Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

The following information offers a simple overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data that can be used to identify you personally. You can find more detailed information about data protection and privacy in our Privacy Policy below.

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find contact details of the website operator in the Legal Notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

One way in which we obtain your data is if you provide us with it. This could include, for example, data you provide in a contact form.

Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. In particular, this includes technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or the time of your visit). These data are collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data are collected to ensure that this website is provided free of errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right of access to information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data, at any time and free of charge. You also have a right to demand that such data be rectified, rendered unavailable or erased. If you would like to know more about this or have any further questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Analytics tools and tools used by third party suppliers.

Your browsing habits may be evaluated statistically whenever you visit our website. This is performed in particular with the aid of cookies and “analytics programs”. Your browsing habits are usually analysed anonymously; browsing habits cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find details about this in our Privacy Policy under the heading “Third party modules and analytics tools”.

You can object to this analysis. Information on how you can object is provided in our Privacy Policy.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy sets out which data we collect and what we use them for. It also sets out how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that transmission of data transfer over the Internet (for example, when communicating by email) is not completely secure. It is not possible to completely protect data from being accessed by third parties.

Information about the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

WDI AG
Industriestrasse 21
22880 Wedel
Germany

+49 4103 1800-0
info@wdi.ag

The controller is the natural person or legal entity who, alone or jointly with others, determines the reasons why your personal data are processed, and the way this is done (for example, names, email addresses, etc.).

Withdrawing your consent to the processing of data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent that has already been provided at any time. To do so, an informal notice by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent shall remain unaffected by such withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority

In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. The relevant supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the Federal German State in which our company has its registered office. A list of data protection officers in Germany can be found, together with their contact details, by clicking on 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 receive personal data that we have processed in an automated manner on the basis of your consent or in order to perform a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and to transmit it to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this can only happen if it is technically feasible to do so.

Data transfer in the event of the conclusion of contracts for merchants and the dispatch of goods

We only transfer personal data to third parties if we need to do so in order to implement the contract, for example to companies charged with the delivery of the goods or the financial institution instructed to process payments. There shall be no further transfer of data unless you have provided your express consent to such. There shall be no disclosure of your data to third parties, for marketing purposes for example, without your express consent. Credit card details are not stored as a matter of principle.

SSL or TLS encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and in order to protect the transfer of confidential content such as orders or enquiries which you send us as the website operator. You can tell if a connection is encrypted because the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock symbol is displayed in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transfer to us cannot be viewed by third parties.

Access, unavailability, erasure

Within the scope of the legal provisions in force, you have the right, at any time and free of charge, to access your stored personal data as well as information about its origin, the recipients and the purpose for the data processing. You also have the right to rectify, render unavailable or erase these data where appropriate. If you would like to know more about this or have any further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice.

Opting out of promotional emails

We hereby declare that we do not agree to the sending of unsolicited promotions, advertising and informative literature using our contact data disclosed as part of our duty to provide a legal notice. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event that unsolicited promotional information, such as spam emails, is sent.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Websites sometimes use “cookies”. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies allow us to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most cookies that we use are “session cookies”. These are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are notified about the placement of cookies and allow cookies in individual cases only, stop the acceptance of cookies in specific case or as a general rule, or automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in “server log files” which your browser automatically sends to us. This information includes:

  • type of browser and browser version
  • operating system used
  • referrer URL
  • host name of the accessing computer
  •  time of server request

These data cannot be attributed to any specific person. These data will not be consolidated with other data sources. We reserve the right to check these data at a later date if we are made aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Contact form

If you make enquiries using our contact form, we will store your details from the enquiry form, including any contact details you have provided. We do this in order to process the enquiry and in the event of any further related queries. We will not pass these data on without your consent.

The data provided in the contact form are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time. To do so, an informal notice by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out before the withdrawal of consent shall remain unaffected by such withdrawal.

We will retain the data you provide in the contact form until you ask us to erase it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing your data no longer applies (for example once your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

4. Third party modules and analytics tools

Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service provider Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow your website usage to be analysed. The information about your use of this website generated by cookies is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored.

You can find further information about how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s data privacy and security police at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

BROWSER PLUGIN

You can prevent the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, please note that if you do so you may be unable to use all features of this website in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address). You can also prevent Google from processing such data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

OBJECTION TO DATA COLLECTION

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. This adds an opt-out cookie which prevents the collection of your data during any future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

CONTRACT DATA PROCESSING

We have concluded a contract data processing agreement with Google and implement the strict guidelines of the German Data Protection Authorities in full when using Google Analytics.

IP ANONYMISATION

We use the “activate IP anonymisation” function on this website. In this way, your IP address is first shortened by Google within the Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports about website activity and to provide further services connected with website activity and Internet use for the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be consolidated with other Google data.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses “web fonts” provided by Google to ensure that fonts are displayed uniformly. When you access a website, your browser downloads the required web fonts in your browser’s cache to display text and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

You can find further information on Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s policy on data privacy and security: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Your IP address needs to be stored in order to use the Google Maps features. This information is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored. The provider of this website has no control over this transfer of data.

You can find further information on how user data are handled in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a website operated by Google. The operator of the websites is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our websites equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection will be established with the YouTube servers. This provides the YouTube server with details of those of our websites you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to match your browsing habits to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

You can find further information on how user data are handled in YouTube’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en