Data protection

General

We attach great importance to the protection of all your personal data. The collection of your personal data will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the legal regulations.

You can of course use the website without providing any personal data. If personal data is requested, you will be asked for your consent beforehand to ensure that this is done on a voluntary basis.

We assure you that this data will not be passed on to third parties without permission.

 

Controller

Weckenmann Anlagentechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Birkenstraße 1
72358 Dormettingen

 

Data protection officer

Datenschutz@gbc.net

 

Collection and storage of personal data as well as nature and purpose and their use

When you use the website, your browser automatically transfers data in server log files. This concerns the following data:

  • Time (hour and minutes) at time of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/reference from which you navigated to the site

  • Browser used

  • Operating system used

  • IP address used

  • Website visited

This collected data is not classified as personal data and it is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to your end device.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required.

 

Disclosure of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties, unless it is necessary as per Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. b GDPR. This includes:

  • The processing of the contractual relationship with you

  • Forwarding of data due to legal regulations

  • For shipping products to the transport/dispatch company

 

Right of objection and revocation, request for deletion and correction

You can obtain information about your personal data at any time and request this data to be deleted, changed or blocked.
You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data for further use at any time.
Please use dsgvo@weckenmann.de for this purpose.
If the data is required to implement or execute the contract, early deletion is only possible to a limited extent.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Use of cookies

This website uses cookies. These are text information that can be stored on the user's device for every respective website visited.
These cookies contain a characteristic sequence which enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

These cookies are essential from a technical point of view to make the use of the website more effective and easier for users.
The information obtained via the cookies will not be passed on to third parties, nor will it be used for advertising purposes or user profiles.

Because cookies are stored on your device, you have control over the length of time they are stored and you have the option to prevent the use of cookies. However, this could mean that not all functions of the website can be used.

 

Contact form and email

Please use the electronic contact form to contact us.
If you use this form, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.
The IP address of the user, as well as the date and time are also recorded and stored.
This is done for the purpose of processing the enquiry or request.

When you contact us via the email addresses provided by us, the personal data transmitted by the email is stored.

The data will be deleted when the collection of personal data is no longer necessary or when the request has been closed.

 

Newsletter

You can subscribe to a free newsletter on our website.
During the initial registration, the data from the input mask are registered and transmitted.
The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter to you.

This information will not be passed on to third parties and you have the option to cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time for further use.
Please refer to the appendix of each newsletter for more information.

 

YouTube videos  

We have embedded YouTube videos from youtube.com on our website using the embedded function, so that they can be accessed directly on our website.
This is aimed at making the website more user-friendly, and to improve our content.
YouTube belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Register No.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

 

Data transmission/recipient category

Third-party service providers in the USA. The data obtained is transferred to the USA and stored there. This is also done without a user account at Google.
If you are logged into your Google account, Google can assign the above data to your account. If you do not want this to happen, you must log out of your Google account. Google creates user profiles from such data and uses this data for advertising and market research purposes or for the optimisation of its websites.
Google is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework) and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection laws.

 

Google Maps

We have integrated maps from "Google Maps" (service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Register No.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website.
This is aimed at making the website more user-friendly, and to improve our content.

When you access our website, a connection to the servers of Google in the USA is established where Google Maps is integrated. Your IP and location can be transmitted to Google.
Google is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework) and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection laws.

 

Social media

We maintain profiles on social media. When you access our profile on the respective network, the respective data protection notices and terms of use of the respective network apply.
Insofar as the US service providers are certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework), it is ensured that European data protection law is complied with.

You can find the data protection notices, information options and opt-out options of the respective networks / service providers here:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

 

Social media plug-ins Facebook

We use social media plug-ins from social networks on our website.
This establishes a connection from your browser to the servers of Facebook.
Facebook receives the information, including your IP, that you have accessed our website and transmits this information to Facebook servers in the USA, where this information is stored. When you are logged into your account on Facebook, Facebook can associate this information with your account. When you use the plug-in functions, for example, by clicking on the "Like" button, this information is also transmitted from your browser to Facebook servers in the USA and stored there, as well as displayed on your Facebook profile and possibly at your friends.

The purpose and scope of data collection and its further processing and use by Facebook, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Data collection with the "Like" button:
https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084.

You can manage and object to your settings regarding the use of your profile data for advertising purposes on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/

If you log out of Facebook before visiting our website and delete your cookies, no data about your visit to our website will be assigned to your profile on Facebook when the plug-in is activated.

You can find our product brochure as e-book here.