We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of Additive Innovation GmbH. Use of the Additive Innovation GmbH website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services offered by our company via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

 

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Additive Innovation GmbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

 

Additive Innovation GmbH, as the controller, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed through this website. However, internet-based data transmissions may, in principle, have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone.

 

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of Additive Innovation GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration is intended to be easily readable and understandable for the public, as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

 

In this data protection declaration, we use, among other things, the following terms:

 

a) Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "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.

 

b) Data subject

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

 

c) Processing

Processing is 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.

 

d) Restriction of processing

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

 

e) Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

 

f) Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

g) Controller or Processor

The controller or controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are specified 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.

 

h) Processor

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

 

i) Recipient

A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be considered recipients.

 

j) Third party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.

 

k) Consent

Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative action by which the data subject signifies agreement to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

 

2. Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection is:

 

Additive Innovation GmbH, Frankenstr. 363776 Mömbris, Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 6029 95 882 50 Email: info@additive-innovation.com Website: additive-innovation.com

 

3. Cookies

The Additive Innovation GmbH website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

 

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a character string that allows websites and servers to assign the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID. By using cookies, Additive Innovation GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without cookies.

 

Cookies allow us to optimize the information and offers on our website for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter their login details each time they visit the website because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie for a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

 

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by making the appropriate settings in the internet browser used, and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully available.

 

4. Collection of general data and information

The Additive Innovation GmbH website collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server's log files. The following may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used to avert threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

 

When using this general data and information, Additive Innovation GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) optimize the content of our website and its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. Additive Innovation GmbH therefore evaluates this anonymously collected data and information statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

 

5. Contact options via the website

Due to legal regulations, the Additive Innovation GmbH website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data voluntarily transmitted by a data subject to the controller will be stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

 

6. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose, or as far as this is provided for by the European legislator or other legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject. If the storage purpose no longer applies, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or other competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

 

7. Rights of the data subject

 

a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

 

b) Right to information

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about the personal data concerning him or her stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to information about the following:

 

• the purposes of the processing

• the categories of personal data concerned

• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations

• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period

• the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing

• the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information as to their source

• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject Data subject

 

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of information, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

 

c) Right to rectification

Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

 

d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and processing is not necessary:

 

• The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.

• The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.

• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to point (a) of Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to point (a) of Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

• The personal data was processed unlawfully.

• The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

• The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Additive Innovation GmbH, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Additive Innovation GmbH will ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

 

If the personal data was made public by Additive Innovation GmbH and our company as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR is obliged to erase the personal data, Additive Innovation GmbH shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. The employee of Ai GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

 

e) Right to restriction of processing

Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:

 

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

• The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.

• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

• The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

 

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Additive Innovation GmbH, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Additive Innovation GmbH will arrange for the restriction of processing.

 

f) Right to data portability

Every data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

 

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact any employee of Ai GmbH at any time.

 

g) Right to object

Any data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the GDPR, for reasons related to his or her particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Additive Innovation GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

 

If Additive Innovation GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for such marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Additive Innovation GmbH processing the data for direct marketing purposes, Additive Innovation GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

 

In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by Additive Innovation GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest, for reasons related to his or her particular situation.

 

To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Additive Innovation GmbH or another employee directly. Furthermore, the data subject is free to exercise his or her right of objection by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

 

h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Every data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject's explicit consent.

 

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is made with the data subject's explicit consent, Additive Innovation GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her rights concerning automated decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

 

i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw their consent, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

 

8. Data protection for applications and during the application process

The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents to the controller electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller conflict with deletion. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, the burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

 

9. Data protection provisions regarding the use of Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts on our website. Google Fonts is offered by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When our website is loaded, fonts are loaded from Google's servers. Your IP address is transmitted to Google's servers. Furthermore, Google learns which page you are currently on. Google will combine this information with your profile if you are logged into your Google account. We do not have any further information about Google's use of the transmitted data. Please consult Google's privacy policy if necessary.

 

10. Privacy Policy on the Use and Application of Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps API to visually display geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes, and uses data about visitors' use of the map functions. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in the Google Privacy Policy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the Privacy Center. Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here.

 

11. Privacy Policy on the Use and Application of Embedded YouTube Videos

This website embeds YouTube videos, which place cookies in the user's browser when the page is accessed. If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ads program, you will not encounter such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block cookies in your browser.

 

12. Legal basis for processing

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company's processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal grounds if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override these interests. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations, in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR).

 

13. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the controller or a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

 

14. Duration for which the personal data is stored

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted unless it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract.

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15. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data;

necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual provisions (e.g., information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which we must subsequently process. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences non-provision of the personal data would have.

 

16. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

 

17. Encrypted Transmission

All data you enter on our website is transmitted to us in encrypted form, protecting it from being viewed by third parties. We use state-of-the-art encryption technologies.

 

However, please refrain from sending us any medical data about individuals (including personal data about you) or other sensitive information via our website.

 

We offer you the greatest possible privacy currently achievable on the Internet using "normal means": Our website enforces the encrypted transmission of all content. You can recognize this by the green lock in or next to the address bar. This allows third parties to see which pages you visit, but they cannot read the content.

 

18. SSL Encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

When SSL encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.