Data protection information

Information on the handling of personal data

We are delighted that you are interested in our website - and therefore in our company. The protection of your private rights and freedoms is important to us; we only use your data for the purposes intended. As it is important to us that you know at all times to what extent we collect, use and, if necessary, transfer your data to third parties, we will inform you in detail below about the processing of your personal data collected by us or stored by us.

You can generally use our website without providing any data; if there are any exceptions to this for selected services, we will explain these in the following sections. When processing personal data, we strictly adhere to the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, if applicable, other data protection regulations.

Name and address of the responsible body

TUBS GmbH
Ingo Einacker
Hardenbergstr. 16-18
10623 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 30 44720222
E-mail: info@tubs.de
Website: https://www.tubs.de/

Name and address of the person responsible for data protection

Jörg ter Beek
Cortina Consult GmbH
Hafenweg 24
48155 Münster
Germany

Data protection team for general data protection inquiries:
Team e-mail: dsb.tubs@cortina-consult.de
Website: https://cortina-consult.com/

Actuality of the privacy policy

To ensure that we always have up-to-date data protection information in connection with the services of our website, we use the CLOUD DSE service of Cortina Consult GmbH, Hafenweg 24 in 48155 Münster. In this process, the contents of our privacy policy are hosted on the servers at Cortina Consult and managed centrally. Necessary changes are implemented promptly by Cortina Consult and immediately displayed via direct integration on our website.

Rights

Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for extensive rights for data subjects, which we explain to you below in relation to the processing of your personal data:

Right to information

This requirement applies in particular to information on the following details of data processing:

  • Purposes of the processing
  • Categories of data
  • Recipients or categories of recipients, if applicable
  • If applicable, the planned storage duration or the criteria for determining this duration
  • Information on the respective right to rectification, erasure, restriction or objection
  • Existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • If applicable, origin of the data (if not collected from you)
  • If applicable, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling, including meaningful information about the logic involved, the scope and the expected effects
  • If applicable, (planned) transfer to a third country or international organization
Right to rectification

We will correct any erroneous data immediately, provided that you inform us of the circumstance accordingly.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

If the processing is no longer necessary and one of the following conditions is met:

  • Discontinuation of the processing purpose
  • Withdrawal of your consent and lack of any other legal basis for processing
  • Objection to processing without an important reason to the contrary
  • Unlawful processing
  • Necessary to fulfill a legal obligation
  • Data collection in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR
Right to restriction of processing

Provided that one of the following conditions is met:

  • You dispute the accuracy of your data (restriction can be made for the duration of the review on our side)
  • In the event of unlawful processing and if the data is not to be deleted, restriction of processing shall take the place of deletion
  • If the processing purposes cease to apply, at the same time you need your data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims
  • After you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and for the duration of the examination as to whether our legitimate reasons outweigh yours.
Right to data portability

If it is technically possible and does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons, we will - at your request - transfer your data to another recipient (controller).

Right to object

If we collect or have collected and process personal data from you (on the basis of Art. 6 (1) e or f or Art. 9 (2) a GDPR), you have the right to object to the data processing (including profiling) at any time (with effect for the future). In exceptional cases, the objection may be ineffective, e.g. if we can demonstrate compelling interests worthy of protection for the processing that outweigh your interests or processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing at any time. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. You also have the right to object to processing of your data concerning you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 (1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

If we collect or have collected and process personal data from you, you have the right not to be subject to any decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. Exceptions to this requirement apply if the decision is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us or you have expressly consented to the processing. In any case, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on our part, to express our own point of view and to contest the decision.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority

A list of the supervisory authorities responsible in Germany can be found on the website of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection or at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

General information on data processing on the website

The following information applies to data processing on our website in general. If there are exceptions or additions to this information, these are described in detail in the respective sections.

Data security information

We secure our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons. In addition, we have implemented SSL encryption (SHA256) on our website to protect your data. However, despite regular checks, complete protection against all dangers is not possible.

Our legitimate interest

Our legitimate interest as defined in Article 6(1)(f) GDPR is based on the performance of our business activities to maintain our operational capability and secure the employment of our employees.

General deadlines for data deletion

After the purpose of storage has ceased, the retention periods are generally at least six or ten years. As a rule, data is deleted immediately in accordance with our deletion concept, provided that this does not conflict with any retention obligation, necessity for contract fulfillment or a legitimate interest.

Deletion or blocking of personal data

We store your personal data only for the period required to fulfill the specified purpose. After the purpose no longer applies and after expiration of any existing retention periods, your data will be deleted immediately. If deletion is not possible, the data will be blocked instead.

Collection of general data and information

As soon as you visit our website, our web server collects some general data and technical information - as shown in the following table:

Browser types and versions usedCorrect display of page content
Operating system used, origin of the visitor (referrer, e.g. Google), subpages clicked onOptimization of our website content and advertising
Date and time of access to the website as well as the IP address and Internet service provider of the visitorEnsuring the permanent functionality of our IT systems (for the operation of the website) and preventing misuse
Other data and information for security purposes in the event of attacksProvision of relevant information for law enforcement authorities in the event of a cyber attack
Obligation to provide personal data

Under certain circumstances (e.g. due to legal or contractual regulations), an obligation arises for you to provide us with your personal data. Examples of such processing as follows:

Nature or purpose of the processing

Need

Conclusion of a sales contract (e.g. your address)Fulfillment of the contractual obligation (e.g. delivery of the goods to your address)
In the employee context (e.g. transmission of data to the tax office)Compliance with legal requirements (e.g. tax regulations)
Data security information

We secure our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons. In addition, we have implemented SSL encryption (SHA256) on our website to protect your data. However, despite regular checks, complete protection against all dangers is not possible.

Information about specific data processing on the website

If necessary, in deviation from or in addition to the above general information, you will find below details on the individual data processing on our website.

Contact form
Purpose of processingProcessing and, if necessary, answering the request of the form sender
Legal basis (according to Art. 6 / 9 GDPR)
  • Protection of legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 f)
  • Implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 b)
  • Recipient (if applicable)The data will not be passed on to third parties and/or to a third country.
    If applicable, intention of forwarding to a third country or int. organization (incl. info on adequacy decision of the Commission or suitable guarantees)Data transfer to a third country does not take place and is not planned.
    If known: Duration of data storageSee General deadlines for data deletion
    Obligation to provide personal data (e.g. due to legal or contractual regulations) / necessityThere is no obligation.
    Consequences of non-compliance (in case of failure to provide the required data)none
    If applicable, existence of an automated decision-making processIn this context, we do not use automated decision-making.
    If applicable, origin of the data (if not collected directly from the data subject)The data originates from the person concerned.
    Where applicable, categories of personal data (if not collected directly from the data subject).Data and categories requested in the respective form.
    Change of purpose if necessarynone
    Cookies

    We use cookies on this website; these are small text files that are stored on your computer via your internet browser (e.g. Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge). These cookies are used for various purposes: Many cookies are technically necessary to provide you with certain website functions (e.g. shopping cart functions, saving your login information), other cookies are used for the security of your data or the website and some cookies can be used to analyze your user behavior. The latter cookies may contain a so-called cookie ID - a unique identifier consisting of a character string that enables websites and servers to be assigned to the storing browser.
    Cookies that are necessary to carry out the transmission of a message via a public telecommunications network and cookies that are absolutely necessary to provide you with an expressly requested function are referred to as "technically necessary cookies" and may be set without your explicit consent (Section 25 (2) TDDDG). All other cookies are subject to consent (Section 25 (1) TDDDG); where applicable, this is regulated by our consent management platform.
    We use cookies in part only for the duration of your visit to the website, in part for a predefined period and in part permanently. You can delete all these cookies manually or automatically at any time via your web browser.
    It is possible to use our website (although possibly not to its full extent) without cookies. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as cookies are sent.

    Matomo (self-hosted)
    Purpose of the processing of general data
    Data typePurpose of the survey
    Log dataThis is an open source web analytics service used to analyze user behavior and optimize the website.
    Legal basis (according to Art. 6 / 9 GDPR)
  • Protection of legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 f)
  • Recipient (if applicable)none, since self-hosted
    If applicable, intention of forwarding to a third country or int. organization (incl. info on adequacy decision of the Commission or suitable guarantees)A data transfer to a third country does not take place and is not planned.
    If known: Duration of data storageSee General deadlines for data deletion
    Obligation to provide personal data (e.g. due to legal or contractual regulations) / necessitynone
    Consequences of non-compliance (in case of failure to provide the required data)none
    If applicable, existence of an automated decision-making processIn this context, we do not use automatic decision-making.
    If applicable, origin of the data (if not collected directly from the data subject)The data usually originates from the data subject, but may also originate from third parties.
    Change of purpose if necessarynone