Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how your personal data is handled when using our website. Personal data means all data by which you can be personally identified.
The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
The controller has appointed a data protection officer, who can be contacted as follows:
“Tobias Pleye, Westlandstraße 6, 49324 Melle, T: +49 5422 702-0, E: dsb@westland.eu”
Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/referral from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (where applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser address bar.
Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For the hosting of our website and the display of page content, we use a provider that renders its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after the browser is closed (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.
Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the event that consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Contacting Us
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been finally processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent this.
Web Analytics Services
Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables analysis of your use of our website.
By default, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies when you visit the website. These are stored on your device as small text elements and collect certain information. This information also includes your IP address, which is, however, shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct personal identification.
The information is transmitted to Google’s servers and processed further there. Transfers to Google LLC, based in the USA, are also possible.
Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for us and to provide other services associated with website use and internet use. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. The data collected in connection with the use of Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, is carried out only if you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service via the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Demographic characteristics: Google Analytics 4 uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to create statistics that provide information about the age, gender and interests of website visitors. This is done by analyzing advertising and information from third parties. As a result, target groups for marketing activities can be identified. However, the collected data cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.
Google Signals: As an extension of Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website in order to generate cross-device reports. If you have activated personalized ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyze your usage behavior across devices and create database models, including with regard to cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you would like to stop cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the “Personalized Advertising” function in the settings of your Google account. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de
User IDs: As an extension of Google Analytics 4, the “User IDs” function may be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, have created an account on this website and log into this account on various devices, your activities, including conversions, may be analyzed across devices.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
Google Tag Manager
This website uses the “Google Tag Manager“, a service provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: “Google“).
Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analytics services, and for configuring, controlling and linking them to conditions via a uniform user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store any information on user devices or read such information. Nor does the service perform any independent data analyses. However, when a page is accessed, your IP address is transmitted to Google by Google Tag Manager and may be stored there. Transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.
This processing is carried out only if you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without such consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please deactivate this service in the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
On this website, we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the CAPTCHA window, the provider uses “Google Fonts”, i.e. fonts loaded by Google from the internet. In this context, no further information is processed beyond the information mentioned above that is already transmitted to Google via the functionality of reCAPTCHA.
The service checks whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. In order to ensure that an action is performed by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this data to the provider’s servers for evaluation. Cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored in the browser of the device, may be used for this purpose.
Insofar as the processing described above is carried out on the basis of cookies, such cookies are set only if you have given us your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website.
If the processing described above is carried out without the use of cookies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in establishing individual accountability on the internet and in preventing misuse and spam pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
Online Applications via a Form
On our website, we advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties may apply via a corresponding form.
Applicants must provide all personal data required for a well-founded assessment, including general information such as name, address and contact options, as well as performance-related evidence and, where applicable, health-related information. Details of the application can be found in the respective job advertisement.
When the form is submitted, the applicant data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art, stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (or Section 26(1) BDSG), within the meaning of which the completion of the application procedure is deemed to constitute the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severe disability status) are requested from applicants during the application procedure, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR so that we can exercise the rights arising from employment law and the law of social security and social protection and comply with our obligations in this respect.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special categories of data may also be based on Art. 9(2)(h) GDPR if it takes place for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant’s working capacity, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If the applicant is not selected or if an applicant withdraws the application prematurely, the data submitted via the form as well as all electronic correspondence, including the application email, will be deleted no later than 6 months after a corresponding notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and, where applicable, to comply with our burden of proof under the rules on equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (in the case of processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26(1) BDSG) for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.
Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie-Consent-Tool
This website uses a so-called “Cookie-Consent-Tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The “Cookie-Consent-Tool” is displayed to users when they access the page in the form of an interactive user interface in which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by ticking the relevant boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by ticking the relevant box. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s device only if consent has been granted.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is nevertheless processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the setting options of the Cookie-Consent-Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
Rights of the Data Subject
Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), whereby reference is made to the cited legal basis for the respective requirements for exercising them:
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – where applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data processed within the framework of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.
When personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(1) GDPR, 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.
When personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
