Data protection

Name and contact of the responsible person according to article 4 paragraph 7 DSGVO

Company: WKT-Wernemann Kunststofftechnik GmbH
Address: Daimlerstraße 5, D-49744 Geeste-Dalum
Telephone: +49 59 37/ 97 06-0
Fax +49 59 37/ 97 06-20
E-Mail: info@wkt-group.com

Data Protection Officer

FYNE Consulting GmbH
 Erden Yücel
Kaiserstr. 10B, 49809 Lingen
Telephone: +49 59 1 900 26 953
E-Mail: info@fyne-consulting.com

Security and protection of your personal data

We consider it to be our primary task to protect the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to safeguard it from unauthorized access. Thus, we use utmost care and apply state-of-the-art security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal information.

As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the data protection rules are respected both by us and by our external service providers.

Definitions

The legislature requires that personal data must be processed lawfully, in good faith and in a manner that is reasonable for the person concerned (“lawfulness, applied in good faith, transparency”). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions that are also used in this privacy statement:

 

1. Personal data

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter the “data subject”); a natural person is regarded as identifiable, if he/she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features like the expression of the physical , physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.

2. Processing

“Processing” means anyone, with or without the help of automated procedures, performed procedures or any such series of operations related to personal data such as collection, recording, the organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or modification, reading out, querying , the use, disclosure by transmission, spread or any other form of provision, matching or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

3. Restriction of processing

“Restriction of processing” is the flagging of personal data stored with the aim of limiting its future processing.

4. Profiling

“Profiling” means any kind of automated processing of personal data which consists of using specific personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, or to analyze or predict personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or change of location of that natural person.

5. Pseudonymization

“Pseudonymization” means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without additional information being provided, provided that such additional information is kept separate and are subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal information cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

6. File System

“File system” means any structured collection of personal data accessible by specific criteria, whether that collection is centralized, decentralized or organized according to functional or geographical considerations.

7. Responsible person

“Responsible person” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity that alone or jointly with others decides on the ways and means of processing personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the responsible person respectively the specific criteria for his/her appointment may be provided for under Union law or the laws of the Member States.

8. Processor

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the responsible person.

9. Receiver

“Receiver” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity to whom personal data are disclosed, regardless whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or Membership law in connection with a particular mission are not considered to be receivers; the processing of such data by the said authorities shall be in accordance with the applicable data protection rules in accordance with the purposes of the processing.

10. Third Party

“Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity other than the data subject, the responsible person, the processor and the persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the responsible person or processor to handle the personal data.

11. Consent

A “consent” of the data subject is any expression of will that is provided voluntarily and in a specific, unequivocal and unambiguous manner in the form of a statement or other unambiguous confirmatory act that indicates to the data subject is in agreement with the processing of his/her personal data.

 

Legality of processing

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for processing. The legal basis for the processing may, in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. a - f DSGVO in particular:

 

a. The party concerned has given his/her consent to the processing of the personal data concerning him/her for one or more specific purposes;

b. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the party concerned is a party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures which are carried out at the request of the party concerned;

c. the processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the responsible person is subject;

d. the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the party concerned or any other natural person;

e. the processing is necessary for the performance of a task which is in the public interest or in the interest of public authority delegated to the responsible person;

f. processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the responsible person or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the party concerned requiring personal data protection prevail, in particular where the party concerned is a child.

 

Information about the collection of personal data

(1) Hereafter, we inform about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

(2) When contacting us by e-mail or using a contact form, the information you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us to answer your queries. We delete the data connected with the issue as storage is no longer required, or the processing is restricted, if legal storage obligations exist.

Collection of personal data when visiting our website

In the case of merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data which is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO):

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the requirement (concrete page)
  • Access Status / HTTP status code
  • Individual transmitted amount of data
  • Website where the request originates
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.

Use of cookies

(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when using our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive, assigned to the browser you are using, and that provide certain information to the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve the purpose to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and operation of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see a.)
  • Persistent cookies (see b.).

a. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

b. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

c. You can configure your browser setting according to your wishes and e.g. decline the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called “Third Party Cookies” are cookies that have been set by a third party, and therefore not by the actual website on which you are currently located. Please note that disabling cookies may restrict you from using all features of this website.

More features and offers of our website

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you will generally need to provide other personal information that we use to provide the service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) Occasionally, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us and are restricted by our instructions as well as regularly inspected.

(3) Furthermore, we may disclose your personal data to third parties, if joint activities, competitions, contracts or similar services are offered by us together with partners. For more information, please refer to your personal data or below in the description of the offer.

(4) Insofar as our service providers or partners are based in a country outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

Children

Our offer is strictly for adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not submit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or guardians.

Rights of the person concerned

(1) Revocation of consent

If the processing of the personal data is based on a given consent, you have the right to revoke the consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

To exercise your right of withdrawal, please contact us anytime.

(2) Right to confirmation

You have the right to ask the person in charge to confirm that we are processing personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details above.

(3) Right to information

If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:

 

a. the reasoning behind processing;

b. the categories of personal data being processed;

c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations;

d. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data are stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration;

e. the right to rectify or erase personal data concerning you or to a restriction of processing by the responsible person or a right to object to such processing;

f. the right to appeal to a supervisory authority;

g. if the personal data are not collected from the party concerned, all available information regarding the source of the data;

h. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with article 22 (1) and (4) DSGVO

and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on the party concerned.

 

If personal data are transmitted to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate security measures under Article 46 of the DSGVO in connection with the transfer. We can provide you with a copy of the personal data that is subject to processing. For any additional copies you request of your person, we may charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs. If the application is submitted electronically, the information must be provided in a standard electronic format, unless otherwise stated. The right to receive a copy under paragraph 3 shall not affect the rights and freedoms of others.

(4) Right to rectification

You have the right to demand immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

(5) Right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”)

You have the right to request that your personal data is deleted immediately and we are obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following applies:

a. Personal data are no longer required for the intention for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b. The party concerned withdraws the consent on which the processing was based, in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) DSGVO and lacks any other legal basis for the processing.

c. In accordance with Article 21 (1) of the DSGVO, the party concerned objects to the processing and there are no legitimate grounds for processing, or the party concerned objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) DSGVO.

d. The personal data were processed unlawfully.

e. The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or national law to which the responsible person is subject.

f. Personal data were collected in relation to information services offered according to Article 8 (1) of the DSGVO.

If the responsible person has made the personal data publicly available and is required to erase it in accordance with paragraph 1, taking into account, the technology is available and the implementation costs, he/she shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, to inform data responsible persons who process the personal data to inform them that an affected person has requested that they delete all links to such personal data or copies or replications of such personal data.

The right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”) does not exist if the processing is required:

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • to fulfill a legal obligation required by the law of the Union or of the Member States which the responsible person is subject to, or to carry out a task which is in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority delegated to the responsible person;
  • for reasons of public interest in the field of public health, in accordance with Article 9 (2) (h) and (i) and Article 9 (3) DSGVO;
  • for archival purposes of public interest, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes under Article 89 (1) DSGVO, where the law referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously affect the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

(6) Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if any of the following conditions apply:

a. the accuracy of the personal data is disputed by the party concerned for a period allowing the responsible person to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

b. the processing is unlawful and the party concerned refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data;

c. the responsible person no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the party concerned requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or

d. the person concerned has lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the DSGVO, as long as it is not certain that the responsible reasons of the person responsible prevail over those of the person concerned.

If the processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, these personal data will only be stored with the consent of the party concerned or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

In order to exercise the right to limit processing, the party concerned may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.

(7) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data you provide to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transfer that information to another person without hindrance by the responsible person providing the personal information were to be transmitted, provided that:

a. the processing is based on a consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) or a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) DSGVO; and

b. the processing is done using automated procedures.

When exercising the right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to obtain that the personal data are transmitted directly from one responsible person to another, as far as technically feasible. The exercise of the right to data portability is without prejudice to the right of deletion (the right to be forgotten). This right does not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority delegated to the responsible person.

(8) Right to object

You have the right, for reasons of your own particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The responsible person no longer processes the personal data unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the party concerned, or the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, pursuing or defending legal claims.

If personal data is processed in order to operate direct mail, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct mail. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Regarding the use of information society services, regardless of Directive 2002/58 / EC, you can exercise your right to object through automated procedures that use technical specifications.

You have the right, for reasons of your own particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes under Article 89 (1), except when: the processing is necessary to fulfill a public interest task.

The right of objection can be exercised at any time by contacting the respective person responsible.

(9) Automated decisions on a case-by-case basis, including profiling

You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - that will have legal effect or similarly affect you in a similar manner. This does not apply if the decision:

a. necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the party concerned and the responsible person,

b. is permitted by Union or Member State legislation to which the responsible person is subject, and where such legislation contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the party concerned, or

c. with the express consent of the party concerned.

The responsible person shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the party concerned, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the responsible person, to express his or her own position and to challenge the decision.

This right can be exercised by the party concerned at any time by addressing himself/herself to the responsible person.

(10) Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Furthermore, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement, if the party concerned considers that the processing concerns that personal data breaches this Regulation.

(11) Right to effective judicial remedy

Without prejudice to an available administrative or extrajudicial remedy, including the right to complain to a supervisory authority under Article 77 of the DSGVO, shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy if it considers that its rights under this Regulation have not been resolved in accordance with this.

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event of activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within Member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator.

(2) The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

(3) You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. You may also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by using the browser plug-in available under the following link. in download and install: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp ()”. As a result, IP addresses are processed shortened, a person-relatedness can be excluded. Insofar as the data collected about you is assigned a personal reference, it will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. With the statistics we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal information is transferred to the US, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

(6) Third-party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of Use:

www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html Privacy statement: www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the privacy statement: www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

(7) This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can disable the cross-device analysis of your usage under “My Data”,” Personal Information” in your customer account.

Use of social media plugins

(1) We are currently using the following social media plug-ins: Facebook. We use the so-called two-click solution. In other words, when you visit our site, no personal data is initially passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. The provider of the plug-in can be identified by marking the box above with its initial letter or logo. We give you the opportunity to communicate directly with the provider of the plug-in via the button. Only if you click on the marked field and activate it, the plug-in provider receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding website of our online service. In addition, the data collected when visiting our website are transmitted. In the case of Facebook, according to the respective providers in Germany, the IP address is anonymized immediately after collection. By activating the plug-in, personal data will be transmitted by you to the respective plug-in provider and stored there (with US providers in the USA). Since the plug-in provider carries out the data collection, in particular via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies before clicking on the greyed-out box via the security settings of your browser.

(2) We have no influence on the collected data and data processing operations, nor are we aware of the full extent of the data collection, the purpose of the processing, the storage periods. We also have no information to delete the data collected by the plug-in provider.

(3) The plug-in provider saves the data collected about you as usage profiles and uses these for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for non-logged-in users) for the presentation of needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the formation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective plug-in provider to exercise it. The plug-ins allow us to interact with social networks and other users so that we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

(4) The data transfer takes place regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged into the plug-in provider, your data collected from us will be assigned directly to your existing account with the plug-in provider. If, for instance, you press the activated button and link the page, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and shares it publicly with your contacts. We recommend logging out regularly after using a social network, but especially before activating the button, as this will prevent you from being assigned to your profile with the plug-in provider.

(5) For more information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the privacy statements of these providers, which are provided below. There you will also find further information about your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy.

(6) Addresses of the respective plug-in providers and URL with their privacy notices:

a. Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; www.facebook.com/policy.php; For more information about data collection: www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other and www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info. Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US Framework.

Integration of Google Maps

(1) On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly in the website and allow you to conveniently use the map feature.

(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data collected when visiting our website are transmitted. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you’re logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such an evaluation is done in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide appropriate advertising and to inform other users of the social network about their activities on our website. You have a right of objection to the formation of these user profiles, and you must comply with this to Google.

(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider’s privacy statement. You can also find more information about your rights and privacy settings here: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal information in the United States and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US Framework.

Management processing

We use external service providers (processors) for the processing of our homepage. Separate order data processing has been entered into with the service provider to ensure the protection of your personal data.

We work together with the following service providers:

ncn KG, Marienstraße 10-12, 49716 Meppen