DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT
The protection of your personal data is very important to us.
1. Collection and processing of data collection
It is of course possible to visit our websites without indicating to us who you are. We will only collect technical data such as the name of your Internet service provider, the website that you reached us from, and our websites that you visit. This information, including the date and time, will be evaluated for internal statistical purposes involving advertising, website analysis, and the technically suitable design of our websites. You will remain completely anonymous as a user.
Personal data is only collected if you provide it to us of your own will, for example in connection with a customer inquiry.
2. What personal or business data can be collected
- company name;
- name of the contact in the company;
- position held by the contact in the company;
- date of birth of the company contact;
- company address;
- company tax number;
- company location data;
- numbers of the company's fixed and mobile telephones;
- email address (email) of company or business contact
3. Who is responsible for my personal data?
Kahrl & Wiemann GmbH is responsible for the processing of the personal data of its customers and / or potential clients that fill out their data and the submission of one of our Communication Forms.
The processing of the personal data of our customers is company responsibility and consists of the operation or the set of operations carried out on those personal data, by automated or non-automated means.
4. How do we collect your data?
Your personal data will be collected and processed if you complete your personal data and submit the “Contact Us” and /or “Ask for Quote” Form, as well as subscribe to the company newsletter and/or you purchase and/or use any products supplied by our company and/or its Agents / Representatives / Principals.
We will save and use your data according to legal regulations exclusively for the indicated purpose
5. For what purposes and on what grounds can your personal data be used?
According to the data protection legislation in force in the European Union (the General Data Protection Regulation), the use of personal data must be justified under at least one legal basis for the processing of personal data. You can consult the explanation of the scope of each of these grounds. *
The legal basis applicable to the collection and use of your personal data for customer service and marketing purposes is your consent.
* Legal basis for the processing of personal data
When you have given consent to the processing of your personal data (for you will be presented with a consent form for the use of your data, which consent may subsequently be withdrawn);
Where the treatment is necessary to conclude a contract with or carry it out;
When treatment is necessary to achieve a legitimate interest and our reasons for its use prevail over your data protection rights;
When treatment is necessary so that we can testify, exercise or defend a right in legal proceedings against you, us or a third party.
6. Data security
Personally relevant data will only be protected by Kahrl & Wiemann GmbH using corresponding data centers and computers protected with industry-standard security technology (e.g. firewalls, password protection, access checks, etc.). We shall only save personally relevant data for as long as needed to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, for which it is necessary, or which is needed to meet legal requirements for report creation or maintaining documents.
7. Data protection and third-party websites
This website may contain links to third-party websites from time to time. If you follow a link to one of these websites, please note that these websites are subject to their own data protection regulations and we are not responsible for them and cannot accept liability for external data protection conditions.
8. Dispatch of newsletters
With our newsletter we inform you about our current offers, news and products. You can cancel your newsletter subscription at any time. You will find a link to unsubscribe in each newsletter.
9. Contact form
For the purpose of contacting Kahrl & Wiemann GmbH your contact data will be processed and transmitted in an encrypted manner. For more information about the processing method of your data, you may contact us any time.
10. Data transmission to third countries
Personal data may be forwarded to international subsidiaries and sales partners as part of a contact inquiry.
11. Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps API, a map service of Google Inc. "("Google"), to display an interactive map. By using Google Maps, information about your use of this website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may transfer the information obtained through Maps to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Nevertheless, it would be technically possible for Google to identify at least individual users on the basis of the data received. It is possible that personal data and personality profiles of users of the Google website could be processed for other purposes over which we have and cannot influence. This and the fact that data is transmitted to the USA is problematic for data protection reasons.
You can easily deactivate the Google Maps service to prevent data transfer to Google: To do this, deactivate JavaScript in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use the map.
By using this website and by not deactivating the JavaScript function, you explicitly declare that you are aware of the data protection problems and that you agree to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
12. Creation of a pseudonym profile for web analysis
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses so-called 'cookies', text files that are saved on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of the Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the whole IP address be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports regarding website activities for website operators, and providing them other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. The IP address that your browser provides within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software, however please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You may also prevent collection of data by cookies related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and its transmission to Google and the processing of this data by Google by clicking the following link and downloading and installing the provided browser plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
13. Social network plug-ins
Plug-ins run by the social network Facebook Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2 Ireland are integrated into our website. You can recognize Facebook plug-ins on our page by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button. An overview of Facebook plug-ins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
When you visit a page with such a plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the website. This allows Facebook to obtain the information that you have visited the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook at the time, Facebook will be able to assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you click the "Like" button or submit a comment, your browser will send the information directly to Facebook and it will be stored there. You can find information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protection of your privacy, in the data privacy information provided by Facebook: http://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php
YouTube
Plug-ins from Youtube.de/Youtube.com, represented by Google Inc. and operated by YouTube, LLC, Cherry Ave., USA have been integrated into our website. If you pull up websites with such a plug-in, a connection is established with YouTube and information about the pages you are visiting is transmitted. YouTube can assign this information to your personal user accounts if you are logged in as a member of YouTube. You can stop such information from being assigned to your YouTube account by logging out before using the plug-in. You can find further information on the collection and use of data by YouTube as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protection of your privacy in the data privacy information provided by YouTube: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
14. Standard periods for data deletion
The legislator has enacted various retention periods and obligations. After expiry of these periods, the corresponding data is routinely deleted. If data is not affected by this, it will be deleted or made anonymous when the purposes stated in this data protection declaration cease to apply. If this data protection declaration does not contain any other, deviating provisions regarding the storage of data, the data collected by us will be stored by us for as long as they are necessary for the aforementioned purposes for which they were collected.
Further processing or use of your personal data will generally only take place if permitted by law or if you have consented to data processing or use. In the event of further processing for purposes other than those for which the data were originally collected, we will inform you of these other purposes prior to further processing and provide you with further relevant information.
15. Your data protection rights and the right to complain to your supervisory authority
If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal data you should contact the Data Protection Officer by email.
Subject to certain conditions, you may have the right to request us to:
- provide you with additional information on how we use your personal information;
- we provide you with a copy of the personal data you have provided us with;
- provide the personal data you have provided to another party responsible for your treatment at your request;
- We update any inaccuracies in the personal data that we retain;
- erase personal data whose use is no longer legitimate;
- limit the way we use your personal data until the complaint is investigated.
Their exercise of these rights is subject to certain exceptions intended to safeguard the public interest (prevention or detection of crimes) or our interest (maintaining professional secrecy).
16. Changes to these data protection provisions
We reserve the right to change these data protection provisions at any time effective for the future. The current version will be available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself regarding the applicable data protection provisions.
Status: February 2024