Privacy policy
Responsible for data processing is:
PWT Group A/S
Gøteborgvej 15
9200 Aalborg SV
Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.
1. ACCESS DATA AND HOSTING
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a website is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of the call, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
1.1 HOSTING
The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in the present data protection declaration, all access data and all data collected in the forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.
Our service providers are located and use servers in these countries: USA.
There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on these guarantees: Standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.
1.2 CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK
For the purpose of a shorter loading time, we use a so-called Content Delivery Network ("CDN") for some offers. With this service, content, such as large media files, is delivered via regionally distributed servers from external CDN service providers. Access data is therefore processed on the servers of the service providers. Our service providers work for us within the framework of order processing. Our service providers are located and/or use servers in countries outside the EU and EEA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.
2. DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND CONTACTING
2.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
For the purpose of contract processing (including inquiries about and processing of any existing warranty and non-performance claims as well as any statutory updating obligations) in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we collect personal data if you provide it to us as part of your Submit your order voluntarily. Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process the contract and we cannot send the order without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms.
Further information on the processing of your data, in particular on the transfer to our service providers for the purpose of order, payment and shipping processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration. After the contract has been completed, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the tax and commercial retention periods in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.
2.2 CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we will use your data for the purpose of opening a customer account and storing your data for further future orders our website. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or via a function provided for this purpose in the customer account. After your customer account has been deleted, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit.
2.3 CONTACTING US
As part of customer communication, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR if you voluntarily provide us with this when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data to process your contact. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. After your request has been fully processed, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit about which we inform you in this statement.
LIVE CHAT TOOL DIXA
For the purpose of customer communication, we use the live chat tool from Dixa ApS, Vimmelskaftet 41A, 1 Sal., 1161 Copenhagen, Denmark ("Dixa"). This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in effective and improved customer communication in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Dixa works for us on our behalf.
3. DATA PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES
In order to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we pass on your data to the shipping service provider commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods ordered.
DATA TRANSFER TO SHIPPING SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHIPPING NOTIFICATION
If you have given us your express consent to this during or after your order, we will pass on your e-mail address and telephone number to the selected shipping service provider in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit Delivery can contact you for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.
The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in this data protection declaration or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete the data you have provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we will inform you in this declaration.
General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
GLS Germany-Strasse 1 - 7
DE-36286 Neuenstein
Germany
4. DATA PROCESSING FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING
When processing payments in our online shop, we work together with these partners: technical service providers, credit institutions, payment service providers.
4.1 DATA PROCESSING FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING
Depending on the selected payment method, we pass on the data necessary for processing the payment transaction to our technical service providers who work for us as part of order processing, or to the commissioned credit institutions or to the selected payment service provider, insofar as this is necessary to process the payment. This serves to fulfill the contract in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. In some cases, the payment service providers collect the data required to process the payment themselves, e.g. on their own website or via a technical integration in the ordering process. In this respect, the data protection declaration of the respective payment service provider applies.
If you have any questions about our payment processing partners and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact options described in this data protection declaration.
4.2 DATA PROCESSING FOR PURPOSES OF FRAUD PREVENTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF OUR PAYMENT PROCESSES
If necessary, we give our service providers further data, which they use together with the data necessary for processing the payment as our processors for the purpose of fraud prevention and the optimization of our payment processes (e.g. invoicing, processing disputed payments, accounting support). In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests in our protection against fraud and in efficient payment management, which are overriding in the context of a weighing of interests.
5. ADVERTISING BY EMAIL
5.1 EMAIL NEWSLETTER WITH SUBSCRIPTATION AND NEWSLETTER TRACKING
If you register for our newsletter, we use the data required for this or separately provided by you in order to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address from the list of recipients, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.
We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this purpose, we also analyze how you use our newsletter by measuring, storing and evaluating opening rates and click rates for the purpose of designing future newsletter campaigns (“newsletter tracking”).
For this evaluation, the e-mails sent contain one-pixel technologies (e.g. so-called web beacons, tracking pixels), which are stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link in particular the following "newsletter data"
- the page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL),
- the date and time of the call,
- the description of the type of web browser used,
- the IP address of the requesting computer,
- the E-Mail adress,
- the date and time of registration and confirmation
- and the One-Pixel Technologies with your email address or your IP address and, if applicable, a unique ID. Links contained in the newsletter may also contain this ID.
If you do not wish to receive newsletter tracking, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time - as described above.
The information is stored as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter.
5.2 NEWSLETTER DELIVERY
The newsletter and the newsletter tracking shown above may also be sent by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.
The personal data that you provide us with for sending the newsletter is stored in the Salesforce Sales Cloud and imported into the Salesforce Marketing Cloud. The legal basis for this is your consent in accordance with Art 6 I a), 7 EU GDPR and Section 7 II No. 3 UWG. Under no circumstances will your data be sold to third-party companies, persons or institutions.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is an offer from salesforce.com Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Str. 31, 80636 Munich. You can find Salesforce's privacy policy here: https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/documents/legal/Agreements/data-processing-addendum.pdf
Our service providers are located and/or use servers in these countries: USA
There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on the standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.
6. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use technologies including so-called cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically saved on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).
We use technologies that are absolutely necessary for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g. shopping cart function). These technologies collect and process the IP address, time of visit, device and browser information and information about your use of our website (e.g. information about the contents of the shopping cart). Within the framework of a weighing of interests, this serves overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
In addition, we use technologies to fulfill the legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. to be able to prove consent to the processing of your personal data) as well as for web analysis and online marketing. Further information on this, including the respective legal basis for data processing, can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration.
You can find the cookie settings for your browser under the following links:
If you have consented to the use of the technologies in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the data protection declaration. Alternatively, you can also call up the cookie banner. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
6.2 COOKIE INFORMATION CONSENT MANAGER
We use cookie information on our website to inform you about the cookies and other technologies that we use on our website and to obtain, manage and document your consent to the processing of your personal data by these technologies, if required. According to Article 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR, this is necessary to fulfill our legal obligation according to Article 7 Paragraph 1 GDPR to be able to prove your consent to the processing of your personal data to which we are subject. Cookie Information is an offer from Cookie Information, Kristen Bernikows Gade 4,
1105 Copenhagen K, Denmark, which processes your data on our behalf.
After submitting your cookie declaration on our website, the Cookie Information web server stores your anonymized IP address, the date and time of your declaration, browser information, the URL from which the declaration was sent, information about your consent behavior and an anonymous random key . In addition, a cookie is used that contains the information about your consent behavior and the key. Your data will be deleted after twelve months unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit inform you in this statement.
7. USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES
If you have given your consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a GDPR, we use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. After the end of the use of the respective technology by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information on your revocation options can be found in the "Cookies and other technologies" section. For more information, including how we work with each vendor, see each technology. If you have any questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please use the contact option described in this data protection declaration.
7.1 USE OF GOOGLE SERVICES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES
We use the following technologies from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. If your IP address is collected via Google technologies, it will be shortened before it is stored on Google's servers by activating IP anonymization. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened there. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement concluded between jointly responsible persons for the respective technology in accordance with Art. 26 DSGVO. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's data protection information
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
For the purpose of website analysis, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored with Google Analytics, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies can be used. In principle, your IP address will not be merged with other Google data. The data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement on order processing by Google.
For the purpose of optimizing the marketing of our website, we have activated the data sharing settings for "Google products and services". This allows Google to access the data collected and processed by Google Analytics and then use it to improve Google services. Data release to Google as part of these data release settings is based on an additional agreement between those responsible. We have no influence on the subsequent data processing by Google.
GOOGLE MAPS
For the visual representation of geographic information, Google Maps collects data about your use of the Maps functions, in particular the IP address and location data, transmits it to Google and then processes it. We have no influence on this subsequent data processing.
7.2 USE OF FACEBOOK SERVICES FOR WEB ANALYSIS AND ADVERTISING PURPOSES
USE OF FACEBOOK PIXELS
We use the Facebook pixel as part of the Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. technologies presented below. http://de-de.facebook.com/facebookdublin/, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook (by Meta)" or "Meta Platforms Ireland"). With the Facebook pixel, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter) are automatically collected and stored, from which using User profiles are created from pseudonyms. As part of the so-called extended data comparison, hashed information is also collected and stored for comparison purposes, with which individuals can be identified (e.g. names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers). For this purpose, when you visit our website, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel, which automatically enables your browser to be recognized when you visit other websites by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID. Facebook (by Meta) will combine this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use, in particular personalized and group-based advertising.
The information automatically collected by Facebook (by Meta) technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. If we are responsible for data transmission to the USA, our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Further information about data processing by Facebook can be found in the data protection information from Facebook (by Meta) http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
FACEBOOK ADS (AD MANAGER)
We use Facebook Ads to promote this website on Facebook (by Meta) and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign. Facebook (by Meta) is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the ads with individual users. Unless otherwise specified for the individual technologies, data processing is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Meta Platforms Ireland. This does not include subsequent data processing by Meta Platforms Ireland.
Based on the pseudonymous cookie ID set by the Facebook pixel and the data collected about your usage behavior on our website, we operate personalized advertising via Facebook pixel remarketing.
7.3 OTHER WEB ANALYSIS AND ONLINE MARKETING SERVICE PROVIDERS
USE OF HOTJAR FOR WEB ANALYSIS
For the purpose of website analysis, technologies from Hotjar https://www.hotjar.com Ltd., Level 2, St Julians Business Center, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 3155, Malta ("Hotjar") automatically collect data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information on your use of our website) are collected and stored, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. Cookies can be used. The pseudonymised usage profiles are not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without a separate, express consent. Hotjar works for us on our behalf.
8. SOCIAL MEDIA
OUR ONLINE PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK (BY META), INSTAGRAM (BY META), YOUTUBE
If you have given your consent to the respective social media operator in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit and stored, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. Cookies are usually used for this. The detailed information on the processing and use of the data by the respective social media operator as well as a contact option and your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection notices of the providers linked below. If you still need help in this regard, you can contact us.
Facebook (by Meta) http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta Platforms Ireland"). The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland about your use of our online presence on Facebook (by Meta) is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there . The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting a Facebook (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.
Instagram (by Meta) http://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 is an offer from Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta Platforms Ireland") The information automatically collected by Meta Platforms Ireland About your use of our online presence on Instagram is usually transferred to a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing when visiting an Instagram (by Meta) fan page is based on an agreement between joint controllers in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR.
YouTube https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de is an offer from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The information automatically collected by Google about your use of our online presence on YouTube is usually transferred to a server of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and stored there. The European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the USA. Our cooperation with them is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission.
9. HOW TO CONTACT US AND YOUR RIGHTS
9.1 YOUR RIGHTS
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified there;
- pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
- According to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing
- to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
- to comply with a legal obligation;
- for reasons of public interest or
- is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
- in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
- the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
- the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure;
- we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or
- you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
- pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible;
- according to Art. 77 GDPR the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters.
Right to object
Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have the right to object if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation.
After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of serves legal claims.
This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.
9.2 CONTACT OPTIONS
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction or deletion of data, as well as revocation of consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our imprint.