Data protection

Privacy statement

Thank you for visiting our website. The protection of your personal details is an important concern for us and we want you to feel safe when visiting our website. We protect your privacy and your personal details. We process your personal details according to the content of this privacy statement in compliance with the applicable data protection provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the other relevant provisions on data protection as the case may be.

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Name and contact details of the responsible person

NIDEC MOTORS & ACTUATORS (GERMANY) GmbH, Seewiesenstrasse 9, D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen, as the operator of the website https://www.nidec-ma.com, is the responsible party within the meaning of the GDPR.

Contacting the Data Protection Officer

You can contact our data protection officer at any time with any data protection concerns at datenschutz@nidec-ma.com.

What counts as personal details?

Personal details means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Purposes of data processing

The scope and nature of the collection, processing and use of your data differs depending on whether you visit our website merely to retrieve generally available information or to make use of additional services. In principle, we process your personal details within the scope of our entrepreneurial activity for pre-contractual or contractual purposes. In addition, the exercise of our legitimate interest or compliance with legal requirements may also be the substantive purpose of our data processing. Below, we explain the respective specific purposes of data processing.

Legal basis of the data processing

We process your personal details in accordance with the following legal provisions:

  • For the fulfilment of pre-contractual or contractual obligations (Art. 6(1b) GDPR)
  • Based on your consent (Art. 6(1a) GDPR)
  • Within the framework of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1f) GDPR)
  • Due to legal requirements (Art. 6(1c) GDPR)

In addition, depending on the type and scope of processing, further legal provisions may exist according to country-specific provisions. We will inform you about the specific legal basis of the data processing in our respective processing operations.

Right to object

If we process your personal details within the framework of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest (legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1f) GDPR), you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you exercise your right of objection, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, we reserve the right to further processing (with the exception of direct marketing; in this case we will comply with your objection immediately) if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Further rights of data subjects remain unaffected by this.

External hosting

We use an external service provider to host this website. The personal details collected on this website are stored on the hoster's servers.

The use of the hoster is in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our website (Art. 6(1f) GDPR). Our hoster will only process your data to the extent that this is necessary for the fulfilment of its performance obligations within the framework of the contractual obligations and instructions received from us. We use Neue Medien Münnich GmbH, Hauptstr. 68 in 02742 Friedersdorf as our hoster.

Use of our website for information purposes

For a purely informative use of our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal details. In this case, when you access our websites, we only collect the data that your internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as:

  • Referrer (previously visited website)
  • Requested web page or file
  • Browser type and version
  • Your operating system
  • Device type used
  • Time of access
  • IP address in anonymised form
  • Other similar data and information which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

This is usually done through the use of log files. The purpose of the processing is to ensure the functionality and compatibility of our website for technically unproblematic use, including troubleshooting, as well as protection against technical attacks and misuse. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is ensuring the proper operation of our website. The log file data is erased when it is no longer necessary for the purpose of processing.

Use of our website for other services

If you make use of further services offered by our company via our website, it may be necessary for you to provide personal details for this purpose. The personal details required for the provision of the service are specified in the respective input window or application. You can enter further information voluntarily. You can see which information is required and which is voluntary by the fact that the mandatory information is marked with an asterisk (*) or with the note "Mandatory field". Your data will be processed solely for the purpose of providing the service you requested. You will find the legal basis for the processing of your personal details as well as information on when your personal details will be erased in the description of the specific services.

Contact us

Contact form

On our website we offer you the possibility to contact us via a contact form. The personal details that you provide as a result of contacting us via a contact form are only processed for the purpose of processing the contact triggered by you via the contact form. A transfer to third parties only takes place if this is necessary for the purpose of processing your contact. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1b) GDPR. Your personal details will be erased when they are no longer required to fulfil the purpose of your contact. We would like to point out that your messages may have to be stored within the framework of statutory archiving obligations. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6(1c) GDPR.

Contact by email


On our website we offer you the possibility to contact us by email. Please note that unencrypted communication via email is not secure. It cannot be ruled out that data transmitted in this way may be read, copied, changed or erased by unauthorised persons. The personal details that you provide as a result of contacting us via an email enquiry will only be processed for the purpose of dealing with your email enquiry. A transfer to third parties only takes place if this is necessary for the purpose of processing this contact. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1b) GDPR. Your personal details will be erased when they are no longer required to fulfil the purpose of your contact. We would like to point out that your messages may have to be stored within the framework of statutory archiving obligations. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6(1c) GDPR.

Security

We have taken technical and organisational measures to protect our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, alteration or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons. In particular, your personal details provided in the contact form will be transmitted in encrypted form. We use the TLS 1.3 (Transport Layer Security) coding system.

Cookies

We use cookies to track visitor preferences and to optimise the design of our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit our website. If you wish, you can delete the cookies at any time. However, this may mean that individual functions are no longer available to you. To delete cookies, please refer to the help function of your browser. For more information on the individual cookies and their purpose, please see our privacy settings.

Web analysis

We do not use web analytics.

Further functions and contents

If we use further functions and content (e.g. map or font services) on our website by means of which we or the provider of the services process personal details from you, we will inform you about this at this point.

Recipients and data transmission

We have combined certain data processing operations in our company. These can be carried out centrally by our individual divisions, e.g. for processing enquiries. External contractors and service providers (e.g. logistics companies or IT service providers) may also be used to ensure our tasks and fulfilment of contracts. In addition, data may go to recipients to whom we are obliged or entitled to disclose data due to contractual or legal obligations or due to your consent.

Data transfer to third countries

Data will only be transferred to third countries (countries outside the EU and the European Economic Area EEA) if this is necessary for the execution of a contract/ order/ business relationship, including the initiation thereof, or if it is permissible due to our legitimate interest or your consent, and only in compliance with the data protection requirements stipulated for this purpose.

Erasure of your data

We only process your personal details for as long as is necessary to fulfil the respective purpose or until a legal basis for the processing (e.g. revocation of consent to data processing) no longer exists. In doing so, we observe the existing statutory archiving and storage periods.

Your rights

You have the following rights:

  • To receive information free of charge about the personal details we have stored about you (right to information)
  • To request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal details relating to you (right to confirmation)
  • To demand from us that the personal details concerning you be erased by us without delay, provided that their processing is no longer necessary and the further conditions of the GDPR for erasure are also fulfilled (right to erasure)
  • To request the immediate rectification and completion of any inaccurate personal details concerning you (right to rectification)
  • To request the restriction of the processing of your personal details (right to restriction of processing)
  • To receive the personal details concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format (right to data portability )
  • To object to the processing of your personal details (right to object )
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (right to a case-by-case decision ).
  • To withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal details at any time with effect for the future .
  • To complain to the supervisory authority responsible for data protection if you believe that the processing of personal details concerning you violates the GDPR (right to complain).

For further information on your rights, please contact our data protection officer.

Changes to our privacy statement

In order to ensure that our privacy statement always complies with the current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the privacy statement has to be adapted due to new or revised services. The new privacy statement will then take effect the next time you visit our website.

Information for customers and suppliers according to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR

You can find this information at > Document: information pursuant to Art. 13 / Art. 14 GDPR on the processing of your data and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation