject.

Responsible authority and data protection officer.

Bechtle Network und Security Solutions GmbH

Elisabeth-Schiemann-Bogen 3

85716 Unterschleißheim

Germany

Phone +49 89 1472764-100

E-Mail info.bns@bechtle.com

Web www.bechtle-network.com

Represented by its Managing Director, Marcus Reutter.

Your rights as a data subject.

We would first like to inform you of your rights as a data subject as defined in Art. 15 - 22 EU GDPR These include:

• The right of access (Art. 15 EU GDPR)
• The right to erasure (Art. 17 EU GDPR)
• The right to rectification (Art. 16 EU GDPR)
• The right to data portability (Art. 20 EU GDPR)
• The right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 EU GDPR)
• The right to object (Art. 21 EU GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact: datenschutz.bns@bechtle.com. You may also contact us via this e-mail address if you have any questions about data processing in our company, or if you wish to revoke your consent. You also have the right to appeal to a data protection supervisory authority.

Your right to object to us processing your data is subject to the following:

If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing at any time without giving a reason. The same applies to customer profiling in relation to direct marketing.

If you object to your personal data being processed for the purpose of direct marketing, we will cease to do so. You may submit your objection free of charge and without any formal requirements to: datenschutz.bns@bechtle.com. 

If we process your data in line with our legitimate interests, you may object to such processing at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation; this also applies to customer profiling in relation to our legitimate interests.

In this case, we shall no longer process such personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the continued processing of your data which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or if this is required to establish, exercise or defend our legal claims.

Purposes and legal bases for data processing.

When we process your personal data, we observe all provisions of the EU GDPR and all other applicable data protection regulations. Legal bases for data processing arise in particular from Art. 6 EU GDPR.

We use your data to initiate business opportunities, fulfil our contractual and legal obligations, perform our contractual relationship, offer products and services, and strengthen our relationship with you as our customer. This may also include analyses for marketing purposes and direct marketing.

Your consent is also deemed a legal basis for us to process your data We will always inform you of the purpose of data processing and your right of revocation before you provide your consent.

Should we obtain your consent in order to process special categories of personal data, we will make an express note of such an intent in obtaining your consent. We will not process special categories of personal data according to Art. 9 EU GDPR unless we are required to do so by law and there is no reason to assume that your legitimate interest in the exclusion of the processing prevails.

Transfer of data to third parties.

We will only pass on your data to third parties where this is permitted by applicable legislation or after obtaining your consent, or if we are required to do so by law (transfer to external bodies such as supervisory or law enforcement authorities).

Within our company, we ensure that your data is only accessible to persons who need them to fulfil their contractual and legal obligations.

In certain cases, we rely on third-party services. All third-party service providers have signed the relevant agreements to ensure data protection.

Data transfer to third countries

We do not transfer data to a third country, i.e. a country outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, unless we are required to do so by law, or you have given us your consent to do so, or this is necessary for the performance of a requested service.

In this case, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to ensure the level of protection guaranteed by the GDPR in the third country.

Data retention.

We will store your data only for as long as it is needed for the intended purposes. Please note that statutory retention periods may require that data continue to be stored for extended periods of time. This applies in particular to retention periods stipulated in commercial or tax legislation (e.g. German Commercial Code, Fiscal Code, etc.). If there are no further obligations for us to retain your data, the data will be routinely deleted once its purpose has been achieved.

In addition, we may retain data if you have given us permission to do so or if legal disputes arise and we use it as evidence within statutory limitation periods of up to thirty years; the regular limitation period is three years.

Secure data transfer.

We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to protect data from accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, corruption or unauthorised access. To this end, we work with security experts to continuously review our level of security and make adjustments to adopt the latest security standards.

Any and all data transferred to and from our website is encrypted. Our website uses the HTTPS communication protocol along with current encryption technology.

In addition, any information submitted through contact or application forms on our website is also encrypted and cannot be decrypted again by a third party. It is also possible to use alternative communication channels (e.g. by post).

Obligation to provide data.

Various personal data are necessary in order to establish, perform and terminate a contract and fulfil related contractual and legal obligations. The same applies to the use of our website and the various functions it provides.

You can find these summarised above. In certain cases, we are required by applicable legislation to collect and/or disclose personal information. Please note that we are unable to process your enquiries or fulfil our underlying obligations without obtaining the required data.

Data categories, sources and origins.

The specific data we process is dependent on the purpose for which it is used. We require different data e.g. when you submit a contact form or apply for a job.

In certain situations, we may process specific types of information, which we will indicate in an appropriate place, e.g. next to a contact form.

When you visit our site, we collect the following data through your internet browser:

• the browser type and language
• the IP address of the computer used to access the site
• the server requests (e.g. accessed pages) including time stamps and
• the referral URL (i.e. the address of the previous website that you visited, if you came to our site by following a hyperlink from there).

Your browser type and language, IP address and server requests are required in order to properly display the webpage you are viewing. In addition, this data may be used to safeguard secure operations of our website (e.g. to fend off hacking attempts). The IP address and browser language are also used to suggest appropriate language settings for our website. The referral URL is anonymised and used to for statistics. For reasons of technical security and in particular to block attacks on our web server, this type of data are also stored for a certain period of time in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1(f) EU GDPR.

When you contact us with an enquiry, we collect and process the following data:

Our website offers you different ways to contact us, e.g. to order a catalogue or to get information on certain products. You can use the online chat function, request a call back or send an e-mail message.

A contact form is used to collect the required details for communication (e.g. name, phone number or e-mail address) as well as to send your message. The collected data are used for customer relations management (contact history) and for responding to/fulfilling your request.

When you place an order, we process the following data:

As a business customer, you can order IT products in this Website’s integrated online shop.

To process your orders, your contact details, invoice/delivery address and payment method (bank, credit cards, etc.) are required.

In some cases a credit check may be performed when placing an order. Details will be provided during the ordering process. The credit check is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(f) EU GDPR within the scope of our legitimate interest in the customer’s ability to pay.

When you apply online, we collect and process the following data:

• Master data (e.g. name, additional names, date of birth, and academic titles, if applicable),
• Contact details (postal address, phone number, email address),
• Qualifications and education information (e.g. C.V., references),
• If necessary and depending on the job application, information regarding language and IT skills, work permits and driving licences or residency permits.

In addition, we collect and process various other (voluntary) data such as earliest start date, regional mobility, desired number of hours and duration of employment, previous employment at Bechtle, information on your social commitments or information on how you became aware of the position. You may also choose to provide information regarding your personal accounts on social networks that may be relevant for your application.

We have implemented security measures to ensure that your data remain safe and confidential at all times. All application documents submitted via the application portal are encrypted. Provisions to protect your information always correspond to the latest technological standards.

Your data provided in the context of the application process are stored subject to applicable law and purged no later than six months after the application process has concluded. We will retain your data beyond this point only if we are entitled to or have an obligation to do so, e.g. if you have given your express consent for us to retain your data for an extended and specified period of time, or to exercise our rights under applicable law.

For instance, we are obliged to retain certain data under the German Tax and Commercial Codes. All statutory periods of limitation are observed. You can find further information in the Privacy Policy on our application portal.

When you subscribe to a newsletter, we collect and process the following data:

• Title
• Last name, first name,
• E-mail address.
• Please be aware that we conduct anonymous link tracking for statistical purposes.

Contact forms / contact via e-mail, chat or phone.

Our website provides a contact for, which you may use to communicate with us. If you send us a message through the contact form, we will process the information you provide to contact you and respond to your questions and requests.

All data required to complete the form is subject to the principles of data reduction and data economy, meaning you only have to provide the data that is absolutely necessary responding to your enquiry.

When you communicate through our website, we collect the following data:

Required information

• Last name
• Company
• Country
• E-mail address

Optional information

• First name
• Message

Due to technical and legal reasons, we will also process your IP address. Any other data you may provide is optional and may e.g. help us to provide a more thorough response to your enquiries.

We have implemented security measures to ensure that your data remain safe and confidential at all times. All information you submit is encrypted.

If you contact us by e-mail, we will process the personal data provided solely for the purpose of processing your enquiry.

Application portal.

Career portal (Art. 6 Para. 1(a, b) EU GDPR)

Thank you for your interest in a career at Bechtle Network und Security Solutions GmbH. We understand that your data is a sensitive matter. That’s why all personal information you submit via our application form is exclusively used for the purpose of the application process and we will not contact you for any other reason (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a, b) EU GDPR). No data are transferred to a third party without your consent.

When you fill out the application form, you will be asked to provide certain personal information.

When you apply for a job online, we collect and process the following data:

• master data (e.g. your name incl. pre or post-nominals, date of birth);
• contact details (your postal address, phone number, e-mail address);
• qualifications and certificates (e.g. your C.V., references);
• depending on the position you apply for, we may also require information regarding your language and IT-related skills, driving licence, work or residence permits.

In addition to these, we will also process your IP address for technical and legal purposes.

Without this information, we are unable to process your application. It is therefore not possible to submit application documents to our Career Portal without also providing this information.

In addition, we collect and process various other (optional) data such as your earliest start date, regional mobility, desired number of hours and duration of employment, previous employment at Stemmer / Bechtle, information on your social commitments or information on how you became aware of the position. You may also choose to provide information regarding your personal accounts on social networks that may be relevant for your application.

We have implemented security measures to ensure that your data remain safe and confidential at all times. All application documents submitted via the Career Portal are encrypted. We always use state-of-the-art technology to keep your data safe.

Your data provided in the context of the application process are stored subject to applicable law and purged no later than six months after the application process has concluded. We will retain your data beyond this point only if we are entitled to or have an obligation to do so, e.g. if you have given your express consent for us to retain your data for an extended and specified period of time, or to exercise our rights under applicable law.

For instance, we are obliged to retain certain data under the German Tax and Commercial Codes. All statutory periods of limitation are observed. You can find further information in the Privacy Policy on our Career Portal.

Without this information, we are unable to process your application. It is therefore not possible to submit application documents to our Career Portal without also providing this information. You may also choose to provide additional, optional information via the application form.

We have implemented security measures to ensure that your data remain safe and confidential at all times. All application documents submitted via the Career Portal are encrypted.

We keep your data for the above purposes for the duration of the application process and until all related deadlines have expired; for no longer than six months after we have informed you whether your application has been successful. However, you have the option of extending this retention period if you prefer that we keep your application documents for the purpose of matching them with other vacancies that may open up in the future.

You can consent to this by checking the appropriate box before uploading your documents. In this case, we will keep your data for 365 days. You can, of course, revoke your consent with effect for the future at any time without providing a reason via e-mail to: datenschutz@stemmer.de.  You can find further information in the Privacy Policy on our Career Portal.

Cookies (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(f) EU GDPR, Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(c) EU GDPR, Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR.

Our websites use cookies on various pages. Their purpose is to enhance our product and services, as well as to make our site more user friendly, more secure and simply better. Cookies are small files that are saved on your computer and in your browser (locally on your hard drive). Within the scope of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(f) EU GDPR) we utilise cookies that are technically necessary for the running of the website and to secure its functionality. Depending on the purpose, these are permanently stored—even after the session has ended—(persistent cookies, e.g. opt out) or are deleted when the browser closes (so-called session cookies that are only valid for one browser session).

 With your consent, we also use other cookies. These cookies help us to see how users use our website, enabling us to design the website content according to the visitor’s needs. In addition, cookies enable us to measure the effectiveness of a particular advert and to place it according, for example, to the user’s thematic interests. The legal basis for this is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR).

If you have given your consent, this can be revoked at any time without providing a reason via the Preference Centre.

We use the Usercentrics Consent Management Platform to gather and manage consent. The operator is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Germany. The Usercentrics Consent Management Platform uses JavaScript to collect device and browser information, anonymised IP addresses, opt in and opt out data, data and time of visit, URL requests, website path and geographical location. JavaScript enables Usercentrics GmbH to inform users about certain tags and web technologies on our website and to obtain, manage and document their consent The legal basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(c) GDPR as we are legally required to prove consent (pursuant to Art. 7 Para. 1 EU GDPR). Our objective is to identify user preferences, implement them accordingly and document them in a legally compliant manner. Data are deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for logging and no legal storage obligations exist. Consent and revocation data are stored for a period of three years. After this data, the data are immediately erased or forwarded to the responsible authority as a data export on request. The user can prevent JavaScript from being run at any time by making appropriate changes to the browser settings, which would, in turn, prevent Usercentrics from running JavaScript. Further information on data protection at Usercentrics can be found at: https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

This also applies to other cookies: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies as default. Of course, cookies can also be manually deactivated, restricted or deleted on your end device via your browser settings or via software-support.

Please note: If you deactivate cookies, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.

The creation of user profiles or the use of cookies which are not purely functional (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) / Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(f) EU GDPR).

We use the following services across our website:

We make use of Webtrekk GmbH technologies for the statistical evaluation of our website. Webtrekk GmbH is based at Robert-Koch-Platz 4, 10115 Berlin and collects, saves and analyses data. The company has data protection certification in the area of web controlling in Germany after its data processing was checked for conformity and data security. With the help of Webtrekk services we collect statistical data about the use of our website. The data are used to improve and optimise our offers in order to make them more interesting for you. The use of Webtrekk is based on your consent to its use (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time here.

When using our website, information which is transmitted by your browser is collected and analysed, through cookies and so-called pixels which are integrated into each website. The following data are collected: Request (name of the requested file), browser type and version, browser language, operating system, internal resolution of the browser window, screen resolution, JavaScript activation, Java on/off, cookies on/off, colour depth, referrer URL, IP address (anonymised and deleted after use), access time.

Webtrekk uses session cookies, which are deleted when the browser session is closed. This also applies to last-click cookies. Webtrekk also uses evercookies, which are deleted after a defined number of clicks, and expire after a maximum of 6 months. Web-usage data are not combined with any other information about the pseudonym’s user. These cookies are deleted once it is no longer necessary to save data for analytical purposes, or upon user request.

This data will not be able to be directly linked to a particular individual. Data collected in this way is used to create anonymous user profiles that form the basis for web statistics.

We use the Google Analytics tool provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland on our website. This tool enables us to analyse how you use our website.

To do so, the following information is stored:

• IP adress
• Usage data
• Click path
• App updates
• Browser information
• Device information
• JavaScript support
• Visited sites
• Referrer URL
• Downloads
• Flash version
• Location information
• Purchasing activity
• Widget interactions
• Date and time of visit

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time here. The purpose of processing your personal data by the Google Analytics service is to analyse the interaction of our website visitors with our website. By analysing the data collected, we can optimise our offerings and improve user-friendliness. We delete or anonymise data collected with Google Analytics as soon as they are no longer required for our purposes. This will be the case after 26 months.

This service can forward the data to another country. Please note that this service can transfer data outside of the European Union / European Economic Area to a third country, which does not offer a suitable level of data protection. If transferred to the USA, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

This website uses Google Tag Manager provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. This service enables website tags to be managed via an interface. The tag manager tool itself (that implements tags) is a cookie-free domain which means generally speaking, no cookies are used and no personal data are collected. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that, in turn, may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have disabled domains and cookies, this shall also apply to all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager.

For more information please visit https://www.google.com/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

Furthermore, Google Tag Manager includes the following sub-services (Eloqua, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Hotjar, Google Ads Remarketing, Google Ads Conversion Tracking, Facebook Pixel). This means that consenting to Google Tag Manager means consenting to all the sub-services (Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1(a) EU GDPR). Your option to revoke consent is described in the individual sub-services. As soon as you object to one sub-service, your objection will automatically apply to all others included within Google Tag Manager.

Within the scope of these services, data may be transferred outside of the European Union / European Economic Area to a third country, which does not offer a suitable level of data protection. If transferred to the USA, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

We use the Eloqua service for our online offerings based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR, which you can revoke at any time here. Eloqua is a service provided by the Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, USA, and is used to optimise communication with our customers.

Eloqua saves a permanent cookie on your end device if one does not already exist. If you’ve already visited a website that uses Eloqua, it’s possible that you already have this cookie.

Although the cookie itself does not contain any specific personal information, a personal connection can be subsequently established by linking it to further information in the following ways.

We use the Eloqua cookie to analyse how you use our website so that we can continually improve our internet presence. E-mails sent with the help of Eloqua use tracking technologies. We use this data to determine which topics are of interest to you. To do this, we collect data to find out whether our e-mails are opened and which links you have clicked on. This information is then used to improve the e-mails we send you and the services we provide.

The following data may be collected for this purpose: cookie information, IP address, visited sites plus, when sending e-mails with Eloqua, title, first name, last name and e-mail address.

In some instances, group companies and service providers support Oracle in fulfilling its tasks. Oracle maintains a list of these parties. Oracle transmits your personal data to a service provider or group company outside the European Economic Area. In this case, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

Your data is stored for a period of 25 months in the Oracle Marketing Cloud.

You can find more information on data protection in connection with the use of Eloqua here: Oracle Privacy Policy.

We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag on our website, which is a conversion tracking and retargeting service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter “LinkedIn”). LinkedIn stores and processes information about user behaviour on our website. For this purpose, LinkedIn uses, among other things, cookies that are stored locally in the web browser’s cache on your end device, which enable an analysis of how our website is used. Data on the referrer URL, IP address device and browser information as well as time stamp are collected.

We use LinkedIn Insight Tag for marketing and optimisation purposes, in particular to analyse how our website is used, and to continuously improve individual features, offers and user experience. Through statistical evaluation of user behaviour, we can improve our offerings and make them more interesting for users. The use of LinkedIn Insight Tag is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR), which you can revoke at any time here: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out .

Further information on data protection at LinkedIn can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

This website uses the web analysis service, Hotjar, provided by Hotjar Ltd. Hotjar Ltd is a European company located in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta.

This tool helps us track movement around our website in heatmaps. making it possible to see how far users scroll and which buttons are most frequently clicked on. This tool also helps to collect feedback from website users Data collected are date and time of your visit, browser information, usage data, your click path, IP address, device operating system, your geographical location, browser language and screen resolution. helping us to make our websites faster and more customer-friendly based on this valuable information. This analysis is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 S. 1(a) GDPR, which can be revoked at any time here: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out/. When using this tool, we pay particular attention to the protection of your personal data, and so we can only track which buttons you click on and how far you scroll. Areas of websites on which your personal data or that of third parties is displayed are automatically hidden by Hotjar and can therefore not be tracked.
Personal data is stored for 365 days before we delete it.

Further information about Hotjar Ltd. And the Hotjar tool can be found here: https://www.hotjar.com
The Hotjar Ltd. Privacy Policy can be viewed here: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

On our website, we use the remarketing feature provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). By utilising the remarketing feature, we can present visitors to our website with advertising based on their interests on other websites within the Google advertising network (Google ads in Google search, on YouTube or other websites). In order to do so, the interaction of visitors to our website is analyses to see, for example, which offers the visitor is interested so that the visitor can be shown targeted advertising when visiting other websites. For this purpose, Google stores a number in the browser of users who use certain Google services or visit certain websites within the Google display network. This number, or cookie, is used to collect information on the user’s visits and serves as to uniquely identify a web browser on an end device, but does not identify a person. Within the scope of Google Ads Remarketing, we collect and process the following data: Visited sites, IP address, duration of visit, other information on the use of websites, content related to the visitor’s interests.

The Google tool is used on the basis of your consent pursuant to 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time here. This only applies to the device and the web browser used on it. Consent must therefore be revoked for every device. When the opt out cookie is deleted, you will be asked once again to consent to data transfer.

You can configure your browser to block adverts from third-party providers or download a plugin, which is available for all standard browsers, here: Https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.. When installed, the plugin will permanently block Google tracking.

Your data are forwarded to Google for analysis. If you have a Google account, the tracking data collected can be linked to this account. Data are transferred to third countries, and so in this case, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

These data collected are erased as soon as they are no longer needed for our purposes. In our case, this means after 24 months.

Further information on Google plus the Google Privacy Policy can be found here: www.google.com/privacy/ads /

On our website, we use the Google Ads Conversion Tracking advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). We measure the advertisements you click on from Google Search, Shopping or Display Network sites. When clicking on an advert, a cookie will be stored in your browser which is used to track what happens after you have clicked (conversion tracking). This data helps us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. For this purposes the following data are collected: Adverts clicked on, IP address, web inquiry, usage data, cookie ID, date and time of visit, cookie information, error URL, browser language and type.

The Google tool is used on the basis of your consent pursuant to 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time here. This only applies to the device and the web browser used on it. Consent must therefore be revoked for every device. When the opt out cookie is deleted, you will be asked once again to consent to data transfer.

You can configure your browser to block adverts from third-party providers or download a plugin, which is available for all standard browsers, here: Https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.. When installed, the plugin will permanently block Google tracking.

Your data are forwarded to Google for analysis. If you have a Google account, the tracking data collected can be linked to this account. Data are transferred to third countries, and so in this case, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

These data collected are erased as soon as they are no longer needed for our purposes. In our case, this means after 24 months.

Further information on Google plus the Google Privacy Policy can be found here: www.google.com/privacy/ads/

This website used Facebook Pixel provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; or if located within the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin, D02, Ireland.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time here.

Pixel allows the behaviour of visitors to the page to be tracked (e.g. information about items viewed) after they have been redirected to a provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad,

enabling the effectiveness of Facebook advertising to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and means that future advertising measures can be optimised. The data are stored and processed by Facebook so that it can be linked to the user’s profile. Facebook can then use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with its Data Usage Policy.

The information collected via Pixel can also be used to show interesting advertisements about our offers in your Facebook account. Information collected via Pixel can also be collated by Facebook and used for their own advertising purposes for the advertising purposes of third parties. This means, for example, Facebook can infer certain interests from your behaviour on this website and can also use this information to advertise third-party offers.

Facebook can also combine the information collected via Pixel with other information collected from other websites and/or in connection with the use of Facebook to save a profile of you.

In this case, Facebook collects your Facebook user ID, browser information, usage information, non-sensitive user-defined data, referrer URL, Pixel ID, usage behaviour, viewed advertisements; interactions with adverts services and products; marketing information, viewed content, IP address, device information, marketing campaign success and your geographical location.

Facebook Pixel allows your behaviour to be tracked over several sites after a Facebook add has been viewed or clicked on. This serves to analyse the effectiveness of Facebook advertising for statistical and market research purposes and can contribute to the optimisation of future marketing measures.

If required, Facebook Inc. transfers personal data to the USA. In this case, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

Facebook processes data within the scope of the Facebook Data Usage Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy. Specific information regarding Facebook Pixel and how it works can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.

AppDynamics services are sued on our website. AppDynamics LLC is a company with limited liability located in 03 Second Street, 8th Floor, North Tower, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 S. 1(a) GDPR, which can be revoked at any time here.

Using AppDynamics, we are able to analyse your behaviour on our site in order to optimise it and present you with relevant content.

The following data are collected:

• Geo-localisation (when using mobile devices)
• IP address
• Web browser information (type, version, length of sitting, data and time)
• Title of the website visited
• Referrer URL
• The respective website’s attachment URLs
• The time spent visiting a particular URL
• Parameters and load data
• Interactions with the user interface
• Unique device identifiers
• Downloading errors
• Page answer times
• Time zone
• Device operating system
• Internet service provider

When using AppDynamics, we use globally-unique identifiers (GUID) to create a user profile. This helps, for example, to analyse if certain users or user groups regularly experience crashes or other issues and enables us to resolve them. The purpose for using AppDynamics is, therefore, the continuous improvement and development of our website.

The data collected are stored in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, from where data can, in principle, be transferred to different locations around the world.

Within the scope of this service, data may be transferred outside of the European Union / European Economic Area to a third country, which does not offer a suitable level of data protection. If transferred to the USA, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

We erase / anonymise data collected via AppDynamics after a period one year.

Further information about how AppDynamics handles your personal data can be found here: https://www.appdynamics.com/privacy

AppDynamics has an SOC (Service Organization Control) 2 certificate, which can be viewed at https://www.appdynamics.com/security.

A list of service providers used by AppDynamics for purposes of provisioning and maintenance can be viewed here: https://www.appdynamics.com/privacy/subprocessors

The tool, Ginni - provided by Bechtle AG, Bechtle Platz 1, 74172 Neckarsulm Germany—is used on our website.

By using this tool, it is possible to connect your behaviour (user journey) with our products. Ginni uses related interaction patters to learn which products and / or content pages correlate with each other and, based on the correlations learned, Ginni can recommend products and pages.

In this way, based on your interactions on our website, we can determine which links you clicked on while on your user journey were related to specific products, hence making it possible to see a correlation.

Ginni processed the session ID assigned to you.

The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in the optimisation of our website and product offering pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit(f) EU GDPR.

Only your current user journey is analysed. However, no recommendations are made directly based on your own visitor and interaction history, but are rather generated based on the behaviour of all website users as a whole.

Data collected via Ginni are not transferred to third parties.

User interaction data required for the learning process are erased at the latest after 90 days.

If you do not agree to the use of Ginni as describes here, you of course have the right to object at any time with effect for the future. In this case, please contact privacy@bechtle.com.

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter “Google”). To guarantee data protection, Google Maps is disabled when you first enter our website. A direct connection between the Google servers is only established when you enable Google Maps (Consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) EU GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time here. In this way, your data are not immediately transferred to Google as soon as you enter the site.

Google Maps will site your IP address one it has been enabled. This will then generally be transferred to and stored in a Google server located in the USA.

As data are being transferred to a third country, there is a risk that your data will be processed by US authorities for purposes of control and surveillance. In this case, you may not be entitled to legal recourse. However, we take all possible and necessary measures in accordance with Art. 44 et seqq. EU GDPR to establish a level of data protection in the third country.

Further information on the handling of user data

can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Our website offers you the possibility to find your nearest Bechtle location by stating your current location or using the Google Maps location finder feature (see use of Google Maps). The use of the location finder feature is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 S. 1(a) GDPR, which can be revoked at any time here.

On our website we embed content in our online offerings, etc. These embeds can, for example, be a YouTube video.  In this case, data are always transferred to the corresponding platform’s server.

This data processing is based on your consent, which can be revoked at any time here.

Social media.

No social plug-ins are enabled on our website.

You’ll find to social media services from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn and Xing on our website. Links to the webpages of these social media providers are recognisable by the respective company logo. When you click on the links, you will be forwarded to our page on the various social media platforms. Clicking on these links creates a connection to the social media providers’ servers, which then receive the information that you have visited our website. Additional data are also transferred to the social media service, for example:

• Address of the website where the activated link is located
• Date and time of your visit to the website or link activation
• Information about the browser and operating system used
• IP address

If you are already logged in to the social media site at the time the link is activated, the provider may be able to determine your user name and possibly even your real name from the data transferred and assign this information to your personal user account. To prevent this from happening, please make sure you are logged out of your account.

The social media providers’ servers are located in the USA and other countries outside of the European Union. For this reason, data can also be processed by the social media provider in countries outside of the European Union. Please be aware that business in these countries are not subject to the same strict levels of data protection as those who are member states of the European Union.

Please also be aware that we have no influence on the scope, type and purpose of data processing carried out by these social media providers. Further information about the use of your data by the social media platforms embedded on our website can be found in the Privacy Policies of the respective social media provider.

 We also use Twitter’s Click To Tweet feature. Click To Tweet gives us the opportunity to pre-formulate the perfect tweet, which is then embedded in a link on our website. When you click on this link, the pre-formulated tweet is opened in Twitter and can be published. This means it only takes a click of a button to share website content on Twitter. No personal data is transferred during this process.

Our website contains other links to internet sites of other companies, and these links are clearly recognisable as such. We do not have any influence on the content of these sites and cannot, therefore, be held responsible for them. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content on the page.

The linked pages were tested for possible legal violations and recognisable infringements at the time at which they were added. No illegal content was detected at the time of creating the links. However, we cannot be expected to continuously check the content of the external websites without specific knowledge of illegal content. Should we be informed of any illegal content on the external sites, we will promptly remove the links.

Individuals under the age of 16 may not submit personal information or a declaration of consent to us without the consent of their legal guardian. We ask parents and legal guardians to actively participate in the online activities and interests of their children.

If you would like to publish images, texts, plans, videos, music etc. on our pages, please be aware that you may be transferring all usage rights to the network, which could ultimately have legal consequences for you if you are not the copyright holder yourself.

Please note that we generally do not use purely automated processes to make a decision.

We have a presence on a range of social media platforms to communicate with registered customers and interested parties and inform them of our offers.

Please be aware that using these platforms and their functions is at your own risk. This is especially the case when using interactive functions such as commenting, sharing and leaving reviews.

We also wish to inform you that your data may be processed outside of the European Union.

Your data may additionally be processed for market research and marketing reasons, meaning, for example, that a user profile may be created based on your usage and interests. As a result, advertising both on and external to the platforms may be activated, which supposedly correspond to your interests. In order for this to happen, cookies are usually saved on your computer. Independently, data that is not collected directly from your end devices may also be stored in the user profiles (especially if you are member of a platform and are logged in).

Moreover, we, as the provider of this information service, collect and process no data from your use of our services.

The processing of users’ personal data is based on our legitimate interest in effectively informing and communicating with users in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(f) EU GDPR. If a provider asks for your consent to data processing (e.g. by ticking a box or by clicking “confirm”), then processing is lawful in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1(a) and Art. 7 EU GDPR.
 

If you are a member of a social network and do not want your personal data to be collected through our website and linked to your membership data on the respective network, you must:

• sign-out of the network before visiting our website,
• delete cookies stored on your device and
• re-start your browser.

After logging in again, you will once again be recognised by the network as a specific user.

For more detailed information on how data is processed and how you can opt out, please visit the pages of the respective providers listed below.

If you would like to request information or exercise your rights as a user, this can be done most effectively directly with the providers themselves as only they have direct access to user data and can therefore take appropriate action and provide information. If you do have any problems, you can of course contact us.

• Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) - Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/,
  Opt out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and https://www.youronlinechoices.com,.
• Google / YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) – Privacy Policy:  https://policies.google.com/privacy,
  Opt out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated,
• Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA) - Privacy policy / Opt out: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
• Twitter (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) - Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy,
  Opt out: https://twitter.com/personalization,.
• LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) – Privacy policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy ,
  Opt out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out,
• Xing (XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany) - Privacy policy / Opt out: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.