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Privacy Policy

Effective date: 10/27/2026

Who we are

Advanced Defense Solutions ("ADS", "we") is a joint venture of MJC Engineering & Technology, Inc. in the United States and WF Maschinenbau und Blechformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. This policy explains what personal information we collect through advanceddefensesolutions.com, how we use it, and your rights.

Who is responsible for your data

The companies responsible for personal data collected through this website are:

  • WF‑MJC Advanced Defense Solutions, 15401 Assembly Ln, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, USA

  • MJC Engineering & Technology, Inc., 15401 Assembly Ln, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, USA

  • WF Maschinenbau und Blechformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Schörmelweg 23–27, 48324 Sendenhorst, Germany

Data protection officer: email

Information we collect

  • What you give us: when you fill in a form, request information or sign up for news, your name, company, email, phone number, country, and the details you provide.

  • Files you upload: any sketch or document you attach to a form.

  • Basic website data: our website host automatically records standard information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit and when.

How we use it, and our legal basis

We use your information only for these purposes. Where EU data protection law (GDPR) applies, the legal basis for each is shown in brackets.

  • to respond to your inquiry and prepare proposals (steps before a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, and our legitimate interest in answering business inquiries, Art. 6(1)(f))

  • to manage our business relationship with you (contract, Art. 6(1)(b), and legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f))

  • to meet legal obligations, including export-control and sanctions screening (Art. 6(1)(c))

  • to send company news, if you signed up for it (consent, Art. 6(1)(a); you can unsubscribe at any time)

  • to keep our website working and secure (legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f))

  • to measure how the site is used, if you accept analytics cookies (consent, Art. 6(1)(a))

  • to show our ads to people who may be interested and measure how well they work, if you accept advertising cookies (consent, Art. 6(1)(a))

We do not sell your personal information. Our use of Google Ads may count as “sharing” for targeted advertising under California law, and you can opt out of it as described below.

Who we share it with

Your inquiry may be handled by MJC, by WF Maschinenbau, or by both, depending on the program. We also share information with service providers that help us run our business, only for that purpose.

This website

Squarespace: hosts this website and its forms

Google: website analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google Ads)

International transfers

Because ADS operates in the United States and Germany, your information may be transferred between the EU and the US. Where this happens, we protect it with appropriate safeguards, such as [EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework].

Drawings and controlled technical data

Please do not send ITAR-controlled technical data, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), or other export-controlled technical data (including EU or German dual-use controlled data) through this website. Once an NDA is in place, we will arrange a secure transfer.

Cookies, analytics and advertising

Our website uses cookies it needs to work. With your agreement in our cookie banner, we also use:

  • Google Analytics cookies, to understand how visitors use the site

  • Google Ads cookies, to measure which of our ads lead to visits and inquiries, and to show our ads to people who have visited our site

We only set these cookies if you accept them, and you can change your choice at any time. Google handles this information under its own privacy policy, and explains how it uses data from sites like ours here. You can turn off personalized ads in My Ad Center. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, though some parts of the site may then not work.

Retention and security

We keep your information only as long as we need it for the purposes above, then delete it, unless a law requires us to keep it longer (for example, commercial and tax record-keeping rules). We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect it, but no website or online service is completely secure.

Links and social media

Our website links to other sites and to our social media pages, such as LinkedIn. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for how they handle your information.

Children

Our website is for business customers. It is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you have the right to:

  • see the personal information we hold about you, and get a copy

  • correct it, or have it deleted

  • restrict or object to how we use it

  • receive it in a portable format

  • withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting earlier use, including for analytics and advertising cookies

  • opt out of the use of your information for targeted advertising

  • stop receiving our emails

If you are in the EU, you can also complain to a data protection authority. For WF Maschinenbau, this is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW). We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request, and we will not treat you differently for making one.

Privacy policies of the companies we use

Contact us

For privacy questions or requests, email Sales@advanceddefensesolutions.com. You can also write to either company at the addresses above.