This privacy policy was created using a translation tool. The original document can be viewed in German at www.wilfatec.de/datenschutzerklaerung

With this data protection declaration we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data”). Personal data is all data that has a personal connection to you, e.g. E.g. name, address, email address or your user behavior. The data protection declaration applies to all data processing operations we carry out, both as part of our core activities and for the online media we maintain.

Who is responsible for data processing at our company

Responsible for data processing is:

Wilfatec GmbH
Jürgen Wilhelm
Klosterhof 35
89077 Ulm/SöflingenGermany
+4973139887910
info@wilfatec.de
www.wilfatec.de/imprint

Processing your data as part of our company’s core activities

If you are our customer or business partner or are interested in our services, the type, scope and purpose of the processing of your data depends on the contractual or pre-contractual relationship that exists between us. In this sense, the data we process includes all data that is or was provided by you for the purpose of using the contractual or pre-contractual services and that is required to process your request or the contract concluded between us. Unless otherwise stated in the further information in this data protection declaration, the processing of your data and its transfer to third parties is limited to the data necessary to answer your inquiries and/or to fulfill the contract concluded between you and us, to protect our rights and are necessary and appropriate to fulfill legal obligations. We will let you know what data is required for this before or as part of data collection. If we use third-party providers to provide our services , the data protection information of the respective third-party provider applies.

Affected data:

Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)

Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices)

Contact details (e.g. email address, telephone number, postal address)

Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration of the contract)

Affected persons: interested parties, business and contractual partners

Purpose of processing: Processing contractual services, communication and answering contact inquiries, office and organizational procedures

Legal basis: fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, legal obligation, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR, legitimate interest, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Your rights under the GDPR

According to the GDPR, you are entitled to the following rights, which you can assert at any time with the person responsible named in Section 1 of this data protection declaration:

Right to information: You have the right to request information from us about whether and what data we process about you.

Right to rectification: You have the right to request that incorrect data be corrected or incomplete data be completed.

Right to deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your data.

Right to restriction: In certain cases, you have the right to request that we only process your data to a limited extent.

Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transmit your data to you or another controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Right to complain: You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority of your usual place of residence, your place of work or our company headquarters is responsible.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke your consent to data processing at any time.

Right to object

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO support, to lodge an objection. If you exercise your right to object, we ask you to explain the reasons. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can prove to you that compelling legitimate reasons for data processing outweigh your interests and rights.

Regardless of the above, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes.

Please send your objection to the contact address of the person responsible given above.

When do we delete your data?

We will delete your data if we no longer need it or if you tell us to do so. This means that - unless otherwise stated in the individual data protection information in this data protection declaration - we will delete your data,

if the purpose of data processing no longer exists and the respective legal basis specified in the individual data protection information no longer exists, for example.

after termination of the contractual or membership relationships existing between us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or

after our legitimate interest in the further processing or storage of your data ceases (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR),

if you make use of your right of withdrawal and there is no other legal basis for the processing within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. bf GDPR intervenes,

if you exercise your right to object and there are no compelling, legitimate reasons opposing deletion.

However, if we have to retain (certain parts of) your data for other purposes, for example due to tax retention periods (usually 6 years for business correspondence or 10 years for booking documents) or the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims arising from contractual obligations relationships (up to four years) are necessary or the data is needed to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, we will only delete (part of) your data after these periods have expired. However, until these deadlines expire, we limit the processing of this data to these purposes (fulfillment of retention obligations).

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files consisting of a series of numbers and letters that are stored and saved on the device you use. Cookies are primarily used to exchange information between the device you are using and our website. This includes, among other things, the language settings on a website, the login status or the location where a video was watched.

Two types of cookies are used when you visit our websites:

Temporary cookies (session cookies): These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. This means our website recognizes your computer when you return to our website. These cookies store, for example, information about language settings or log-in information. These cookies can also be used to document and store your surfing behavior. This data may be used for statistical, marketing and personalization purposes.

In addition to the above classification, cookies can also be differentiated according to their purpose:

Necessary cookies: These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of our website, to save logins or shopping carts for the duration of your session, or cookies that are set for security reasons.

Statistics, marketing and personalization cookies: These are cookies that are used for analysis purposes or to measure reach. Such “tracking” cookies can be used to store information about search terms entered or the frequency of page views. In addition, the surfing behavior of an individual user (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) can also be saved in a user profile. Such profiles are used to show users content that matches their potential interests. If we use services that store cookies on your device for statistical, marketing and personalization purposes, we will inform you about this separately in the following sections of our data protection declaration or when obtaining your consent.

Affected data:

Usage data (e.g. access times, websites clicked on)

Communication data (e.g. information about the device used, IP address).

Affected persons: Users of our online offerings

Purpose of processing: Displaying our website, ensuring the operation of our website, improving our website, communication and marketing

Legal basis:
Legitimate interest, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR
If we do not obtain your consent to set cookies, we base the processing of your data on our legitimate interest in improving the quality and user-friendliness of our website, in particular the content and functions. You must use the security settings of your browser to object to the use of cookies set by us within the scope of our legitimate interest. There you have the option of specifying whether you do not accept cookies from the outset or only accept them upon request, or whether you want cookies to be deleted every time you close your browser. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Consent, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR
If we ask you to set certain cookies on your device before you visit our website and you agree to this , the legal basis is the consent you have given. As part of your consent, we will inform you about which cookies we set in detail. If you do not give this consent, only the so-called technically necessary cookies are set, which are necessary for the proper operation of our website and its display in your browser. If you have consented to the setting of cookies, you have the option to revoke your consent to us at any time.

Web hosting

To maintain our websites, we use a provider on whose server our websites are stored and made available for access on the Internet (hosting). The provider can process all data transmitted via the browser you use that arise when you use our website. This includes, in particular, your IP address, which the provider needs in order to be able to deliver our online offering to the browser you use, as well as all entries you make via our website. In addition, the provider we use can

the date and time of access to our website

Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Access status (HTTP status)

the amount of data transferred

the Internet service provider of the accessing system

the browser type you use and its version

the operating system you are using

the website from which you may have accessed our website

the pages or subpages that you visit on our website.

raise. The aforementioned data is stored as log files on our provider’s servers. This is necessary to ensure the stability and security of the operation of our website.

Affected data:

Content data (e.g. posts, photos, videos)

Usage data (e.g. access times, websites clicked on)

Communication data (e.g. information about the device used, IP address)

Data subjects: Users of our website

Purpose of processing: Displaying our websites, ensuring the operation of our websites

Legal basis: Legitimate interest, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Web host(s) commissioned by us:

Squarespace

Service provider: Squarespace Ireland Ltd., Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland
Website: https://de.squarespace.com/
Data protection declaration: https://de.squarespace.com/data-privacy

contact

If you contact us via email, social media, telephone, fax, post, our contact form or otherwise and provide us with personal data such as your name, telephone number or email address or other information about yourself If you respond to your request, we process this data to answer your request within the framework of the pre-contractual or contractual relationship that exists between us.

Affected data:

Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)

Contact details (e.g. email address, telephone number, postal address)

Content data (texts, photos, videos)

Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration of the contract)

Affected persons: interested parties, customers, business and contractual partners

Purpose of processing: communication and answering contact inquiries, office and organizational procedures

Legal basis: fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, legitimate interest, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Web analysis and statistics

In order to record and statistically evaluate the flow of visitors to our website, we use web analysis services. Such services collect, among other things, data about which website you came to our website from (so-called referrers ), which pages of our website you accessed, how long you visited our pages and what interactions you made there. In addition, data is collected about the browser, computer system and type of device you use. In addition, demographic information such as age or gender can also be recorded as pseudonymous values via such a service. If you have consented to the collection of your location data, this may also be processed, depending on the provider.

In order to collect and store this data, the web analysis service we use usually places a cookie on the device you are using, which also records the IP address assigned to you. However, this is shortened using a so-called IP masking process so that the IP address can no longer be assigned to your visit to our website. Otherwise, no clear data such as names or email addresses are stored. Neither we nor the service we use knows the identity of visitors to our websites.

We would like to point out that, depending on the country of residence of the service provider mentioned below, the data collected via the service may be transferred and processed outside the European Union. In this case, there is a risk that the level of data protection required by the GDPR will not be met and that your rights will not be enforceable or will be difficult to enforce.

Affected data:

Usage data (e.g. access times, websites clicked on)

Communication data (e.g. information about the device used, IP address).

Affected persons: Users of our online offerings

Purpose of processing: reach measurement, monitoring the success of campaigns, remarketing as well as interest and behavior-based marketing

Legal basis: If we have asked you for your consent before using the respective service, this is the legal basis, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Furthermore, we use the respective service based on our legitimate interest in analyzing the flow of visitors to our websites in order to be able to continuously improve the functions, offers and the user experience, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We use the following web analysis services:

Google Analytics

Service provider: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Headquarters within the EU: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: https://marketingplatform.google. com/intl/de/about/analytics/
Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Opt -out option: If you do not want your data to be used by Google Analytics. You can set a so-called opt -out plugin, which will prevent your data from being recorded on our website in the future. You can get this plugin here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Google Universal Analytics

Service provider: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Headquarters within the EU: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: https://marketingplatform.google. com/intl/de/about/analytics/
Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Cross-device tracking: With cross-device tracking, not only the data can be used with the help of a user ID from the websites you visit, but also data from other devices are evaluated and the user is recognized on the other device. The user ID is assigned by us. It serves as a pseudonym. An identification of the internet user is excluded.
Opt -out option: If you do not want your data to be used by Google Analytics. You can set a so-called opt -out plugin, which will prevent your data from being recorded on our website in the future. You can get this plugin here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Our online presence on social networks

We operate online presences within the social networks listed below. If you visit one of these sites, the data listed below will be collected and processed by the respective provider. As a rule, this data is collected for advertising and market research purposes and usage profiles are thereby created. Data can be stored in the usage profiles regardless of the device you use. This is particularly the case if you are a member of the respective platform and logged in to it. The usage profiles can be used by the providers to show you interest-based advertising. You have the right to revoke the creation of user profiles. In order to exercise this, you must contact the respective provider.

If you have an account with one of the providers listed below and are logged in when you visit our website, the respective provider can collect data about your usage behavior on our website. To prevent your data from being linked in this way, you can log out of the provider's service before visiting our site.

You can find out for what purpose and to what extent data is collected by the provider in the respective data protection declarations of the providers provided below.

We would like to point out that, depending on the country of residence of the provider mentioned below, the data collected via its platform may be transferred and processed outside the European Union. In this case, there is a risk that the level of data protection required by the GDPR will not be met and that your rights will not be enforceable or will be difficult to enforce.

Affected data:

Inventory and contact data (e.g. name, address, telephone number, email address)

Content data (e.g. posts, photos, videos)

Usage data (e.g. access times, websites clicked on)

Communication data (e.g. information about the device used, IP address).

Purpose of processing: communication and marketing, tracking and analysis of user behavior

Legal basis: Consent, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, legitimate interests Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Objection options: For the respective objection options ( opt -out), we refer to the information provided by the providers linked below.

We maintain online presences on the following social networks:

LinkedIn

Service provider: LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
Headquarters in Germany: LinkedIn, Hofstatt 4th Floor, Sendlinger Str. 12, 80331 MunichWebsite: https://www.linkedin.com/?trk=nav_logo
Data protection declaration: https ://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy

Content Services

We use certain services to be able to display certain content or graphics (videos, images, music, fonts, maps) via our website. The services we use process the IP address assigned to you at the time of your visit to our website, as this is the only way the respective content can be displayed in the browser you are using. In addition, the providers of these services may place additional cookies on your device through which information is collected about your usage behavior, your interests, the device and browser you use, as well as the time and duration of your session. The providers regularly use this data for analysis, statistics and marketing purposes. In addition, this information can also be combined with information from other sources. This applies in particular if you have an account with the service provider and are logged in there at the time of the session.

We would like to point out that, depending on the country in which the service provider named below is based, the data specified below may be transferred and processed on servers outside the European Union. In this case, there is a risk that the level of data protection required by the GDPR will not be met and that your rights will not be enforceable or will be difficult to enforce.

Affected data:

Usage data (e.g. access times, websites clicked on)

Communication data (e.g. information about the device used, IP address)

Data subjects: Users of our website

Purpose of processing: Displaying our websites, offering content, ensuring the operation of our websites

Legal basis: Consent via cookie consent banner, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, legitimate interests, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR

We use the following content services:

Google Maps

We use Google Maps on our website. Here, Google collects and processes the visitor's IP address. If you visit a website on which Google Maps is integrated, regardless of whether Google Maps is actually used or you are logged into your Google account, your IP address and your location data (the latter usually not without your consent) sent to Google. Your IP address will be assigned to your Google account if you are logged in there when you visit our website.

Service provider: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Headquarters in the EU: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: https://www.google.de/maps
Data protection declaration : https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt -Out option: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Google Web Fonts

With Google Web Fonts we can integrate fonts ( web fonts ) into the design of our website and display them correctly when our website is displayed in your browser. These web fonts are integrated through a server call to Google. From there, the fonts are compressed and passed on to your browser and unpacked there. This server is usually located in the USA. If you visit one of our pages on which we integrate Google Fonts, Google will be informed which of our websites you have visited.

Service provider: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Headquarters in the EU: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: https://fonts.google.com/
Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Vimeo

We use components from Vimeo on this website to embed videos on our website so that they can be played via your internet browser when you visit our website. This process requires that Vimeo processes the IP address assigned to you, as without this the content could not be sent to the browser. Vimeo recognizes when you visit one of our pages on which we have embedded a Vimeo video, provided you are logged in to Vimeo. This information is transmitted to Vimeo even if you do not click on the Vimeo video. Vimeo collects this information and assigns it to your Vimeo account.

Service provider: Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA
Website: https://vimeo.com/de/
Data protection declaration: https://vimeo.com/privacy

YouTube

We use components from YouTube on this website to embed videos on our website so that they can be played via your internet browser when you visit our website. During your visit to our website, both YouTube and Google are informed about which page or subpage you have accessed by transmitting your IP address to Google's external servers in the USA. This information is transmitted regardless of whether the videos displayed are actually viewed or clicked on or whether you are logged into your YouTube or Google account. This information is collected and assigned to your Google account if you are logged in there when you access our website.

Service provider: YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Website: https://www.youtube.com/
Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt -out option: https ://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Safety measures

We also take state-of-the-art technical and organizational security measures to comply with the provisions of data protection laws and to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties.

Currentness and changes to this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid and is valid as of September 2023. Due to changes in legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to adapt this data protection declaration.

This data protection declaration was created with the help of the data protection generator from SOS Recht . SOS Law is an offer from the Mueller.legal lawyers partnership based in Berlin.