Source: https://www.wachendorff-encoders.com/privacy-policy-cn/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 14:16:21+00:00

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We at Wachendorff Automation GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter referred to as WACHENDORFF) are pleased that you are interested in our company and our website. We take the protection of your privacy very seriously and are always striving to process all personal data in compliance with the applicable data protection/privacy laws.
If you should need further clarifications related to data protection/privacy or have questions about data protection/privacy at WACHENDORFF, please do not hesitate to contact our third party data protection officer.
Whenever you visit our websites, an anonymized version of the IP address of your Internet service provider, the website from which you are transferred to visit us along with the web pages you visit on our sites as well as the date and duration of your site visit are stored by us. Hence, it is not possible to trace you as a person and we use the data received exclusively for statistical purposes.
We use Google Analytics to record this data. This is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files that are stored on your computer and that make it possible to analyze the use of our website by you. On our websites, the Google Analytics code has been extended with the tag “gat._anonymize I p ();.” It ensures the anonymized recording of IP addresses (this solution is called “IP masking”).
We use Hotjar, with the aim of better understanding the needs of our users and to optimize our website presentation accordingly. With the assistance of Hotjar’s technology, we are able to better understand the experiences of our users (e.g. how much time do users spend on which pages, which links do they click, what they like and don’t like, etc.). This helps us to tailor our site to the feedback we receive from our users. Hotjar works with cookies and other technologies to collect information about our users’ behavior patterns and their end devices (in particular the IP address of the device [which is recorded and archived in anonymized formats only], the screen size, type of device [Unique Device Identifiers], information about the browser used, the location (country only), preferred language the website is displayed in). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither we nor Hotjar will use the information to identify individual users or to merge them with other data related to individual users. For more information, please consult Hotjar’s Data Protection Declaration here.
You have the option to prevent the archiving of a user profile and of information about your visit to our website by Hotjar and the setting of Hotjar tracking cookies on other websites by clicking this Opt-Out-Link.
You are providing the personal data you are transmitting over the Internet (e.g. your name, address or e-mail address) on a voluntary basis. The data you share will be used to correspond with you or will be processed for the purpose for which you have provided the data to us.
If you explicitly request it, we will on occasion notify you via newsletter of interesting product and service offers. You have the option to informally unsubscribe from this service at any time.
We do not share your personal data with third parties. The data you provide to us will be used by WACHENDORFF employees to process your inquiry. For further handling of your request, we may pass on your data to a qualified technical WACHENDORFF Distributor in your respective region or to our associate company Wachendorff Prozesstechnik GmbH & Co. KG.
Principally, we collect and use personal data of our users only if they are required for the provision of a functional website as well as for the provision of our content and services. We consistently collect and use personal data of our users only after obtaining our users’ consent. The only exceptions from this rule are cases in which it is impossible to obtain prior consent for specific reasons and the processing of such data is permitted by respective statutory provisions.
If we obtain the consent of the Data Subject (the person whose data we collect), this occurs on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as the legal foundation for the processing of personal data.
When we process personal data required for the fulfillment of a contract to which the Data Subject is a party, Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR provides the legal foundation for such processing. This applies also to processing transactions that are necessary to perform pre-contractual actions.
If the processing of personal data should be necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation our company is subject to, Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. c GDPR provides the respective legal foundation.
In the event that life sustaining interests of the Data Subject or any other natural person mandate the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. d GDPR provides the legal basis for such actions.
If the processing of personal data is necessary to protect legitimate interests of our company or of a third party and if the fundamental interests and freedoms of the Data Subject do not outweigh the aforementioned interests, Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR provides the legal foundation for data processing.
Every time our website is accessed on the Internet, our system automatically records data and information obtained from the computer system of the accessing computer.
These data are also archived in the logfiles of our system. This does not pertain to the user’s IP addresses or other data that make it possible to allocate the data to a user. These data are not archived along with other personal data of the user.
The legal foundation for the temporary storage of data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to make it possible to release the website for access to user’s computer. To be able to do this, the user’s IP address must remain archived for the duration of the user’s session.
These purposes also establish our legitimate interest in the processing of data pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The data shall be eradicated as soon as they are no longer required for the attainment of the purpose of their collection. In the event that data is recorded to provide access to the website, this occurs as soon as the respective session has ended.
The recording of the data for the provision of access to the website and the archiving of data in logfiles is mandatory for the operation of the website. Hence, the user does not have any option to object to such activities.
The data generated in this manner is anonymized with the assistance of technical solutions. Once this anonymous data has been generated, it impossible to allocate the data to the accessing user. The data are not archived along with our personal user data.
For information on how the storage of cookies in browser settings can be prevented, please go to the very beginning of our Data Protection Declaration and find the instructions under Anonymity.
The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to generate user profiles.
We use analysis cookies with the aim of improving the quality and contents of our website. Analysis cookies tell us how the website is being used, which allows us to continuously optimize our presentation.
These purposes also establish our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Cookies are stored on the computer of the user and sent to our website by the user’s device. computer. Hence, you as the user have complete control over the utilization of cookies. By changing the settings of your web browser, you can deactivate the transmission of cookies completely or restrict it. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. An automatic deactivation option is also available. However, if cookies are deactivated for use of our website, you may not be able to use all functions of the website in their entirety.
The transmission of flash cookies cannot be prevented by changing your browser settings; however, you can do this by changing the settings of the Flash Player.
In conjunction with the registration process, your consent to the processing of the data is obtained and you are directed to review this Data Protection Declaration.
If you acquire merchandise or services on our website and provide your e-mail address in conjunction with your order, it may subsequently be used by us to send a newsletter. In such cases, only direct advertising for our own, similar goods or services will be sent to you in the newsletter.
We do not share any data with third parties in connection with the data processing for the sending of newsletters. The data will be used exclusively for the sending of our newsletter.
The legal foundation for the processing of data after the user has subscribed to the newsletter, if user’s consent has been obtained is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal foundation for the sending of the newsletter based on the purchase of goods or services is § 7 Sect. 3 UWG.
The e-mail address of the user is obtained to send the newsletter to the proper address. The collection of any other personal data in conjunction with the registration process is to prevent the misuse of our services or of the used e-mail address.
The data shall be eradicated as soon it is no longer required to attain the purposes for which they were collected in the first place. Consequently, the user’s e-mail address will be archived as long as the newsletter subscription remains active.
The Data Subject (user) may cancel the newsletter subscription at any time. A link that allows users to do this will be provided in every newsletter.
In conjunction with the sending process, we will obtain your consent to the processing of data and you will be directed to consult this Data Protection Declaration.
Alternatively, you have the option to contact us using the provided e-mail address. In this case, the personal data of the user sent in the e-mail will be stored.
In this context, no data will be shared with third parties. The data will be used exclusively to process the conversation.
The legal basis for the processing of the data if the user’s consent has been obtained is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal foundation for the processing of data sending in conjunction with an e-mail, is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact aims at entering into a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We process personal data obtained through entry screen entries solely for the handling of the contact request. If we have been contacted by a user via e-mail this also establishes the required legitimate interest in the processing of the data.
Any other personal data processed in conjunction with the e-mail sending process is used to prevent the misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
The data shall be eradicated as soon it is no longer required to attain the purposes for which they were collected in the first place. For data obtained from the entry screen of the contact form and those sent via e-mail, this occurs when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation has ended once we can determine from the circumstances that the related subject matter has definitely been resolved.
Any additional data collected during the sending process shall be deleted no later than seven days after their collection.
The user has the option to at any time informally revoke the consent given for the processing of personal data. If the user contacts us via e-mail, the user may object to the archiving of any personal data at any time. In such a case, it will not be possible to continue the conversation.
All personal data that has been archived in conjunction with the initiation of contact will be deleted in this case.
You have the option to demand a confirmation from the Data Controller as to whether personal data related with you are being processed by us.
(8) The existence of an automated decision-making tool, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 Sect. 1 and 4 GDPR and – at least in cases where this applies – meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope of the former as well as the desired effects of this type of processing for the Data Subject.
You have the right to demand information as to whether the personal data affiliated with you is transmitted to a country outside of the European Union and the European Economic Area or to an international organization. In this context, you have the right to demand that the appropriate guarantees in place pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer are disclosed to you.
You are entitled to rectification and/or completion by the Data Controller if the personal data affiliated with you that has been processed is incorrect or incomplete. The Data Controller must make the corrections immediately.
(4) If you have filed an objection against the processing of the data pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR and it is not yet definite whether the grounds of the Data Controller outweigh your grounds.
If the processing of the personal data affiliated with you has been restricted, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or based on grounds of important public interest of the European Union or one of its member states.
If the restriction of data processing has been imposed in compliance with the above conditions, you will be notified by the Data Controller before the restriction is lifted.
(1) The personal data affiliated with you are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or processed in any other way.
(2) You are revoking your consent based on which the processing of the data was based pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 Sect. 2 lit. a GDPR; and there is no other legal foundation for the processing of these data.
(3) You are objecting to the processing of these data pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR and there are no other prioritized grounds for the processing of the former or you are objecting to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 2 GDPR.
(4) The personal data affiliated with you were unlawfully processed.
(5) The eradication of the personal data affiliated with you is necessary to fulfill al legal obligation based on European Union law or the laws of any of the member states of the EU the Data Controller is governed by.
(6) The personal data affiliated with you were collected in reference to services offered by the information society pursuant to Art. 8 Sect. 1 GDPR.
If the Data Controller has published the personal data affiliated with you and if the Data Controller must eradicate these data pursuant to Art. 17 Sect. 1 GDPR, the Data Controller, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable precautions, including those that are technical in nature, to notify those responsible for the processing of the personal data that you as the Data Subject have demanded the deletion of all links to said personal data or of copies or reproductions of these personal data.
(5) For the claiming, exercising and defense of legal entitlements.
If you have exercised your right to rectification, eradication or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the Data Controller, the Data Controller must notify all recipients to whom the personal data affiliated with you has been disclosed, of this rectification, eradication or of the restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or is affiliated with disproportionate expenditures.
You are entitled to receive information about these recipients from the Data Controller.
(2) Processing was performed with automated support.
When you are exercising this right you also have the right to demand that the personal data affiliated with you is directly transmitted from one data controller to another data controller, if this is technically feasible. This must not infringe upon the freedoms and rights of other individuals.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is required for the performance of a task that is in the public’s interest or that is being performed in an act of public power that has been assigned to the Data Controller.
You have the right to at any time object to the processing of personal data affiliated with for reasons arising from your special situation, if this processing occurs on the grounds of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. e or f GDPR. This shall also apply to any profiling based on the aforementioned provisions.
As a result, the Data Controller shall no longer process the personal data affiliated with you, unless the Data Controller is in a position to prove compelling protection worthy grounds for the processing of the data that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the claiming, exercising or defense of legal entitlements.
If the personal data affiliated with you should be processed to engage in direct advertising, you have the right to raise objections against the processing of the personal data affiliated with you for such advertising purposes at any time; this shall also apply to any profiling affiliated with such direct advertising.
If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, the personal data affiliated with you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
You have the option to exercise your right to object in connection with the use of services of the information society – Directive 2002/58/EU notwithstanding – using automated methods for which technical specifications will be used.
You have the right to revoke your data protection law related declaration of consent at any time. Your revocation of consent shall not affect the legitimacy of the processing of data prior to this revocation.
Nevertheless, such decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 Sect. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 Sect. 2 lit. a or g applies and reasonable precautions to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests have been made.
With regard to the cases mentioned under (1) and (3), the Data Controller shall take reasonable precautions to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, which shall include at least the right to cause the intervention of a person at Data Controller’s end, on the representation of your own stance and the contestation of the decision.
Any other administrative or in-court legal recourse notwithstanding, you have the right to log a complaint with a supervisory/regulatory agency, in particular in the EU member state where you are located, the location of your workplace or the location of the alleged violation, if you are of the opinion that the processing of the personal data affiliated with you violates the GDPR.
The supervisory/regulatory agency the complaint has been logged with shall notify the claimant of the status and the results of the complaint, including the option to take legal resource in a court of law pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

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