Privacy policy

We are pleased that you are visiting our website. The protection and security of your personal information when using our website is very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you at this point which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purposes it is used.

This privacy policy applies to the internet offer of EWS Weigele GmbH & Co Kg, which is accessible under the domain https://www.ews-tools.de as well as the various subdomains ("our website"), as well as apps and other services of EWS Weigele GmbH & Co KG.

Responsible

for the processing of personal data in the sense of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO)

EWS Weigele GmbH & Co KG

represented by the managing director Matthias Weigele Maybachstr. 1, 73066 Uhingen, Germany

Data protection officer

GALILEO Data Protection Lawyers rme[at]galileo-ds.de Tel.: 089 / 20 60 41 42 00

This privacy policy meets the legal requirements for transparency in the processing of personal data. This is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as your name, age, address, telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address, IP address or user behavior when visiting a website. Information for which we cannot establish a link to your person (or can only do so with a disproportionate effort), e.g. through anonymization, is not personal data. The processing of personal data (e.g. the collection, retrieval, use, storage or transmission) always requires a legal basis and a defined purpose.

Stored personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the processing has been achieved and there are no legitimate grounds for further storage of the data. We will inform you in the individual processing operations about the specific storage periods or criteria for storage. Irrespective of this, we store your personal data in individual cases for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and if there are legal storage obligations.

We only disclose your personal data that we process on our website to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes and is covered by the legal basis in the individual case (e.g. consent or safeguarding legitimate interests). In addition, we disclose personal data to third parties in individual cases if this serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. Possible recipients may then be, for example, law enforcement agencies, lawyers, auditors, courts, etc.

Insofar as we use service providers for the operation of our website, who process personal data on our behalf within the scope of commissioned processing pursuant to Art. 28 DSGVO, they may be recipients of your personal data. You can find more detailed information on the use of commissioned processors as well as web services in the overview of the individual processing operations.

Cookies are small text files that are sent by us to the browser of your end device when you visit our website and stored there. As an alternative to the use of cookies, information can also be stored in the local storage of your browser. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies or local storage (technically necessary cookies). Other cookies, on the other hand, enable us to perform various analyses, so that we are able, for example, to recognize the browser you are using when you visit our website again and to transmit various information to us (non-necessary cookies). With the help of cookies, we can, among other things, make our website more user-friendly and effective for you by, for example, tracking your use of our website and determining your preferred settings (e.g. country and language settings). If third parties are informed about C

We provide information about the respective services for which we use cookies in the individual processing operations. Detailed information about the cookies used can be found in the [Cookie Settings of this Privacy Policy / Consent Manager].

In the following, we inform you about the individual processing operations, the scope and purpose of the data processing, the legal basis, the obligation to provide your data and the respective storage period. An automated decision in individual cases, including profiling, does not take place.

When calling up and using our website, we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. The following information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file:

• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the accessed file
• Website from which the access is made (referrer URL)
• Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider

[Our website is not hosted by ourselves, but by a service provider who processes the aforementioned data on our behalf pursuant to Art. 28 DSGVO for the purpose of providing the website].

The processing is carried out to protect our overriding legitimate interest in displaying our website and ensuring security and stability on the basis of Art. 6 para. lit. f DSGVO. The collection of data and storage in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. There is no right to object to the processing due to the exception under Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO. Insofar as the further storage of log files is required by law, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide the data, however, calling up our website without providing the data is technically not possible.

The aforementioned data is stored for the duration of the website display [and for technical reasons beyond that for a maximum of [7 days]].

On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided. The information collected via mandatory fields is required to process the request. In addition, you can voluntarily provide additional information that you believe is necessary to process the contact request.

When using the contact form, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

The processing of your data by using our contact form is carried out for the purpose of communication and processing of your request on the basis of your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. As far as your request refers to an existing contractual relationship with us, the processing is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but the processing of your request is not possible without providing the information of the mandatory fields. As far as you do not want to provide this data, please contact us by other means.

If you use the contact form on the basis of your consent, we store the collected data of each request for a period of three years, starting with the completion of your request or until you revoke your consent.

[If you use the contact form in the context of a contractual relationship, we store the collected data of each request for a period of [three years] from the end of the contractual relationship].

If you register on our website to receive our newsletter, we collect your e-mail address [as well as your name...] and store this information together with the date of registration and your IP address. Subsequently, you will receive an e-mail in which you must confirm the registration for the newsletter (double opt-in). If you do not confirm the registration within [XX hours], it will automatically expire and the data will not be processed for the newsletter dispatch.

[The newsletter is sent directly by us and your data is not passed on to third parties or order processors within the meaning of Art. 28 DSGVO].

[For sending the newsletter we use a service of TWILIO SendGrid [https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy#sendgrid-services], which processes your personal data on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. A transfer of your data to third parties does not take place].

We process your data for the purpose of sending the newsletter on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. By unsubscribing from the newsletter, you can declare your revocation at any time with effect for the future pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to send the newsletter without providing your data.

After registration for the newsletter, we store the data for a maximum of [XX hours] until confirmation of the registration. After successful confirmation, we store your data until revocation of your consent (unsubscription from the newsletter) [as well as for technical reasons beyond that for a maximum of [7 days]].

We maintain so-called fan pages or accounts or channels on the networks mentioned below in order to provide you with information and offers also within social networks and to offer you further ways to contact us and to inform yourself about our offers. In the following, we inform you about which data we or the respective social network process from you in connection with calling up and using our fan pages/accounts.

If you wish to contact us via Messenger or via Direct Message via the respective social network, we generally process your user name via which you contact us and, if applicable, store further data provided by you insofar as this is necessary to process/respond to your request.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO (processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller).

We receive automated statistics regarding our accounts via Insights functionalities. The statistics contain, among other things, the total number of page views, likes, information on page activities and post interactions, reach, video views and information on the proportion of men/women among our fans/followers.

The statistics contain only aggregated data that cannot be related to individual persons, and you are not identifiable to us.

Other web analytics tools that EWS uses are Facebook Pixel and LinkedIn Insight Tag. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DSGVO. The processing of your personal data enables us to analyze your surfing behavior. Based on the data obtained, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual areas of our website. Your personal data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our previously named purposes.

Possibility of objection and removal: Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our website. Therefore, you also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. You can delete cookies that have already been stored at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website in full. We offer you the possibility of an "opt-out" from the analysis process on our website. To do this, you must click the corresponding "Allow selection" button in the dialog box. The dialog box appears when you visit the website for the first time or have previously cleared your cache. In this way, another cookie is set on your computer, which signals us not to collect your personal data. If you delete the corresponding cookie, the opt-out cookie must be set by us again.

In order to view the content of our fan pages or accounts, you do not have to be a member of the respective social network and to this extent no user account for the respective social network is required.

Please note, however, that when you call up the respective social network, the social networks also collect and store data from website visitors without a user account (e.g. technical data in order to be able to display the website to you) and use cookies and similar technologies, over which we have no influence whatsoever. You can find details on this in the privacy policy of the respective social network (see the corresponding links above).

Insofar as you wish to interact with the content on our fan pages/accounts, e.g. comment on, share or like our postings/contributions and/or contact us via messenger functions, prior registration with the respective social network and the provision of personal data is required.

We have no influence on the data processing by the social networks in the context of your use. To our knowledge, your data is stored and processed in particular in connection with the provision of the services of the respective social network, as well as for the analysis of user behavior (using cookies, pixels/web beacons and similar technologies) on the basis of which advertising based on your interests is played both within and outside the respective social network. It cannot be ruled out that your data is also stored by the social networks outside the EU/EEA and passed on to third parties.

Information on, among other things, the exact scope and purposes of the processing of your personal data, the storage period/deletion, as well as guidelines on the use of cookies and similar technologies in the context of registration and use of the social networks can be found in the privacy policy/cookie policy of the social networks. There you will also find information on your rights and objection options.

When you visit our Facebook page, Facebook 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 the Facebook pages, with statistical information about the use of the Facebook page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this under the following link: https://facebook.com/help/pages/insights.

We are not able to draw conclusions about individual users by means of the statistical information transmitted. We only use this information in order to be able to respond to the interests of our users and to continuously improve our online presence and ensure its quality.

We collect your data via our fan page only to realize a possible provision for communication and interaction with us. This collection usually includes your name, message content, comment content as well as profile information provided by you "publicly".

The processing of your personal data for our above-mentioned purposes is based on our legitimate business and communicative interest in offering an information and communication channel pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO. Should you as a user have given your consent to the data processing vis-à-vis the respective provider of the social network, the legal basis of the processing extends to Art. 6 para. 1 a), Art. 7 DSGVO.

Due to the fact that the actual data processing is carried out by the provider of the social network, our access to your data is limited. Only the provider of the social network is authorized to fully access your data. Due to this, only the provider can directly take and implement appropriate measures to fulfill your user rights (information request, deletion request, objection, etc.). The assertion of corresponding rights is therefore most effective directly against the respective provider.

We are jointly responsible with Facebook for the personal content of the fan page. Data subject rights can be asserted with Facebook Ireland as well as with us.

The primary responsibility for the processing of Insights data lies with Facebook in accordance with the GDPR and Facebook fulfills all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of Insights data, Facebook Ireland provides the essence of the Page Insights supplement to the data subjects.

We do not make any decisions regarding the processing of Insights data and all other information resulting from Art. 13 DSGVO, including legal basis, identity of the controller and storage period of cookies on user terminals.

Further information can be found directly at Facebook (Supplemental Agreement with Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

LinkedIn is a social network of LinkedIn Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, which enables the creation of private and professional profiles, allowing users to maintain their existing contacts and make new ones. Companies can create profiles on which photos and other company information are uploaded. Other LinkedIn users have access to this information and can write their own articles and share this content with others.

The focus is on professional exchanges on specialized topics with people who share the same professional interests. In addition, LinkedIn is often used by companies and other organizations to hire employees and present themselves as an interesting employer.

For more information about LinkedIn, please visit: https://about.linkedin.com/

For more information on LinkedIn privacy, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

We do not collect or process any personal data via our LinkedIn company page.

We use CDNJS to properly deliver the content of our website. CDNJS is a service of Cloudflare, Inc. which acts as a content delivery network (CDN) on our website.

A CDN helps to provide content of our online offer, in particular files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly with the help of regionally or internationally distributed servers. When you access this content, you establish a connection to servers of Cloudflare, Inc. whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed exclusively for the purposes mentioned above and to maintain the security and functionality of CDNJS.

The use of the Content Delivery Network is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a secure and efficient provision as well as the optimization of our online offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Cloudflare, Inc. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for CDNJS: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

We use Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as an analysis service for the statistical evaluation of our online offering, which includes, for example, the number of views of our online offering, subpages visited, and the length of time visitors spend on our site.

Google Analytics uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior and recognize users.

This information is used, among other things, to compile reports on website activity.

We process data with the help of Google Analytics for the purpose of optimizing our website and for marketing purposes based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We use Google CDN to properly deliver the content of our website. Google CDN is a service of Google Ireland Limited, which acts as a content delivery network (CDN) on our website.

A CDN helps to provide content of our online offer, in particular files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly with the help of regionally or internationally distributed servers. When you access this content, you establish a connection to servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed exclusively for the purposes mentioned above and to maintain the security and functionality of Google CDN.

The use of the Content Delivery Network is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a secure and efficient provision as well as the optimization of our online offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google CDN: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We have integrated components of DoubleClick by Google on our website. DoubleClick is a brand of Google, under which mainly special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers. DoubleClick by Google transfers data to the DoubleClick server with each impression as well as with clicks or other activities.

Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to the browser of the data subject. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick sets a cookie in your browser.

DoubleClick uses a cookie ID, which is required to process the technical procedure. The cookie ID is required, for example, to display an advertisement in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to record which advertisements have already been displayed in a browser in order to avoid duplicate displays. Furthermore, the cookie ID enables DoubleClick to record conversions. Conversions are recorded, for example, when a DoubleClick advertisement has previously been displayed to a user and the user subsequently makes a purchase on the advertiser's website using the same internet browser.

A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personal data, but may contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier is used to identify the campaigns with which you have already been in contact on other websites. As part of this service, Google obtains knowledge of data that Google also uses to generate commission statements. Among other things, Google can track that you have clicked on certain links on our website. In this case, your data is passed on to the operator of DoubleClick, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Further information and the applicable privacy policy of DoubleClick by Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Wir verarbeiten Ihre Daten mit Hilfe des Double-Click Cookies zum Zweck der Optimierung und Einblendung von Werbung auf Grundlage Ihrer Einwilligung gem. Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Ihre Einwilligung erteilen Sie durch Einstellung zum Einsatz von Cookies (Cookie-Banner / Consent Manager), mit der Sie auch jederzeit mit Wirkung für die Zukunft Ihren Widerruf gem. Art. 7 Abs. 3 DSGVO erklären können. Das Cookie wird unter anderem dazu verwendet, nutzerrelevante Werbung zu schalten und anzuzeigen sowie Berichte zu Werbekampagnen zu erstellen oder diese zu verbessern. Ferner dient das Cookie dazu, Mehrfacheinblendungen derselben Werbung zu vermeiden. Durch jeden Aufruf einer der Einzelseite unserer Website, auf welcher eine DoubleClick-Komponente integriert wurde, wird Ihr Browser automatisch durch die jeweilige DoubleClick-Komponente veranlasst, Daten zum Zwecke der Online-Werbung und der Abrechnung von Provisionen an Google zu übermitteln. Es besteht keine gesetzliche oder vertragliche Pflicht zur Bereitste

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google DoubleClick: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We use Google Fonts from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as a service to provide fonts for our online offer. To obtain these fonts, you connect to servers of Google Ireland Limited, whereby your IP address is transmitted.

The use of Google Fonts is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a uniform provision as well as the optimization of our online offer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google Fonts: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We use the map service Google Maps to create directions. Google Maps is a service of Google Ireland Limited, which displays a map on our website.

When you access this content on our website, you establish a connection to servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed exclusively for the purposes mentioned above and to maintain the security and functionality of Google Maps.

The use of Google Maps is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, i.e. our interest in making it easier for you to find locations mentioned on the website.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google Maps: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We have integrated components of Google reCAPTCHA on our website. Google reCAPTCHA is a service of Google Ireland Limited and enables us to distinguish whether a contact request originates from a natural person or is automated by means of a program. When you access this content, you establish a connection to servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. Furthermore, Google reCAPTCHA records the user's dwell time and mouse movements in order to distinguish automated requests from human ones. This data is processed exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of Google reCAPTCHA.

The service is used on the basis of our legitimate interests, i.e. for protection when submitting forms in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for Google reCAPTCHA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

We have integrated YouTube Video on our website. YouTube Video is a component of the video platform of YouTube, LLC, on which users can upload content, share it over the Internet and obtain detailed statistics. YouTube Video enables us to integrate content from the platform into our website. YouTube Video uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior, recognize users and create user profiles. This information is used, among other things, to analyze the activity of the content listened to and to create reports. If a user is registered with YouTube, LLC, YouTube Video can associate the videos played with the profile. When you access this content, you establish a connection to servers of YouTube, LLC, whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted.

The use of the service is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a platform-independent provision of content in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO.

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by YouTube, LLC. For further information, please refer to the privacy policy for YouTube Video: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We use the lead generation service of Leadinfo B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, which recognizes visits by companies to our website based on IP addresses and shows us publicly available information for this purpose, such as company names or addresses. In addition, Leadinfo sets two first-party cookies to evaluate user behavior on our website and processes domains from form entries (e.g. "leadinfo.com") to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve the services. For more information, please visit www.leadinfo.com. To opt-out: https://www.leadinfo.com/de/opt-out/

User authentication for our digital services is performed by our service provider Microsoft: Microsoft Enterprise Service Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond Washington 98052, USA Data protection representative for the European Economic Area and Switzerland: Microsoft Ireland Operations, Ltd. One Microsoft Place South County Business Park Leopardstown Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland

By registering, the following data will be stored and processed.

• First and last name
• E-mail address
• IP address

Access to our services is provided through the account created in Azure B2C. This data processing is carried out in order to identify you as a registered user and to enable you to access the portal in accordance with the contract. The processing of data within Azure B2C is thus a prerequisite for the contractual provision of our services in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO. This prevents unregistered persons from gaining access to the protected parts of our services.

The personal data collected during registration will be stored for 6 months. In case of a new registration, the storage of the data will be extended for another 6 months. In order to comply with the legal requirements of the user's country, the storage locations are automatically processed and selected based on the user's region.

For an overview of the storage locations, the following link is valid Regional availability and data residency - Azure AD B2C | Microsoft Docs

An overview of the cookies used can be found at the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/active-directory-b2c/cookie-definitions

Status 15.09.2022