This is a courtesy translation. Only the German Datenschutzerklärung is legally binding.
Information on the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 GDPR.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is AKS Anlagen, Konstruktion und Service GmbH, Am Rennebaum 11, 45549 Sprockhövel, Germany, represented by the Managing Director Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Wegemann, phone +49 2339 121 99 90, email kontakt@aksgmbh.com.
We have not appointed a data protection officer, as the legal requirements for doing so are not met. If you have any questions about data protection, please use the contact details above.
2. Legal bases
We process personal data on the following legal bases:
- Consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, for example when loading the Google Maps map
- Contract or pre-contractual measures pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, for example for inquiries
- Legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, for example for retention periods under tax law
- Legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, for example in the secure operation of the website
3. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.
When you access the website, the server automatically records data transmitted by your browser:
- IP address of the requesting device, anonymized by our hosting provider
- date and time of access
- page or file accessed
- amount of data transferred and notification of successful retrieval
- browser type, browser version and operating system
- previously visited page (referrer)
Our hosting provider anonymizes the host name or IP address before the data is stored in the log files. This means we cannot identify individual persons. The log files are available for six weeks and are then deleted.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and trouble-free operation of the website.
4. Cookies and consent
This website does not set any cookies for statistics or advertising and does not load any analytics or advertising services; there is therefore no consent banner. Technically necessary cookies are only set when logging in to the website’s administration area (Section 25(2) TDDDG). The Google Maps map is only loaded after you click (section 8).
5. Contacting us and inquiry form
If you contact us via the form, by email or by phone, we process your details to handle your inquiry. Required fields are name, company, email address, phone number and the test object. Quantity or cycle, place of use, your message and an attached file, such as a drawing, are optional.
The inquiry is sent to us by email and is also stored in the website’s administration area so that no inquiry is lost; it is deleted there after twelve months. We do not store attached files on the website; they are deleted after sending.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if the inquiry is aimed at a contract, otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We delete the data once the inquiry has been fully processed and no statutory retention periods prevent this. Retention periods of six to ten years under commercial and tax law remain unaffected.
6. WhatsApp Business
In the footer of the website, we offer the option of contacting us via WhatsApp Business; the link only opens WhatsApp after you click it. We use the service on a company device. If you write to us via WhatsApp, we process your message, your mobile number and your profile in order to answer your inquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The provider of the service is WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland. Data may be transferred to Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA. Meta is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. We have no influence on the processing by WhatsApp.
7. LinkedIn company page
In the header of the website, we link to our company page on the professional network LinkedIn. As long as you do not click the link, no data is transferred to LinkedIn. The provider for users in the European Economic Area is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. For the company page itself and the page statistics, for which we and LinkedIn are joint controllers (Art. 26 GDPR), the information in the privacy policy of aksgmbh.de and LinkedIn’s privacy policy apply.
8. Google Maps
On the contact page, you can display a map from Google Maps. The map is only loaded when you actively click “Load map”. Only then are your IP address and other connection data transferred to Google. The “Plan your route” link opens Google Maps on Google’s website.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. A transfer to the USA is possible; Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
9. Fonts and icons
We load fonts and icons locally from our own server. No connection to third-party servers is made.
10. Recipients and transfers to third countries
We only pass on personal data if this is necessary to process your request, you have given your consent or we are legally obliged to do so. Service providers who process data on our behalf are contractually bound pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. This applies to STRATO GmbH for hosting (section 3) and to Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland for our email mailboxes and the sending of emails from this website. With Microsoft, a transfer to the USA is possible; Microsoft Corporation is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Where data is transferred to countries outside the EU and the EEA, for example with WhatsApp, Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn, we rely on an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. In addition, the providers mentioned have concluded standard contractual clauses pursuant to Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR.
11. Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Access to the data processed about you (Art. 15)
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16)
- Erasure (Art. 17)
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18)
- Data portability (Art. 20)
- Objection to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21)
- Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future (Art. 7(3))
To exercise these rights, a message to kontakt@aksgmbh.com is sufficient.
12. Right to object
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We will then no longer process the data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
An informal message to kontakt@aksgmbh.com is sufficient for your objection.
13. Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen), Kavalleriestraße 2–4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany.
14. No automated decision-making
There is no automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR.
15. Changes to this privacy policy
We adapt this privacy policy when the legal situation or our processing changes. The version published here applies.
As of: November 2026