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DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT

KYOCERA Fineceramics Europe GmbH (hereinafter referred to as „we“ or „Data Controller“) takes the protection of personal data very seriously and adheres to the pertinent data protection law provisions, in particular the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Below, we should like to inform you, in particular, of when we compile data and which data are compiled by us in the context of using our website www.kyocera-precision.com

I. General remarks

1. Scope of data processing

It is, principally, only to the extent necessary for the provision of a functioning website and of our contents and services that we collect and use personal data. The collection and use of the personal data of our users takes place only where processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions or after consent has been granted by the user.

2. Legal basis for processing of the data

Where the user’s consent to operations in relation to the processing of personal data is obtained by us on our website, Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR serves as a legal basis for the processing of personal data.
Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as a legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract of which the user is a contracting party. This applies also to processing operations necessary for the fulfilment of a quasi contract obligation or for precontractual measures.
If and when the processing of personal data is required for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as a legal basis.
Where the processing is necessary for the protection of a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the first-mentioned interest is not overridden by the interests, basic rights and fundamental freedoms of the user concerned, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as a legal basis for processing of the data (so-called weighing of interests).
Apart from that, there are other statutory provisions for the processing of personal data, which – to the extent pertinent – are concretely specified by us below.

3. Duration of storage

The users’ personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage has ceased to exist. Apart from that, storing may take place where this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in regulations, laws or other provisions of the European Union to which our company is subject. Blocking or deletion of the data will also take place when a period for storing of the data prescribed by the above-mentioned norms has expired, unless there is a necessity for the continued storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

4. The passing on of personal data

If we pass on personal data, we do so exclusively to service providers supporting us with fulfilling the above-mentioned purposes. Such companies are not allowed to use your personal data except for fulfilling their tasks on our behalf, as so-called data processing companies, and they are obligated to adhere to the pertinent data protection rules.
The data processing companies employed by us are:

  • OPUS Marketing, Am Pfaffenfleck 10, 95448 Bayreuth
  • Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043, USA

Apart from that, there is no passing on of personal data to third parties.

5. Place where the data are processed

Processing of your stored personal data by us takes place in countries of the European Economic Area. For further information on the processing of data within the scope of the use of Google services please see no. IV.

II. The processing of personal data

1. Provision of the website and logfiles creation

a) Description of the data processing operation
Whenever our website is called up, our system automatically collects data and information from the system of the computer calling up the website.

At this, the following data are being collected:

  • browser type and browser version
  • operating system used
  • IP address of the user
  • referrer URL
  • host name of the accessing computer
  • time of the server query

These data are also stored in the logfiles of our system. The data will not be stored together with other personal data of the user.

b) Legal basis for processing of the data
Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is the legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the logfiles.

c) Purpose of the processing of data
Storage in logfiles is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data help us to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. Evaluation of data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context. These are the purposes wherein our legitimate interest in the processing of data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR lies.

d) Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for achieving the purpose for which they were collected. Where the data have been stored in logfiles, this is the case after 7 days at the latest. Storage beyond this point is possible. In such case, the IP addresses of the users will be deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to attribute the client calling up the website.

e) Possibility of objection and removal
The collection of data for the provision of the website and storage of the data in logfiles is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

2. Contact form / e-mail contact

a) Description of the data processing operation
Contact forms are available on our website which can be used for making contact electronically. Whenever users avail themselves of this possibility, the data entered in the input screen (mandatory fields and optional information) are transmitted to us and stored. These data are, in particular:

  • name
  • e-mail-adress
  • area
  • message

Alternatively, contact may be made via the e-mail address made available by us. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted together with the e-mail will be stored.
No passing on of data to third parties takes place in this context. The data are used for processing the conversation, exclusively.

b) Legal basis for processing of the data
The legal basis for processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Where the e-mail contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract or a quasi contract obligation, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR is an additional legal basis for processing.

c) Purpose of the processing of data
The processing of personal data serves us to process the contact, exclusively. This is also where the required legitimate interest in the processing of data lies in case of contact.

d) Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for achieving the purpose for which they were collected. As regards the personal data transmitted by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user is finished. The conversation is finished when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the respective matter has been clarified conclusively.

e) Possibility of objection and removal
NWhere users have contacted us by e-mail or the contact form, they are at any time allowed to object to the storage of their data. The objection may be lodged by way of a notification to the contact information at the end of our Data Privacy Statement. In the event of objection, the conversation with the user cannot be continued and all the personal data stored within the course of making the contact will be deleted by us.

III. Use of cookies

1. Description of the data processing operation

We use „cookies“ to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. Cookies are small text files which are stored on the browser or by the browser on the terminal. When a website is called up by a user, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters which allows the browser to be identified unambiguously whenever the website is called up again.
When calling up our website, the user is informed about the use of technically unnecessary and third-party cookies and his/her consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, the user is also referred to our Data Privacy Statement.

a) Technically necessary cookies
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the browser accessing it can be identified again after changing the page. Thereby, the following data are being stored in the cookies and transmitted:

  • Webpack
  • WordPress
  • Borlabs Cookie

b) Technically unnecessary cookies, third-party cookies
Apart from that, technically unnecessary cookies are used on our website enabling us, in particular, to analyse the users’ surfing behaviour.
The following technically unnecessary cookies or third-party cookies are used by us:

  • Google Analytics

c) Information on a change of the browser settings
Most browsers are set in a way that they accept cookies automatically. The user may, however, prevent the storing of cookies on his/her computer by adjusting the browser settings accordingly. This may, however, restrict the scope of the functions of our website.

2. Legal basis for the processing of data

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically unnecessary and third-party cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, where the user has consented to it. As for the rest, the legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of the processing of data

The purpose of the use of technically necessary cookies is to make using of the website easier for the user. Some of the functions of our website cannot be offered without using cookies. For these functions it is necessary that the browser can be recognised again after changing the website. The above-mentioned purposes are also the ones wherein our legitimate interest in the processing of data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR lies.
The analytical cookies tell us how our website is used which allows us to continuously optimise our online offer.
The user data collected on our website using cookies are not used for the creation of user profiles.

4. Duration of storage, possibility of objection and removal

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted from there to our website. Thus, you as the user have full control of the use of cookies. By changing the settings of your browser you may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies which have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. The full use of all the functions of our website may no longer be possible where cookies have been deactivated for the website.

5. Cookie Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the Borlabs cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser and for their data privacy protection compliant documentation. The provider of this

technology is Borlabs – Benjamin A. Bornschein, Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as Borlabs).

Whenever you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie will be stored in your browser, which archives any declarations or revocations of consent you have entered. These data are not shared with the provider of the

Borlabs technology.

The recorded data shall remain archived until you ask us to eradicate them, delete the Borlabs cookie on your own or the purpose of storing the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any retention obligations mandated by law. To review the details of Borlabs’ data processing policies, please visit https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/

We use the Borlabs cookie consent technology to obtain the declarations of consent mandated by law for the use of cookies. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is Art. 6 Sect. 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

Change cookie preferences

 

IV. Use of Google services and other services/tools

1. General information about Google services

On our website, we use several services of Google Inc. („Google“), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Due to the involvement of Google services, Google may, in some circumstances, collect and process data (also personal data). In this context, it cannot be ruled out that Google will transmit such data also to a server in a third country.
Google has bound itself to adhere to the so-called EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework on the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the Member States of the EU and Switzerland. Google, including Google LLC, and its fully owned subsidiaries in the US, has declared by certification that it complies with the Privacy-Shield-Principles. For further information please see https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/frameworks/.
We have ourselves no influence as regards the kind of data actually collected and processed by Google. Google states, however, that the following data (also personal data) may, among others, be processed:

  • protocol data (in particular the IP address)
  • location-based data
  • unique application numbers
  • cookies and similar technologies

If you are registered with your Google account, Google may add the processed data to your account and treat them as personal data depending on your account settings, cf., in particular, https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/partners.
You can prevent these data from being added directly by logging out from your Google account or by performing the respective settings in your Google account.
Apart from that, you can alter your cookie settings (e.g. delete or block cookies, etc.). For further information concerning this please see no. III.
For more detailed information please see the Data Privacy Statement of Google which can be retrieved by you from here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
For information about the private sphere settings of Google please see https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html

You are entitled to a right of objection. The objection can be lodged by way of a notification to the contact information at the end of our Data Privacy Statement. Further possibilities of objection, if any, are contained in the description of the individual Google services.

 

2. Use of Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to embed tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies and does not perform any independent analyses. It only serves to manage and play out the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.

The use of the Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) as defined by the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

 

3. Use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, dwell time, operating systems used and the origin of the user. This data is summarized in a user ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.
Furthermore, Google Analytics allows us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Furthermore, Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to supplement the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in the data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

Browser Plugin
You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Google signals
We use Google signals. When you visit our website, Google Analytics collects, among other things, your location, search history and YouTube history, as well as demographic data (visitor data). This data can be used for personalized advertising with the help of Google signals. If you have a Google account, Google Signal’s visitor data is linked to your Google account and used for personalized advertising messages. The data is also used to create anonymized statistics on the user behavior of our users.

Contract data processing
We have executed a contract data processing agreement with Google and are implementing the stringent provisions of the German data protection agencies to the fullest when using Google Analytics.

 

4. Use of YouTube

We occasionally use videos of YouTube on our website. YouTube is a service of YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
We use embedded YouTube videos within the so-called extended Data Privacy Mode, i.e. YouTube does not store any information on users of our website, unless the users watch the video. Clicking on the YouTube video may trigger further data processing operations (e.g. the storing of cookies by YouTube) which we have no influence on.
The purpose pursued by us by involving YouTube is to be able to present to you various videos on our website so that you can watch them on our website, directly.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our required legitimate interest thereby lies in the great benefit offered by YouTube. By embedding external videos we relieve our servers and are able to use the respective resources for other purposes, which, i. a., can increase the stability of our servers. In addition, YouTube or Google has a legitimate interest in the collected (personal) data to improve its own services.
For more detailed information please see the Data Privacy Statement of YouTube or Google, respectively:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

5. Use of the „fonts.com“ fonts service

We use „fonts.com“, a fonts service of Linotype GmbH, Werner-Reimers-Straße 2-4, 61352 Bad Homburg, to make our website more attractive and uniform. Whenever our website is called up, files are downloaded from a „fonts.com“ server to display the texts in a certain font. Thereby, your IP address may be transmitted to a server of „fonts.com“ and be stored there within the scope of the usual weblog. The further processing of such data is the responsibility of „fonts.com“. For the respective terms and setting possibilities please see the Data Privacy Statement of „fonts.com“.
We ourselves do not collect any data within the scope of the use of the „fonts.com“ service.
Our aim in using „fonts.com“ is to be able to have uniform fonts displayed on the user’s terminal device.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest, thereby, lies in the great benefit offered by a uniform depiction of the fonts. By this way, we keep the design expenses lower than those incurred if we had to react to the fonts standards of different operating systems and browsers with their own graphically adapted websites.
In case your browser does not permit the use of „fonts.com“, standard fonts are used by your terminal device.

6. ManageWP

We administrate this website with the assistance of the ManageWP tool. The provider is GoDaddy.com WP Europe, Trg republike 5, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia (hereinafter referred to as ManageWP).

Among other things, ManageWP ensures that we can monitor the security and performance of our website as well as generate automatic backups. Consequently, ManageWP has access to all of the website’s content, including our databases. ManageWP is being hosted on the provider’s servers.

The use of ManageWP is based on Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a website(s) that work(s) as effectively and securely as possible. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

7. Analysis by WiredMinds

Our website uses counting pixel technology provided by WiredMinds GmbH (www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. In connection with this, the IP address of the visitor is processed. The processing occurs only for the purpose of collecting company based information such as company name, for example. IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from any further processing by means of a whitelist. An IP address is not stored in LeadLab under any circumstances. While processing data, it is our outmost interest to protect the rights of natural persons. Our interest in processing data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. At no time is it possible to draw conclusions from the collected data on an identifiable person. WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymized usage profiles of the visit behavior on our website. Data obtained during this process is not used to personally identify visitors of our website.

Exclude from tracking (A functionally necessary cookie will be set to permanently ensure no tracking by WiredMinds LeadLab occurs on this website)

V. References to social networks

Further, KYOCERA Fineceramics Europe – Plant Selb avails itself of various other Internet presence possibilities on so-called social media platforms. We are currently present on the websites of the following service providers:

For such information services, we avail ourselves of the technical platforms and services of the providers. We should like to point out that you use our Internet presence on social media platforms and their functionalities under your own responsibility. That applies, in particular, to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, de-/liking). When accessing our Internet presence, the operators of social media platforms and the like compile your IP address as well as further information which is stored on your terminal in form of cookies. Such information is used to place at our disposal statistical information on the interaction with us as operator of the accounts.

Vis-à-vis us, the service providers undertake to assume primary responsibility for processing such data under GDPR, meet all obligations arising from GDPR as to such data, and to place the substance of such undertaking at the disposal of the relevant Data Subjects. Such data processing is in our (and your) legitimate interest so as to improve User experience with appropriate target groups accessing our social media presence. Hence, Art. 6 subs. 1 lit. f) GDPR forms the legal basis for such data processing. Additionally, social media providers also use so-called ‘cookies’ which are stored on your terminal when accessing our fan page even in case you do not maintain a profile of your own with the respective social media provider or are not logged in to your profile while accessing our fan page. With the aid of such cookies, the respective social media providers are given the opportunity to create User profiles on the basis of your preferences and interests and to present you matching advertisements (inside and outside the respective social media platform). Cookies are stored on your terminal until you delete them. For any further details on this aspect, please refer to the Data Privacy Policy of the relevant social media provider.

To the extent you use our profiles on social networks to establish contact with us (e.g. by preparing own contributions, reacting to any of our contributions, or by sending private messages to us), we process the data you communicate to us for the exclusive purpose of entering into contact with you. Hence, Art. 6 subs. 1 lit. a) and b) GDPR form the legal basis for such data processing. We delete any stored data after the expiry of 14 months, once storage of such data is no longer necessary, or you request us to delete such data; in connection with statutory retention obligations, we limit processing of stored data accordingly.

Furthermore, we as information services provider solely process data arising from your using our services, i.e. data you place at our disposal and requiring interaction. For example, in case you submit a question which we may answer by e-mail only, we store your information in keeping with the general principles of our data processing policy we set out in this Data Privacy Statement. Art. 6 subs. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR forms the legal basis for processing such data on social media platforms.

To exercise your Data Subject Rights you may contact us or the provider of the relevant social media platform. To the extent a party does not hold the competence to reply to a question or must obtain information from the other party, KYOCERA Mannheim or the provider refers your enquiry to the respective partner. For any enquiries as regards profile creation and/or processing of your data while accessing the website, please contact the operator of the relevant social media platform directly. For any enquiries as to processing your interaction with us you may use our contact data set forth above.

The providers specify the type of information compiled on their social media platform and how they use such information in their data privacy policies (see table for their links). There, you may also find contact details as well as information about potential marketing preferences. For any further information about social networks and how you may protect your data, you may also refer to www.youngdata.de.

VI. Data subject rights

When personal data from you are processed you are a data subject in the meaning of the GDPR and entitled to the following rights towards the data controller:

1. Right to information

You have the right to request to be informed whether or not personal data concerning you are processed; where this is the case, you have the right to information about these personal data and to the information specified in detail in Art. 15 GDPR.

2. Right to correction

You have the right to immediately request correction of any incorrect personal data concerning you and, if applicable, completion of incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR).

3. Right to the restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing, if one of the conditions mentioned in Art. 18 GDPR is fulfilled, e.g. where you have lodged an objection against the processing, pending verification whether the objection is admissible.

4. Right to deletion

You have the right to request that personal data concerning you are deleted, immediately, if one of the reasons mentioned in detail in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g. if the data are no longer required for the purposes pursued and deletion is not excluded by the statutory obligations to preserve records.

5. Right to data portability

Pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have made available to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, in order to be able to either transmit them yourselves or – where technically feasible – have them transmitted by us to a third party.

6. Right to object

You have the right to object, at any time, on grounds resulting from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you within the scope of the requirements of Art. 21 GDPR.

7. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke, at any time, any declaration of consent under data protection law you have made towards us. Revoking the consent does not affect the legitimacy of the processing based on the consent performed until such revocation.

8. Rights in the case of automated decisions

Where, as an exception, we use automated individual case decisions – including profiling – we are obligated by statutory provisions to arrange for you to be able to influence the decision (Art. 22 GDPR).

9. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you are of the opinion that processing of the personal data concerning you infringes any provisions of the data protection law.
The contact details of the supervisory authority competent for our company are to be found at the end of the Data Privacy Statement.

10. Other matters

We should like to point out that the above data subject rights may be restricted by EU law or the applicable national law.
For assertion of the above-mentioned rights please contact us (see contact information at the end of the Data Privacy Statement). Any enquiries submitted to us electronically will, as a rule, be answered electronically, unless otherwise provided for in your enquiry.

VII. External links

Our website may contain links referring to the pages of third parties. Where this is not obvious, we point out that an external link is concerned. We have no influence on the contents and design of the pages of external providers. This Data Privacy Statement does not apply there.

VIII. Alteration of this Data Privacy Statement

The continuous development of the internet and the related frequent amendments to the applicable legal norms require our Data Privacy Statement to be adjusted from time to time. We will keep you informed here about any corresponding alterations.

IX. Controller

Controller in the meaning of the GDPR and other national data protection laws of the EU Member States, as well as other data protection law provisions is:

KYOCERA Fineceramics Europe GmbH
Plant Selb
Lorenz-Hutschenreuther-Str. 81
95100 Selb
Telephone: +49 (0) 9287 807-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 9287 807-477
E-mail: Datenschutz.selb@kyocera-precision.com

For the full imprint see:

Imprint

X. Contact details of the data protection officer

The contact details of the controller’s data protection officer are:
Mr. Jörn Menzel

Steinzeugstraße 92
68229 Mannheim
Tel: +49 (0) 621 40547-325
E-mail: datenschutz@kyocera-solutions.de

XI. Contact details of the supervisory authority

The contact details of the supervisory authority competent for the place of business of our company are:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
Promenade 27 (Schloss)
91522 Ansbach
Telephone: +49 (0) 981 53 1300
Telefax: +49 (0) 981 53 98 1300
E-mail: poststelle@lda.bayern.de