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Legal & Data Protection

Privacy Policy

Courtesy translation. In case of discrepancies, the German version prevails.

Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract nor necessary for concluding a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data, and not providing it has no consequences. This applies only where no different information is given for the processing operations below.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

inKern-Tech UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Represented by the Managing Director: Arun Dayalane

Mühlenring 62

38554 Weyhausen

Germany

Register Court: Amtsgericht Braunschweig

Registration Number: HRB 212286

Please also see our legal notice (Impressum) for further company information.

2. Hosting and Server Log Files

You can visit our website without actively providing any personal information.

Each time our website is accessed, your browser or our web server processes technically required usage data and stores it in server log files.

This may include:

  • anonymized or technically processed IP address
  • date and time of the request
  • time zone difference to GMT
  • requested page or file
  • HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred
  • referrer URL
  • browser type
  • operating system
  • requesting provider

Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in the secure, reliable and uninterrupted operation of our website as well as in protecting against attacks and analyzing technical errors.

Server log files are deleted after 7 to 14 days, unless they are required for a longer period to investigate a security incident.

Where required, a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with the hosting provider.

3. Contact by Email

If you contact us by email, we process the personal data you provide only to the extent that you provide it.

This may include:

  • name
  • email address
  • telephone number
  • company
  • message content
  • other information voluntarily provided by you

The processing serves to handle and answer your enquiry.

If your enquiry relates to pre-contractual measures, such as consulting, technical coordination or preparing a quotation, or relates to an existing contract, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in handling and responding to your enquiry.

You have the right to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Your data will be used only to process your enquiry and will subsequently be deleted in accordance with applicable statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing.

4. Contact Forms

Our website provides contact and enquiry forms, including on the contact page, homepage and product demonstration request sections.

When you use these forms, we may process the following data:

  • full name
  • company / organisation
  • business email address
  • telephone number
  • product or area of interest
  • message / project requirements
  • consent to the processing of the submitted data

Processing serves to respond to your enquiry, provide technical consultations and schedule product demonstrations.

Where your enquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Where processing is based on your express consent, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

The data will be deleted after your enquiry has been fully processed unless statutory retention obligations require continued storage.

5. Business Partners, Customers and Business Enquiries

If you are in contact with us as a prospect, customer or business partner, we process contact and contractual data to the extent necessary to initiate, perform and manage the business relationship.

This may relate in particular to consulting and development in areas such as:

  • embedded systems
  • automotive software
  • industrial automation
  • security technology
  • video management systems
  • VSaaS
  • AI video analytics
  • face recognition
  • intelligent traffic management systems
  • engineering services

The data processed may include:

  • name
  • position
  • company
  • address
  • email address
  • telephone number
  • communication content
  • contractual data
  • invoice data
  • project information

Legal Bases and Disclosure

The legal bases are Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for contracts and pre-contractual measures, Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR for legal, tax and commercial obligations, and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for our legitimate interest in maintaining business relationships.

Your data is disclosed only where necessary to perform the contract or comply with legal obligations. Recipients may include:

  • tax advisers
  • banks and payment providers
  • IT service providers
  • email service providers
  • cloud storage providers
  • accounting providers
  • other service providers required for contract performance

Where required, data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are in place.

6. Cookies and Local Storage

Our website uses technically necessary or functional cookies and comparable technologies insofar as they are required for website operation.

We also use your browser's local storage to save your preferred website appearance, including dark or light mode.

The localStorage key theme is used for this purpose.

Website language selection is handled through the URL structure, such as / and /en/.

Technically necessary technologies may serve to:

  • provide essential website functionality
  • save user preferences
  • ensure consistent website presentation
  • maintain website security and functionality

You can configure your browser to notify you before cookies are placed, allow them individually, reject them generally, or delete cookies that have already been stored.

Disabling cookies may limit certain website functions.

Information on cookie management is available from:

Access to or storage of information on your device, where technically necessary, is based on Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG. Any subsequent processing of personal data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in the functionality and user-friendly design of our website.

7. Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager provided by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is used to manage JavaScript and HTML tags that may be used to implement analytics and tracking services.

The Google Tag Manager container used on our website is: GTM-TC8K3VQC.

Google Tag Manager itself is primarily a tag management system. However, it may trigger other services that process personal data.

Where analytics, marketing or other non-essential services are activated via Google Tag Manager, they are used on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

According to the current technical implementation, no Meta Pixel, Hotjar or LinkedIn Insight scripts are directly hardcoded into the website source code.

8. Google Maps

We use Google Maps on our contact page to display the location of our company in Weyhausen.

The provider is: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When the Google Maps map is loaded, a connection to Google servers may be established.

This may result in the transmission of data including:

  • IP address
  • browser information
  • technical device information
  • information about the page accessed

Where Google Maps is loaded only after your express consent, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG.

Further information about Google's privacy practices can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9. Fonts

Our website uses the Lexend Deca font.

The font is technically integrated using next/font/google.

The required font files are downloaded during the website build process and are subsequently served locally from our own web server.

When you visit our website, no connection to Google servers is therefore established for the purpose of loading the font, and no personal data is transmitted to Google in connection with font delivery.

11. Other Third-Party Services

According to the current technical implementation, the following services are not used on our website:

  • embedded YouTube videos
  • Google reCAPTCHA
  • chat widgets
  • external booking services
  • directly integrated Meta Pixel
  • Hotjar
  • directly integrated LinkedIn Insight Tag

If additional third-party, analytics or marketing services are introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.

12. Storage Period

We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose.

After a contract has been fully performed, the data is first stored for the applicable warranty and limitation periods and thereafter in accordance with statutory retention periods, particularly those arising under tax and commercial law.

The data is then deleted unless you have consented to further processing or another legal basis permits continued storage.

13. Rights of the Data Subject

Where the statutory requirements are met, you have the following rights:

  • right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
  • right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
  • right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
  • right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
  • right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
  • right to withdraw consent with effect for the future pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR

You also have the right under Art. 21 GDPR to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and to processing for direct marketing purposes.

14. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Under Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen

Prinzenstraße 5

30159 Hannover

Germany

15. Right to Object

Where processing is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object at any time, with effect for the future, on grounds relating to your particular situation.

After an objection, we will stop processing the relevant data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

October 2026