Data protection

Privacy Policy

Personal data processed by ELA Container because you have provided your personal data in connection with the options below:

Establishing contact

ELA Container offers you the opportunity to find out more about ELA Container on its website, e.g. about our career opportunities, our range of containers, our services, or our company, or to contact us. You have the option of contacting ELA Container via the contact form, by email, by calling our recruitment or service hotline or our consultant near you, or as a (potential) supplier via our supplier portal.

When you contact us via our contact form (including our inquiry list) and our supplier portal, data such as your first and last name, email address, address, company, and telephone number may also be collected and stored as well as the delivery address and any data you have entered in the free text form, if relevant under data protection law, along with any photos and/or drawings you may have provided, as well as your IP address.

Alternatively, you can contact us using the email address provided. In this case, your personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. If you do not provide this information, we will be unable to process your inquiry.

The same applies to the information you provide to us by telephone.

The processing of this data takes place in the context of pre-contractual measures required to provide the service offered in accordance with point (b) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. If the contact does not concern pre-contractual measures or a contract that you have already concluded with ELA Container, we process your personal data on the basis of point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR in the context of our legitimate interest in processing your inquiry by this means. The data will then be deleted unless the data is still required for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. If ELA Container is obliged to archive your personal data due to legal obligations, such as compliance with retention obligations under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Fiscal Code (AO), it will be blocked from further processing. Once the retention periods have expired, the data will be deleted in accordance with data protection regulations.

Your rights vis-à-vis us are explained in the section “Rights of the data subject” below in the general data processing principles.

Involvement of further members of the group:

If the inquiry relates to the activities of subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or companies managing operations of ELA Container and this is necessary to process your inquiry efficiently, your data may be passed on to the company in question. These may be the following companies: ELA Container Nederland BV, ELA Container Polska Sp. z o. o., ELA Container Sales GmbH, ELA Container Participaties BV, UAB ELA Container Lietuva, ELA Container Offshore GmbH, ELA Container Projects BV, ELA Container Belgium BV, ELA Container Offshore USA Corp., ELA Container UK Ltd., ELA Container Engineering GmbH, ELA Container Austria GmbH, ELA Container Real Estate BV, ELA Container Offshore Holding GmbH, ELA Container CZ s.r.o., ELA Container Denmark ApS, ELA Container Production GmbH, ELA Container Switzerland GmbH.

The legal basis for this is point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR in conjunction with recital 48, as we have a legitimate interest in the transfer for internal administrative purposes.

No data is transferred to a recipient in a third country.

Furthermore, your personal data will not be transferred to service providers or other recipients.

Application

You can upload your application documents to the portal we use for this purpose by clicking on the corresponding button. We need the data in order to carry out the application process. This data is processed for the purposes of the employment relationship or its initiation in accordance with Section 26 (1) sentence 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). In principle, the data is deleted no later than six months after completion of the application process, unless it is still required for the purposes of the employment relationship. Furthermore, when creating your applicant profile, you can choose a longer retention period of two years, e.g. for further consideration and to be contacted if suitable vacancies arise in the future or to continue your application process later.

Your personal data is collected and transmitted to us with the support of our service provider, the provider of an e-recruiting system used by us.

No data is transferred to a recipient in a third country.

Your other rights are explained in the section “Rights of the data subject” below in the general data processing principles.

Newsletters

We send newsletters with information about our products and our company. Your email address is required to subscribe to the newsletter. We will also ask for your first name and surname, title, and company for the purpose of contacting you personally.

This data is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter and on the basis of your consent in accordance with point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. Consent is obtained as part of the registration process by reference to this privacy policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time. You will find a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter at the bottom of each newsletter. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to its withdrawal. If you withdraw your consent, the data will be deleted unless it is necessary to continue storing the data, e.g. due to legal requirements.

Your personal data will be transmitted to our newsletter service provider for support as a processor.

No data is transferred to a recipient in a third country.

Your other rights are explained in the section “Rights of the data subject” below in the general data processing principles.

Personal data that we collect solely for the purpose of visiting our website:

Creation of log files

Use of cookies and other technology on our website

The website uses cookies in several places. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. They are used, for example, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the website and thus to make the website more user-friendly and effective.

Session cookies are used, which are stored temporarily only for the duration of your use of the website and are then automatically deleted, as well as persistent cookies. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie.

The content of a persistent cookie is limited to an identification number in order to record information about users who repeatedly access a website. The purpose of such cookies is to recognize you as a user and, if necessary, to be able to offer you optimized user guidance.

Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. You can change your browser settings to prevent the storage of cookies. If you do not accept cookies, this may limit the functionality of websites.

You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser. You can also set your browser to prevent our cookies from being stored on your device.

If you do not accept cookies, this may restrict the functionality of the website if cookies are strictly necessary.

Strictly necessary cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that are necessary for the operation of a website and its functionality.

The legal basis for storing these cookies on your device or for accessing information stored on your end device is Section 25 (2) no. 2 of the German Federal Act on Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (TTDSG) and, with regard to further data processing, point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in being able to provide an optimized website and in securing the system. You can object to the use of strictly necessary cookies or set your browser so that no cookies are stored on your device. However, please note that some features of our website will then not be available.

The following strictly necessary cookies are used on our website:

Non-essential cookies:

Non-essential cookies are used with your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. These cookies enable us to analyze your user behavior and improve our service for you. They should also enable you to surf our website in an optimized way. If we also use cookies from third-party providers, the corresponding data packages from third parties are stored in your browser or transmitted to them.

These cookies are only stored on your device if you have actively given your consent. In this respect, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent pursuant to Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by reopening the cookie settings (see above).

The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal.

Below, we differentiate between performance and analytics cookies (= performance cookies), functional cookies, and marketing cookies.

Performance and analytics cookies:

These cookies enable companies to analyze user behavior on their websites using tools. The aim of these cookies is therefore web analysis or A/B testing in order to optimize campaigns or the user experience.

The following performance and analytics cookies are used:

Use of Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC in California, USA. The controller for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. This is mainly carried out by Google LLC.

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.

Google will use this information on our behalf for the following purposes: to evaluate your use of the website (e.g. how long you spend and the content viewed), to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services associated with website activity and Internet usage (e.g. visitor sources such as links and search engines) to the website operator.

Pseudonymous user profiles may be created from the processed data, in which case a randomly created client ID is assigned to the user in the locally stored cookie and stored. Google reserves the right to use the data collected for its own purposes. The usage data is processed by Google LLC and the data is stored in the USA. In addition to Google, government authorities have access to this data. Google may link your information with other information about you, such as search history, personal accounts, usage data from other devices, and any other information Google holds about you.

On our website, we use the code extension “anonymizeIP” to activate IP anonymisation on this website. By using this extension, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a server in the USA and shortened there. However, anonymization does not result in all data processing being anonymized, as more usage data, which is considered personal data, is collected when Google Analytics is used. For example, it may still be possible to associate data with user of an existing Google account.

The legal ground for data processing is your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. In accordance with Article 7 (3) GDPR, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Your personal data will then be deleted immediately. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal.

Any possible transfers of your personal data to entities outside the EU or the EEA are carried out on the basis of compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5 GDPR, in particular the conclusion of European standard contractual clauses pursuant to Article 46 GDPR.

Your other existing rights can be found in the section “Rights of the data subject” below.

Google also offers you the option of preventing the collection of data generated by the cookie and collected by your usage of our website by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/). This tool installs an opt-out cookie that prevents the future collection of your data. Please note that the cookie only applies to the browser used as part of the installation and to this website. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you must download the opt-out cookie again.

Use of Hotjar

We use Hotjar on our website to better understand your needs and to optimize the website and your experience on it. Hotjar is a service provided by Hotjar Ltd., Dragonara Business Centre, 5th floor, Dragonara Road, Paceville St. Julian’s STJ 3141 Malta. With the help of Hotjar technology, we gain a better understanding of our users’ experiences (e.g. how much time you spend with us on which pages, which links you click, what you like and what you don’t like, etc.) and this helps us to tailor our site accordingly.

Hotjar uses cookies and other technology to collect data about the behavior of our users and their end devices, in particular the IP address of the device (which is only collected and stored in anonymized form during your use of the website), screen size, device type (Unique Device Identifiers), information about the browser used, location (country only), and your preferred language for viewing our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymised user profile.

The legal ground for data processing is your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. In accordance with Article 7 (3) GDPR, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Your personal data will then be deleted immediately. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal.

Any possible transfers of your personal data to entities outside the EU or the EEA are carried out on the basis of compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5 GDPR, in particular the conclusion of European standard contractual clauses pursuant to Article 46 GDPR.

Your other existing rights can be found in the section “Rights of the data subject” below.

Use of Matomo

Our website uses the web analysis service Matomo from InnoCraft Ltd. in New Zealand. Matomo is open-source software that statistically evaluates website visits. Cookies are used for this purpose. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website is collected, stored, and processed on our server in Germany and is not transmitted to third parties. The IP address is automatically anonymized by making parts of the IP address unrecognizable.

The legal ground for data processing using Matomo cookies is your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal. Your other existing rights can be found in the section “Rights of the data subject” below.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies enable our website to offer extended features. Functional cookies are not used to track the activities of users. Instead, these cookies are used to manage the website and provide a personalized user interface.

The following functional cookies are used:

Use of reCAPTCHA

Our website uses Google reCAPTCHA. The provider of reCAPTCHA is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used for the purpose of checking whether data was entered on our website (e.g. in a contact form) by a person or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins as soon as the visitor accesses the website and gives their consent.

For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of information (e.g. IP address, length of time the visitor spends on the website, or mouse movements made by the user).

The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. The legal ground for processing is your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG and point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time, after which your personal data will be deleted immediately. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal. Your other existing rights can be found in the section “Rights of the data subject” below.

Marketing cookies (also targeting cookies)

Advertising cookies are generally third-party cookies and serve to identify users across different websites with the aim of delivering relevant advertising.

The following marketing cookies are used:

Integration of social media plug-ins and other plug-ins

Our website also uses social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) from the social networks Vimeo and Facebook, as well as a Google Maps plug-in. These services are provided by Vimeo LLC, Facebook Inc., and Google Ireland Ltd. (“providers”).

Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, LLC, headquartered at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011.

Google Maps is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”)

In principle, you decide whether or not data is transmitted to the provider by giving your consent via the cookie banner or by activating the plug-in.

You can manage your consent via the cookie settings in our cookie banner (give or, if already granted, withdraw it).

With your consent, the provider receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not currently logged in. This information (including the IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a server of the provider in question in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to one of the services, the providers can directly associate your visit to our website with your profile on Facebook, Vimeo, or Google.

If you do not want the provider to associate the collected data with your profile in the service directly, you must log out of the service before visiting our website. The legal ground for the integration of social networks and plug-ins is your consent in accordance with point (a) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deactivating the plugins. We also recommend that you delete all cookies in your browser’s security settings. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal. Your other existing rights can be found in the section “Rights of the data subject” below.

For further information on the collection, processing, and use of your personal data in the social networks, as well as the relevant rights and settings options for protecting privacy, we refer you to each of the providers.

Google Ads Conversion

We use the Google Ads conversion tool to draw attention to our attractive offers by means of promotional material (Google Ads) on external websites. Based on the data from the advertising campaigns, we can evaluate the effectiveness of individual advertising initiatives. Our aim is to provide you with tailored ads, improve your website experience, and ensure that advertising costs are paid fairly.

This promotional material is delivered via Google’s ad server. For this purpose, we use ad server cookies that record specific measurement parameters such as ad impressions or user clicks. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Ads stores a cookie on your device. This cookie typically contains analytical values such as a unique cookie ID, the number of ad impressions per position (frequency), the last impression (important for post-view conversions), and opt-out information (indicating that a user does not want any further ads). These cookies enable Google to recognize your browser. If a visitor visits certain pages of the website of Ads customers and the cookie stored on their computer is still valid, Google and the customers can see that the ad has been clicked on and the target page has been reached. Each Ads customer receives their own cookie, which cannot be tracked via the websites of other Ads customers. We do not collect or process any personal data in this context. Google only provides us with statistical evaluations that detail the effectiveness of the advertising measures used. No other data is transmitted from the use of advertising materials and, in particular, it is not possible to identify users on the basis of this information.

Through the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no control over the scope and use of the data collected by Google through the use of these tools. To the best of our knowledge, we can provide the following information: By integrating the Ads conversion tool, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on one of our advertisements. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not logged in to Google, it is possible for Google to collect and store your IP address.

General principles of data processing (controller, DPO, recipient, duration of storage, rights of data subjects)

Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation is:

Recipients of personal data

ELA Container only transmits personal data to the recipients who need it to legally fulfill their tasks.

If commissioned external service providers receive personal data for these purposes, when selecting our partners, we ensure that suitable technical and organizational measures are implemented and the necessary agreements are concluded so that the processing is carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and that the rights of the data subject are protected.

We may disclose personal data to:

Data deletion / retention period

Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for which it was retained no longer applies. Data may also be stored if required by European or national legislators in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which ELA Container is subject. The data will also be deleted if a retention period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless it is necessary to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are the data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the rights described below vis-à-vis us.

Pursuant to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about personal data concerning you that we are processing. In your request for information, you should specify your request in order to make it easier for us to compile the necessary data.

If the information concerning you is not (or no longer) accurate, you have the right to request rectification in accordance with Article 16 GDPR. If your data is incomplete, you can ask for it to be completed.

You have the right to demand the erasure of your personal data in accordance with Article 17 GDPR.

In accordance with Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of the data concerning you.

Pursuant to Article 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of the data concerning you at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. (optional if the processing of the personal data is based on a legitimate interest of the controller or a third party.)

No automated decision-making pursuant to Article 22 GDPR takes place in the course of processing your personal data.

To exercise your rights, please contact the aforementioned controller, as your rights must also be implemented there. You can also contact the data protection officer directly, in particular if your request requires a higher level of confidentiality:

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 believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

Our social media

ELA Container maintains publicly accessible professional company profiles on various social networks. We use these to publish and distribute our company’s content, offers, and product recommendations and help us, for example, to promote a direct dialog with our customers and interested parties.

The use of one of these networks initiates a large number of data processing operations. This data is also processed if you do not have your own profile with this network. When you visit one of our profiles, your personal data is processed and possibly stored not only by us, but also by the operator of the network. Personal data includes, for example, your name, age, email address, photos, and other information that you have voluntarily shared on the networks, as well as information about your usage behavior and interactions with the content of the company profile in question. Your IP address may also be collected. You are under no obligation to provide us with your personal data in order to be able to visit our company profiles. However, this may be necessary in order to use individual features of our profiles (such as commenting on posts and contacting us).

ELA Container has no influence over the data processing carried out by the operator as a result of your visit to the social networks, which may differ between the individual networks and not necessarily be accessible to us (e.g. the use of cookies). For further information on the collection and storage of your personal data as well as the purpose, type, and scope of processing, please refer to the privacy policies of the social network operators. These can be found at:

If you use our presence on social networks to contact us (e.g. by sending private messages, commenting on/sharing posts, or responding to them), we will only process the data you provide to us for the purpose of contacting you and will not combine it with any other data available to us. The legal basis for data collection is therefore point (b) of Article 6 (1) GDPR if your contact concerns your own pre-contractual measures or a contract that you have already concluded with ELA Container. Otherwise, we will process your personal data on the basis of point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR in the context of our legitimate interest in processing your request via this channel.

Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for which it was stored no longer applies or you ask us to delete it. Data may also be stored if required by European or national legislators in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which ELA Container is subject. The data will also be deleted if a retention period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless it is necessary to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract. For information on how long the operators of the social networks store your personal data, please refer to the privacy policies above.

Further information on Facebook and Instagram:

The social networks Facebook and Instagram are each provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta”). In the context of the use of Page Insights, we are jointly responsible with Meta for data processing on the Facebook/Instagram fan pages in accordance with Article 26 GDPR. We use the statistics provided by Facebook to make posts more attractive and effective. For example, distributions by age and gender are used to ensure correct communication, and users’ preferred visiting times are used to optimize the scheduling of posts. By providing information about the type of end device used by visitors, the appearance and design of content can be adapted to the device in question. The data processing described above is based on the existing legitimate interests of ELA Container in accordance with point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR. You can object to this data processing by Facebook at any time by no longer subscribing to our Facebook page (by clicking on “I do not like this page” and/or “Unsubscribe from this page”, you can disconnect your user profile from our fan page).

Our chatbot from moin.ai

Data protection officer of the processing company

Below you will find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

team@moin.ai

Purpose of the data

This list details the purposes of data collection and processing.

Technologies used

This list includes all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies, pixels, or local storage.

The moin chatbot uses: Local storage

Data in local storage cannot be accessed by third parties. It will not be passed on to third parties and will not be used for advertising purposes. We use these technologies as we have a legitimate interest in being able to provide you with an attractive, fully functional offer on the basis of point (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR.

If you do not want online services to use cookies and local storage, you can control this in the settings of your browser or, depending on the platform, in the operating system of the app. You will also find an overview of your stored cookies there. You can delete or block cookies at any time. You can manage local storage content in the browser via the “History” or “Local Data” settings, depending on which browser you are using. Please note that this may lead to functional restrictions.

Collected data

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.

Legal grounds

The necessary legal ground for the processing of data is specified below.

Place of processing

This is the primary place where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention period

The retention period is the period of time for which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the stated processing purposes.

Data is erased as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes of processing.

Data recipients

The recipients of the collected data are listed below.

Click here to read the privacy policy of the processor.