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Data Protection Notice | Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
CONTINENTAL Reifen Deutschland GmbH processes your data within the scope of using the website and the participation in the Continental STRAVA Challenges in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions.
1. General Information
Personal data that you enter will be processed by Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH for the purpose(s) stated below. Insofar it is necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose, the data may also be transferred to third parties affiliated with Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH within the meaning of §§ 15 ff. (German) Stock Corporation Act and in accordance with the Binding Corporate Rules of Continental.
2. Processing of Data
Your data will be processed exclusively on the basis of the following data protection regulations (legal basis):
| Data Processing (Purpose) | Legal Basis | Duration of Storage |
| Contact / Interaction with Continental (e.g. contact form / field, chat, etc.) | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) EU GDPR (consent) Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) EU GDPR (performance of contract) Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) EU GDPR (legal obligation) | Your data will be processed with your consent until revocation, otherwise deleted after final processing of your request, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. We assume final processing if it can be deduced from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. |
| Newsletter / advertising and marketing approaches / customer surveys | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) EU GDPR (performance of contract) | Processed upon your consent, until your revocation or omission of purpose. |
| Participation in lottery | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) EU GDPR (consent) | Processed upon your consent, until your revocation or omission of purpose. |
To ensure the above-mentioned data processing, we transmit data to the following service providers (hereinafter referred to as SERVICES):
Service Provider |
Address / Location |
| SHIFT Active Media | 30 Monmouth Street Bath BA1 2AP England |
SERVICE PROVIDER will collect and process your personal data on our behalf (based on an adequate data processing agreement on the basis of EU standard contractual clauses).
3. Rights of the data subject(s)
We draw your attention to the fact that, as a data subject, you have the following rights in connection with the processing of your personal data in accordance to the EU - General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR):
- Right to revoke your consent at any time acc. Art. 7 para. 3 EU GDPR
- Right to be informed acc. Art. 13 and Art. 14 EU GDPR
- Right of access by the data subject acc. Art. 15 EU GDPR
- Right to rectification acc. Art. 16 EU GDPR
- Right to erasure acc. Art. 17 EU – GDPR
- Right to restriction of processing acc. Art. 18 EU GDPR
- Right to data portability acc. Art. 20 EU GDPR
- Right to object at any time acc. Art. 21 EU - GDPR
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority acc. Art. 77 EU GDPR
In case of compelling reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or serve the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims, the processing of personal data necessary for this purpose can take place despite your objection or request for deletion.
If you have any questions in this regard, feel free to contact our data protection officer:
Please send your revocation or requests regarding the exercise of the above listed rights in writing or by email to:
Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
Continental-Plaza 1
30175 Hanover
Germany
specialtytires@conti.de
4. Protection of stored Data
Our company and our SERVICE PROVIDER(s) use technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data you provide to us from manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. The security measures are continuously improved and adapted according to the state of the art. Unencrypted data can possibly be viewed by third parties. For this reason, we would like to point out that no secure transmission can be guaranteed with regard to data transmission via the Internet (e.g. when communicating by unencrypted e-mail). Sensitive data should therefore either not be transmitted at all or only via a secure connection (SSL). You can determine the SSL status of the connection by looking at the address line of your browser ("https").
5. Cookies
When you visit our website / web app, information can be stored on your computer in the form of a so-called cookie (small text files). Technically necessary cookies are only used to ensure the operation of the website. Further cookies (e.g. regarding the use of the website) are only set on the basis of your consent (see cookie policy). Furthermore, you can also set the acceptance of cookies via your browser settings. However, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website / web app to their full extent.
7. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis tool from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of these websites will be transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
In case of activation of the IP address anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. This website uses active IP anonymization. On behalf of the website provider, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the website provider and providing other services associated with website activity and internet usage to the website provider.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Cookies on our site are used only on the basis of your consent. Furthermore, you can permanently prevent cookies from being stored by making the appropriate changes in your browser settings. We wish to point out, however, that if you do so, you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
In addition, this website uses the following Google Analytics features for display advertising, which are also implemented via cookies:
- Google Analytics demographics and interest reports
- Impressions reports on the Google Display Network
- remarketing
These reporting capabilities enable us to use and evaluate Google's interest-based advertising data and third-party visitor data in Google Analytics. The data includes information such as age, gender and interests. The demographic data is not attributable to any particular person.
Remarketing with Google Analytics for online advertising: Our ads appear on third-party websites (including Google). We and third parties (including Google) share first-party cookies (such as Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as DoubleClick cookies) to serve ads based on previous visits by a user to our site to align and optimize.
The cookies required for Google Analytics display advertising are also set on our website only on the basis of your consent. In addition, you can permanently prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full. You can also opt out of Google Analytics for display advertising directly from Google and customize your ads on the Google Display Network by visiting the ad settings at https://www.google.com/settings/ads.
8. Qualtrics
This website uses Qualtrics: a customer experience solution to collect feedback from users of the website via surveys to improve our products & services. Qualtrics does not collect any information on pages where it is not installed, nor does it track or collect information outside your web browser. Qualtrics only collects data if you actively fill out a feedback survey. If you'd like to obtain a copy of your personal data, make a correction, or have it erased, please contact us. For more information, see Qualtrics Privacy Policy at https://www.qualtrics.com/privacy-statement/ & Qualtrics security policy at https://www.qualtrics.com/security-statement/ For more information on Qualtrics and GDPR, visit https://www.qualtrics.com/gdpr/
9. Sharing in social networks:
If you use the “Share” function on our website, no personal data is transferred to the respective social media service. If you use your own profile to share our website content, we do not have any bearing on the content and scope of the data collected by these networks. The terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social network apply in this respect.
10. iFraming:
We embeds videos via iFraming on our website. External content from third-party websites can be embedded and displayed in defined areas on our website via iFraming.
Videos from the following third-party website are embedded on our website:
YouTube:
This website from which videos are embedded via iFraming is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
By clicking on the videos it will be marked by the YouTube logo. You can find YouTube’s Data Protection Notice [here].
If you visit one of our websites with embedded videos, the Internet Explorer will not automatically establish a link to the server on the appropriate network. By clicking on the embedded Video you give your consent to communication with the aforementioned website and the placing of cookies by this website. By clicking on the embedded video the information that you visited our website will be automatically be forwarded to the aforementioned website operator and cookies will be placed by the aforementioned website.
If you are logged into the aforementioned website visiting our website, the data transmitted will be associated with your user account. If you wish to prevent a network from linking information with your user account in this manner, please log out from the respective network before clicking on the respective video.
Even if you are not registered as a member of the aforementioned website, or you are currently not logged in your data may be stored by the operator of the aforementioned website after you click on the respective video. We have no influence on the placement of third-party cookies and over the scope and content of the data collected by the aforementioned website or on how that data is used. For more information, please read the privacy policies of the aforementioned website.