Data privacy policy

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (“Continental”) processes your data within the scope of your use of the website https://casingbank.conti.de and the usage of the CasingManager-app.

It is aware of the sensitivity of personal data and observes the legal regulations on data protection when handling the personal data of users, such as in particular the regulations of Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1.1 General

The definitions of Article 4 GDPR apply.

1.2 Controller

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH Continental-Plaza 1 30173 Hannover eMail: mail_service@conti.de

1.3 Processing of data and purpose of data processing

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH processes your personal data as follows:

Data processing & purpose Legal basis Retention period

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH stores personal data relating to users of its website https://casingbank.conti.de.

The data relates to the date and time of the visit, the IP address, the pages visited, the page functions used, and the website from which the user accessed Continental's websites.

This serves the purpose to assign users and to conduct technical problem analysis and website improvement.

The IP address is transmitted anonymously and is only used to assign a geographical location at the city level. Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH uses this information to measure website activity, to produce statistics, and to improve the services and information provided via the websites.

The legal basis for the data processing operations listed on the right is:

  • Necessity for the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b)GDPR.

  • The overriding legitimate interest of the controller pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in access management, solving of technical problem and the improvement of the website.

This data is stored and used exclusively for the purposes listed on the right. It will be deleted once the purpose has been fulfilled or no longer applies, unless legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

Deletion will also occur upon the legitimate assertion of a right to erasure.

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH stores data entered into the website, or data provided for the contractual performance such as name, company, e-mail, address and telephone number only for the purpose of communicating personally to execute the casing management.

The data is stored and/or used solely for the purpose of processing your inquiry/concern/participation in the competition.

The legal basis for the data processing operations listed on the right is:

Necessity for the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b)GDPR.

This data is stored and used exclusively for the purposes listed on the right. It will be deleted once the purpose has been fulfilled or no longer applies, unless legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

Deletion will also occur upon the legitimate assertion of a right to erasure.

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH stores the following information in the Continental CasingDatabase when the CasingManager app accesses the database:

  • Access username

  • Timestamp of access

  • Accessed endpoint or URL

The legal basis for the data processing operations listed on the right is:

  • Necessity for the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b)GDPR.

  • The overriding legitimate interest of the controller pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in access management, solving of technical problem and the improvement of the website.

This data is stored and used exclusively for the purposes listed on the right. It will be deleted once the purpose has been fulfilled or no longer applies, unless legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

Deletion will also occur upon the legitimate assertion of a right to erasure.

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH temporarily processes the following data during use of the app:

  • User data retrieved from Continental CasingDatabase

  • Transaction data: login and timestamp

The legal basis for the data processing operations listed on the right is:

Necessity for the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b)GDPR.

This temporarily stored data is automatically deleted upon logout.

When logging is manually activated in the app, Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH temporarily stores all transaction data locally on the mobile device. The user may send the log file via email for the sole purpose of error analysis.

The legal basis for the data processing operations listed on the right is:

The overriding legitimate interest of the controller pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in solving of technical problem and the improvement of the website.

This temporarily stored data is also deleted upon the next logout.

The data send via email is stored and used exclusively for the purposes listed on the right. It will be deleted once the purpose has been fulfilled or no longer applies, unless legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

Deletion will also occur upon the legitimate assertion of a right to erasure.

1.3.1 Art. 22 GDPR

An automated decision in individual cases, including profiling, does not take place.

1.4 Recipient

An automated decision in individual cases, including profiling, does not take place.

1.5 Third country transfer

Personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). In such cases, an adequate level of data protection is ensured in accordance with applicable data protection regulations. This is achieved, where applicable, through Continental´s Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) for intra-group data transfers, adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission, or the use of the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

1.6 Contact details data protection officer

For questions regarding data protection and this data protection information, you can also contact the data protection officer: dataprotection@conti.de

1.7 Rights of the data subject

We would like to point out that as a data subject you have the following rights under the EU GDPR in connection with the processing of your personal data:

If you have any questions in this regard, please contact our data protection officers: E-mail: dataprotection@conti.de In accordance with Article 21 GDPR, you are free to object at any time if your personal data is processed on the legal basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Such an objection must be submitted in writing to the contact address provided in section 1.2. You can contact our data protection officers in writing (including e-mail) with questions or complaints at any time, e-mail: dataprotection@conti.de.

1.8 Protection of the stored data

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH uses technical and organisational security measures in order to protect the personal data you have made available to us from manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons. The security measures are continuously improved and adapted according to the state of the art.