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Data protection

We would like to inform you in the following about the processing of personal data in the context of the use of our internet pages.

RESPONSIBLE
The responsible party for these Internet pages is
W. MÜLLER GmbH
Am Senkelsgraben 20
53842 Troisdorf-Spich
Germany.

Further information about our company can be found in our imprint.

GENERAL
When you visit our Internet pages, personal data is also processed.

In order for the pages to be displayed in your browser, the IP address of the terminal device you are using must be processed. In addition, further information about the browser of your terminal device is processed.

We are also obliged by data protection law to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of the personal data processed with our IT systems.

The following data is logged for this purpose:

  1. Information about the browser type and version used
  2. The user's operating system
  3. The user's Internet service provider
  4. The user's IP address (for a maximum of 7 days)
  5. Date and time of access
  6. Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
  7. Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website

The IP address is deleted or anonymized after a maximum of 7 days from all systems used in connection with the operation of these Internet pages. We can then no longer establish a personal reference from the remaining data.

The data is also used to correct errors on the website.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our "interest" as defined by Art. 6 (1) (f) is the operation of this website and the implementation of the protection goals of confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data.

COOKIES
Cookies are used on our Internet pages. Cookies are small pieces of text information that are stored in your terminal device via your browser. The cookies are necessary to enable certain functions of our Internet pages. On the one hand, we use session cookies, which are automatically deleted by your browser immediately after you have finished visiting the website. In the area of web analysis, we also use persistent cookies.

You have the option of preventing the setting of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser (see also below under "GOOGLE ANALYTICS"). However, we would like to point out that the use of our Internet pages may then only be possible to a limited extent. Cookies do not install or start any programs or other applications on your computer.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in conjunction with § 15 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG). Our "interest" as defined by Art. 6 (1) (f) is the operation of these web pages. If cookies are used within the framework of Google Analytics, we also obtain your prior consent. You can give this consent using the cookie banner at the bottom of our website. If you wish to withdraw your consent, click on the "Change cookie settings" banner at the bottom left of our website.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. for the purpose of demand-oriented design and ongoing optimization of our website https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google"). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies are used. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website, such as

  • Browser type/version,
  • operating system used,
  • Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
  • host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
  • time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services associated with the use of the website and the Internet for the purposes of market research and the design of these Internet pages in line with requirements. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

Legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in conjunction with § 15 TMG. Our "interest" within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) is the operation of these web pages. If cookies are used within the framework of Google Analytics, we also obtain your prior consent. You can give this consent using the cookie banner at the bottom of our website. If you wish to withdraw your consent, click on the "Change cookie settings" banner at the bottom left of our website. Alternatively, you can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. Link click. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found, for example, in the Google Analytics help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

NEWSLETTER
In order to be able to inform you about current news by e-mail, we store your e-mail address and other voluntarily provided data when you register until revoked, for example for the targeted selection of topics that are relevant to you. For security reasons, we also store your IP address and the time of registration or confirmation. As soon as you have entered and sent your registration data, we will send you an e-mail to confirm and activate your free subscription by clicking on it ("double opt-in"). Only after confirmation you will receive our newsletter. The legal basis for the processing of the data after registration for the newsletter by the user is, if the user has given his consent, Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You will find a link to unsubscribe in every newsletter email.

The stored data will only be used by us for the stated purposes. For the purpose of sending the newsletter, data is passed on to service providers in the area of newsletter services. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in conjunction with § 7 of the German Act against Unfair Competition (UWG). Our "interest" as defined by Art. 6 (1) (f) is the administration and dispatch of our newsletters.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. The user's first name, last name and e-mail address are therefore stored for as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active.

COMPETITIONS
It may happen that we offer participation in competitions on our websites. For security reasons, your IP address and the time of registration are also stored when you enter. Once you have entered and submitted your registration details, we will send you an email to confirm your registration by clicking on it ("double opt-in"). This confirmation of your registration is required for participation in the competition. The legal basis for the corresponding processing of the data after registration for the competition is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the registrant has given his consent.

You can revoke your consent to participate in a competition at any time by sending an e-mail to W. MÜLLER GmbH (see imprint).

The stored data will only be used by us for the stated purposes.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

CONTACT FORM, E-MAIL CONTACT
We offer a contact form on our website which you can use to request information about our products or to make general contact. In addition to your message content, we require you to provide the following information: Last name, first name, company and e-mail.

We need this information to process your request, to address you correctly and to send you a reply.

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us via the e-mail addresses provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

Enquiries received via the contact form on our website or via the e-mail addresses provided are generally stored in our CRM system. The CRM system is regularly checked to determine whether data can be deleted. If data is no longer required in the context of a customer or interested party relationship or if a conflicting interest of the customer or interested party prevails, we will delete the relevant data, provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our "interest" within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) is communication with customers and interested parties.

ASSEMBLY EVALUATION
We offer an evaluation form on our website, through which you can evaluate assemblies carried out by us. We would be pleased if you would fill in this form for us in order to facilitate our quality control. Of course, you are free to decide whether you fill in the questionnaire voluntarily or not. There will of course be no negative consequences for you if you refuse to complete it.

If we receive your personal data as a result of an assembly assessment submitted by you, the corresponding data processing is carried out in order to safeguard our overriding, legitimate interests. Our interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) in this context lies above all in a quality control of the assembly services carried out. This quality control also includes your communicated assessments. Only in this way can we ensure that any quality or service deficiencies can be worked on immediately and in a targeted manner. This is essential for our successful order processing.

We process and store your personal data as long as it is necessary for the execution of a contact with you or for the execution of a contractual relationship and as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual and legal obligations. If the data is no longer required for the fulfilment of contractual obligations, it is regularly deleted, unless its further processing for a limited period is required due to retention periods under commercial and tax law (e.g. German Commercial Code (HGB), the Fiscal Code of Germany (AO)). The periods specified there for storage or documentation are two to ten years. Longer storage is also possible if you have consented to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

REGISTRATION TO AND PARTICIPATION IN COURSES
We process for the registration, conduct and processing of our seminars and webinars (hereinafter referred to as: courses) only purpose-related personal data (name of participant, company name and -address, e-mail, telephone number and account data) in electronic and written form, in order to organize the participant management and to enable a smooth process of the course. Supplementary notes on data processing regarding webinars via “Microsoft Teams” see below.
The legal basis for the scope of data collection is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR (performance of a contract), but in any case, our legitimate interest in a smooth implementation and processing of our courses (At. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR). The participation in one of our webinars via “Microsoft Teams” is generally on a voluntary basis. We would like to contact you after the meeting. Therefore, we need your consent. You agree to the use of the personal data collected during the registration to the webinar, in order to contact you after the webinar. In case of a consent as the legal basis for the data processing, every data subject is entitled to revoke the consent at any time with effect for the future without giving reasons. For this an e-mail to the W. MÜLLER GmbH (see imprint) is sufficient.
If you decide not to provide the relevant data, we are not able to process your request or to enable a participation in our courses, since this is not possible without a corresponding participant management.
We archive your correspondence with us in connection with our courses. For the performance of our courses, we enter the data of participants electronically and – where appropriate – in printouts, to ensure a smooth process of the course. The collected data are used to register applications and to perform our courses properly. They are also helpful for us if participants or persons interested in our courses address our course management or e.g. the respective speaker.
Because you pay a participation fee after receipt of the invoice, we see your account data for example. We use your data to process your payment and the course by our accounting department. All account data you provide us with, are exclusively used for the purpose of fulfilling and processing your order. As soon as the contract is completely carried out and the fee is completely paid, your data are blocked for further use and will be deleted, after tax and commercial law regulations and retention periods have been satisfied. For the processing of participant data, the statements to the participant management shall apply.
In our courses, we possibly conduct surveys or evaluations to our courses by means of evaluation forms. It is important to us, to receive your comments and proposals to our offerings. The participation is voluntary, the data collection is carried out in an anonymized way. The collected data are gathered and analyzed separately from personal data. There shall be no person-related analysis or storage of the data unless this is part of the evaluation or it happened with your expressed consent. For the analysis of our offerings, we also create statistics to measure the number of participants regarding the single courses and to show them in our annual report. This is carried out exclusively in anonymized form and without a possible allocation to personal data.
We use the tool “Microsoft Teams” to carry out online webinars. “Microsoft Teams” is a service of the Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 based in the USA. With the use of MS Teams, Microsoft also receives certain personal data. Further information to the processing of your data by Microsoft in the use of Microsoft Teams, are for example available under:
•    https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
•    https://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?DocumentId=18851
•    https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/compliance/regulatory/offering-eu-model-clauses
•    https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/datenschutz-und-sicherheit-in-microsoft-teams-nutzer/
Note: As far as you open the website of “Microsoft Teams”, the provider of “Microsoft Teams” is responsible for the data processing. Though a start of the website is only necessary for the use of “Microsoft Teams” to download the software for the use of “Microsoft Teams”. If you do not want to or cannot use the “Microsoft Teams-app”, you can also use “Microsoft Teams” via your browser. The service in so far then is also rendered by the website of “Microsoft Teams”.
In the use of “Microsoft Teams”, different types of data are recorded as well as processed. The extent depends on the data you voluntarily stated before the meeting.
•    User details: e.g. display name, maybe e-mail address, profile picture (optional), preferred language
•    Meeting metadata: e.g. date, time, Meeting-ID, telephone numbers, place
•    In case of recording: MP4 file of all video-, audio- and presentation recordings, MP4 file of all audio recordings, text file of the online-meeting-chat. If webinars are recorded, you are informed about that in advance before the beginning transparently and – if necessary – asked for a consent. A note to an actual recording is displayed in the webinar.
•    In case of a dial-up by telephone: outgoing and incoming telephone number, country code, start and end time, participant‘s IP address (optional)
•    Text-, audio- and video data: You can use the chat-, question- or survey functions in a webinar. Accordingly, your text input is processed and presented in the webinar. To enable the display of video and the playback of audio, during the meetings the data of the microphone of your terminal device as well as of a possible video camera of the terminal device are processed. You, as well as the organizer, can switch off or mute the camera or the microphone at any time via the “Microsoft Teams” applications. To participate a webinar, you at least need to give details on your name.
The chat contents are recorded during the use of “Microsoft Teams”. We store the chat contents for the duration of a month. If you are registered at “Microsoft Teams” as a user, the reports about online-meetings (meeting metadata, data to the telephone dial-up, questions and answers in webinars, survey function in webinars) can be stored up to one month at “Microsoft Teams”.
We do not use any automated decision-making according to Art. 22 GDPR.
All data we received from you are generally not passed to third parties without your expressed consent. Excepted from this regulation are service providers, which need the transmission of data for the execution of their job (e.g. the credit institute authorized with the processing of the payment). But in these special cases, the amount of transferred data pares down to the necessary minimum and exceptional to the necessary data of the transaction. The provider of “Microsoft Teams“ necessarily becomes aware of the above-named data, as far as this is intended within the frame of our order processing contract with “Microsoft Teams”. But the forwarding of the data takes place under the provision that the cooperation partners or the contracting authorities also commit themselves to the respective data protection guidelines. The data will not be passed to third parties for advertising purposes.
“Microsoft Teams” is a service of a provider located in the USA. Therefore, a processing of personal data is also proceeded in a third country. We concluded an order processing contract with the provider of “Microsoft Teams”, that meets the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR. An appropriate level of data protection is provided by the conclusion of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses. As complementary protective measures, we furthermore carried out our Microsoft Teams configuration in a way that e.g. for the implementation of webinars, only computer centers in the EU, the EEA are used.

VOLUNTARY INFORMATION
If you voluntarily provide us with data, e.g. in forms, and this is not required for the fulfilment of our contractual obligations, we process this data on the basis that we assume that the processing and use of this data is in your interest.

RECIPIENT / TRANSFER OF DATA
Data that you provide to us will generally not be transferred to third parties. In particular, your data will not be passed on to third parties for their advertising purposes.

However, we may use service providers for the operation of these Internet pages or for other products of ours. Here it can happen that a service provider receives knowledge of personal data. We select our service providers carefully - especially with regard to data protection and data security - and take all measures required by data protection law for permissible data processing.

With the exception of processing operations for which we provide information about the possibility of transferring data to recipients based outside the EU in these notes on data protection, we do not transfer your data to recipients based outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. The data transfers take place on the basis of so-called standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS(M/W/D)
We process the data you have sent us in connection with your application in order to check your suitability for the position (or, if applicable, other open positions in our companies) and to carry out the application procedure.

The primary legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this application procedure is Section 26 BDSG in its current version. According to this, the processing of data required in connection with the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship is permissible.

Should the data be required for legal prosecution after the conclusion of the application procedure, data processing may be carried out on the basis of the requirements of Art. 6 GDPR, in particular to safeguard legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our interest then consists of legal prosecution.

Data of applicants will be deleted after 6 months in case of rejection.

In the event that you have agreed to further storage of your personal data, we will transfer your data to our applicant pool. There, the data will be deleted after two years.

If you have been awarded a position during the application process, your data will be transferred to our personnel information system.

After receipt of your application, your applicant data will be viewed by the personnel department or the management. Suitable applications are then forwarded internally to the department responsible for the respective open position. Then the further procedure is coordinated. As a matter of principle, only those persons in the company have access to your data who require it for the proper conduct of our application procedure.

YOUTUBE
We integrate the videos of the "YouTube" platform of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/,
opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

YouTube is used in the interest of a clear presentation of our company, our products and manufacturing techniques. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. When calling up Youtube, servers in the USA or in any case outside the EU are called up.

VISABLE
W. MÜLLER uses products and services provided by Visable GmbH (www.visable.com) for analysis and marketing purposes. For this purpose, counting pixel technology is used to collect, process and store data in order to create at least pseudonymised, and where possible and reasonable, completely anonymised usage profiles. The collected data, which may initially still contain personal data, is transmitted to Visable or collected directly by Visable and used there to create the above-mentioned usage profiles. Visitors to this website are not personally identified and no other personal data is merged with the usage profiles. If IP addresses are identified as personal, they are deleted immediately. You can object to the forms of processing described here at any time with effect for the future:

Exclude from tracking (note: link sets a 1st-party cookie for an opt-out)

ONLINE PRESENCIES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages.

DATA PROTECTION OFFICERS
Our data protection officers are Lehmkühler Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, Wilhelmstr. 40-42, 53111 Bonn, Germany. You can reach them for all data protection questions related to us as well as for possible reports of data protection violations atdatenschutz(at)lehmkuehler-rechtsanwaelte.de.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A CONCERNED PERSON
You have the right to obtain information about the personal data concerning you. You can contact our data protection officer or us directly at any time to request information.

If you do not submit a written request for information, please understand that we may require you to provide evidence that you are the person you claim to be.

Furthermore, you have a right to correction or deletion or to restriction of processing, insofar as you are entitled to this by law.

Furthermore, you have a right to object to processing within the scope of the law. The same applies to a right to data portability.

CONSENT
If we process your personal data on the basis of consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO A DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
You have the right to complain about our processing of personal data to a data protection supervisory authority.

CHANGES TO THIS DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT
We reserve the right to make changes to this data protection statement in order to adapt it to new statutory provisions or any other change in the factual or legal situation. Therefore, please inform yourself at the beginning of the use of our website about the data protection declaration valid at that time.


Status: 06.10.2021