Privacy Policy

Overview

We always process personal data, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the specific data protection regulations applicable to our company. This data protection statement discloses the personal data we collect, use, and process, including its nature, scope, and purpose. Additionally, this statement informs you about your rights regarding your data. Select a topic to continue.

Index

• Description
• Definitions
  • Personal data
  • Data subject
  • Processing
  • Restriction of processing
  • Profiling
  • Pseudonymisation
  • Controller or controller responsible for the processing
  • Processor
  • Recipient
  • Third party
  • Consent
• Name and address of the Controller
• Name and address of the Data Protection Officer
• Cookies
• Collection of general data and information
• Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
• Rights of the data subject
  • Right of Confirmation
  • Right of Access
  • Right to Rectification
  • Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)
  • Right to Restriction of Processing
  • Right to Data Portability
  • Right to Object
• Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
• Right to withdraw data protection consent
• Data protection for applications and the application procedures
• Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics
• Legal basis for the processing
• Legitimate interests pursued by our company or a third party
• Period for which the personal data will be stored
• Provision of personal data as a statutory or contractual requirement; requirement necessary to enter into a contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data
• Existence of automated decision-making

Description

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, internet-based data transmissions can have security gaps, so we may not be able to guarantee absolute protection. For this reason, you can transfer personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone.

Definitions

Our data protection policy is based on the terms used in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set by the European Union. We have written our policy to be clear and understandable for the general public, customers, and business partners. In this document, we’ll be using the following important terms, among others:

Personal data

We define personal data as any information about an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is someone who we can directly or indirectly identify, particularly by referencing an identifier such as a name, an ID number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to that individual’s physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

Data subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for collecting that data.

Processing

Processing refers to any operation or set of operations we perform on personal data, whether automated or not. It can include collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation, retrieval, consultation, use, dissemination, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data to limit their future processing.

Profiling

Profiling is the automated review of your data to learn specific characteristics about you. This evaluation can involve analyzing or predicting your work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymization is how we handle personal data to make it impossible to attribute to a specific individual without using additional information. We separate this extra information and secure it with technical and organizational measures to ensure that your data cannot be linked back to you as an identifiable person.

Controller or controller responsible for the processing

The controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

Processor

The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Recipient

Recipients are individuals, organizations, or other entities to whom we disclose personal data, whether they’re third parties or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data as part of a specific investigation per the laws of the European Union or Member States are not considered recipients. Such public authorities must handle this data in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations based on the purposes of the processing.

Third party

Third parties are individuals, organizations, or authorities other than the data subject, controller, or processor. This group can include those working under the direct authority of the controller or processor and who are authorized to process personal data.

Consent

Your consent as a data subject refers to a voluntary, specific, well-informed, and clear indication of your wishes. You can express these wishes through a statement or an explicit affirmative action indicating your agreement to our processing of personal data related to you.

Name and address of the Controller

The Controller, as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection laws in European Union member states, is:

SCF Supply Chain Factory GmbH
Gießerallee 1
47877 Willich
Germany
Phone: +49 2154 89 41 7 30
Fax: +49 2154 89 41 7 59
Email: contact@supplychainfactory.com
Website: www.supplychainfactory.com

Name and address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:

Nicolas Kühnel, Managing Director
SCF Supply Chain Factory GmbH
Gießerallee 1
47877 Willich
Germany
Phone: +49 2154 89 41 7 30
Fax: +49 2154 89 41 7 59
Email: contact@supplychainfactory.com
Website: www.supplychainfactory.com

Any data subject may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer directly with all questions and suggestions concerning data protection.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience and provide user-friendly services. Cookies help us tailor the information and offers, making it more convenient for you to use our website. For instance, by storing a cookie on your computer system, you won’t need to enter access data each time you visit our website.

Cookies enable us to offer more user-friendly services that would not be possible without them. They enable us to optimize the information and offers on our website with you in mind. Cookies recognize our website users and make it easier for you to navigate our content. For example, you might not have to enter access data every time you visit because the website recognizes you via the stored cookie on your computer system.

Collection of general data and information

Our website collects general data and information when a data subject or automated system accesses the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. We might collect the following characteristics:

1. The types and versions of the browsers you used
2. The operating system you used
3. The website (the “referrer”) from which you reached our website
4. Sub-websites you visited
5. Date and time of access to the website
6. Internet protocol (IP) address
7. Internet service provider of the accessing system
8. Any other similar data that we can use in the event of a cyberattack on our information technology systems

If we collect this information, we will not draw any conclusions about you. Instead, we may use this information to do the following:

1. Deliver the content of our website correctly
2. Optimize our website’s content and advertisements
3. Ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology
4. Provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of malicious activity against our IT infrastructure

We might also analyze anonymously collected information to improve our cybersecurity and ensure optimal protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data from the server log files is stored separately from all personal data you provide.

Routine erasure and blocking of personal data

The data controller shall process and store the data subject’s personal information only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or as long as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased per legal requirements.

Rights of the data subject

You have specific rights regarding your personal data. These rights include:

Right of Confirmation

You have the right to confirm whether the controller is processing your personal data. To exercise this right, you can contact any controller employee at any time.

Right of Access

You have the right to obtain free information about your stored personal data from the controller at any time and receive a copy of this information. You also have the right to access the following information according to European directives and regulations:

• Purposes of the processing
• Categories of personal data involved
• Recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
• The envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored
• Right to request rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing of personal data
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
• Source of the personal data if not collected from you
• The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, with meaningful information about the logic involved and its consequences for you

Furthermore, you have the right to know if your personal data is transferred to a third country or international organization and to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If you wish to exercise the right of access, you can contact any controller employee at any time.

Right to Rectification

You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data without undue delay. You also have the right to have incomplete personal data completed. If you wish to exercise this right, you can contact any controller employee at any time.

Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)

You have the right, as granted by the European legislator, to obtain the erasure of your personal data from the controller without undue delay. The controller is obligated to erase your data without delay if one of the following grounds applies, provided that the processing is not necessary:

• Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• You withdraw consent to which the processing is based and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
• You object to the processing, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for it, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
• Your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
• Your personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law.
• Your personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the reasons above applies, and you wish to request the erasure of your personal data stored by our company, you may contact the Controller or the Data Protection Officer at any time. An employee of our company shall promptly ensure that we comply with the erasure request immediately.

Where the Controller has made your personal data public and is obliged to erase the personal data, the Controller shall take reasonable steps to inform other controllers processing the personal data that you have requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employee of our company will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of processing from us if one of the following applies:

• You contest the accuracy of your personal data, and we need time to verify its accuracy.
• The processing of your personal data is unlawful, but you request restriction of use instead of erasure.
• We no longer need your personal data for processing purposes, but you require it for establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims.
• You have objected to processing according to Article 21(1) of the GDPR, pending verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours.

If any of these conditions are met, and you wish to request the restriction of processing your personal data stored by our company, you can contact any of our employees at any time. They will arrange the processing restriction.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from us, as long as the processing is based on consent or a contract and is carried out by automated means. Additionally, you have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible, and when doing so, it does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. If you want to assert your right to data portability, you can contact any employee of our company at any time.

Right to Object

You have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Our company shall no longer process your personal data in the event of your objection unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If our company processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it relates to such direct marketing. If you object to our company processing your data for direct marketing purposes, our company will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

In addition, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data by our company for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes under Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. To exercise the right to object, you may contact any employee of our company. In addition, you are free in the context of using information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right, as granted by the European legislator, 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, as long as the decision:

1. is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and our company, or
2. is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which our company is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or
3. is not based on your explicit consent.

If the decision is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between you and our company or is based on your explicit consent, our company shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including the right to obtain human intervention, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.

If you wish to exercise your rights concerning automated individual decision-making, you may contact any employee of our company at any time.

Right to withdraw data protection consent

The European legislator grants you the right to withdraw your consent to processing your personal data at any time. To exercise this right, you may contact any company employee at any time.

Data protection for applications and the application procedures

The data controller shall collect and process applicants’ personal data to process the application procedure. The processing may also be carried out electronically. This is the case, particularly if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by email or through a form on the website to the controller. If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be stored to process the employment relationship in compliance with legal requirements. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant by the controller, the application documents shall be automatically erased two months after notification of the refusal decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to the erasure. Another legitimate interest in this relation is, e.g., a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics

We have integrated Google Analytics into our website, a feature that collects and analyzes data about visitor behavior. This includes information such as the referring website, pages visited, and the frequency and duration of page views. The primary purpose of this data is to help us understand the usage patterns of our website and improve our online presence.

When you visit our site, Google Analytics places a cookie on your device. This cookie enables Google to track how our website is used. The information is sent to Google in the United States. Google stores this data and may share it with third parties.

Our Google Analytics deployment uses the Collection of granular location and device data option only. This feature collects the following information:

• City
• Latitude (of city)
• Longitude (of city)
• Browser minor version
• Browser User-Agent string
• Device brand
• Device model
• Device name
• Operating system minor version
• Platform minor version
• Screen resolution

We do not have access to view IP addresses through Google Analytics, and the application anonymizes IP addresses for visitors from Member States of the European Union or other countries under the Agreement on the European Economic Area. For additional details, refer to [GA4] EU-focused data and privacy.

If you prefer not to have cookies set by our website, you can opt out as described in the Cookies section of this article. You can also adjust your web browser settings to block cookies or delete any cookies that Google Analytics has already placed at any time through your web browser or other software. You can also download and install a browser add-on from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This add-on tells Google Analytics not to transmit any data about your website visits.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is:

Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.

For more information about Google’s applicable data protection provisions, visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html.

To learn more about Google Analytics, refer to https://www.google.com/analytics/.

Legal basis for the processing

We process personal data based on the legal grounds outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. When personal data processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, such as for the supply of goods or services, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example, in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases where processing personal data is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(d) GDPR. Finally, processing operations not covered by the abovementioned legal grounds could be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis applies when processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject override such interests.

Legitimate interests pursued by our company or a third party

When personal data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

Period for which the personal data will be stored

The respective statutory retention period determines the period for which personal data will be stored. After this period expires, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer necessary to fulfill or initiate a contract.

Provision of personal data as a statutory or contractual requirement; requirement necessary to enter into a contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

The provision of personal data may be required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may result from contractual provisions (e.g., information on the contractual partner). Sometimes, it may be necessary to conclude a contract that you provide us with personal data, which we must subsequently process. The non-provision of personal data would result in the inability to conclude the contract with you. Before providing personal data, please contact any employee of our company for guidance. The employee will clarify whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract and explain the consequences of not providing personal data.

Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.