Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Therefore, we at authensis AG pay attention to compliance with data protection regulations. Below we would like to inform you about the purposes for which your data is collected and used and how you can exercise your rights. The privacy policy can be accessed and printed at any time via the "Privacy Policy" link. Our IT systems are protected by technical and organizational measures against access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons, as well as against loss and destruction.

Responsible for the collection and processing of personal data is:

authensis AG
Landsberger Straße 408
D - 81241 Munich
Telephone:  +49 (89) 72 01 57-0
E-mail:  info@authensis.de

If you have a privacy or data security issue, contact our data protection supervisor


Herr Reiner Weiß
@-yet GmbH
Data protection supervisor of authensis AG
Schloß Eicherhof
42799 Leichlingen, Germany 
E-mail: reiner.weiss@add-yet.de

1. Purpose and Legal Basis of the Data Processing

We store your data only to fulfill your requests, for fulfillment and processing of our contracts and for your own information purposes. The processing is based on the current data protection laws. If you have a request, have an offer made by us or enter into a contract with us, we will process your personal data. Depending on the type of contract, first name, address, e-mail address, telephone number / fax number, if necessary birth dates / location, bank details, VAT ID. We store and process this data in our administration to fulfill and process the contract as well as for our own advertising purposes. A transfer to other third parties does not take place. 

2. Web Analytics with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. 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, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and be shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google. In addition, you can prevent the collection and processing of your data related to your use of the website (including your IP address) generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the available browser plugin under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). 

3. Use of Cookies

On our website we use session cookies to facilitate your use. These are small text files that are stored on your hard disk for the duration of your visit on our website which, depending on the setting of your browser program, will be deleted when the browser is closed again. 
The process of saving cookies can be switched off or deactivated in your browser settings. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies outlast the closing of the browser.

The following cookies are used: session cookies, cdmmCatalog, LB persistent cookies (30 days storage), cdmmCatalog_region, cookieconsent_dismissed

4. Data Processing for Advertising Purposes

We use your data only for our own advertising purposes. We would like to inform you about new products, our services and interesting events. Therefore, we also use your information to recommend certain products, services, or events beyond your purchases that may interest you. The evaluation of the purchase history and the dispatch of appropriate advertising by post or e-mail to existing customers takes place in compliance with their legitimate interests only for products and services of authensis AG. Sending via e-mail only takes place with your consent, which you can revoke at any time with effect for the future. Newsletters are sent to you only on the basis of a separate consent. Further information on your rights can be found under the heading "Affected Rights".

5. Addressees of Personal Data

Within the scope of the statutory powers, your personal data will be disclosed to the following companies within the EU:

Postal service providers, freight forwarders, shipping service providers, file / data media disposal
IT service provider in the context of support and software maintenance
Service provider creditworthiness check, collection and dialogue marketing
Google Inc. (www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb)

6. Duration of Data Storage

We store your data as long as the purpose requires. Appropriate deletion concepts are available and are constantly adapted to the legal and necessary conditions.
Insofar as a tax retention period exists for certain data processed for the execution of purchase contracts (document data), the retention period is 6 or 10 years. During this time, the processing of the data is limited. The legal storage obligation begins with the end of the calendar year in which the offer was made or the contract was fulfilled.

7. Affected Rights

Your rights as a person affected are comprehensively guaranteed by authensis AG.

8. Objection towards Advertisement 

You always have the opportunity to revoke the use of your data for advertising purposes without beeing confronted by other costs than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. The following contacts are available for this purpose.

9. Revocation of Consent

Your consent to the processing of personal data can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. Please keep in mind that you may need to submit your data before purchasing again. 

10. The Right of Objection 

You have the right, at any time for any reason arising from your particular situation, to object the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:

  • processing is necessary for the performance of a task which is in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority, which was transferred to the person responsible or
  • processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the person responsible or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the affected person, who is requiring personal data protection, prevail, in particular where the data subject is a child.
  • If you object, we will no longer process your personal data in this case, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purposes of asserting, pursuing or defending legal claims.

11. Further Rights

You’re entitled to the following rights towards the person responsible for your stored personal data:

  •   Information
  •   Rectification
  •   Cancellation or limitation of processing
  •   Objection of the processing
  •   Data transmission
  •   Complaints against supervisory authorities.

12. Contacts: How can I exercise my aforementioned rights?

To exercise your rights, you can contact the data protection supervisor (see above) or the person responsible (see above). We will process your requests immediately in accordance with the legal requirements free of charge and we will tell you what measures we have taken. If we enter into a contract of employment with the applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of the employment relationship in compliance with the legal requirements.

13. Applicant Data Privacy

We collect and process personal information from applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. The processing can also be done digitally. This is always the case if an applicant sends us application documents digitally, for example by e-mail or via a web form that is available on our website. If we enter into a contract of employment with the applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of the employment relationship in compliance with the legal requirements. If we decide to not enter into a contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted four months after he/she received a notification of the rejection, unless a deletion precludes other legitimate interests, such as a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (GETA).

14. Automated Decision-Making

Currently we do not use automatic decision making or profiling.

15. Updates and Changes

The privacy policy must be adapted from time to time to the actual circumstances and the legal situation. Please check the Privacy Policy before using our offer to be up-to-date with any changes or updates.

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