Data Protection

Privacy policy

We, Projects Logistics Solutions GmbH, which operates under the PLS brand (hereinafter „we“ or „PLS“) are pleased about your interest in our company.

We take the protection of your personal data and its confidential treatment very seriously. Your personal data will be processed exclusively within the framework of the statutory provisions of the data protection law of the European Union, in particular the Basic Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter „DSGVO“) and other applicable regulations.

With this data protection declaration we inform you about the processing of your personal data on our website https://forto.com (the „website“) and about your rights under the DSGVO.

Name and contact details of the person responsible for processing

This privacy policy applies to data processing by the following data controller:

PLS Projects Logistics Solutions GmbH

Steinwenderstraße 9

9500 Villach

Email: office@p-l-s.com

Phone:  +43 (0)4242 22786

CEO: Mr. Michael Gugusis, MBA

Subject of data protection

The subject of data protection is „personal data“. This is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (so-called data subject). This includes information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number.

 Specific information on the personal data processed by us in each case can be found below under the data processing procedures listed in detail.

Collection and storage of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their processing When visiting the website 

When you call up our website, the browser used on your end device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored within a short time until it is automatically deleted:

IP address of the requesting computer,

Date and time of access,

Name and URL of the retrieved file,

Website from which the access takes place (referrer URL),

Website that is accessed via our website;

the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

The above-mentioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:

To ensure a smooth connection of the website,

Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,

Evaluation of system security and stability and

for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 letter f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the above listed purposes for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Furthermore, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed explanations in sections 5 and 6 of this privacy policy.

When using our contact form and e-mail contact

If you have any questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who the request comes from and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored by you.

The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of contacting you is Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If the purpose of the contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

The personal data collected by us will be deleted after the completion of your request.

Processing of data Cookies

The moment you enter our fan page, your browser connects to Facebook and transmits information. This data is transmitted among other things:

For visitors who are not logged in/registered with Facebook:

IP address: Facebook automatically determines the IP address of the user when a fan page is called up.

Cookies, small text files that are stored on the various end devices of the user: If they call up our fan page, cookies are set automatically. According to Facebook, this cookie is used by Facebook to identify the web browser that establishes the connection with the Facebook page, and for purposes of advertising, analysis, creation of personalized advertising, creation of user profiles and market research.

For visitors who are registered and logged in to Facebook:

IP address: For logged in visitors, Facebook also determines the IP address of the user (see above)

Cookies: A cookie is also set in this case (see above). If you are a member of Facebook and are logged in at the same time as your Facebook profile when you visit our „fan page“, an additional cookie is activated. Facebook links the visit to the „fan page“ with your personal user account. This enables Facebook to track your user behavior by storing and analyzing data across all devices.

Facebook Insights

Via the so-called „Insights“ of the Facebook page, statistical data of different categories are available for the operators of the „fan page“. These statistics are generated and provided by Facebook. This function cannot be turned off or the generation and processing of the data cannot be prevented. For further information please click on the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/business/help/144825579583746?helpref=search&sr=15&query=insights

For a selectable period of time and for the categories fans, subscribers, persons reached and interacting persons, the following data is provided by Facebook:

Total number of page views, „Like“ information, page activity, post interactions, reach, video views, post reach, comments, shared content, responses, proportion of men and women, country and city of origin, language, store views and clicks, clicks on route planners, clicks on phone numbers. This also provides data on the Facebook groups linked to our Facebook page.

Due to the constant development of Facebook, the availability and processing of data changes, so for further information please refer to the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

We use this information, which is available in aggregate form, to make contributions and activities on our Facebook Page more attractive to users. For example, we use age and gender distributions for customized targeting and users‘ preferred visiting times for optimized scheduling of our posts. Information about the type of end devices used by visitors helps us to visually and creatively adapt our contributions to these. According to the Facebook Terms of Use, which each user agreed to when creating a Facebook profile, we can identify subscribers and fans of the site and view their profiles and other shared information.

Rights of the affected persons or users

You have the right,

To request information on the categories of data processed, the purposes of processing, any recipients of the data, the planned storage period (art. 15 DS-GVO);

to demand the correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (Art. 16 FADP-DPO);

to revoke any consent granted at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 Para. 3 DS-GVO);

to object to data processing that is to be carried out on the basis of a legitimate interest for reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 Para. 1 DS-GVO);

in certain cases, to demand the deletion of data within the framework of Art. 17 DS-GVO – in particular if the data is no longer required for the intended purpose or is being processed unlawfully, or you have revoked your consent in accordance with (c) above or have declared an objection in accordance with (d) above;

under certain conditions, to demand the restriction of data, insofar as deletion is not possible or the obligation to delete is disputed (Art. 18 DS-GVO);

to data transferability, i.e. you can receive the data you have provided us with in a common machine-readable format such as CSV and, if necessary, transfer it to others (Art. 20 DS-GVO).

If you have given your consent to the use of data, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

Since only Facebook has full access to the user data, we recommend that you contact Facebook directly if you wish to request information or ask other questions about your rights.

You can exercise your rights as a Facebook user at the following addresses:

https://www.facebook.com/settings (for registered users)

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1994830130782319

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

Preference Management

If you no longer wish to receive the data processing described here in the future, please remove the link between your user profile and my/our site by using the functions „I no longer like this site“ and/or „Do not subscribe to this site“.

If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our fan page and link it to your membership data stored on Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our fan page, then delete the cookies present on your device and close and restart your browser.

You can also change the settings in your user profile at https://www.facebook.com/settings.

LinkedIn

Our website uses social plugins from LinkedIn to make their use more personal. For this we use the LinkedIN SHARE button. This is an offer from LinkedIn.

If you visit a web page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser will establish a direct connection to the servers of LinkedIn after you have activated the plugin. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by LinkedIn and integrated into the website.

Through the plugin, LinkedIn receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding web page of our Internet offer. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a LinkedIn server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn can directly attribute your visit to our website to your LinkedIn account. When you interact with the plugins, such as by clicking the „SHARE“ button, the information is also sent directly to a LinkedIn server and stored there. The information is also published on LinkedIn and displayed to your LinkedIn contacts.

LinkedIn may use this information for the purposes of marketing, market research and customization of LinkedIn’s websites. For these purposes, LinkedIn creates usage and interest profiles and relationship profiles, such as to evaluate your use of our website in relation to the ads displayed on LinkedIn, to inform other LinkedIn users of your activities on our website, and to provide other services related to LinkedIn usage.

Please note that we, as the provider of the website, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.

If you do not want LinkedIn to associate the data collected through our website with your LinkedIn account, you must log out of LinkedIn before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/Datenschutzrichtlinie).

Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you may request information on the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right of rectification, cancellation, restriction of processing or opposition, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the details of the same;
• in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer require the data, but you require it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO;
• in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, to receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party;
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO, to revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue data processing based on this consent for the future and
• complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at our company headquarters.

Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object, pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for doing so arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a special situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to office@p-l-s.com

Further information

We draw your attention to the following in accordance with Art. 13 para. 2 lit. e DSGVO:

The provision of your personal data to us is not required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide us with personal data. Failure to provide us with the data will not result in any negative consequences for you.

We draw your attention to the following in accordance with article 13 paragraph 2 letter f DSGVO: 

We do not process your personal data for the purposes of automated decision making.

In accordance with Art. 13 para. 1 letter f DSGVO, we would like to point out that – unless otherwise stated above – we do not intend to transfer your personal data to a third country or international organization.

Data security

We use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure within the website visit in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. Usually this is a 256 bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual website of our Internet presence is being transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data protection declaration

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of December 2021.

It may become necessary to amend this data protection declaration as a result of the further development of our website and offers above or due to changes in legal or official requirements.