Data Protection Notice
Würth Elektronik collects and processes the personal data entered in the form particularly for the purpose of sending you, by post, printed copies of the requested free catalogues, samples, (application) manuals, data sheets or other products or information demanded by you.
The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR (prior to entering into a contract or necessary for the performance of a contract).and Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR (legitimate interests). Our legitimate interest is to improve our quality of advice and to be able to contact you more easily in case of possible queries.
If necessary, we process your data beyond the purpose of the contract to protect legitimate interests as pursuant to, Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR . Within the context of the legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR, we also use your data to inform you about similar deals and products. In rare cases, we will process your personal data for direct mail purposes.
Without entering your personal data, we are unfortunately unable to provide you with the information you have requested in analogous form. You can do this in digital form here and print it yourself.
We store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations and to achieve the contractual purpose. In addition, retention obligations and periods as stipulated by law or authorities are also in effect. Once these retention obligations and periods expire, it is standard procedure to delete your data. If any data are not subject to the aforementioned obligation, they are deleted as soon as their storage is no longer required for the intended purpose. It should be noted that the business relationship may evolve into a continuing obligation, which can last several years.
Even after attaining the contractual or legal obligation, a retention obligation may remain in effect as follows:
- Commercial and tax retention periods. The prescribed time limits for retention and/or documentation are up to 10 years after termination of the business relationship or completion of an individual order
- Conservation of evidence within the regulations on limitation periods according to Sections 195 et seqq. German Civil Code (BGB). In some cases, the limitation period may be up to 30 years. The standard limitation period is three years.
Supplementary data protection notices, in particular on your rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, opposition and to lodge a complaint, see our data protection notice at www.we-online.com/privacy and www.we-online.com/privacy/businesscontact.
