Privacy

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This is a translation of our privacy policy. The German version is the binding version.

Our company is part of Caterpillar Inc. Therefore, we process data in other places at our company. To find out how we handle the personal data of customers, prospective customers and employees, for which purpose and on what legal basis we collect them, please read our Privacy Policy at Caterpillar: https://www.caterpillar.com/dataprivacy.

The following instructions provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy below.

Effective Date: January 23, 2024

1. Privacy at a glance

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data collected on this website are processed by Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR). The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s imprint.

How do we collect your data?

Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could be, for example, data that you send us via email.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyse how you use the site. The details of this data collection, such as the purpose, legal basis or exact usage, are described further down in this Privacy Policy.

How long is the data stored for and who has access to it?

Your personal data will be deleted following the expiry of the purpose of the processing, unless a longer storage period is required by law or if you prematurely object to the processing.

We guarantee to you that we shall fundamentally not forward your personal data to third parties, unless you are expressly informed of this, or we are obliged to do so by laws, regulations and provisions as well as official or judicial orders. If service providers are acting on our behalf to fulfill the aforementioned purposes, they shall be contractually obliged to observe the regulations in accordance with the EU GDPR. Provisions on the use of social media applications can be found further down in the text.

Security of your data

We wish to assure you that your data will be protected by standard technical and organizational security measures using state-of-the-art technology.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted.

In the case you have a request for personal data (in accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation), please fill out this form: Contact Privacy.
If you make a request, we have a month to respond to you, after establishing your identity.

In the case that you would like to file a complaint with us you have the possibility to contact our Office of Business practices: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/code-of-conduct/office-of-business-practices.html

In addition, you may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities:
Landesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg
Lautenschlagerstrasse 20
70173 Stuttgart
Germany

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
Carl-Benz-Strasse 1
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Tel: +49 6 21/3 84 – 0
Email: info@mwm.net

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An email to us making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we automatically process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be performed to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to the website. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to the website cannot be read by third parties.

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradicated. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our imprint if you have further questions about the topic of personal data.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this review is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

Transfer of data to third parties, data transfer to non-EU countries

We only use your personal data within our company.

If and insofar as we engage third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), they shall only receive personal data to the extent that the transmission is required for the corresponding performance. In the event that we outsource certain parts of the data processing (“order processing”), we shall contractually obligate processors to only use personal data in accordance with the requirements of the data protection legislation and to ensure the protection of the data subject’s rights.

Data transmission to agencies or persons outside the EU is possible; this also applies to transfers to third countries for which an adequate level of data protection has not been established by the European Union. In other respects, the privacy policy of Caterpillar applies to the transfer of data: https://www.caterpillar.com/dataprivacy

Website Linkages

As you explore our website, you may encounter linkages to other Caterpillar and non-Caterpillar websites. Please be advised that as you select links, you may encounter different features and experiences that may have different privacy notices and processes not associated with this website.

Children

Our offer is solely intended for adults. People under the age of 18 should not send any personal data to us without the consent of the parents or the legal guardians.

Opposition to promotional emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of the contact data published as part of our duty to publish legal information for the purpose of sending us any advertising or informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator expressly reserves the right to take legal action if unsolicited advertising, such as email spam, is received.

3. Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
Elisavet Kostara
Data Privacy Officer
Carl-Benz-Strasse 1
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Tel: +49 6 21/3 84–0
Email: ces_dataprivacy@cat.com

4. Data collection on our website

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These data are technically required for us to present our website to you and to ensure stability and security. These are:

• IP address of your computer
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific webpage accessed)
• Referrer URL: Website from which the request comes
• Access status/ HTTP- Status code.
• data quantity respectively transferred
• Operating system used and its interface
• Browser type, including the language and version of the browser software.

This data will not be merged with other sources of data.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.

Contact form

Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your query and any follow-up questions. We do not forward this information without your permission.

We will, therefore, only process any data you enter in the contact form with your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time. An email to us making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive our newsletter, we require a valid email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive this newsletter. In addition, we need to know the language you want to receive the newsletter in. Further details as your name, company and country can be given on a voluntary basis. These data help us to make a better and more specific newsletter. We only use this data to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You can revoke consent to the storage of your data and email address as well as their use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. through the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until you cancel your subscription when said data will be deleted. Data we have stored for other purposes remain unaffected.

Rapidmail
This website uses Rapidmail to send newsletters. This service is provided by rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg, Germany.

Rapidmail is a service which organizes and analyzes the distribution of newsletters. The data you provide to subscribe to our newsletter will be stored on Rapidmail servers in Germany.

If you do not want your usage of the newsletter to be analyzed by Rapidmail, you will have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter we send. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

Data analysis by Rapidmail
For analysis purposes, emails sent with Rapidmail contain a tracking pixel which connects to Rapidmail servers when the email is opened. This allows us to determine if a newsletter message has been opened.

It also helps us determine which links have been clicked on. All links in the email are tracking links that allow us to count your clicks.

For more information about the analysis functions of Rapidmail, please refer to the following link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

Legal basis
Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Storage duration
The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until you cancel your subscription when said data will be deleted from our servers and those of Rapidmail. Data we have stored for other purposes remains unaffected.
For more information, see the privacy policy of Rapidmail at https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

Completion of an outsourced data processing contract
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Rapidmail, in which we require Rapidmail to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose said data to third parties. It can be downloaded here: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/files/adv/muster-auftragsdatenverarbeitung.pdf.

5. Analysis tools

etracker

The provider of this website uses the services of etracker GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com) to analyse usage data. We do not use cookies for web analysis by default. If we use analysis and optimisation cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent separately in advance. If this is the case and you agree, cookies are used to enable a statistical range analysis of this website, a measurement of the success of our online marketing measures and test procedures, e.g. to test and optimise different versions of our online offer or its components. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user’s device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that could identify a user.

The data generated by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website is processed and stored by etracker solely in Germany by commission of the provider of this website and is thus subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. In this regard, etracker was independently checked, certified and awarded with the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.

The data processing is based on Art. 6 Section 1 lit f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is the optimisation of our online offer and our website. As the privacy of our visitors is very important to us, the data that may possibly allow a reference to an individual person, such as IP address, registration or device IDs, will be anonymised or pseudonymised as soon as possible. etracker does not use the data for any other purpose, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.

You can object to the outlined data processing at any time by clicking on the slider. The objection has no disadvantageous consequences. If no slider is displayed, the data collection is already prevented by other blocking means.

Please note that a cookie will be set if you disable tracking. This cookie is technically necessary to identify your browser so that it can be excluded from tracking.
Further information on data protection with etracker can be found here.

6. Links, social networks and plugins

In some places on our website you can access links to websites of other operators or social networks. If you visit these websites, the privacy policies of the respective website operator shall apply.

In order to “follow” us on social media, it is necessary for you to be identified by creating an account on the respective platform. Through creating such an account and your associated registration, your data will be collected directly by the respective website operator. In this case the privacy policies of the respective website operator shall apply.

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video.

Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube partners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protection mode. For instance, regardless of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always establish a connection with the Google DoubleClick network.

For this reason, we use an additional tool to prevent YouTube from establishing a connection to YouTube’s servers if you simply move on one of our pages without playing a film. Therefore, a connection to the YouTube servers is only established when you start a YouTube video on this website. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website’s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered after you have started to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.
The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If a corresponding agreement has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Issuu

This website also links the electronic publishing platform Issuu to present brochures in a visually appealing and technically simple manner. The operator of this website is Issuu, Inc., 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.

We deliberately do not use the default plugin, as cookies from this provider would thus be immediately transmitted. Instead, we link only provide a static link to the brochure on Issuu.

If you follow these links you shall be subject to the privacy policy regulations of the provider. Cookies for instance could be stored from it upon which we do not have any influence. Do not follow this link if you do not want this to happen. At the respective places we provide clear instructions for your information. Instead you can also directly download the PDF of the brochure.

We use Issuu in order to ensure the attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a justified interest as defined by Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

You can obtain additional information on the use of user data by Issuu’s privacy policy:
https://issuu.com/legal/privacy

7. Our social media appearances

Data processing through social networks

We maintain publicly available profiles in social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. can generally analyze your user behavior comprehensively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or banner ads). When you visit our social media pages, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:

If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media page, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

Using the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which their preferences and interests are stored. This way you can see interest-based advertising inside and outside of your social media presence. If you have an account with the social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on any device you are logged in to or have logged in to.

Please also note that we cannot retrace all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis

Our social media appearances should ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on divergent legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Responsibility and assertion of rights

If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g., Facebook), we, together with the operator of the social media platform, are responsible for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can in principle protect your rights (information, correction, deletion, limitation of processing, data portability and complaint) vis-à-vis us as well as vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).

Please note that despite the shared responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options are determined by the company policy of the respective provider.

Storage time

The data collected directly from us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for their storage lapses, you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.

We have no control over the storage duration of your data that are stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Individual social networks

Facebook
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Irland (hereinafter Meta). According to Meta’s statement the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and to other third-party countries.

We have signed an agreement with Facebook on shared responsibility for the processing of data (Controller Addendum). This agreement determines which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook Fanpage. This agreement can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

You can customize your advertising settings independently in your user account. Click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Details can be found in the Facebook privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

XING
We have a profile on XING. The provider is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in the XING privacy policy:
https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.

LinkedIn
We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you want to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

For details on how they handle your personal information, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

YouTube
We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Issuu
We have a profile on Issuu. The provider is Issuu, Inc., 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in Issuu’s privacy policy:
https://issuu.com/legal/privacy

Flickr
We have a profile on Flickr. The provider is SmugMug Limited, 3rdFloor, Chancery House, St. Nicholas WaySutton, England, SM1 1JB, Great Britain. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in Flickr’s privacy policy:
https://www.flickr.com/help/privacy

8. Changes to Privacy Policy

The privacy notice describes the use of personal data relating to this website and connected services. Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH conducts a regular review for any updates on this webpage. Therefore, the information described above may change if we redesign features or add services.