Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
General Information and Mandatory Information
Designation of the Responsible Entity
The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:
Karl Wilhelm GmbH
Kai Eling
In der Habach 1
57250 Netphen
The responsible entity alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for withdrawal. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.
Right to Information, Rectification, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser bar.
General Information and Mandatory Information
Designation of the Responsible Entity
The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:
Karl Wilhelm GmbH
Kai Eling
In der Habach 1
57250 Netphen
The responsible entity alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for withdrawal. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.
Right to Information, Rectification, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser bar.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
These data are not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
- Visited page on our domain
- Date and time of the server request
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- IP-address
These data are not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. These data will not be shared without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected.
Data submitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.
WordPress
Who we are
The address of our website is: https://www.karlwilhelm.de.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ . After approval of your comment, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to this website could download and extract location data from images stored on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may consent to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and display option cookies after one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and record your interaction with embedded content, including your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Store Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can request an export of your personal data, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of all personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our services more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
Some cookies are “session cookies.” These cookies are automatically deleted after your browser session ends. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or disable the use of cookies. Many browsers can be configured to delete cookies automatically when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
The use of cookies required for electronic communication or to provide certain functions you request (e.g. shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. Other cookies (e.g. for analytics) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Our website uses the web analytics service Matomo, an open-source solution.
Matomo uses cookies, which are text files stored on your device that enable analysis of website usage. The information generated by cookies about your use of our website is stored on our server. Your IP address is anonymized before storage.
Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them.
The use of Matomo cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior anonymously to optimize both our website and advertising.
Information stored in Matomo cookies is not shared with third parties. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings, though this may limit website functionality.
You can disable the storage and use of your data. Your browser will set an opt-out cookie to prevent Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and must be reset on your next visit.
You have the option to prevent your actions here from being analyzed and linked. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and improving usability for you and other users.
WPML
WPML uses cookies to identify the visitor’s current language, last visited language, and the language of logged-in users.
While using the plugin, WPML shares data about the site via the installer. No user data is shared.
WPML Translation Management
WPML Translation Management sends the email address, name of each manager, assigned translators, and content to the advanced translation editor and translation services.
WPML String Translation
WPML String Translation sends all strings to the WPML advanced translation editor and translation services.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use Google Maps features, your IP address must be stored. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online offerings attractively and making locations easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. More information can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
CloudFlare
To protect against attacks, malicious bots, and to improve performance, we use services from our technology partner CloudFlare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
All data to and from this server is transmitted via Cloudflare’s CDN (Content Delivery Network). To detect and defend against attacks, Cloudflare stores access data, which is typically deleted within 4 hours, and at the latest after 3 days.
Cloudflare participates in the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. More information can be found here:
EU-US Privacy Shield –„>https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome
Cloudflare Privacy & Security Policy – www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/
The use of this service is based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, i.e. the operation of our business.
Source: Datenschutz-Konfigurator from mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de