Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the topic of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in two ways: First, by providing it to us. This could include data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of the website visit). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free website provision. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data transmitted is also processed for contractual offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

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

For this and further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This mainly happens using so-called analysis programs.

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

2. Hosting

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

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This mainly includes IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website accesses, and other data generated through a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment toward our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been obtained, processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our hosting provider will only process your data as far as necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding these data.

We use the following hosting provider:

Cows Online GmbH

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required agreement that ensures the hosting provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

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 legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When using this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and how we use it, as well as the purpose of processing.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against third-party access is not possible.

Information on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Emsland Metallbau GmbH
Holsterfeld 24
48499 Salzbergen

Managing Director: Johann Erich Wilms

Phone: 05971 / 8004-0
Email: info@emsland-metallbau.de

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

Data Retention Period

Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate deletion request or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion occurs after the expiration of these reasons.

General Notes on Legal Basis for Data Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In case of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you consented to cookie storage or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If data is required for contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures, we process it based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process data necessary to fulfill legal obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be based on our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The respective legal basis applicable in each case is specified in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer:

Björn Bünger (certified Data Protection Officer)
Werkstraße 226
D-19061 Schwerin

Phone: (+49) 385 57 31-0
Email: b.buenger@kgw-schwerin.de

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we cooperate with various external entities. Sometimes, the transfer of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only transfer personal data to external parties if it is required for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., forwarding data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using processors, we only share customer personal data under a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent for Data Processing

Many data processing procedures are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until revocation remains unaffected.

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

If data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The applicable legal basis for processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

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

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your habitual residence, workplace, or the location of the suspected violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists regardless of other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer to another controller, it will only occur if technically feasible.

Right to Access, Rectification, and Deletion

You have the right, under applicable law, to obtain free information about your stored personal data, their origin, recipients, and the purpose of processing and, if applicable, the right to correction or deletion. You can contact us at any time for this and for further questions regarding personal data.

Right to Restrict Processing

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

• If you dispute the accuracy of your stored personal data, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims, you have the right to request restriction instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not yet determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

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

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change from “http://” to “https://” in the browser’s address bar and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

Objection to Marketing Emails

Use of contact information published under the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby expressly objected to. The website operators explicitly reserve the right to take legal action in case of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, e.g., via spam emails.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packages and do not harm your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored until you delete them or your browser automatically deletes them.

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

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

Cookies required for electronic communication, to provide certain requested functions (e.g., shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., audience measurement cookies) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR if no other legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for technically error-free and optimized service provision. If consent for the storage of cookies or similar recognition technologies has been obtained, processing is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform you about cookie usage and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivation of cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the Borlabs Cookie consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser or using certain technologies and to document it in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg.

When you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser containing the consents you have given or revoked. These data are not shared with Borlabs. Data is stored until you request deletion from us, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose of storage expires. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on Borlabs Cookie data processing can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The use of Borlabs Cookie consent technology ensures legally required consents for the use of cookies. Legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Contact Form

If you send inquiries via the contact form, the information provided, including contact details, is stored for processing the inquiry and for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.

Processing occurs based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry relates to the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. In other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if obtained; consent can be revoked at any time.

Data from the contact form remains with us until you request deletion, revoke consent, or the purpose of storage expires (e.g., after inquiry completion). Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Inquiries via Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us via email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), is stored for processing purposes. This data will not be shared without your consent.

Processing occurs based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, it is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if obtained; consent can be revoked at any time.

Data remains stored until you request deletion, revoke consent, or the purpose of storage expires. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The Google Tag Manager is a tool to manage and deploy tracking or analytics tools and other technologies on the website. It does not itself create user profiles, store cookies, or conduct independent analysis. It merely manages and launches tools embedded via it. The Google Tag Manager does record your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.

Use is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in fast and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools. If consent has been obtained, processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG; consent can be revoked at any time.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF ensures compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Certified companies commit to adhere to these standards. Further information is available at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics provided by Google Ireland Limited.

Google Analytics allows analysis of website visitor behavior. The operator receives various usage data, such as page views, duration, operating systems, and origin. Data is assigned to the respective device; no user-ID assignment occurs.