General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website, as well as during other processing within the VAHLE Group. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Paul Vahle GmbH & Co KG
Westicker Str. 52
59174 Kamen
Germany
Telephone: +49 2307 7040
E-mail: info(at)vahle.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form or send to a group member by e-mail. Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website and by our IT systems as soon as you have transmitted your data for this purpose. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page view), as well as the information you provide (e-mail address, e-mail signature, etc.). The collection and transmission of this information is automated.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. Furthermore, we need your data for the fulfilment of an existing contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. For details, please refer to the privacy policy under "Right to restriction of processing".
Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is primarily done using cookies and so-called analysis programmes. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you.
You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
You can find detailed information about these tools and your options for objecting in the following privacy policy.
Data protection
As the operator of these pages, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible body
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is
Paul Vahle GmbH & Co KG
Westicker Str. 52
59174 Kamen
Germany
Phone: +49 2307 7040
Email: info(at)vahle.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Group Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a Group Data Protection Officer for all members of the VAHLE Group within the EU.
In accordance with Articles 37 and 47 GDPR, the guarantees for data protection are provided by the headquarters of the VAHLE Group, Paul Vahle GmbH & Co KG in Kamen.
Contact details Group Data Protection Officer:
Email: datenschutz(at)vahle.de
General information on the legal basis of data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR if this is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Storage duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.
Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, analyse and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR).
If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the 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, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator.
You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from
"http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, erasure and rectification
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of our obligation to provide a legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Our hosting provider will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its service obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.
We use the following hosting provider:
IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur
Germany
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Agency
We are supported in the maintenance and updating of this website by:
TPWD AG
Chausseestr. 13
10115 Berlin
Germany
As the subject matter of the contract also enables possible access to personal data of website visitors, we have concluded an order processing contract with the service provider.
We use the "Cloudflare CDN" service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc, 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Cloudflare").
Cloudflare offers a globally distributed Content Delivery Network (CDN) with DNS. The information transfer between your browser and our website is technically routed via the Cloudflare network. This enables Cloudflare to analyse the data traffic between your browser and our website and to act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious data traffic from the Internet. Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognise Internet users, but these are used solely for the purpose described here.
The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our website as error-free and secure as possible (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details and further information on security and data protection at Cloudflare can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
We use cookies on our website to offer you the best possible user experience and to continuously improve our website. We use the TYPO3 plugin "Cookieman" for this purpose.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device and can store various information.
Which cookies do we use?
With the help of "Cookieman", we set both technically necessary cookies, which are essential for the functionality of the website, and optional cookies, which help us to optimise our website.
Legal basis and consent
The use of technically necessary cookies is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For all other cookies, we require your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you visit our website for the first time, you will be shown a cookie banner that you can use to set your preferences and give your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time and change your cookie settings.
How can you change your cookie settings?
You can change your cookie settings at any time using the link in the footer.
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are
This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website - the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, or hand over your business card during a visit to a trade fair, for example, we will store and process your enquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) 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 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact requests or by handing over your business card will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
You can register on this website in order to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.
In the event of important changes, for example to the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.
The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, for the initiation of further contracts (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Transfers to third countries are possible. So-called standard contractual clauses pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR have been concluded as suitable guarantees. You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular by suppressing third-party cookies so that you do not receive any ads from third-party providers; b) by installing the plug-in provided by Google at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin; c) by permanently deactivating it in your Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browsers under the link https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin; d) by means of the corresponding cookie setting. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
This website uses Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (hereinafter "Account Engagement") to send newsletters. The provider is Salesforce.com Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Str. 31, 80636 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "Salesforce"). Account Engagement is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. email address) is stored on Salesforce's servers in Germany and France.
Our newsletters sent with Account Engagement enable us to analyse the behaviour of newsletter recipients. Among other things, we can analyse how many recipients have opened the newsletter and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked on. Conversion tracking can also be used to analyse whether a predefined action (e.g. downloading a document from our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter.
The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.
If you do not wish to be analysed by Account Engagement, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter.
The data provided by you for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
For more information, please refer to the Salesforce privacy policy at:
https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
We use the marketing automation system Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (hereinafter "Account Engagement") on our website. The provider is salesforce.com Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Str. 31, 80636 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "Salesforce").
Account Engagement is special software for recording and analysing the use of a website by website visitors. Insofar as Salesforce processes personal data, the processing is carried out exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions.
When you visit our website, Account Engagement records your click path and uses this to create an individual user profile using a pseudonym. Cookies are used for this purpose, which enable your browser to be recognised. By consenting to the use of marketing cookies when using our website for the first time in the cookie consent tool or by continuing to use our website, you also consent to the use of cookies from Account Engagement.
The following data is collected and processed when you visit our website:
Once you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time, without giving reasons, with effect for the future. To do so, use the setting parameters in the cookie consent tool. Upon receipt of your cancellation, we will no longer process your data for the stated purposes.
Data processing
We have concluded an data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Service provider
We are supported in the operation of the system by
KERUN.ONE GmbH
Im Waldwinkel 9a
52385 Nideggen
Germany
We have concluded an data processing agreement (DPA) with the service provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR to ensure that the service provider processes the personal data within our Salesforce system only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
We use Salesforce Sales Cloud to manage customer data. The provider is salesforce.com Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Str. 31, 80636 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "Salesforce").
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a CRM system and enables us, among other things, to manage existing and potential customers and customer contacts and to organise sales and communication processes. Using the CRM system also enables us to analyse our customer-related processes. Customer data is stored on the Salesforce servers. Personal data may also be transmitted to the parent company of salesforce.com Germany GmbH, salesforce.com Inc, Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.
Details on the functions of Salesforce Sales Cloud can be found here: https://www.salesforce.com/sales/
The use of Salesforce Sales Cloud is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the most efficient customer management and customer communication possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Salesforce has Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) that have been approved by the French data protection authority. These are binding corporate rules that legitimise the internal transfer of data to third countries outside the EU and the EEA. Details can be found here: https://compliance.salesforce.com/en/documents/a005A00000kFf5jQAC
Details can be found in Salesforce's privacy policy:
https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Service provider
We are supported in the operation of our CRM system by
KERUN.ONE GmbH
Im Waldwinkel 9a
52385 Nideggen
Germany
We have concluded an data processing agreement (DPA) with the service provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR to ensure that the service provider processes the personal data within our Salesforce system only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you watch a video.
As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.
If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
This website uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts for the purpose of standardising the display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
We use hCaptcha on our website to ensure that form entries are made by humans and not by automated, malicious bots. hCaptcha is a service provided by Intuition Machines, Inc, 1065 SW 8TH ST, No. 704, Miami, FL 33130, USA, which respects the privacy of users and is GDPR-compliant.
Collection and processing of data
If you solve an hCaptcha, your IP address and other information determined by hCaptcha will be collected and processed.
Purpose of the data processing
Data processing is carried out to protect our website from spam and misuse and to ensure a secure and stable online environment for all users.
Legal basis
The data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest).
Privacy policy and objection option
Further information about hCaptcha and the data protection settings can be found in hCaptcha's privacy policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy
Frequently asked questions about data processing under the GDPR can be found here: https://www.hcaptcha.com/gdpr
If you do not agree with the processing of your data by hCaptcha, you can refuse the use of hCaptcha. Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the standardised display of fonts. The Google fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
In order to offer you an optimal webinar experience, we use the service of WebinarJam, an online service provided by Genesis Digital, LLC, 4730 S. Fort Apache Rd, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89147, USA. The following statement informs you about what data is collected and processed and what rights you have in this regard.
What data is collected?
If you participate in one of our webinars, the following data will be collected and processed by WebinarJam
Purpose of the data processing
Your data is processed in order to
Legal basis
Your data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You will be asked for your consent before the webinar begins.
Forwarding of the data
Your data will be treated confidentially by us and will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so.
Your rights
You have the right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and objection regarding your data stored by us. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Contact and revocation of consent
If you have any questions about data protection and exercising your rights, or if you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact us at
Paul Vahle GmbH & Co KG
Westicker Str. 52
59174 Kamen
Germany
Phone: +49 2307 7040
Email: info(at)vahle.com
Privacy policy of WebinarJam
Further information on data processing by WebinarJam can be found in the privacy policy of Genesis Digital LLC: https://home.webinarjam.com/privacypolicy
Data processing
We have concluded an data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of persons who register for or participate in a webinar only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Final provision
By registering for the webinar, you consent to the processing of your data as described above.
This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo.
With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyse data about the use of our website by website visitors. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which pages were accessed and from which region. We also record various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).
This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
IP anonymisation
We use IP anonymisation for the analysis with Matomo. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.
Hosting
We host Matomo with the following third-party provider:
IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur
Germany
Data processing
We have concluded an data processing agreement (DPA) with the hosting provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
We use softgarden as application management software. The provider of softgarden is softgarden e-recruiting GmbH, Tauentzienstraße 14, 10789 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter "softgarden"). Softgarden is a software solution that provides us with the technical infrastructure for the job exchange and through whose platform we publish job advertisements on job exchanges. We also receive applications and use the software to manage applicant data.
Handling of application data
We offer you the opportunity to apply to us via our online portal. In the following, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process. We assure you that your data will be collected, processed and used in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.
Scope and purpose of data collection
If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, results of tests as part of the recruitment process, sanctions list checks, etc.) insofar as this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-new under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and - if you have given your consent - Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application. If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG-new and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.
Retention period of the data
If you do not receive an offer from us as part of the application process, you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application).
The data will then be deleted. The retention serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will only be deleted when the purpose for further storage no longer applies. Longer storage may also take place if you have given your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), e.g. inclusion in the applicant pool or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with softgarden. These contracts are required by data protection law and ensure that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Handling of application data for apprenticeships
We hereby inform applicants for a training contract that VAHLE uses the ASTA-IC system provided by the IHK Gesellschaft für Informationsverarbeitung mbH (Hörder Hafenstraße 5, 44263 Dortmund, Germany) for training companies to create training contracts. In this process, personal data that is required or requested for the creation of a training contract is entered, stored and managed in this system. Applicants declare that they agree to the storage and processing of their personal data in this system should a contract offer be made by VAHLE.
We use the Hogrefe Test System (HTS) to support personnel selection. This is a digital platform for carrying out psychological test procedures. The provider is Hogrefe Verlag, Merkelstraße 3, 37085 Göttingen, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Hogrefe").
We use HTS to collect personal data relevant to protection. The personal data is stored on Hogrefe's servers in Germany.
Our tests carried out with Hogrefe enable us to analyse the test results that are implemented with HTS. This means that only age and gender are necessary for the application of the tests, which do not enable the identification of a person. Further information on Hogrefe's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.hogrefe.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
The test results are used to facilitate selection decisions in the application process.
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. In addition, the data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 88 para. 1 GDPR in conjunction with. § Section 26 (1) BDSG, as the use of the aptitude test is an initiation / implementation of the employment relationship.
The purpose of the data processing is the data protection-compliant execution and forwarding of the test (results) to the person responsible with the help of HTS. Data that is stored for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
The personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary to fulfil the respective order processing under the agreement with Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest. If the applicant can no longer be considered for the advertised position, this data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the end of the application process.
For communication with our customers and suppliers, we also use WhatsApp, provided by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. ("WhatsApp Ireland"), within the European Union.
We use WhatsApp in an isolated installation. The demarcation from our contact data is ensured by the technical default setting using a mobile device management system (MDM). This means that NO contact data is automatically transferred to WhatsApp. Communication only takes place at the invitation of a user and continues until this user cancels. Due to the provider's processing, data may be transferred to a non-secure third country. As a rule, the provider will not provide transparent information about which data is transferred to which partners. Further information can be found in the provider's privacy policy:
https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy
The responsibility for processing therefore lies with the provider (WhatsApp). Therefore, please consider carefully whether you invite your dialogue partner in our company via WhatsApp to communicate via this channel. We regard your invitation as a declaration of consent on your part in accordance with Art. 6 GDPR para. 1a and will continue to process it on a voluntary basis. Only your surname, first name, company and telephone number will be processed.
On request and with prior consent in accordance with Art. 6 GDPR para. 1a, communication with VAHLE employees can also take place via the messenger WeChat. Security through technical separation is established here by means of a mobile device management system (MDM). The information and guidelines of the provider (Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited) or the representative in the EU (Tencent International Service Europe BV), which are expressly accepted by every user, apply here. These can be found in the privacy policy at https://www.wechat.com/en/privacy_policy.html.
Further information can be obtained from the data protection officer at the provider's European headquarters, who can be contacted as follows
Email: dataprotection(at)wechat.com
Postal address: 26.04 on the 26th floor of Amstelplein 54, 1096 BC Amsterdam, Netherlands
This privacy policy applies to the social media presences of us and our subsidiaries on the platforms listed below.
Data processing by social networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The individual social networks we use are listed below.
Social networks such as Facebook, X, etc. can generally analyse your user behaviour comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presences triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing operations. In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your end device or by recording your IP address.
With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be displayed to you inside and outside the respective social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are logged in or have been logged in.
Please also note that we cannot track all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.
Legal basis
Our social media presences are intended to ensure the widest possible presence on the internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Controller and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can assert your rights (information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that, despite the joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider.
Storage period
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
Your rights
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to object, the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Furthermore, you can request the rectification, blocking, erasure and, under certain circumstances, the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
We use swat.io to manage our social media presence. The provider is Swat.io GmbH, Schönbrunner Straße 213-215, 3rd floor, 1120 Vienna, Austria. Due to the access possibilities of this tool, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Swat.io GmbH in accordance with GDPR Art. 28.
You can find the privacy policy of Swat.io GmbH here: https://swat.io/en/legal/
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland (hereinafter "Meta"). According to Meta, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
We have concluded an agreement with Meta on joint processing (Controller Addendum). This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Meta are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view this agreement at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
You can customise your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
Details can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452
We use the short message service X (formerly Twitter). The provider is the parent company X Corp, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for the data processing of persons living outside the USA.
You can adjust your X data protection settings yourself in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: https://x.com/settings/account/personalization
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.x.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html
Details can be found in the privacy policy of X: https://x.com/en/privacy
We have a profile on Instagram. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452
We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you wish to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out .
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs
Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
The company is certified according to the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448
We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780
We have a profile on Xing. The operator is New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Xing's privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/en
Our website contains links to external websites, which are identified by the following symbol: Example external link
These links lead to offers outside our area of responsibility. As soon as you click on an external link, you leave our website and the data protection guidelines of the respective provider apply. We assume no responsibility or liability for the content or handling of personal data on these external sites. Please familiarise yourself with the applicable data protection regulations before using such offers.
Only when you actively click on an external link will technical information such as your IP address, the time of the click and the previously visited page be transmitted to the link destination. This data transfer is technically necessary and occurs automatically due to the protocol on which the Internet is based.
Clicking on individual external links on our website may result in data being transmitted to third parties. This may result in third parties receiving connection data. If you do not want this data to be transferred to third parties, we recommend that you do not click on the link.
