Privacy
Important Notes
WEB ANALYSIS: To deactivate the inclusion of your visit data in the web analysis, please click here.
EU citizens: If you are an EU citizen or an individual located in the EU, please consult our German website regarding your legal rights under the GDPR: mwm.net/privacy
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice describes how we collect, share, and process personal information through the website www.mwmenergy.lat. Our company is part of Caterpillar, Inc., therefore this privacy notice is consistent with Caterpillar’s Global Data Privacy Statement and provides additional details relevant to this website. Caterpillar’s Global Data Privacy Statement, which should be read with, and treated as part of this notice, is available at https://www.caterpillar.com/dataprivacy.
The following instructions provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy below.
1. Privacy at a glance
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website (the “controller”)?
The data collected on this website are processed by Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH (“controller”). The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s imprint.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could be, for example, data that you send us via email.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how you use the site. The details of this data collection, such as the purpose, legal basis or exact usage, are described further down in this Privacy Policy.
How long is the data stored for and who has access to it?
Your personal data will be deleted following the expiry of the purpose of the processing, unless a longer storage period is required by law or if you prematurely object to the processing.
We guarantee to you that we shall fundamentally not forward your personal data to third parties, unless you are expressly informed of this, or we are obliged to do so by laws, regulations and provisions as well as official or judicial orders. If service providers are acting on our behalf to fulfill the aforementioned purposes, they will be contractually obliged to observe the regulations in accordance with applicable laws. Provisions on the use of social media applications can be found further down in the text.
Security of your data
We wish to assure you that your data will be protected by standard technical and organizational security measures using state-of-the-art technology.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted.
In the case you have a request for personal data, please fill out this form: Contact Privacy.
If you make a request, we have a month to respond to you, after establishing your identity.
In the case that you would like to file a complaint with us you have the possibility to contact our Office of Business practices: https://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/code-of-conduct/office-of-business-practices.html
In addition, you may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Controller – Responsible Party
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
Carl-Benz-Strasse 1
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Tel: +49 6 21/3 84 – 0
Email: info@mwm.net
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An email to us making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency
In the event of violations of privacy laws, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with the applicable supervisory agency. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we automatically process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be performed to the extent technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to the website. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to the website cannot be read by third parties.
Information about, rectification and eradication of data
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradicated. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our imprint if you have further questions about the topic of personal data.
Right to demand processing restrictions
You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
- In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this review is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
- If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
- If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons.
Transfer of data to third parties, data transfer to third countries
We only use your personal data within our company.
If and insofar as we engage third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), they will only receive personal data to the extent that the transmission is required for the corresponding performance. In the event that we outsource certain parts of the data processing (“order processing”), we shall contractually obligate processors to only use personal data in accordance with the requirements of the data protection legislation and to ensure the protection of the data subject’s rights.
Data transmission to agencies or persons outside of your country is possible; this also applies to transfers to third countries for which an adequate level of data protection has not been established. The privacy policy of Caterpillar applies to the transfer of data: https://www.caterpillar.com/dataprivacy
Website Linkages
As you explore our website, you may encounter linkages to other Caterpillar and non-Caterpillar websites. Please be advised that as you select links, you may encounter different features and experiences that may have different privacy notices and processes not associated with this website.
Children
Our offer is solely intended for adults. People under the age of 18 should not send any personal data to us without the consent of the parents or the legal guardians.
Opposition to promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of the contact data published as part of our duty to publish legal information for the purpose of sending us any advertising or informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator expressly reserves the right to take legal action if unsolicited advertising, such as email spam, is received.
3. Data protection officer
Statutory data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
Elisavet Kostara
Data Privacy Officer
Carl-Benz-Strasse 1
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Tel: +49 6 21/3 84–0
Email: ces_dataprivacy@cat.com
4. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Currently, we don’t use any cookies on our public websites.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These data are technically required for us to present our website to you and to ensure stability and security. These are:
- IP address of your computer
- Date and time of the request
- Time zone difference with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of the request (specific webpage accessed)
- Referrer URL: Website from which the request comes
- Access status/ HTTP- Status code
- Data quantity respectively transferred
- Operating system used and its interface
- Browser type, including the language and version of the browser software
This data will not be merged with other sources of data.
The basis for data processing is to allow the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
Contact form
Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your query and any follow-up questions. We do not forward this information without your permission.
We will, therefore, only process any data you enter in the contact form with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An email to us making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
5. Analysis tools
etracker
The provider of this website uses the services of etracker GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com) to analyze usage data. We do not use cookies for web analysis by default. If we use analysis and optimization cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent separately in advance. If this is the case and you agree, cookies are used to enable a statistical range analysis of this website, a measurement of the success of our online marketing measures and test procedures, e.g. to test and optimise different versions of our online offer or its components. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user’s device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that could identify a user.
The data generated by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website is processed and stored by etracker solely in Germany by commission of the provider of this website and is thus subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. In this regard, etracker was independently checked, certified and awarded with the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.
The data processing is based on the legitimate interest to optimize our online offer and our website. As the privacy of our visitors is very important to us, the data that may possibly allow a reference to an individual person, such as IP address, registration or device IDs, will be anonymized or pseudonymized as soon as possible. etracker does not use the data for any other purpose, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.
You can object to the outlined data processing at any time by clicking on the slider. The objection has no disadvantageous consequences. If no slider is displayed, the data collection is already prevented by other blocking means.
Please note that a cookie will be set if you disable tracking. This cookie is technically necessary to identify your browser so that it can be excluded from tracking.
Further information on data protection with etracker can be found here.
6. Our social media appearances
In some places on our website you can access links to websites of other operators or social networks. If you visit these websites, the privacy policies of the respective website operator shall apply.
In order to “follow” us on social media, it is necessary for you to be identified by creating an account on the respective platform. Through creating such an account and your associated registration, your data will be collected directly by the respective website operator. In this case the privacy policies of the respective website operator will apply.
Data processing through social networks
We maintain publicly available profiles in social networks. The individual social networks we use can be found below.
Social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. can generally analyze your user behavior comprehensively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like videos, buttons or banner ads). When you visit our social media pages, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:
If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media page, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
Using the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which their preferences and interests are stored. This way you can see interest-based advertising inside and outside of your social media presence. If you have an account with the social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on any device you are logged in to or have logged in to.
Please also note that we cannot retrace all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.
Legal basis
It is our legitimate interest to ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet by use of social media appearances. If you open an account with the social networks, this is based on your consent. The analysis processes initiated by these social networks may be based on divergent legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks.
Storage time
The data collected directly from us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for their storage lapses, you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.
We have no control over the storage duration of your data that are stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
Individual social networks
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook’s statement the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and to other third-party countries.
We have signed an agreement with Facebook on shared responsibility for the processing of data (Controller Addendum). This agreement determines which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook Fanpage. This agreement can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
You can customize your advertising settings independently in your user account. Click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
Details can be found in the Facebook privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
We have a LinkedIn profile. The provider is the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you want to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
For details on how they handle your personal information, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
YouTube
We have a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in the YouTube privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Issuu
We have a profile on Issuu. The provider is Issuu, Inc., 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in Issuu’s privacy policy:
https://issuu.com/legal/privacy.
Flickr
We have a profile on Flickr. The provider is SmugMug Limited, 3rdFloor, Chancery House, St. Nicholas WaySutton, England, SM1 1JB, Great Britain. Details on their handling of your personal data can be found in Flickr’s privacy policy:
https://www.flickr.com/help/privacy.
7. Changes to Privacy Policy
The privacy notice describes the use of personal data relating to this website and connected services. Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH conducts a regular review for any updates on this webpage. Therefore, the information described above may change if we redesign features or add services.