1. Introduction

We are pleased that you have visited our website to learn more about us and our products. The following requirements for data security apply to all affiliated companies of the KS Engineers Group (KS), including Kristl, Seibt & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H. We take the protection of your data very seriously, and the protection of your privacy as well as compliance with the respective legal provisions governing the protection of personal data are a matter of course for us. This is why our employees receive training in awareness and the proper handling of information in the context of the GDPR. All data that you provide in the course of using the website are collected and used in accordance with the provisions of applicable data protection laws.

This Privacy Policy applies to our web pages www.ksengineers.com (.at)(.de)(.ch).

2. General information

Personal data are all information relating to you personally, such as name, address, email addresses and user behaviour, which thereby allow the identity of the user to be determined. This does not include information that cannot be directly associated with the identity of web users. You may visit our website without providing any personal details. If a user of our website wishes to actively contact us, we ask them for the name of their company, their surname and first name, and other miscellaneous personal information as needed. We use the personal information you provide, for example in the event of enquiries or job applications, only within our company. No data are disclosed to other parties unless we have obtained your express consent.

3. Automatic data collection

If you use the website only for the purpose of gathering information, i.e. if you do not register or provide us with information in another manner, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. When you access our website, we collect the following data that are required for technical purposes in order to display our website to you and to ensure security and stability: the IP address of the device used to access the website, the date and time of access, the content of the request, the access status, the respective data volume transferred, the website from which the request originates, the browser and operating system you are using, the name of your internet service provider, and the language and version of the browser software. This information is collected automatically with no action on your part and is saved in a log file until it is automatically erased. Under no circumstances do we use the collected information for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. Instead, it serves to ensure that you can connect to the website and use it conveniently, to evaluate system security and stability, and other administrative purposes.

4. Information about cookies

We use session cookies that are generated automatically as a result of the specific end device you use. However, this does not mean that we can thereby obtain knowledge of your identity. These session cookies are erased automatically after you leave our website. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “Do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. However, this may restrict the functional scope of our website.

5. Online shop

We do not offer an online shop.

6. Newsletter

We do not produce a newsletter.

7. Analytics software

We use cookies to analyse the use of our website and to improve the services we offer. By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Google Analytics:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is typically transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there.

However, by activating IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website and internet usage for the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser through use of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by making an appropriate setting in your browser software, but please note that if you do, you may not be able to make full use of all features offered on this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data that the cookie generates relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing these data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available using the following link: Browser add-on for disabling Google Analytics.

8. Social media plug-ins

We do not use any social media plug-ins.

9. Google Maps

The Google Maps service is integrated on our website so that users can view geographical information about our locations. Google Maps allows users to immediately see the location of our registered offices and locations.

Google Maps is an online map service provided by Google Inc. that makes geographical information easier for users to read using an end device. When Google Maps is used, data are transferred to Google and stored on Google servers. These data include, among others, the search terms entered, the IP address and the latitude and longitude coordinates. If you use the Google Maps route planning feature, the starting address you enter is also stored. It is important to mention here that this usage and the data entry are voluntary and are outside our sphere of influence. Embedding Google Maps means that Google sets at least one cookie in your browser, which saves data about your user behaviour. Google uses these data primarily to optimize its services and to provide personalized advertising for you.

Google’s servers are located in computing centres around the world, which means that your data may also be stored in the USA. Google stores some data for a fixed period of time and anonymizes these data in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 or 18 months. Location and activity data are saved for either 3 or 18 months, depending on your decision, and are then deleted. You can delete the history of these data yourself manually at any time via your Google account. If you want to completely prevent your location from being recorded, you must disable the “Web and app activity” section in your Google account.

You can find out more about this in Google’s Privacy Policy, where you can also see where the Google data centres are located.

10. Data subject rights

You have the right:

• To obtain information about your personal data that we process.
• To obtain the rectification of your incorrect personal data or the completion of your personal data that we have stored.
• To obtain the erasure of your personal data that we have stored, unless the information is required to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• To obtain the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data or the processing is unlawful but you oppose the erasure of the data, and we no longer need the data, but you need them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• To receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and, as needed, machine-readable format or to request that they be transmitted to another data controller.
• To withdraw at any time the consent you have previously given us.
• To lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

10. Contact person for data protection (Data Protection Officer)

Kristl, Seibt & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Thomas Russ
Baiernstrasse 122a
8052 Graz
Austria

You can contact the Data Protection Officer by emailing datenschutz@ksengineers.com or by sending a letter to our postal address with the addition of “Data Protection Officer”.

11. Currency and changes

This Privacy Policy takes effect on 22 May 2018. It may become necessary to adapt this Privacy Policy as we develop our website or if the legal circumstances change. The current Privacy Policy can be viewed at any time on the website.