Privacy policy

Dear visitors to our website. Thank you for your visit and your interest in our website. Both respect for your person and the protection of your private data are very important to us.

We would therefore like to inform you below about how we process your personal data when you visit our website and also during certain processes associated with this website.

If you have any further questions about the processing of your data at WEBER-HYDRAULIK, you are welcome to contact us using the information provided under “Contact”.

1 Person responsible for data processing

The website www.weber-hydraulik.com is an offer of WEBER-HYDRAULIK GMBH (hereinafter referred to as WEBER-HYDRAULIK).

The controller within the meaning of the law is the:

WEBER-HYDRAULIK GMBH
Heilbronner street 30
74363 Güglingen
info@weber-hydraulik.de

For further information see https://www.weber-hydraulik.com/impressum

Data Protection Officer

WEBER-HYDRAULIK has appointed a data protection officer. You can contact him at any time using the following contact information:

Data Protection Officer of WEBER-HYDRAULIK GMBH
Heilbronner Straße 30
74363 Güglingen
Data-privacy@weber-hydraulik.com

2 Processing of personal data on this website by WEBER-HYDRAULIK

WEBER-HYDRAULIK only processes your personal data if this is permitted by law. This is either because we are permitted to do so by law or because you have given us your voluntary consent, which can be revoked at any time, for the corresponding processing.

We receive your data in this regard in two ways:

Either you have provided us with the data or we collect it when you use our services / website.

2.1 Data that we receive through your use of our website

In principle, you can use our website without having to provide us with personal data directly.

When you visit our website, your browser transmits some data to our server that is necessary for the use of this website. This data is temporarily stored in a log file at . The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

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

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• To ensure a comfortable use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability and
• for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is § 15 DDG.

2.2 Data that you share with us

However, in order to use certain services in connection with our website, such as data processing via our contact form, which you can use to contact us, it may be necessary for you to provide certain information such as your name, e-mail address and postal address.

For all our services where such information is required, we have always taken care to request only the data that is necessary for the respective data processing (data minimization and purpose limitation principle).

Detailed information on all services offered by WEBER-HYDRAULIK on this website can be found in particular under the “Individual services” section of this privacy policy.

2.2.1 Contact form

WEBER-HYDRAULIK offers you comprehensive personal support. If you wish to contact us using the contact form, it is necessary for you to enter your name and e-mail address. This is in particular so that we can answer your inquiry quickly and individually.

If you would like us to contact you by telephone, please also let us know your telephone number.

By contacting us using the form, you give us your voluntary consent, which can be revoked at any time, that we may process the data you provide to us for the purpose of contacting you and processing your request. We will use the data you provide to us in this regard exclusively for these purposes and not, for example, for a sales pitch or other advertising purposes.

We will delete the data you have provided to us when it is no longer required for the above purposes.

We will be happy to provide you with information about the data stored about you. For further details, please refer to the information and contact section of this privacy policy.

2.2.2 Applications

You can apply to WEBER-HYDRAULIK either by e-mail or by using the speculative application form. We collect data in connection with your application. This may be general personal data (such as name, address and contact details), details of your professional qualifications and schooling or details of further professional training or other information that you provide to us in connection with your application.

We process your personal data in this regard for the purpose of the examination and for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with. § Section 26 para. 1 in conjunction with para. 8 sentence 2 BDSG.

Your inclusion in our applicant pool only takes place with your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR.

Furthermore, we may process your personal data in this regard if this is necessary to defend against legal claims asserted against us in the application process. The legal basis for this is Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, for example in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

If there is an employment relationship between you and us, we may, in accordance with Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 para. § Section 26 (1) BDSG, we may further process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship. This is particularly the case if this is necessary for the execution or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfillment of the rights and obligations of the representation of employees’ interests arising from a law or a collective agreement, a works or service agreement (collective agreement).

We store your personal data for as long as is necessary to make a decision about your application. If an employment relationship between you and us does not materialize, we may also continue to store data if this is necessary to defend against possible legal claims. The application documents will be deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, unless longer storage is required due to legal disputes or you are in our applicant pool (max. 1 year).

2.3 Use of cookies – Explanation of terms and general information on the use of cookies

Cookies are small files that contain a string of characters in which certain information has been stored in open or encrypted form. Cookies are sent from the server to your computer and stored there. They are initially used to identify the computer from which a website has been accessed. If you log in to a website, cookies are used to notify the server of your login and to check your authorization to access a page. Some cookies have an “expiry date”, i.e. a date on which they are no longer valid.

We also want to show you our respect when using cookies, which is why you should always have the option of using the cookie banner solution we use to set in fine detail whether and if so, which cookies and analysis methods you agree to.

2.4 Data processing with the Borlab cookie banner

When selecting the so-called cookie banner, we deliberately chose the Borlab cookie banner solution. With this solution, processing is always carried out on our server and no external connections are established when the banner is called up.

However, so that we can offer you this data-saving service and it can also have a corresponding effect, a technically necessary cookie (borlabs-cookie) is used on the part of this solution, in particular to save your cookie consent.

The borlabs cookie stores the consent you gave when you entered the website. If you wish to revoke this consent, simply delete the cookie in your browser. When you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked for your cookie consent again.

The purpose of integrating Borlabs Cookie is to obtain the consent of website visitors and to save or document the visitor’s decision. The use of Borlabs Cookie is technically necessary and permissible under both the GDPR and the TDDDG without the need to obtain consent.

2.5 Use of Google Tagmanager and Google Analytics

We use Google Admanager and Google Analytics on our website. However, this service is not activated by default due to our cookie banner.

If you agree to the use of these services, we would like to point out the following. If you have consented to the use of this service, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). The use includes the “Universal Analytics” operating mode as part of the Google Tag Manager. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyze the activities of a user across devices.

Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party 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. We would like to point out that Google Analytics has been extended on this website to include IP anonymization in order to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html  or at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de

Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You decide with your voluntary consent, which can be revoked at any time, by means of the settings in the cookie manager whether you agree to the use or not.

The recipient of the collected data is Google.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

We have taken the necessary measures with our cookie banner so that you can voluntarily and actively consent to the use of Google services. No cookies will be set before you have actively consented.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Further information on data protection at Google Analytics can be found here: www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html

2.6 Use of Google Ads

We use Google Ads on our website. However, this service is not activated by default due to our cookie banner. However, if you agree to the use of Google Ads, we would like to point out the following.

We use Google Ads as an advertising partner to promote our products and services.

Google Ads is an online advertising program from Google that allows companies to place ads to reach their target audience. With Google Ads, we can place targeted ads based on users’ search queries and behavior on Google and other partner sites.

When using Google Ads, various data may be collected, including

• IP address
• Search queries
• Device type
• Location data
• Cookies
• Interactions with ads

The data collected by Google Ads is used to target ads and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. The data is not used for personal identification and is only analyzed in aggregated form.

You have the right to obtain information about the data collected by Google Ads and, if necessary, to have it corrected or deleted. You can exercise your data protection rights via the data protection settings of your browser or via the data protection settings of Google Ads.

2.7 Information on data processing of supplier / customer data

As a supplier / customer, you have the opportunity to interact with us on our website.

We process the following categories of data: master data (e.g. name, address, etc.), contact data (e.g. telephone number, e-mail address), contract data (e.g. start and end of contract), receivables data (e.g. advance payment claims, creditworthiness queries), payment information (e.g. bank details, outstanding receivables, reminders) and, if applicable, delivery data.

Data processing is carried out for the purpose of concluding and fulfilling the contract. The processing of your data is necessary for the conclusion and fulfillment of the contract with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In addition, data processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interests exist in connection with the fulfillment of mutual obligations arising from the contract between us and you.

Within our company, access is granted to those departments that need it to fulfill our obligations. Due to the shared use of data processing systems, your data will be processed within the WEBER Group. Selected distributors may receive access to the data for the fulfillment of the contract. If necessary to check your creditworthiness, we will transmit your data to credit agencies.

After termination of our contractual relationship, we check as standard after five years whether we still need your data and / or whether, for example, statutory retention obligations such as those of the German Fiscal Code conflict with this. If there is no longer a retention obligation, we will delete your data in accordance with the principles listed in point 5.

2.8 Information for WEBER employees

This area is only accessible to WEBER-HYDRAULIK employees.

3 Social media

We also offer you extensive personal support via our social media pages (YouTube, Xing, LinkedIn, Facebook) and the opportunity to get and stay in contact with us.

These are offers from the companies:

YouTube, LLC (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA)

XING AG (Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany)

LinkedIn Corporation (1000 West Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA)

Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)

These social media services themselves collect personal data, e.g. via your profile created there or via so-called social plug-ins that are implemented in third-party websites.

Unfortunately, we have no influence over this data processing. On some of these portals, we also often do not have the option of posting corresponding data protection declarations ourselves. In this case, however, we have provided a link to this privacy policy so that you can obtain full information in this regard.

If you send us an inquiry via one of these platforms, we will forward the inquiry to the relevant department. The data will only be used to respond to your inquiry and will not be passed on to companies outside the Group. However, in order to be able to contact us via these social media, you must first register with these services.

For this purpose, the companies behind the respective service process your personal data for the purposes specified in the respective privacy policy. We have no influence on the type, scope and processing of this data. This also applies to images/videos uploaded to social media. Please note that the rights may be transferred to the social media services. The details can be found in the data protection and terms of use of the respective providers.

When you access a web page of our website on these platforms that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the respective companies. The content of the plugins is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the website. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that the respective companies collect with the help of these plugins. We therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge:

By integrating the plugins, the respective companies receive the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our portal presence. If you are logged in to one of the above-mentioned companies, they can assign the visit to your account there. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to the respective company and stored there. If you do not have an account with one of the above-mentioned companies, it is still possible for them to find out and store your IP address.

It can therefore not be ruled out that every visitor to our website will be recorded by the company listed above on the basis of their IP address and the URL called up, even if they do not click on the plugins and are not logged into a user account with the company.

Facebook Fanpage – Facebook Insights

WEBER operates a so-called Facebook fan page. With the Insights function, Facebook provides us with summarized data about user actions that take place on it, which are based on personal data, among other things. This also happens without a Facebook membership by means of cookies. We cannot influence this processing or draw conclusions about specific users. Essential information about this processing by Facebook can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

The primary responsibility under the GDPR lies with Facebook. Facebook declares that it fulfills all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of Insights data. In particular, you can also assert the rights to which you are entitled under the GDPR against Facebook Ireland (Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, D2 Dublin, Ireland). We will forward corresponding requests addressed to us to Facebook Ireland via the following channel:
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/308592359910928

In addition, we use the statistical data provided to us by Facebook to design our fan page presence in a user-oriented manner. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Our Instagram presence

WEBER also has a website on Instagram. Instagram is a Facebook company.

Insofar as personal data is processed in connection with our Instagram page and Facebook alone decides on the purposes and means of processing, Facebook Ireland Limited (hereinafter “Facebook Ireland”), 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour,

Dublin 2, Ireland, sole controller for the processing.

Since we only have very limited influence on Instagram’s data processing, the processing is based on the Instagram privacy policy https://de-de.facebook.com/help/instagram/519522125107875

The Instagram Privacy Policy lists in I. the categories of personal data that are processed when using Facebook products. It also describes the purposes for which this data is used in II. You can also find the categories of recipients to whom this data can be made accessible in III. and IV. of the policy. In V. you will also find information on the legal basis for processing this data (see V.) and information on how you can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data.

In the Data Policy you will also find information on how you can exercise your rights of access, rectification, portability and erasure vis-à-vis Facebook Ireland (see VI.). Under this point you will also find information about your right to object to certain processing of personal data. You can find more information about your control options in this help article. In the Data Policy you will also find information about the duration for which personal data is stored and information about the criteria for determining this duration and the possibility of blocking or deleting Instagram accounts (see VII.). The Data Policy refers to Facebook Ireland’s intention to transfer data to third countries on the basis of the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission (see IX.).

If you visit our Instagram page and your browser allows the storage of cookies or you have consented to the corresponding use of cookies by Facebook / Instagram, Facebook Ireland stores information in the form of small text files in your browser’s memory (hereinafter “cookies”) and can access this information when you visit the Facebook platform or a website that integrates Facebook technologies. For more information on the purpose of the cookies used, the integration of these cookies by other websites and your control options in this regard, please refer to the information on Instagram cookies.

We would like to point out that Facebook Ireland is able to track your user behavior (across devices for registered users) on other websites beyond the Instagram platform by means of the cookies used. This applies both to people registered on the Instagram platform and to those not registered there.

We would also like to point out that we have no influence on the data processing carried out by Facebook Ireland in connection with cookies. It is also possible to visit our Instagram page if you configure your browser so that no cookies are stored by the Facebook platform. Information on how to adjust the settings for cookies in your browser can usually be found in the help section of the browser you are using.

If you are registered or logged in to the Instagram or Facebook platform and want to prevent Facebook Ireland from being able to associate your visit to our Facebook page with your Instagram or Facebook user account, you should log out of Facebook or deactivate the “stay logged in” function, delete the cookies on your device and close and restart your browser.

Our Instagram page offers you the opportunity to react to our posts, comment on them and send us private messages. Please check carefully what personal data you share with us via our Instagram page. If you would like to avoid Facebook processing personal data that you have transmitted to us, please contact us by other means, such as via this website.

In addition to the content you submit, information about your profile, your likes and your posts will be visible to us depending on your privacy settings. You can find out how to change your privacy settings in this help article.

We process your data when you contact us or interact with our website or its content on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in responding to your request. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

We process the data provided by you in this context and which may be accessible to us in order to protect our legitimate interests in contacting and communicating with our interested parties, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests. This also includes our legitimate interests in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

As far as possible, your data will be deleted when we cease operating our Instagram page. Any further storage of this data by Facebook Ireland will be governed exclusively by the provisions of the Instagram Privacy Policy and Instagram Terms of Use.

We have set up our Instagram page as a business profile and use anonymized page statistics provided by Facebook Ireland (“Instagram Insights”), which provide us with insights about visitors to our Instagram page and their interactions with our Instagram page and its content. We do not contribute to the decision on the means and purposes of processing event data used to generate page statistics. The statistics include the following information:

• Reach, page views, dwell time for video contributions
• Interactions such as marking a post with “Like”, commenting or sharing posts
• Demographic data on age, gender and location

We use this data to identify trends. It is not possible for us to link this data back to the individuals who triggered these events.

4 Google Maps

If you agree, the Google Maps service will be used on our website. This is a map service provided by Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland). In this context, it is necessary to store your IP address. The information obtained in this way is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transfer. Due to our legitimate interest in an appealing presentation of our online offers and in an easy findability of the places we have indicated on the website, the legal basis results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/)

5 Your rights

As described above, respect for you and your person is very important to us. It is therefore also important to us that you can assert the rights listed below at any time.

5.1 Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to receive information about your personal data stored by us at any time (see Art. 15 GDPR).

5.2 Right to revoke your given consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will no longer process the data concerned for the purposes for which you gave us your consent. We will also delete / block your data if the legal requirements for this are met. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal

5.3 Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If we process your personal data as part of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you exercise your right to object and the legal requirements are met (see Art. 21), we will stop processing the data concerned. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If we process your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such marketing. You can exercise your objection as described above.

5.4 Right to data portability (Art. 20)

Provided the legal requirements are met (see Art. 21), you have the right to request the transfer of your data from us to another body.

5.5 Right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing (Art. 16 – 19 GDPR)

You have the right to have your data corrected, deleted or processing restricted, provided that the legal requirements (see Art. 16-19 GDPR) are met.

5.6 Right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you have a reason for complaint. To exercise this right and the two aforementioned rights, please contact the contact persons listed at the end of this privacy policy.

5.7 Referral to the WEBER Data Protection Officer

It is very important to us that we resolve your concerns quickly, unbureaucratically and to your complete satisfaction. You are therefore welcome to contact our data protection officer at any time, who will be happy to help you with all your data protection concerns relating to data protection at Weber. His contact information is as follows:

Data Protection Officer of WEBER-HYDRAULIK GmbH
Heilbronner Street 30
74363 Güglingen
Data-privacy@weber-hydraulik.com

6 Duration of storage / deletion of your data

At WEBER and on this website, we adhere to the data protection principles of purpose limitation and storage limitation. We therefore always delete your data as soon as the purpose of the relevant data processing has been fulfilled and we have no other reason to store it.

7 Automated decision making

Automated decision-making based on the personal data collected does not take place.

8 Data security

To ensure respect for your data, it is very important to us to always guarantee adequate security.

For example, we use state-of-the-art encryption within the website visit (so-called SSL/TLS procedure). You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use other necessary technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously adapted in line with technological developments and existing risks.

9 Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is valid as of November 2021.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. We will indicate the amended passages by means of appropriate measures such as highlighting.

You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.weber-hydraulik.com/en/data-privacy/.