Data & Privacy
Structure
– As of January 11th, 2021
1. Preamble
Welcome to our website! We place great value on the protection of your data and the protection of your privacy. In the following, we would like to explain which data we process, when and for what purpose and on what legal basis. We would like to explain to you how our services work and how the protection of your personal data is guaranteed.
According to Art. 4 (1) GDPR, personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly. Further information on this can be found, among other things, in Art. 4 (1) GDPR.
This data protection policy can be accessed, saved and printed out at any time at www.walterscheid-group.com/data-and-privacy
Insofar as we cite our legitimate interest or a legitimate interest of a third party (Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR) as the lawful basis for the processing of personal data, you have a right of objection pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR:
According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to
object to the processing of personal data at any time. We will then no longer process the personal data for the purposes of direct marketing or any related profiling.
We will also not process your personal data for other purposes after an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (see, for example, Art. 21(1) GDPR, so-called “limited right of objection“). In this case, you must provide reasons for the objection that arise from your particular situation.
You may also object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest (cf. Art. 21 (6) GDPR).
We will also refer you to the right to object separately again in the individual sections (e.g. by stating: “You have a right of objection“), if this right exists. There you will also find further information on how to exercise your right to object.
In order to keep the following data protection policy as concise as possible, we refer at various points by means of links to information and data protection notices that can be found on external websites (see also the section “Social networks & External links” in this data protection policy). We make every effort to keep the links that we list in this data protection policy up to date. Nevertheless, due to the constant updating of the websites, it cannot be ruled out that links do not function correctly. If you notice such a link, we would appreciate it if you would inform us so that we can update the link.
2. Controller
The Controller within the meaning of Art. 4 (7) GDPR for the processing of personal data is:
Walterscheid GmbH
Hauptstraße 150
53797 Lohmar
www.walterscheid-group.com
Telefax: +49 22 46 12 – 35 01
e-Mail: gdpr@walterscheid.com
3. Contact for data protection
If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, as well as about your rights regarding data protection, please contact:
Iris Duch, M.L.E.
CLARIUS.LEGAL Rechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft
Neuer Wall 77
20354 Hamburg
4. Log files
When you visit our website, we automatically collect data and information from the system of your device and partially store them in so-called server log files. The data is automatically transferred by your respective browser when you access our website. The following information is recorded:
- The time of the access to our website (request to the server of the host provider),
- URL of the website from which you have accessed our website,
- the operating system you are using,
- Type and version of the browser you use,
- IP address.
The purpose of this processing is the retrievability of our website from your device and to enable a correct display of our website on your device or in your browser. Furthermore, we use the data to optimize our website and to ensure the security of our systems. Another purpose of the processing is to provide a country code (GEO-IP) for the selection of the system language. Processing of your IP address by our system is also necessary to enable delivery of our website to your device. We evaluate the log data for the analysis of the most clicked or read posts.
The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting you with a website optimized for your browser and enabling communication between our server and your terminal device. For the latter, the processing of your IP address is necessary in particular.
The data will be stored by us for a period of 3 months.
The recipient of the data is our server host, Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, which works for us within the framework of an order data agreement.
Right of objection – You have a right of objection
You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (e.g. by e-mail to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
6. Information about Google Services
We use various services of Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland on our website.
You can find more information about the individual concrete services of Google that we use on this website in the following data protection policy.
Google may transfer your data to servers worldwide. This also includes locations in countries without an adequate level of data protection. For the transfer of data, e.g. to the USA, Google has concluded so-called standard data protection clauses in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c) GDPR.
We have no influence on the further data processing by Google, beyond the stated purposes. The information provided therefore only represents our current state of knowledge.
You can find more information on data protection at Google at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
However, Google states that, in principle, the following information (including personal data), among others, may be processed:
- Log data (in particular the IP address)
- Location-related information
- Unique application numbers
- Cookies and similar technologies
Information on the types of cookies used by Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/types.
If you are logged into your Google account, Google may add the processed information to your account and treat it as personal data, depending on your account settings. Google does this by, among other things:
“If you are not signed into a Google account, we store the data we collect with unique identifiers associated with the browser, app, or device you are using. This allows us to ensure, for example, that your language settings are maintained across all browser sessions.
If you are logged into a Google account, we also collect data that we store in your Google account and consider to be personal data.” (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en)
You can prevent this data from being added directly by logging out of your Google account or by making the appropriate account settings in your Google account. Furthermore, you can prevent the installation of cookies – insofar as Google sets them – by making the appropriate settings in your browser; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
How to delete cookies in the most common browsers you can learn here, among other things:
- Google Chrome: Website
- Mozilla Firefox: Website
- Apple Safari: Website
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: Website
You can find more information in Google’s data protection policy, which you can access here:
You can find information on Google’s privacy settings at https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html
Right of objection – You have a right of objection
For this purpose, you can prevent the processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
You can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents future collection of your data when visiting this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
In addition, you can prevent the collection of data by web beacons by downloading and installing the add-on for the respective browser available at the following link: https://adblockplus.org/
Furthermore, 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.
How to delete cookies in the most common browsers and change the cookie settings can be found here, among other things:
Google Chrome: Website
Mozilla Firefox: Website
Apple Safari: Website
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Website
7. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland on our website.
Google Analytics uses “cookies“, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google Analytics may also use so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic to websites can be analyzed. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of our website (including the IP address of users) is transferred to a Google server, possibly in the USA or other third countries, and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google.
Information on the existing standard data protection clauses of Google and further relevant data on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under the section „6. Information on Google services“.
The following types of data are processed by Google:
- Online identifiers (including cookie identifiers)
- IP address
- Device identifiers
In addition, you can find more detailed information on the processed information at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/#infocollect under “Data we receive as a result of your use of our services”, as well as under https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices/.
We use Google Analytics only with activated IP anonymization (“anonymize IP”). This means that your IP address is shortened 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 transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
Furthermore, we have concluded an order processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics (Art. 28 GDPR). Google processes the data on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
By integrating Google Analytics, we pursue the purpose of analyzing user behavior on our website and being able to react to this. This allows us to continuously improve our offer.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our necessary legitimate interest lies in the great benefit that the functions described above have for our offer. In particular, the statistical evaluation of user behavior enables us to respond to the interests of users and optimize our offer.
Within the scope of order processing, Google is entitled to engage subcontractors. A list of these subcontractors can be found at https://privacy.google.com/businesses/subprocessors/
8. Use of Google Maps
We use Google Maps on our website. Google Maps is a service of Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.
The integration of the Google Maps plug-in is done by embedding the service on our website using a so-called “iFrame”. When loading this iFrame, Google may collect information (including personal data) and process it. It cannot be ruled out that Google also transmits the information to a server in a third country.
Information on the existing standard data protection clauses of Google and further relevant data on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under the section „6. Information on Google services“.
We do not collect any data ourselves when you use Google Maps via our website.
By integrating Google Maps, we pursue the purpose of being able to present our address to you as well as provide further information for your journey. Also, through this integration of Google Maps, we can present you places, whereby you are not limited to individual map sections and can independently research distances and the like.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. Our necessary legitimate interest lies in the great benefit that Google Maps offers. Through the integration, we do not have to show the directions to the respective locations on the basis of directions sketches or the like but allow each user to plan his own journey. Google also has a legitimate interest in the collected (personal) data to improve its own services.
Right of objection – you have a right of objection
You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (e.g. by e-mail to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
You can find more information in Google’s data protection policy, which you can access here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/
You can find information on Google’s privacy settings at https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in
9. Google Ads (formerly: Google AdWords)
This website uses Google AdWords and, as part of Google AdWords, conversion tracking, an online advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking is an analytics service provided by Google. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a so-called “cookie”, a text file, is stored on your device, which enables an analysis of the use of the websites visited by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States or other third countries. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days. If you visit certain websites of ours and the stored cookie has not yet expired, it is recognizable for Google and us that someone has clicked on the ad and thus been redirected to our website.
Information on the existing standard data protection clauses of Google and further relevant data on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under the section „6. Information on Google services“.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. By being able to evaluate the success of individual offers, the (insert responsible party) can, among other things, react in a targeted manner to market behavior and place its offers in the best possible way for interested users. Google also has a legitimate interest in the collected (personal) data in order to improve its own services.
You can object to the processing of this data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR. To do so, you can deactivate the settings for personalized advertising at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en. Furthermore, you can prevent the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser.
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
10. Google AdSense
We also use functions of the online advertising service Google AdSense on our website. Google AdSense is a service of Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.
Google AdSense is a service provided by Google to display Google advertisements from advertisers on third-party websites. We provide Google with corresponding advertising space on our website through the integration of Google AdSense.
Google AdSense uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyze how users use the sites they visit. Google AdSense may also use so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this offer can be evaluated. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States or other third countries. In this way, Google can tell you on which website a use of the advertising medium has taken place in order to be able to allocate a commission to the website operator.
Information on the existing standard data protection clauses of Google and further relevant data on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under the section “6. Information on Google services”.
In addition, you can find more detailed information about the information processed at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/#infocollect under “Data we receive as a result of your use of our services” as well at ashttps://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices/.
By integrating Google AdSense, we pursue the purpose of being able to offer you interest-related advertisements and to be able to finance our offer through the successful use of advertising material.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our necessary legitimate interest lies in the great benefit that the functions described above have for our offer. We have a legitimate interest in presenting you with interest-based advertising on our website in order to achieve the highest possible success rate of the advertising medium.
The data is only stored as long as it is required for the provision of the function.
Right of objection – you have a right of objection
To do this, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
In addition, you have the option to disable Google’s interest-based ads according to the instructions via the following link: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en.
Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data by web beacons by downloading and installing the add-on for the respective browser available at the following link:
How to delete cookies in the most common browsers you can learn here, among other things:
Google Chrome: Website
Mozilla Firefox: Website
Apple Safari: Website
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Website
You can find more information in Google’s privacy notices, which you can access here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/
You can find information on Google’s privacy settings at: https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
11. Use of YouTube
We use videos from YouTube on our website. YouTube is a service provided by YouTube LLC („YouTube“), 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC (“Google”), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The integration of YouTube takes place by embedding the service on our website by means of a so-called “iFrame”. When loading this iFrame, YouTube or Google may collect information (including personal data) and process it. It cannot be ruled out that YouTube or Google also transmits the information to a server in a third country.
Information on the existing standard data protection clauses of Google and further relevant data on data processing by Google in the context of the use of Google services can be found in this privacy policy under the section “6. Information on Google services”.
We use YouTube in the so-called “Enhanced Privacy Mode”. According to the information provided by Google, this allows a video to be played without the user behavior being recorded by cookies. We do not collect any data ourselves when you watch a YouTube video on our site.
By integrating YouTube, we pursue the purpose of being able to present various videos to you on our website so that you can watch them directly on our website.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. Our necessary legitimate interest lies in the great benefit that YouTube offers. By integrating external videos, we relieve our servers and can use corresponding resources elsewhere. This can, among other things, increase the stability of our servers. YouTube and Google also have a legitimate interest in the collected (personal) data in order to improve their own services.
Right of objection – You have a right of objection
You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (e.g. by e-mail to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
Furthermore, you can change your cookie settings (e.g. delete cookies, block cookies, etc.). You can find more information on this under “5. Cookies“.
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
12. Use of Myfonts
a) MyFonts Fonts
We use external fonts from MyFonts on our website. “MyFonts” is a service of MyFonts Inc., 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, MA 01801, USA. MyFonts, Inc. belongs to the company Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
The integration of the fonts takes place via an interface (“API”). By integrating the fonts, “MyFonts” may collect information (including personal data, including your IP address) and process it. It cannot be ruled out that “MyFonts” also transmits the information to a server in a third country.
We do not collect any data ourselves, in the context of providing the fonts.
By integrating fonts, we pursue the purpose of being able to display uniform font types on your device.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. Our necessary legitimate interest lies in the great benefit that a uniform display of fonts offers. Through the possibility of a uniform presentation, we keep the design effort lower than if we had to react to font standards of different operating systems or browsers with our own graphically adapted web pages. Furthermore, MyFonts has a legitimate interest in the collected (personal) data in order to improve its own services.
Right of objection – You have a right of objection
You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (e.g. by email to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
You can also find more information at the following link:
https://www.monotype.com/legal/terms-and-conditions-of-business/#Privacy
b) MyFonts Counter
In addition, we use the web analytics service “MyFonts Counter” on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by MyFonts Inc., 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, MA 01801, USA. MyFonts, Inc. belongs to the company Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
In this case, tracking is carried out due to the license terms of MyFonts. Through this tracking, the number of visits to our website is counted for statistical purposes and transmitted to MyFonts. It is not excluded that MyFonts processes your IP address.
More information can also be found at the following link:
https://www.monotype.com/legal/terms-and-conditions-of-business/#Privacy
14. Use of OHP CM-Expert-Cloud / CM- Software
As a registered customer, you are able to use our Monitoring Cloud to test the functioning of your machines. Measurement data which are collected via the machines’ sensors are evaluated and displayed by it in real time. Alarm thresholds which indicate when limit values have been exceeded can be set in the system. Speed, acceleration, RMS, imbalance, alignment and BIAS trends, as well as the speed signal, are displayed and can be compared with one another in individually selected time windows. Raw signals and the FFT analysis make a quick overview of the current situation and developments possible. The relationship with the actual situation becomes transparent via an individually configurable visualisation. With its link to the respective site software, all current methods of analysis are also available.
To fully use the services provided by the Cloud, you must first register. In addition to setting your access data (user name and password), it is necessary to register your name, company, telephone number and email address, including details of anyone deputising for you, in order to guarantee secure and prompt communication of alarm messages and to pass on recommended actions. The legal basis for this is art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR, as it is necessary to process your data in order to make the service available. Registration is also necessary in order to identify you unambiguously, and has the purpose of preventing misuse or unauthorised access.
Your personal data will be stored for the duration of the contractual relationship and deleted after it has ended, taking into account statutory storage requirements.
You have the right to object to the use of your data at any time. However, providing personal data is necessary for concluding the contract and using the service. Failure to provide data would therefore under circumstances have the consequence that you would no longer be able to use the service, unless you make an alternative user available.
15. Contact form
On our website there is a contact form which you can use to contact us electronically. If you contact us via this contact form, the data entered in the input fields will be processed by us.
This includes the following data as mandatory information:
- e-mail address
- First name
- Surname
- The information that results in each case from the message text
- Reason for initiating us
In addition, you can add further data as voluntary information. This may simplify and accelerate the processing of your request. The following data is potentially affected:
- Salutation
- Phone number
- Company
- Street and house number
- Postal code and town
- The information that results in each case from the message text
Mandatory and voluntary data are treated equally by us. The mandatory information is necessary to contact you and process your request.
When sending the message, the following data is also stored:
- Your IP address
- Date and time of submission
Please note that the scope of the personal data collected in the context of the contact form also depends on the data you yourself disclose in the message text in the contact form.
The purpose of processing the personal data within the scope of the mandatory information as well as the voluntary information is to process the contact request and to be able to contact the inquirer in order to answer the request. The other personal data processed during sending (IP address, date and time of sending) are used to prevent misuse of our contact form.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to offer you the possibility to contact us at any time so that we can answer your inquiries.
The personal data is only processed as long as it is necessary for the provision of the function.
The additional personal data collected during the submission of the contact form will be deleted after 60 days at the latest.
1. Right of objection
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (e.g. by email to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
16. Contact
You have the possibility to contact us by mail, by phone, by fax or by e-mail.
If you contact us by mail, we may process in particular your address data (e.g. last name, first name, street, city, postal code), date and time of receipt of the mail as well as the data resulting from your letter itself.
If you contact us by telephone, we may in particular process your telephone number and, if necessary, your name, e-mail address, time of call and details of your request during the conversation.
If you contact us by fax, we may in particular process the fax number or the sender ID as well as the data resulting from the fax.
When contacting us by e-mail, your e-mail address, the time of the e-mail as well as the data resulting from the message text (including attachments, if applicable) will be processed.
The purpose of processing the above-mentioned data is to process the contact request and to be able to contact the inquirer in order to respond to the request.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data described here is art. 6 para 1 letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to offer you the possibility to contact us at any time and to be able to answer your inquiries.
The personal data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
1. Right of objection
You have the right to object. You can send or notify us of your objection at any time (eg. by email to gdpr@walterscheid.com).
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide the data may result in you not being able to use our website or not being able to use it to its full extent.
18. Data security
We secure our website and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons. Despite regular checks, however, complete protection against all dangers is not possible.
19. Change to data protection policy
Modification in the law or changes in our internal company processes may make it necessary to revise this privacy policy. If we make such a modification, we will inform you of this at the start of the privacy policy.
20. Revocation
You have the right to revoke consent once given with effect for the future at any time, without the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation being affected thereby.
21. Data subject rights
In principle, you have the following rights:
- Right of information (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right of objection (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Right of erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18f. GDPR)
- Right of data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
For requests of this nature, please contact gdpr@walterscheid.com. Please note that for such requests, we must ensure that it is indeed the data subject.
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. Automated decision making does not take place on our website.
17. Social networks & external links
In addition to this website, we also maintain presences in various social media, which you can access via corresponding buttons on our website. If you visit such a presence, personal data may be transmitted to the provider of the social network.
We would like to point out that user data may also be transmitted to a server in a third country and thus processed outside the European Union.
It is possible that in addition to the storage of the data specifically entered by you in this social medium, further information is also processed by the provider of the social network.
In addition, the provider of the social network may process the most important data of the computer system from which you visit it – for example, your IP address, the processor type and browser version used, including plug-ins.
If you are logged in with your personal user account of the respective network while visiting such a website, this network can assign the visit to this account.
The purpose and scope of the data collection by the respective medium and the further processing of your data there as well as your rights in this regard can be found in the respective provisions of the respective responsible party.
We would also like to point out that our website contains further links to external third-party websites, whereby we have no influence on the processing of data on these third-party websites.
17a. Facebook
i. Fan Page
We operate a Facebook fan page of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”), in order to communicate there with you and other interested parties, among other things, and to provide information about Walterscheid and our range of products and services.
We process the following categories of data:
Due to the constant development of Facebook, the availability and processing of the data changes, so for more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Please note:
Facebook also determines the IP address of the user for logged-in visitors. If you are a member of Facebook and are logged in with your Facebook profile at the same time as visiting our “Fan page”, Facebook links your visit to your personal user account.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest as stated above.
ii. Facebook Insights
Via the so-called “Insights” of the Facebook page, statistical data of different categories are available for the operators of the “Fan page”. These statistics are generated and provided by Facebook. This function cannot be turned off and the generation and processing of the data cannot be prevented. You can obtain further information under the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/144825579583746?helpref=search&sr=15&query=insights
In the context of the processing of personal data for the Insights statistics, we and Facebook, are joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. In this course, Facebook provides an agreement, which you can find here: Facebook-Sights-Insights-Supplement.
For a selectable period of time and for each of the categories fans, subscribers, people reached and people interacting, the following data is currently provided by Facebook:
Total number of page views, “Like” votes, page activity, post interactions, reach, video views, post reach, comments, shared content, responses, proportion of men and women, origin based on country and city, language, views and clicks in the store, clicks on route planners, clicks on phone numbers. Data on the Facebook groups linked to our Facebook page is also provided in this way.
For us, no direct personal reference can be established, but for Facebook.
Due to the constant development of Facebook, the availability and processing of the data changes, so that for more information, please refer to Facebook’s data protection policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you and to use the reach strength of Facebook.
Other:
We have no influence on data that is processed by Facebook under its own responsibility in accordance with Facebook’s terms of use. You can find more information on this in Facebook’s data protection policy. For the transfer of data e.g. to the USA, Facebook has concluded so-called standard data protection clauses according to Art. 46 (2) lit. c) GDPR.
Insofar as we process your personal data when operating the Fan page, you are entitled to the rights stated in this data protection policy. If you also wish to assert your rights against Facebook, the easiest way to do so is to contact Facebook directly. Facebook knows both the details of the technical operation of the platform and the associated data processing as well as the specific purposes of the data processing and can implement appropriate measures upon request if you exercise your rights. We will be happy to support you in asserting your rights to the extent that we are able to do so and forward your requests to Facebook.
17b. Instagram
i. Instagram page
We operate an Instagram page of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”), in order to communicate there with you and other interested parties, among other things, and to provide information about Walterscheid and our range of products and services.
We process the following categories of data:
Due to the constant development of Instagram, the availability and processing of the data changes, so for more information please refer to the data protection policy of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Please note:
Facebook also determines the IP address of the user for logged-in visitors. If you are a member of Instagram or Facebook and are logged in with your Facebook profile at the same time as visiting our ” Instagram page”, Facebook links your visit to your personal user account.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR based on our above-mentioned legitimate interest.
ii. Instagram Insights
Via the so-called “Insights” of the Instagram page, statistical data of different categories are retrievable for us. These statistics are generated and provided by Facebook. This function cannot be turned off and the generation and processing of the data cannot be prevented. For more information, please contact Instagram at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
In the context of the processing of personal data for Insights statistics, we and Facebook, are joint Controllers pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. In this course, Facebook provides an agreement, which you can find here: Facebook-Sights-Insights-Supplement.
Part of the data collected by Facebook during use is provided to us as a statistical evaluation in anonymized form. This statistical evaluation only relates to the audience, content and activity on our Instagram page.
The analysis includes the following data:
Number of “likes” of our photos and videos, number of comments on our photos and videos, number of people who saw a photo or video, number of times a photo or video was shared, number of times a photo or video was reported as spam, number of times it was clicked that the user no longer likes the page.
For us, no direct personal reference can be established, but for Facebook.
Due to the constant development of Instagram, the availability and processing of the data changes, so that for further information, please refer to the data protection policy of Instagram at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you and to use the reach strength of Instagram.
Other:
We have no influence on data that is processed by Facebook under its own responsibility in accordance with Facebook’s terms of use. You can find more information on this in Facebook’s data protection policy. For the transfer of data e.g. to the USA, Facebook has concluded so-called standard data protection clauses according to Art. 46 (2) lit. c) GDPR.
To the extent that we process your personal data when operating the Instagram page, you are entitled to the rights set forth in this data protection policy. If you also wish to assert your rights against Facebook, the easiest way to do so is to contact Facebook directly. Facebook knows both the details of the technical operation of the platform and the associated data processing as well as the specific purposes of the data processing and can implement appropriate measures upon request if you exercise your rights. We will be happy to support you in asserting your rights to the extent that we are able to do so and forward your requests to Facebook.
17c. LinkedIn
We make use of the information service and technical platform offered by LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as: LinkedIn).
We would like to inform you that you use this site and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating). When you visit this site, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is present on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of this site, with statistical information about the use of this site. The data collected about you in this context is processed by LinkedIn and, if necessary, transferred to countries outside the European Union. What information LinkedIn receives and how it is used is described in general terms by LinkedIn in its data usage guidelines and data protection guidelines. There you will also find information on how to contact LinkedIn. The data use policy and complete data policy are available at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=en_EN
We do not know how LinkedIn uses the data from visits to LinkedIn pages for its own purposes, to what extent activities on the LinkedIn page are assigned to individual users, how long LinkedIn stores this data and whether data from a visit to the LinkedIn page is passed on to third parties.
When accessing a LinkedIn page, the IP address assigned to your end device is transmitted to LinkedIn. LinkedIn also stores information about the end devices of its users (e.g. as part of the “login notification” function); LinkedIn may thus be able to assign IP addresses to individual users.
If you are currently logged in to LinkedIn as a user, a cookie with your LinkedIn ID is located on your end device. This enables LinkedIn to track that you have visited this page and how you have used it. This also applies to all other LinkedIn pages. Via LinkedIn buttons embedded in websites, it is possible for LinkedIn to record your visits to these website pages and assign them to your LinkedIn profile. Based on this data, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you.
If you want to avoid this, you should log out of LinkedIn or disable the “stay logged in” feature, delete the cookies present on your device, and exit and restart your browser. In this way, LinkedIn information through which you can be directly identified will be deleted. This allows you to use our LinkedIn page without revealing your LinkedIn identifier. When you access interactive features of the site (like, comment, share, news, etc.), a LinkedIn login screen will appear. After any login, you will again be recognizable to LinkedIn as a specific user.
For information on how to manage or delete information about you, please visit the following LinkedIn support pages: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=en_EN
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest to communicate with you, to inform you and to use the reach strength of LinkedIn.