Privacy policy

1. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
MCC Maritime Competence Center GmbH & Co. KG
Lange Wiese 16
49733 Haren (Ems)
Germany
Tel.: +49 5932 998.999-0
Fax: +49 5932 998.999-9
E-Mail: info@mcc-germany.de
Website: www.muster.de

2. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

No data protection officer has been appointed, as there is no legal obligation under Art. 37 GDPR in conjunction with § 38 BDSG (Federal Data Protection Act).

3. General Information on Data Processing

1. Scope of Personal Data Processing

We only process our users‘ personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of our users‘ personal data is carried out regularly only with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

2. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.

3. Data Deletion and Storage Period

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

4. Data Transfer to Third Parties, Processors, and Joint Controllers

We only transfer personal data if the transfer is lawful under the applicable data protection laws. This may be the case, for example, if we are required by law to transfer data to (investigative) authorities. However, a transfer may also be considered if we transfer personal data to processors or share it with joint controllers.

If possible or even required by law, each data transfer is recorded in writing and regulated by clearly defined rights and obligations. This means that we conclude contracts with our processors, among others, which are intended to contribute to the protection of your personal data.

If a data transfer takes place, you will be informed accordingly.

Data transfers to third countries only take place if the legal requirements for this are met and guaranteed.

5. Website Hosting

Our website is hosted by MaritimeWear GmbH, Boschstr. 9, 49733 Haren, Germany. We have a contract with the hosting provider for order processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR to ensure that personal data is handled in compliance with data protection regulations. Data processing takes place exclusively within the European Union.

4. Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The data collected may include:

  1. Information about the browser type and version used;
  2. The user’s operating system;
  3. The user’s Internet service provider;
  4. The user’s IP address;
  5. Date and time of access;
  6. Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website;
  7. Websites that are accessed by the user’s system via our website.

The data is also stored in our system’s log files. This data is not stored together with other personal data relating to the user.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the above-mentioned data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us for the technical optimization of the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of Storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of data collection for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storage of the data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

5. Right to Object and Right to Erasure

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

5. Use of Cookies

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is accessed again.

We use cookies to make our website functional. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies within the meaning of Section 25 (2) TTDSG is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to enable users to use websites. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the subsequent processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of Storage, Possibility of Objection and Removal

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the storage of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

6. Google Services

We do not use any externally integrated services from Google LLC (e.g., Google Maps, Google Fonts). Any fonts used are integrated locally on our web server so that no connection to Google servers is established.

7. Unused Services

We do not use any tracking or analysis tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or similar), newsletter functions, payment service providers, chatbots, or online registrations for customers on our website. The cookies used are exclusively technical and serve the functionality of the website.

8. Contact

Whenever you contact us (e.g., by email, phone, or social media), the user’s details are processed for the purpose of handling the specific contact request and its processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) (within the framework of contractual/pre-contractual relationships) and Art. 6 (1) (f) (other requests) of the GDPR. Furthermore, we would like to point out that the information may be stored on a computer/software system (e.g., in a „CRM system“). The reason for storing the information on a computer/software system is to optimize and accelerate our processes (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

If the user contacts us by email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of the contact will be deleted in this case.

We delete the data as soon as it is no longer required. We review the necessity every two years (the necessity of storage may also be given by legal regulations).

9. Communication via Instant Messaging

In order to provide you with the best possible service, we always strive to maintain close contact with you. For this reason, we use the instant messaging service „WhatsApp“ from WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, this requires your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

By contacting us, which is always initiated by you, you consent to the use of communication via WhatsApp.

We expressly point out that WhatsApp, Inc. receives personal data (in particular communication metadata) that is also processed on servers in countries outside the EU (e.g., the USA). WhatsApp shares this data with other companies within and outside the Facebook group of companies. Further information can be found in WhatsApp’s privacy policy (https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy). We have neither precise knowledge of nor influence over the data processing carried out by WhatsApp, Inc. Therefore, please only send content that everyone is allowed to see or hear. It is better to communicate messages with sensitive content to us by phone or email. Your phone number will be deleted after the chat and will only be stored by us upon request.

10. Social Media & Plugins

Based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, social media plugins from various manufacturers are used on our website to make its use more personal.

All social media platforms have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure the rights of data subjects and the protection of personal data.

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the platform’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from the respective provider to your browser and integrated into the website.

By integrating the plugins, the platform operator receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a user account with the provider or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a server of the provider (e.g. in the USA) and stored there.

If you are logged into the social media platform, the provider can directly associate your visit to our website with your user account. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the provider and stored there. The information is also published on the respective platform and displayed to your social media contacts.

The platform operator may use this information for advertising, market research, and to tailor the platform to your needs. For this purpose, usage, interest, and relationship profiles are created, e.g., to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on the platform, to inform other platform users about your activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of the platform.

If you do not want the platform operator to assign the data collected via our website to your user account, you must log out of the platform before visiting our website.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the provider, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective providers:

11. Rights of the Data Subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

1. Right to Information

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information from the controller:

  1. the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
  2. the categories of personal data that are being processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed;
  4. the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
  5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
  6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. all available information on the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
  8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information about whether personal data concerning you is being transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to Rectification

You have the right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must rectify the data without delay.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you:

  1. if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
  3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or
  4. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to Erasure

1) Obligation to Erase

You may request the controller to erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:

  1. The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
  2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  3. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
  4. The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
  5. The erasure of personal data concerning you is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
  6. The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to the information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 (1) GDPR.

2. Information to Third Parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to delete it in accordance with Art. 17 (1) GDPR, it shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

3. Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary

  1. for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
  2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 (2) (h) and (i) and Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
  4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  5. for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

5. Right to Information

If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed by the controller about these recipients.

6. Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that

  1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and
  2. the processing is carried out using automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right to Object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, you have the option of exercising your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications, irrespective of Directive 2002/58/EC.

8. Right to Revoke the Data Protection Consent Declaration

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

9. Automated Decision-Making in Individual Cases, Including Profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

  1. is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between you and the controller,
  2. is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law provides for appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or
  3. is based on your explicit consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) (a) or (g) GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.

10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 GDPR.

Competent supervisory authority:
The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hanover
Phone: +49 511 120 4500
Email: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de
Website: https://lfd.niedersachsen.de

MCC Maritime Competence Center GmbH & Co. KG . Lange Wiese 16 . 49733 Haren (Ems) . Germany . P +49 5932 998999-0 . F +49 5932 998999-9 . info@mcc-germany.de