General information about privacy

Our Data Protection Officer is available to you to answer any questions and as your contact regarding data protection at any time. The contact details are as follows:

WMF GmbH
Data protection
WMF Platz 1
73312 Geislingen/Steige
E-mail: [email protected]

As part of our business relationships, your personal data may be passed on or disclosed to third-party companies. These may also be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), i.e. in third countries. Such processing is carried out exclusively for the fulfillment of contractual and business obligations and to maintain your business relationship with us (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b or lit. f in each case in conjunction with. Art. 44 ff. GDPR). We will inform you about the respective details of the transfer at the relevant points below.

The European Commission certifies that some third countries have data protection standards comparable to the EEA standard by means of so-called adequacy decisions (a list of these countries and a copy of the adequacy decisions can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en). However, in other third countries to which personal data may be transferred, there may not be a consistently high level of data protection due to a lack of legal provisions. If this is the case, we ensure that data protection is adequately guaranteed. Please contact our data protection officer if you would like more information on this.

The conclusion of contracts with us is not contingent upon your provision of personal data. You, the customer, are not legally or contractually obligated at any time to provide us with your personal data. However, it is possible that we can provide certain offers only with restrictions or not at all if you do not provide the subsequently required data. Should this be the case as an exception for the products offered by us, you will be notified accordingly.

Under certain circumstances, we may be subject to a particular statutory or legal obligation to provide the legitimately processed personal data to third parties, particularly public bodies (section 6(1)(1)(c) GDPR).

a. Right of access

You have the right to request information about the personal data concerning you that we process in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR.

b. Right to object

You have the right to object on compelling legitimate grounds (see point (7)).

c. Right to rectification

If the information concerning you is no longer accurate, you can request a correction in accordance with Art. 16 of the GDPR. If your data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

d. Right to erasure

You can request the erasure of your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 of the GDPR.

e. Right to restriction of processing

According to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

f. Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority of your choice in accordance with Article 77 (1) GDPR. This also includes the data protection supervisory authority responsible for the controller: The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information for Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronner Straße 35, 70191 Stuttgart.

g. Right to data portability

In the event that the conditions of Art. 20 (1) GDPR are met, you have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to yourself or to third parties. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of log files are essential for the operation of the website. They are therefore not based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, but are justified pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The requirements of Article 20(1) of the GDPR are therefore not met in this respect.

Pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you. The controller will then no longer process the personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of log files are essential for the operation of the website.