Data Protection Statement - Security and Privacy Policy

HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH, 34454 Bad Arolsen (hereinafter referred to as HEWI) thanks you for visiting our web site and for your interest in our company and products. We take the protection of your data very seriously. Our internet site is designed so that as little personal data as possible is acquired, processed or used.

Personal data acquired when you visit the website - for example, in the request for our newsletter - is processed in compliance with the German data protection legislation provisions. Our employees are obliged to comply with the data protection regulations.

Personal data is only saved if you knowingly give it to us of your own accord, e.g. within the scope of a registration or by making contact with us, and only with your explicit consent.

HEWI uses your personal data for the purposes of technical administration of the website, for customer management and for marketing, each to the respective necessary extent only. If you request brochures from us, we forward your personal data to companies engaged by us, for the sole purpose of sending the brochures. Personal data is transferred to state institutions and authorities only within the scope of mandatory disclosure necessary in line with national legal requirements. Our employees and any service providers engaged by us are obliged to maintain confidentiality.

HEWI will not sell your personal data to third parties or market it otherwise.

On this website, technology of etracker GmbH (www.etracker.com) is used to collect and save data for marketing and optimisation purposes. From this data, user profiles can be created under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files which are saved locally in the temporary memory (cache) of the internet browser of the visitor to the site. The cookies enable the internet browser to be recognised.
The data collected using the etracker technology is not used to personally identify the user of this website, without their separately issued consent, and is not merged with personal data of the bearer of the pseudonym. Users can request the data collection and storage be cancelled at any time, with future effect.

HEWI takes the necessary technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data stored and used by us, e.g. against access by unauthorised persons, against manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorised disclosure.

These security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

HEWI processes personal data only for the purposes for which it was acquired and in accordance with this data protection statement. We take appropriate measures to ensure that the personal data which we process is correct, complete and up-to-date. Here we have to rely on you sending us your amended personal data.

We also acquire, process and use your personal data for newsletter subscriptions. In this case, HEWI only acquires, stores and uses your e-mail address required to send the newsletter as well as your full name and address information. You can unsubscribe the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe function available in each newsletter. In this case the sending of our newsletter will be stopped immediately.

You are entitled to demand information, free of charge, about your personal data stored by HEWI. Such a demand for information must be sent to us either by e-mail to datenschutz@hewi.de of by faxing +49 (0)5691 / 82-99 391 and will be responded to at once by e-mail of fax.

If you have any complaints or comments regarding the acquisition, processing and use of your personal data by HEWI, you can contact our data protection officer. We will also be pleased to receive your ideas.

Should, despite all our efforts to ensure the data is correct, incorrect information exist, we will correct it at your request.

HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH
Reinhard Gerbig
Prof.-Bier-Straße 1–-5
D - 34454 Bad Arolsen
datenschutz@hewi.de