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Data protection statement

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Data protection statement

This data protection policy sets out how we, KPS AG, Beta-Straße 10 H, D-85774 Unterföhring (hereinafter referred to as “KPS”, “we” or “us”) – as the party responsible for data processing – collect, store and process information on individual visitors to this website.

This data protection policy only applies to websites of KPS on which this data protection policy is published or from which reference is made to this data protection policy via a link (hereinafter referred to as “website”). This data protection policy does not apply to websites containing a link which are not owned by and under the control of KPS.

Personal data is all information concerning personal or material circumstances relating to an identified or identifiable person. This includes your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address or telephone number, for example. However, information of a general nature which cannot be used to determine your identity is not classified as personal data. For example, the number of users of a website.

The party responsible within the meaning of art. 4 para. 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

 

KPS AG
Beta-Straße 10 H
D-85774 Unterföhring
Germany

If you have any questions about data protection, please send an e-mail to our data protection team or contact them directly:

 

datenschutz@kps.com

 

or

 

Data protection
KPS AG
Beta-Straße 10 H
D-85774 Unterföhring
Germany
T +49 (0)89 35631-0
F +49 (0)89 35631-3300

a. Web server logs including the IP address

No processing of personal data is required for most of our services. This means you can visit our website without informing us who you are.

We only collect and process access data which your internet browser automatically sends to us for technical reasons in order to make the website available. Depending on the type of access log used, the log data set contains general information with the following content: your session data (date and time of request, usage behavior, duration of visit, which links were clicked on, the time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the amount of data transmitted etc.), the website you were previously on, your IP address, your browser version, your operating system, the domain name and the address of your internet provider (e.g. AOL) and your website-specific settings. If our website cookies are used, the web server also stores this information. This also applies if you visit our website using a mobile device, for example, with a mobile phone browser.

This data does not generally enable you to be traced directly and is used to improve our website. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is a legitimate interest in accordance with art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing you with a website optimized for your browser and enabling communication between our server and your device.

In the event of misuse of the system, we can also process and use the information logged by the web server in cooperation with your internet provider and/or local authorities to determine who is responsible for such misuse. The legal basis for this is also a legitimate interest, art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the protection of the integrity of our system and our users.

b. Services on our website

Furthermore, we only collect personal data from you if you voluntarily provide it on the website, for example, if you use a contact form or subscribe to a newsletter, place an order or use a particular service.

Requests for contact

You can enter your name, address, e-mail address, the subject of the contact request and your message when making requests via our contact forms.

We only process and store the personal data made available in the contact request to deal with and answer your request and to make contact with you.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the performance of a contract or the performance of steps prior to entering into a contract, art. 6 para. 1 let. b GDPR.

Newsletter

You have to enter your name and e-mail address when signing up for our newsletter.

Provided you have consented to data processing when subscribing to the newsletter, we only process and store the personal data provided when subscribing to the newsletter in order to provide the newsletter and to keep you informed about products and news at KPS according to the newsletter subscribed to. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent, art. 6 para. 1 let. a GDPR.

You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. Further information on revoking consent can be found under section 7.

Online application

We collect your name, address, contact details and any other documents provided when you make an online application via the website. As well as you, authorized HR employees at our company and the line manager responsible for the vacancy also have access to your data. Both the HR employees and the managers responsible may belong to other companies in the KPS AG Group which means we may pass on your data within KPS AG.

We only process and store the personal data provided when the application is made to process your application. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the performance of a contract or the performance of steps prior to entering into a contract, art. 6 para. 1 let. b GDPR.
If you have registered for our career network, we will process your contact data (title, first and last name, email address) and the other documents submitted to us as part of your application in order to contact you in the future about any other interesting vacancies and career events of the KPS Group. We store and process the data for participation in the career network on the basis of your consent, Art. 6 (1) a GDPR. Your personal data will be deleted if you withdraw your consent. You can revoke your consent to data processing at any time (e.g. by email to career@kps.com ) and do not have to give any reasons for doing so. However, please note that your revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing prior to the time of revocation."

Orders and information material

When ordering information material via the website (e.g. brochures or studies), your name and e-mail address are required.

We process and store the personal data provided with the order to provide you with the ordered information material. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the fulfillment of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, Article 6, Section 1(b) GDPR.
If you have also subscribed to updates on the dowonlad and its specific topics, you can unsubscribe at any time, e.g. by replying to one of our e-mails.
We also record when and how often you clicked on the link to the information material in order to find out whether and to what extent the information material is actually requested. In this way, we want to continuously improve our offer and align it with the wishes of interested parties, which is a legitimate interest. The legal basis is Article 6, Section 1(f) GDPR.

To ensure the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption technology (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

KPS will not pass your personal data onto third parties or distribute it in any other way unless required for the performance of our services (e.g. applications for positions at subsidiaries) – (legal basis for processing: performance of a contract or performance of steps prior to entering into a contract, art. 6 para. 1 let. b GDPR) or unless the transfer of data is permitted on the basis of applicable legal provisions (legal basis of processing: performance of legal obligations, art. 6 para. 1 let. c GDPR).

KPS is entitled to outsource the processing of your personal data to external service providers fully or partially, within the scope of the provisions of data protection law, which work for KPS as processors pursuant to art. 4 no. 8 GDPR. External service providers assist us, for example, with the technical operation and support of the website, data management, the provision and performance of services, marketing and website analysis. The service providers engaged by KPS only process your data according to our instructions. KPS remains responsible for the protection of your data which we protect through rigorous contractual provisions, technical and organizational measures and additional controls.

We will only store your personal data for as long as we need it to achieve the purposes for which this data was collected or – if legal retention periods extending beyond that exist (e.g. in the commercial code or in the tax code) – for the duration of the retention period specified by law. Your personal data is then deleted by us. Your data may only be stored beyond that in a few exceptional cases, for example, if storage is required in relation to the exercising and protection of legal claims in favor of KPS.

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (see section 6 above) which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of the website is sent to Google and stored on servers in the USA. However, if IP anonymization is activated, your IP address will be abbreviated within the member states of the European Union (EU) or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The full IP address is only firstly sent to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases. IP anonymization is active on the website. Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to produce reports on activities on the website for us and to perform other services for us related to activities on the website and internet usage. The IP address sent by your browser in relation to Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

Cookie name Duration of storage Description
_ga 2 years Is used to differentiate users.
_gid 24 hours Is used to differentiate users.
_gat 1 minute Is used to slow down the demand rate. If Google Analytics is provided via Google Tag Manager, this cookie has the name _dc_gtm_ <Eigenschaft-ID>.
hide-cookieinfo 30 days Cookie used to request the cookies.


You can prevent the use of cookies by configuring a browser setting. You can also deactivate the service by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available to deactivate Google Analytics for your current internet browser at  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. 

As an alternative to the browser add-on or in browsers on mobile devices, please click on this link deactivate Google Analytics to prevent logging by Google Analytics on this website in future (the opt-out only works in the browser and only for this domain). An opt-out cookie is then stored on your device. To delete your cookies in this browser, you have to click on this link again.

Further information on the terms and conditions of use and data protection can be found at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/ or at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB. Please note that the code “anonymizeIp” has been added to Google Analytics on this website to enable anonymized logging of IP addresses (IP masking).

The legal basis for this processing and usage is art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the provision of a user-friendly website the design of which meets your expectations and requirements and serves our business interests.

LinkedIn Insight tag

On our website, we use the marketing function of the social network LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter "LinkedIn"), the so-called LinkedIn Insight Tag.

Each time our website is accessed, a connection to the LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. In particular, the LinkedIn Insight Tag allows us to analyse the success of our campaigns within LinkedIn or to target audiences for them based on how users interact with our site. If you are registered with LinkedIn, LinkedIn will be able to associate your interaction with our website with your user account.

We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to help us personalise our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO.


For further information, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. LinkedIn-Cookie-Table: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table
An opt-out possibility exists here: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

 

Lead Forensics

Our website uses Lead Forensics, a web analysis service provided by Lead Forensics, Communication House, 26 York Street, London W1U 6PZ, Great Britain ("Lead Forensics"). The data collected by Lead Forensics consists of the IP addresses of users of the online offer and also data regarding their use of our website. Lead Forensics will use the data collected on behalf of the operator to evaluate their use of the website to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services relating to website use and Internet use with respect to the website operator.
The IP addresses are reconciled with a Lead Forensics database. Where IP addresses relate to the names of companies in which our online offer is called up will be passed on to us from the Lead Forensics database. In this case we also receive information on which pages of our online offer are called up by the companies concerned. If the IP addresses are not company-related, only statistical information on use of our website is passed on, which does not permit any conclusions to be drawn regarding the people concerned. Lead Forensics does not collect or identify any private IP addresses. Further information can be found at https://www.leadforensics.com/privacy-policy/ or https://www.leadforensics.com/software-data-compliance/ (general information on Lead Forensics and data protection).

Cookie name Expiry Purpose Type Method of Acceptance
__lfluuid Persistent 10 years The _lfuuid cookie allows a website to track visitor behavior on the sites on which the cookie is installed. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form Third Party    Consent Banner     

Under the applicable data protection law you have the following rights in accordance with the relevant legal provisions:

  • Right to information, correction, deletion and restriction: You have the right to request information about your personal data stored by us at any time. If we process or use your personal data, we endeavor to ensure through appropriate measures that your personal data is correct and up-to-date for the purposes for which it was recorded. If your personal data is incorrect or incomplete, you may request its correction. You also have the right to request the deletion or restriction of processing of your personal data, if, for example, a legitimate commercial purpose no longer exists for such processing in accordance with this data protection policy or applicable law and legal retention obligations do not require further storage.
  • Right to data transfer: You have the right to receive the personal data about you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonplace and machine-readable format or to transfer this data to another responsible party.
  • Right to revoke consent granted: If you have consented to the collection, processing and use of your personal data, you can revoke your consent at any time with future effect but without this affecting the legal validity of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation.
Right to object in accordance with art. 21 para. 1 and 2 GDPR
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data at any time which is carried out based on art. 6 para. 1 let. e or f GDPR. We will not process your personal data after an objection unless we can provide evidence of compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or unless such processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (see art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, so-called “restricted right to object”). In this event, you must provide grounds for the objection relating to your particular situation.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time without giving grounds.

 

You can use the contact options indicated in section 2 at any time to exercise your data protection rights. Please attach your personal ID in this case.

You also have the option of submitting complaints to the competent supervisory authority: Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht; postal address: P.O. Box 606, 91511 Ansbach; tel.: +49 (0) 981 53 1300; e-mail: poststelle@lda.bayern.de.

We reserve the right to amend our data protection policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection policy, such as the introduction of new services, for example. The new data protection policy will then apply to your next visit.

As at January 2021

Privacy settings

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, while others help us to improve this website and your experience. With your consent, we use cookies to analyse the usage of our website.

We also use cookies for marketing to help us measure the success of our marketing efforts. In the settings you will find detailed information about the individual cookies, and you can refuse the use of cookies.

You can change or revoke your selection at any time on any KPS.com page in the footer under Privacy Settings.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website.

Cookie Banner

  • Cookie Name: kps-privacy-settings
    Value: PrivacyLevel_0#a
    Storage Duration: 4 weeks
    Description: This cookie is required to save cookie settings. It is a purely technical cookie.

HubSpot:

  • Cookie Name: __hs_opt_out
    Storage Duration: 6 months
    Description: This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to prompt the visitor to accept cookies again. It is set when you allow visitors to disable cookies. It contains the string "Yes" or "No."

  • Cookie Name: __hs_d_not_tracking
    Storage Duration: 6 months
    Description: This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending information to HubSpot. It contains the string "Yes."

  • Cookie Name: _hs_initial_opt
    Storage Duration: 7 days
    Description: This cookie is used to prevent banners from being displayed every time visitors access your website in strict mode. It contains the string "Yes" or "No."

  • Cookie Name: __hs_cookie_cat_pref
    Storage Duration: 6 months
    Description: This cookie is used to capture the categories a visitor has consented to. It contains data about those categories.

  • Cookie Name: __hs_gpc_banner_dismiss
    Storage Duration: 3 months
    Description: This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed.

  • Cookie Name: hs_ab_test
    Storage Duration: Until the end of the session
    Description: This cookie is used to ensure that visitors see the same version of an A/B test page they were shown previously. It contains the ID of the A/B test page and the ID of the variant selected for the visitor.

  • Cookie Name: __cfruid
    Storage Duration: Until the end of the session
    Description: This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider in accordance with its rate-limiting policies.

  • Cookie Name: ___cfuvid
    Storage Duration: Until the end of the session
    Description: This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider in accordance with its rate-limiting policies.

  • Cookie Name: ___cf_bm
    Storage Duration: Until the end of the session
    Description: This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider in accordance with its rate-limiting policies.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies are used by third parties or publishers to display personalised advertisements. They do this by tracking visitors across websites.

Google Analytics

Cookie Name: _ga
Storage Duration: 2 years
Description: Used to distinguish between users.

Cookie Name: _gid
Storage Duration: 24 months
Description: Used to distinguish between users.

Cookie Name: _gat
Storage Duration: 1 minute
Description: Used to throttle the request rate. If Google Analytics is provided via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is named dc_gtm<property-ID>.

Cookie Name: hide-cookieinfo
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: Cookie set for querying the cookies.

HubSpot

Cookie Name: __hstc
Storage Duration: 6 months
Description: The main cookie for visitor tracking. It contains the domain, the user token (hubspotutk), the first timestamp (of the first visit), the last timestamp (of the last visit), the current timestamp (for this visit), and the session count (increases with each subsequent session).

Cookie Name: hubspotutk
Storage Duration: 6 months
Description: This cookie tracks the identity of a visitor. This cookie is passed to the HubSpot software when submitting a form and is used for deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.

Cookie Name: __hssc
Storage Duration: 30 minutes
Description: This cookie tracks sessions. It is used to determine whether the HubSpot software needs to increment the session count and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, the number of page views (viewCount, increases with each page view in a session), and the session start timestamp.

Cookie Name: __hssrc
Storage Duration: End of session
Description: Whenever the HubSpot software changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. It determines whether the visitor has restarted the browser. If this cookie is not present when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value "1" if present.

External media

Content from video platforms and social media platforms is blocked by default. If cookies from external media are accepted, access to this content no longer requires manual consent.

LinkedIn Tag

Cookie Name: bcookie
Storage Duration: 365 days
Description: Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform and for diagnostic purposes.

Cookie Name: bscookie
Storage Duration: 365 days
Description: Used for remembering that a logged-in user is verified by two-factor authentication and has previously logged in.

Cookie Name: JSESSIONID
Storage Duration: Session
Description: Used for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection and URL signature validation.

Cookie Name: lang
Storage Duration: Session
Description: Used to remember a user's language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings.

Cookie Name: lidc
Storage Duration: 1 day
Description: To facilitate data center selection.

Cookie Name: sdsc
Storage Duration: Session
Description: Signed data service context cookie used for database routing to ensure consistency across all databases when a change is made. Used to ensure that user-inputted content is immediately available to the submitting user upon submission.

Cookie Name: li_gc
Storage Duration: 180 days
Description: Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes.

Cookie Name: li_mc
Storage Duration: 180 days
Description: Used as a temporary cache to avoid database lookups for a member's consent for use of non-essential cookies and used for having consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side.

Cookie Name: UID
Storage Duration: 720 days
Description: Cookie used for market and user research.

Cookie Name: UserMatchHistory
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: LinkedIn Ads ID syncing.

Cookie Name: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie.

Cookie Name: lms_ads
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising.

Cookie Name: lms_analytics
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytics.

Cookie Name: li_fat_id
Storage Duration: 30 days
Description: Member indirect identifier for Members for conversion tracking, retargeting, and analytics.

Cookie Name: li_sugr
Storage Duration: 90 days
Description: Used to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity.

Cookie Name: _guid
Storage Duration: 90 days
Description: Used to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google Ads.

Cookie Name: BizographicsOptOut
Storage Duration: 10 years
Description: Used to determine opt-out status for non-members.

Cookie Name: li_giant
Storage Duration: 7 days
Description: Indirect identifier for groups of LinkedIn Members used for conversion tracking.

Cookie Name: oribi_cookie_test
Storage Duration: Session
Description: To determine if tracking can be enabled on the current domain.

Cookie Name: oribili_user_guid
Storage Duration: 365 days
Description: Used to count unique visitors to a website.

Cookie Name: ln_or
Storage Duration: 1 day
Description: Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain.

Cookie Name: ar_debug
Storage Duration: Session
Description: Supports Google attribution reporting API integration to mitigate signal loss.

Lead Forensics

Cookie Name: __lfluuid
Storage Duration: 10 years
Description: The _lfuuid cookie allows a website to track visitor behavior on the sites on which the cookie is installed. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form.

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