Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protec­tion

General infor­ma­tion

The following infor­ma­tion will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to perso­nally identify you. For detailed infor­ma­tion about the subject matter of data protec­tion, please consult our Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the respon­sible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact infor­ma­tion is available under section “Infor­ma­tion about the respon­sible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be infor­ma­tion you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems auto­ma­ti­cally or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical infor­ma­tion (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This infor­ma­tion is recorded auto­ma­ti­cally when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the infor­ma­tion is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your infor­ma­tion is concerned?

You have the right to receive infor­ma­tion about the source, reci­pi­ents, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclos­ures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradi­cated. If you have consented to data proces­sing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data proces­sing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the proces­sing of your data be restricted under certain circum­stances. Further­more, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent super­vi­sing agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about this or any other data protec­tion related issues.

2. General infor­ma­tion and mandatory infor­ma­tion

Data protec­tion

The operators of this website and its pages take the protec­tion of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confi­den­tial infor­ma­tion and in compli­ance with the statutory data protec­tion regu­la­tions and this Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal infor­ma­tion will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to perso­nally identify you. This Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the infor­ma­tion is collected.

We herewith advise you that the trans­mis­sion of data via the Internet (i.e., through e-mail commu­ni­ca­tions) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to comple­tely protect data against third-party access.

Infor­ma­tion about the respon­sible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data proces­sing controller on this website is:

SIGNACOM
Am Heili­gen­berg 3
27305 Bruch­hausen-Vilsen

Phone: +49 (0) 4252 399-0
E-mail: WELCO­ME@­SI­GNACOM.DE

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the proces­sing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data proces­sing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permis­sible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commer­cial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General infor­ma­tion on the legal basis for the data proces­sing on this website

If you have consented to data proces­sing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special cate­go­ries of data are processed according to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data proces­sing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to infor­ma­tion in your end device (e.g., via device finger­prin­ting), the data proces­sing is addi­ti­o­nally based on § 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a contract or for the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-contrac­tual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further­more, if your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a legal obli­ga­tion, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Further­more, the data proces­sing may be carried out on the basis of our legi­ti­mate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Infor­ma­tion on the relevant legal basis in each indi­vi­dual case is provided in the following para­graphs of this privacy policy.

Desi­gna­tion of a data protec­tion officer

We have appointed a data protec­tion officer for our company.

Hermann Wester­mann
Wester­mann GmbH
Am Heili­gen­berg 3
27305 Bruch­hausen-Vilsen

Phone: +49 (0) 4252 399-0
E-mail: info@wol.de

Revo­ca­tion of your consent to the proces­sing of data

A wide range of data proces­sing tran­sac­tions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without prejudice to the lawful­ness of any data collec­tion that occurred prior to your revo­ca­tion.

Right to object to the collec­tion of data in special cases; right to object to direct adver­ti­sing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCES­SING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVI­SIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCES­SING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTEC­TION DECLA­RA­TION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPEL­LING PROTEC­TION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCES­SING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCES­SING IS THE CLAIMING, EXER­CI­SING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTIT­LE­MENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVER­TI­SING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCES­SING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVER­TI­SING AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFI­LIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVER­TI­SING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSE­QUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVER­TI­SING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent super­vi­sory agency

In the event of viola­tions of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a super­vi­sory agency, in parti­cular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regard­less of any other admi­nis­tra­tive or court procee­dings available as legal recourses.

Right to data porta­bi­lity

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we auto­ma­ti­cally process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is tech­ni­cally feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryp­tion

For security reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of confi­den­tial content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryp­tion program. You can recognize an encrypted connec­tion by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appea­rance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryp­tion is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Infor­ma­tion about, recti­fi­ca­tion and eradi­ca­tion of data

Within the scope of the appli­cable statutory provi­sions, you have the right to at any time demand infor­ma­tion about your archived personal data, their source and reci­pi­ents as well as the purpose of the proces­sing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradi­cated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand proces­sing restric­tions

You have the right to demand the impo­si­tion of restric­tions as far as the proces­sing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restric­tion of proces­sing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correct­ness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this inves­ti­ga­tion is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the proces­sing of your personal data.
• If the proces­sing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restric­tion of the proces­sing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradi­ca­tion of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entit­le­ments, you have the right to demand the restric­tion of the proces­sing of your personal data instead of its eradi­ca­tion.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been deter­mined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restric­tion of the proces­sing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the proces­sing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entit­le­ments or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

3. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored tempo­ra­rily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are auto­ma­ti­cally deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are auto­ma­ti­cally eradi­cated by your web browser.

In some cases, it is possible that third-party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third-party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advantage of certain services offered by the third party (e.g., cookies for the proces­sing of payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are tech­ni­cally essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promo­ti­onal messages.

Cookies, which are required for the perfor­mance of elec­tronic commu­ni­ca­tion tran­sac­tions, or for the provision of certain functions you want to use (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the opti­mi­za­tion (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measu­rable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legi­ti­mate interest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the tech­ni­cally error free and optimized provision of the opera­tor’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar reco­gni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been requested, proces­sing occurs exclu­si­vely on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the accep­tance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the accep­tance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete function for the automatic eradi­ca­tion of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deac­ti­vated, the functions of this website may be limited.

In the event that third-party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analy­tical purposes, we will sepa­ra­tely notify you in conjunc­tion with this Data Protec­tion Policy and, if appli­cable, ask for your consent.

Consent with Consent­Ma­nager

Our website uses the Consent­Ma­nager consent tech­no­logy to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of certain tech­no­lo­gies and data protec­tion legis­la­tion compliant docu­men­ta­tion of the former. The party offering this tech­no­logy is Jaohawi AB, Hålte­gel­vägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, website: https://www.consent­ma­nager.de (herein­after referred to as “Consent­Ma­nager”).

Whenever you visit our website, a connec­tion to Consent­Ma­na­ger’s servers will be esta­blished to obtain your consent and other decla­ra­tions regarding the use of cookies.

Moreover, Consent­Ma­nager shall store a cookie in your browser to be able to allocate your decla­ra­tion(s) of consent or any revo­ca­tions of the former. The data that are recorded in this manner shall be stored until you ask us to eradicate them, delete the Consent­Ma­nager cookie or until the purpose for archiving the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal retention periods.

Consent­Ma­nager uses cookies to obtain the decla­ra­tions of consent mandated by law. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the infor­ma­tion provided in the contact form as well as any contact infor­ma­tion provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this infor­ma­tion without your consent.

The proces­sing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contrac­tual measures. In all other cases the proces­sing is based on our legi­ti­mate interest in the effective proces­sing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agreement (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The infor­ma­tion you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the infor­ma­tion is being archived no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provi­sions, in parti­cular retention periods.

Request by e-mail, telephone, or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of proces­sing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfill­ment of a contract or is required for the perfor­mance of pre-contrac­tual measures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legi­ti­mate interest in the effective handling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtained; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after comple­tion of your request). Mandatory statutory provi­sions - in parti­cular statutory retention periods - remain unaf­fected.