Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website. As the protection of your personal data is particularly important to us, we will inform you in detail below about the data processing that takes place in connection with our website https://www.wotex-elastomer.de.
As a company under private law, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Act on Data Protection and the Protection of Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (TTDSG) We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the data protection regulations are observed both by us and by our external service providers.

When you view our website, we collect the following data in so-called log files, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:

The legislator requires that personal data be processed lawfully, fairly and in a manner that is comprehensible to the data subject (“lawfulness, fairness and transparency”). To ensure this, we will first inform you in this section about the individual legal definitions that are also used in this privacy policy:

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

“Restriction of processing” is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.

“Profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

“Pseudonymization” means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

“File system” means any structured collection of personal data that is accessible according to specific criteria, regardless of whether this collection is managed centrally, decentrally or according to functional or geographical aspects.

“Controller” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

“Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

“Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

Consent” of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. The legal basis for processing may be in particular pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letters a) to f) GDPR:

a) The data subject has given consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;

b) processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;

c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;

d) processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;

e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

In this section, we inform you which data we process if you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not actively transmit data to us when you visit our website.

When you view our website, we collect the following data in so-called log files, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:

– IP address
– Date and time of the request
– Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
– Content of the request (specific page)
– Access status/HTTP status code
– Amount of data transferred in each case
– Website from which the request comes
– Browser
– Operating system and its interface
– Language and version of the browser software

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device and through which certain information flows to the location that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.

We only use cookies that are necessary to enable certain functions of our website in order to make your visit here as pleasant as possible. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your device to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
We are entitled to use these cookies in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) EU GDPR, as we have a legitimate interest in the functionality and correct display of our website.

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by it to our website. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically.
You can of course also access our website without cookies. However, if you wish to use our website fully or conveniently, you should accept cookies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. However, you have the option of setting your browser to display cookies before they are saved, to accept or reject only certain cookies or to reject cookies in general. Please note that changes to settings only ever affect the respective browser. If you use different browsers or change your end device, you will have to make the settings again. You can also delete cookies from your storage medium at any time. Information on cookie settings, how to change them and how to delete cookies can be found in the help section of your web browser.

If you would like to contact us via our contact form, we will ask for your express consent to process your e-mail address and the other data you provide. We are then entitled to process this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) GDPR. Of course, your data will only be used strictly for the purpose of processing and answering your request and will be deleted immediately after final processing.

Cloudflare Turnstile (a service of Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) is an automated recognition service that helps us to check whether the request was sent by a human or a bot. This recognition is necessary to prevent spam messages.
We use Turnstile to ensure the secure use of the contact form. The legal basis for this type of data processing is our legitimate interest in the secure operation of the contact form, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Cloudflare processes your IP to the Cloudflare servers in this query for verification. Cloudflare processes the data on our behalf on the basis of a data processing agreement between us and Cloudflare. This ensures that the data processing on our behalf is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation while guaranteeing the protection of the rights of the data subjects. It may happen that the IP address is transmitted to Cloudflare’s American servers. In this case, the standard contractual clauses agreed between us and Cloudflare to protect your rights also apply.
Cloudflare has submitted to the Privacy Shield agreement between the European Union and the USA and has been certified. Cloudflare thus undertakes to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law.
Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found on the following website: https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/

If you contact us by post, e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data arising from it, for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b) GDPR, provided that your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract concluded with us or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR, as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us. In addition, we may also be authorized pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR, as we are legally obliged to enable fast electronic contact and direct communication to or with us.
Your data will of course only be used strictly for the purpose of processing and answering your inquiry and will be deleted after final processing, provided that we are not subject to any statutory retention obligations.

As a matter of course, we do not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if

– you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
– the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
– in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
– this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Recipients of the data are public bodies that receive data due to legal regulations (e.g. social security institutions, tax authorities), internal bodies involved in the execution of the respective business processes (personnel administration, accounting, banking institutions/payment service providers, accounting, customer service, marketing, sales), in the case of shipping products to the transport company/shipping company commissioned by us, contractual partners, business partners to the extent required or permitted by law.
Like any modern company, we work with processors for this purpose in order to be able to offer you an uninterrupted and best possible service.
If we work with external service providers, order processing regularly takes place on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR. To this end, we conclude corresponding agreements with our partners to ensure the protection of your data. We only use carefully selected processors to process your data. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. We only commission external service providers who have ensured that all data processing operations are carried out in accordance with data protection regulations.
The following types of processors may receive personal data:

Website service provider:
blanq GmbH
Helmkestraße 5b
30165 Hannover
hallo@blanq.agency
0511 93688283

On this website, we use the web analysis service Fathom to analyze and check the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.
Fathom does not use cookies. This means that no Fathom cookies are stored on your computer for the purpose of web analysis. To analyze website usage, your IP address and information such as timestamps, websites visited and your language settings are recorded. Fathom stores the information collected in this way on EU servers if you access our site from the EU.
Fathom uses an anonymized evaluation of the data. This means that a SHA256 hash of the data sent by your browser is processed further and direct personal identification is excluded. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Fathom is not merged with other data collected by us. The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
Information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found at usefathom.com/legal/privacy.

Our services are generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.

There is no legal obligation to provide us with personal data.
Automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 EU GDPR does not take place.

In this section we inform you about your rights in relation to your personal data.

If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details above.

If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:

a) the purposes of the processing;

b) the categories of personal data that are processed;

c) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;

d) where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

e) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

f) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;

(g) where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;

h) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 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.

If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data that is the subject of the processing. We may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs for any further copies you request. If you make the request electronically, the information shall be provided in a commonly used electronic format, unless otherwise specified. The right to receive a copy in accordance with paragraph 3 must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

You have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and we are obliged to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

a) The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b) The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

c) The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

d) The personal data was processed unlawfully.

e) The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.

f) The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

If the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to para. 1, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that a data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, that personal data.
The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

– to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
– 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;
– for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 (2) (h) and (i) and Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
– 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 para. 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
– for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions is met:

– the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
expression of opinion and information;
– the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
– the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or
– the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

Where processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the data subject’s consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense 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.

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 and you have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where one of the following applies

Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, 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 Art. 6 para. 1 e) or f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to 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 will no longer be processed for these purposes.
In the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1), unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you also 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 the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes this Regulation.

Responsible under data protection law:
Wotex Elastomer- und Pumpentechnik GmbH
Ronnenberger Straße 27
30989 Gehrden
Represented by: Gunnar Otto & Sabine Grundmeier
Phone: +49 5108 923640

If you have any questions about data protection or wish to assert any of your rights, please contact us by post at the above address or by e-mail at info@wotex-elastomer.de. We will endeavor to process your request as quickly as possible.

Due to the rapid development of the Internet and data protection law, we expressly reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy.