§ 1 Information about the collection of personal data

1) Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behavior.

(2) The person responsible according to Art. 4 Para. 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
BWS Philipp Boecker + Wender Stahl GmbH & Co. KG
Liegnitzer Straße 18
58642 Iserlohn, Germany
Telephone + 49 (0) 2374 – 926-0
Fax + 49 (0) 2374 – 4023

You can reach our data protection officer at datenschutz@b-w-s.de.
AGAD Service GmbH
Dr. Nils Helmke
Waldring 43 – 47
44789 Bochum
Telefon: 0234 282 533-20
Fax: + 49 0234 282 533-10

(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. Providing further information is voluntary and simply makes it easier for us to contact you to answer your query. We delete the data collected in this context after storage is no longer required or restrict processing if statutory retention periods exist.

(4) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also state the specified criteria for the storage period.

§ 2 Your rights

(1) You have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:
– Right to information,
– Right to rectification or erasure,
– Right to restriction of processing,
– Right to object to processing,
– Right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

§ 3 Collection of personal data when visiting our website

1) If you use the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you would like to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR):
– 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.

(2) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk and associated with the browser you use; they allow certain information to be sent to the location that placed the cookies (here, this is us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are designed to make the Internet more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of cookies:

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
– Transient cookies (see b)
– Persistent cookies (see c).

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.

§ 4 Objection or revocation of the processing of your data

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time. Such a revocation affects the admissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us.

(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary in particular to fulfill a contract with you, which we will explain in the description of the functions below. If you exercise such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we do. If your objection is justified, we will examine the situation and will either stop or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate reasons on the basis of which we continue the processing.

(3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the following contact details:

datenschutz@b-w-s.de

AGAD Service GmbH
Dr. Nils Helmke
Waldring 43 – 47
44789 Bochum
Telefon: 0234 282 533-20
Fax: + 49 0234 282 533-10

Analysis tools:

eTracker

(1) This website uses technologies from etracker GmbH (http://www.etracker.com) to collect and store data for marketing and optimization purposes. User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s Internet browser. The cookies enable the Internet browser to be recognized. The data collected using eTracker technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website without the separate consent of the person concerned and will not be merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.

(2) We use eTracker to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. Using the statistics obtained, we can improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The data collected is stored permanently and analyzed pseudonymously. The legal basis for the use of eTracker is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR.

(3) Information from the third-party provider: etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany; https://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html. The legal basis for the use of eTracker is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR.

Google Analytics

We use this service on our website.

We use the service to analyze the usage of our website and continuously improve individual functions, offers, and the user experience. By statistically evaluating user behavior, we can enhance our offerings and make them more interesting for you as a user. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

The service uses cookies, small text files that are stored on your device and allow for an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is transmitted to a server of the provider within the EU and stored there. The IP addresses are shortened on these servers. A correspondingly pseudonymized data set is transferred to the USA.

The service transfers personal data to the USA. The EU Commission has determined that this country provides an adequate level of data protection (TADPF). The service complies with the TADPF.

You can prevent the storage of cookies generated by this service by making the appropriate settings in your web browser. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of our website. If you wish to prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by the service provider, you can download and install the browser plugin available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

To ensure that the service provider processes the transmitted data only according to our instructions and complies with the applicable data protection regulations, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR (consent).

Provider: Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House
Barrow St
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel. +353 1 543 1000
Fax +353 1 686 5660
https://www.google.com/