Privacy Policy

The following information will give you a brief overview of what happens to your data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to all data that could personally identify you. You can find detailed information on the topic of data protection in our Privacy Policy, which can be found just below this text.

Liability for content

The content on our pages was created with the utmost care. However, we cannot accept any liability for the correctness, completeness, and topicality of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages under general law in accordance with Article 7 (1) TMG (German Telemedia Act). However, according to Articles 8 to 10 TMG, as a service provider, we are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to research cases that may suggest illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block information that falls under general laws remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the point in time at which we become aware of a concrete legal violation. As soon as we become aware of such legal violations, we will remove this content immediately.

Data protection

We are very glad about your interest in our company. The management of Badische Stahlwerke takes data protection very seriously. In general, you can use the websites of Badische Stahlwerke without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to utilize any special services that our company offers on our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and no legal basis exists for such processing, we generally obtain the data subject’s consent.

The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Badische Stahlwerke. With this Privacy Policy, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data that we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy will inform data subjects about their rights.

As the controller, Badische Stahlwerke has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-related data transfers can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

The Privacy Policy of Badische Stahlwerke is based on the terms used by the European directive and regulation legislator on adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our Privacy Policy should be easy to read and understand for the public and for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to clarify the definitions beforehand. We use the following terms, among others, in our Privacy Policy:

a) Personal data

‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

‘Data subject’ means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

c) Processing

‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing

‘Restriction of processing’ means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

e) Profiling

‘Profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

f) Pseudonymization

‘Pseudonymization’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller

‘Controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor

‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient

‘Recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

j) Third party

‘Third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

k) Consent

‘Consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, further data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union, and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

Badische Stahlwerke GmbH
Graudenzer Strasse 45
77694 Kehl
Deutschland

Tel.: 07851 – 83-0
E-Mail: info@bsw-kehl.de
Website: https://www.bsw-kehl.de

3. Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the controller is:

Mr. Holger Seybold
E-Mail: ds@holger-seybold.de

Any data subject can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Collection of general data and information

Each time Badische Stahlwerke website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system, it collects a series of general data and information. These general data and information are stored in the server’s log files. The following can be collected: the (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system gets to our website (so-called referrer), (4) the subsites that are called up via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6)an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other data and information of this nature that serves to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, Badische Stahlwerke do not draw any conclusions regarding the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly supply the content of our website, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the engineering of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information required for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. The data and information that we anonymously collect is therefore evaluated statistically by Badische Stahlwerke on the one hand and on the other hand with the objective of increasing data protection and data security in our company – in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data that we process. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Registering on our website

The data subject can register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller results from the respective entry form used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for in-house purposes. The controller can arrange for the data to be transferred to one or more processors, for example a parcel service, which also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use, and which is assigned to the controller. By registering on the controller’s website, the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the data subject, the date, and the time of registration are also saved. These data are stored because this is the only way to prevent improper use of our services and, if necessary, these data can be used to enable criminal offences to be investigated. In this respect, the storage of these data is necessary to protect the controller. These data are generally not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the data transfer serves the purpose of criminal prosecution. The data subject’s registration with the voluntary provision of personal data enables the controller to offer the data subject content or services that, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons can amend the personal data provided during registration at any time or have them completely deleted from the controller’s database. At the data subject’s request, the controller shall at any time provide said data subject with information about which personal data are stored about them. Furthermore, the controller shall correct or delete personal data at the request or instruction of the data subject, provided that there are no statutory retention requirements that state otherwise. A data protection officer named in this Privacy Policy and the entire staff of the controller are at the data subject’s disposal as contact persons in this context.

6. Contact option via the website

On account of statutory requirements, Badische Stahlwerke website contains information that enables quick electronic contact to our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data that are voluntarily transmitted to the controller by a data subject are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. These personal data are not transferred to third parties.

7. Routine deletion or blocking of personal data

The controller only processes and stores personal data of the data subject for the period of time that is necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is prescribed by the European directive and regulation legislator or by another legislator in laws or regulations, which the controller is subject to. If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European directive and regulation legislator, or by another responsible legislator, expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

8. Rights of data subjects

a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning them are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.

b) Right to information

Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to receive information at any time and free of charge about the personal data stored about them and to obtain a copy of this information from the controller. Furthermore, the European directive and regulation legislator grants the data subject access to the following information:

• the categories of personal data that are being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
• if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria to specify this duration
• the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of your personal data or to restriction of processing
• by the controller or a right to object to this processing
• the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
• the existence of automated decision-making processes including profiling in accordance with Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – conclusive information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject
• Furthermore, the data subject has a right to information as to whether personal data have been transmitted to a third country or an international organization. If data have been transmitted to a third country or an international organization, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate security measures in place.
• If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.

c) Right to rectification

• Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to request the immediate rectification of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the processing purposes, to request the completion of incomplete personal data – including by means of a supplementary statement.
• If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.

d) Right to erasure (‘Right to be forgotten’)

Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
• The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
• The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
• The personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
• the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.
• If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have their personal data, which is stored at Badische Stahlwerke, deleted, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time. The data protection officer of Badische Stahlwerke or another employee will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately.
• If the personal data have been made public by Badische Stahlwerke and our company is obligated to delete the personal data as the controller in accordance with Article 17 (1) GDPR, Badische Stahlwerke will take appropriate measures, considering the available technology and the implementation costs, including those of a technical nature, to notify other data processors – which process the published personal data – that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to these personal data as well as copies or replications of these personal data from these other data processors, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The data protection officer of Badische Stahlwerke or another employee will arrange for necessary measures to be taken in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing

Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
• If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request to have their personal data, which is stored at Badische Stahlwerke, restricted, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time. The data protection officer of Badische Stahlwerke or another employee will arrange for the restriction of processing.

f) Right to data portability

The data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning then, which they have provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. The data subject also has the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary to carry out a task that is in the public interest or if is carried out under public authority that has been transferred to the controller.
• Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 (1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and does not affect the rights and freedoms of other individuals.
• To assert their right to data portability, the data subject can at any time contact the data protection officer appointed by Badische Stahlwerke or another employee.

g) Right to object

Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Article 6(1) (e) or (f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
• Badische Stahlwerke shall no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• If Badische Stahlwerke process personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Where the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes vis-a-vis Badische Stahlwerke, Badische Stahlwerke shall no longer process the personal data for such purposes.
• Where personal data are processed by Badische Stahlwerke for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, the data subject, on grounds relating to their particular situation, shall have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning them, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
• To exercise their right to object, the data subject can directly contact the data protection officer of Badische Stahlwerke or another employee. In the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, the data subject may exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to not be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which has legal impacts on them or significantly affects them in a similar manner, if the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or if the decision (2) is permissible on the basis of Union or Member State law, to which the controller is subject, and these legal provisions take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, or if the decision (3) is made with the express consent of the data subject.
• If the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or if the decision (2) is made with the express consent of the data subject, Badische Stahlwerke will take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to object to intervention by a person working at the controller, to express their own point of view, and to contest the decision.
• If the data subject wishes to assert rights with regard to automated decisions-making, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.

i) Right to revoke consent under data protection law

• Every data subject whose personal data are being processed has the right granted by the European directive and regulation legislator to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
• If the data subject wishes to assert their right to revoke consent, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.

9. Legal basis for processing

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR is our company’s legal basis for processing operations, for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case for example with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or return services, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, for example to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, it may be necessary to process personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our company were injured and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information would need to be disclosed to a physician, hospital, or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) GDPR. Lastly, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This forms the legal basis for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh ours. The reason we are permitted to carry out such processing operations is because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator is of the opinion that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).

10. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest lies is conducting our business activities for the benefit of all our employees and our shareholders.

11. Duration for which the personal data are stored

The criterion for how long the personal data are stored is the respective statutory retention period. After the period has expired, the relevant data are routinely deleted, provided that they are no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

12. Legal or contractual specifications for the provision of personal data

Legal or contractual specifications for the provision of personal data; required for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or can also result from contractual regulations (e.g., information on the contractual partner). At time, it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data that we subsequently have to process in order to conclude a contract. For example, the data subject is obligated to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would result in the contract not being concluded with the data subject. Before the data subject provides personal data, they must contact our data protection officer. Our data protection officer will then inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis as to whether the provision of the personal data is legally or contractually required or if it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences the failure to provide the personal data would have.

13. Existence of automated decision-making

As a conscientious company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling. This Privacy Policy was created by the data protection declaration generator from “datenschutz im internet” in cooperation with RC GmbH, which recycles used notebooks, and the file-sharing solicitors of WBS-LAW.

Liability for links

Our online presence contains links to external third-party websites; we have no influence on this content. Thus, we also cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the website is always responsible for the content of the linked websites. At the time that they were linked, these linked webpages were checked for possible legal violations. No illegal content was recognized at the time that the link was created. It is not reasonable to permanently monitor the content of the linked websites without concrete evidence of a legal violation. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The content and works on these pages created by the website operator are subject to German copyright law. The duplication, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the boundaries of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. If the content on this website was not created by the operator, this is subject to the copyrights of third parties. In particular, contents of third parties are marked as such. If you should nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please be so kind as to notify us accordingly. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.

Images on the website

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