MiC 4.0 Privacy Policy

Data privacy

We are pleased about your interest in using https://www.mic40.org. Protecting personal data is our top priority. Below you will find information about the processing of your personal data and your rights when using https://www.mic40.org.

Person in charge / Responsible person

The controller of data processing is:
VDMA e.V.
Construction machinery and building material plants
AG Machines in Construction MiC 4.0
18 Lyoner Str.
60528 Frankfurt
Phone +49 69 6603-1255
Contact: info@mic40.org

Data Protection Officer

You can reach our data protection officer(s) as follows:
Scheja and Partner Attorneys at Law
Name of the named DSB
Adenauerallee 136
D-53113 Bonn
Phone: 0228/2272260
Contact: https://www.scheja-partner.de/kontakt/kontakt.html

Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), provided that the respective legal requirements are met:

Information: You have the right to receive information about the data we process about you.

Correction: You may request the correction of inaccurate personal data. Furthermore, you may request the completion of incomplete data.

Deletion: In certain cases, you may request the deletion of your personal data.

Restriction of processing: In certain cases, you may request that we restrict the processing of your data.

Data Portability: If you have provided us with data based on a contract or consent, you may request to receive the data you have provided in a structured, common, and machine-readable format or to have it transmitted to another controller.

Right of objection

Individual case objection right
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will no longer process these personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to object to data processing for direct marketing purposes
In individual cases, we process your data for direct marketing purposes. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, as far as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Withdrawal of consent: If you have given us your consent to process your data, you can withdraw it at any time with future effect. The lawfulness of the processing of your data up to the point of withdrawal shall remain unaffected. In addition to the methods mentioned under „Assertion of your rights“, you can also declare a withdrawal in accordance with the respective information on „Exercise of withdrawal“ in the „Services & Cookies“ section. Assertion of your rights: To exercise all of your aforementioned rights, please contact us at the address provided above under number 1. Please ensure that we can uniquely identify you.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful.

Own services

Service Description

• Data Categories: Date and time of access, duration of visit, type of end device, operating system used, the functions you use, amount of data sent, type of event, IP address, domain name
• Purpose(s): Provision of service
• Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR
• If applicable, legitimate interests pursued: Technical functionality
• Recipients or categories of recipients: Hosting providers, internal departments, external technical support service provider
• Storage periods or criteria for their determination: Immediately after delivery by the web server
• Obligation to provide personal data and possible consequences of non-provision: No obligation to provide, automated collection upon access to the service
• Data source: Direct collection when website/service is accessed

Logfiles

• Data categories: requested URL, user's IP address, time and date of access, amount of data transferred, website from which the user came to the requested page (so-called „referrer“), website called up from the user's system via our website, http status, information about the browser type and version used, user's operating system, user's internet service provider
• Purpose(s): Statistical analysis, website improvement, system security (e.g., preventing abuse), error diagnosis
• Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR
• If applicable, legitimate interests pursued: see purposes
• Recipients or categories of recipients: Hosting providers, internal departments, external technical support service providers, government agencies upon request
• Storage periods or criteria for their determination: 7 days after creation
• Obligation to provide personal data and possible consequences of non-provision: No obligation to provide, automated collection upon access to the service
• Data source: Direct collection when website/service is accessed

Application Form

• Data categories: First and last name of the contact applicant, postal address, phone number, email address, message content
• Purpose(s): Receiving and processing inquiries, complaints, or other feedback
• Legal basis(es): Article 6(1)(a), (b) and (f) GDPR
• If applicable, legitimate interests pursued: see purposes
• Recipients or categories of recipients: Hosting providers, internal departments, government authorities upon request
• Third-country transfer; Adequacy decision: India; no
• If applicable, guarantees for third-country transfers and access to them: Standard data protection clauses according to Art. 46 para. 2 GDPR, a copy can be requested via the contact details in section 1.
• Retention periods or criteria for their determination: After final processing of the request
• Obligation to provide personal data and possible consequences of non-provision: Mandatory information in the application form is marked with an „*“. Other information serves to process your request more quickly but is not mandatory.
• Source of data: Direct collection in the application form

Cookies

On https://www.mic40.org We use cookies to offer extensive functionality, make your visit more convenient, and optimize our products. Cookies are small text files generated by a web server and stored on your computer by the web browser you are using during your online visit.

We use so-called „session cookies“ for this purpose. These are automatically deleted after your browser session ends.
We also use long-term cookies, which are primarily used to permanently provide you with recurring settings as a visitor to our website. This allows us to customize our website to your individual preferences. Furthermore, long-term cookies also enable us to analyze visitor usage behavior, but only within the cookie's validity period.

If you do not want to use cookies, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your internet browser settings accordingly. Please note that this may limit the functionality and scope of our services. Furthermore, we will only set certain cookies if you have previously consented to them (see below). You may also make use of separate opt-out options for certain cookies (see below). For detailed information on the type, scope, purposes, legal bases, and opt-out options regarding the data processing in connection with these cookies, please refer to the information in the following tables.

First-Party Cookies

• JSESSIONID-LANG
• Data Category: Cookie ID, fcfa39bfabfa35400564fab2fe81af60
• Purposes: Display of the website
• Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) and (f) of the GDPR
• If applicable, legitimate interests pursued: Consider the selected language for displaying the website
• Recipient or categories of recipients: Hosting providers, external technical support service providers
• Cookie Validity/Storage Period: Duration of browser session
• Obligation to provide personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision: If you do not accept the cookie, any selected language settings will not be taken into account, even for the duration of a browser session.
• Data source: Direct collection when website/service is accessed