1. Privacy at a Glance
What is a Privacy Policy and What Does It Cover?
Who Is Responsible for Data Collection on This Website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator.
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
WITTE | flinkey
WITTE Automotive GmbH
Höferstr. 3-15
42551 Velbert
Germany
Phone: +49 32 221 09 75 79
E-mail: service@flinkey.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, or similar).
What Information Do We Collect?
We collect the information you provide when you register for our product and create a profile, such as your e-mail address or telephone number.
We also collect information about the phone, computer, or tablet on which you use our product.
Why and How Do We Use Your Information?
We are constantly striving to improve our product. The information we collect from you helps us achieve this.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To determine whether a product is functioning properly
- To identify and, where applicable, resolve errors
- To analyze user behavior
When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using analysis tools.
The information we use for these purposes is collected automatically by our IT systems, or with your consent when you visit this website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed).
Your data is also collected when you provide it to us directly. This may include, for example, information that you enter into a contact form.
What Is Our Legal Basis?
Under applicable data protection law, companies require a legal basis for processing personal data.
By processing personal data, we mean the way in which we collect, use, and share your information, as described above in the previous sections of this Privacy Policy.
As a company, we rely on various legal bases when processing your information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
In some cases, we may also rely on different legal bases when processing the same information for different purposes.
For each of the legal bases listed below, we explain why we process your information.
Depending on the legal basis on which we rely, you are entitled to certain rights.
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws, you are entitled to the following rights:
Right of Access
Pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you. If this is the case, we must provide you with the following information:
The purposes of the processing
- The categories of personal data being processed
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
- Where possible, the planned period for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
- The existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or restriction of processing by the controller, or to object to such processing
- The existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- Where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source
- The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
Right to Rectification
Subject to applicable law and pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data and to have inaccurate information corrected.
Right to Erasure of Information
Pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, you may request that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay if one of the grounds set out in paragraph 1 (a)–(f) applies.
An exception to our obligation to erase your personal data may arise under paragraph 3.
- For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information
- For compliance with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
- For reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) GDPR and Art. 9(3) GDPR
- For archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing
- For the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims
Right to Restriction of Processing
Pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data. However, this right only exists under the conditions set out in Art. 18(a)–(d) GDPR.
Where the processing of your personal data has been restricted, such data may, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State, pursuant to Art. 18(3) GDPR.
Transfer of Your Information
Pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal information that you have provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, you may withdraw your consent to the processing of your information at any time where the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In such a case, we will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Your withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.
If your data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you also have the right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Do You Have Any Further Questions?
You may contact us at any time:
Jitka Javorska
Höferstr. 3-15
42551 Velbert
E-Mail: jitka.javorska@witte-automotive.cz
How Long Do We Retain Your Information?
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our products, comply with legal obligations, or protect our interests or the interests of others.
However, if you effectively exercise one of the legitimate grounds mentioned above, your information may be deleted earlier.
Permanent Deletion of Your Account
Once you click “Delete Account”, all data you have previously provided will be deleted from our systems. This does not prevent you from registering again at a later date. If you register again, none of your previously linked data will be suggested or restored, as a permanent deletion has taken place.
How Do We Share Information with Third Parties (Data Transfers to the United States)?
Among other things, our website integrates various tools. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the respective companies’ servers in the United States.
Please note that, under EU data protection law, the United States is not considered a secure third country. U.S. companies are required to provide personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against such disclosure. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g. intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data located on U.S. servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.
SSL and TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.