LAST MODIFIED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2016.

EUROPEAN EDUCATION LEGAL & CREDITS

The following data protection statement applies to use of our online offer [www.upm-cdm.eu] (hereinafter: “Website”).

We put great value on data protection. Collection and processing of your personal data takes place under consideration of the applicable rules under data protection law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Controller

The controller for collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Article 4(7) GDPR is Martin Dilger, managing director, UPM Umwelt-Projekt-Management GmbH, Lamontstraße 11, D-81679 Munich, Germany, mdilger(at)upm-cdm.eu.

If you want to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us, taking account of these data protection provisions as a whole or for particular measures, you can direct your objection to the controller.

You may store and print out this data protection statement at any time.

2. General purposes of processing

We use personal data for the purpose of operating the website and for processing your requests.

3. What data do we use, and why?

3.1 Hosting

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, safety services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operation of the website.

For this, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact details, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, potential customers and visitors to this website, based on our legitimate interests in efficient and secure provision of our website in accordance with point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) in conjunction with Article 28 GDPR.

3.2 Access data

We collect information concerning you when you use this website. We automatically record information concerning your usage behaviour and your interaction with us and we register data concerning your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data concerning any access to our website (server log files). The access data include:

  • Name and URL of the called file,
  • Date and time of the access
  • Transferred data volume
  • Notification on the successful call (HTTP response code)
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system
  • Referrer URL (the website visited before)
  • Websites that are called up by the user’s system via our website
  • Internet service provider of the user
  • Internet protocol address and the requesting provider

We use these protocol data without any assignment to your person or other profile generation for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimisation of our website, but also for anonymous recording of the number of visitors on our website (traffic), as well as for the scope and type of use of our website and services, and for settlement purposes, in order to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. Due to this information, we are able to provide personalised and site-specific contents and to analyse the data traffic, find and remedy errors and improve our services.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR.

We reserve subsequent review of the protocol files if there are any specific indications that give rise to the justified suspicion of illegal use. We store internet protocol addresses for a temporary period in the logfiles if this is necessary for safety purposes or necessary for rendering services or settlement for a service, e.g. if you use one of our offers. After cancellation of the process of ordering or after receipt of the payment, we will erase the internet protocol address if it is no longer necessary for security purposes. We will also store internet protocol addresses if we have a specific suspicion concerning a crime in connection with use of our website. We also store the date of your last visit as part of your account (e.g. on registration, login, clicking of links, etc.).

3.3 Cookies

We use session cookies in order to optimise our website. A session cookie is a small text file that the respective servers send out when visiting a website and that is stored temporarily on your hard disc. This file contains a session ID with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to a shared session. This makes it possible to recognise your computer when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser. They are used, e.g., to let you use the shopping cart function across multiple pages.

At a small scope, we also use persistent cookies (also small text files that are stored on your end device) that will remain on your end device and that enable us to recognise your browser again on your next visit. These cookies are stored on your hard disc and will delete themselves after the specified time. Their lifetimes range from 1 month to 10 years. That way, we can display our offer in a more user-friendly, effective and secure manner and, for instance, present information specifically adjusted to your interests on the page.

Our legitimate interest in use of the cookies in accordance with point (f) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR is in making our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

The cookies store, among others, the following data and information:

  • Log-in information
  • Language settings
  • Search terms entered
  • Information regarding the number of calls of our website and use of particular functions of our website.

When the cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number; your personal data will not be assigned to this identification number. Your name, your internet protocol address or similar data that would permit assignment of the cookie to you will not be inserted into the cookie. Based on the cookie technology, we will only obtain pseudonymised information, for instance, on which pages of our shop were visited, which products were viewed, etc.

You can set your browser so that you will be informed in advance about setting of cookies and can decide individually whether or not you want to prevent acceptance of cookies in specific cases or in general, or to prevent cookies completely. This can limit the website’s function.

3.4 Data to meet our contractual obligations

We process personal data that we need to meet our contractual obligations, such as name, address, email address, ordered products, invoice and payment data. These data must be collected for conclusion of the contract.

The data will be erased after the expiration of the warranty periods and the statutory archiving periods.

The legal basis for processing of these data is point (b) of sentence 1 of Article 6(1) GDPR; these data are needed to enable us to fulfil our contractual obligations towards you.

Website Responsibility according to German Telemediengesetz (TMG): Martin Dilger

Webmaster: webmaster(at)upm-cdm.eu

Data Protection: legal(at)upm-cdm.eu