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3. Contact form and e-mail

a. Data processing

Our websites contain contact forms as well as links for contacting us directly by e-mail. If you use one of these contact forms, the data entered in the entry mask will be transmitted to us and processed. The mandatory data, which must be provided in the respective contact form electronic contact information, are marked therein with (*). If you provide us with additional data, this is done voluntarily.

If you contact us directly by e-mail, we process the associated e-mail meta data as well as the content of the message.

b. Purposes and legal bases

Your data will be processed to enable us to contact you and to process your request and also to provide you with our respective services, as well as to prevent any misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

The legal basis for processing such mandatory information is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR. The aforementioned purposes also constitute legitimate interests in the processing of the data. If the objective of the contact is the entering into a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (b) GDPR. The legal basis for processing of data voluntarily provided by you is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR.

c. Storage period

The data subject's personal data will be erased or blocked once the storage purpose ceases to apply. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations governing the controller. The data will also be blocked or erased once a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of such data for entering into or performance of a contract.

If you have given your consent, you have the right to  withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until withdrawal. Please notify your respective BASF contact partner accordingly.

4. Embedded YouTube videos

a. Data processing

We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored on the YouTube platform and can be played directly from our website. YouTube is a service of Google LLC, D/B/A YouTube. 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter as ‘Google’). The videos are all embedded in the so-called ‘2-click-mode’, which means that no data about you as a user is being transferred to Google if you do not activate the video function. Before the video function’s activation, only a preview image loaded from our own web server is being displayed.

Data will only be transferred to Google if you activate such video functions. Once being activated, we have no influence on this data transfer. The data transfer is carried out regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in at Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. 

b. Purposes and legal basis

We use YouTube videos on our website to present those to you in an easy way.We use YouTube videos on our website to present those to you in an easy way.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You grant this consent by activating the video function. If activated, your personal data will be transferred to Google as described above. 

In the course of the data transfer to Google, your personal data will be transferred to servers of Google, which might also be located in the USA. The USA is a country that does not have a level of data protection which is adequate to that of the EU. In particular, this means that personal data can be accessed by US authorities in a simplified manner and that there are only limited rights to such measures. If you activate the YouTube video function, you expressly consent to the transfer of data to Google and to the transfer of your personal data to servers located in the USA.

If you have given your consent, you have the right to revoke it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can revoke you consent at any time for the future by deactivating the slider of the category “YouTube” in the Cookie Settings. 

c. Further information

Further information on data processing, in particular on the legal basis and storage period by YouTube, can be found in the provider's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the privacy banner on the YouTube platform. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy.

Google may also process your personal information in the United States, a third country without an adequate level of data protection.

5. Social media hyperlink

Our website includes hyperlinks to the following social media services: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, Slideshare, flickr and Instagram.

These are designed in the form of the corresponding logos and are stored on our own server. No data about you as a user is transferred to the respective provider services that when our website is loaded for the first time. You will be directed to the respective website only when you click on the logos. More of your data may be processed on such websites.

We have no influence on such data processing on the respective linked websites.

C. Are you obliged to provide us with this data?

When visiting our website, the information mentioned in point B. 1. a. and the information from the cookies classified as essential is processed automatically. Transmission of such information is voluntary. We cannot display the requested page without the provision of such personal data.

If you:

• allow us to use cookies not classified as essential,
• want to contact us and send us an e-mail or use our contact form to do so (including the necessary reCAPTCHA query), or
• would like to watch embedded YouTube videos,

transmission of such information is voluntary.

If you contact us, we will not be able to answer your request, or not in the optimal manner in the selected way if you do not provide us with personal data required in the particular case. Insofar as cookies are concerned, the lack of consent may lead to the restriction of the functionality of the website or parts of it. Embedded videos cannot be played without your consent.

D. Whom do we disclose your personal data to?

Within our company, only persons and departments are given access to your aforementioned personal data who need such data to fulfill the purposes mentioned above.

We also collaborate with service providers. These service providers work only according to our instructions and are contractually obliged to comply with the applicable data protection requirements.

Moreover, we disclose your data to third parties only if:

• you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR,
• the disclosure is necessary in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR, for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims and if there is no reason to assume that you have overriding legitimate interests in your data not being disclosed,
• there is a statutory disclosure obligation in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, point (c) GDPR, or
• this is permitted by law and required for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, point (b) GDPR.

Your personal data will be disclosed to service providers in a third country only if the special requirements of Article 44 et seqq. GDPR are satisfied.

E. How do we secure your personal data?

BASF uses technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously revised in line with technological developments.

F. What are your rights?

You are entitled to certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation:

Right of access: The right of access allows you to obtain information about your personal data processed by us and about certain other information (such as that provided in this Privacy Policy);

Right to rectification: If your personal data is incorrect or incomplete, you have a right to rectification;

Right to erasure: Based on the so-called "right to be forgotten", you can request the erasure of your personal data, unless there is an obligation to retain them. The right to erasure is not an absolute right. For example, we have the right to continue processing your personal data if such processing is necessary for compliance with our statutory obligations or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;

Right to restriction of processing: This right includes the restriction of use or of the manner of use. This right is limited to certain cases and exists in particular if: (a) the data is inaccurate; (b) processing is unlawful and you refuse its erasure; (c) we no longer require the data, but you need for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. If the processing is restricted, we may continue to store the data, but not use it. We keep a list of persons who have exercised the right to restrict processing in order to be able to ensure this restriction;

Right to data portability: This right includes that if technically possible, we transmit your personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format for your own purposes;

Right to object:
You may object to the processing of your personal data if they are processed on the basis of legitimate interests, in particular in the case of direct marketing.
 

Right to withdraw your consent: If you have given us your consent to processing, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until withdrawal.

The exercise of these rights is free of charge for you. However, you must prove your identity with two factors. We will make reasonable efforts in accordance with our statutory obligations to transfer, rectify or erase your personal data in our file systems.

To exercise your rights, please contact us, e.g. by e-mail or by post. The contact details are provided in section A.

G.Where can you lodge a complaint?

You have the option of lodging a complaint with the data protection officer specified to in this Privacy Policy (see section A for contact details) or with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of abode, your place of employment or the place of the suspected infringement.

In any case, you may contact:

Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate State Commissioner for the Protection of Data and Freedom of Information)

Hintere Bleiche 34

55116 Mainz, Germany

https://www.datenschutz.rlp.de/de/general-storage/footer/ueber-den-lfdi/kontakt/

e-mail:  poststelle@datenschutz.rlp.de