Privacy policy & conditions

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Privacy notice

We are delighted that you are interested in us, our website and data protection on our website. The protection of your data is important to us.

The following data protection information informs you about the type and scope of the processing of your personal data by hw.design gmbh (hereinafter also referred to as "hw.design", "we" or "us").

Personal data is information that is or can be directly or indirectly assigned to your person. In particular, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) serve as the legal basis for data protection.

 

1) General information on data processing
2) Accessing and using the website
3) Contact via e-mail and telephone
4) Newsletter
5) Use of cookies
6) Your rights as a so-called "data subject"
7) Contact person

 

1. General information on data processing

1) We only process our users' personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place regularly only with the consent of the user. An exception applies in cases where it is not possible to obtain prior consent for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law. Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

2) Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

3) The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

2. Access and use of the website

1) Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.
The following data is collected:
1.1) Information about the browser type and version used
1.2) The user's operating system
1.3) The user's internet service provider
1.4) The IP address of the user
1.5) Date and time of access
1.6) Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
1.7) Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website

The data is sent to our website server and temporarily stored in log files in our system.
stored in log files in our system.

2) Temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. We also use the data to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data is not analysed for marketing purposes.

3) The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR lies in the above-mentioned purposes.

4) The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing computer.

5) The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

6) Google Analytics
On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). GDPR) Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the user is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use this information on our behalf to analyse the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offer and to provide us with further services associated with the use of this online offer and the use of the Internet. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation. This means that the IP address of users is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the online offer and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options, can be found in Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and in the settings for the display of adverts by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Users' personal data is deleted or anonymised after 14 months.

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3. Contact via e-mail and telephone

1) E-mail addresses and telephone numbers are provided on our website for contact purposes. Personal data of the user transmitted by e-mail or telephone, in particular name and contact details, will be treated confidentially.

2) The user's personal data transmitted by e-mail or telephone will only be stored and used to process and respond to your enquiry or request. The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.

3) The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted by the user in the course of contacting us by e-mail or telephone is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The above-mentioned purpose also includes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data. If the e-mail contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

4) The personal data sent by e-mail or transmitted by telephone will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected, i.e. when the user's request or enquiry has been conclusively clarified or processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and no further communication is to be expected in this context.

5) If the user contacts us by email or telephone, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time, see section 7.7. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

4. Newsletter

1) You can subscribe to a free newsletter on our website. When registering for the newsletter, the data from the input mask is transmitted to us, namely first name, surname and e-mail address. In addition, the IP address of the accessing computer and the date and time of registration are collected during registration.

Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data as part of the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy.

No data is passed on to third parties in connection with the data processing for sending newsletters. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

2) The purpose of collecting the user's email address is to send the newsletter.

3) The legal basis for the processing of the data after registration for the newsletter dispatch is the consent of the user in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

4) The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. The user's email address will therefore be stored as long as the consent has not been revoked and the subscription to the newsletter is active.

5) The subscription to the newsletter can be cancelled by the user concerned at any time by revoking their consent. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter for this purpose. However, the cancellation can also be made by means of a separate declaration in accordance with Section 6.8.

5. Use of cookies

1) Our website uses cookies.
Cookies are text files that are stored on the user's end device (computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone) when they visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to the end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. The cookies used when using our website do not directly store the user's personal data. The cookies contain a character string that is generated in connection with the specific end device used and enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. This does not give us any direct knowledge of the identity of the user. In individual cases, however, it is possible that the cookie also enables the user's identity to be determined by assigning it to a terminal device. In our system, however, such an assignment does not take place.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for the user. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that the user has already visited individual pages of our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after leaving our website.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies for the purpose of user-friendliness, which are stored on the user's end device for a specified period of time. If the user visits our website again to make use of our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already visited us.

2) We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly and to simplify its use. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies.

3) The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR also lies in the above-mentioned purposes.

4) Cookies are stored on the user's end device and transmitted by it to our website. Therefore, users also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in the Internet browser, the user can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted 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 of the website's functions to their full extent.

6. Your rights as a so-called "data subject"

In addition to the right to revoke your consent given to us, you have the following additional rights if the respective legal requirements are met:

1) Right to information
You can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information from us:
1.1) the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
1.2) the categories of personal data being processed
1.3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed
1.4) the planned duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period
1.5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing
1.6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
1.7) all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject
1.8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2) Right to rectification
You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis us if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. We must make the correction without delay.

3) Right to restriction of processing
Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:
3.1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
3.2) the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead
3.3) we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
3.4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it is not yet certain whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State. If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.

4) Right to erasure
4.1) Obligation to erase
You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and we are obliged to erase such data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
4.1.1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
4.1.2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
4.1.3) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
4.1.4) The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
4.1.5) The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
4.1.6) The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.

2) Information to third parties
If we have made the personal data concerning you public and are obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.

3) Exceptions
The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary
3.1) for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
3.2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
3.3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
3.4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
3.5) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

5) Right to information
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify 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 a disproportionate effort.

You have the right vis-à-vis us to be informed about these recipients.

6) Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that
6.1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and
6.2) the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7) Right to object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

We will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of information society services - notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC - by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications.

8) Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
If you have given us a declaration of consent under data protection law, you have the right to withdraw this at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

7. Contact persons

1) Contact for questions or to exercise your data protection rights
If you have any questions about the website or about exercising your rights when processing your data (data protection rights), please contact us:

hw.design gmbh, Türkenstraße 55-57, 80799 Munich

Telephone: 0049 89 20 25 75 0; e-mail: info(at)hwdesign.de

2) Contact for questions about data protection
If you have any further questions about the processing of your data or data protection, you can contact the data protection officer of hw.design, see section 7.4.

3) Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

4) Name and contact details of the controller and contact details of the data protection officer
These data protection provisions apply to data processing by

hw.design gmbh, Türkenstraße 55-57, 80799 Munich ("controller") in connection with the use of the website at www.hwdesign.de.

The data protection officer of hw.design gmbh can be contacted at the above address, stating "for the attention of the data protection officer" or at datenschutz(at)hwdesign.de.