Privacy Policy

General information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit our website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on our website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available in the section “Information about the responsible party” below and in our Imprint.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form, our job application form or our document download form.

Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. web browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access our website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data is used to handle your inquiries, applications and document requests. We do not use any analysis or tracking tools on this website.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified, blocked or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in our Imprint if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.

Moreover, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please consult the Data Protection Declaration under section “Right to demand processing restrictions.”

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e. through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this Data Protection Declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing it (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law). In that case, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

In the event that data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to at any time object to the processing of your personal data based on grounds arising from your unique situation. This also applies to any profiling based on these provisions. To determine the legal basis, on which any processing of data is based, please consult this Data Protection Declaration. If you log an objection, we will no longer process your affected personal data, unless we are in a position to present compelling protection worthy grounds for the processing of your data, that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or if the purpose of the processing is the claiming, exercising or defence of legal entitlements (objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is being processed in order to engage in direct advertising, you have the right to at any time object to the processing of your affected personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is affiliated with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 2 GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is: Thüringer Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (TLfDI), Häckerstraße 1, 99096 Erfurt, Germany.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption programme. You can recognise an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information about, blockage, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified, blocked or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in our Imprint.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in our Imprint. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

Rejection of unsolicited e-mails

We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory information to be provided in our Imprint to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.

Cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies only to a very limited extent. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

We use the following cookies:

• Cookie consent cookie (“nano_cookie_consent”): stores your choice in our cookie settings so that we do not have to ask you again on every page. Storage period: 365 days.

We do not use any analysis, tracking or advertising cookies.

These cookies are technically necessary. They are stored on the basis of § 25 Sect. 2 No. 2 TDDDG and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error free provision of its services and in documenting your consent decision.

When you first visit our website, a cookie banner asks for your consent to load external content (see section 4). You can change or revoke your decision at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of this website.

You can adjust the settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this website may be limited.

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information provided in the contact form (name, e-mail address and, optionally, organization, phone number, country, product of interest, subject and message) as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. The form is transmitted to us by e-mail. We will not share this information without your consent.

Hence, the processing of the data entered into the contact form occurs exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). You have the right to revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods.

Job applications

You can apply to us via the application form on our website. We collect your first and last name, e-mail address, phone number (optional), your message and any documents you upload (e.g. CV, cover letter). Your application is sent to us by e-mail; uploaded files are deleted from our web server immediately after sending.

We process your data to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis is § 26 BDSG and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (initiation of a contract). Your data will only be shared with persons within our company who are involved in the application process.

Document downloads

To download certain documents (e.g. application notes or data sheets), we ask you to fill in a short form. We collect your first and last name, e-mail address, organisation and country. To document your consent, we also record the time of your request and your IP address. This information is sent to us by e-mail.

We use this data to provide the document and to contact you about our products where appropriate. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR), which you can revoke at any time. The data remains with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent or the purpose no longer applies; statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Newsletter / product information by e-mail

In our contact, application and download forms you can optionally tick a box to receive news and product information from us by e-mail. We only use your e-mail address for this purpose if you have ticked this box. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR).

You can revoke your consent at any time, e.g. via an informal e-mail to info@nanoanalytik.net or via the unsubscribe option in each e-mail. Your data will then be removed from our mailing list. The lawfulness of the processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts to display uniform typefaces. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Fonts are only loaded if you have given your consent under “External Content” in our cookie settings. In that case, your browser connects to Google’s servers and transmits your IP address to Google. Data may also be transferred to the USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Sect. 1 TDDDG). You can revoke your consent at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of this website. If you do not consent, a standard font from your device is used instead.

For more information, please consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration at: Google Privacy Policy.

Links to social media

Our website contains links to our profiles on YouTube and LinkedIn, and some gallery items link to videos on YouTube. These are simple links: no data is transmitted to these platforms when you visit our website. Only when you click a link are you taken to the respective platform, where its own privacy policy applies.