Privacy Policy

These privacy notices inform you according to Art. 12 et seq. GDPR about the handling of your personal data when using our website. They explain in particular which data we collect and for what purpose we use it. In addition, they inform you about how and for what purpose this happens. This privacy policy also contains a compilation of your rights in connection with your personal data.

A. General Information

As the operator of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1. Responsible Body for Data Processing

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

ARGUS Interception GmbH
Zum Flugplatz 68
27356 Rotenburg (Wümme)
Germany

E-mail: info@argus-interception.com
Phone: +4942611894610

 

2. Storage Duration

Unless an explicit storage period is specified within these privacy notices, your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose or legal basis for storage ceases to apply. However, storage may take place beyond the specified time in the event of a (pending) legal dispute with you or another legal procedure, or if storage is provided for by legal regulations to which we are subject as the responsible party (e.g., § 257 HGB, § 147 AO).

3. Cooperation with Processors

To handle our business transactions, we use external domestic and foreign service providers (e.g., for IT, logistics, telecommunications, sales, and marketing). These act only on our instructions and have been contractually obligated in the sense of Art. 28 GDPR to comply with data protection regulations.

B. Informational Use of the Website

When using the website for informational purposes, i.e., merely viewing it without otherwise communicating information to us, we process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The data described below is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security, and must therefore be processed by us.

1. Types of Data Processed

If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data:

  • Information about the browser type and version used
  • The user’s operating system and its interface
  • The user’s Internet service provider
  • The user’s IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website
  • Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website
  • Amount of data transferred
  • Access status/HTTP status code

2. Purposes of Data Processing and Legal Basis

Data processing in the context of the informational use of the website takes place for the purpose of pursuing our legitimate interests (legal basis Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our legitimate interest here lies in providing the content of our website called up by you and ensuring the stability and security of our website.

3. Storage Duration

We delete or anonymize your personal data as soon as they are no longer required for the purposes for which we collected or used them according to the aforementioned purposes. With regard to the storage of data in log files, deletion or anonymization takes place after 14 days at the latest.

C. Inquiry by E-mail or Phone

We process personal data when you contact us by e-mail or phone.

1. Processed Data

If you contact us by e-mail or phone, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your concern.

2. Purpose of Data Processing and Legal Basis

The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the fulfillment 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 inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

3. Storage Duration

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

D. Data Processing through the Use of Cookies

Our internet pages use so-called „cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session or permanently on your end device. Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them. Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Information related to the specifically used end device is stored in the cookie. However, this does not mean that we immediately gain knowledge of your identity.

You can determine yourself whether cookies can be set and accessed through the settings in your browser. For example, you can completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites, or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback.

The following types of cookies are used on our website:

Technically Necessary Cookies

Technically necessary cookies are absolutely essential to navigate the website, use basic functions, and ensure the security of the website; they do not collect information about you for marketing purposes or store which websites you have visited.

These cookies are stored on the basis of § 25 para. 2 no. 2 TDDDG. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

These cookies are only stored until the end of the browser session.

You cannot opt out of these cookies if you want to use our website. If you deactivate the use of necessary cookies, the full functionality and usability of the website can no longer be guaranteed.

E. Data Processing during Job Applications

We process personal data when you submit a job application to us.

1. Processed Data

Various data may be processed as part of the application process:

  • Name, salutation, title, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, date of birth, information on professional experience, metadata (e.g., IP address or hardware information), curriculum vitae, certificates, police clearance certificate, application photo, proof of qualifications, cover letter, previous employers, and other data you submit to us in connection with the application.

2. Purposes of Data Processing and Legal Basis

The data you submit will be used to process the application, in particular to check the applicant’s suitability for open positions. The legal basis for this is generally § 26 Para. 1 S. 1 BDSG.

The legal basis for submitted application photos and other data not related to the application that you submit to us in connection with the application is your consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR.

3. Storage Duration

Personal data will be stored for the duration of the application process. In the event of a rejection after the end of the application process, we store the data for 6 months from the sending of the rejection letter in order to be able to answer any queries regarding the application process and to be able to defend ourselves against any accusation regarding a violation of the prohibition of discrimination under the Anti-Discrimination Act. If your application is successful, we will continue to process your data in connection with your employment.

F. External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. We use the following hoster:

IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur
Germany

 

The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hoster. This may include IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations. In this case, the hoster will only act on our instructions and has been contractually obliged, in the sense of Art. 28 GDPR (order data processing), to comply with data protection regulations.

G. Your Rights

As a „data subject,” you have the following rights against us regarding your personal data (Art. 15 et seq. GDPR):

1. Right to Information

The data subject has the right, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning him or her is being processed; if this is the case, he or she has the right to information about this personal data and to the information specifically listed in Art. 15 GDPR.

2. Right to Rectification

The data subject has the right, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her and, if applicable, the completion of incomplete personal data.

3. Right to Erasure

The data subject has the right, in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand from us that personal data concerning him or her be deleted without undue delay, if one of the reasons specifically listed in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g., if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued (right to erasure).

4. Right to Restriction of Processing

The data subject has the right, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand from us the restriction of processing if one of the conditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR is met, e.g., if the data subject has objected to the processing, for the duration of the review by the controller.

5. Right to Data Portability

The data subject has the right, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of their consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and has the right to transmit it to another controller without hindrance from us. If you request the direct transmission of data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

6. Right to Object

The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her. We will then no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (Art. 21 GDPR).

7. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes the GDPR (Art. 77 GDPR). The data subject may exercise this right before a supervisory authority in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

The contact details of the competent supervisory authority are:

Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen
Prinzenstr. 5
30159 Hannover
Germany

Phone: +49 (0511) 120 45 00
Fax: +49 (0511) 120 45 99
E-mail: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de

8. Withdrawal of Consent to Data Processing

Consent given by a data subject to the processing of personal data can be withdrawn at any time vis-à-vis us. This also applies to consents given before May 25, 2018 (applicability of the GDPR). The withdrawal is only effective for the future. Processing of personal data before the declaration of withdrawal is not affected by this.