Privacy policy

The controller, meaning the entity responsible for the processing of personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is

WSW Profiltechnik GmbH
Alte Gissigheimer Str. 5
97953 Königheim

09341/8589032
info@wsw-profiltechnik.de

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
Please note that some of these rights may be subject to certain conditions or exceptions as set out in the GDPR

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of the processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar. IP addresses are usually anonymized before storage to ensure compliance with GDPR requirements.

They are processed for the following purposes in particular:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us anonymously in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

_GRECAPTCHA: 5 months 27 days
cookieyes-consent: 1 year
__cf_bm: 30 minutes
vuid: 2 years

Technically necessary cookies

Nature and purpose of the processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Contradiction

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Technically not necessary cookies

Furthermore, we use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations. Technically unnecessary cookies, such as those for tracking or remarketing purposes, will only be set with your prior explicit consent. You can manage your preferences via our cookie consent tool

To find out which providers set cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

Please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers for more information.

Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Provision of chargeable services

Nature and purpose of the processing:

For the provision of chargeable services, we request additional data, such as payment details, in order to process your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage duration:

The data will be stored in our systems for the duration required by law, typically 6 years for commercial records and 10 years for tax-related documentation.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer.

Newsletter

Nature and purpose of the processing:

For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.

We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the “double opt-in” procedure to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the requested reply. The data collected will only be used for sending the newsletter and will not be shared with third parties, unless explicitly stated. No further data is collected.

Legal basis:

On the basis of your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation using the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage duration:

The data will only be processed in this context for as long as the corresponding consent is available. After that, it will be deleted.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe via the link contained in every e-mail or by contacting the data protection officer or the person responsible for data protection listed below.

Contact form

Nature and purpose of the processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used to assign the request and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.

Use of Matomo

If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for the statistical analysis of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo places a cookie (a text file) on your end device with which your browser can be recognized. If subpages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:

  • the IP address of the user, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)
  • the subpage accessed and the time of access
  • the page from which the user reached our website (referrer)
  • which browser with which plugins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used
  • the time spent on the website
  • the pages that are accessed from the accessed subpage

Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This enables us to find out how the website is used and to constantly optimize our offering.

By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take into account the website visitor’s interest in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the user of the website and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties.
The use of Matomo will only take place if you have given your explicit consent via our cookie consent tool

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage and analysis of your data by Matomo at any time via the link below. An opt-out cookie will then be stored on your device, which is valid for two years. As a result, Matomo will not collect any session data. Please note, however, that the opt-out cookie will be deleted if you delete all cookies.

IFRAME OPT-OUT

You can find more information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

You can also prevent the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.


Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR

Individual right of objection

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

WSW Profiltechnik GmbH
Alte Gissigheimer Str. 5
97953 Königheim
info@wsw-profiltechnik.de


Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).