Privacy policy
Privacy policy of
9elf26 brand of MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG
We appreciate your interest in our company and our products and services, and we want you to feel secure regarding the protection of your data when visiting our website. We take the protection of your data very seriously. Compliance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) is a matter of course for us.
As part of our legal obligations to provide information, we want to make this privacy policy as transparent as possible. Therefore, we explain below the purpose of processing your data, the use of cookies, tracking/analysis tools, social media and other third-party services, and inform you about your rights.
Should you have any further questions regarding the handling of your personal data, please feel free to contact us or our data protection officer (contact details below).
1. Responsible body
9efl26, a brand of MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG, is the operator of this website and the responsible body (controller) within the meaning of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data, hereinafter referred to as "data".
2. Definitions
We would like to inform you below about the processing of your personal data when you visit our website and use our content and services.
According to the GDPR, "personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject). A natural person is identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, address, telephone number, email address, IP address, location data or specific characteristics such as the genetic, economic and social identity of that natural person.
"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on data or on sets of data, whether or not by automated means. This includes, in particular, collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
With regard to the other data protection terms used, we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the GDPR.
3. Scope of processing personal data
Generally, you are not required to provide any data to use our website. However, in certain cases, we need your name and address, as well as other information, so that we can provide the requested services.
The same applies, for example, to sending informational materials and ordered goods, or to answering individual questions. Where necessary, we will inform you accordingly. Furthermore, we only process data that you voluntarily provide to us and, where applicable, data that we automatically collect when you visit our website (e.g., IP address and the names of the pages you accessed, the browser and operating system you used, the date and time of access, search engines used, and names of downloaded files).
When you use our services, we generally only collect the data necessary to provide those services. Any requests for additional information are voluntary.
4. Purpose limitation of the processing of personal data
We process the data you provide in accordance with the principles of data minimization and purpose limitation. The principle of purpose limitation states that data must be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and may not be further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes. Further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes is not considered incompatible with the original purposes.
We generally process your data for the purpose of responding to your inquiries, processing your orders, or providing you with access to specific information or offers. To maintain customer relationships, it may also be necessary for us or a service provider commissioned by us to use this data to inform you about product offers or to conduct online surveys in order to better meet the needs and requirements of our customers.
We will only process the data you provide online for the purposes communicated to you.
5. Disclosure of data to third parties
Your data will only be shared with third parties in exceptional cases.
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to external service providers (data processors) acting on our behalf, if this is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the contractual relationship,
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to government institutions and authorities if we are legally obliged to do so or
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if you agree to this.
We conclude the necessary data processing agreements with our data processors in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR. The service providers we commission are bound by confidentiality agreements and are obligated to comply with the provisions of the GDPR and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The data transferred may only be used by our service providers to fulfill their assigned tasks. Any other use of the information is prohibited and is not permitted by any of the service providers we engage.
Data will only be transmitted and further processed by authorized government institutions and authorities within the framework of the relevant laws or if we are obliged to do so by a court order.
Furthermore, we do not share any data with third parties unless you have expressly consented.
Of course, we respect your decision if you do not wish to provide us with your data to support our customer relationship (especially for direct marketing or market research purposes). We will neither sell your data to third parties nor otherwise market it unless you have given us your consent.
6. Data transfers to a third country
If, in the course of using third-party services, data is disclosed or transferred to third parties in a third country, i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), and data is further processed, this will only occur on the basis of your consent, a legal obligation, our legitimate interests, or if it is necessary for the performance of our (pre-)contractual obligations. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we will only process or have data processed in a third country if the special requirements of Articles 44 et seq. of the GDPR are met. This means, for example, that processing takes place on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized finding of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations (so-called "EU Standard Contractual Clauses").
7. Legal basis for the processing of personal data
Insofar as we obtain your consent for processing personal data, the consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR constitutes the legal basis for the processing of your data.
When processing personal data that is necessary to fulfill the requested service, we rely on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b GDPR as the legal basis.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, and the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests, then Article 6(1)(f) GDPR shall form the legal basis for the processing.
8. Data deletion and storage period
We only store your data until the purpose has been fulfilled and there are no other legal retention obligations (e.g. commercial or tax law retention obligations).
If you have given us your consent, we will store your data until you revoke your consent, provided there is no other legal basis for processing your data and no statutory retention periods prevent deletion.
Furthermore, in individual cases, e.g. for evidentiary purposes, longer storage may be advisable to defend against/enforce civil or public law claims.
9. Data that is automatically collected when you visit our website
When using our website, the following data may be processed for organizational and technical reasons: the names of the pages you accessed, the browser and operating system you used, the date and time of access, the search engines used, the names of downloaded files, and your IP address.
10. Cookies
10.1 General
When you visit one of our websites, we may store information on your computer in the form of a cookie. Cookies are small text files that are sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive.
Some cookies are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable your browser to be recognized on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.
Apart from the Internet Protocol address, no personal data of the user is stored. This information is used to automatically recognize you on your next visit to our website and to facilitate navigation. Cookies allow us, for example, to tailor a website to your interests or to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it each time.
Necessary cookies help to make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Convenience cookies make it easier for you to use our websites. They enable a website to remember information that affects the way a website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.
Statistics cookies collect anonymous data for statistics and analysis. They thus help us to further improve our website and optimize its content.
Of course, you can also view our websites without cookies. If you do not want us to recognize your computer, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer's instructions for details on how this works. However, if you do not accept cookies, this may lead to functional restrictions of our offers.
When you start our websites, you can decide for yourself which categories you want to allow in the cookie settings. We use Cookiebot (see point 10.2) as our cookie banner.
Cookies that are necessary for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services (“technically necessary cookies”) are stored on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Cookies that are not technically necessary are only set after you have given your consent (based on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
You can adjust your cookie settings at any time by clicking on the “Change cookie settings” button and revoke any consent you have already given.
10.2 Use of CookieYes
Our websites use the cookie consent technology from “CookieYes” to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser and to document this in accordance with data protection regulations. CookieYes is a product of CookieYes Limited, 3 Warren Yard, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes, England, MK12 5NW, United Kingdom (“CookieYes”).
When you visit our website, a banner is displayed via a JavaScript code and you can decide individually which cookies and/or cookie-based applications you consent to. The cookie consent tool blocks the setting of all cookies that require consent until you give your consent. This ensures that such cookies are only set on your device after you have explicitly given your consent.
The CookieYes application collects certain user information (including the IP address), transmits it to CookieYes servers, and stores it there. This serves to enable a unique individual user assignment of page views and to individually record, log, and store your consent settings as a user for the duration of a session. The consents you have given or revoked are stored in a CookieYes cookie.
The data collected is stored until you request us to delete it, delete the CookieYes cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected.
This data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, consequently, in the legally compliant design of our website. In addition, as the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent. Accordingly, the use of CookieYes consent technology is also based on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.
Details on data processing by CookieYes can be found at https://www.cookieyes.com/privacy-policy.
11. Analysis and tracking tools
11.1 General
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; your surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Further information on this can be found below.
11.2 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, or, if the service is provided in the European Union (EU), Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Google Analytics uses “cookies” to enable an analysis of your use of the website.
The following data, among other things, is recorded during your visit to the website:
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Pages accessed
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Orders, including sales and products ordered
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The achievement of “website goals” (e.g., contact requests)
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Your behavior on the pages (e.g., clicks, scrolling behavior, and length of stay)
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Your approximate location (country and city)
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Your IP address (in abbreviated form, so that no clear assignment is possible)
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Technical information such as browser, internet provider, device, and screen resolution
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Source of your visit (i.e., which website or advertising medium brought you to us)
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (so-called IP masking).
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymization is active on this website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The data will be transferred if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR (e.g., EU standard contractual clauses with additional measures) are met.
Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years from your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated user ID that can be used to recognize you on future visits to the website. The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated user ID, which enables the evaluation of pseudonymous user profiles. This user-related data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form for an indefinite period. If you do not agree to this collection, you can prevent it by installing the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.
If consent to set or store cookies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by clicking on the “Change cookie settings” button. An opt-out cookie will then be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website.
Otherwise, your data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (analysis, optimization, and the economic operation of our online offering) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
You can access Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and Google's terms of use at https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.
11.3 Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, or, if the service is provided in the European Union (EU), Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually represent geographical information. By using this service, our location is displayed to you and any journey to us is made easier.
As soon as you access the subpages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This may also involve transmission to Google LLC. servers in the USA. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want this association with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.
In the event of personal data being transferred to Google LLC. based in the USA, Google LLC has taken appropriate measures (such as concluding EU standard contractual clauses) to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
If consent to set or store cookies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by clicking on the “Change cookie settings” button. An opt-out cookie will then be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website.
Furthermore, your data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (in displaying our location and making it easy to find the locations specified on our website) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used.
Further information on this can be found at: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.
11.4 kununu
Our website uses features from the employer review platform “kununu.” The provider is kununu GmbH, represented by XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
To make our website more attractive, we include our current employer rating from the social platform kununu in our career section. As a third-party advertiser, kununu uses cookies for analysis and/or marketing purposes when a page that includes kununu employer ratings is accessed.
We would like to point out that, as the provider of this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by kununu.
Further information can be found in kununu's privacy policy at: privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy/print-version
If consent to store corresponding cookies has been requested and granted, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by clicking on the “Change cookie settings” button.
12. Social Media
Our website contains links to the social networks (social media) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING, and YouTube. After clicking on the embedded links, you will be redirected to the respective provider's website. User information is only transferred to the respective provider after the redirection. For information on how your personal data is handled when using these websites, please refer to the respective providers' privacy policies.
12.1 Facebook
Our pages contain links to the social network Facebook, 1601 Willow Rd, 94025 Menlo Park, USA, or, if the service is provided in the European Union (EU), Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).
You can recognize the (image) link by the button with the Facebook logo (small “f” in a round shape).
After clicking on the integrated Facebook button, you will be redirected to our Facebook page.
This establishes a direct connection between your browser and a Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives your IP address, the time of your visit, and the information that you have visited our Facebook page.
The information generated by Facebook is usually transferred to a Facebook server and stored there. This may also involve transmission to Facebook Inc. servers in the USA. Facebook Inc., based in the USA, has taken appropriate measures (such as concluding EU standard contractual clauses) to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.
Facebook stores your IP address even if you are not a member of Facebook. For European users, however, only an anonymized IP address is stored.
If you click on the Like button (e.g. in posts) while you are logged into Facebook, you can link the content of our Facebook page to your Facebook profile. As the provider of the site, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to Facebook or its use by Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our website with your Facebook user account, you must log out of your Facebook user account and delete your cookies before visiting our website.
We use Facebook links on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. These are the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering.
For further information, in particular the exact purpose and scope of data collection, please visit https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Privacy settings, including the option to object to the use of your data for advertising purposes, are available here.
12.2 Twitter
Links to the Twitter service are integrated into our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco CA 94107 in the USA (“Twitter”). The (image) link is marked with a Twitter logo (bird in a round shape).
Twitter has signed standard contractual clauses and takes additional measures to guarantee compliance with European data protection law.
We use the Twitter links on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. These are the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering.
When you click on the links mentioned, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website is forwarded to Twitter's servers. For users who are logged in at the same time, e.g., to Twitter, this means that the usage data is assigned to your respective personal account. When you click on the links, this information is transmitted directly from your browser to Twitter and stored there. Even if you are not a member of the aforementioned social networks, it is still possible that Twitter will determine and store your IP address.
To learn about the purpose and scope of the collection, processing, and use of your data, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please visit Twitter's website with the privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.
If you do not agree to Twitter collecting data about you via our website, please log out of Twitter before visiting our website.
12.3 LinkedIn
Our website contains links to the service linkedin.com, which is operated by LinkedIn Inc., 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View CA 94043 in the USA (“LinkedIn”). The LinkedIn link is marked with a LinkedIn logo with the letters “in”.
We use the LinkedIn links on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. These interests include the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering.
When you click on the LinkedIn link, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website is forwarded to LinkedIn's servers. For LinkedIn users who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data is assigned to your respective personal account. When you click on the LinkedIn link, this information is transmitted directly from your browser to LinkedIn and stored there. Even if you are not a member of the aforementioned social networks, it is still possible for LinkedIn to determine and store your IP address.
To learn about the purpose and scope of the processing of your data, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please visit the following websites with LinkedIn's privacy policy at http://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
If you do not agree to LinkedIn collecting data about you via our website, please log out of LinkedIn before visiting our website.
12.4 XING
Our website uses links to the social network XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. The XING link is marked with an “X” based on the Xing logo.
We use the XING links on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. These are the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering.
When you use the XING link, i.e., click on the respective button, information that you have accessed certain pages of our website is forwarded to the XING servers. For XING users who are logged in at the same time, this means that the usage data is assigned to your respective personal account. When you click on the XING link, this information is transmitted directly from your browser to XING and stored there. Even if you are not a member of the aforementioned social network, it is still possible that XING will determine and store your IP address.
To find out about the purpose and scope of the processing of your data, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please visit the XING data protection information website at https://www.xing.com/privacy.
If you do not agree to XING collecting data about you via our website, please log out of XING before visiting our website.
12.5 YouTube
Our websites use links to YouTube, which is represented by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, or, if the service is provided in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, by Google Ireland Limited, based at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”).
When using YouTube, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. Insofar as data is processed in the USA, we would like to point out that Google has committed itself to complying with European data protection guidelines, e.g. by signing the EU standard contractual clauses and taking other measures.
We use YouTube links on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. These interests include the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering.
When you activate the link by clicking on it, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and you are redirected to the YouTube website.
This transmits to the YouTube server which website you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of YouTube or Google, YouTube assigns this information to your respective personal user accounts on these platforms. When you use these plugins, such as clicking/start buttons on a video or sending a comment, this information is assigned to your YouTube user account, for example. You can prevent this by logging out before using the link.
For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of YouTube or Google, which you can access here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Information on Google's privacy settings can be found at: https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in
12.6 YouTube videos
Our websites contain so-called embeds of videos on YouTube. However, these only enable a connection to YouTube. YouTube is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, or, if the service is provided in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, by Google Ireland Limited, based at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”).
Insofar as data is processed in the USA, we would like to point out that Google has committed itself to complying with European data protection guidelines, for example by signing the EU standard contractual clauses and taking other measures.
By integrating YouTube, we aim to present various videos on our website so that you can watch them directly on our website.
By integrating external videos, we relieve our servers and can use the corresponding resources elsewhere. Among other things, this can increase the stability of our servers. YouTube and Google use the (personal) data collected to improve their own services.
If consent to set or store cookies has been requested and granted, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by clicking on the “Change cookie settings” button. An opt-out cookie will then be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website.
For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of YouTube or Google, which you can access here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Information on Google's privacy settings can be found at: https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in
13. Contact form
When you use our contact form to get in touch, we ask you for personal information. To enable us to respond to your inquiry, you must provide your name and a valid email address.
If you wish to receive information by post, we also require your address (street, house number, postal code, city) in order to send you the information by post.
Further information can be provided voluntarily.
The data you enter into the input form will be transmitted to us and stored. We also collect your IP address and the time of submission.
Your information will be processed via email.
The contact form is sent using end-to-end encryption.
Your data will be stored on protected servers in Germany in compliance with data protection regulations.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on our legitimate interests and your freely given consent. By clicking the "Submit" button, you consent to the processing of your contact information for the aforementioned purposes. If you do not agree, you must cancel the process. In this case, the contact form will not be submitted and your data will not be processed.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please write to MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Am Falbenholzweg 12a, 91126 Schwabach, Germany or send an email to info(at)9elf26.com .
If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
The legal basis for processing the IP address and the time of transmission is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (balancing of interests).
We use your data only to the extent necessary for processing your inquiries and for further correspondence with you. The data we collect when you use the contact form is stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. It is deleted in accordance with data protection regulations once your inquiry has been resolved, unless there is another legal obligation to retain it.
14. Application process
14.1 General
You can apply by email or post. Under the "Jobs" section of our website, you can find information about open positions and send us your application.
14.2 Scope of data processing
Your participation in the application process requires the provision of personal data. This data includes, among other things, identification data such as first name, last name, date of birth, contact details such as address, telephone number or email address, as well as data relating to your educational and/or professional background such as school and work certificates, information about training courses, internships or previous employers. This data may originate from the documents you provide, such as a cover letter, a CV, an application photo, certificates or other professional qualifications.
14.3 Purpose and legal basis of data processing
We process the above data for the purpose of carrying out the application process. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing the data is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. If the processing of the above data is for the purpose of initiating an employment relationship/contractual relationship, the legal basis is Article 88(1) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26(1) BDSG or Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
14.4 Storage duration
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. If an employment relationship, apprenticeship, internship, or other service relationship is established following the application process, the data will initially continue to be stored and transferred to the personnel file. Otherwise, the application process ends upon receipt of a rejection. In this case, the data will be deleted after six months. Deletion will not occur if further processing and storage of your personal data is necessary in a specific case for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. In this case, we have a legitimate interest in the further processing and storage of your personal data. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Deletion will also not occur if we are legally obligated to retain your personal data.
a. Revocation and objection
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. In particular, you have the right to withdraw your application at any time. As part of the application process, you should only provide us with the personal data that is necessary for participation in and execution of the application process. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide data. However, please note that without this data, we cannot conduct the application process and cannot consider your application. The same applies in the event of an objection to the processing of your data. You can have the data stored about you changed at any time.
14.5 Other
For further information, please refer to the information notice for applicants regarding the collection of personal data in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR.
15. Children and adolescents
Our website is aimed exclusively at potential applicants/customers, business partners and press representatives.
Individuals under the age of 16 should not submit any data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request data from children and young people who have not yet reached the age of sixteen. We do not collect this data and do not share it with third parties.
16. Security
We have implemented technical and organizational security measures in accordance with legal requirements to protect your data from loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access.
The security measures include, in particular, the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server.
All our employees and all persons involved in data processing, as well as the service providers we commission, are obliged to comply with the GDPR, the BDSG and other data protection laws and to handle data confidentially.
Our security measures are regularly reviewed and continuously revised in line with technological developments.
17. Your rights as a data subject
If we process your data, you have extensive rights as a data subject, which are listed in detail below:
17.1 Revocation of consent
If we require your consent to process your data, we will obtain this from you and use your data for the purposes specified in connection with the consent. Your consent will be recorded digitally.
If you have given us your consent to process your data, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please write to MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Am Falbenholzweg 12a, 91126 Schwabach, Germany, or send an email to info(at)9elf26.com.
17.2 Right to information
You can obtain information about your data processed by us at any time in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.
In particular, you can request information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of data processed, categories of possible recipients, and the planned storage period.
Please send your request for information to MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Am Falbenholzweg 12a, 91126 Schwabach, Germany, or send an email to info(at)9elf26.com.
17.3 Right to rectification
If the data is incorrect, you are entitled to request the rectification or completion of your data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
You can assert your right using the contact details listed above.
17.4 Right to erasure
You can request the erasure of the data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR if the storage of the data is no longer necessary and there is no other legal basis for the processing. You may also request erasure if you have objected to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for further processing of your data, if your data has been processed unlawfully, or if there is a legal obligation to erase it under EU or national law.
You can exercise your right using the contact details listed above.
17.5 Right to restriction of processing
In addition, according to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to restriction of processing if you contest the accuracy of the data for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the data; if the processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure of the data; the purpose of the processing has been fulfilled, but the data is necessary for the assertion of your legal claims, or if you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your interests.
You can exercise your right using the contact details listed above.
17.6 Right to data portability
According to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the data concerning you in a common, structured, and machine-readable format (data portability). In addition, under certain conditions, you can request that your data be transferred directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically possible.
You can exercise your right using the contact details listed above.
17.7 Right to object
You have the right to object to the use of your data for the above-mentioned purposes at any time (Art. 21 GDPR). This is possible if the objection is directed against direct marketing or if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation. In the case of an objection to direct marketing, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without you having to specify a particular situation.
To exercise your right to object, please write to MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Am Falbenholzweg 12a, 91126 Schwabach, Germany, or send an email to info(at)9elf26.com.
17.8 Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
We would also like to point out that, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
18. Questions, suggestions, complaints to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:
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MK Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Telephone: +49 160 7114192
Email: info(at)9elf26.com
19. Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures as necessary due to technical developments. In such cases, we will also update our privacy policy accordingly. Please therefore refer to the current version of our privacy policy.
The current status is March 2024.