Privacy Statement

Protection of data privacy: Your right – our obligation

We attach great importance to protecting personal data. Therefore, STEAG GmbH processes your data in accordance with the provisions of the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other applicable statutory provisions on the protection of personal data and data security.

The following information applies to our Internet presence (hereinafter referred to as “Website”) and provides you with an overview of what personal data we collect from you through our Website and for what purposes and in what way we use such data. In addition, we provide you with information about the rights you have in relation to your personal data.

1. Controller under data protection law
Iqony GmbH
Rüttenscheider Str. 1-3
45128 Essen
Germany

info@iqony.energy
 

2. Contact details of our data protection officer
STEAG GmbH
Konzerndatenschutzbeauftragter
Rüttenscheider Straße 1-3
45128 Essen
Germany

datenschutz@steag.com
 

3. Processing of your data
We process personal data in principle when this is necessary for the provision of a functional service or offer on our website. Any further personal processing will only take place with your consent. In the following, we will inform you which of our offers, functions or services that you will find on our pages require processing and which we offer you only on the basis of your consent.
 

4. Legal basis and purposes of processing

4.1 Use of the website Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of your computer in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. When you call up a website, your IP address is anonymized by our website provider. The recorded data includes:

  • the browser type and version used
  • The operating system
  • Date and time of the server request
  • Status and error codes with execution time
  • Website from which the request comes ("bounce page")
  • IP address (anonymized before recording)
  • URL/address of the elements to be loaded
  • Type of request (GET or POST)

This data is partly transmitted to us automatically due to the setting of your terminal device. They are partly necessary to display our website correctly and to design it securely, as well as to detect and correct possible technical problems (§ 25 para. 2 no. 2 TTTDG (German Law)). Insofar as we use this data to make our website more usable, secure and attractive, we assert legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Your server log data will be deleted after two months at the latest. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

4.2 Information provided by you
If you use our general contact form, we will receive your message at info@iqony.energy. We process the data you provide for the purpose you specify based on your consent (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR). We store information that you provide to us via contact form. The information provided is used for the specific purpose of processing your request. Your data will be deleted after the processing of your request has been completed. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future, details can be found in chapter 6 "Your rights".

If you request information material via specific contact forms on our website, we process the data you provide via hubspot. Please refer to chapter 4.3.3.

4.3 Cookies
In addition, we use cookies in some areas of our website. Cookies are small data elements that a web server can send to your computer. They store information about your visit to our site.

Our website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies ensure the correct function of the website (necessary cookies). Others increase your comfort when visiting the website, for example, so that you do not have to make settings again when you visit our website again. And some give us information about your user behavior on our website so that we can improve the performance of our website.

By law, we may store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. We present all other cookies below and go into the purpose and legal basis for their use (legitimate interest or your consent). Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages, we also point this out separately below.

When you first visit our website, you will be asked whether you want to actively agree to the use of cookies.

4.3.2 SalesViewer®-Technologie
We use SalesViewer® to improve our website.

Scope of processing
As part of SalesViewer®, a javascripl-based tracking code is used on our website, with the help of which the following information (hereinafter referred to as company data) is determined as part of the process described in more detail here (https://www.salesviewer.com/de/datenschutz):

  • Name, origin and industry of the visiting company
  • Website from which the request comes ("bounce page")
  • Keyword on the bounce page
  • Visitor behavior (e.g. (sub)pages visited, time of visit, duration of visit)

Processing purposes
We use the data collected for marketing, market research and optimization purposes. This means that only company information is collected and processed.

Receiver
SalesViewer ® uses as subcontractors Hetzer Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710, Gunzenhausen for server hosting (infrastructure SalesViewer®) and Host Europe GmbH, Welserstraße 14, 51149 Cologne provision of DNS servers for SalesViewer®. We have concluded an order processing agreement with SalesViewer®.

Storage duration
The application does not collect any personal user data.

Legal basis and revocation option
With the -technology of SalesViewer® GmbH, we collect and store data for marketing, market research and optimization purposes on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6 para.1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR).

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking this link www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent the collection by SalesViewer® within this website in the future. This will place an opt-out cookie for this website on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.

4.3.3 OpenStreetMap / uMap

On our website, we use the services of the open source project uMap to offer individual maps with markers via an API (programming interface) of the OpenStreetMap map service. The purpose of this is to show you interactive maps directly on the website, to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website and to enable convenient use of the map function. The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF for short), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom.

Each time a user accesses a corresponding page, data is retrieved from OSM caching servers (usually the one closest to their location, list available at hardware.openstreetmap.org/#tile-caches) and servers in France for uMap and displayed in the browser. At the same time, data is also sent to these servers and temporarily processed in a log file.

In detail, the following data is stored for each access/retrieval:

  • Date and time of the request (timestamp) and the IP address of the accessing device or server,
  • Request details and destination address (protocol version, HTTP method, referrer, user agent string),
  • name of the retrieved file and amount of data transferred (requested URL incl. query string, size in bytes) and
  • Message as to whether the request was successful (HTTP status code).

This log data is stored for a certain period of time. They are used for statistical evaluation, error analysis and defense against attacks. The processing of the IP address is necessary to enable communication on the Internet. You can find OpenStreetMap's privacy policy at wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy and wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Services_and_tile_users_privacy_FAQ.

4.3.4 social networks and media
Icons
Our website has integrated the icons of social networks from Youtube, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter. You can only access these networks via an external link. These are not share-buttons but only hyperlinks.

YouTube embeds
Furthermore, we use so-called embeds or embeds of the platform Youtube for videos that you can find on our website. Youtube is a service of Google Ireland Limited Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4 Ireland. The embedding takes place through the technical process of so-called framing. Framing involves the simple insertion of an HTML link provided by Youtube into the code of a website to create a playback frame on our website (so-called third-party presence), thus enabling the video stored on Youtube servers to be played. We use the framing codes generated by Youtube in the so-called "extended data protection mode". According to the information provided by Youtube, usage data is only transmitted when the user clicks on the play button and starts the video. If you visit our pages without using the video offer, no data is transmitted to Youtobe We offer videos in our legitimate interest to provide you with vivid insights into our company and to explain our products (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR).

For information on what data is processed by YouTube and for what purposes this data is used, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy.

4.3.5 our Website
We use IT and support service providers to provide the website. These service providers are carefully selected by us and act as order processors for us. Our hosting provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany.

Conception, design, implementation and support of the website is carried out by BOROS, Hofaue 63, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany.

5. Recipients of your data / third country transfers
The processing of your personal data generally takes place in a member state of the European Union or in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. A transfer of personal data to a third country or access to this data from a third country will only take place if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled (e.g. by agreeing on standard contractual clauses or if the recipient acts on the basis of a legal basis which the European Commission has decided pursuant to Art. 45 (1) GDPR (so-called adequacy decision)). However, we cannot rule out the possibility that providers based in the USA or other third countries and, if applicable, their authorities may be able to access the data stored by these providers. For more details, please refer to the individual providers mentioned in Chapter 4.

6. Your rights
You have a right of access, i.e. you can demand that we disclose all the personal information we have collected and hold on time (Art. 15 GDPR). In addition, you may also request rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) or deletion (Art. 17 GDPR) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and have a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with Section 19 BDSG).

If we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation, but the processing for the future ceases.

Revocation and other requests can be addressed to our Group Privacy Officer.

Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future. You can inform us about your advertising objection under the following contact details: info@iqony.energy.