Privacy Policy

We welcome you to the FALK website and we thank you for your interest in our company. To reassure you with regard to what happens with your personal data, we outline here what happens with the data and which security measures we have in place. We also inform you about your legal rights in connection with the processing of this data.

Name and address of the controller:

FALK GmbH & Co KG

Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Steuerberatungsgesellschaft

Im Breitspiel 21

69126 Heidelberg

Telephone: + 49 (6221) 399-0

E-Mail: info@falk-co.de

Internet: www.falk-co.de

Name and address of the data protection officer:

Prof. Dr. Jonas Tritschler

FALK IT Audit & Consulting GmbH

Im Breitspiel 21

69126 Heidelberg

Germany

Telephone: + 49 (6221) 399-0

E-Mail: jonas.tritschler@falk-itcs.com

Internet: https://falk-itaudit.com/

Please note that you can contact our data protection officer at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

When you visit our website, we do not require any data from you. We merely note the name of your provider and the web pages you access during your visit. As an internet user, you remain anonymous, however, as we only evaluate this data for statistical purposes (e.g. the number of call ups of individual web pages).

Google Analytics

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our websites are designed to meet requirements and are continually optimized. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures in order to statistically record the use of our websites and to evaluate them for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc.

"("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on the user's computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by users is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization has been activated on this website so that the IP addresses of users of Google within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are previously reduced. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the website by the users, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide the website operator with further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, this site may not allow you to use the full functionality of this website. Users can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the website (including their IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Learn more about Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=en

Contacting FALK employees

Besides cookies, there is no way to transmit data through this website. Personal data is only collected if you provide it to us of your own accord, for example in the context of an inquiry. At present, this data would still be transmitted unencrypted. Therefore, the it could be possible for unauthorized third parties to read this data during transmission. However, it is possible to use alternative communication channels that are more secure than e-mail (e.g. telephone calls). You can find the e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of our contact persons here: http://www.falk-co.de/contact. We do not collect user profiles.

When you contact us, we will store information we receive from you to enable current and future conversations. This includes names, contact information and conversation history. This storage and further processing only takes place if it is necessary either for the fulfilment of a contract between FALK and you, for the execution of pre-contractual measures which take place at your request or for the protection of the legitimate interests of FALK in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. for GDPR. Your data would remain in Germany and will not be given to third parties: only FALK and IT service providers receive this data. If no legal retention obligation exists, this data will be regularly deleted within the next 12 months after termination of the contractual agreement between FALK and your company.

Your rights

You have the right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR, a right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR and the right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR. If a processing activity is carried out on the basis of your consent, you also have the right to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

The restrictions according to §§ 34 and 35 BDSG-neu apply to the right to access and the right of erasure. In addition, there is a right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with § 19 BDSG-neu).

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact our data protection officer.

To protect the employee/customer/supplier data that we have stored from unintentional or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or from access by unauthorized persons, we have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures. The security level is regularly reviewed in collaboration with security experts and is adapted to comply with the latest security standards.

Video and audio conferences

Video and audio conferences held via Microsoft Teams may be recorded. When you participate in a conference, you will be asked in advance whether you consent to the recording. You have the choice of consenting to or refusing the recording. If you consent to the recording, your image and sound will be recorded and your name will remain visible. If you decline the recording, your image and sound will not be recorded, but your name will still be visible. If you decline the recording, you can still participate in the conference without restriction, without your audio or video data being recorded. Not consenting to the recording has no effect on your participation. The recording of image and sound is based solely on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Your data will be used solely for the purpose of providing the video recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, your image and sound data will not be stored. However, your personal data, such as your name, will remain visible for the duration of the conference. Recordings that include image and sound will be deleted after the end of the conference or after the specified storage period, provided that there are no legal retention requirements.