Privacy Policy

Privacy at a Glance

General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Notice Concerning the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly by you providing it to us. This can be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This data is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

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

Notice Concerning the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

AluStahl Sp. z o.o.
Am Bhf 8A, 63683 Ortenberg, Germany
Augustyna Szamarzewskiego 21/2, 60-514 Poznań, Poland
KRS: 000045863, NIP: 525255416, REGON: 14664599

Phone: +49 176 58903267
Email: info@alustahl.eu

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 (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons cease to apply.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke an already given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which a processing operation is based 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 the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed to carry out direct advertising, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising at any time; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection under Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent it is technically feasible.

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, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Deletion, and Correction
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 and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually 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/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from being stored - may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Data Collection on This Website

Cookies
Our website uses "cookies." Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored 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 stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.

Cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain services provided by the third party (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you desire (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the 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 cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the relevant cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in inpidual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

If cookies from third-party companies or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you about this separately within this privacy policy and, if necessary, ask for your consent.

Cookie Consent with Complianz
Our website uses Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations.

When you enter our website, a Complianz cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents are stored. These data are not passed on to the Complianz provider.

The collected data will be stored until you ask us to delete it or delete the Complianz cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. For details on the data processing of Complianz, please refer to: https://complianz.io/legal/privacy-statement/?cmplz_region_redirect=true&cmplz-region=eu.

The use of Complianz's consent technology takes place to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

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

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request 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 the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

Request by E-Mail, Telephone, or Fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request 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 the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts (local hosting)
This site uses web fonts provided by Google for the uniform representation of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google's servers is established in this process.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit Google Fonts FAQ and Google's Privacy Policy.

Polylang Plugin
This website uses the Polylang plugin to adjust the displayed language according to user preferences. Therefore, the plugin processes certain personal data of the users, such as the preferred language, country of origin, or browser language. Polylang does not process sensitive data like names, email addresses, or phone numbers.

These data are processed solely to improve the quality of the displayed content and to provide a better user experience. The data are not used for marketing purposes and are not shared with other companies. The processing of the data is based on legitimate interest, namely the adjustment of the displayed content to user preferences.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies and other technologies to collect information about visitor usage behavior, such as the number of page views, the duration of visits to the website, and user interactions. This information is stored anonymously and helps us improve our website and offerings.

The collected data are used exclusively for analysis purposes and to optimize our website. They are not used to identify inpiduals and are not combined with other personal data.

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by downloading and installing the browser add-on for disabling Google Analytics. The add-on is available for the most common browsers and prevents your data from being collected by Google Analytics.

For more information about data protection and the use of Google Analytics, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy.

Hotjar
This website uses Hotjar, an analysis and feedback platform, to understand user behavior on our website and improve the user experience. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect information about visitor usage behavior, such as mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes. This information is stored anonymously and helps us optimize our website.

The collected data are used exclusively for analysis purposes and to improve our website and user experience. They are not used to identify inpiduals and are not combined with other personal data.

You can prevent Hotjar from collecting your data by enabling the opt-out function. Click here to disable tracking by Hotjar: https://www.hotjar.com/policies/do-not-track/

For more information about data protection and the use of Hotjar, please refer to the Hotjar Privacy Policy.

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