Weidmuller Ltd is delighted that you are visiting our website www.weidmuller.co.uk . Data protection and data security while using our website are very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you at this point which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purposes it is used.
Since changes in the law or changes in our internal company processes may make it necessary to adapt this privacy policy, we ask you to read through this privacy policy regularly.
This privacy policy shall be interpreted in light of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 and the PEC Regulations. The rights of data subjects described therein exist within the scope of and subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 and the PEC Regulations.
If you have any questions about data protection or wish to exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time using the contact data provided below.
This privacy policy applies to the Weidmüller website, which can be accessed under the domain www.weidmuller.co.uk (hereinafter referred to as “our website”). This privacy policy shall apply from the date of its publication on the Weidmüller websites, and all previous versions of this privacy policy shall cease to be valid from that date.
The Controller is Weidmuller Limited
Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP
Marketing@weidmuller.co.uk
Our Data Protection Officer is Mr Martin Finnegan, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP. You can also contact our data protection officer at any time with any questions relating to data protection. The best way to do this is by sending an email to Martin.Finnegan@Weidmueller.com
We collect and use personal data from our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services.
Personal data is information that can be individually attributed to you. This includes, for example, your name, email address, home address, gender, date of birth, telephone number and age. Non-personal data is information such as the number of users of a website.
We collect various categories of personal data, including data that you provide to us, data that is collected automatically, and data that we obtain from other sources. We ask that you do not transmit or share any sensitive personal data with us (e.g. information about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, sexual orientation, genetics or biometric data, criminal records or trade union membership, or other personal data that could be considered sensitive).
In certain situations, we may request sensitive personal data from you, for example when we perform due diligence and compliance checks on a supplier. We only process sensitive personal data if we have a lawful basis for doing so and in accordance with this privacy policy.
We understand the processing of personal data to mean all processes in which information relating to an identified or identifiable person is used – for example, the collection, storage, use, disclosure or deletion of such information.
Personal data is collected via this website if you provide it to us of your own accord, e.g., as part of a registration, by filling out forms, by sending emails or by uploading your application documents. We use this data for the purposes stated in each case or resulting from the request, for example, the provision of your postal address in order to send you the goods to this address. Data is only transferred to third parties if this is permitted or if you have consented to the transfer as part of your registration or in the course of an active business relationship. Otherwise, you can use the general information on the website www.weidmuller.co.uk without disclosing your personal data.
We process personal data to provide and improve our services and to enable communication with you. Processing only takes place to the extent necessary to provide our services, fulfil contractual obligations, comply with legal requirements, pursue a legitimate interest on our part, or if you have given us your consent to do so.
Your personal data will generally be deleted as soon as the respective purpose of the processing has been fulfilled or ceases to apply.
The company will only store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. In certain cases, we process or store data in order to comply with legal obligations, for example in connection with retention periods or regulatory requirements.
If, in our judgement, data is necessary to investigate or defend claims against us or to bring a criminal prosecution or claim against you, us, or a third party, we may retain it for as long as such proceedings might be brought.
For customer service purposes, the data collected from you may be retained after collection, unless you request deletion of such data and there are no contractual or legal retention obligations that conflict with such a deletion request.
When you call up and use our website, we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server to enable you to visit the website. For the purpose of the technical provision of our website, it is necessary that we process certain automatically transmitted information from you so that your browser can display our website and you can use the website. This information is automatically collected each time you visit our website and stored in our server log files.
When you use our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:
Within the scope of processing on our behalf, our hosting service provider “OEDIV” (OEDIV Oetker Daten- und Informationsverarbeitung KG, Bechterdisser Straße 10, 33719 Bielefeld, Germany) provides the services for hosting and displaying the website. All data collected in the course of using this website or in forms provided for this purpose in the online store as described below is processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the framework explained in this policy. We have concluded the legally required data protection agreements with the hosting service provider.
The aforementioned data processing requires the readout of stored information on your terminal device. The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest and serves the purpose of the technical provision of the website.
As soon as the aforementioned data is no longer required to display the website, it is deleted. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the (temporary) storage of the data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
Apart from using our website purely for information purposes, you can also actively use our website if, for example, you wish to contact us. If you do, then in addition to the above-mentioned processing, we also process the following personal data about you:
If you make use of the possibility to ask us general questions via our contact form, we will process your title, your last name, your email address and your company. Furthermore, you can voluntarily provide your first name and enter your personal message in the message field.
It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, we cannot fulfil your contact request without this information. Providing your email address helps us classify and respond to your request. When using the contact form, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.
Among other things, Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM enables us to manage existing and potential customers as well as customer contacts. With the help of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, we are able to record and analyse customer interactions. The personal data collected in this way may be used for communication with the potential customer or for marketing measures (e.g. newsletter mailings). The provider of the “Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM” system we use is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
The same applies outside of the contact form for contacting us by email to the contact persons listed on our website.
The processing of this data serves to respond to and fulfil your request and is therefore necessary for the implementation of any contractual or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.
As soon as the request you have made has been dealt with and the matter in question has been conclusively clarified, the personal data processed via the contact form will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
If you make use of the option to send us inquiries using our contact forms, for example, to arrange a consultation appointment with a contact person, we process your title, last name, email address, company, and address. Furthermore, you can voluntarily provide your first name, your telephone number, and your customer number. Moreover, you can enter your personal message to us in the message field.
It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, we cannot fulfil your contact request without this information. Providing your email address helps us classify and respond to your request. We use your address to determine your local contact person. When using the contact form, your personal data will not generally be passed on to third parties.
The processing of this data serves to respond to and fulfil your request and is therefore necessary for the implementation of any contractual or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.
As soon as the request you have made has been dealt with and the matter in question has been conclusively clarified, the personal data processed via the contact form will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
If you would like to contact us, you can send an email to the relevant contact person or to our general email address Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk. If you make use of this option to contact us by email, we will process your email address and all the information you provide, such as your first and last name and your company. We will only use your email address to respond to your contact request.
In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties.
If you contact us, processing your request constitutes a legitimate interest in processing your data. If the purpose of the email contact is to conclude a contract, we must process your request in order to obtain the necessary information in this regard.
As soon as the request you have made has been dealt with and the matter in question has been conclusively clarified, the personal data processed via the contact form will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
To clarify your concerns, you can also reach us by telephone at the telephone number stored on our website for the respective contact person or at the general telephone number +44(0) 1162 823470. In doing so, we process the personal data that you provide to us during the call.
In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for the processing of the conversation.
If you contact us, processing your request constitutes a legitimate interest in processing your data. If the purpose of the email contact is to conclude a contract, we must process your request in order to obtain the necessary information.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. The conversation is terminated when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
We would like to send interested customers information about our products, promotions, competitions and news by email regularly. In addition, we occasionally use the service for surveys to increase customer satisfaction. To be able to subscribe to our email newsletter, we require, in addition to your consent, at least your email address to which the newsletter is to be sent and your choice of topic. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. Without this information, however, we cannot send our newsletter to you or send it to you in full.
When we use personal data to send communications such as newsletters, we obtain the necessary consent beforehand. This can be done by simply registering (single opt-in).
Among other things, Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM enables us to manage existing and potential customers as well as customer contacts. With the help of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, we are able to record and analyse customer interactions via email. The personal data collected in this way may be used for communication with the potential customer or for marketing measures (e.g. newsletter mailings). The provider of the “Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM” system we use is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
We analyse our newsletter campaigns with technical support. The newsletters contain what are known as tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in emails sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be carried out. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, we as the Controller can see if a data subject has opened an email and when. Through customised links, it is also possible to record which links in the email were called up by the data subject. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g., time of retrieval, IP address, browser type, and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to a specific receiver.
As the Controller, we use these exclusively for the statistical evaluation of our newsletter campaigns in order to optimise the newsletter dispatch and to tailor future newsletters to your interests more effectively.
The service provider may use the receivers' data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assigning it to a specific user, to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. for technical optimisation of the dispatch and presentation of the newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, the service provider does not use the data of our newsletter receivers to contact them directly or to pass on the data to third parties. If you unsubscribe from the newsletter, your data will be deleted from the service provider’s servers.
You can find more details on how artegic handles data protection at: https://www.artegic.com/de/unternehmen/datenschutz-und-datensicherheit/ (artegic data protection policy).
The purpose of processing is to send information about our products and services. You have the right to withdraw your consent to this data processing at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. In this case, we will no longer process your personal data in the future. You can revoke your consent by sending an email to Marketing@weidmuller.co.uk or by post to Weidmuller Limited, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP. In each email there is also an unsubscribe link which, when confirmed, will be considered as a withdrawal.
Your data will be stored until you withdraw this consent and then deleted, unless there are legal obligations to retain data that prevent deletion.
On our website, we offer users the opportunity to register to use our eShop. To do this, you can enter your details in an input mask to request your login details. For this purpose, we process your surname, your email address and your company name. You can also voluntarily enter your first name and a personal message. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. Without this information, however, we cannot provide our service, or we cannot provide it in full. Alternatively, you can contact your local customer service department, which will send you your personal access data. In this case, no data processing takes place on this website.
We use your data to create a customisable user account for you, which you can use for certain content and services on our website, such as ordering, displaying product availability, pricing and order tracking. We process your email address as part of this procedure so that we can send you new access data if you happen to forget your details. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
The processing of the personal data provided serves to provide account functions and to fulfil a contract/contract processing or to implement pre-contractual measures between you and Weidmüller.
As soon as the registration for our eShop is cancelled or modified, your data will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
You can submit product requests on our website. We offer you the opportunity to order your design-in samples quickly and easily in just four steps. Once you have selected the desired sample from the product catalogue and clicked on the “Order sample product” option, you will need to enter your contact details in the next step. Here we process your first and last name, your email address, your telephone number, your address and your company name. You can also voluntarily provide the title of the request or questions, requests or suggestions. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, without this information, we will not be able to fulfil your sample order, or at least not in full. You will then receive a confirmation email with the details you have provided.
We process the data you have given us for ordering samples solely for the purposes of fulfilling and handling your order. Your data will be passed on to the shipping company commissioned for the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods.
The data processing described above is carried out for the purpose of processing your product request.
Your data is deleted after your sample order has been processed in full. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
To use Fast Delivery's services, you must register on our website and send us a non-binding registration request. For this purpose, we process your title, surname, email address and company name. You can also voluntarily enter a personal message. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. Without this information, however, we cannot provide our service, or we cannot provide it in full.
We use your data to create a customisable user account for you, which allows you to access certain content and services. We process your email address as part of this procedure so that we can send you new access data if you happen to forget your details.
The processing of the personal data provided serves to provide account functions and to fulfil a contract or to implement pre-contractual measures between you and Weidmüller.
As soon as the registration for the Fast Delivery Service is cancelled or modified, your data will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
If you would like to request our white paper with information on our products or any other download from our website (e.g. for our component libraries), we will process your email address as mandatory data. In addition, you can voluntarily enter your title, your first and last name, and your company.
When we use personal data to send communications, we obtain the necessary consent beforehand. Depending on the legal requirements in your country, this can be done by simply registering (single opt-in) or by confirming your registration additionally (double opt-in).
In addition, we store the IP address used and the time of registration and confirmation. We will do this for the purpose of proving that you have registered and, if necessary, to check whether your personal data has been misused. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
The processing of the above data is necessary for Weidmüller to provide the white paper with detailed information about the product and thus to implement pre-contractual measures. In individual cases, requests and downloads of the white paper may also be based on your consent.
When ordering the white paper or requesting any other download, your email address will be used to send the white paper / download of your choice once, after which your data will be deleted. Further processing of your personal data provided in this context may take place in individual cases on the basis of your consent.
Even without your consent, you may receive information and advertising from us if we have obtained your email address in connection with the sale of a product or service provided by us and this is in accordance with applicable laws. The prerequisite is that we have clearly and unambiguously informed you, both when collecting your email address and each time we use it, that you can object to its use at any time free of charge. We would like to do the same here and draw your attention to this possibility.
In this case, we reserve the right to inform you about our own similar goods or services, if applicable. You have the right to object to this promotional contact at any time and without providing reasons. To do so, you can either email your objection to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or use the unsubscribe link at the end of every email. We assure you that your data will not be passed on to third parties. We reserve the right to pass on the email address internally to companies within the Weidmüller Group for the same purpose.
The basis for processing your email address is our legitimate interest in direct marketing to existing customers.
Your data will be stored until you submit your objection or use the unsubscribe link at the end of each email. In this case, it will be deleted unless statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.
You can order a free trade fair ticket on our website and register to receive trade fair-related news. In order to contact you regarding this matter, we require your title, surname, email address and company name. You may also voluntarily provide us with your first name. Moreover, you can enter your personal message to us in the message field. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, we cannot fulfil your contact request without this information. Providing your email address helps us to classify and respond to your request and send you your free trade fair ticket. When using this form, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.
When we use personal data to send communications, we obtain the necessary consent beforehand. This can be done by simply registering (single opt-in).
In addition, we store the IP address used and the time of registration and confirmation. We will do this for the purpose of proving that you have registered and, if necessary, to check whether your personal data has been misused. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
Data processing for the provision of a trade fair ticket is necessary for the implementation of (pre-)contractual measures. You can withdraw your request for a trade fair ticket at any time and send an objection to the processing of your data at any time by email to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or by post to Weidmuller Limited, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP. Please note that in the event of an objection, it will not be possible to send you the trade fair ticket.
We delete the data accruing in this context after storage is no longer required or you have withdrawn your registration. If legal retention obligations intervene, we restrict processing during the retention period.
To participate in a virtual trade fair or, if you missed our virtual trade fair, to access all of the content from the virtual trade fair in our media library, you must first register on our website using the input mask provided for this purpose. Registration is required to set up and run the respective virtual trade fair or to access the media library. To register, we usually require the following information from you: title, first and last name, email address, company, address and telephone number. This information is required for the proper execution of the virtual trade fair / access to the media library.
When we use personal data to send communications, we obtain the necessary consent beforehand. This can be done by simply registering (single opt-in).
In addition, we store your IP address and the time of registration and confirmation. We will do this for the purpose of proving that you have registered and, if necessary, to check whether your personal data has been misused. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
The data processing described above in relation to your participation and for the purpose of holding the virtual trade fair/for the purpose of accessing the media library is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
We delete the data collected in this context once storage is no longer necessary or if you withdraw your registration. If legal retention obligations intervene, we restrict processing during the retention period.
Following the virtual trade fair, we would like to ask you for your feedback and further interest in our products and services presented at the specific trade fair. To this end, we store your aforementioned data in our customer relationship management system so that we can contact you, in particular by email. You have the right to object to this subsequent contact or communication at any time and without having to specify a reason. To do so, you can either email your objection to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or use the unsubscribe link at the end of every email. The data will not be passed on to external third parties. We reserve the right to pass on your data internally to companies within the Weidmüller Group for the purpose of targeting our communications more effectively. An overview of the companies in the Weidmüller Group can be found at www.weidmuller.co.uk .
Our legitimate interest in processing your personal data for the purposes of the aforementioned measures is to attract you to our products and services, which we presented to you at the specific trade fair, and to establish a lasting customer relationship with you. These measures are limited to the specific trade fair, meaning that they do not apply to the advertising of products and services outside of the specific trade fair. The only exception to this is defined within the scope of section 6.11 of this privacy policy.
We delete the data collected in this context once storage is no longer necessary or you have objected to the data processing. If legal retention obligations intervene, we restrict processing during the retention period.
If you are interested in one of our vacancies, training, or study positions indicated on the website, you can submit your application at any time to the email address provided in the job advertisement or by post to the following address: Sarah Richardson, Weidmuller Ltd, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP.
The purpose of processing is to carry out the application and selection processes. The collection of data is necessary for the purposes of implementing pre-contractual measures.
Application documents will be stored for the duration of the selection process and until its completion. Once candidates have been selected and a short waiting period has elapsed, your data will be deleted.
If your application cannot be considered currently, you also have the option of agreeing to us storing the documents you submitted as part of this application, as well as other data you provided, in our applicant database, to be able to contact you in the future, if necessary, if a position matching your application profile is to be filled. When submitting an application, you must explicitly agree to the corresponding use of your application data again at the appropriate point. You may revoke your consent to the storage of your application data at any time with future effect.
On our website, we offer users the opportunity to register to use our digital platform easyConnect. It bundles Weidmüller's digital services at one place in the cloud and connects them with various Weidmüller devices. To achieve this, you can register in three simple steps to request your login data. For this purpose, we process your email address and your country. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. Without this information, however, we cannot provide our service, or we cannot provide it in full.
When you click the "Account Request" button, you will receive an email from us with a confirmation link that you need to click to confirm your email address. In the third step you must choose the appropriate license.
With your data, we create a customizable user account for you. We process your email address as part of this procedure so that we can send you new access data if you happen to forget your details.
The processing of the personal data provided serves the purpose of using the digital platform and the associated services and to fulfil a contract between you and Weidmüller.
As soon as the registration for our easyConnect is cancelled or modified, your data will be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
We also provide webinars on our website. You must first register to use the webinars. When you register and participate in the webinar, we are required to process your title, name and email address. You can also voluntarily provide your title, company, address, and work phone number. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, without the first set of information, we cannot offer you a webinar.
We use the processed data to create a customizable user account for you, which you can use to access the content and services of the webinar.
The purpose of data processing is to conduct a webinar and serves to implement pre-contractual measures or fulfil a contract.
If you no longer wish to participate in the webinars, you can unsubscribe at any time. We delete your data as soon as registration is cancelled or amended. Once the webinar has been completed, your data will also be deleted. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
To participate in an online event, you must register for it. When you register and during the online event, we process your surname, email address and company name. We will process your address for the purpose of sending you a small parcel containing items required for the event. You may also voluntarily provide your first name. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to provide us with this data. However, without this information, we will not be able to perform your registration for the online event, or at least not in full.
The purpose of data processing is to conduct an online event and serves to implement pre-contractual measures or fulfil a contract.
If you no longer wish to participate in the online events, you can unsubscribe at any time. We delete your data as soon as registration is cancelled or amended. Your data will also be deleted once the online event has been completed. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
As part of our online advertising, we use the Customer Match feature from Google Ads. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Customer Match enables us to display personalised advertisements to specific user groups with whom we already have contact, e.g. existing customers or newsletter subscribers. This enables us to show you relevant content and offers and to target our advertising measures more efficiently.
For this purpose, we transmit personal data, e.g. your email address, telephone number, address, user ID and mobile device ID to Google in hashed form (SHA-256 hash). Google then compares this data with existing Google user accounts. If a match is successful, the user concerned is assigned to a Customer Match target audience. This target group can then be used in Google Ads campaigns. If you are logged into a Google service (e.g. YouTube, Google Search or Gmail), you may be shown our Google Ads campaigns as part of our target audience.
Google can also analyse the profiles of users we upload and compare them with the profiles of other Google users. The purpose of this comparison is to find users who have similar characteristics (e.g. same age). These new target groups are referred to as “similar target groups” and can also be used for our advertising campaigns to reach potential new customers.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside your country of residence, we take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection (e.g. through contractual agreements or other legal mechanisms). In particular, if you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA)/EU and your personal data is transferred to third-party service providers in countries that are not considered adequate by the European Commission, we establish and implement appropriate contractual, organisational and technical measures with these third-party companies. This is achieved by applying the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, by reviewing the countries to which the data may be transferred and by introducing specific technical and organisational mechanisms.
When using Google Ads Customer Match, data transfer to Google's parent company in the USA, Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountainview, CA 94043 USA, cannot be ruled out. By consenting to the use of Google Ads Customer Match, you expressly consent to the transfer of your data to the United States
When personal data is transferred to countries outside the UK , we take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection (e.g. through contractual agreements or other legal mechanisms) as laid down in the UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and PEC Regulations.
The purpose of data processing is to enable personalised advertisements to be displayed to specific user groups. The basis for the use of Google Ads – Customer Match is your consent. You may revoke this consent at any time without giving reasons, with effect for the future. You can revoke your consent by sending an email to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or by post to Weidmuller Limited, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP.
We generally store your personal data until the purposes for which it was collected no longer apply. Google usually deletes the hashed data we upload 48 hours after the matching process has been completed. Users are stored as part of a Customer Match target audience for 540 days after the last upload or update of their data.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and store certain information. The tracking technologies used are beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our service. Cookies are small files that enable specific information related to the device to be stored on the user's access devices (PC, smartphone, or similar). They serve to enhance the user-friendliness of websites and thus benefit users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of technically necessary cookies. In addition, they can be used to collect statistical data on website usage and analyse it for the purpose of improving the website. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. Users can influence the use of cookies.
Cookies are either set by Weidmüller – these are called first party cookies – or by certain third parties whose services are used by Weidmüller; in this case, these are referred to as third party cookies.
We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes listed below:
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You can manage your cookie settings using the setting options described below, or by configuring your browser settings accordingly. For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please see our Cookie guidelines
Social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook and Instagram (Meta Inc., 1 Meta Way, Menlow Park, California 94025, USA), LinkedIn (LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W.Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94085, USA) and X (X Corp., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA) are included on our websites. These services are offered by the respective companies (“providers”). The social plug-ins used on our websites are identified by the respective buttons. On the basis of the data transmitted via the social plug-ins to the respective service, the service may be able to correlate you with your associated account. To enhance the protection of your data on our website, social plug-ins are integrated using a method known as the “two-click solution”. This ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such social plug-ins, no automatic connection is established with the servers of the respective providers.
Activation of the respective social plug-in function takes place in two stages. To activate a social plug-in, you first have to click on the link on our website. This then activates the social plug-in and your browser initiates a connection to the servers of the respective provider. With a second click, you can now interact with the social plug-in and send your recommendation, for example. If you are already logged in to one of the social networks, the providers can directly correlate the visit to this website with your profile. If you click on and interact with the social plug-ins, the relevant information is also sent directly to one of the provider’s servers, where it is stored. The information may also be published on the social network and appear there under your contacts. Should you wish to prevent the direct correlation of data collected via our website with your profile, you will need to log out of your account with the respective provider prior to visiting our websites. If you do not click on any of the graphics, no data will be transferred between you and the respective provider of the social plugin.
Please note that Weidmüller has no influence over whether and to what extent the respective service providers collect personal data. We are not aware of the scope, purpose and storage periods of the respective data collection. However, we would like to point out that it must be assumed that social plugins use and collect at least the IP address and device-related information. It is also possible that the respective service providers use cookies.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside your country of residence, we take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection (e.g. through contractual agreements or other legal mechanisms). In particular, if you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA)/EU and your personal data is transferred to third-party service providers in countries that are not considered adequate by the European Commission, we establish and implement appropriate contractual, organisational and technical measures with these third-party companies. This is achieved by applying the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, by reviewing the countries to which the data may be transferred and by introducing specific technical and organisational mechanisms.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside the UK , we comply with the mechanisms and safeguards as laid down in the UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and PEC Regulations.
The basis for the use of social plugins for the associated storage of information on your terminal device and its subsequent readout is your expressly granted consent. You can withdraw this consent for the future at any time by deactivating cookies in your browser settings or in our Privacy Preference Centre. The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on your express consent. You can withdraw this consent for the future at any time by deactivating cookies in your browser settings or in our Privacy Preference Centre.
For information on the scope and purpose of data collection by the respective service, as well as the further processing and use of your data, please refer to the privacy policy directly on the service's website. You will also find further information on your data protection rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy.
(a) Meta Inc., 1 Meta Way, Menlow Park, California 94025, USA
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?locale=en_GB
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/?helpref=uf_share
(b) LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W.Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94085, USA
https://linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
(c) X Corp., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA
We use the platform “YouTube” from the provider Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4) to post videos there and make them publicly available.
We embed videos stored on YouTube directly on our website. When embedded, content from the YouTube website is displayed in parts of a browser window. However, the YouTube videos can only be accessed by clicking on them separately. This technique is also called “framing”. When you call up a (sub-)page of our website on which YouTube videos are embedded in this form, a connection is established to the YouTube servers, and the content is displayed on the website by informing your browser.
YouTube content is only integrated in “enhanced privacy mode” where available. YouTube itself provides this mode and thus ensures that YouTube does not initially save any cookies on your device. However, when the relevant pages are called up, the IP address and the following data are transmitted, indicating in particular which of our Internet pages you have visited: date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific Internet page), access status/HTTP status code, amount of data transferred in each case in bytes, website from which the request comes (link), browser used, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software. However, this information cannot be assigned to you unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service (e.g. Google+) before accessing the page or are permanently logged in. As soon as you start the playback of an embedded video by clicking on it, through the enhanced privacy mode, YouTube only saves cookies on your device which do not contain any personally identifiable data unless you are currently logged in to a Google service.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside your country of residence, we take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection (e.g. through contractual agreements or other legal mechanisms).
In particular, if you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA)/EU and your personal data is transferred to third-party service providers in countries that are not considered adequate by the European Commission, we establish and implement appropriate contractual, organisational and technical measures with these third-party companies. This is achieved by applying the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, by reviewing the countries to which the data may be transferred, and by introducing specific technical and organisational mechanisms.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside the UK, we comply with the mechanisms and safeguards as laid down in the UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and PEC Regulations.
For more information on how Google handles your data, please see Google's privacy policy at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy
The basis for the use of YouTube cookies for the associated storage of information on your device and its subsequent retrieval is your consent. The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on your consent.
You can withdraw these consents for the future at any time by deactivating cookies in your browser settings or in our Privacy Preference Centre.
The cookies set usually have a validity of 30 days. The personal data collected with the help of the cookie will be deleted if there is no other legal obligation to store the data.
For example, to display our training locations or to show you our wholesalers, we use the "Google Maps" component of the company Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google". When displaying the dealer locations through the "Google Maps" component, Google sets cookies to process user settings and data when displaying the map and the associated functions. You can therefore find more information on this data processing in our Cookie Policy.
We use the “LiveChat” service provided by Text, Inc., 101 Arch Street, 8th Floor, Boston MA 02110, USA. LiveChat is a tool that allows you to chat with our staff on the homepage.
When using this service, the personal data listed below will be processed. LiveChat also sets cookies.
The data is required so that we can contact you and send you appropriate responses. The data will be stored after your chat with us in order to be able to access the data at a later date to clarify any issues. The use of cookies by LiveChat is necessary for the provision of basic functionalities of the service, e.g. maintaining chat sessions, reconnecting with previous employees and storing chat histories across multiple website visits.
When personal data is transferred to countries outside your country of residence, we take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection (e.g. through contractual agreements or other legal mechanisms).
LiveChat also processes data in third countries, in particular in the USA. To ensure the security of your personal data, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with Text, Inc. Text, Inc. is also certified under the EU/U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the EU adequacy decision for US companies and the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Further information on data processing by LiveChat can also be found in the privacy policy of Text, Inc. at: https://www.livechat.com/legal/privacy-policy/ .
The purpose of processing is to enable us to contact you. The basis for the use of LiveChat and the associated storage and retrieval of information on your device is your consent. The basis for the further processing of this personal data is your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons, with effect for the future. You can revoke your consent by sending an email to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or by post to Weidmuller Ltd, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP .
The data will be stored until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies or you have withdrawn your consent. Your data may be stored for longer in certain cases if this is stipulated by law.
We operate fan pages on the social networks Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X,. As operators of these fan pages, we are joint Controllers with the operators of these networks. When you visit one of our fan pages, the Controllers process personal data. As the Controller for the fan pages, we have entered into agreements with the social networks that, among other things, regulate the conditions for the use of these pages. We have integrated this privacy policy into the corresponding fan pages, from which you can obtain further information.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and treating your personal data confidentially. To prevent loss or misuse of the data stored by us, we take extensive technical and organisational security precautions, which are regularly reviewed and adapted in line with technological progress. However, we would like to point out that, due to the structure of the Internet, it is possible that the rules of data protection and the above-mentioned security measures may be disregarded by other individuals or organisations over whom we have no influence. In particular, unencrypted data, e.g., when transmitted by email, can be read by third parties. From a technical point of view, we have no influence over this. It is the user's responsibility to protect the data they provide from misuse by means of encryption or other methods
Our website contains hyperlinks to the websites of other providers. When activating these hyperlinks, you will be redirected from our website directly to the website of the other provider. These can also be the corporate websites of Weidmüller's partners. You will recognise this by the change of URL, among other things. We cannot accept any responsibility for the confidential handling of your data on other websites. For information on how your personal data is handled on other websites, please refer directly to the respective websites.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transferred to third parties if:
Third parties within the meaning of this section may also be the affiliated companies within the Weidmüller Group. The legal requirements for sharing and transferring data within the group of companies are met by the necessary data protection agreements.
We use service providers to provide services and to process your data relating to our services. The service providers process the data exclusively within the scope of our instructions and have been obligated to comply with the applicable data protection regulations. All processors have been carefully selected and are only provided access to your data to the extent and for the period required to provide the services or to the extent that you have consented to the data processing and use.
These disclosures may involve the transfer and processing of your personal data to other countries or jurisdictions. In cases where we transfer your personal data to other members of the Weidmüller Group, third parties or our service providers, we ensure that our agreements with them are governed by relevant legal mechanisms and safeguards, including data transfer agreements, designed to ensure the protection of your personal data.
You have the following rights (subject to the UKGDPR, the DPA 2018 and the PEC Regulations) in relation to the personal data we hold about you:
You have the right to request information from us about the data we have stored about you, as well as about its origin, receivers, or categories of receivers to whom this data is transferred to and the purpose for which it is stored.
If you have given your consent to the use of data, you can withdraw this consent at any time without giving reasons with effect for the future. To do so, simply send an email to Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or a written notification to Weidmuller Limited, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP.
You may request the correction of inaccurate data or the completion of your data stored with us.
You have the right to erase and block the data we have stored about you. The erasure of your personal data usually takes place within two working days after the exercise of this right as a data subject. If statutory retention obligations or other legally established reasons prevent deletion, your data can only be blocked instead of deleted. After the erasure of your data, no more information can be provided.
If you request the return of the personal data you have provided to us, we will return it in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format; alternatively, you may ask us to transmit your personal data to another Controller in the same format. However, we will only be able to offer the latter option if this is technically possible.
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you on grounds relating to your particular situation, provided that the data processing is based on our legitimate interests. Unless we determine that we have compelling legitimate grounds for such processing that override your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, or unless the processing is necessary for legal reasons, your objection will be upheld.
When you contact us by email at Marketing@Weidmuller.co.uk or by post to Weidmuller Limited, Klippon House, Centurion Court Office Park, Meridian East, Leicester, LE19 1TP we will store the data you provide (your email address, your name and telephone number, if applicable) in order to answer your questions or respond to your request. We will delete the data obtained in this context as soon as it no longer has to be stored, or we will restrict its processing if we are unable to delete the data due to our statutory retention obligations.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner (IC) if you believe that the processing of your personal data constitutes a violation of your rights.
We do not use automated individual decision-making or profiling (an automated analysis of your personal circumstances).
This privacy policy is based on the strict requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and forms the common basis for all of our company's global activities. However, due to the different legal frameworks in the respective countries and regions in which we operate, additional or deviating local data protection regulations apply, which must be expressly considered. These include, for example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and CPRA in the United States, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 in the United Kingdom, the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) and other national regulations such as the LGPD in Brazil and the PIPEDA in Canada (list not exhaustive).
Visitors to our websites are expressly advised that this policy should be read in the context of the applicable legal system. Should specific provisions of this privacy policy conflict with local laws, the applicable country-specific regulations shall always take precedence.
Our goal is to ensure a high standard of data protection worldwide while strengthening transparency regarding the processing of your personal data. If you have any questions regarding data protection issues in your region, please contact your local data protection officer or use the information provided at Sections 3 and 4. We reserve the right to regularly update this policy in line with legal changes and would like to point out that the latest version is always available on our websites.
Through this harmonised approach, we aim not only to create legal certainty, but also to strengthen your trust regarding our responsible handling of your data. Thank you very much for supporting us in this endeavour.
Weidmüller Global
As at: November 2025