Data Privacy
1. An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Details can be found in our privacy policy under the heading “Third-party modules and analytics.”
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
F. Willich GmbH + Co. KG
Planetenfeldstraße 120
D-44379 Dortmund
Phone: +49 (0) 231 9640 0
E-mail: info@f-willich.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER REQUIRED BY LAW
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Marcel Kießlich
externer Datenschutzbeauftragter Dresden
Hermann-Reichelt-Straße 3A
01109 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0) 35179593513
E-mail: fgw@externer-datenschutzbeauftragter-dresden.de
externer-datenschutzbeauftragter-dresden.de
Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “https://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties. Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
Opposition to promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
Cookie consent with Usercentrics
This website uses the Usercentrics cookie consent technology to request your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or for the use of certain technologies and to document this in a manner that complies with data protection law. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, D-80331 Munich, Germany, website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter "Usercentrics").
The following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics when you access our website:
- Your consent or the withdrawal of your consent
- Your IP address
- Information about your browser
- Information about your end device
- Time of your visit to the website
Usercentrics also stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to identify the consent you have given or your withdrawal of consent. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, until you delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods shall remain unaffected.
Usercentrics is used for the purpose of obtaining consent for the use of certain technologies as required by law. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
Contact form
When you use the contact form to submit an enquiry, we store your information from the contact form, including the contact information provided by you, in order to process your request and in case of follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the inquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested.
We keep the data entered in the contact form until you request erasure, you withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer exists (e.g. after completing your request). Compulsory legal provisions – particularly retention periods – remain unaffected.
E-Mail, phone or fax inquiries
When contacting us by e-mail, phone or fax, your inquiry including all personal data generated in the process (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed for the purpose of processing your request. This data will not be shared without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the inquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested. We keep the data submitted by you in the contact requests until you request erasure, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purposes for which data was stored no longer exists (e.g. after completing your request). Compulsory legal provisions – particularly legal retention periods – remain unaffected.
Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Web Fonts (local hosting)
For the uniform display of fonts, this page uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google. Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers is not established.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
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