Privacy Policy

Data processing when visiting our website.

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides an overview of how your personal data is processed when you visit our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator/controller. You can find the operator’s contact details in the “General information” section.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The controller takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the person responsible

The WAY Group is a brand of the companies listed below:

WAY Business Solutions GmbH | Registered office: Munich | Munich Registry Court | HRB 164739 | Management: Gerd Otto
WAY People+ GmbH | Registered office: Munich | Munich Registry Court | HRB 201037 | Management: Gerd Otto
WAY Engineering GmbH | Registered office: Munich | Munich Registry Court | HRB 230904 | Managing Director: Gerd Otto
WAY HR Professionals & Experts GmbH | Registered office: Munich | Munich Registry Court | HRB 232533 | Managing Director: Gerd Otto
WAY Digital Solutions GmbH | Registered office: Munich | Munich Registry Court | HRB 231140 | Managing Director: Gerd Otto

Frankfurter Ring 150
80807 Munich
Germany

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Data protection officer required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company in accordance with Art. 37 et seq. GDPR has been appointed.

Rainer Aigner

aigner business solutions GmbH
Goldener Steig 42
94116 Hutthurm
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)8505 91927-0
E-mail: datenschutz@waygroup.de

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Note on data transfer to the USA

Among other things, tools from companies based in the USA are integrated into our website. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of the EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Forwarding to third-party websites

We have included links to the websites of third parties. If you click on these links, data will be transmitted to the operator of the website. This privacy policy does not regulate the collection, transfer or handling of personal data by third parties. Please check the privacy policy of the responsible party.

Declaration of consent according to §25 para. 1 TTDSG

Depending on your consent, we use various tools on our website that process your data. If we base data processing on your declaration of consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and inform you in our privacy policy about the purpose and mode of action of the declaration of consent, your consent also applies within the meaning of §25 (1) TTDSG.

Please refer to the privacy policy to find out which cookies, plug-ins and other data processing tools are used.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches 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 place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or 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 site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may 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.

3. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs
Our website uses Borlabs’ consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document these in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Hamburger Str. 11, 22083 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “Borlabs”).

When you enter our website, a connection is established to the Borlabs servers in order to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding the use of cookies. Borlabs then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents given or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Borlabs is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

You can change your consent status at any time via the following link: Borlabs-Cookies

Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help to make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name

Provider

Purpose

Procedure

Borlabs cookie

Borlabs

Storage of the status of consent to the use of non-essential cookies.

The status can be taken into account when loading cookies and plug-ins.

6 months

Preference:
Preference cookies allow a website to remember information that affects the way a website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Procedure
Wp-wpml_current_language	Waygroup.com	Determining the user’s language settings in order to display the website in a language that the user can understand.	Session

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Request by e-mail or telephone

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the contact details you provide and the content of your inquiry will be stored by us for processing. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your request is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

The data you provide will remain with us until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies or you ask us to delete it. Legal provisions, in particular retention obligations, remain unaffected by this.

4. Plugins and tools

Borlabs

We use Borlabs on our website. You can find more information in the “Cookies” section.

Data protection information social media

We use business accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Indeed, Inc. YouTube, LinkedIn and Kununu. When you visit our social media presence, you have the opportunity to react to our posts, comment on them and send us messages. Your visit to our social media profiles initiates a variety of data processing operations on your personal data. We would like to inform you about your rights in this data processing of your personal data.

You are not obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, it may be necessary to do so for the individual functionality of our social media presence. We process your data for customer-oriented company presentation, for market-effective external presentation and for communication with the users of our social media presence. These data transfers and processing are carried out through your voluntary use of the platforms in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a), Art. 49 (1) (a) GDPR.

If you contact us via one of our social media channels, the data you provide will only be used for the purpose of contacting you. The legal basis for this form of data processing is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, your consent to contact us via the respective social media channel, if applicable Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR in the case of initiation or execution of contracts, §26 BDSG for employment-related contacts and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR in the case of an overriding, legitimate interest in effective public relations work.

We would like to point out that the platform operators use web tracking and profiling systems that create extensive profiles about the users of these platforms. However, we have no influence over these systems. When you visit our social media pages, your personal data is not only collected, used and stored by us, but also by the social media operators. This happens even if you yourself do not have a profile on the respective social network. For details on the collection and storage of your personal data as well as the type, scope and purpose of its use by the social media, please refer to their privacy policies:

Facebook.com https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Instagram.com https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
LinkedIn.com https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
YouTube https://policies.google.com/privacy
Kununu https://www.kununu.com/de/way
Indeed https://de.indeed.com/cmp/Way-Business-Solutions-Gmbh/about

Information on data transfer to a third country

The headquarters of the providers of LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Indeed, are located in the USA. This means that all your data is transferred to an insecure third country where there is no protection of your personal data comparable to the standard within the European Union. Kununu has its headquarters in Germany and Spain. According to the provider, data may nevertheless be transferred to insecure third countries when using the platform.

The data transfer takes place on the basis of consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a), Art. 49 (1) (a) GDPR, unless the respective provider is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Up-to-dateness of the privacy policy

Constant development makes it necessary to adapt our data protection principles from time to time. We reserve the right to make corresponding changes at any time.

Data protection information for customers, interested parties and business partners

Further information about the data processing that takes place for our customers, interested parties and business partners in accordance with Art. 13 and 14 GDPR can be found here.

Data protection information for our applicants (m/f/d)

Information on data processing as part of an application process at the WAY Group in accordance with Art. 13 and 14 GDPR can be found here.