Privacy Policy

JRS welcomes your visit to our website and your interest in our company.

Data protection is a top priority at JRS. Therefore, we would like to inform you how we implement data protection regulations at JRS, what information we collect during your visits to our websites, and how this information is used. Firstly: Your data will be used exclusively for the following purposes and will not be used otherwise, e.g., for advertising purposes, without your consent.

I. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states, as well as other data protection provisions, is:

JRS Petcare GmbH & Co. KG
Holzmühle 1
73494 Rosenberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 7967/152-0
Email: petcare@jrs.de
Internet: www.jrspetcare.de

II. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the Controller is:

Heike Feil
Email: Datenschutzbeauftragter@jrs.de

III. General Information on Data Processing

We generally collect and use our users’ personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website, as well as our content and services. The collection and use of our users’ personal data regularly occurs only with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations.

1. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

Insofar as we obtain the data subject’s consent for personal data processing operations, Article 6(1)(a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for processing personal data.

When processing personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person necessitate the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or a third party, and these interests are not overridden by the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject, then Article 6(1)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.

2. Data Deletion and Storage Period

The data subject’s personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage is no longer applicable. Furthermore, data may be stored if provided for by European or national legislators in Union regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned regulations expires, unless further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

IV. Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the accessing computer’s system.

The following data is collected in this process:

• Information about the browser type and version used
• The user’s operating system
• The user’s Internet Service Provider
• The user’s IP address
• Date and time of access
• Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website
• Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website.

The log files contain IP addresses or other data that enable identification of a user. This could be the case, for example, if the link to the website from which the user accesses our website, or the link to the website to which the user navigates, contains personal data.

The data is also stored in our system’s log files. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

The user data collected in this manner is pseudonymized through technical measures. Therefore, it is no longer possible to attribute the data to the accessing user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Storage in log files ensures the functionality of the website. Furthermore, the data helps us optimize the website and ensure the security of our information technology systems. Data evaluation for marketing purposes does not occur in this context.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

4. Duration of Storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection. In the case of data collected for the provision of the website, this occurs when the respective session ends.

5. Right to Object and Erasure

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files are absolutely essential for the operation of the website. Consequently, the user has no right to object.

V. Use of Cookies

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. For data protection reasons, our website generally does not store cookies on the user’s computer. To utilize PHP sessions, only session cookies are employed.

The session cookies used by Weblication are stored only in the browser’s main memory, meaning they are lost once the browser is closed. This is also why you generally need to log in again after closing the browser. Visit data that must be persistently retained during a session includes, for example, form data, to display it again in case of incorrect input. These are also deleted at the latest upon submission of the form.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The purpose of using necessary cookies is to simplify website usage for users and to facilitate website navigation.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing personal data pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

4. Duration of Storage

Cookies are not stored on the user’s computer.

5. Evaluation via Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics also uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your website usage (cf. IV 1 – 4 above).

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we have activated the Google Analytics IP anonymization function on this website, ensuring that your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the collection and transmission to Google of the data generated by cookies and related to your website usage (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Analytics Opt-Out.

An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website.

Further information on the terms of use and data protection of Google Analytics can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

VI. Contact Form, Online Application, and Email Contact

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

a.) A contact form / application form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic communication. If a user utilizes this option, the data entered into the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. This data includes:

• Salutation, First and Last Name
• Company
• Industry/Application Field
• Street, House Number, Postcode, City, and Country
• Phone
• Email
• Potential Salary Expectation
• Application Documents

At the time of sending the message, the following data is also stored:

• The user’s IP address
• Date and time of registration

For data processing, your consent is obtained during the submission process, and reference is made to this privacy policy.

b.) Alternatively, contact can be made via the provided email address. In this case, the personal data of the user transmitted with the email will be stored.

c.) The data will not be disclosed to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for processing the conversation or for the application procedure.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

a.) If the user’s consent is available, the legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

b.) The legal basis for processing data transmitted via email is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The processing of personal data from the input mask serves solely to process the contact. In the case of contact via email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.

Other personal data processed during the submission process serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

4. Duration of Storage

a.) Data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection. For personal data from the contact form’s input mask and data sent via email, this occurs when the respective conversation with the user has concluded. The conversation is considered concluded when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been definitively resolved.

b.) For personal data from the online application input mask and data sent via email as an application, this occurs when the relevant application process has been completed and there are no legal objections to be anticipated. By submitting the declaration of consent within the online application, you agree that we may store applications for a period of 2 years to consider them for future vacancies.

Additional personal data collected during the submission process will be deleted after a maximum period of seven days.

5. Right to Object and Erasure

The user has the option to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us via email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued, nor can the application be further considered.

Please address your withdrawal of consent and objection to storage via email to info@jrs.de or bewerbung@jrs.de, or in writing to our aforementioned company address.

In this case, all personal data stored during the contact process will be deleted.

VII. Rights of the Data Subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

1. Right of Access

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing exists, you can request the following information from the controller:

1. the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
2. the categories of personal data being processed;
3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed;
4. the envisaged period for which your personal data will be stored, or, if specific details are not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of your personal data, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
7. all available information about the source of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
8. 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 the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether your personal data is transferred to a third country or an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to Rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller shall carry out the rectification without undue delay.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under the following conditions, you can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:

1. if you contest the accuracy of your personal data for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data, requesting instead the restriction of their use;
3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
4. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may only be processed – apart from being stored – with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or on grounds of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been obtained in accordance with the above-mentioned requirements, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to erasure

a) Obligation to erase

You can demand that the controller erase the personal data concerning you immediately, and the controller is obliged to erase this data immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies:

The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

The personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed.

The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.

The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to services offered by the information society pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, it shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to erase all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary

1. to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
2. to fulfil a legal obligation which requires processing under the law of the Union or of the Member States to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
3. for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing, or
5. to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
   

5. Right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the latter is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the controller.

6. Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and
2. the processing is carried out using automated methods.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right to object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the option of exercising your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in connection with the use of services of the information society, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

8. Right to withdraw the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

9. Automated decision in individual cases, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

1. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,
2. is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests or
3. is based on your explicit consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g applies and suitable measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to state his or her own point of view and to contest the decision.

10. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

VIII. Use of social media buttons

We use so-called social plugins (hereinafter referred to as buttons) of social networks such as Facebook and Linkedin.

These buttons, if displayed on the website, do not yet establish contact with the servers of Facebook and Linkedin. Only by clicking on these buttons do you give your consent to communicate with Facebook and Linkedin and a connection is activated. The button remains active until you deactivate it again or delete your cookies. You can find more information about cookies in our cookie information.

After activation, a direct connection is established with the server of the respective social network. The content of the button is then transmitted directly from the social networks to your browser and integrated by the browser into the website.

After activating a button, the respective social network can already collect data, regardless of whether you interact with the button. If you are logged into a social network, it can assign your visit to this website to your user account.

If you are a member of a social network and do not want it to link the data collected during your visit to our website with your stored member data, you must log out of the respective social network before activating the buttons.

We have no influence on the scope of the data collected by the social networks with their buttons. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the respective social networks, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective social networks.

IX. Our social media presence

Data processing by social networks

We maintain publicly accessible profiles in social networks. You can find the social networks we use in detail below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Google+ etc. can generally analyse your user behaviour comprehensively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your end device or by recording your IP address.

With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, you can be shown interest-based advertising inside and outside the respective social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are logged in or have been logged in.

Please also note that we cannot understand all processing processes on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis

Our social media presences are intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Controller and assertion of rights

If you visit one of our social media presences (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can assert your rights (information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) against us as well as against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. against Facebook).

Please note that despite the joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options depend largely on the company policy of the respective provider.

Storage period

The data collected directly from us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it, you 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 legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Social networks in detail

Facebook

We have a profile on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook has a certification according to the EU-US-Privacy-Shield.

You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

Details can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/