Data protection

 

Personal data (usually referred to as “data” below) are only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

 

According to Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes in connection with personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading out, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

 

With the following data protection declaration we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we decide either alone or together with others about the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data on their own responsibility.

 

Our data protection declaration is structured as follows:

 

I. Information about us as responsible
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information on data processing

I. Information about us as responsible

 

Responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:

 

LiTech Power GmbH
Olewischtwiet 20
22177 Hamburg
Germany

Telephone: +49 040 6000 98 96 

Email: info@LiTechpower.com

 

The provider's data protection officer is:

 

Managing director: Heng Zhang

Email: info@LiTechpower.com

 

 

II. Rights of users and data subjects

 

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

 

• · For confirmation as to whether the relevant data is being processed, for information about the processed data, for further information about data processing and for copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR);

• to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR);

• to the immediate deletion of the data concerning you (cf. also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is required in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;

• to receive the data concerning them and provided by them and to transfer this data to other providers / responsible parties (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);

• to complain to the supervisory authority, provided that they are of the opinion that the data concerning them are being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (cf. also Art. 77 GDPR).

 

In addition, the provider is obliged to notify all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that takes place on the basis of Articles 16, 17 Paragraph 1, 18 GDPR teaching. However, this obligation does not exist if this notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Irrespective of this, the user has a right to information about these recipients.

According to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects also have the right to object to the future processing of the data concerning them, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.

 

 

III. Information on data processing

 

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, the deletion of the data does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements and no other information on individual processing methods is given below.

 

Newsletter

 

If you register for our free newsletter, the data you have requested for this purpose, i.e. your e-mail address and - optionally - your name and address, will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we save the IP address of the Internet connection from which you access our website, as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will obtain your consent to the sending of the newsletter, describe the content in detail and refer to this data protection declaration. We use the data collected in this way exclusively for sending the newsletter - therefore, in particular, it is not passed on to third parties.

 

The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

 

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your revocation or use the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

Contact inquiries / contact options

If you contact us via the contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your inquiry - without this provision we cannot answer your inquiry, or at best only to a limited extent.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted if your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements, for example in the event of a subsequent contract processing.

 

“Facebook” social plug-in

 

We use the plug-in of the social network Facebook on our website. Facebook is an internet service provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is in turn operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter both referred to as “Facebook”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Facebook guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Facebook

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

ready for you.

 

If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your Internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from the Facebook servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.

If you are logged into Facebook while visiting one of our websites with the plug-in, the information collected by the plug-in about your specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. Facebook may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If, for example, you use the so-called “Like” button on Facebook, this information will be saved in your Facebook user account and possibly published on the Facebook platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use an add-on for your Internet browser to prevent the Facebook plug-in from being blocked.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is available from Facebook in the data protection information available at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

 

“Twitter” social plug-in

 

We use the plug-in of the social network Twitter on our website. Twitter is an Internet service provided by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Twitter”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active

Twitter guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements are also complied with when processing data in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your Internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from Twitter's servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Twitter to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.

If you are logged in to Twitter while visiting one of our websites with the plug-in, the information collected by the plug-in about your specific visit will be recognized by Twitter. Twitter may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If, for example, you use the so-called “Share” button on Twitter, this information will be saved in your Twitter user account and possibly published on the Twitter platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Twitter before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your Twitter user account.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is available from Twitter at

 

https://twitter.com/privacy

available data protection information.

 

 

YouTube

 

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal from YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”.

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees, and thus also its subsidiary YouTube, that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

We use YouTube in connection with the "Extended data protection mode" function in order to be able to show you videos. The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to information from YouTube, the "extended data protection mode" function means that the data described in more detail below are only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.

Without this "extended data protection", a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you call up one of our Internet pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is necessary in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time and the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the Google “DoubleClick” advertising network is established.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of functionality and to analyze usage behavior, YouTube permanently saves cookies on your device via your internet browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by setting your Internet browser. You can find more information on this under "Cookies" above.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is available from Google

 

https://policies.google.com/privacy

 

available data protection information.

 

MailChimp - Newsletter

 

We offer you the opportunity to register for our free newsletter via our website.

We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as "The Rocket Science Group", to send the newsletter.

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active

The Rocket Science Group guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA. The Rocket Science Group also offers

http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

further data protection information.

If you register to receive our newsletter, the data requested during the registration process, such as your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date of your registration and time are saved. As part of the further registration process, your consent to the sending of the newsletter is obtained, the content is specifically described and reference is made to this data protection declaration.

The newsletter then sent via The Rocket Science Group also contains a so-called tracking pixel, also known as a web beacon. With the help of this tracking pixel, we can evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have followed any further links contained in the newsletter. In addition to other technical data, such as the data of your EDP system and your IP address, the data processed is stored so that we can optimize our newsletter offer and respond to the wishes of the readers. The data are therefore used to increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter offer.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a.) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your revocation or use the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

“Shariff” social media buttons

We use the plug-ins of the social networks mentioned below on our website. We use the “Shariff” plug-in to integrate these plug-ins.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website

Shariff is an open source program that was developed by c't und heise. By integrating this plug-in, linked graphics prevent the following social network plug-ins from being integrated when you visit our website (s), on which the respective social network plug-in is / are in turn automatically connects to the respective server of the social network plug-in. Only when you click on one of these linked graphics will you be forwarded to the service of the respective social network. Only then is information about the usage process recorded by the respective social network. This information includes, for example, your IP address, the date and time as well as the page of our website you visited.

If you are logged in to one of the social network services while you are visiting one of our websites with the corresponding plug-in, the provider of the respective social network may be able to recognize the information collected in this way from your specific visit and assign it to your personal user account or publish about it. If you use the so-called "Share" button of the respective social network, this information may be stored in your user account there and published on the platform of the respective social network provider. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of the respective social network before clicking on the graphic or make the appropriate settings in your user account for the social network.

Heise provides further information about “Shariff”

http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

ready.

 

The following social networks are integrated into our website:

Google+ from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA.

Data protection information can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

Facebook of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, operated within the EU by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data protection information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Facebook guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.

Twitter from Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Data protection information can be found at https://twitter.com/privacy

Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield ("EU-US Privacy Shield")

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active

Twitter guarantees that the EU's data protection requirements are also complied with when processing data in the USA.

 

Contest

 

We offer you the opportunity to participate in competitions on our website. If you take part in one of our competitions, the data you enter on the occasion of participation will be processed without your further consent, but of course only for the implementation and processing of the respective competition.

As part of the processing of the competition, we pass on your data to the transport company commissioned with the delivery of the goods or to a financial service provider, insofar as the transfer is necessary for the delivery or payment of your winnings. If your data is published in the event of a win, you will be informed of this in the declaration of consent.

The legal basis for forwarding the data is then Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the processing of the data for participation in our competitions at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your revocation.

Sample data protection declaration from the law firm Weiß & Partner