Privacy Statement
50Hertz welcomes you to our website, and appreciates your interest in our company. Maintaining the privacy of your personal data is a serious concern of ours, and we want you to feel safe while visiting our Internet pages.
Collection and processing of personal data
In most cases, you can visit the pages of 50Hertz without having to share any private data with us. The only information that is revealed to us is the name of your Internet service provider, the website that linked you to our site, and the pages on our site that you visit. This information is analysed for statistical purposes, but each user remains anonymous in the analysis.
Personal data are only stored and processed when you choose to use one of the services on offer from 50Hertz and you disclose personal data for the purpose of processing your request.
Some parts of 50Hertz website utilise cookies to customise services to your specific needs. Cookies are small files that a web server can send to your computer to help identify it throughout the duration of your visit. You can configure your browser so that you are informed whenever they areused. In this way, you can use cookies in a clear and unambiguous manner.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/analytics/privacyoverview.html. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).
Use and dissemination of personal data, and intended purpose
Any personal data gathered by 50Hertz Internet services will only be recorded, processed, and used in compliance with the valid data privacy laws, and for the purposes of contract processing or protection of our own legitimate business interests pertaining to consulting and support services provided to our customers and customer-oriented design of products.
Right of access to privacy data, and public index of procedures
As prescribed by applicable law, we shall inform you in writing about which, if any, of your private data we have stored. In accordance with section 4e of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG), our public index of procedures outlines these processes.
Security
50Hertz protects your data from unauthorised access, loss, or destruction using technical and organizational means. Any private data transferred by 50Hertz is transferred in encrypted form.
Please address any queries you have regarding the processing of your personal data to our Chief Privacy Officer directly. Together with his team, our Chief Data Privacy officer can also assist with any requests for information, applications, or complaints you may have.
Please direct any questions on data privacy to the
Chief Privacy Officer of
50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Dipl.-Inform. Udo Wenzel
Eichenstraße 3A
12435 Berlin
Germany
T +49-30-8182 2383
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