1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the Data Protection Declaration beneath this copy.

 

Data recording on our website

Who is responsible for the recording of data on this website?

The website operator processes the data on this website. The contact information may be gleaned from the Legal Information on this website.

 

How do we record your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This may for instance include data you enter into a contact form. Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This pertains primarily to technical data (e.g. your web browsers, operating system or the time the site was accessed). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you gain access to our website. 

 

For which purposes do we use your data?

A portion of the data is collected to ensure the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

 

What are your rights with regard to the data?

You have the right to get information on the source, recipient and purpose of your archived data at any time – free of charge. You also have the right to demand the correction, blockage or deletion of such data. With this and other questions on data protection, you may contact the address provided under Legal Information at any time. Moreover, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent regulatory agency.

 

Third party analysis and other tools

When you visit our website, you browsing history may be statistically analyzed. This happens primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. As a rule, the analysis of your browsing patterns is conducted anonymously; the browsing patterns cannot be retraced to identify you. You may object to these analyses or prevent them by not using certain tools. For detailed information, please consult the Data Protection Declaration provided below.

You can object to this analysis. This Data Protection Declaration will brief you on the available objection options.  

 

2. General annotations and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this Data Protection Declaration.

When you use this website, a range of personal data will be collected. Personal data is data that makes it possible to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect and the purposes we use it for. It also explains how and for which purpose this occurs.

We have to point out that the transfer of data on the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to provide complete protection from third party access to the data.  

 

Information about the data controller

The data controller for the data processing on this website is:

Rudolf Clauss GmbH & Co. KG
Düsseldorfer Str. 196-202
45481 Mülheim an der Ruhr

Tel.: + 49 208 48 427 – 0
E-Mail: info(at)metallveredelung.de

The data controller is the natural or legal entity that solely or jointly with others makes decisions on the purposes and resources of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses and the like).

 

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

Many data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You may revoke any granted consent at any time. All you have to do is send us an informal email. The legality of any data processing that has occurred until the revocation is not affected by this.  

 

Right to complain with the competent regulatory agency

In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has a right to file a complaint with the competent regulatory agency. The competent regulatory agency in data protection matters is the State Data Protection Officer of the federal state in which our company is domiciled. A list of the data protection officers as well as their contact information can be obtained under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

 

Data transferability right

You have the right to receive data we automatically process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract yourself or through a third party in a standard, machine readable format. If you demand the direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will occur only if it is technically feasible.

 

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect confidential content that is being transferred, such as purchase orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. An encrypted connection can be identified by the address line of the browser switching from “http://” to “https://” and the display of the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, it is impossible for third parties to read data you are sending to us.  

 

Information, blockage, deletion

Within the scope of applicable laws, you have the right to receive free information on your archived data, its origin and the recipients as well as the purpose of data processing at any time and you may have a right to have it corrected, blocked or deleted. For this and other questions related to personal data, you may contact the address provided under Legal Information at any time.  

 

Objection to promotional emails

We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory provision of legal information for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information literature. The operators of this website reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, e.g. through spam emails.  

 

 

3. Data recording on our website

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie that is related to the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a certain fixed period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already been to our site and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already been to our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

 

Cookie consent with DP-Cookie-Consent

Our website uses an open source cookie consent technology to store your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser. The source code can be downloaded from github. When you enter our website, a DP cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consent you have given or the revocation of this consent is stored. This data will not be shared. The collected data is stored in the browser until you delete the cookie yourself or have it deleted automatically by the browser. Cookie consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art.