Privacy Policy

We, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH would like to welcome you to our website and express our delight about your interest in our company and research projects . We take the protection of your data very seriously and hope that you feel comfortable during your visit at our website. Our main concern, which we observe thoroughly in our business processes, is your privacy. This Privacy Policy solely affects the processing of personal data that we collect in the context of providing our website and which you provide voluntarily. We process personal data collected during the visit of our website according to the applicable data protection law of the General Data Protection Regulation [Directive (EU) 2016/679; page 1f. of Directive EU 4th May 2016 L 119, hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”] and in accordance with the applicable national data protection regulations pertaining to NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH.

Our website may contain links to websites of other NEC companiesand third-party websites, which are not subject to this Privacy Policy. If you use these links, you may leave our website. When you access these other websites, even ones that may contain the NEC mark, please be aware that we do not control the content and are not responsible for their privacy practices. These websites may have different privacy policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each website you visit.

Definitions

This Privacy Policy is based on the definitions in Art. 4 GDPR. We would like to inform you about the here- used definitions in advance, in order to promote transparency and comprehensibility:

„Personal Data“

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); 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.

„Data Subject“

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller.

„Processing“

Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

„Restriction of Processing“

Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its processing in the future.

„Controller“

Controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

„Processor“

Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

„Third Party“

Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, Controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the Controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

„Consent“

Consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

Controller and Data Protection Officer

Please address the Controller responsible for your personal data or our Data Protection Officer in case of enquiries regarding the processing of your personal data, for further information, adaption or alteration, restriction, blocking, erasure or destruction as well as for withdrawals of given declarations of consent.

You may contact them by email, telephone, fax or by mail. The personal data given here will be used for processing your contact approach.

Contact Details of the Controller

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
Kurfürstenanlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 6221 4342 0
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 4342 155

Contact Details of the Controller’s Data Protection Officer

Datenschutzbeauftragter
NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
Kurfürstenanlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 6221 4342 114
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 4342 155

Processing of Personal Data

By visiting our website, our webservers will store information provided by your browser to us by default. This information will be stored in a so called Logfile. The following information will be stored in this context:

• IP-Address of the accessing computer
• Date and time of the access
• Name and URL of the accessed file
• Website from which the current website or file was accessed
• Browser used and if necessary the operating system of your computer
• Access status
• Language and version of the browser software

Additional personal data will only be collected if agreed to or voluntarily indicated, e. g. as part of a contact request, a job application or to process other request.

The personal data you provide will be used for the operation of the service (Log-Files) or for the purpose of contacting, request and application processing.

Your personal data will be erased if and when it is no longer needed for the initial purposes. Personal data subject to legal retention times are hereby excluded.

Cookies

We use cookies in order to make our website user-friendly. Cookies are small data files that are sent from a website to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer hard drive.

Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website and they are used for many things, such as remembering when you have previously visited a site and your language preferences. The information we collect through cookies also enables us to analyze traffic patterns on our site. This can then enable us, over time, to provide users with a better experience on our site, by improving the content and making it easier to use.

This website uses only the following cookies, which are operating as follows:

Cookies necessary for essential website purposes:

These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through this website, including features such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have requested, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts, would not be possible. These cookies remain for up to two years.

Analytics Cookies (utma; _utmb; _utmc; utmt; _utmz; _ga; _gid):

These cookies are set by NEC and Google Analytics. . For further information about Google Analytics, please read the relevant section below.

User-Preference Cookies:

These cookies are used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on the website. If you blocked the cookies, even after pressing the “Accept” button, the cookie message at the top of the website will appear every time you load web pages within the domain.

You may certainly use our website without cookies. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You may prevent the filing of cookies on your computer by choosing the “no cookies” setting in your browser menu. Detailed information may be gathered from the instructions of your browser provider. Cookies already set on your computer can be deleted at any time. Switching off cookies may restrict your use of the website and/or delay or affect the way in which it operates.

Disclosure of your Personal Data

Personal Data will not be disclosed for advertising purposes to third parties.

In the event of disclosure of your personal data to third parties, this is either based on your consent or on one of the legal bases mentioned under paragraph VII.

Personal data shall only be transmitted to government institutions and authorities as part of obligatory national legal provisions.

Deletion of personal data

Your personal data will only be stored as long as it is needed for the purposes for which it was initially collected. Deletion only takes place, insofar as legal storage obligations are not required.

Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

The processing of your personal data is based on the regulations of the GDPR.

If we obtain your consent to the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR serves as legal basis for the processing.

Processing personal data which is required for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR serves as legal basis. This also applies for data processing which is required for the execution of pre-contractual measures, especially during the initiation of a contract and the job application process.

If and when the processing of personal data is required for the compliance of a legal obligation which our company is subject to, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR serves as legal basis.

If the processing is required for the purposes of a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and if your interests, civil rights and basic freedoms are not overridden by the first mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data Subject Rights

In order to assert your data subject rights please address us as the controller or our data protection officer via the contact information mentioned under paragraph II.

Right of Access

Upon request, we will notify you in writing as promptly as possible and according to applicable law if and which of your personal data is stored by us. Should incorrect information have been stored despite our efforts to data integrity and timeliness, we will correct it upon your request (please also see 3.)

If you have any further questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you may contact the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right to Obtain a Copy

You have the right to request a free copy of all processed personal data concerning your person. Further copies may be reasonably charged. The right to obtain a copy shall not impair the liberties of other persons. Commercial secrets and intellectual property rights of third persons may bar the right to obtain a copy. Please direct your enquiry to the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right of Withdrawal, Rectification and Deletion

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time to the future use, processing and disclosure of your personal data, or to rectify incorrect personal data or to delete your personal data. This is the case, so long as there are no statutory retention obligations or other legal regulations. Please direct your enquiry to the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right to Restriction of Processing

Provided that the prevailing statutory provisions are met, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Please direct your enquiry to the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning yourself which you disclosed to the Controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Exercising the right to data portability, you furthermore have the right to obtain the direct transmittance of the personal data from one Controller to another if this is possible technically and if the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected hereby. To exercise your right, please direct your enquiry to the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right to Object

Due to reasons which emerge from your specific situation, you have the right to object to processing of your personal data affected due to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) or f) GDPR at any time.

In the event of objection, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH will no longer process the personal data, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing shall be used for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. In order to exercise your right to object, please address the Controller or the Controller’s Data Protection Officer.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

You shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, if you consider that the processing of your personal data violates applicable statutory provisions.

Security

We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data processed by us against manipulation, loss, destruction and the access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously enhanced according to technological development. Internet- based data transfers may in principle show security gaps, though we cannot guarantee absolute protection. Therefore, you are free to transfer your personal data by alternative means, e.g. telephonically.

Minors

This Privacy Policy is not directed towards minors, since we do not knowingly process their personal data. Persons younger than 18 years of age should not transmit any personal data without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. According to Art. 8 GDPR, children aged 16 years or younger can declare such consent only with the agreement of their parents or legal guardians.

Correctness and Validity

This Data Privacy Policy is subject to alternations. It is therefore recommended that you read this Data Privacy Policy at regular intervals.