Privacy statement and information, in accordance with article 13 of the GDPR
General
Thank you for visiting our website and showing an interest in our services. As a user of our website, we take the protection of your privacy very seriously and we strictly uphold the legal data protection provisions on collecting, processing, and using data. This applies in particular to the processing of your personal data.
The data controller’s name and contact details
Maxwell Oil Tools GmbH
Planckstr. 15
32052 Herford, Germany
T + (+39) 0544 453526
F + (+39) 0544 453526
info@maxwelloiltools.com
The data protection officer’s contact details
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Oliver Baldner
Telefon: +49 (5221) 777-987
E-mail: datenschutz@avanco.de
Purposes and legal basis for the processing of personal data:
| Purposes for processing | Legal basis |
| To bring the data controller in contact with visitors to our website who use our online contact form | Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. b of the GDPR (required to fulfil the pre-contractual measures) |
| The evaluation of user behaviour using Google Analytics | Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR (consent of the data subject) |
| The processing of technical information, in order to optimise the availability of services and the appearance of website information retrieved by the visitor on their end device. | Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR (the data controller’s legitimate interest) |
| Execution of external codes in the JavaScript framework “jQuery” | Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR (the data controller’s legitimate interest) |
| Controlling the website and the appropriate process design during the use of cookies | Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR (the data controller’s legitimate interest) |
| Establishment of contact and processing of your data in the context of an application for an employment relationship | Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the controller) |
| Uploading and transmission of application documents | Article 88 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (1) Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) (foundation of an employment relationship) |
Categories of personal data for processing
When using our website, the following data is processed for organisational and technical purposes:
- The visitor’s IP address
- The names of the pages retrieved
- The date and time of access
- The name of the browser used
- The name of the operating system
- The name of the search engine or external link
- The name of the data downloaded
If you transmit data using our online form, the personal data provided by you for fulfilling the relevant purposes will be processed.
Recipients of your personal data
Transmission of your personal data to third parties will only take place upon receipt of your consent or if legally permissible. Transmission of your personal data to authorised state institutions and authorities will only take place within the framework of the relevant laws or if we are obligated to do so following a court ruling. Our employees are sworn to confidentiality and must uphold the provisions of the laws on data protection.
For the technical provision of services, we use the following companies to process data on our behalf:
| Contractor | Service rendered |
| Sowa Marketing Sp. z o.o. | Hosting the website. Rental and operation of virtual servers in the form of order processing, in accordance with article 28 of the GDPR |
| Google Analytics | Webtracking using Google Analytics |
Subscription to the newsletter
If you have subscribed to our newsletter, we use your email address and other voluntary personal details in order to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. To receive our newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address.
At the end of each newsletter you will find a link, which allows you to amend your data at any time or cancel your subscription. Similarly, you can cancel your subscription by contacting us using the contact details provided in our legal notice.
Use of cookies
This website uses so-called cookies. These involve small text files, which are sent from our servers to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. These do not store personal data but instead use an individual pseudonym. This information is used to recognize you when navigating our pages and it makes navigation simpler.
Data protection notice on use of the tool Google Analytics 4
We use the tool Google Analytics 4 on our website. The service provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Ireland Limited is a company of the US-based corporation Google LLC. The business address of Google LLC is: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Storage period:
The data transferred to the service provider in the framework of implementation of the Google Analytics 4 tool and linked with cookies will be automatically erased after 14 months.
Data subject rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Rectify inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data
- Restrict processing under certain conditions
- Request data portability
- Object to processing
To exercise your rights, please contact dataprotection@maxwelloiltools.com
Links to other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. We have no influence over whether their operators will uphold the data protection provisions. Despite the careful monitoring of content, we bear no liability for content on external links. The operators of the linked websites are solely responsible for the content on these sites.
Changes to the privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend security and data protection measures at any time, in particular if this is required due to technical developments. In such cases, we will adjust our data protection information accordingly.
For further questions, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@maxwelloiltools.com