This Privacy Policy provides you, in accordance with Article 13 GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation), with information on the processing of personal data by MATERIA Design GmbH (hereinafter: „we“, „us“) when you visit our website, contact us or have a contractual relationship with us.
As a rule we process data that you provide only for those purposes for which we have collected such data. We will process your data for other purposes only where there is another legal basis for the processing, in particular when we transfer data to third parties.
You can visit our website without registering or providing any personal information. Our website does not use cookies.
Whenever you access our website, we collect the following information: IP address, information on your browser software and operating system, the contents you access, as well as date and time. This data will be stored for a maximum period of seven days. After that the IP address will be made anonymous so that the information can no longer be associated with an individual connection to the Internet.
The processing of personal data is based on our legitimate interests in the prevention and prosecution of unauthorized use and in analyzing the use of the website in order to improve and optimize the information we provide. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
When you contact us via email or by using the contact form, we will process the personal data you provide, including the subject-matter of your request in order to handle your request. The legal basis of the processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (taking steps prior to entering into a contract).
When we assign you as an external supplier, vendor or service provider, we will process the data that you provide to us in the context of the contractual relationship. The purpose of the processing is the performance of and payment for orders. This includes in particular the following data: company, address, tax numbers, company register numbers; salutation, full name of contact persons; their contact data such as phone numbers, fax number, email address; subject-matter of the contract or individual order; payment data. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract).
When you ask for information material or request a project bid or send us any other request, we will process the data that you provide to us to handle your request. This includes in particular the following data: company, address; salutation, full name of our contact person; his/her contact data such as phone numbers, fax number, email address; subject-matter of the request. We will process your data to handle your request, e.g. to send you an offer. The legal basis of the processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (taking steps prior to entering into a contract). When a contract is made relating to the services we offer, we process the data that you provide to us in the context of the contractual relationship. This includes in particular the following data: company, address, tax numbers, company register numbers; salutation, full name of contact persons; their contact data such as phone numbers, fax number, email address; subject-matter of the contract or individual order; payment data. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract).
When you apply for a job with us, we will collect the data that you provide to us to review your application and to carry out our vetting procedure.
This includes in particular the following data: salutation, name, address, phone number, email address; documents submitted as part of the application or later, such as a CV and certificates; payment data for the reimbursement of travel expenses (if any).
The legal basis is Section 26(1), clause 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (data processing for employment-related purposes where necessary for the decision on hiring).
The processing is necessary for handling your job application. Without processing this data we cannot consider your application.
Where an employment contract or training relationship exists or you are in any other way an employee as defined in Section 26(8) of the German Federal Data Protection Act, we process the data that you provide to us if this is necessary for the performance or termination of the employment contract or to exercise or satisfy rights and obligations of employees’ representation.
The legal basis is Section 26(1), clause 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (employment-related purposes).
Where this is necessary, we will process your data beyond the performance of a contract as stated in section 3 also for the pursuit of legitimate interests. Such legitimate interests include: customer relations management; analysis of needs; development and optimization of our services; establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; ensuring the safety of our operations; direct marketing.
Where this is necessary, we will process your data also for the prevention and investigation of criminal acts; the legal basis is Section 26(1), clause 2 of the German Federal Data Protection Act. In addition to that we process your data, where necessary, for the pursuit of legitimate interests. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (pursuit of legitimate interests). Our legitimate interests include in particular the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Without your explicit consent we will process your data to send you commercial communication by mail only. We will process your data for commercial communication by phone, fax or email only with your explicit consent. An exception is made in the event that we have collected your email address in the context of a contract on the provision of services. In this case, we may send you commercial emails for similar services unless you object to this; we will point out the fact that you may object whenever we send commercial emails. The legal basis is Section 7(3) of the German Unfair Competition Act. If you register for an email newsletter, we will process your name and email address for sending the newsletter. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
We also process your data if this necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. This applies in particular when we store your data beyond the term of a contract due to legal obligations to retain data under commercial law or tax law and when we provide information to courts and authorities, e.g. the tax office.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR (compliance with a legal obligation).
Where this is necessary for one of the abovementioned purposes, we will transfer your data to third parties.
In the context of the performance of the contract we will transfer your data to third parties to the extent that this is necessary to perform our own contractual duties, as well as to the extent that this necessary for the performance of your contractual obligations, in particular to payment service providers. What is necessary is determined by the specific subject-matter of the relevant contract.
We will process your data for purposes for which none of the abovementioned legal bases applies only with your consent. Where personal data is processed based on your consent, you may, pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR, withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
We store personal data only as long as it is necessary for the relevant purpose.
To the extent that there are legal obligations to retain data, in particular in accordance with commercial law and tax law, the relevant personal data will be stored for the term of such obligation to retain data. After this term has expired we will consider if the processing is still necessary. If it is not necessary any more, the data will be erased. The obligation to retain data has a term of six years (for business correspondence and other documents) or ten years (for accounting records and invoices).
Where we store data for the pursuit of legitimate interests by establishing, exercising or defending legal claims, the period of storage is determined by the statute of limitation. The regular statute of limitation according to Sections 195 et seq. of the German Civil Code is three years from the end of the year in which the claim arose and the obligee obtained knowledge of the circumstances giving rise to the claim. The statute of limitation may be longer in special cases. If a license agreement is concerned, we will store the documents necessary to provide evidence of our rights for the term of that license plus the statute of limitation.
We will store your data as long as it is necessary to handle your application. This does not apply to data which we may not yet erase due to statutory obligations. We will store your data for the exercise or defense of legal claims for a maximum period of 6 months after the selective procedure was completed. Where appropriate we may ask you if we may keep the documents that you have submitted as part of your application for future hiring. We will keep your documents only if you give us your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.