Privacy Policy

Status: January 2026

1. Scope

www.melt-blown.com
Establishing contact
Application procedures

2. Responsibility

Unless otherwise stated, the entity responsible for the processing of personal data within the scope of this privacy policy is:
Innovatec Microfibre Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Gierlichsstraße 10
53840 Troisdorf
Tel.: +49 2241 255850
E-mail: zentrale@innovatec.de
– hereinafter “Innovatec”, “We” –
responsible for the processing of personal data within the scope of this privacy policy.

3. Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer

Hagen Consulting & Training GmbH
Mr. Pascal Riske
Luisenstraße 95
53721 Siegburg
Tel.: +49 2241 – 39747-0
E-mail: datenschutz@hagen-consulting.de

4. Data Processing on www.melt-blown.com

4.1 Provision & Log Files

When you visit and use www.melt-blown.com, we must temporarily process your IP address and other information (date and time of access, request method & requested files, data volume, status code, user agent [information about operating system, browser type and version]). These accesses are stored in the log files of web servers for monitoring purposes.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data for the technical provision of the website & storage in log files is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring and monitoring the availability, technical function, and security of our website.
Log files are automatically deleted after 7 days.

Data recipient:
Hetzner Online GmbH
Industriestr. 25
91710 Gunzenhausen

5. Establishing Contact

If you contact Innovatec directly (e.g., via e-mail, telephone, contact form), we will process the personal data you transmit insofar as this is necessary to respond to your contact request and any requested measures. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.
Insofar as your contact request is neither necessary for the performance of a contract with Innovatec nor for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR is the legal basis for processing your data. The legitimate interest lies in the final processing of the received message.
If we process the personal data transmitted by you in the context of the contact request on the basis of your consent, Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis.
Your message will be stored until the processing is completed. Longer storage only takes place insofar as we are entitled or obliged to do so in individual cases.

Contact via YouTube

If you contact Innovatec via www.youtube.com, communication necessarily takes place via the servers of Google LLC / YouTube LLC:
– Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
policies.google.com/privacy (19.09.2023),
which is responsible for the processing of personal data of data subjects, necessarily receives knowledge of the content as a recipient and processes data (including IP address, user agent, device information, browsing history, location, search queries, preferred usage times, last login, likes) under its own responsibility and for its own purposes collected about you during the use of the service. Confidential communication is not possible.

6. External Services

Google Fonts

This website uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, for the uniform display of fonts. When used, the fonts are loaded externally from Google’s servers.
A connection is automatically established between the website visitor and the Google server. Through this connection, personal data, in particular the IP address, is transmitted to Google and may be transferred to servers in the USA in this process. Processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a) / Art. 49 (1) lit. a) GDPR.

Google Maps

If you consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a) / Art. 49 (1) lit. a) GDPR, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, is responsible and processes your data, such as the IP address, the user agent and, if applicable, other identifying features recorded through server requests, cookies, and values in local storage, in order to provide the interactive map service “Google Maps” on these web pages.
Further information on the processing of your data, including the transfer of your data to third countries by Google Ireland Limited, can be found here: policies.google.com/privacy
Google LLC is a US company. Insofar as your data, including the aforementioned information, is transmitted to the USA to Google LLC, this is done on the basis of the Data Privacy Framework.
Your consent to the processing of your data for the provision of Google Maps on these web pages is voluntary, i.e., not required for the use of these web pages, and can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

7. Application Procedure

We process your application data to assess and determine your suitability and ability for the position for which you are applying, and to check whether we can offer you a job. Which data we process depends on the data you provide. We will use your contact details exclusively to inform you about the progress of the application process. Furthermore, application data collected during the interview will be processed. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) in conjunction with Art. 88 GDPR, § 26 BDSG. If your application documents contain special categories of personal data, such as information about your health, your data will be processed in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. b) GDPR, § 26 (3) S. 1 BDSG.
Insofar as your application documents contain special categories of personal data, e.g., information about health or ethnic origin, we additionally base the processing on Art. 9 (2) lit. b) GDPR, § 26 (3) S. 1 BDSG.
Access to your application data is granted to the respective responsible HR managers and the IT administration of Innovatec.

Storage duration

Your application data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose of its collection. In the event that an employment relationship, apprenticeship, internship, or other service relationship results from the application process, the data will initially continue to be stored and transferred to the personnel file. Otherwise, the application process ends for you upon receipt of a rejection. In the event of a rejection, we store your data for six months after the rejection decision has been communicated to you, unless longer storage is required for the defense of legal claims.

Application pool

If you wish, we can include you in a subsequent selection process after your application has been rejected. Inclusion in the application pool requires your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR). Your consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time.

8. Data Subject Rights

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about your personal data that we process.
If incorrect personal data is processed, you have a right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
If the legal requirements are met, you have the right to deletion or restriction of the processing of the data concerned (Art. 17 and Art. 18 GDPR).
Under the conditions of Art. 20 GDPR, you have a right to data portability.
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until revocation.
According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of data concerning you.
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have a right of appeal. You can exercise this with the competent supervisory authority: www.ldi.nrw.de