Data protection information for third parties (as at 10/2025)

The following information shows how we handle your data:

1. person responsible for data processing

Wirtschaftsförderung Region Kassel GmbH
Kurfürstenstrasse 9
34117 Kassel

Phone: +49 561 7073350
E-Mail: info@wfg-kassel.de

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact us at any time using the above contact details.

2. purpose and legal basis of data processing

We carry out the following data processing on the basis of our legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the organization of our business operations:

  • If you contact us and no contract has been initiated.
  • You were named to us as a contact person as part of our services.

If the data processing is required to fulfill a legal obligation, the data processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 2 lit. c GDPR takes place.

We process the following categories of personal data:

  • Names
  • Addresses
  • Contact details
  • Other data that you provide to us when you contact us or that is required for processing the transaction.

Without the provision of the data, we cannot process your request or the transaction. The data will be deleted after the standard limitation period according to § 195 BGB (German Civil Code) has expired. This is 3 years.

3. recipients of personal data

We only pass on your data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the purpose. Furthermore, data may be passed on on the basis of legal regulations in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c and e GDPR to authorities.

Data is passed on to our external tax consultant to the extent necessary for our accounting, payroll accounting, the preparation of balance sheets and other tax matters. In addition, in various cases we use processors in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR who may receive data from us or have access to your data in connection with their services. In this context, data may also be transferred outside the EU. We ensure that there is either an EU adequacy decision for the destination country in question in accordance with Art. Art. 45 GDPR or we have concluded a contract with the relevant service providers on the basis of the standard data protection clauses in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR concluded. You can find them here: https://commission.europa.eu/publications/standard-contractual-clauses-international-transfers_de

4. your rights

You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to your personal data:

  • Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

5. data protection officer

We have appointed an external data protection officer:

Stefan Pietsch
Pietsch IT GmbH
Wilhelmshöher Street 1
34590 Wabern

Tel: +495683-923440
E-Mail: datenschutz@pietsch-it.de
Internet: www.pietsch-it.de

6. topicality and amendment of this data protection information

This data protection information is currently valid (see status in the heading). It may become necessary to amend this data protection information as a result of the further development of our services or due to changes in legal or official requirements.