Privacy policy

1. General information on data processing

1.1 Processing of personal data and its purpose

Julius Berger International GmbH (hereinafter referred to as „Julius Berger“ or „we“) processes personal data of users exclusively to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our contents and services. When visiting our website, the following data is processed:

• IP address of the user
• Browser used (type, version, language)
• Operating system used
• Internet service provider of the user
• Date and time of access to our website
• files viewed on our website
• Website from which the user has accessed our website
• Website that the user accesses via our website

The processing and temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must be stored for the duration of the session. The log files contain IP addresses or other data that enable the user to be assigned. The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the web pages. In addition, the data serves to optimise our websites and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. Any processing of personal data is carried out exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to the extent necessary to achieve these purposes. These data will not be used for advertising, customer service or market research purposes.

1.2 Legal basis for the processing of personal data

The processing of personal data of our users is regularly carried out with the consent of the user. An exception is made in those cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and we are permitted by law to process the data. The storage of data and log files is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

1.3 Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the persons concerned will be deleted or blocked by us as soon as the purpose of the storage is no longer applicable. In the case of data processing for the provision of the web pages, the data is deleted when the respective session is ended. In case of storage of personal data in log files, the deletion will take place after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible if the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated beforehand, so that the calling client can no longer be assigned.

2. Cookies

We use cookies in several places on our websites. If a user calls up one of our websites, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when calling up our websites again. The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

• Language settings
• Log-in information

The purpose of the use of cookies is the user-friendly design of our websites. The processing of personal data using cookies is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted from there to our web pages. Users can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of their Internet browser. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. If cookies are deactivated for our web pages, it is possible that not all functions of our web pages can be used to their full extent.

3. E-mail contact

Users can contact us via the provided e-mail address. In this case, the personal data of the user transmitted with the e-mail will be stored by us. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. If the purpose of the contact is to conclude a contract, the legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS-GVO. The data is used exclusively for processing the establishment of contact and subsequent communication. In this context, it does not pursue the forwarding of data to third parties. The personal data sent to us by e-mail will be deleted when the respective communication with the user has ended, i.e. as soon as it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified. The personal data additionally collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.

4. Postal advertising

4.1 Scope of data processing

We reserve the right to process your personal data (first name, surname, postal address) in the context of sending offers and product information by post.

4.2 Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have an overriding legitimate interest in contacting our customers for advertising purposes.

Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future, for example by sending an email to jbi.dept.mas@julius-berger.com.

We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

4.3 Purpose of data processing

We pass on your data to our service provider FLYERALARM Mailings (Alfred-Nobel-Str. 18, 97080 Würzburg, Germany) to the extent permitted by law. For its part, our service provider is obliged to comply with the applicable data protection regulations; in particular, our service provider may only process your data to fulfill its tasks on our behalf and only in accordance with our instructions. Further information can be found in the data protection information at https://www.flyeralarm.com/de/i/datenschutzerklaerung.

4.4 Duration of storage of your personal data

We store your personal data until you revoke your consent. After revocation, we will delete your personal data unless you have expressly consented to further use or we reserve the right to further data processing that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

You are not obliged to provide your personal data. The provision is neither legally or contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide us with the aforementioned data, it will not be possible to send you product information by post.

5. Security

Julius Berger uses technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data of users against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

6. Rights of the person concerned

If Julius Berger processes your personal data, you are a data subject pursuant to Art. 4 No. 1 DS-GVO with the following rights vis-à-vis Julius Berger

6.1 Right of access

In accordance with Art. 15 DS-GVO, you can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data relating to you is being processed by us. If we process your personal data, you can request information from us on the following:

• the processing purposes;
• the categories of your personal data which we process;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom we have disclosed or will disclose your personal data;
• (if possible) the planned duration for which we will store your personal data or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the duration of storage;
• the existence of a right to rectify or erase personal data concerning you, a right to limit the processing by us or a right to object to such processing;
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
• all available information on the origin of the data, unless the personal data has been collected from you;
• the existence of an automated decision-making process, including profiling (Art. 22 (1) and (4) DPA) and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on you.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 of the DS-GVO in connection with the transfer.

6.2 Right of rectification

In accordance with Article 16 of the DS-GVO, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete incorrect personal data concerning you.

6.3 Right of deletion

In accordance with Art. 17 DS-GVO, you can demand that your personal data be deleted immediately. We are obliged to delete your data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

• Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
• You revoke your consent on which we base the processing pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a DS-GVO, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DS-GVO.
• Your personal data have been processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of your personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which we are subject.
• Your personal data has been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 (1) of the DS-GVO.

If we have made your personal data public and are obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) DS-GVO, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform the data controllers who process the personal data that you, as a data subject, have requested them to delete all links to your personal data or copies or replications of your personal data.

The right of cancellation does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

• on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
• to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject or to perform a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority delegated to us;
• for reasons of public interest in the field of public health (Article 9 (2) lit. h and i and Article 9 (3) DS-GVO);
• for archiving, scientific or historical research purposes in the public interest or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 DS-GVO, insofar as the aforementioned law is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the attainment of the objectives of such processing,
• or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

6.4 Right to limit processing

Under the following conditions, you can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DS-GVO:

• if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data for a period which allows us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• if the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the personal data and instead demand the restriction of the use of the personal data;
• if we no longer need your personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or
• if you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, these data – apart from their storage – may be processed only with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State. If the restriction on processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.

6.5 Right to information

If you have asserted the right to correct, delete or restrict processing against us, we are obliged under Art. 19 DS-GVO to inform all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed by us of this fact, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. We have the right to be informed about these recipients.

6.6 Right to data portability

In accordance with Art. 20 DS-GVO, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another responsible person without hindrance by us, provided that

• the processing is based on a consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DS-GVO) or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS-GVO and
• the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that your personal data be transferred directly from us to another responsible party, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons may not be impaired in this way. The right to data transferability does not apply to the processing of personal data which is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

6.7 Right of objection

Under Article 21 of the DPA, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the DPA; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will not subsequently process your personal data unless we can prove that there are compelling reasons for our processing that are worthy of protection and outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

6.8 Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent to us at any time. By revoking your consent, the lawfulness of the processing that has taken place on the basis of your consent until the revocation is not affected.

6.9 Automated decision in individual cases including profiling

According to Art. 22 DS-GVO, you have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which has legal effect vis-à-vis you or significantly affects you in a similar way. This does not apply if the decision

• is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us,
• is authorised by Union or national legislation to which we are subject and that legislation provides for appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests,
• or with your express consent.

6.10 Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State in which you are resident, your place of work or the place where the alleged infringement occurred, if you consider that the processing of your personal data carried out by us infringes the DS-GMO.

7. Responsibility for content and information

Our web pages contain links to internet offers of external providers. The contents of the internet offers of external providers were checked by us when the link was set up to determine whether they violate applicable laws under civil or criminal law. However, it cannot be ruled out that these contents may be subsequently changed by the respective providers. Should you be of the opinion that linked external sites violate applicable law or have other inappropriate content, please inform us. We will check your notice and remove the external link if necessary. Julius Berger is not responsible for the content and availability of the linked external websites.

8. Inclusion and validity of the data protection declaration

By using our websites, you consent to the data processing described above. This data protection declaration applies only to the content of Julius Berger. Other data protection and data security regulations apply to the linked external content. You can find out who is responsible for these offers in the respective imprint.

Due to the further development of our websites or the implementation of new technologies, it may become necessary to amend this data protection statement. We therefore reserve the right to change the data protection declaration at any time with effect for the future. The version available at the time of your visit to our website always applies.

Status: July 2024