Privacy Policy
General
We appreciate your interest in our company. Data protection is a top priority for the management of T&A SYSTEME GmbH. In general, you can use the T&A SYSTEME GmbH website without providing any personal data. However, if you wish to use specific services offered by our company via our website, the processing of personal data may be necessary. If this is the case, you will be explicitly informed and asked for your consent.
The processing of personal data is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this privacy policy, we inform you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process.
Furthermore, this privacy notice informs data subjects of their rights.
In general, T&A SYSTEME GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures for data processing to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible of all collected data.
1. Definitions
This privacy policy from T&A SYSTEME GmbH is based on the terminology used in Article 4 of the GDPR. To make it easier to understand, we have designed our privacy policy to be easy to read.
For this reason, we provide direct links to the relevant terms in the GDPR.
2. Name and Address of the Data Controller
T&A SYSTEME GmbH
Am Walzwerk 1
45527 Hattingen
Germany
Tel.: +49 2324 9258 0
E-Mail: info@ta-systeme.com
Website: www.ta-systeme.com
CEO: Till Bockenheimer
3. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer and the Data Controller
RST Informationssicherheit GmbH
Brunnenstraße 15 – 17
45128 Essen
Germany
Tel.: 0152 253 017 82
E-Mail: dsb-ta@rst-beratung.de
Any affected individual may contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
4. Responsible for Editorial Content
Responsible for the content pursuant to Section 18(2) of the Media Services State Treaty (MStV):
Franziska Räpke-Nöll, Marketing
T&A SYSTEME GmbH
Am Walzwerk 1
45527 Hattingen
Germany
5. Collection and Storage of Personal Data, as Well as the Nature and Purpose of Its Use
a) When visiting the website
When you visit our website “ta-systeme.com,” the browser on your device automatically sends information to our website’s server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from any personal data provided by a data subject.
The following information is collected automatically and stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the requesting computer,
- date and time of access,
- name and URL of the file accessed,
- website from which access is made (referrer URL),
- browser used and, if applicable, your computer’s operating system, as well as the name of your internet service provider.
We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
- Ensuring a comfortable user experience on our website,
- Evaluating system security and stability, as well as for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your identity.
In addition, we use cookies and Google Fonts when you visit our website. You can find further details on this in Section 5 of this privacy policy.
As a responsible company, we do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling.
b) When signing up for our newsletter
If you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, we will use your email address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis (approximately four times a year). To receive the newsletter, you only need to provide your title, first name, and email address. You can unsubscribe at any time via a link at the end of each newsletter.
c) When using our contact form
If you have any questions, we offer you the option of contacting us via a form provided on the website. You are required to provide a valid email address and your full name so that we know who the inquiry is from and can respond to it. Additional information may be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (e.g., to prepare a quote) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (e.g., inquiries regarding our services, communication with us, i.e., your and our legitimate interest). The personal data we collect when you use the contact form will be automatically deleted once your inquiry has been processed, provided that no legal provisions prevent this.
6. Cookies
The T&A SYSTEME GmbH website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on a computer system via a web browser and can be read by this or other websites. We use only technically necessary cookies to provide visitors to this website with a more user-friendly experience. We do not read any cookies present when the site is accessed, nor do we use them in any way beyond the scope of your visit.
The T&A SYSTEME GmbH website (www.ta-systeme.com) uses the Borlabs Cookie, which sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs-cookie) to store your cookie consent.
The borlabs-cookie stores the consent you provided when you entered the website. If you wish to revoke this consent, simply delete the cookie in your browser. When you re-enter or reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie consent.
Borlabs Cookie does not process any personal data.
On our application portal jobs.ta-systeme.com, we use three essential cookies:
- “HrwJob-Application-management-Session” represents the session of the person currently on the job portal. This is necessary for operation, as it allows us to distinguish between users in the session.
- “AWSALB” and “AWSALBCORS” are required to correctly manage user behavior and ensure users are directed to the correct instance. Additionally, they are necessary for uploading application documents, ensuring this process runs smoothly for applicants.
7. Google Analytics and Google Fonts
a) Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze website usage. The data collected is used to optimize our website and our advertising efforts.
Google Analytics is provided to us by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google processes the website usage data on our behalf and is contractually obligated to take measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the processed data.
During your visit to the website, the following data, among others, is transmitted to Google:
- Pages visited
- The achievement of “website goals” (e.g., contact requests)
- Your behavior on the pages (e.g., time spent, clicks, scroll depth)
- Your approximate location (country and city)
- Your IP address
- Technical information such as browser, internet service provider, device, and screen resolution
- The source of your visit (i.e., via which website or advertising medium you arrived at our site)
- A randomly generated user ID
No personal data such as name, address, or contact details is transmitted to Google Analytics.
This data is transmitted to Google servers in the United States. Please note that data protection laws in the United States cannot guarantee the same level of protection as within the EU.
Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years from your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated user ID, which allows you to be recognized during future website visits.
The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated user ID, which enables the analysis of pseudonymous user profiles. This user-related data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form indefinitely.
If you do not consent to this data collection, you can prevent it by installing the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics or by rejecting cookies via our cookie settings dialog.
b) Use of Google Fonts
We use external web fonts, such as Google Fonts, to display text in different fonts. To do this, a connection is established with the respective web font provider, and personal data such as IP addresses and other device data is transmitted to them. The web font provider uses the data exclusively to display the fonts and analyze their popularity. The legal basis is legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We have a legitimate interest in displaying content on our website in a consistent manner and with reasonable loading times.
8. Contacting Us
a) via Email
If you contact us via email, your email—including all personal data you have provided in the email (email address, last name, first name, company name, address, and any other personal data you have voluntarily provided)—will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your inquiry. We will not disclose this data without your consent. We expressly point out that email is not a secure medium and that you should exchange confidential personal data or matters with us by other means.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) in the effective handling of inquiries directed to us.
The data you send to us via email will remain stored with us until the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
b) by phone
When you contact us by phone, your phone number will appear on the display of the phone that answers your call and will be stored in our telephone system for billing purposes.
The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR in conjunction with Section 15 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG). Our “interest” within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) is to ensure lawful billing.
c) via the website
When you contact us via the contact form, the data you submit is transmitted unencrypted and stored in our email system.
9. Downloading Documents
You can request downloads on our website.
If you wish to download documents (e.g., white papers) from our website, we collect the following data via a form: name and email address.
Data processed: Name, email address, and the file name or title of the downloaded document.
Storage location: The data is stored in our CMS database.
Purposes of processing:
- Provision/activation of the download.
- Internal documentation of which documents have already been downloaded using your email address, so that if you contact us later, we can determine which content you already have.
- No promotional contact: We do not use the data from the download form to contact you via email for advertising or marketing purposes without a separate basis.
Retention period: Deletion after 12 months
10. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data
Personal data is processed and stored for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of processing or as required by European directives and regulations or other laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the purpose of processing no longer applies or if a retention period prescribed by European legislative bodies or another competent authority expires, the personal data will be routinely deleted in accordance with legal requirements; if this is not possible, the data will be blocked.
11. Data Protection in Job Applications and the Hiring Process
T&A SYSTEME GmbH collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of conducting the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case when an applicant submits the relevant application documents electronically via email to the addresses bewerbung@ta-systeme.com, ausbildung@ta-systeme.com, or through the external portal “hr-works.de.”
For more detailed information, please see our Privacy Policy for Job Applicants:
12. Legal Basis for Processing
Art. 6(1)(a) Purpose of processing Legal basis
Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company’s processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party—as is the case, for example, with processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration—then the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
Finally, processing operations may be based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Processing operations not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests. Such processing operations are permitted in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this regard, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 of the GDPR).
13. Rights of the Data Subject
As a data subject whose personal data is being processed, the GDPR grants you the following rights, which you can read about in detail there.
You have the right:
a) to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information regarding the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection; the existence of a right to lodge a complaint; the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us; and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information regarding its details (pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR);
b) to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us (pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR);
c) to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR);
d) to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, provided that you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure, and we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR (pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR);
e) data portability, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller (pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR) and
f) to withdraw your consent at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future (pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR).
14. Objection
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, provided there are grounds arising from your particular situation or the objection relates to direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will honor without requiring you to specify a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise one or more of your rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer in writing via email or letter.
15. Validity of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently in effect and is valid as of January 2026.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will be updated if there are new legal requirements or other changes.