Privacy

We appreciate your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. The following provides information on how we handle your data.

1. Privacy rights
Personal data will be processed and used for the purpose of pre-contractual measures, performances of a contract, contract implementations, contract maintenance, contract analysis as well as promotional contacting, by Agamus Consult GmbH, by the publisher Media-Manufaktur GmbH and by the companies of Süddeutscher Verlag Mediengruppe. If you want to object promotional contacting, please contact us via lean.award@agamus.com. The deletion of data will happen promptly after the loss of its purpose, but not before the expiration of possible valid legal retention periods.

According to the data protection regulation, you have the following rights:

• To request information to find out what information is stored about you in case your personal data are processed (Art. 15 GDPR)
• If incorrect personal data are processed, you are entitled to a correction (Art. 16 GDPR).
• To request the deletion and restriction of the processing (blocking) of your personal data as long as this is legally permissible and possible within the framework of an existing contractual relationship. (Art. 17, 18, 21 GDPR)
• To data portability, i.e. you can receive your data which you provided to us, in a commonly used and machine-readable format, such as CSV, and, where necessary, transmit the data to others (Art. 20 GDPR)
• To file complaints with the supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible is: Bayerische Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz.

2. Contact details of the data protection officer
You can contact the company data protection officer of Agamus Consult GmbH via: Agamus Consult GmbH, Fürstenrieder Str. 263, 81377 München, email: datenschutz@agamus.com

3. Scope of Application
This privacy statement applies to our website www.automotive-lean-production.de and, where applicable, to other sites offered by us, as long as they refer to this privacy statement.

The privacy statement does not apply to websites of third parties, in particular in the following cases:

• Websites of third parties which are independent of the website www.automotive-lean-production.de and contain a link or a search form that refers to our website;
• Websites of third parties which are independent of the website www.automotive-lean-production.de and are opened via a link
• Partner sites of www.automotive-lean-production.de that have integrated one of the services on their own website (co-brandings)
• Partner sites of www.automotive-lean-production.de, accessed through integration in one of the services offered (co-branded sites)
• Independent websites of business partners

The privacy measures and the contents of such websites of third parties are subject to the privacy provisions of the respective websites of these third parties. It is recommended to carefully read the privacy provisions of these other websites to be informed about how they deal with your personal data.

3. Visit to the Website
3.1 Access data
You can visit our website without providing any details about yourself. We only collect access and navigation data such as IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to GMT, content of the request, access status, transmitted data volume, website from which the request was received, language and version of the browser and operating system. These data are only evaluated to ensure proper operation of the website and to optimise our offer and, are deleted afterwards.

3.2 Use of Cookies
We use cookies to ensure a simple and practical use of the website. These are small text files that are stored on your device and store certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser.

When you visit the website, our system sends cookies to your device. Cookies alone do not identify you personally, but only recognise your web browser. As long as you do not reveal your identity to us, e.g. through registration or by completing a web form, you remain anonymous.

We use session cookies. Session cookies are only retained for one session. When you exit your browser software or turn off your device, these cookies are removed from your device. If you disable the storage of cookies in your browser, you can still use the site. Deactivation of cookies may, however, lead to a limited functionality of the website and its use.

The following describes how we use the different types of cookies and the options available to you to manage cookie settings:

3.2.1 Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary to enable the operation of the website. This includes, for example, cookies which enable you to log into the user area.

3.2.2 Analytical Cookies
These cookies allow collecting anonymous data about the usage behaviour of the users. These are evaluated, e.g. to improve the functionality of the website and to provide you with offers where appropriate.

3.2.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies are used for certain functionalities of the website, e.g. to suggest a better navigational flow, or to provide you with personalised and relevant information.

3.2.4 Targeting Cookies
These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited, and the links that you have activated. We use this information to adapt our website and the displayed advertising to your interests.

3.2.5 Third Party Cookies
These cookies of some of our partners help to make the website more interesting for you. Therefore, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your device during your visit to our website. These are temporary cookies which are automatically deleted after the specified time. Cookies from partner companies are usually deleted within a few days or up to 24 months, in individual cases even after several years. Cookies of our partners do not contain any personal data. Only pseudonym data are collected under a user ID. These pseudonymous data will never be merged with your personal data at any time.

3.2.6 Configuring the Cookie Settings in your Browser
The browsers differ in their way how the cookie settings are managed there. These are described in the help menu of the respective browser.

3.3 Use of analytical Tools; Right of Objection
Our website uses the web analytics service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called »cookies« which allow an analysis of the use of the website. The usage information (including your abbreviated IP address) generated by the cookie is transferred to our system and stored and used for the purpose of advertising, market research or the appropriate design of the website. Your IP address will be anonymised during this process so that you remain anonymous to us as a user. You can prevent the use of cookies by means of an appropriate setting in your browser. If you do so, you might not be able to make full use of all the functions on this website.

If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data, you can always object to the storage and use at any time by a mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. If you delete your cookies, this means that the opt-out cookie is also deleted and must be activated again as necessary.

Your visit to this website is currently recorded by Matomo web analytics.

You can decide here whether a unique web analytics cookie may be stored in your browser in order to allow the operator of the website to collect and analyse various statistical data. If you don't want to, click the following link to store the Matomo deactivation cookie in your browser.

5. Sending a Contact Request
Personal data will be collected if you voluntarily communicate this to us during establishing contact or when registering for our services. We only use your data to provide you with the information or services you require, this means that only information and data are stored and processed that are necessary to answer your request or to perform the contractual relationship. If you contact us without concluding a contract of use, your data will be deleted from the database, if you wish.

6. Changing and deleting Data
You may change and, in particular, correct or supplement at any time the data in your user account that you communicated during registration. Furthermore, your data will be deleted by us if you inform us of your request for deletion. When the data are completely deleted, however, the access to the parts of the website that are subject to registration also ends. Your data will also be deleted automatically when you unregister as a user and stop using the database.
Data collected without registration will be deleted within the deletion periods provided for this purpose.
The deletion of data takes place promptly after the end of the purpose for which they were collected, but not before the expiry of any statutory retention periods.

7. Disclosure of collected Data, Consent and Revocation
If necessary, we will pass on data to the service providers assigned by us so that they can provide services on our behalf as part of the operation of the website and within the scope of the services offered by us. We will also pass on the personal data to companies assigned by and connected with us to optimise our services and offers.

Otherwise, we only pass on personal data if this is legally permissible or in compliance with a legal obligation, or if you have given your consent for this. Your consent may be revoked by you at any time with future effect. You can send your consent in writing by letter or by e-mail to the following addresses: Agamus Consult GmbH, Fürstenrieder Str. 263,
81377 München, or datenschutz@agamus.com

9. Changes to this Privacy Statement
This privacy statement is subject to change without notice.