Privacy Policy

§1 Scope

(1) We take the protection of personal data very seriously and want you to feel secure when visiting our website. With this privacy policy we inform you about the type, scope and purposes of the collection and usage of personal data by us,

WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH
Campus-Boulevard 30
52074 Aachen

Phone.: +49 241 945733-60
Email: info@werkzeugbau-akademie.de

as part of the website provided at https://werkzeugbau-akademie.de/ (in the following “website”).

(2) Unless otherwise specified below, your data will not be passed on to third parties without your necessary consent.

(3) Personal data is information that can be used to identify a person, i.e. information that can be traced back to a person. This includes name, email address or telephone number. However, personal data also includes data about preferences, hobbies, memberships or which websites someone has viewed.

(4) The legal basis for data protection can be found in the German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) and the Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (DDG) as well as in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

§2 Your rights

(1) You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Article 15, GDPR)
• Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16, GDPR)
• Erasure of your data stored by us (Article 17, GDPR)
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to erase your data due to legal obligations (Article 18, GDPR)
• Objection to the processing of your data by us (Article 21, GDPR) and
• Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20, GDPR)

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7, para. 3 GDPR).

(2) You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. with the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or with the authority responsible for us as the controller (Art. 77 GDPR).

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

§3 Access to the website/Server log files

(1) Every time you access our website, i.e. regardless of whether you log in, register or otherwise enter and transmit information, we automatically collect the following data (so-called server log files) in a log file

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• Name of the website or file accessed
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Volume of data transmitted
• Browser type and version
• Operating system of the user

(2) We use this data to ensure a smooth connection to the website and to ensure the smooth use of our website. The log data is only used for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the website. We reserve the right to check the log data retrospectively if there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete evidence.

(3) Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

(4) Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

(5) The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective purpose has been fulfilled.

(6) The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

§4 SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use the state-of-the-art SSL encryption method via HTTPS.

§5 Cookies

(1) Cookies are small files that make it possible to store specific information relating to the device on the user’s access device (PC, smartphone, etc.). On the one hand, they serve the user-friendliness of websites and thus the users (e.g. in the context of storing login data). On the other hand, they help to record statistical data on website usage and to be able to analyze it for the purpose of improving the offer.

(2) You can influence the use of cookies. Most current browsers have an option that can be used to restrict or completely prevent the storage of cookies. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions to find out how this works in detail. However, we would like to point out that the use of the services on our website and in particular the ease of use could be restricted without cookies.

(3) If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, cookies may be used on our websites. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

Deactivate Matomo: On our website, we offer our users the option of withdrawing their consent by opting out of the analysis process. To do this, you must follow the corresponding link. This will then set another cookie on your system, which signals our system not to save your data.

§6 Contacting us

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer you various services that you can use if you are interested. You are welcome to contact us and provide further personal data, which we will use to process your enquiry.

(2) If you contact us by e-mail or via the contact form, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

(3) The data entered in the contact form is processed based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to enquire about an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

(4) Recipients of data may be processors.

(5) Data will be deleted no later than six months after the enquiry has been processed.

(6) If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German HGB and delete your data after these periods have expired.

(7) The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, your e-mail address and the reason for your enquiry.

§7 Newsletter

(1) On our website, we offer the possibility to subscribe to a newsletter. With the newsletter, we inform you regularly about our offers.

(2) Mandatory details for newsletter registration are e-mail address, company, first name and surname. When you register for the newsletter, we save the date of registration.

(3) We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the “double opt-in” procedure to verify that a registration is made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the subscription to the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the reply requested. The e-mail address is only actively added to the mailing list if a confirmation is received. No further data is collected. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter and is not passed on to third parties.

(4) Based on your explicit consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.

(5) You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation using the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.

(6) The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. Afterwards they will be deleted.

(7) The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

§8 Download of our studies

(1) On our website, we offer the option of registering to download our studies free of charge.

(2) Mandatory information for registration is your e-mail address, company, first name and surname.

(3) We will send a personalized download link to the email address you provide. This link authorizes you to download all our studies free of charge at any time. The download link may not be forwarded to third parties or published. Each download of our studies via this link is recorded and logged by us with a time stamp. We reserve the right to deactivate the download link in the event of misuse.

(4) The data is collected as part of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) to be able to tailor our consulting services to interested companies and to contact them.

(5) You can revoke the storage and use of your personal data collected by us for the download of the studies at any time with effect for the future. You will find a corresponding link in the e-mail. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation using the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.

(6) The data will only be processed in this context for as long as the corresponding consent is available. After that, it will be deleted.

(7) It is no longer possible to use the download link once the personal data has been revoked.

§8 Login area 

(1) The login area is reserved exclusively for our members. Members receive their access data by e-mail after signing the membership contract. To use the login area, members must provide their first name, surname, username and e-mail address.

(2) A profile can be created in the login area on a voluntary basis (picture, address, etc.). The data is only visible to other members if authorization is granted.

(3) The data is used exclusively for the purpose of managing user accounts and for combating abuse and troubleshooting.

§10 Integration of third-party services 

(1) Our website contains third-party offers and content, for example for web analyses, map services, logins or integrated video content. The provision of these offers and content requires that your current IP address and, in some cases, personal data are transmitted to the respective third party, as otherwise the third-party offers cannot be transmitted to your browser and displayed there, and registrations cannot be processed.

(2) Even if we endeavor to integrate only those services that use the transmitted IP address exclusively for the transmission of the requested services, we have no influence on third-party providers. Insofar as we are aware of logging by third parties, we will point this out separately.

§10.1 YouTube 

(1) The videos embedded in our website are provided by the YouTube website https://www.youtube.com/, which is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The videos can be played directly on our website.

(2) Your consent constitutes the legal basis for embedding YouTube and as well as for the data transfer to Google connected therewith (Article 6(1) item a, GDPR). 

(3) All videos are embedded in an “advanced data protection mode”. In other words, no data concerning you as a user are transmitted to YouTube if you do not play the videos. Only after a website equipped with a YouTube plugin is visited and videos embedded therein are played, a connection with the YouTube servers is established and the data mentioned in §2 of this declaration are transmitted. We have no influence on this data transmission.

(4) If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to link your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

(5) Google processes your data in the USA and has subjected itself to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

(6) The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. Preventing the access can lead to functional limitations on the website.

(7) Further information can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=us. There, you also receive further information on your rights concerning this matter and configuration options for protecting your privacy. 

§10.2 Campus Forum GmbH

(1) When registering for our events/further education formats via the registration form, the data you provide will be collected directly by Campus Forum GmbH, Steinbachstraße 25, 52074 Aachen, Germany, for the purpose of processing and registration. The IP address and the date of registration are stored when registration is received. This storage serves solely as proof in the event that a third party misuses your e-mail address and registers for an event/continuing education format without your knowledge. Campus Forum GmbH will request additional data for the provision of chargeable services, such as payment details, to fulfil your order.

(2) The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

(3) Recipients of the data may be processors.

(4) Campus Forum GmbH stores this data in its systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax law requirements.

(5) The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer for an event/training format.

(6) If you indicate this, you will also receive further information material from us or directly from Campus Forum GmbH after you have registered, and the event has taken place. You can revoke your consent to receive further information material at any time in the future.

(7) Further information can be found in the Campus Forum GmbH privacy policy at http://www.campusforum.de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

10.3 Hyperlinks to websites of third parties 

(1) Our website also contains links that refer to third-party sites on the Internet (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.). We would like to point out that the data protection declarations of third parties may contain provisions that differ from our data protection declaration.

§11 Employed order processors

The following organizations, companies or persons have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:

• The technical infrastructure for WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH is provided and maintained by our IT service provider GPS GmbH, Campus-Boulevard 57, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
• The technical infrastructure for the operation of our website is provided and regularly updated by RWTH Aachen Campus GmbH, Campus-Boulevard 57, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
• The design of the website and the operation of the software for the delivery of the website is provided by newshore Media | Jörg Gebauer, Widdersdorfer Straße 325-327, 50933 Köln, Germany.
• The server infrastructure for delivering our website is provided by domainfactory GmbH, Oskar-Messter-Str. 33, 85737 Ismaning, Germany.

There is a contract for all processors between WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH and the respective processor for the handling of personal data.

§12 Changes to our privacy policy 

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy from time to time so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact our data protection officer directly:

 Lennart Jaschob
Email: datenschutz@werkzeugbau-akademie.de 

§14 Responsible supervisory authority 

We are registered with the following supervisory authority via our data protection officer

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, North Rhine-Westphalia

Helga Block
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Kavalleriestraße 2-4 

Tel.: +49 211 38424-0
Fax: +49 211 38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Internet: www.ldi.nrw.de