Data Protection

The statutory requirements and general information governing IT data processing at Picard GmbH (Inc.), pursuant to Arts. 12 and 13 et seq. of the GDPR General Data Protection Regulation.

In order to comply with the statutory requirements of the GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation - Picard GmbH (Inc.) has introduced certain information concerning data protection onto its website. You can access information via a link to read the statutory obligations of Picard GmbH (Inc.) in compliance with Arts. 12 and 13 et seq. of the aforementioned GDPR

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Who is the data controller?
The controller within the statutory requirements of data protection law is:

Picard GmbH (Inc.)
Rottsiepen 15
42349 Wuppertal, Germany.

You can also find further information concerning the corporation, the personal details of the persons authorised to represent the corporation to third parties, and additional contact possibilities in the ‘Impressum’ or the website ‘imprint’ credits at internet URL: https://www.picard-hammer.de/de/footer/impressum/

Which personal data will be processed by Picard GmbH (Inc.)? And for what purposes?
When the corporation receives your personal data, these will fundamentally only be used for the purposes, for which they were received or collected.

Any form of data processing for other purposes will only then be taken into consideration where necessary and when the statutory requirements of Art. 6, Para. 4 of the aforementioned GDPR permit this. The requisite information obligations enshrined in Art. 13, Para. 3 and Art. 14, Para. 4 of the aforementioned GDPR will of course be duly observed by Picard GmbH (Inc.).

On what statutory requirements are the foregoing requirements based?
The statutory requirements for the processing of personal data are essentially enshrined in Art. 6 of the aforementioned GDPR legislation – unless any other more specific statutory requirements exist. Art. 6 of the legislation in particular covers the following possibilities:

  • permission (Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. a) of the ‘GDPR ’);
  • Data processing for the completion of contracts and agreements (Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. b) of the ‘GDPR ’;
  • Data processing on the basis of the weighing-up and balancing of interests (Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. f) of the ‘GDPR ’);
  • Data processing for purposes of addressing a contractual obligation (Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. c) of the ‘GDPR ’).

When your personal data is processed on the basis of permission, then you are entitled to revoke such permission from Picard GmbH (Inc.) at any time, with effect for the future.

Should however Picard GmbH (Inc.) process data for purposes of weighing-up and balancing interests, you are entitled not to permit the registration of your personal data under the statutory requirements of Art. 21 of the GDPR.

How long will personal data be saved and stored?
Picard GmbH (Inc.) IT processes the personal data for as long as is needed for the relative purpose of the exploitation.

Whenever statutory requirements impose restrictions of time periods for storage, e.g. in commercial law or fiscal law, then the personal data will only be stored for the duration of the time period permitted. After the expiry of the restricted period of time, Picard GmbH (Inc.) will then determine as to whether further processing is necessary. When such a requirement no longer exists, then the personal data will be erased.

To whom will any personal data be transferred?
Transfers of personal data will only be made to third parties when this is necessary for the execution of an agreement or contract with workforce members. Transfers of personal data to third parties can however be made on the basis of the weighing-up and balancing of interests, within the scope of Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. f) of the aforementioned GDPR –Data Protection Legislation. Transfers can also be made when Picard GmbH (Inc.) is statutorily required to do this. Transfers will of course also be made when workforce members permit the transfer.

Where will the personal data be processed?
Your personal data will only be processed in data processing computer service centres domiciled in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Your rights as data subjects
You are always entitled to obtain information on your personal data, which is processed by Picard GmbH (Inc.).

In cases of enquiries, which are not presented by a data subject to Picard GmbH (Inc.) in writing but verbally, the corporation asks that you understand, that the corporation needs identification to ensure that the enquirer is the actual person, who is the owner of the personalised data.

Furthermore, you also have a statutory right to the correction, erasure or restriction of your personal data, provided this is permitted under the statute law.

Moreover, you have an entitlement to the revocation of the processing of your personal data within the scope of the statute law. The same entitlement also applies for the transfer of your personal data.

In particular, you also have a statutory right of objection under Art. 21, Paras. 1 and 2 of the aforementioned GDPR -Legislation for the processing of your personal data in connection with direct advertising activities, when these are initiated on the basis of a weighing-up and balancing of interests.

The authorised data protection officer at Picard GmbH (Inc.)
Picard GmbH (Inc.) has appointed an authorised data protection-officer. Contact can be made at the following address:

bits + bytes it-solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Inc. & Ltd. Partnership)
Stephan Schneider
Hommeswiese 136
57258 Freudenberg, Germany
Email address: datenschutz@bits-bytes.de

Complaints and advisories’ entitlement with the corporate authorised data protection officer
All data subjects are protected under Art. 38 of the aforementioned GDPR and have a statutory right to submit complaints to the corporate authorised data protection officer or to obtain advisories from him. This corporate authorised data protection officer is obligated to maintain confidentiality and secrecy.

Complaint rights with the supervisory authority
You also have a statutory right to contact the data protection supervisory authority directly and obtain information on your statutory rights under the German Federal ‘BDSG-Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – Data Protection Legislation – as well as any other statutory requirements concerning data protection, including details of the aforementioned ‘GDPR ’. In addition, the supervisory authority is the point of contact for submitting complaints on the processing of personal data.

The competent data protection supervisory authority for Picard GmbH (Inc.) is:
the ‘Landesbeauftragte fuer Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit’ -

(Federal State Data Protection- and Information-Freedom -Supervisory Authority)
P. O. Box 20 04 44, D-40102 Dusseldorf, Germany.

Tel.: +49 (0) 211 38424-0
Fax: +49 (0) 211 384 2410
E-mail address: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

You can find details of other data protection supervisory authorities here:

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html