Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

PSV Project Support Vehicles GmbH
Marie-Curie-Str. 11
27711 Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Germany

Phone: +49 4791 96540-0
Fax: +49 4791 96540-19
Email: info@psv-shield.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2. General Information on Data Processing

2.1 Personal Data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, names, email addresses, IP addresses and other information that can be directly or indirectly attributed to an individual.

We process personal data only insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services, or where another legal basis for the processing exists.

2.2 SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption.

You can recognise an encrypted connection in particular by the fact that the address bar of your browser begins with “https://” and, depending on the browser used, displays a corresponding security symbol.

When SSL/TLS encryption is enabled, data that you transmit to us generally cannot be readily read by third parties.

3. Hosting and Server Log Files

When you access our website, the web server processes technical information required to provide the website. In particular, the following data may be recorded:

• page or file accessed,

• date and time of access,

• amount of data transferred,

• referrer URL,

• browser type and browser version,

• operating system used,

• IP address of the accessing device,

• HTTP status code, and

• where applicable, other technically necessary connection data.

To the extent that these data are necessary for the delivery and secure operation of the website, they are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing our website in a technically reliable, secure and stable manner and in detecting and preventing misuse and attacks.

Server log files are stored only for as long as necessary for the purposes stated above, unless statutory obligations or specific security incidents require a longer storage period.

Where we use an external service provider for hosting and that provider processes personal data on our behalf, such processing is carried out on the basis of a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and, where applicable, similar technologies. Cookies are small data records that can be stored on or read from your device.

Some cookies and comparable technologies are technically necessary to ensure that the website and certain functions requested by you can be provided properly. Other technologies are used in particular for external media and content and are only used if you have given your prior consent.

4.1 Technically Necessary Cookies

Where the storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device is strictly necessary in order to provide a digital service expressly requested by you, this is carried out on the basis of Section 25(2) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

Where personal data are processed in this context, the processing is carried out in particular on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the technically reliable and secure provision of the website and its functions.

4.2 Cookies and Services Requiring Consent

Where cookies or comparable technologies are used for purposes that are not technically necessary, they are generally used only after you have given your consent in accordance with Section 25(1) TDDDG.

Where personal data are processed in this context, such processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future or change your selection. To do so, you can reopen the privacy settings provided on this website.

The lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent prior to its withdrawal remains unaffected.

5. Consent Management / Privacy Settings

Our website provides a function for managing your consent regarding external content and services.

Through these privacy settings, you can determine in particular whether content from external providers such as YouTube, Vimeo or Google Maps may be loaded.

Your selection may be stored on your device so that the website can take your decision into account when you visit again. This storage is necessary in order to implement your privacy choices and, where possible, avoid asking you to make the same selection each time you access the website.

The legal basis for the storage of or access to information on your device required for this purpose is Section 25(2) TDDDG. The associated processing of personal data is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR insofar as the processing is necessary to comply with legal data protection documentation requirements and, additionally, on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the legally compliant and user-friendly management of your privacy choices.

6. Contact

6.1 Contact Form

Our website provides you with the option of contacting us using a contact form.

The data entered by you in the form will be processed. These may include in particular:

• name,

• email address,

• subject,

• content of your message, and

• any other information voluntarily provided by you.

We use these data solely for the purpose of processing your enquiry and communicating with you in connection with it.

If your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a contractual relationship, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

For other enquiries, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the appropriate processing of and response to enquiries addressed to us.

The data will be deleted once your enquiry has been conclusively dealt with and there are no statutory retention obligations or other legitimate reasons requiring further storage.

6.2 Contact by Email or Telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, we process the data you provide in order to handle your enquiry and any subsequent questions.

The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry is related to the initiation or performance of a contractual relationship. In other cases, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in processing communications addressed to us.

7. External Media and Content

Our website may include content provided by external providers. This includes, in particular, videos and map services.

Such external content may technically result in data – in particular your IP address and information about your browser and device – being transmitted to the respective provider.

Where consent is required for this purpose, such content will only be loaded after you have given your consent via our privacy settings or a corresponding button.

The legal basis for storing information on or accessing information from your device in these cases is Section 25(1) TDDDG. The legal basis for the associated processing of personal data is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the privacy settings on our website.

8. YouTube

Videos provided by YouTube may be embedded on our website.

The provider for users in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is:

Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

The parent company is Google LLC, based in the United States.

YouTube content on our website is only loaded if you have previously consented to the display of the corresponding external content.

Following your consent, a connection to Google and/or YouTube servers may be established. In this context, your IP address, information about the device and browser used, and information about your use of the embedded video may in particular be transmitted to Google.

If you are simultaneously logged into a Google or YouTube account, Google may be able to associate your use of the video with your user account.

Google may use cookies or comparable technologies or store or access information on your device.

The integration is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where information is stored on or accessed from your device, Section 25(1) TDDDG.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the privacy settings on our website.

When Google services are used, personal data may be transferred to recipients outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, in particular to the United States. Where Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for the processing concerned, transfers of data to the United States may be based on the corresponding adequacy decision of the European Commission. Where necessary, additional appropriate safeguards may also be used for international data transfers.

Further information on the processing of personal data by Google can be found in Google’s privacy information.

9. Vimeo

Videos provided by the Vimeo video platform may be embedded on our website.

The provider is:

Vimeo.com, Inc.
330 West 34th Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10001
USA

Vimeo content is only loaded if you have previously consented to the display of the corresponding external content.

Following your consent, a connection to Vimeo’s servers will be established. In particular, your IP address, information about your browser and device, and information about the pages you have accessed on our website may be transmitted to Vimeo.

Vimeo may use cookies or comparable technologies or store or access information on your device.

The processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where information is stored on or accessed from your device, Section 25(1) TDDDG.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the privacy settings on our website.

When Vimeo is used, personal data may be transferred to the United States or other third countries. Where no adequacy decision by the European Commission exists for the relevant third country, the transfer must be based on another permissible basis under Chapter V of the GDPR, such as appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.

Further information on the processing of personal data by Vimeo can be found in the provider’s privacy information.

10. Google Maps

Maps provided by Google Maps may be embedded on our website.

The provider for users in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is:

Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

The parent company is Google LLC, based in the United States.

Google Maps is only loaded if you have previously consented to the display of the corresponding external content.

Following your consent, a connection to Google will be established. In this context, your IP address, information about your browser and device, and potentially other usage data may be transmitted to Google.

Google may use cookies or comparable technologies or store or access information on your device.

The processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where information is stored on or accessed from your device, Section 25(1) TDDDG.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the privacy settings on our website.

When Google Maps is used, personal data may be transferred to recipients outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, in particular to the United States. Where Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for the processing concerned, transfers of data to the United States may be based on the corresponding adequacy decision of the European Commission. Where necessary, additional appropriate safeguards may also be used.

Further information on the processing of personal data by Google can be found in Google’s privacy information.

11. Transfers of Data to Third Countries

Some of the services used on our website may be provided by companies based outside the European Union or the European Economic Area or may involve the processing of data in such countries.

Personal data are transferred to third countries only in compliance with the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.

Where the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for a third country pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, transfers may be based on that decision.

For participating companies in the United States, this may in particular include the European Commission’s adequacy decision concerning the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

Where no adequacy decision exists, data are transferred only where another permissible basis under Chapter V of the GDPR applies, for example appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.

12. Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this Privacy Policy, we store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose of processing.

Where we are required by commercial, tax or other statutory provisions to retain data for a longer period, the relevant data will be stored for the duration of the applicable statutory retention period and subsequently deleted, unless another legal basis permits further processing.

If the purpose of the processing no longer applies or an applicable retention period expires, the personal data will be deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

13. Your Rights

Subject to the applicable statutory requirements, you have the following rights in particular:

Right of Access – Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to request information as to whether and which personal data concerning you are processed by us and to obtain the further information concerning such processing provided for by law.

Right to Rectification – Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to request the rectification without undue delay of inaccurate personal data concerning you and the completion of incomplete personal data.

Right to Erasure – Art. 17 GDPR

Subject to the statutory requirements, you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing – Art. 18 GDPR

Subject to the statutory requirements, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Right to Notification – Art. 19 GDPR

Where you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, we are obliged under the conditions of Art. 19 GDPR to communicate this to recipients to whom the relevant personal data have been disclosed. You have the right to be informed about those recipients.

Right to Data Portability – Art. 20 GDPR

Where the statutory requirements are met, you have the right to receive personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that those data be transmitted to another controller.

Right to Withdraw Consent – Art. 7(3) GDPR

You may withdraw consent that you have previously given at any time with effect for the future.

The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Right to Lodge a Complaint – Art. 77 GDPR

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR.

In particular, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

14. Right to Object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

Where we process personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you.

Following an objection, we will no longer process the personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.

15. Amendments to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy if the legal situation, our website or the services used on our website change.

The version of the Privacy Policy currently published on this website shall apply.

Last updated: August 2026