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Privacy

Date Added: 24.05.2018 Last Modified: 08.03.2019

  1. What is the purpose of this Privacy statement?
  2. Who is the person responsible for the data processing and how can I contact him/her?
  3. What kind of personal information will be collected?
  4. For which purpose and on which legal basis do you process my personal data?
  5. For how long will my personal data be stored?
  6. Who will have access to my personal data?
  7. Will my personal data be transferred to a third country or to an international organisation?
  8. What are my rights?
  9. Is this Privacy statement subject to change?
  10. Minor visitors
  11. Contact
  12. Does the processing of my personal details involve automated decision-making?
  13. In which way will you process my personal data after the activation of the Plus services?
 
1. What is the purpose of this Privacy statement?
At Ekon GmbH, we appreciate your visit on our web site. Your right of privacy is prior to us. The purpose of this Privacy statement is to provide you detailed information about the terms under which your personal data will be processed when you visit our web site and about your rights, pursuant to art. 13 of the GDPR and the valid national provisions.
 
2. Who is the person responsible for the data processing and how can I contact him/her?
Ekon GmbH/srl - myGEKKO
St. Lorenznerstraße 2, I-39031 Bruneck (BZ)
Phone +39 0474 551820
Phone +49 (0) 89 21 54 70 710
e-mail: privacy@my-gekko.com
 
3. What kind of personal information will be collected?
(a) When you visit our web site, we store some specific personal information:

- information about your browser and operating system
- date and time of access
- access status (e.g. if the web site works properly or if you receive an error message)
- use of the available web site features
- site visit frequency
- the web site from which you came to our site
- the web sites that you visit from our site
- hostname of the accessing computer.

For security reasons, and particularly for a better prevention and detection of illegal attacks and fraud attempts against our web site, we also store your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider for a period of seven days.

Furthermore, your personal data may be collected by means of cookies or similar technologies. In this regard, please refer to our Cookie Policy

(b) Data provided by the user

Besides the simple website navigation, we offer several features that you can use, if interested:

11.a. Contact request
11.b. Newsletter
11.c. Registration
11.d. Course registrations
11.e. Applications
11.f. Support requests

Under point 11 of this Privacy statement you can find detailed information about the way we process your personal data in these specific cases.
 
4. For which purpose and on which legal basis do you process my personal data?
We collect your personal data for the following purpose:

(a) ensure a correct connection set-up and guarantee the stability and security of our web site, also in order to prevent fraud attempts
- Legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR

(b) For what concerns the features mentioned under point 11 (contact request, newsletter, registration, course registrations, applications, support requests), the purpose and the legal basis of the data processing are listed under the respective point.
 
5. For how long will my personal data be stored?
We store your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data are collected and/or further processed. The duration will depend on that of the agreements concluded between the parties, on the legal document retention period (e.g. art. 2220 of the Italian Civil Code) and on the prescription period of possible legal claims (e.g. art. 2946 and 2947 of the Italian Civil Code).

When the processing of your personal data is no longer necessary for the foreseen purposes, the data processing will be limited accordingly.

If you wish further information about the deletion strategy implemented by Ekon GmbH, please contact us at privacy@my-gekko.com.

If you want to learn more about the lifespan of the different cookies, please click here.
 
6. Who will have access to my personal data?
A 'recipient' is every person or body to whom data are disclosed, this means not only the data controller, but also e.g. the order processors.
Ekon GmbH can disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients, if and insofar this is necessary for the above mentioned purposes:

- partner workshops (e.g. Solution Partner, other installation companies)
- order processors (e.g. suppliers of customer management tools)
- employees who are authorized to perform data processing under our direct responsibility
- authorities (e.g. in case of controls)

If you wish further information about the categories of recipients, please contact us at privacy@my-gekko.com.
 
7. Will my personal data be transferred to a third country or to an international organisation?
As a general rule, your personal data will not be transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. This does not apply to third party cookies. For further information please click here.
 
8. What are my rights?
You have the right to withdraw the given consent pursuant to art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, the right to obtain information pursuant to article 15 GDPR, the right to ask for rectification pursuant to article 16 GDPR, the right to obtain the erasure of your data pursuant to article 17 GDPR, the right to obtain restriction of processing pursuant to article 18 GDPR, the right to object as of article 21 GDPR as well as the right to data portability pursuant to article 20 GDPR.

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (article 77 GDPR).

If you want to exercise your rights, please send us an e-mail at privacy@my-gekko.com.
 
9. Is this Privacy statement subject to change?
This Privacy statement is valid from 25 May 2018 onwards. We reserve the right to modify or supplement the contents of this Privacy statement – as well as every other statement – at any time.
 
10. Minor visitors
This web site is not intended to be used by minors. We are fully aware of the necessity to protect sensitive data concerning minors, particularly in the online environment. For this reason we neither collect nor store – unless involuntarly – personal data of minor visitors.
 
11. Contact
In which way will my personal data be used when I contact Ekon, subscribe the newsletter, open an account, purchase products in the online shop, register online for a training course or submit an application in the “Job offers” section?

The following section provides detailed information about how your data are collected and processed when you send a contact request, subscribe the newsletter, open an account, register for a training course, submit an application form or ask for support.

11. A. CONTACT REQUEST

Collected data:
When you contact us via the web site or via e-mail, we collect and process the data you provide to us. This may include your contact details, your name and your request. Any submitted data will be transferred from your browser to our server in encrypted form.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, in the case of non-provision, we may not be able to deal with your request.

Purpose of data processing:
Our customer advisors or delegated persons will use your personal data solely on the basis and for the processing of your request.

Legal basis:
Your personal data are processed on your request in order to fulfil contractual purposes or implement pre-contractual measures (art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Retention period:
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.

Data transfer to third parties
Quotation requests will be forwarded to our local Solution Partners (partner workshops) for processing. Our external service providers are contractually obliged to comply with the data protection rules.

Transfer of personal data to third countries:
To manage your data, we rely, inter alia, on the services of Pipedrive EU.
Basically, your data will be processed in European data centers. In case of maintenance procedures and technical support, your personal data could be transmitted to the third country USA. In order to ensure adequate protection of your data in such cases as well, we have signed an agreement with Pipedrive EU based on EU-standard contractual clauses, which obliges the provider to guarantee an EU-compliant data protection level.

11. B. NEWSLETTER

Collected data:
When you subscribe our newsletter, we collect and process the data you provide to us. This may include your name and your e-mail address.
The newsletters which contain the technologies provided by third parties use tracking technologies. These technologies give us the possibility to determine whether the email has been opened and which links you click.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, in the case of non-provision, we may not be able to send you the newsletter.

Purpose of data processing:
We process your personal data in order to send you the newsletter.

Legal basis:
We process your personal data only with your given consent (art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) in order to provide information about specific topics and promotional messages via electronic mail. We therefore rely on the so-called "double opt-in" process, in which you are sent, after subscribing a newsletter on our websites, a so-called confirmation mail containing a registration link. Only when you click on this link your e-mail address is added to our mailing list.

Retention period:
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.

Data transfer to third parties
For further information about the categories of recipients, please refer to point 6 of this Privacy statement.

11. C. REGISTRATION

Collected data:
We process the personal data you provide as part of a registration, such as contact details, name, address, phone number and e-mail address in order to give you access to any additional information we make available for our customers/potential buyers (e.g. knowledge base) in view of a possible future online purchase of our products.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, without these data we will not be able to grant you access to the user area.

Purpose of data processing
We process your personal data in order to grant you access to the user area and provide you further information about our products.

Legal basis
Art. 6, para. 1, lit. b, GDPR (fulfilment of contractual or pre-contractual measures) is our legal basis for the processing of your personal data.

Data transfer to third parties
For further information about the categories of recipients, please refer to point 6 of this Privacy statement.

Retention period
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.

11. D. COURSE REGISTRATIONS

Collected data:
We process the personal data you provide as part of an online training course registration, such as contact details, name, address, phone number, e-mail address and occupation, as well as the details concerning the selected course, location and date.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, in the case of non-provision, we may not be able to offer you our training courses.

Purpose of data processing
We will use your data to give you the possibility to attend the selected course, send you the necessary training materials and e-mail you invitations to future trainings.

Legal basis
Art. 6, para. 1, lit. b, GDPR (fulfilment of contractual or pre-contractual measures) is our legal basis for the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, it is our overriding legitimate interest to send you more information about other training courses.

Data transfer to third parties
For further information about the categories of recipients, please refer to point 6 of this Privacy statement.

Retention period
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.

11. E. APPLICATIONS

Collected data:
The section “Job offers” contains an overview of the current job offers of our company. The personal information you provide to us (application, motivational letter, certificates, further trainings, etc.) are necessary to find the suitable candidate for the vacant position.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, without these data we will not be able to inform you about possible job vacancies in our company or employ you.

Purpose of data processing
When you decide to submit an application via e-mail at personal@my-gekko.com, your personal data will be processed and used exclusively for the application procedure by subjects specifically employed for this task and in accordance with the regular internal personnel administration procedures.

Legal basis
Your personal data are processed on your request in order to fulfil contractual purposes or implement pre-contractual measures (art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Data transfer to third parties
Your personal data will not be disclosed to any third party.

Retention period
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.

11. F. SUPPORT REQUESTS

Collected data:
We process the data you provide, such as contact details, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, myGEKKO ID and problem description in order to reply to your support request and offer you our support services.

Consequences of non-submittal of personal data:
Personal data will only be processed upon your given consent. You have no legal obligation to provide your personal data. However, in the case of non-provision, we may not be able to offer you our support services.

Purpose of data processing
We process your data in order to offer you our support services.

Legal basis
Art. 6, para. 1, lit. b, GDPR (fulfilment of contractual or pre-contractual measures) is our legal basis for the processing of your personal data.

Data transfer to third parties
For further information about the categories of recipients, please refer to point 6 of this Privacy statement.

Retention period
We store your personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfilment of the concrete purposes for which they were collected or to comply with any applicable legal document retention requirements. For further information please refer to point 5.
 
12. Does the processing of my personal details involve automated decision-making?
Providing your personal data, you will not be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing. Furthermore, we do not use profiling technologies (processing of personal data by automatic means based on the evaluation of personal aspects).
 
13. In which way will you process my personal data after the activation of the Plus services?
Privacy statements for the myGEKKO Plus Services:

myGEKKO Plus Time Sync:
For the use of the myGEKKO Plus Time Sync service the following applies:
This function does not process any personal data.

myGEKKO Plus Mail:
For the use of the myGEKKO Plus Mail service the following applies:
The e-mails containing alarm messages, camera recordings etc. are sent via the myGEKKO server. For the correct functioning of this service we temporarily store your connection details, your IP address, your user name and the destination e-mail address.

myGEKKO Plus Support:
For the use of the myGEKKO Plus Support service the following applies:
The Support team and the Solution Partner may need to access your device to carry out the technical maintenance. For this purpose, you have to generate a random password. You can control the external access and the access time. For the correct functioning of this service, we temporarily store your connection details, your location, your IP address and your user name on our servers. During the access time, the technical support employee has full access to your device and can read and change several settings. The setting change may be required for the support service and is carried out in consultation with the employee.

myGEKKO Plus Weather:
For the use of the myGEKKO Plus Weather service the following applies:
For this service we rely on several external weather services. These services only receive anomymized data, therefore it will not be possible for them to draw conclusions about your location. For the correct functioning of this service we temporarily store your connection details, your location, your IP address and your user name on our servers.

myGEKKO Live Web:
For the use of the myGEKKO Live Web service the following applies:
We use the myGEKKO server for the quick access to your device. For the correct functioning of this service, we temporarily store your connection details, your IP address and your user name on our servers. We don’t have access to your device. Your password will be stored in our servers in encrypted form.

myGEKKO Live Viewer:
For the use of the myGEKKO Live Viewer service the following applies:
We use the myGEKKO server for the remote access to your device. For the correct functioning of this service we temporarily store your connection details, your IP address and your user name. We don’t have access to your device. Your password will be stored in our servers in encrypted form.

myGEKKO Query Api:
For the use of the myGEKKO Query API service the following applies:
This interface allows the use of several services, such as Amazon Alexa or IFTTT. For the correct functioning of this service, we temporarily store your connection details, your IP address and your user name. Please read the privacy statements of the respective app/service providers.

myGEKKO Caller:
For the use of the myGEKKO Caller service the following applies:
Your device informs you in case of activation of the alarm system. To provide this service, we rely on the provider Twilio. Twilio has access to your phone number. Twilio has obtained the ISO 27001 certification and is subject to the Privacy Shield agreement. For further information please contact us at privacy@my-gekko.com

myGEKKO SMS:
For the use of the myGEKKO SMS service the following applies:
Your device informs you in case of activation of the alarm system. To provide this service, we rely on the provider Twilio. Twilio has access to the phone number of the recipient as well as to the content of the SMS. Twilio has obtained the ISO 27001 certification and is subject to the Privacy Shield agreement. For further information please contact us at privacy@my-gekko.com

myGEKKO Plus Webradio:
For the use of the myGEKKO Plus Webradio service the following applies:
For this service we rely on several external webradio stations. These services only receive anomymized data, therefore it will not be possible for them to draw conclusions about your location or navigation activities. For the correct functioning of this service, we temporarily store your connection details, the webradio station, your IP address and your user name.

As of: 08/03/2019
 
 
Contacts
contact myGEKKO | Ekon GmbH
 
myGEKKO | Ekon GmbH St. Lorenznerstraße, 2
39031 Brunico
BZ - Italy
tel +39 0474 551 820

contact myGEKKO | EKON Vertriebs GmbH
 
myGEKKO | EKON Vertriebs GmbH Fürstenrieder Straße 279a
81377 Munich
Germany
tel +49 8921 5470710