Privacy Policy
The protection of your personal data is important to us. You can expect us to handle your data sensitively and carefully, thus ensuring a high level of data security. We collect and use your personal data exclusively within the framework of the applicable data protection regulations. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data that we have received from individuals through various sources (customers, suppliers, business partners, websites, and social media).
1 Contacts
1.1 Name and address of the Controller
The Controller as defined in the GDPR and other national data protection laws of the EU member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
EWAB International AG
Buzibachring 4a
6023 Rothenburg
Switzerland
Phone: +41 41 418 64 50
E-mail: info@ewab.com
1.2 Name and address of the Representative
The Representative as defined in the GDPR and other national data protection laws of the EU member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
EWAB Engineering AB
Gärdesvägen 2
592 91 Vadstena
Sweden
Phone: +46 143 750 00
E-mail: data.protection@ewab.com
2 Scope and purpose of collecting, processing and use of the personal data
Personal data is defined as «data/ information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ». Online identifiers, such as IP addresses, should be considered personal information unless they are specifically anonymized.
We generally process your personal data for the following purposes, we may provide specific information on another level:
• Services and support for Customers
• Customer and provider relationship management
• Procurement of goods and services
• Marketing activities
• Accounting and controlling
• Operation of our IT infrastructure, the website and other platforms
• Employment relations and applications
2.1 Visiting the Website
When you visit our website, our servers temporarily may store the following data in a log file, the so-called server log files.
• IP address of the computer sending a request
• Date and time of access/retrieval
• Name and URL of the retrieved data
• Operating system of your computer and the browser you are using
• Country from which our website is accessed
• Name of your Internet access provider
• The amount of data transferred in each case
• Our last visited website
• Browser settings
• Language and version of the browser software
• Activated browser plug-ins
The legal basis for the temporary storage of personal data and log files is the legitimate interest. The legitimate interest exists in order to especially
• deliver the contents of our website correctly
• ensure system stability and efficiency
• optimize the content as well as the advertising of our website
• provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in case of a cyber attack
• collect statistical data
• other administrative purposes
Such data are not stored together with other personal data. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
2.2 Online applications
When you apply for a job with us, we process your information to process your application. Further information can be found in the job advertisement on the corresponding online platform.
Processing can also be carried out by other electronic means if you send us the relevant application documents, for example by E-mail.
We process data in connection with your application. This may include general information about you (such as your name, address and contact details), information about your professional qualifications and training or information about professional development or other information you provide us in connection with your application.
If necessary, personal data will be processed by host providers on our behalf on basis of contracts.
The legal basis for processing is our common legitimate interest in processing your application.
If we enter an employment contract with you, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the application procedure ends without employment, your personal data will be stored for up to a maximum of 6 months for documentation purposes and will then be deleted, unless you have given us your consent to use your data for further application procedures with us and to contact you again in connection therewith.
You can subsequently revoke any given consent at any time. You can send your revocation to the person named as contact person in the job advertisement or to the following E-mail address data.protection@ewab.com.
EWAB has taken the necessary organizational and technical measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your application. All employees of our company as well as our software partner and third parties called in for support are obliged within the framework of their (employment) contract to keep personal data strictly confidential. Data processing is based on general standards for data security in accordance with the current state of the art.
2.3 When using our contact form
If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a contact form provided on the website. In order for us to reply, it is necessary for you to provide your name (surname and first name), contact details (email address) and a message. The provision of further information is optional. Data processing for the purpose of establishing contact is based on GDPR section 6 para. 1 b and your specific request.
3 Storage Duration / Deletion of Personal Data
We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the legitimate purpose or to the extent as this was permitted or required by laws or regulations we have to comply with. If the storage purpose no longer applies and a prescribed retention period expires, your data will be blocked or erased as a matter of routine and in accordance with legal regulations.
In addition, we delete your data if you request us to do so under data.protection@ewab.com and if we have no legal or contractual obligation to store or otherwise secure this data.
4 Categories of data
We generally process the following categories of personal data:
• Master data (e.g. names and addresses)
• Contact data (e.g. e-mail and telephone numbers)
• Traffic data (e.g. access times)
• Contract data (e.g. payment data)
• Meta-/communications data (e.g. IP addresses, device information)
5 Legal basis for processing
The legal basis for us to process your personal data is:
• Your consent, which you can withdraw at any time;
• The conclusion or fulfillment of a contract with you or your prior request to do so in;
• Compliance with a legal obligation or
• Legitimate interests (for example, when contacting us via our website form or via e-mail).
6 Disclosure to third parties
We will only disclose your personal data outside the EWAB Group if you have expressly agreed to this, if we are legally obliged to do so or if this is necessary for the use of the website or for the provision of any services requested by you.
We disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients in addition to those already mentioned:
• Entities of the EWAB Group
• Government bodies
• Service operators
The use of the disclosed data by third parties is strictly limited to the contractually agreed purposes. They are obliged to maintain your privacy to the same extent as we do. Furthermore, they are obliged to process your personal data in accordance with our instructions and to comply with the required data protection level.
If we use subcontractors to provide our services, we will take appropriate legal precautions and appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of your personal data in accordance with the relevant legal regulations.
7 How we use Cookies
We use tools that are provided by Google that according to its statement may process personal data in countries in which Google or Google’s subcontractors maintain facilities. Google promises to assure an adequate level of data protection by relying on the EU Standard Contract Clauses.
Linkedin, where we have a company profile, discloses to have its data centres in the US. According to its policy, Linkedin also relies on the inclusion of EU Standard Contract Clauses to assure an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to third countries.
Matomo, this site uses Matomo to analyze traffic and help us to improve your user experience. We process your email address and IP address and cookies are stored on your browser for 13 months. This data is only processed by us and our web hosting platform.
Matomo Cloud privacy policy
See EWAB Groups Cookie Declaration for information on the cookies we use and how to change your cookie consent options.
8 Your rights
In principle and depending on the applicable data protection legislation, with reference to your personal data, you have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and the right to object to the processing of your personal data. In particular, we like to inform you that you have a right of objection when processing your data, for which we assume a legitimate interest, which we will carefully examine.
Please note that your rights are subject to exceptions or derogations. Where legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. We may need to further process and retain your personal data to perform a contract with you or your company or organization, to comply with legal obligations or to protect our own legitimate interests or the rights of others. However, if you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection rights have otherwise been violated in any way, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority.
Please contact data.protection@ewab.com with your concerns.
9 Use of the website by minors
The website is aimed at an adult audience. Minors, especially children under the age of 16, are prohibited from transmitting personal data to us or registering for a service. If we find that such data has been transmitted to us, it will be deleted. The child’s parents (or legal custodian) can contact us and request cancellation or deregistration.
10 Data security
We take technical and organizational security precautions to protect your personal data against manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorized persons and to guarantee the protection of your rights and compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
The measures taken are intended to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data and the long-term availability and resilience of our systems and services for processing your data. They are also designed to ensure rapid recovery and access to your data in the event of a physical or technical incident.
Our security measures also include the encryption of your data. When your data is transmitted to us, it is encrypted using Https encryption. All information you enter online is transmitted via an encrypted transmission path. As a result, this information can never be viewed by unauthorized third parties.
Our data processing and security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
We also take our own internal data protection very seriously. Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us are bound to secrecy and compliance with data protection regulations. Moreover, they are only granted access to personal data to the extent necessary.
11 Links to websites of other providers
Our websites may contain links to websites of other providers to which this Privacy Policy does not apply. After clicking on the link, we no longer have any influence on the processing of any data transmitted to the third party by clicking on the link (such as the IP address or the URL on which the link is located), as the cond0075ct of third parties is naturally beyond our control. We can therefore take no responsibility for the processing of your data by third parties. If the use of other providers’ websites involves the collection, processing or use of personal data, please observe the data protection information of the respective providers.
12 Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
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