Duty to inform when collecting data – customers and suppliers

This information on data protection is intended to explain how your personal data is processed by KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH and its subsidiaries, affiliates, departments, and groups. According to Art. 4(1) GDPR, your personal data includes all information that personally relates to you or can be related to you, in particular by assignment to an identifier, such as a name, or to an organisation or personnel number with which your person can be identified.

Personal information and personal data

KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH collects and processes information (both in paper and digital form). This data may include:

  • First name, last name
  • Telephone (business)
  • Fax (business)
  • Email address (business)   

Purposes of collection and processing

We only process your personal data in compliance with relevant data protection regulations. Your data will only be processed if the following legitimate permissions have been granted:

  • for our contractual services (e.g. processing orders, deliveries)
  • the processing is prescribed by law
  • if you have given your consent
  • due to our legitimate interests 

Your data will only be processed for purposes other than those stated if this processing is permitted in accordance with Art. 6(4) GDPR. We will inform you before further processing your data in such a way.

Your privacy rights

You have the right to receive information about the personal data related to you. You can also request the rectification of incorrect data. In addition, under certain conditions, you have the right to erasure of data, the right to restriction of data processing, and the right to data portability. You can object against the use of your data for internal purposes with future effect at any time. To do so, simply send an email to datenschutz@knecht.eu. Of course, you can also withdraw your consent in writing by sending a letter to KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH, Witschwender Straße 26, 88368 Bergatreute, Germany, or you can call +49-7527-928-0 to speak with us about this.

Transmission of your personal information
Your personal data will only be transmitted or disclosed to external parties to the extent that this is prescribed by law or is necessary for the fulfilment of the contractual service (e.g. to shipping service providers), or if KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH or an external organization has a legitimate interest in the above-mentioned sense and the transmission is permitted in accordance with data protection regulations.

Data processing officer

Insofar as no other contractual agreements have been made, the competent authority responsible for the collection, processing, and use of your personal data is:

KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH

Witschwender Straße 26

88368 Bergatreute

Germany

Phone +49-7527-928-0

Email datenschutz@knecht.eu

Complaints about the processing of your personal data

If you have any concerns or questions about the processing of your personal data and information, please contact KNECHT Maschinenbau GmbH. You can also contact the data protection officer or the supervisory authority for data protection using the contact details below.

Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG

Sven Lenz

Bahnhofstraße 50
87435 Kempten
Germany

Phone +49-831-930653-00

Email datenschutz@knecht.eu

The Baden-Württemberg State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Postal address: Postfach 10 29 32, 70025 Stuttgart, Germany

Street address: Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany

Phone +49-711-615541-0

Fax +49-711-615541-15

Email poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de

Duration of storage

We store the data you provided to us only for as long as we need to fulfill the above-mentioned purposes or according to what is determined by legislative authorities for various storage periods. If the relevant purpose is no longer valid or after the relevant period expires, your data is regularly blocked or, if necessary, deleted in compliance with legal regulations. We have developed internal procedures to ensure that this is completed.