Data privacy
This data protection declaration applies to the use of the website www.westholt.de (hereinafter "website"). We attach great importance to data protection. The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). We collect and process your personal data in order to provide you with the services offered on our website.
1. General Informations
This statement describes how and for what purpose your data is collected and used and what rights you have in connection with personal data. By using this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. General information This privacy statement is intended to inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website and related services.
1.1 Processing of personal data
Personal data within the meaning of Article 4 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, etc., which is processed by us.
1.2 Responsible party
The responsible party for the processing of personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 (7) DSGVO is Wilhelm Westholt GmbH, Zeißstraße 9, 50171 Kerpen, Germany, contact: Phone: +49 2237 6583 100, Email: mail@westholt.de (hereinafter "We").
1.3 Rights of the data subject
As a user of our site, you have the following rights as a data subject with regard to the personal data concerning you: Right to information, right to correction and/or deletion, right to restriction of processing, right to object to processing, right to data portability. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.
1.4 Passing on personal data
As a matter of principle, we only use your personal information within our own company to provide the services you have requested. Furthermore, we do not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent, in particular not for advertising purposes. Your personal data will only be passed on if you yourself have consented to the data being passed on or if we are entitled or obliged to do so on the basis of statutory provisions and/or official or court orders. In particular, this may involve the disclosure of information for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger or to enforce intellectual property rights.
2. Collection and processing of personal data when visiting our website
2.1 General use of the website
In the case of merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, 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 to you and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO): IP address Date and time of the request Content of the request (specific page) respective amount of data transmitted Website from which the request came (referrer URL) Browser Operating system and its interface Language and version of the browser software End device Screen resolution Screen colour depth Flash support Javascript support Logins and logoffs In the case of merely informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server and that are technically necessary for the display of our website and to ensure stability and security.
2.2 E-mail contact
If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), we store your details for processing the enquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise. We only store and use further personal data if you consent to this or if this is legally permissible without special consent. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) b DSGVO.
2.3 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by visitors to the site is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by 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. As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you must click this link again): Google Analytics deactivate.
2.4 Legal basis and storage period
The legal basis for data processing in accordance with the above point 2.3. is Art 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. Our interests in processing data are to ensure the operation and security of the website, to study the way visitors use the website, and to facilitate the use of the website. Unless specifically stated, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes pursued. Objection to or revocation of the processing of your data If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time. Such a revocation will affect the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us. Where we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which is shown by us in each case in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we continue the processing. Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the contact details provided under the person responsible (see 1.2. above). Transfer of data to third parties, no data transfer to non-EU countries In principle, we only use your personal data within our company. If and to the extent that we involve third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), they will only receive personal data to the extent that the transfer is necessary for the corresponding service. In the event that we outsource certain parts of data processing ("commissioned processing"), we contractually oblige commissioned data processors to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws and to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject. Data transfer to entities or persons outside the EU outside the cases mentioned in this statement under section
Status of this Data protection declaration: September 2023