Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes all data that can personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy below this text.

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. You can find their contact details in the “Information on the Responsible Party” section of this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected firstly by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems or with your consent when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). 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 the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Additionally, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For these matters and any other questions on data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analytics and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This occurs primarily through analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter referred to as "Strato"). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP addresses.

For more information, see Strato's privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/. https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring a reliable presentation of our website. Where applicable consent has been obtained, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) TDDG, provided consent includes the storage of cookies or access to user device information (e.g., device fingerprinting) in accordance with the TDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement

We have signed a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for using the above-mentioned service. This legally required agreement ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only under our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Notices

Privacy Policy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

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

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

EdgeWave GmbH
Geschäftsführer Dr. Keming Du
Carlo-Schmid-Str. 19
52146 Würselen

Phone: +49 2405 4186 0
Email: info@edge-wave.com

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Data Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in such cases, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special data categories are processed as per Art. 9(1) GDPR. In cases of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfill a legal obligation under Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Specific legal bases for individual cases are provided in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This sometimes requires the transfer of personal data to these parties. We only share personal data with external parties if it is necessary for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., data transfer to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in doing so under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis allows for data transfer. When using data processors, we only share customer personal data based on a valid Data Processing Agreement. In cases of joint processing, a Joint Processing Agreement is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. The legality of data processing that took place prior to revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE SPECIFIC LEGAL BASIS FOR ANY PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING, OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

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

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of GDPR violations, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint exists regardless of other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in the performance of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either for yourself or for a third party. If you request the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done where technically feasible.

Access, Rectification, and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing

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

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
If you have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, it may—apart from storage—only be processed with your consent or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims or for protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

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 browser’s address line switching from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion occurs through your web browser.

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

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

Cookies that are necessary for the execution of electronic communication processes, for providing certain functions desired by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on 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 for storing cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing will only occur based on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment 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 inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if it has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.

Inquiries via Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us via email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of addressing your concern. We do not share this data without your consent.

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your concern has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions—especially legal retention periods—remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the site is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages that has YouTube integrated, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your surfing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used for personalizing your YouTube surfing experience. Ads displayed in enhanced privacy mode are also not personalized. In enhanced privacy mode, no cookies are set. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user's browser, which can contain personal data and be used for recognition, similar to cookies. Details on enhanced privacy mode can be found here: YouTube Support. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

Additional data processing operations may be triggered after activating a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube serves the purpose of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out solely based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, as far as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about data protection on YouTube, please see their privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy. https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Each company certified under the DPF commits to adhere to these data protection standards. For more information, please see the following link: DPF Participant Search. https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google Fonts

This page uses so-called Google Fonts to ensure uniform representation of fonts, which are provided by Google. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts.

To this end, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This informs Google that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the font on his website. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out solely based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, as far as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Google Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

For more information on Google Fonts, please visit Google Fonts FAQ and Google’s privacy policy: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq und in der Datenschutzerklärung von Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This page uses the mapping service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With this service, we can embed map material on our website.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The operator of this page has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts to ensure a uniform representation of fonts. When accessing Google Maps, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into its browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and for the easy findability of the places we have specified on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out solely based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, as far as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ und https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.