Privacy policy

..is an important issue

1. name and address of the person responsible:

BRC Solar GmbH
Gehrnstraße 7
76275 Ettlingen | Deutschland

Represented by:

Pascal Ruisinger, Managing Director
Telefon: +49 7243 924 1660
E-Mail: info@brc-solar.de

2. notes on data processing / definition of terms

In the following, we inform you about the processing of your personal data when using our website and inform you in this regard about your rights as a data subject.

Only if we subsequently inform you that the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract and you, as the data subject, are obliged to provide the personal data, are these circumstances present. Automated decision-making or profiling in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) will only take place if we explicitly refer to this.
If you do not provide us with the data in the cases outlined below, this would mean that you cannot use the service / the corresponding function or you cannot contact us.
For the purposes of this data protection declaration, the following are:

Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your terminal device. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly and secure.
The cookies are stored on the user’s end device and the cookie data is transmitted to us by the user. As a user, you can control the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. You can delete cookies that have already been saved at any time – even automatically.
However, if you deactivate cookies, it may no longer be possible to fully use all the functions of the websites you visit or various tools on the Internet.

3. data processing via website

3.1 Encryption

To ensure that your personal data is processed in a way that protects it from unauthorised or unlawful processing and from accidental loss, destruction or damage, we use encryption (SSL or TLS) on our website and all subpages.

3.2 Visit our website

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. This involves the following data:

The data is stored in the log files of our hoster’s IT system.
Purpose of processing: The processing of the above-mentioned data is necessary in order to display the website to you and to ensure the security and stability of our information technology systems and the technology of our website. In addition, the processing is carried out in order to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.
Legal basis: We have a legitimate interest in the processing of data within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, whereby the legitimate interest results from the stated purpose.

Storage period: The data is deleted as soon as the data storage can no longer fulfil the purpose. The point in time is to be determined for the individual case, whereby the storage is to be terminated at the latest insofar as any civil law claims have become statute-barred according to § 199 BGB or criminal prosecution is also no longer possible due to the statute of limitations (§§ 78, 79 StGB).

3.3 Contact

If you contact us (e.g. by e-mail, fax), we will store the data you provide, such as your name, e-mail address and, if applicable, other contact data you provide.
Purpose of processing: The processing of the above-mentioned data is necessary in order to respond to your contact.
Legal basis: The processing of the data may be based on different legal bases, depending on the request. In any case, however, the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest results from the fact that we want to fulfil the purpose of processing.
Storage period: We will delete your personal data at the latest as soon as the storage is no longer necessary. The point in time is to be determined for the individual case, whereby the storage is to be terminated at the latest insofar as any civil law claims have become statute-barred according to § 199 BGB (German Civil Code) or criminal prosecution is also no longer possible due to the statute of limitations (§§ 78, 79 StGB).

3.4 Own cookies

We use our own so-called cookies at various points on our website. For information on the function of cookies and how you can generally prevent a cookie from being set, please refer to the subsection “Information on data processing / definition of terms”.
We use permanent and so-called session cookies.
Session cookies store the following data:
Setting of cookies possible
Setting of cookies allowed by the visitor
PHP Session ID
Browser compatibility
Presence of navigation elements on a web page

Permanent cookies store the following data:
ID codes for the analysis of user behaviour
Cookies on our website that (at least also) serve to analyse the user behaviour of visitors to our website (tracking) are only set on the visitor if the visitor has given prior consent. Cookies that do not serve tracking purposes are set by our system without this consent.
Purpose of processing: The cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit. We use the cookies to provide the service, to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users on our website and to increase user-friendliness.
Legal basis: If the setting of the cookie and the processing of the data obtained based on it at least serves to analyse the user behaviour of visitors to our website (tracking), the processing takes place on the basis of the consent of the data subject pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO. In other cases, the cookies are set in order to protect our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, in which case the legitimate interest results from the fact that we want to fulfil the purpose of the processing.
Storage period: Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies are stored for a maximum of one month or remain on your terminal device until you delete them. The data transmitted by the cookie are deleted immediately after their evaluation.

3.5 Use of Matomo

On this website, data is collected and stored using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service of the provider InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Mataomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the site visitor’s internet browser. Among other things, the cookies enable the recognition of the internet browser. The data collected using Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers. .
The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to its storage and use at any time by clicking on it below. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that Matomo will not collect any session data. Please note that if you delete your cookies completely, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and you may have to reactivate it.

4. Notes on the rights of data subjects

Due to the processing of your personal data, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis us, whereby we are hereinafter referred to as the “controller”:

Right of access, Art. 15 DSGVO

You have the right to request information from the controller as to whether the controller is processing personal data relating to you. If the answer is yes, you have the right to be informed about the information listed in Art. 15 of the GDPR.

Right to rectification of personal data, Art. 16 DSGVO

Pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR, you have the right to have your personal data corrected or completed if the personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete.

Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”), Art. 17 DSGVO

In accordance with Art. 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the controller delete personal data relating to you.

Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 DSGVO

As a data subject, you have the right, under the conditions of Article 18 of the GDPR, to request the controller to restrict processing

Right to information, Art. 19 GDPR

Pursuant to Article 19 of the GDPR, you have the right to be informed of the recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed and to whom the controller has notified your assertion of the rights to rectification, erasure or restriction of your data.

Right to data portability, Art. 20 DSGVO

Under the conditions of Art. 20 DS-GVO, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You have the right, under the conditions of Article 20 of the GDPR, to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided. You have the right to have the personal data transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible.

Right to object to processing, Art. 21 DSGVO

In accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you that is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e or lit. f. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. 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 the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

Right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, Art. 22 GDPR

As a data subject, you have the right under Article 22 of the GDPR not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law, Art. 7 DSGVO

In accordance with Art. 7 of the GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data relating to you at any time.

Right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority, Art. 77 DSGVO

Without prejudice to any other remedies, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority under Article 77 of the GDPR if you consider that the processing of your personal data by us infringes the GDPR.

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors post comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user agent string (this identifies the browser) to help detect spam.

An anonymised string (also called a hash) can be created from your email address and passed to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.