Privacy Policy

General information

The following information provides a summary of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is defined as all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the “Information on the controller” section of this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This involves technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system and time of viewing the page), which is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

The data is collected in order to ensure that the website is available and functions correctly.

What rights do you have concerning your data?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipients and purpose of the personal data stored about you, free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you granted your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted under certain circumstances. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time if you have any questions on this or any other aspect of data privacy.

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include IP addresses, contact enquiries, metadata and communication data, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hoster’s services are used for the performance of contracts with our potential and existing clients (Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR) and in the interests of making our website available securely, quickly and efficiently via a professional provider (Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR).

Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to perform its duties and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We work with the following hoster:

SYSTIX IT-Services
Kleine Düwelstraße 21
30171 Hannover
Germany

Contract processing

We have concluded a contract processing agreement with the above-mentioned provider. This involves a contract stipulated by data protection law which ensures that the data service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors strictly in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Data protection

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various items of personal data are collected. Personal data is defined as data with which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.

Please note that data transfer over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) is not completely secure. Data cannot be fully protected against third-party access.

Information on the controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

Werwigk Henne Partnerschaft mbB
Königstraße 52
70173 Stuttgart
Germany

+49 (0)711 222901-0
info@werwigkhenne.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and methods of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Revoking your consent to data processing

Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. If you submit a justified request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legitimate grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be erased when these grounds no longer apply.

Widerruf Ihrer Einwilligung zur Datenverarbeitung

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the date of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special circumstances and to direct marketing (Art. 21 of the GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 (1) (E) OR (F) OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE RELEVANT PERSONAL DATA 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 BASED ON ART. 21 (1) OF THE GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION BASED ON ART. 21 (2) OF THE 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 exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent, or in performance of a contract, made available to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator. The browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar indicate that the connection is encrypted.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, erasure and rectification

Within the scope of the prevailing statutory provisions, you have the right at any time, free of charge, to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time if you have any questions on this or any further queries on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to review the matter. While the review is ongoing, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
If you have lodged an objection on the basis of Art. 21 (1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until the priority of interests has been established, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data (with the exception of its storage) may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence 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 European Union or of a Member State.

Server log files

The information that your browser automatically sends us is collected automatically by the website provider and saved in server log files. This information includes:

browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
hostname of the computer accessing the website
time of the server request
IP address

This data is not linked to any other sources of information.

The data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in presenting its website free of technical errors and in optimising it – the server log files are required for this purpose.

Enquiry by email, phone or fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, your enquiry including all related personal data (name, your enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR if your enquiry is related to performance of a contract or is necessary for taking pre-contractual steps. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in dealing effectively with the enquiries sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR) if it was requested.

The data you send to us as contact enquiries will remain with us until you ask us to erase it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose of the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been dealt with). This does not affect legal requirements, including but not limited to statutory retention periods.

Handling job applicants’ data

We welcome job applications (e.g. by email, post or online application form). In the section below, we inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process. You can be assured that the collection, processing and use of your data is carried out in compliance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us an application, we will process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.) to the extent that this is necessary to reach a hiring decision. The legal basis for this is section 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) under German law (employment-related purposes for hiring decisions), Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR (taking steps prior to entering into a contract) and, if you have given your consent, Art. 6 (1) (a) of the 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 computer systems on the basis of section 26 of the BDSG and Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR for the purpose of carrying out the employment contract.

Data retention period

If we are unable to offer you a job, or 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 (1) (f) of the 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 and the physical application documents destroyed. This data retention serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is clear that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an imminent or pending legal dispute), the data will only be erased when the purpose of continued storage no longer applies.

Data may also be retained for longer if you have given your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent erasure.

This Privacy Policy is currently valid and is dated January 2023. Amendments to this Privacy Policy may be required as a result of updates to our website and our offerings or as a result of changes to statutory or official requirements.