Privacy Policy

Introduction

Being the operator of this website, R+W Antriebselemente GmbH (hereinafter “we”), are the data controller in charge of processing personal data of any users of such website. You can find our contact details in the imprint of the website, while the contacts for questions concerning the processing of your personal data are provided directly in this Privacy Statement.

We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy and your private and personal data. We collect, save, and use your personal data strictly in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Statement and the applicable data protection provisions, including without limitation the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and national data protection provisions.

With this Privacy Statement, we wish to inform you to what extent and for what purpose your personal data is processed in connection with the use of our website.

Personal data

Personal data is all information about an identified or identifiable individual. This includes information about your identity such as your name, your e-mail address, or your postal address. Any information that cannot be directly linked to your identity (e.g. statistical details such as the number of users of the website) is, however, not considered to be personal data.

You can essentially use our website without disclosing your identity and without providing any personal data. In that case, we will merely collect general information about your visit to our website. However, some of the services offered require you to provide certain personal data. As a rule, we will process such data only for purposes connected with the use of this online offering, including without limitation for the provision of the desired information. Whenever personal data is collected, you are only required to provide the data that is absolutely essential. Also, you may be asked to provide additional details, which are optional information provided voluntarily. We let you know in each case whether the input fields are for mandatory or optional details. More specific details are provided in the relevant section of this Privacy Statement.

There is no automated decision-making on the basis of your personal data in connection with the use of our website.

Processing personal data

We store the information provided by you on protected dedicated servers located within the European Union. Technical and organisational measures are taken to protect such servers against loss, destruction, access, modification, or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons. Access to your data will be permitted only to a limited number of persons in charge of the technical, commercial, or editorial support of the servers. Notwithstanding regular controls, full protection against all risks cannot be provided.

Your personal data is transmitted over the Internet in encrypted form. We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption for transmission of data.

Disclosure of personal data to third parties

We use your personal information exclusively for providing the services that you have requested from us Insofar as we use external service providers in performing the service requested such external service providers will also access the data exclusively for the purpose of performing the service By taking the necessary technical and organisational measures we ensure compliance with data protection policies and we demand the same of our external partners.

Moreover, we will not disclose the data to any third parties, including without limitation for advertising purposes, without your express consent. We will disclose your personal data only if you have given your consent to disclosure of the data or insofar as we are entitled or obligated to do so under legal provisions and/or administrative or judicial orders. This may include, without being limited to, giving information for purposes of criminal prosecution, in order to avert danger, or in order to enforce intellectual property rights.

If we transfer your personal data ourselves or through service providers to countries outside the European Union, we comply with the special provisions of Art. 44 et seq. DSGVO for this purpose and also oblige our service providers to comply with these regulations. We will therefore only transfer your data to countries outside the European Union subject to the level of protection guaranteed by the GDPR. This level of protection is ensured in particular by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission or by appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 of the GDPR.

Legal basis of data processing

Insofar as we obtain your consent to processing your personal data, Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR constitutes the legal basis for such data processing.

Insofar as we process your personal data because processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or is necessary under a quasi-contractual relationship with you, the lawfulness of data processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.

Insofar as we process your personal data because processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, the lawfulness of data processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

Furthermore, Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR may constitute the legal basis for data processing, if processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data.

Throughout this Privacy Statement, we refer to the legal basis on which we process your personal data.

Deletion of data and duration of storage

We invariably delete or block any personal data provided by you as soon as the purpose of storage of such data has ceased to apply. However, we may continue to store your personal data beyond that, if such storage is governed by legal provisions to which we are subject, including without limitation the legal obligation to retain business records and documentation. In such a case, we will delete or block the personal data after the prescribed period of time has expired.

Use of our online offering

Information relating to your computer

Every time you access our online offering, we will collect the following information relating to your computer, regardless of whether or not you have registered: the IP address of your computer, the inquiry of your web browser, and the time stamp of that inquiry. In addition, the status and the amount of data transmitted in the course of the inquiry are collected. We also collect product and version information about the web browser used and the operating system of the computer. Furthermore, we record the website from which our own website has been accessed. The IP address of your computer is stored only for the duration of your use of our online offering; afterwards, it is deleted or anonymised by truncation. The remaining data is stored for 60 days.

We use this data to operate the website, more specifically for troubleshooting, or in order to assess the degree of utilisation of the online offering, or to carry out adjustments or improvements thereof. Such purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Use of cookies

Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and store certain settings and data of your web browser for the exchange with our website. As a rule, a cookie contains the name of the domain from which the cookie file has been sent as well as information about the age of the cookie and an alphanumeric identifier.

Cookies allow us to recognize your computer and make any preferences and settings immediately available. The cookies we use are so-called session cookies that are automatically deleted after the end of the browser session. In individual cases, we may use cookies with a longer storage time so that your default settings and preferences may be considered when you visit our website the next time.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set up your web browser to inform you when you receive a cookie. It is also possible to manually delete stored cookies in the browser settings Please note that your use of our online offering may be limited or restricted if you refuse to save cookies or delete necessary cookies.

If cookies are not required for our online offer, we ask you for your consent to the use of cookies when you access the online offer for the first time. With regard to the non-essential cookies of third-party providers, you will find below a more detailed description of the services of these third-party providers that we use. The legal basis for the associated data processing, including any data transfer, is in each case your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. Once given, consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future, in particular by changing the selected settings.

The legal basis for the use of necessary cookies is our legitimate interest in the proper provision of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO and – insofar as contracts are concluded or fulfilled via our online offer – the fulfillment of the contract within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

Integration of third party services

For some functions in our online offer, we rely on services from third-party providers. The corresponding services are mainly optional functions that must be explicitly selected or used by you. We have concluded contractual agreements with the respective providers for the provision or integration of their services and do everything in our power to ensure that the third-party providers also provide transparent information about the scope of the processing of personal data and comply with data protection regulations.

Google Tag Manager

For our online offer, we use the Google Tag Manager of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that can be used to manage tags, i.e. tracking codes and associated code fragments, on our website. Google services can be integrated into a website via the Google Tag Manager.

When using the Google Tag Manager, a connection to Google’s servers is established. As a result, the IP address of the browser of the terminal device used by the visitor of these web pages is stored by Google. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to Google in the USA in this context and that US security authorities may be able to access the data under certain circumstances. However, cookies are not set in connection with the use of Google Tag Manager.

You can find more information about the Google Tag Manager and data processing by Google here:

https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/6102821?hl=de

https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Our legal basis for the use of Google Tag Manager is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is the management of tracking codes in our online offer, which allow us to analyze the use of our online offer and to improve and personalize our services.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for statistical evaluations. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google.

Within the scope of Google Analytics, Google uses cookies, among other things, for evaluations. The type and scope of the use and evaluation of cookies are specified by Google. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the online offer will be transmitted to a Google server and stored there. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA and that government agencies may be able to access this data. With the automatic activation of IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server and shortened there.

On our behalf, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the online offer, to compile reports on website activities and to provide us as the operator of the online offer with further services related to website and internet use. In addition, Google may use the data for its own purposes. Within the scope of these purposes, Google may, for example, create a profile of user behavior or link the data with other data, for example with an existing Google account. We have no influence on these data processing operations. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data that Google collects or already has. For more information, please refer to Google’s privacy information, which is linked for you below.

We also use the Google Analytics “demographic characteristics” function. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the following paragraph. You can find more information on the “demographic characteristics” function at Google under https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2799357?hl=de.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can find more information about this under http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de respectively http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and data protection). We would like to point out that on our Internet pages Google Analytics has been extended by the code “anonymizeIp();” in order to anonymize the IP addresses, whereby the last octet is deleted.

Use of Usercentrics

We also use Usercentrics as a technical provider of consent solutions. Usercentrics is a consent management service provided by Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7 in 80331 Munich. This allows us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the processing. Usercentrics offers customizable, technical solutions for obtaining consent for data protection-related processing of personal data for website operators. The data is processed within the European Union (Belgium). The following data is processed for this purpose: Opt-in and opt-out data, referer URL, user agent, user preferences, consent ID, time of consent, consent type, template version and banner language.

Our legal basis for the use of UserCentrics is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is the provision of consent options for the use of our online offer.

Use of CAD configurator KIM

The CAD configurator of KiM GmbH, Tischlerstraße 11 in 66606 St. Wendel, is used for our online offer. The CAD configurator is a product configurator for the individual creation of digital product images.

To use the configurator, your contact data (name, address, telephone number as well as e-mail address) are processed to create a user profile.

The legal basis for the data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. The consent once given, can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

Use of SnapEngage

SnapEngage by SnapEngage LLC, 5005 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Ste 850, Dallas, TX 75243, USA is used on our homepage. Snapengage is a chat software for communication with visitors of our homepage.

Snapengage processes your contact information (name, address, telephone number, and email address) and your IP address.

It cannot be ruled out that data will be transferred to servers in the USA and that, in this context, US security authorities may be able to gain access to the corresponding data.

The legal basis for the data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO, as well as Art. 44 DSGVO.

Use of Raidboxes

As part of our online offer, we use Raidboxes. Raidboxes GmbH, Hafenstraße 32 in 48153 Münster, is a provider of managed WordPress hosting.

Raidboxes processes customer names, e-mail contacts, telephone numbers, addresses and bank details, among other things.

Our legal basis for the use of Raidboxes is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is the provision of the website for the use of our online offer.

Retargeting and Remarketing

Retargeting and remarketing are technologies which allow displaying customised advertising to visitors of a certain website even after they have left that website. For this purpose, a service provider needs to recognise Internet users beyond the scope of its own website, using cookies created by the service provider. In addition, the user’s previous usage behaviour is taken into consideration. For example, if a user looks at certain products, these or similar products may later be displayed as advertisements on other websites. This is personalised advertising which is customised to the requirements of the relevant user. Personalised advertising does not require identification of the user beyond such recognition. Therefore, we do not combine data used for retargeting and/or remarketing with other data.

We use such technologies to place advertisements on the Internet. We use the services of third party service providers for placement of advertisements. Among other things, we use Google services which allow the automatic display of products that may be interesting for Internet users. This function is implemented by cookies It cannot be ruled out that data will be transferred to Google in the USA in the course of this process and that US security authorities will gain access to the corresponding data.

For more information on this technology, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy under https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. The installation of cookies for Google Remarketing and Google AdWords Conversion Tracking can be disabled by a setting of the respective browser software by calling up the website http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/ and a change in the corresponding attitude as a whole can be prevented from the outset. Regardless of the above options to prevent data processing by means of cookies in connection with Google Remarketing and Google AdWords Conversion Tracking, the use of corresponding cookies or these services by us is subject to your express consent.

Facebook Custom Audience

In our online offer, remarketing tags of Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter: “Facebook”) are integrated. When you visit our online offer, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the remarketing tags. This provides Facebook with the information that you have visited our online offer with your IP address. In this way, Facebook can assign the visit to our online offer to your user account at Facebook – insofar as you are registered there. We can use the information obtained in this way for the placement of advertisements via Facebook. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transferred to Facebook servers in the USA and that, in this context, US security authorities may be able to gain access to the corresponding data. We would like to point out that we receive no further knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by Facebook. However, you can find further information in the privacy policy of Facebook under www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

The legal basis for the use of the remarketing tags is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected via Facebook’s remarketing tags, you can also deactivate the use of Facebook Custom Audience via the following link: www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/.

Google Maps

We use the map service Google Maps for our online offer. Google Maps is a service provided by Google. Only technically necessary cookies are set for the maps integrated in our online offer.

In order to comply with data protection regulations, the terms of use for the map service contain data protection regulations that serve to protect you. You can find Google’s terms of use for the map service at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html, Google’s general explanations on data protection are available at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.

The legal basis for the integration of the map service is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO; our legitimate interest lies in the provision of map material for your orientation.

Verwendung von Google Fonts

Google Fonts are used as external fonts for our online offer. Google Fonts originate from Google and are made freely available by Google. The integration of these Google Fonts takes place through a server call, usually a Google server. This transmits to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. Also, the IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor of these Internet pages is stored by Google. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA in this context and that US security authorities may be able to access the data under certain circumstances. For more information on data processing by Google, please refer to Google’s privacy policy, which you can access here:

www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about
www.google.com/policies/privacy/

The legal basis for the integration of Google Fonts is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO; our legitimate interest is the optimization of our online offer.

Use of YouTube

YouTube videos are integrated in our online offer, for the playback of which we use a plugin of the YouTube service operated by Google (hereinafter: “YouTube”).

We use the YouTube service in extended data protection mode to protect your privacy as much as possible. If you call up a web page of our online offer on which a YouTube video is embedded, Google initially only receives the information necessary for the integration and no cookies are set for usage analysis. Only when you play the embedded video does Google receive further information; in the process, Google may also set cookies to analyze your user behavior. When you play the video, Google’s YouTube servers are told, for example, which page of our online offering you are using to play the video.

If you are logged into your Google account, you enable Google or YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal Google profile. We therefore recommend that you only play embedded YouTube videos if you agree to the associated data processing by Google. You can prevent the allocation of data to your Google profile by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy at. https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, which also applies to YouTube.

We use YouTube so that we can show you videos and thus better inform you about us and our services. The legal basis for the integration of the videos is our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO; the playing of the videos and the associated further data processing, however, only take place on the basis of your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO.

Communication with us

There are various ways of contacting us, including but not limited to the contact form on our website. In addition, we will be happy to inform you regularly by e-mailing you our newsletter.

Contact form

If you wish to use the contact form in our online offer, we record the personal data that you provide in the contact form, in particular name and e-mail address. We also store the IP address and the date and time of the request. We process the data transmitted via the contact form exclusively for the purpose of being able to answer your inquiry or request.

You can decide yourself what information you send us via the contact form. The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO.

After we have processed the matter, the data will initially be stored in case of any queries. A deletion of the data can be requested at any time, otherwise we delete the data after complete settlement of the matter; statutory retention obligations remain unaffected in each case.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your e-mail address for advertising purposes of our own until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. We will regularly send you information by e-mail on current topics as well as e-mails informing you of special occasions such as special offers. Such e-mails may be personalised and individualised on the basis of information we have about you.

Unless you have given us your consent in writing, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure for subscription to our newsletter, i.e. we will send you our newsletter by e-mail only once you have expressly confirmed that you want us to activate transmission of the newsletter. We will then send you a notification e-mail and ask you to confirm, by clicking on one of the links contained in that e-mail, that you wish to receive our newsletter.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO, if you have expressly subscribed to the newsletter. Within the scope of legal requirements, it may also be possible that you receive our newsletter from us without express consent because you have ordered goods or services from us, we have received your e-mail address in this context and you have not objected to receiving information by e-mail. In this case, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in transmitting direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO to view.

If you do no longer wish to receive our newsletters, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future and/or object to receiving the newsletter without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs in accordance with the basic tariffs. Simply use the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

Social Media

In addition to our online offering, we also use various social media channels for the transmission of information and communication, to which you will find links in our online offering or in which you will find links to our online offering. Specifically, we use the social network Facebook, the career network LinkedIn and the short message service Twitter. You can recognize the links by the respective logo of the provider.

Clicking on the links opens the corresponding social media pages, for which this privacy policy does not apply. Details of the provisions and data protection notices of the respective providers apply there in principle. We have summarized for you below an overview of the respective notices of the providers. applicable provisions, please refer to the corresponding privacy statements of the individual providers; you can find them at:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de

Before calling up the corresponding links, no personal information is transmitted to the respective providers. Your access to the linked page is at the same time the basis for the data processing by the respective providers.

For our use of the social media channels Facebook and Instagram, the following information on the associated processing of your personal data also applies.

Facebook Fanpage

In addition to our own online offering, we also operate a fan page on the social network Facebook. Via the fan page, we provide information about our activities and offer a channel for communication. The social network Facebook is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter: “Facebook”).

Delimitation of responsibility

Within the scope of the possibilities on Facebook, we try to ensure the protection of your privacy and your private data. Insofar as your personal data is processed by us in connection with your visit to the Fanpage, the explanations in this data protection declaration apply without restriction. Due to the integration of the Fanpage into the Facebook offer, it should also be noted that personal data is processed by Facebook at the same time. We have no influence on data processing by Facebook; in particular, Facebook does not act as a processor for us under our responsibility. The data processing by Facebook is governed – at least according to Facebook – by Facebook’s guidelines, which are available at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

From a data protection perspective, Facebook and we are jointly responsible for the operation of the fan page and the analysis of user data when visiting the fan page. In accordance with the requirements of data protection law, we have reached an internal agreement with Facebook on the delimitation of responsibility.

Facebook Insights

Facebook offers the operators of fan pages the possibility of obtaining an overview of the use of the fan page and its users via the Page Insights functions. Via Page Insights, mainly statistical data can be accessed and evaluated. We use the data from Page Insights to make the Fanpage as attractive and efficient as possible. For this purpose, Facebook provides us with data that Facebook itself has generated. Facebook provides further information on the functionality and responsibility for the Page Insights function at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum available.

Messenger

Facebook offers users who are registered with Facebook the possibilities for immediate communication via Facebook Messenger. If you contact us via the messenger, the transmitted data will be stored and used by us solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO and our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the collection and processing of customer inquiries, in the evaluation of customer inquiries as well as in abuse control.

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For your personal data, this is the case when the respective conversation has ended. For us, the conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts concerned have been conclusively clarified. You have the option to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time; in this case, the data will be deleted by us immediately if there is no basis for further storage.

Further information about Facebook

If you have any questions about our use of personal data in connection with the use of the fan page on Facebook, please feel free to contact us and our data protection officer at any time. The contact details and communication channels are explained in our privacy policy. Insofar as you have questions regarding data protection at Facebook, we would like to ask you to contact Facebook directly. General information on the safe use of social networks is also provided by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) on its website at https://www.bsi-fuer-buerger.de/BSIFB/DE/DigitaleGesellschaft/SozialeNetze/sozialeNetze_node.html available.

Use of Facebook-Pixels

We use the Facebook pixel for statistical analysis and to improve the effectiveness of our advertising. The Facebook Pixel is an analysis tool from Facebook. We can use the pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and display our ads to specific target groups.

If you consent to the use of the Facebook pixel, a connection to the Facebook servers is established when you visit our website. In the process, certain information about the user is transferred to Facebook each time the website is called up. The transmitted data includes the IP address and information about the browser used and the user of the website. The information from which website the online offer was accessed is also transmitted. Furthermore, it is recorded which buttons are clicked by the user of the website and which pages are called up as a result of such a click. The information entered by the user in the fields of online forms is also recorded. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA and that government agencies may be able to access this data.

We have no influence on the further data processing at Facebook. You can find more information about this under https://de-de.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153 (general information about the Facebook pixel) and in the privacy policy of Facebook under www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. The use of the Facebook pixel as well as the associated data processing will only take place with your prior consent. Our legal basis is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO

Use of LinkedIn

The so-called Insight Tag of the social network LinkedIn is used on our pages. This is offered by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “LinkedIn”). The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a small JavaScript code snippet that we have added to our website.

The LinkedIn Insight tag enables the collection of data about visits to our website, including URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser characteristics, timestamps, and page views. This data is encrypted, anonymized within seven days, and the anonymized data is deleted within 90 days. LinkedIn does not share any personally identifiable information with us, but only provides aggregate reports on website audience and ad performance. LinkedIn also provides retargeting for website visitors, so we can use this data to display targeted ads outside of our website without identifying the member. LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes in their account settings.

The legal basis for the data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO.

Twitter-Account

In addition to our own online offering, we also operate an account on the short message service Twitter. Via the Twitter account, we provide information about our activities and offer a channel for communication. The short message service Twitter is operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter: “Twitter”).

We point out that you use the Twitter short message service and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. sharing, rating).

Processing of personal data

The data collected about you when using the service is processed by Twitter and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. The data processed includes, among other things, your IP address, the application you use, information about the terminal device you use (including device ID and application ID), information about websites you have visited, your location and your mobile provider. This data is assigned to the data of your Twitter account. We have no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the way it is processed and used, or the transfer of this data to third parties. Information on which data is processed by Twitter and for which purposes can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de. The possibility to view your own data can be found under https://help.twitter.com/de/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data.

We process the data you enter on Twitter, in particular username and the content published under your account, insofar as we retweet your tweets if necessary, reply to them or write tweets from us that refer to your account. The data freely published and disseminated by you on Twitter will be included by us in our offer in this way and made available to our followers in order to make our channel more attractive.

You have options for restricting the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account and under the “Privacy and security” item. In addition, you can restrict Twitter’s access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices in the settings options. However, this depends on the operating system used. More information on these points is available on the following Twitter support pages: https://support.twitter.com/articles/105576#.

Twitter Analytics

Twitter offers the operators of Twitter accounts the possibility of obtaining an overview of the use of the account and its users via the “Twitter Analytics” function. Twitter Analytics can be used primarily to call up and evaluate statistical data. We use the data from Twitter Analytics to make the Twitter account as attractive and efficient as possible. For this purpose, Twitter provides us with data that Twitter itself has generated on its own responsibility. The data we receive from Twitter is mostly anonymized data and statistics. If we receive personal data in this context, we are responsible for our further processing of this data to evaluate the use of our Twitter accounts. Twitter provides further information on Twitter Analytics athttps://business.twitter.com/de/advertising/analytics.html available.

Direct messages

On Twitter, you have the option of communicating directly with us via the “direct messages” function. If you contact us via the direct message function, the transmitted data will be stored and used by us exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO and our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the collection and processing of customer inquiries, in the evaluation of customer inquiries as well as in abuse control.

Twitter-Buttons, Twitter-Widgets

Twitter buttons or Twitter widgets integrated into websites and the use of cookies enable Twitter to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Twitter account. The information generated by the cookies is transferred to a Twitter server and stored there. It cannot be ruled out that data will be transmitted to the USA and that government agencies may be able to access this data. Based on the data collected by the cookies, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you. Information on this and on the available setting options can be found under https://help.twitter.com/de/using-twitter/tailored-suggestions resp. https://help.twitter.com/de/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies.

Further information to Twitter

If you have any questions about our use of personal data in connection with the use of our Twitter accounts, please feel free to contact us and our data protection officer at any time. The contact details and communication channels are explained in our privacy policy. Insofar as you have questions regarding data protection at Twitter, we would like to ask you to contact Twitter directly.

Your rights; contact

We are strongly committed to explaining how we process personal data and to inform you about your rights as transparently as possible. If you want more detailed information or wish to exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time so that we can take care of your concerns.

Rights of persons concerned

You have extensive rights with respect to the processing of your personal data. First of all, you have an extensive right to information and under certain circumstances may demand correction and/or deletion or blocking of your personal data. You can also demand restriction of processing and you have a right of objection. You also have a right to data portability with a view to personal data that you have transmitted to us.

If you wish to assert any of your rights and/or want more detailed information concerning your rights, please contact our customer service. Alternatively, you may contact our data protection officer.

Revocation of consent and objection

You may at any time revoke your consent with future effect. Revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of any processing performed on the basis of such consent given up until the revocation thereof. In such cases, too, please contact our customer service and/or our data protection officer.

Insofar as the processing of your personal data is not based on consent given by you but on another legal basis, you can object to the data processing. Your objection will lead to a review and, if necessary, to termination of the data processing. You will be informed of the outcome of the review and – if the data processing is to be continued after all – you will receive further information from us on why the data processing is admissible.

Data protection officer; contact

We have appointed an external data protection officer who supports us in data protection issues and who you can contact directly. If you have questions regarding our handling of personal data or if you require other information on data protection issues, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer and his team:

RA Dr. Sebastian Meyer, LL.M.
c/o BRANDI Rechtsanwälte
Adenauerplatz 1, 33602 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521 / 96535-812
E-Mail: info(at)rw-kupplungen.de

If you wish to contact our data protection officer personally by e-mail, you may send an e-mail to sebastian.meyer(at)brandi.net.

Complaints

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data does not comply with this Privacy Statement or the applicable data protection provisions, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can file a complaint with our data protection officer. Our data protection officer will review the matter and inform you of the outcome of the review.

Further information; amendments

Links to other websites

Our online service may contain links to other websites. Generally, these links are identified as such. We cannot control to what extent linked websites comply with the applicable data protection provisions. We therefore recommend that for other providers’ data protection statements, you refer to the information given on their respective websites.

Amendments of this Privacy Statement

Any revision of this Privacy Statement is identified by the date specified (see below). We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time with effect for the future. Amendments will be made, among other things, in case of technical adjustments of the online offering or changes of the data protection laws. The Privacy Statement as amended from time to time is always made available directly through our online offering. We recommend obtaining information on any changes of this Privacy Statement on a regular basis.

This Privacy Statement was last revised in: March 2023