Privacy policy

1 Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the controller

1. We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
2. The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is PW Group GmbH, Am Mittlerer Moos 53, 86167 Augsburg, Germany, Tel.: + 49 (0) 821 / 650 47 383, E-Mail: irina.weizel@pwgroup.de. The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
3. This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock icon in your browser line.

Data collection when you visit our website

1. If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you: Our website visited Date and time at the time of access Amount of data sent in bytes Source/reference from which you came to the page Browser used Operating system used IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form) The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

Cookies

1. In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable your browser to be recognised the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. The duration of the respective cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
2. In some cases, the cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
3. Please note that you can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:
4. Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14 Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
5. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Contact

1. The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below: Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have a right to information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if it has not been collected by us, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, the existence of automated decision-making. Informative information about the logic involved and the scope of such processing concerning you and the intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees in place pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in the event of the transfer of your data to third countries; Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us; Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, this right does not exist in particular where the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data that you contest is verified, if you refuse to delete your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data if you use your data to assert, exercise or defence of legal claims after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have objected on grounds of your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons prevail; Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients. Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another controller.to the extent that this is technically feasible; Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned without undue delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent before the revocation; Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
2. RIGHT
   TO OBJECT IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
   IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
   IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

Duration of storage of personal data

1. The duration of the storage of personal data is determined on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
2. In the case of the processing of personal data on the basis of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject revokes his or her consent.
3. If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the framework of legal or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in further storage.
4. When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
5. Bei der Verarbeitung von personenbezogenen Daten zum Zwecke der Direktwerbung auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO werden diese Daten so lange gespeichert, bis der Betroffene sein Widerspruchsrecht nach Art. 21 Abs. 2 DSGVO ausübt.
6. Sofern sich aus den sonstigen Informationen dieser Erklärung über spezifische Verarbeitungssituationen nichts anderes ergibt, werden gespeicherte personenbezogene Daten im Übrigen dann gelöscht, wenn sie für die Zwecke, für die sie erhoben oder auf sonstige Weise verarbeitet wurden, nicht mehr notwendig sind.