Pri­vacy policy

1. Data Pro­tec­tion at a Glance

Gene­ral Infor­ma­tion
The fol­lo­wing infor­ma­tion pro­vi­des a simple over­view of what hap­pens to your per­so­nal data when you visit this web­site. Per­so­nal data is any data that can per­so­nally iden­tify you. Detailed infor­ma­tion about data pro­tec­tion can be found in our pri­vacy policy lis­ted below this text.

Data Coll­ec­tion on This Web­site

Who is Respon­si­ble for Data Coll­ec­tion on This Web­site?
Data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is car­ried out by the web­site ope­ra­tor. The cont­act details can be found in the “Con­trol­ler Infor­ma­tion” sec­tion in this pri­vacy policy.

How Do We Coll­ect Your Data?
Your data is coll­ec­ted when you pro­vide it to us. This can include data you enter into a cont­act form Other data is auto­ma­ti­cally coll­ec­ted by our IT sys­tems or with your con­sent when you visit the web­site. This is mainly tech­ni­cal data (e.g. inter­net brow­ser, ope­ra­ting sys­tem, or time of page visit). This data is coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cally as soon as you enter this web­site.

What Do We Use Your Data For?
Some of the data is coll­ec­ted to ensure the pro­per func­tio­ning of the web­site. Other data can be used to ana­lyze your user beha­vior.

What Rights Do You Have Regar­ding Your Data?
You have the right to receive infor­ma­tion about the ori­gin, reci­pi­ent, and pur­pose of your stored per­so­nal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the cor­rec­tion or dele­tion of this data. If you have given your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, you can revoke it at any time for the future. You also have the right, under cer­tain cir­cum­s­tances, to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.

Fur­ther­more, you have a right to lodge a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent super­vi­sory aut­ho­rity.

For this pur­pose and for fur­ther ques­ti­ons about data pro­tec­tion, you can cont­act us at any time.

Ana­ly­sis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this web­site, your sur­fing beha­vior can be sta­tis­ti­cally eva­lua­ted. This is mainly done using ana­ly­tics pro­grams.
Detailed infor­ma­tion about these ana­ly­tics pro­grams can be found in the fol­lo­wing
pri­vacy policy.

2. Hos­ting
We host the con­tent of our web­site with the fol­lo­wing pro­vi­der: Host Europe
The pro­vi­der is Host Europe GmbH, Han­se­straße 111, 51149, Colo­gne (her­ein­af­ter refer­red to as Host Europe). When you visit our web­site, Host Europe coll­ects various log files, inclu­ding your IP addres­ses.

Details can be found in the pri­vacy policy of Host Europe:
https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/.

The use of Host Europe is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR We have a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in pre­sen­ting our web­site in a relia­ble man­ner. If con­sent has been reques­ted, pro­ces­sing is car­ried out exclu­si­vely based on Art. (6) (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, pro­vi­ded that con­sent includes the sto­rage of coo­kies or access to infor­ma­tion on the user’s ter­mi­nal device (e.g. for device fin­ger­prin­ting). Con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

Order pro­ces­sing
We have con­cluded a con­tract for order pro­ces­sing (AVV) for the use of the above-men­tio­ned ser­vice. This is a legally requi­red con­tract that ensu­res that this ser­vice pro­ces­ses the per­so­nal data of our web­site visi­tors only in accordance with our ins­truc­tions and in com­pli­ance with the GDPR.

3. Gene­ral Infor­ma­tion and Man­da­tory Dis­clo­sures

Data pro­tec­tion
The ope­ra­tors of these pages take the pro­tec­tion of your per­so­nal data very seriously. We treat your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­ally and in accordance with the legal data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this pri­vacy policy.

When you use this web­site, various per­so­nal data is coll­ec­ted.

Per­so­nal data is data with which you can be per­so­nally iden­ti­fied. This pri­vacy policy explains what data we coll­ect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what pur­pose this is done.
We would like to point out that data trans­mis­sion over the Inter­net (e.g. com­mu­ni­ca­tion by e‑mail) can have secu­rity gaps. Com­plete pro­tec­tion of data against access by third par­ties is not pos­si­ble.

Respon­si­ble Party Infor­ma­tion

The respon­si­ble party for data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is:
Bun­des­ver­band Ener­gie­spei­cher Sys­teme e.V.
Ora­ni­en­bur­ger Str. 15, 10178 Ber­lin
Regis­tered Office of the Asso­cia­tion: Ber­lin
Local Court Char­lot­ten­burg VR 32260 B
VAT ID: DE288358025
Chief Exe­cu­tive Offi­cer: Urban Win­delen
Phone: +49 30 54610 630
E‑Mail: info@bves.de

The respon­si­ble party is the natu­ral or legal per­son who alone or jointly with others deci­des on the pur­po­ses and means of pro­ces­sing per­so­nal data (e.g. names, e‑mail addres­ses, etc.).

Sto­rage Dura­tion
Unless a more spe­ci­fic sto­rage period has been spe­ci­fied within this pri­vacy policy, your per­so­nal data will remain with us until the pur­pose for data pro­ces­sing no lon­ger applies. If you assert a legi­ti­mate request for dele­tion or revoke your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, your data will be dele­ted, unless we have other legally per­mis­si­ble reasons for sto­ring your per­so­nal data (e.g. tax or com­mer­cial reten­tion peri­ods); in the lat­ter case, the dele­tion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

Gene­ral Infor­ma­tion on the Legal Bases of Data Pro­ces­sing on thisWeb­site
If you have given your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, we pro­cess your per­so­nal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. (9) (2) (a) GDPR if spe­cial data cate­go­ries are pro­ces­sed pur­su­ant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the event of expli­cit con­sent to the trans­fer of per­so­nal data to third count­ries, data pro­ces­sing is also based on Art. 49 (1) (a) GDPR. If you have con­sen­ted to the sto­rage of coo­kies or access to infor­ma­tion on your ter­mi­nal device (e.g. via device fin­ger­prin­ting), data pro­ces­sing will also take place on the basis of § 25 (1) TTDSG. Con­sent can be revo­ked at any time. If your data is neces­sary for the per­for­mance of a con­tract or for the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-con­trac­tual mea­su­res, we pro­cess your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Fur­ther­more, we pro­cess your data if this is neces­sary to ful­fil a legal obli­ga­tion on the basis of Art. 6 (1) © GDPR. Data pro­ces­sing can also take place on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest pur­su­ant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The rele­vant legal bases in each indi­vi­dual case are pro­vi­ded in the fol­lo­wing para­graphs of this pri­vacy policy.

Notice of Data Trans­fer to the USA and Other Third Count­ries
We use tools from com­pa­nies based in the USA or other data pro­tec­tion­ally inse­cure third count­ries. If these tools are active, your per­so­nal data may be trans­fer­red to and pro­ces­sed in these third count­ries. We would like to point out that no data pro­tec­tion level com­pa­ra­ble to the EU is gua­ran­teed in these count­ries. For exam­ple, US com­pa­nies are obli­ged to dis­c­lose per­so­nal data to secu­rity aut­ho­ri­ties wit­hout you as the data sub­ject being able to take legal action against this. It can­not the­r­e­fore be ruled out that US aut­ho­ri­ties (e.g. intel­li­gence agen­cies) pro­cess, eva­luate and per­ma­nently store your data loca­ted on US ser­vers for moni­to­ring pur­po­ses. We have no influence on these pro­ces­sing acti­vi­ties.

Revo­ca­tion of Your Con­sent to Data Pro­ces­sing
Many data pro­ces­sing ope­ra­ti­ons are only pos­si­ble with your express con­sent. You can revoke a pre­viously given con­sent at any time. The lawful­ness of data pro­ces­sing car­ried out until the revo­ca­tion remains unaf­fec­ted by the revo­ca­tion.

Right to Object to Data Coll­ec­tion in Spe­cial Cases and to
Direct Adver­ti­sing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PRO­CES­SING IS CAR­RIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PRO­CES­SING OF YOUR PER­SO­NAL DATA FOR REASONS ARI­SING FROM YOUR PAR­TI­CU­LAR SITUA­TION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PRO­FIL­ING BASED ON THESE PRO­VI­SI­ONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RESPEC­TIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PRO­CES­SING IN THIS PRI­VACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LON­GER PRO­CESS YOUR AFFEC­TED PER­SO­NAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COM­PEL­LING LEGI­TI­MATE REASONS FOR THE PRO­CES­SING THAT OUT­WEIGH YOUR INTE­RESTS, RIGHTS AND FREE­DOMS, OR THE PRO­CES­SING SER­VES THE ASSER­TION, EXER­CISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJEC­TION PUR­SU­ANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR). IF YOUR PER­SO­NAL DATA IS PRO­CES­SED FOR THE PUR­POSE OF DIRECT ADVER­TI­SING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PRO­CES­SING OF PER­SO­NAL DATA CON­CER­NING YOU FOR THE PUR­POSE OF SUCH ADVER­TI­SING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PRO­FIL­ING INSO­FAR AS IT IS RELA­TED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVER­TI­SING (OBJEC­TION PUR­SU­ANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Com­plaint with the Com­pe­tent Super­vi­sory Aut­ho­rity
In the event of vio­la­ti­ons of the GDPR, data sub­jects have the right to lodge a com­plaint with a super­vi­sory aut­ho­rity, in par­ti­cu­lar in the mem­ber state of their habi­tual resi­dence, place of work or the place of the alle­ged vio­la­tion. This right to lodge a com­plaint is wit­hout pre­ju­dice to other admi­nis­tra­tive or judi­cial reme­dies.

Right to Data Por­ta­bi­lity
You have the right to have data that we pro­cess auto­ma­ti­cally on the basis of your con­sent or in ful­film­ent of a con­tract han­ded over to you or to a third party in a com­mon, machine-rea­da­ble for­mat. If you request the direct trans­fer of the data to ano­ther respon­si­ble party, this will only be done to the ext­ent tech­ni­cally fea­si­ble.

Infor­ma­tion, Cor­rec­tion, and Dele­tion
Within the scope of the appli­ca­ble legal pro­vi­si­ons, you have the right to free infor­ma­tion about your stored per­so­nal data, its ori­gin and reci­pi­ents and the pur­pose of data pro­ces­sing and, if neces­sary, a right to cor­rect or delete this data. For this pur­pose and for fur­ther ques­ti­ons on the sub­ject of per­so­nal data, you can cont­act us at any time.

Right to Rest­ric­tion of Pro­ces­sing
You have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.
For this pur­pose, you can cont­act us at any time. The right to rest­rict pro­ces­sing exists
in the fol­lo­wing cases:

• If you dis­pute the accu­racy of your per­so­nal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the dura­tion of the exami­na­tion, you have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.
• If the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data was/is unlawful, you can demand the rest­ric­tion of data pro­ces­sing ins­tead of dele­tion.
• If we no lon­ger need your per­so­nal data, but you need it to exer­cise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to demand the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data ins­tead of dele­tion.
• If you have lodged an objec­tion pur­su­ant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, an eva­lua­tion of the respec­tive inte­rests must be car­ried out. As long as it is not yet clear whose inte­rests out­weigh the inte­rests of the par­ties invol­ved, you have the right to demand the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.

If you have rest­ric­ted the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data, this data — apart from its sto­rage — may only be pro­ces­sed with your con­sent or for the asser­tion, exer­cise or defence of legal claims or for the pro­tec­tion of the rights of ano­ther natu­ral or legal per­son or for reasons of important public inte­rest of the Euro­pean Union or a mem­ber state.

SSL or TLS Encryp­tion
For secu­rity reasons and to pro­tect the trans­mis­sion of con­fi­den­tial con­tent, such as orders or inqui­ries that you send to us as the web­site ope­ra­tor, this site uses SSL or TLS encryp­tion. You can reco­gnize an encrypted con­nec­tion by the fact that the address line of the brow­ser chan­ges from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock sym­bol in your brow­ser line.

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

4. Data Coll­ec­tion on this Web­site

Coo­kies

Our web­site uses so-cal­led “coo­kies”. Coo­kies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your end device. They are eit­her tem­po­r­a­rily stored for the dura­tion of a ses­sion (ses­sion coo­kies) or per­ma­nently (per­ma­nent coo­kies) on your end device. Ses­sion coo­kies are auto­ma­ti­cally dele­ted after your visit ends. Per­ma­nent coo­kies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yours­elf or they are auto­ma­ti­cally dele­ted by your web brow­ser.

Coo­kies can ori­gi­nate from us (first-party coo­kies) or from third-party com­pa­nies (so-cal­led third-party coo­kies). Third-party coo­kies allow the inte­gra­tion of spe­ci­fic ser­vices from third-party com­pa­nies within web­sites (e.g. coo­kies for pro­ces­sing pay­ment ser­vices).

Coo­kies have various func­tions. Num­e­rous coo­kies are tech­ni­cally neces­sary, as cer­tain web­site func­tions would not work wit­hout them (e.g. the shop­ping cart func­tion or the dis­play of videos). Other coo­kies can be used to ana­lyze user beha­vior or for adver­ti­sing pur­po­ses.

Coo­kies that are neces­sary to carry out the elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­cess, to pro­vide cer­tain func­tions you desire (e.g. for the shop­ping cart func­tion), or to opti­mize the web­site (e.g. coo­kies for mea­su­ring web audi­ence) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless ano­ther legal basis is indi­ca­ted. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in sto­ring neces­sary coo­kies for the tech­ni­cally error-free and opti­mi­zed pro­vi­sion of its ser­vices. If con­sent to the sto­rage of coo­kies and simi­lar reco­gni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been reques­ted, pro­ces­sing will only take place on the basis of this con­sent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

You can con­fi­gure your brow­ser to inform you about the set­ting of coo­kies and to allow coo­kies only in indi­vi­dual cases, to exclude the accep­tance of coo­kies for spe­ci­fic cases or in gene­ral, and to acti­vate the auto­ma­tic dele­tion of coo­kies when clo­sing the brow­ser. If coo­kies are deac­ti­va­ted, the func­tion­a­lity of this web­site may be limi­ted.

You can find infor­ma­tion about which coo­kies and ser­vices are used on this web­site in this pri­vacy policy.

5. Plug­ins and Tools

Google Fonts

This site uses so-cal­led Google Fonts for the uni­form dis­play of fonts, pro­vi­ded by Google. When you access a page, your brow­ser loads the neces­sary fonts into your brow­ser cache in order to dis­play texts and fonts cor­rectly.

For this pur­pose, the brow­ser you use must estab­lish a con­nec­tion to Google’s ser­vers. This enables Google to know that this web­site has been acces­sed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the uni­form repre­sen­ta­tion of fonts on its web­site. If the cor­re­spon­ding con­sent has been reques­ted, pro­ces­sing will only take place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far as the con­sent includes the sto­rage of coo­kies or access to infor­ma­tion on the user’s end device (e.g. device fin­ger­prin­ting) within the mea­ning of TTDSG. Con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

If your brow­ser does not sup­port Google Fonts, a default font will be used from your com­pu­ter.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion about Google Fonts can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s pri­vacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Source:
https://www.e‑recht24.de