data protection

In accordance with the GDPR, we will inform you about our data protection measures below:

1. It is possible to use the GEOsat GmbH website without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wants to use our company's services, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to GEOsat GmbH. These include in particular 1) Federal Data Protection Act, 2) Surveying and Cadastre Act NRW, 3) ÖbvI Act and associated regulations and decrees. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform the general public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed by means of this data protection declaration of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, GEOsat GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for all personal data processed in business life. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, for example by telephone.

2. Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

GEOsat GmbH
Loehberg 78
45468 Mülheim
Germany
Phone: 0208/45000-39
Email: o.ludwig(at)geosat.de

3. Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the controller is:
Lars Gerdau
Loehberg 78
45468 Mülheim
Germany
Phone: 0208/45000-0
E-Mail: lars.gerdau(at)geohaus.de

Any person concerned can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

Privacy on the website

A) Cookies

The GEOsat GmbH website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved on *your* computer system via an Internet browser. Cookies are required to track the settings you have chosen, e.g. for language selection. We do not use cookies to track your activities on the website. You can prevent cookies from being set in the preferences of your browser, but this will limit the functionality of the website.

We recommend that you adjust your browser security settings to regularly delete cookies (e.g. when you close your browser).

B) Collection of general data and information

The website of GEOsat GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server's log files. The following may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

This data is only used for debugging purposes of the webpage, is not evaluated and is automatically deleted daily.

General data protection precautions

A. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

B. Rights of the data subject

a) Right to confirmation

Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

b) Right to information

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller at any time free information about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to information about the following information:

• the processing purposes
• the categories of personal data being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
• the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

c) Right to rectification

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, also by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, where one of the following reasons applies and to the extent that processing is not necessary:
The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Art. 6(1) GDPR or point (a) of Art. 9(2) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR.
The personal data were processed unlawfully.
The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by GEOsat GmbH, he or she may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of GEOsat GmbH will ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

If the personal data was made public by GEOsat GmbH and our company as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR is obliged to erase the personal data, GEOsat GmbH shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. The employee of GEOsat GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of the use of the personal data instead.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by GEOsat GmbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of GEOsat GmbH will arrange the restriction of the processing.

f) Right to data portability

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was made available to a controller, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was made available, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact any employee of GEOsat GmbH at any time.

g) Right to object

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In the event of an objection, GEOsat GmbH will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If GEOsat GmbH processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to GEOsat GmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, GEOsat GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by GEOsat GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to perform a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of GEOsat GmbH or another employee directly. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right of objection by automated means using technical specifications.

h) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

Where the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is made with the data subject’s explicit consent, GEOsat GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise rights with regard to automated decisions, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

C. Data protection in applications and in the application process

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. Processing can also be carried out electronically. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted after the rejection decision.

D. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or by a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

E. Period for which the personal data will be stored

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract.

F. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data, necessity for the conclusion of the contract, obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. land registry regulations, tax regulations) or can also arise from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which we must subsequently process. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what the consequences of non-provision of the personal data would be.

G. Existence of automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.