Privacy Policy
As of August 2025
1. Responsible party
The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Wahlmann-Bürsten Heinrich Wahlmann GmbH
Steltenberg 15
58642 Iserlohn
2. Scope
This privacy policy informs users of this website about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the Telemedia Act (TMG).
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection against access by third parties is not possible.
3. Cookies
Our website uses only technically necessary cookies. These are required for the operation of the website and certain functions.
No separate consent is required for the use of these cookies under applicable law. We therefore do not use a cookie banner.
4. Use of analysis tools
We use the open-source software Matomo for the statistical analysis of visitor traffic on our website.
1. Scope and Purpose of Data Processing
Matomo is configured to be highly privacy-friendly: no tracking cookies are set, and no personally identifiable information (PII) is stored.
Your IP address is truncated (anonymized) before storage, making it impossible to trace back to individual persons or your device.
The following (anonymized) data may be processed:
- The truncated IP address.
- The URL of the page being viewed.
- The website from which you were directed to our website (referrer).
- Subpages viewed from the accessed page.
- The time spent on the website.
- The frequency of website visits.
- Information about the browser and operating system used.
2. Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest
The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of our website's usage for the purpose of continuous improvement and optimisation of our online offering (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
By anonymizing the IP address and not using cookies, we have ensured that the processing serves our legitimate interest without overriding your fundamental rights and freedoms regarding the protection of your personal data.
3. Data Storage and Disclosure
The data is processed and stored exclusively on our own server in Germany. This means all analytics data remains under our control, and it is not transferred to third parties. We maintain full data sovereignty.
4. Your Right to Object (Opt-Out)
You have the right to object to this processing at any time (Art. 21 GDPR).
You can deactivate the data collection by Matomo for your current browser at the bottom of this page.
5. Contacting us
If you contact us by email, telephone, or contact form, we will process the personal data you provide (e.g., name, email address, telephone number) exclusively for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for any follow-up questions.
Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless there is a legal basis for doing so.
6. Rights of data subjects
You have the following rights under the GDPR:
- Information about the personal data we have stored (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Correction of inaccurate or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Deletion of your data, provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)
To exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice or above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
7. Updating this privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy in the future so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services (e.g., introduction of new services). The current version will then apply to your next visit.
8. Data protection officer
Anke Krüger
Wahlmann-Bürsten Heinrich Wahlmann GmbH
Steltenberg 15
58642 Iserlohn