1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy listed below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. For this and for further questions on data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please refer to the Privacy Policy under “Right to restriction of processing”.
2. Hosting
External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data and other data generated via a website.
The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online offering securely, quickly and efficiently through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.
Conclusion of a data processing agreement
To ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our host.
3. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
VNG Gasspeicher GmbH Maximilianallee 2 04129 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 443 5353 Email: info@vng-gasspeicher.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Data Protection Officer required by law
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for our company.
Kevin Peter Corinthstr. 19 04157 Leipzig
Phone: +49 800 63003061 Email: kevin.peter@was-ist-datenschutz.de
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. An informal email notification to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this Privacy Policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and to have it handed over to you or to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL/TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL/TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, deletion and correction
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this and for further questions on personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may—apart from being stored—only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact details published as part of the legal notice obligation for the sending of advertising and information materials not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example via spam emails.
4. Data collection on this website
Server log files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website—this requires the collection of server log files.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.
Enquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
5. Analysis tools
The provider of this website uses services from etracker GmbH from Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com) for the analysis of usage data. The etracker consent manager module is used for consent management. Script codes from other tools can be integrated via the etracker tag manager module. In combination, the etracker tag manager and consent manager enable the control of certain cookies and services with appropriate consent. Even if statistical cookies are rejected, usage data is collected in accordance with the legal requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the Telecommunications-Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). Data processing is carried out on the basis of the legal provisions of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f (legitimate interest) of the EU GDPR. Our concern in the sense of the EU GDPR (legitimate interest) is the optimization of our online offering and the legally compliant integration and management of further services on our website. If corresponding consent has been given, other technologies are deployed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the EU GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The web analysis data generated with etracker is processed and stored exclusively in Germany by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website, and is therefore subject to strict German and European data protection laws and standards. etracker has been independently audited, certified, and awarded the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval in this regard. Since the privacy of our visitors is important to us, data that could potentially be linked to an individual person, such as IP addresses, login or device identifiers, is anonymized or pseudonymized as early as possible. No other use, merging with other data, or transfer to third parties takes place.
You can object to the data processing described above at any time by clicking the slider. The objection has no adverse consequences. If no slider is displayed, data collection is already prevented by other blocking measures.
Further information on data protection at etracker can be found here.