PRIVACY POLICY
Data Privacy Policy MR&S GmbH
This Data Protection Declaration shall cover the use of the webpage of the German private limited company MR&S GmbH.
Our webpage contains links to other webpages of external service providers which this Data Protection Declaration does not extend to.
For us, data protection is an integral part of market and opinion research which we attach very high importance to. Collection and processing of your personal data shall be done in strict accordance with the valid German Federal Data Protection Acts of the Federal Republic of Germany (BDSG or BDSG [new]) from 25th May 2018, of the Digital Services Act (DDG) and of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from 25th May 2018.
With the following declaration we would like to inform you about what personal data are collected, for what purpose your data are used, and how you can object to your data being collected, processed and used.
Controller
The Controller for collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of the GDPR is:
MR&S Market Research & Services GmbH
Marktplatz 8
61440 Oberursel
Germany
Phone +49 6171 / 20782- 40
Fax +49 6171 / 20782- 60
datenschutz@mr-s.com
Should you want to object to collection, processing and use of your personal data by us in accordance with these data protection regulations in whole or for individual measures, you can direct your objection to the Controller mentioned above.
Should you have any additional questions with regard to data protection, please contact our Data Protection Officer:
datenschutz@mr-s.com
1. What data do we collect from you?
In the following, we explain which data is collected when you visit our website www.mr-s.com and for what purpose this is done.
When you call up our webpage
Access data
During every access to our webpage, user data are automatically transmitted by the respective internet browser used and they are automatically stored in so-called server log files. The sets of data thus stored contain the following data:
- the IP address of the requesting computer
- date and time of the access
- name and URL of the site viewed
- webpage from which access is made
- information about type and version of the browser used
- the operating system of the requesting computer
Legal basis of data processing
Said access data shall be stored in a log file for a limited period of time for security reasons (e.g. to identify attacks on the website) (legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 item f GDPR).
Purpose of data processing
We shall use these access data without assigning them to you as a person exclusively for the purposes of operation, safety and optimisation of the webpage as well as for the anonymous tracking of the visitors of our webpages (traffic).
Duration of storage
The data shall be erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to attain the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of data collection for the provision of our web page, they will be erased once the respective session is terminated.
Ways of objection and rectification
Data collection for the provision of the web page and data storage in log files are absolutely imperative for the operation of the web page. Consequently, the user shall have no right to object.
Our web page also contains links to other web pages. Please note that we cannot be held liable for adherence to data protection regulations of other service providers. As a consequence, we herewith strongly recommend that you attentively read the data protection declarations for the other web pages in question.
2. Contact made by e-mail, etc.
You can contact us by using the e-mail address, telephone numbers or postal address that are published on our web page. Your data will not be passed on to any third party. Your data will only be used for our communication with you.
Depending on the scope and the topic of your enquiry, we will collect and process for example the following personal data in these cases:
- opening (gender), if applicable
- name, first name(s), if applicable
- company name, if applicable
- e-mail address
- telephone number, if applicable
- postal address, if applicable
- reference of the message
- text of the messages
- date of the enquiry
Legal basis of data processing
The legal basis of processing those data that are transmitted when an e- mail is sent shall be Art. 6 Para. 1 item f GDPR. If contact is made in order to enter into an contract, the additional legal basis of data processing shall be Art. 6 Para. 1 item b GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
The data transmitted shall only be used to process your enquiry.
Duration of storage
Your data will be erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to attain the purpose for which they were collected. For personal data transmitted by e-mail, this shall be the case as soon as the respective communication with you has been terminated. The communication shall be terminated if it can be inferred from the circumstances that your enquired has been processed conclusively.
In this case, all personal data stored in the course of contact shall be erased.
However, we herewith explicitly point out that we are only allowed to finally erase your personal data if this erasure does not contradict any statutory periods of retention.
Ways of objection and rectification
You also have the option to revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data at any time.
3. Cookies
So-called temporary session cookies are used in order to simplify use of a web page for the visitors or in order to enable users to access various functions of the web page which could not be offered without these cookies. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters so that your browser is still recognized on the web page in question even after other pages were accessed.
The session cookie contains no personal data and shall be deleted once you close your browser.
In addition, we use so-called permanent (persistent) cookies in order to enable the user to access our web page in various languages. These cookies store the language set by you when you visit our web page. The user data that are thus collected as they are necessary for technical reasons, shall not be used by us to draw up user profiles.
Cookies that are required for the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g. the language you prefer) shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
You can delete permanent cookies using your browser settings. Most browsers store cookies automatically – thus, should you want to prevent use the use of cookies, you might have to actively delete or block cookies or prevent cookies from being stored by setting your browser accordingly. However, in this case, the functionality of the web page could be limited.
You can also refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.
4. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Koko Analytics
This website uses the analysis tool Koko Analytics to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider is ibericode BV, Oosthavendijk 9, 4475AA Wilhelminadorp, The Netherlands (https://ibericode.com/).
Koko Analytics is a privacy-friendly (GDPR-compliant) open source (GPLv3) analytics plugin for WordPress, which does not collect any personal data and does not transfer anything to third-party servers. Cookies that Koko Analytics uses to better recognize returning visitors are activated. Koko Analytics determines the number of visitors and page views, displays a top list of the most frequently visited posts and records which referring websites the visitors came from. The tool helps to make this website more user-friendly without tracking personal data.
5. Social Networks
Facebook
We do not use social media plug-ins for social networks.
An icon on our website marked accordingly (Facebook) merely links the user to Facebook or redirects the user to Facebook.
We maintain an online presence on Facebook in order to communicate with clients, interested parties and users and to inform them about our services (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) item 1 f) DSGVO).
The provider of Facebook is Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Responsible for the processing of personal data (if a data subject resides outside the USA or Canada) is Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The privacy policy published by Facebook, which can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook and provides information about the setting options for protecting the privacy of the data subject.
We have no access to the personal data of users stored by Facebook. Only the provider itself has access to this data. We therefore point out that in the event of requests for information and the assertion of user rights, these can be asserted directly with the provider. The provider can take the necessary measures and provide the corresponding information.
6. Podigee Podcast Hosting
We use the podcast hosting service Podigee of the provider Podigee GmbH, Schlesische Straße 20, 10997 Berlin, Germany. The podcasts are thereby loaded by Podigee or transmitted via Podigee.
The use is based on our legitimate interests, i.e., interest in a safe and efficient provision, analysis as well as optimization of our podcast offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.
Podigee processes IP addresses and device information to enable podcast downloads/playbacks and to determine statistical data, such as call-up figures. This data is anonymized or pseudonymized before being stored in Podigee’s database unless it is necessary for the provision of the podcasts.
Further information and objection options can be found in Podigee’s privacy policy: https://www.podigee.com/en/about/privacy/.
7. Rights of data subjects
If personal data of yours are processed you are a Data Subject within the meaning of the GDPR, and you shall have the following rights against the Controller:
You shall have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time should you have given such consent (Art. 7 item 3 GDPR). For this, a written notice (e.g. by mail, e-mail) sent to our contact details mentioned herein shall be sufficient.
In addition, you shall have the following rights pursuant to the GDPR:
- Right of access by the data subject (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure / “right to be forgotten” (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
8. Data security
We shall always take the maximum care for the security of your data within the scope of the data protection regulations in force and as far as is technically possible. Consequently, we take both technical and organisational measures so as to protect our web page against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized third parties.
9. Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
We do not carry out any automated decision making on the basis of your personal data which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (Art. 22 GDPR).
Likewise, we do not use the collected data for promotional purposes nor do we draw up user profiles of the visitors of our web page.
10. Transmission of data to service providers
Insofar as we involve service providers who support us in the processing of personal data or otherwise (for example, web designers, hosting or other IT service providers) and may come into contact with your personal data in the process, this will only be done after the prior conclusion of a so-called contract for commissioned processing pursuant to Art. 28 (2) DSGVO, with which we oblige our service providers to process personal data only in accordance with our instructions and to treat it confidentially. Processors will only have access to such personal data that is necessary to perform your services for us.
11. Transmission of data to third parties
Your personal data shall never be passed on to any third parties.
Your data will only be passed on to third parties if this is permitted by relevant legal provisions, if we are obliged to do so, for example, by law or by an official or court order (Art. 6 para. 1 item 1 lit. c DSGVO) or if you have consented to the transfer (Art. 6 para. 1 item 1 lit. a DSGVO).
At June 2024