ERIC Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (hereinafter referred to as “ERIC“) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and adheres to the statutory provisions and in particular also the regulations of data protection law.
1. Controller
ERIC is the controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Please find more information about us in our imprint. You may reach our contact person for data protection issues at club@eric.group.
2. General Information
The following statement will provide you with an overview of what type of personal data are collected for what purpose and on what legal basis. Personal data are all data relating to you personally, e.g. name, address, email address, user conduct. In addition, we will inform you on your rights towards us as the controller.
3. Data Processing on this Website
As a result of the mere informational use of this website, ERIC will automatically collect and store information your browser transmits to us in the server log files. These data are technically necessary for us in order to show you this website and to guarantee stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):
• Browser type/version;
• Operating system used;
• Referrer URL (previously visited site);
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address);
• Time of the server request; and
• Name and URL of the accessed file as well as data volume transferred.
ERIC will not attribute these data to specific persons and there will not be any merger of these data with other data sources. Once the data have been used for the above-mentioned purposes, ERIC will delete the data.
4. Cookies
Furthermore, cookies will be stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you use, and with which the provider of the cookie (i.e. in this case us) receives particular information. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to render the internet services more user-friendly and more effective as a whole. Art. 6 (1) Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR constitutes the legal basis for the use of cookies on our website.
We use session cookies to operate our website. These cookies store a so-called session-ID with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the joint session. As a result, your computer can be recognized when you return to the website. The session cookies will be deleted when you close the browser.
You may also prevent the use of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser software accordingly. If you refuse the use of cookies, we point out that you might not be able to use this website to the full extent.
5. Your Rights
You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to the personal data concerning you:
• Right to information,
• Right to rectification or erasure,
• Right to restriction of processing,
• Right to object to processing,
• Right to data portability.
In order to assert these rights, please contact our contact person for data protection issues at club@eric.group. As a matter of principle, the exercise of your rights is free of charge for you.
Moreover, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority on our processing of your personal data.
September 2023
