Privacy policy

The website is provided and operated by HENSOLDT AG, Willy-Messerschmitt-Strasse 3, 82024 Taufkirchen, phone: +49.89.51518-0, e-mail: info@hensoldt.net.

The correct implementation of data protection is supervised by a data protection officer. If you have any concerns regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact him or her directly.

HENSOLDT Group Data Protection Officer
HENSOLDT AG, Taufkirchen
Willy-Messerschmitt-Strasse 3
82024 Taufkirchen
E-mail: dataprotection@hensoldt.net

The subject of data protection is the protection of personal data. This is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (so-called data subject).

This includes information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, but also other information that your Internet browser transmits to our web server, e.g. date and time of the request, page from which the file was requested.

3.1. Accessing website

If you simply access the website without registering or otherwise providing us with information (e.g. via a contact form), we collect information about your interaction with our website, including your device and user ID, information about your operating system, subpages accessed during your visit, the date and time of each visitor request ("usage data"). This data is temporarily stored in a so-called "log file".

The collection of this data is technically necessary to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security. The aforementioned data is processed for the purpose of ensuring the smooth establishment of a connection to the website, its convenient use and system security and stability.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the aforementioned processing purposes. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. The above-mentioned data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

3.2. Google Fonts (operating on own server)

We use Google Fonts for a consistent display of fonts and for user-friendliness. The fonts are hosted on our own server. This means that no data is transmitted to Google Ireland Limited. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to be able to display our internet offer in a visually appealing version.

3.3. Newsletter

We use the e-mail marketing tool "CleverReach" from CleverReach GmbH & Co KG, //CRASH Building Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Germany for e-mail dispatch and automation services, on our website.

Our newsletters and electronic notifications are only sent with the consent of the recipients or based on legal regulations. We use your personal data to send you our newsletter and to inform you about news and event information from HENSOLDT and the defence industry. We can also inform you about new, updated products and services from HENSOLDT. If you subscribe to our newsletter, the above-mentioned contents are decisive for your consent. As a rule, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address. However, as part of the newsletter registration process, you will also be given the opportunity to specify your interests according to various subject areas to provide a personalized service. We keep a record of the registration process to be able to prove that it has been carried out properly.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time or withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to info@hensoldt.net. If you do so, we will immediately remove you from our newsletter mailing list to comply with your request. We may retain unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years to be able to prove former consent. The processing of this data will be limited to the purpose of a potential defence against claims.

You can find out more about the data processed by CleverReach in the privacy policy at https://www.cleverreach.com/en-de/privacy-policy/.

3.4. Contacting us via e-mail or contact form

When you contact us by email, the data you provide (your email address, your first name, surname, and your request, if applicable) will be stored by us to answer your questions and process your request. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to answer your concerns and questions.

You can also get in touch with us via the contact form. When you contact us, the data you provide (in any case your e-mail address, if applicable your first name, surname, and information about your request as mandatory information) will be stored by us. If we request information via our contact form that is not required to contact you, we have always marked this as optional. We use this information to specify your request and to improve the processing of your request. Your personal data will be processed by us to contact you and respond to you.

If your request concerns another HENSOLDT company, we will forward it to that company within and outside the EU. If you provide us with voluntary information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also consent to us contacting you via this communication channel to respond to your request. You can of course withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future.

The legal basis for processing the contact request is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request relates to the conclusion of a contract. If we pass on your data within the HENSOLDT Group to other Group companies, or if we use the information you have voluntarily provided on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number) to contact you, the legal basis is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We process other inquiries based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the exercise of our legitimate interest in responding to your request and answering questions.

Your data that we have received while contacting you will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, your request has been fully processed and no further communication with you is necessary or desired by you.

3.5. Our career page / Links to other websites

Our website contains a link to our career page. For the processing of your personal data when you visit our career page and use our online application portal, please refer to the privacy policy posted there.

When we provide links to websites of other organizations or other HENSOLDT websites, the privacy policies and statements of those websites apply.

3.8. Use of cookies

We use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are assigned to the browser you are using and stored on your hard disk by means of a characteristic string of characters and through which certain information flows to the site that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer and therefore cannot cause any damage. They serve to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall, i.e. more pleasant for you.

Cookies can contain data that makes it possible to recognize the device used. In some cases, however, cookies only contain information on certain settings that are not personally identifiable. However, cookies cannot directly identify a user.

A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. In terms of their function, a distinction is made between cookies:

• Technical cookies: These are strictly necessary to move around the website, use basic functions and ensure the security of the website; they do not collect information about you for marketing purposes or store which websites you have visited.
• Performance cookies: These collect information about how you use our website, which pages you visit and, for example, whether errors occur when using the website; they do not collect any information that could identify you - all information collected is anonymous and is only used to improve our website and to find out what interests our users.
• Advertising cookies, targeting cookies: These are used to offer the website user needs-based advertising on the website or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers; advertising and targeting cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months.

The legal basis for cookies that are necessary to provide you with the expressly requested service is Section 25 para. 2 No. 2 Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). Any use of cookies that is not technically necessary for this purpose constitutes data processing that is only permitted with your express and active consent in accordance with Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR is permitted. This applies to the use of performance, advertising, targeting, or sharing cookies. In addition, we only pass on your personal data processed by cookies to third parties if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

To obtain your consent, all users of our careers page are informed about our use of cookies and comparable tracking technologies by an info banner of the consent management platform Consentmanager and referred to this data protection information. As a user, you will also be asked for your consent to the use of certain cookies and tracking methods, those relevant for the personalization of services and for marketing measures. Once you have given your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future by calling up the cookie management via the icon at the bottom right of the screen in the corner of each page and removing the tick behind the processing to which you had consented. You can also find more information about the cookies we use in the cookie management.

You can delete cookies already stored on your device at any time. If you want to prevent the storage of cookies, you can do this via the settings in your Internet browser. You can find instructions for common browsers here: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Google Chrome mobile, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Safari mobile. Alternatively, you can also install so-called ad blockers. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

3.7.1. Consent manager

To manage consent, we use the consent management platform Consentmanager, a service provided by Consentmanager AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, to request consent on our website for the processing of your device information and personal data using cookies or other tracking technologies.

During use, personal data and information about the end devices used are processed by Consentmanager. Consentmanager determines the language used by your browser. Cookies are also set to check whether you have already selected in our consent tool during a previous visit to our website. These are necessary because the website recognizes whether you have consented to tracking or not. In addition, a log file is created to be able to prove that consent has been given. This file contains the IP address, browser information and the date and time of the visit. Your data will also be sent to Consentmanager AB in Sweden. The information about the settings you have made is also stored on your end device.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The purpose of data processing is the user-friendly and legally compliant design of our website. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to give or withdraw your consent and increase the transparency of data processing using cookies, pixels, tags or similar on our website. Our legitimate interest also lies in the purpose of data processing. After twelve months after the user settings have been made, a new request for consent is made. The user settings made will then be saved again for this period, unless you delete the information about your user settings in the terminal device capacities provided for this purpose yourself beforehand.

3.7.2. Matomo

We use the web analysis service "Matomo" for the purposes of web analysis and reach measurement. By using Matomo, we can collect and analyse information about the use of our website by visitors. We can find out when certain pages were visited and which region the visitors come from. We also record various log files such as IP addresses, referrers, browsers, and operating systems. In addition, we can measure whether visitors perform certain actions such as clicks or purchases.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimize both our website and our advertising. If a corresponding consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) in accordance with the Telemedia Act. Consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

We delete personal data in accordance with the statutory provisions as soon as the underlying consents are withdrawn or there is no further legal basis for processing. However, there are exceptions if legal obligations or legitimate interests require longer storage or archiving of the data. Our data protection information contains further information on the retention and deletion of data. If there is more than one retention or deletion period, the longest period always applies.

We process data that is no longer stored for the originally intended purpose, but due to legal requirements or other reasons, exclusively for the reasons that justify its storage.

Regarding the use and storage duration of cookies, please refer to the cookie policy.

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties unless,

• you have given your express consent to this,
• the disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
• there is a legal obligation for the disclosure,
• the transfer is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Data transfer within the HENSOLDT organization: We may transfer or grant access to personal data to other departments or units within our organization. If the data transfer is for administrative reasons, it is based on our legitimate business and commercial interests or if it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations or if we have the consent of the data subject or legal permission.

We attach great importance to processing your data within the EU/EEA. However, we may use service providers who process data outside the EU/EEA. In the case of such data transfers, the high European level of data protection does not apply. In such cases and where required by applicable data protection law, HENSOLDT will take measures to ensure appropriate and adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data elsewhere.

• We only pass on your data to HENSOLDT Group companies in third countries if they have concluded EU standard contractual clauses with HENSOLDT.
• We only transfer your data to external recipients in third countries if they have concluded EU standard contractual clauses with HENSOLDT.

If you have any questions about such data protection contracts based on the EU standard contractual clauses or would like more information on further security mechanisms and security measures for data transfers to third countries, please feel free to contact us by email at dataprotection@hensoldt.net.

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser.
You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the upper status bar of your browser.

We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

We do not intend to use personal data collected from you for automated decision-making (including profiling).

We do not make the conclusion of contracts with us dependent on you providing us with personal data beforehand. As a customer, you are under no legal or contractual obligation to provide us with your personal data; however, we may only be able to provide certain services to a limited extent or not at all if you do not provide the necessary data.

If this should exceptionally be the case within the scope of the products or services offered by us as presented above, you will be informed of this separately.

We may be subject to a special legal or statutory obligation to provide the lawfully processed personal data to third parties, in particular public authorities, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

If the conditions specified in the law are met, you are entitled to the following rights:

• Right of access, Art. 15 GDPR
• Right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR
• Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’), Art. 17 GDPR
• Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR
• Right to object, Art. 21 GDPR
• Right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR
• Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, Art. 77 GDPR
• Right of withdrawal with effect for the future if consent has been given, Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR

The supervisory authority responsible for us is: Bavaria DPA (Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht)

House address: Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, Germany
Postal address: P.O. Box 1349, 91504 Ansbach, Germany

_Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR:
Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on lit. (e) or (f) of Article 6 para. 1 GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you also have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
The objection can be sent informally to the following e-mail address: dataproection@hensoldt.net. _

Please note that we regularly update our privacy policy to reflect changes in our data processing practices. We will inform you if your cooperation (e.g. consent) or individual notification is required.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy policy, please note that these may change over time. Please check the information before contacting us.