Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

We,

WIKUS Saw Technology, Corp.

700 West Belden Avenue
Addison
IL 60101
U.S.A.
1-800-369-0447sales@wikussawtech.com

set out below which of your data we process on this website.
Should you have any questions relating to data protection, our data protection officer would be happy to respond at datenschutz@dsb-moers.de.

Purpose, legal basis, categories of recipients, storage period for the data processing

Purpose: Presentation of the company and provision of services and/or sale of products, as well as communication through the Internet

The purpose of data processing on this website is to provide information about the products and services of our company, combined with the opportunity for users to be able to make contact with the appropriate contact person in house.

We process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases:

  • Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
  • Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject, as well as for taking appropriate steps prior to entering into a contract.
  • Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR for the processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject in accordance with applicable EU law or in accordance with the applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
  • Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary to protect the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. Legitimate interests are, in particular, our commercial interest to be able to provide our website, the security of information, the enforcement of our own legal claims and the compliance with further legislation.

To this end, in the context of service provision, we use service providers that have been separately bound to maintain confidentiality and to protect data. Data shall only be disclosed to a third party in the existence of overriding statutory provisions. No data is transmitted to third countries.

When you visit the website, a connection is established with your browser. The information collected, which is listed below, is stored in temporary system files and recorded automatically: IP address of your device, data and time of access, name and URL of files accessed, website from which access is initiated or from which you are directed to our site (referrer URL), browser used and, where applicable, the operating system of your device, as well as the name of your provider.

The data specified is processed by us for the purpose of seamlessly establishing a connection and for system security. The connection data created is automatically deleted is and is not retained for more than seven days. If the website is used improperly, log files, which need to be retained for evidence purposes, are saved until the incident is clarified.

Use of cookies

This website uses so-called "cookies", or text files, which are stored on your computer and which enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information produced by the cookie about the way you use this website is used to analyse visitor behaviour on the website and to improve our information offering. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). The optimisation of the web presence constitutes such a legitimate interest. The information gained is only used for internal statistical analysis and is not passed on to third parties. The cookies are removed after 2 years. You can prevent cookies from being saved by changing the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you would not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. Data is collected anonymously; the data collected cannot be related to you.

Contact form

Should you wish to write to us using our contact from, your data from the form is processed to deal with your concern. The legal basis for the transmission of data to us is Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent under data protection law at any time with effect for the future. The data is then removed. If there is no legal obligation to retain data arising from your enquiry (e.g. an order), the data is removed after three years. Your data is transmitted internally to the competent contact person to process your enquiry. Data is not transmitted to a third party without your approval.

Partner portal/ Orders

If you order products and/or services via the website, we process your data (name, address data, contact data, if necessary payment data) for the purpose of fulfilling the contract. The legal basis is Article 6 para 1 lit b. GDPR. The data will only be passed on to third parties if it is necessary for the purpose of the contract. The data will be deleted after the expiration of the tax deadlines of 10 years after the end of the year and the calendar year. The data in the user account will be stored as long as the customer account exists.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files, which are stored on your computer and which enable your use of the website to be analysed. The legal basis for this processing in your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(a)GDPR. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the US where it is stored.
However, if IP anonymisation is enabled on this website, your IP address is truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transferred in exceptional circumstances to a Google service in the US where it is truncated. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to generate reports on website activities and to provide the website operator with other services associated with the use of the website and of the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not amalgamated with other data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being saved by changing the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you would not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) and related to your use of the website from being collected by Google, and the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the available browser plugin under the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Alternatively, if you allow cookies for our website, you can apply an Opt-Out Cookie under the link below to prevent the collection of your data. Please be aware that this will only be activated for this browser on this device and for this website. Should you delete the opt-out cookie, you will have to apply it once again.

Opt-Out Cookie

Google ReCaptcha

We use Google ReCaptcha to protect against bots on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 in the USA has committed to ensuring appropriate data protection in accordance with the American-European and the American-Swiss privacy shield. More information can be found in Google's comprehensive privacy statement https://www.google.com/policies/privacy. You can opt out via your Google account: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Your right to information, rectification, deletion, object and data portability

You may avail yourself of your right to information, rectification and deletion of data at any time. Simply contact us using one of the methods described above. Should you require data to be deleted, which we are still legally obligated to retain, access to your data will be restricted (blocked). The same applies to an appeal. You may avail yourself of your right to data portability if the recipient and ourselves have the technical means.

Right of appeal

You have the option at any time to lodge an appeal with a data protection supervisory authority.

Data security / encryption

This website uses "Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure" (https). The connection between your browser and our server is encrypted.

Currency of and changes to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to change the content of this privacy statement at any time. This is usually done if the services used are subject to further development or adaptation. You can view the current privacy statement on our website.

Date of this statement: 22.05.2018

Sitio web/idioma actual

WIKUS Saw Technology, Corp

Otros sitios web

WIKUS FRANCE S.A.S.
WIKUS SIERRAS CINTAS S. de R. L. De C.V
WIKUS Nordic AB
WIKUS AUSTRIA GmbH
WIKUS Canada Ltd.
WIKUS Saw Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
WIKUS India Pvt. Ltd.