We are pleased that you are visiting our website. The protection and security of your personal information when using our website is very important to us. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to inform you which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purposes it is used.
This privacy policy applies to the Simtek AG website, which can be accessed under the domain simtek.com and the various subdomains ("our website").
Who is responsible and how can I reach you?
Person responsible
for the processing of personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
SIMTEK AG
Christophstr. 8
72116 Mössingen
Data Protection Officer
walliser consulting gmbh
Altenwaldstrasse 8
72768 Reutlingen
Matthias Walliser
beratung@walliser-datenschutz.de
What is it about?
This privacy policy fulfills the legal requirements for transparency in the processing of personal data. This is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as your name, age, address, telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address, IP address or user behavior when visiting a website. Information for which we cannot (or only with disproportionate effort) establish a connection to your person, e.g. through anonymization, is not personal data. The processing of personal data (e.g. the collection, retrieval, use, storage or transmission) always requires a legal basis and a defined purpose.
Stored personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the processing has been achieved and there are no legitimate reasons for further storage of the data. We will inform you about the specific storage periods or criteria for storage in the individual processing operations. Irrespective of this, we store your personal data in individual cases for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and in the event of statutory retention obligations.
Who receives my data?
We only pass on your personal data that we process on our website to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes and is covered by the legal basis (e.g. consent or protection of legitimate interests) in individual cases. In addition, in individual cases we pass on personal data to third parties if this serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. Possible recipients may then be, for example, law enforcement authorities, lawyers, auditors, courts, etc.
Insofar as we use service providers for the operation of our website who process personal data on our behalf as part of order processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, they may be recipients of your personal data. You can find more information on the use of processors and web services in the overview of the individual processing operations.
Do you use cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent by us to the browser of your end device and stored there when you visit our website. As an alternative to the use of cookies, information can also be stored in the local storage of your browser. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies or local storage (technically necessary cookies). Other cookies, on the other hand, enable us to carry out various analyses, so that we are able, for example, to recognize the browser you are using when you visit our website again and to transmit various information to us (non-essential cookies). With the help of cookies, we can, among other things, make our website more user-friendly and effective for you, for example by tracking your use of our website and determining your preferred settings (e.g. country and language settings). If third parties process information via cookies, they collect the information directly via your browser. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device. They cannot execute programs or contain viruses.
We provide information about the respective services for which we use cookies in the individual processing operations. Detailed information on the cookies used can be found in the cookie settings or in the Consent Manager of this website.
What rights do I have?
Under the conditions of the statutory provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights as a data subject:
How is my data processed in detail?
Below we inform you about the individual processing operations, the scope and purpose of the data processing, the legal basis, the obligation to provide your data and the respective storage period.
Provision of the website
Type and scope of processing
When you access and use our website, we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. The following information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file:
Our website is not hosted by us, but by a service provider who processes the aforementioned data on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
Purpose and legal basis
Processing is carried out to safeguard our overriding legitimate interest in displaying our website and ensuring security and stability on the basis of Art. 6 (f) GDPR. The collection of data and storage in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. There is no right to object to the processing due to the exception under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR. Insofar as further storage of the log files is required by law, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide the data, but it is not technically possible to access our website without providing the data.
Storage duration
The aforementioned data is stored for the duration of the display of the website and, for technical reasons, for a maximum of 7 days.
Contact form
Type and scope of processing
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided. The information collected via mandatory fields is required in order to process the request. You can also voluntarily provide additional information that you believe is necessary to process the contact request.
When using the contact form, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.
Purpose and legal basis
The processing of your data by using our contact form is carried out for the purpose of communication and processing your request on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Insofar as your request relates to an existing contractual relationship with us, the processing is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to process your request without providing the information in the mandatory fields. If you do not wish to provide this data, please contact us by other means.
Storage duration
If you use the contact form on the basis of your consent, we store the data collected for each inquiry for a period of three years, starting from the time your inquiry is dealt with or until you withdraw your consent.
If you use the contact form as part of a contractual relationship, we store the data collected for each inquiry for a period of three years from the end of the contractual relationship.
Newsletter
Type and scope of processing
If you register on our website to receive our newsletter, we collect your e-mail address [and your name...] and store this information together with the date of registration and your IP address. You will then receive an e-mail in which you must confirm your registration for the newsletter (double opt-in). If you do not confirm your registration within 7 days, it will automatically expire and the data will not be processed for sending the newsletter.
To send the newsletter, we use a service provided by June Online Marketing GmbH, which processes your personal data on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
Purpose and legal basis
We process your data for the purpose of sending the newsletter on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. By unsubscribing from the newsletter, you can declare your revocation at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to send the newsletter without providing your data.
Storage duration
After registering for the newsletter, we store the data for a maximum of 7 days until the registration is confirmed. After successful confirmation, we store your data until to revoke your consent (unsubscribe from the newsletter) and for technical reasons for a maximum of 7 days beyond that.
Tools from third-party providers
Friendly Capture
Friendly Captcha is a new, privacy-friendly protection solution to make it more difficult for automated programs and scripts (so-called "bots") to use websites. Friendly Captcha thus protects websites from misuse.
The service user integrates a program code from Friendly Captcha in certain areas of its website (e.g. in a contact form). This causes the visitor's end device to establish a connection to the Friendly Captcha servers in connection with the protected area (e.g. sending a contact form).
The visitor's browser receives a calculation task from Friendly Captcha. The complexity of the calculation task depends on various risk factors. The visitor's end device solves the calculation task, which requires certain system resources, and sends the calculation result to the service user's web server. This contacts the Friendly Captcha server via an interface and receives a response as to whether the puzzle has been solved correctly by the end device.
In addition, the visitor's browser transmits connection data, environmental data, interaction data and functional data to Friendly Captcha. Friendly Captcha evaluates this data and determines how likely it is that it is a human user or bot and sends the result to the service user.
Depending on this, the service user can treat access to their website or individual functions as human or potentially machine-based.
Further information on data protection when using Friendly Captcha and on information processed in the end device can be found in the privacy policy of the service user who has integrated Friendly Captcha into their website.
- All data is used exclusively for the detection and treatment of potential bots and risks as described above. The purpose of the processing is therefore to ensure the security and functionality of websites.
- Friendly Captcha does not use the data to identify a natural person or for marketing purposes.
- Friendly Captcha does not store any personal data of the visitor. Data that could identify the visitor (such as IP addresses) is anonymized using one-way hashing.
- Friendly Captcha does not use HTTP cookies and does not store any data in the persistent browser memory.
PIWIK PRO
We use Piwik PRO Analytics Suite as our website/app analytics software and use it to manage consent. We collect data about website visitors using cookies. The information collected includes, for example, the visitor's IP address, operating system, browser ID, browsing activity and other information. View the scope of data collected by Piwik PRO.
We calculate metrics such as bounce rate, page views, sessions and the like to understand how our website/app is used. We can also create visitor profiles based on browsing history to analyze visitor behavior, display personalized content and run online campaigns.
We host our solution on Microsoft Azure in Germany, the Netherlands, the United States and Hong Kong, Orange in France and ElastX in Sweden, and store the data for 14/25 months.
Purpose of data processing: Analytics and conversion tracking based on your consent. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR.
Piwik PRO does not share the data about you with other sub-processors or third parties and does not use it for its own purposes. Further information can be found in Piwik PRO's privacy policy.
JSDelivr CDN
Type and scope of processing
We use JSDelivr CDN to properly provide the content of our website. JSDelivr CDN is a service provided by Prospect One, which acts as a content delivery network (CDN) on our website.
A CDN helps to provide the content of our online offer, in particular files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly with the help of regionally or internationally distributed servers. When you access this content, you establish a connection to the servers of Prospect One, Krolewska 65a, Krakow, Malopolskie 30-081, Poland, whereby your IP address and possibly browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of JSDelivr CDN.
Purpose and legal basis
The use of the Content Delivery Network is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in the secure and efficient provision of and the optimization of our online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. GDPR.
We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
In cases where there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission (including US companies that are not certified under the EU-U.S. DPF), we have agreed other appropriate safeguards with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of June 4, 2021. You can view a copy of these standard contractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE.
In addition, before such a third country transfer, we obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR, which you give via the consent in the Consent Manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.). We would like to point out that in the case of third country transfers, there may be risks that are unknown in detail (e.g. data processing by security authorities in the third country, the exact scope and consequences of which for you we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which you may not become aware).
Storage duration
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Prospect One. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for JSDelivr CDN: https://www.jsdelivr.com/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net.
Unpkg CDN
Type and scope of processing
We use Unpkg CDN to properly provide the content of our website. Unpkg CDN is a service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. which acts as a content delivery network (CDN) on our website.
A CDN helps to provide the content of our online offer, in particular files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly with the help of regionally or internationally distributed servers. When you access this content, you establish a connection to Cloudflare, Inc. servers, whereby your IP address and possibly browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed by exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of Unpkg CDN.
Purpose and legal basis
The use of the Content Delivery Network is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in the secure and efficient provision and optimization of our online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. GDPR.
Storage duration
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Cloudflare, Inc. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Unpkg CDN: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
June
This website uses June to send newsletters. The provider is JUNE - Online Marketing GmbH, Große Johannisstraße 3, 20457 Hamburg (hereinafter referred to as JUNE). June is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is processed on JUNE's servers.
Data analysis by JUNE
With the help of JUNE, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine which links were clicked on particularly often.
We can also recognize whether certain previously defined actions were carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can recognize whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.
JUNE also allows us to subdivide ("cluster") newsletter recipients according to various categories. The newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups. If you do not wish to be analyzed by JUNE, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.
You can find JUNE's privacy policy at: www.juneapp.com/imprint/
Legal basis
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time for the future.
Storage duration
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the Newslette distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
Order processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Monday.com
We use the service provider monday.com, 246 5 th Avenue New York, NY 10001 USA (hereinafter referred to as "monday.com"). We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with monday.com. This contract is required by law and ensures that the service provider processes personal data exclusively in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the provisions of the GDPR.
Using monday.com enables us to manage customer contacts, look after existing and potential customers and organize sales and communication processes. By using this CRM system, we can also analyze and optimize our customer-related processes. The customer data is stored on the monday.com servers. The use of by monday.com is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in efficient customer management and communication. If a corresponding consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) in accordance with TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Career portal via monday.com
You can apply for vacancies via our career portal. The purpose of data collection is the selection of applicants for the possible establishment of an employment relationship. The data you provide (first and last name, email address, application documents such as certificates and CV, mobile phone number if applicable, application photo, salary expectations, Xing or LinkedIn profile) will be processed by us for the selection process. In the course of the application process, the applications received are reviewed, any queries are made using the above information, invitations to interviews are sent and further personal data is collected in interviews during the selection process in order to make a decision.
The legal basis for the processing of applicant data is Art. 88 (1) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG. The purpose of collecting and processing your data is to handle the application process. If no employment relationship is established following the application process, the application documents will be deleted no later than six months after notification of the rejection decision, unless you consent to us storing your applicant data for longer than six months. If your application is followed by the conclusion of an employment contract, your data will be stored and used in compliance with the relevant legal regulations. We assure you that your data will be collected, processed and used in accordance with the principles of the GDPR and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.
For further details, please refer to the privacy policy of Monday.com at https://monday.com/l/de/privatsphaere/datenschutzerklarung/
Use of the SalesViewer® technology:
This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH to collect and store data for marketing, market research and optimization purposes on the basis of the website operator's legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
For this purpose, a javascript-based code is used to collect company-related data and use it accordingly. The data collected with this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymized and is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website.
The data stored in the context of Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.
You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking on this link https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out to prevent the collection by SalesViewer® within this website in the future. An opt-out cookie for this website will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click on this link again.
Plugins and tools
YouTube with enhanced data protection and upstream opt-in
This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you watch a video.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.
After the start of a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Audio and video conferencing
Data processing
We use online conferencing tools, among others, to communicate with our customers. The individual tools we use are listed below. If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool.
The conference tools collect all data that you provide/enter to use the tools (e-mail address and/or your telephone number). The conference tools also process the duration of the conference, the start and end (time) of participation in the conference, the number of participants and other "context information" in connection with the communication process (metadata).
Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data that is required to process the online communication. This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or loudspeaker and the type of connection.
If content is exchanged, uploaded or provided in any other way within the tool, it is also stored on the tool provider's servers. Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards and other information shared while using the service.
Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider. Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy policies of the tools used, which we have listed below this text.
Purpose and legal basis
The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Furthermore, the use of the tools serves the general simplification and acceleration of communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been requested, the tools in question are used on the basis of this consent; consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.
Storage duration
The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the conference tools directly.
Conference tools used
We use the following conference tools:
Microsoft Teams
We use Microsoft Teams. The provider is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. Details on data processing can be found in the Microsoft Teams privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.
Conclusion of a contract for order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider of Microsoft Teams and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Microsoft Teams.
Last update: 16.01.2025
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