Privacy
The protection of your personal data is very important to EDRO Specialty Steels GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”). We comply with the applicable legal provisions on the protection, lawful handling and confidentiality of personal data as well as data security, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the applicable national data protection regulations.
This Privacy Notice informs you about the nature, scope and purposes of the collection and use of your personal data by us in connection with your visit to and use of our website.
Who is responsible for data processing? Responsible for the operation of this website is:
EDRO Specialty Steels GmbH Industriestraße 5c, 77767 Appenweier, Germany
What is personal data?
Personal data (“Data”) is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject”). This includes, for example, the name, e-mail address, date of birth, any contact details or IP address.
Processing of data in the context of the use of our website Operation and protection of the website
Purpose: You can visit our website without providing any active information about yourself. However, when you visit our website, your device sends data to our web servers. This data is processed by our web servers and automatically stored in so-called “log files”. The processing of your data is necessary in order to be able to provide you with our website. Storage in log files is necessary to ensure the security and functionality of our website.
Data categories: IT protocol and identification data (IP address, HTTP header fields, browser, operating system, website through which you were redirected to our website (referrer), date and time of access, URL accessed)
Legal basis:
Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR – legitimate interests: Provision of a secure, functional and user-friendly website
Storage period: The aforementioned data will be stored for 90 days and deleted after this period, unless this data is still required to subsequently clarify a security incident (e.g. hacking attack) on our website and for the purpose of preserving evidence.
Recipient categories: Processors (IT service providers); in the event of a security incident, your data may also be transmitted to the police, legal representatives, courts and administrative authorities.
Use of cookies and other services
The data protection-relevant information on the use and use of cookies and other services can be found in the cookie banner, which you can access at any time via “My privacy settings” in the footer of this website. In it, we inform you, among other things, about the type, scope, purposes, processed data and recipient categories, legal bases and storage period of the cookies used as well as the other services.
Contact us Purpose:
You can contact us for inquiries about our company, our products and services via the contact form on this website, but also by e-mail, telephone or fax. In these cases, we will process your data for the purpose of processing your request.
Data categories: Personal master data (e.g. salutation, title, first and last name); Contact details (e.g. address, telephone number, email address); Correspondence data (e.g. free text field on website, e-mail correspondence); Documentation of appointments and agreements (e.g. in the course of a telephone enquiry) and, if applicable, the data that you provide to us by uploading or attaching documents.
Legal basis:
Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR – legitimate interests: Contacting customers and interested parties to process their enquiries
Storage period: We store your data until the purpose has been fulfilled. After fulfilling the purpose, your data will only be stored if there is a legal obligation to retain it or if another essential reason for further storage can be cited. This may be the case, for example, if we need your data for the assertion, exercise, defense, but also defense of legal claims.
Recipient categories: Processors (IT service providers). In order to achieve the intended purposes, it may also be necessary in some cases for us to forward your data to other voestalpine Group companies (www.voestalpine.com/standorte) in order to ensure that your request is processed quickly.
Subscription to the newsletter
Purpose: Information about our products and events for our business partners and interested parties
Data categories: Contact details (e-mail address)
Legal basis:
Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR – Consent: You are neither contractually nor legally obliged to provide us with your data, which is required for subscribing to a newsletter. However, if you do not do this, we will not be able to send you a newsletter. You can revoke your consent at any time (e.g. by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address of the data protection organisation listed at the end of this data protection notice or by clicking on the unsubscribe link directly in the footer of the newsletter sent to you).
Storage period: We store your data for the purpose of sending the newsletter as long as you do not revoke your consent to receive the newsletter.
Recipient categories: Processors (IT service providers)
Data transfers to third countries
Due to the complexity of today’s data processing processes, we commission processors to process your data. As far as possible, we only use processors that are based within the European Union or within the European Economic Area and are therefore subject to the GDPR.
However, it may exceptionally happen that we transfer data to third countries (i.e. outside the European Union or the European Economic Area) and have it processed there. If we transfer data to third countries, the transfer will only take place in compliance with the legally regulated admissibility requirements (in particular, the existence of an adequacy decision by the EU Commission, the conclusion of standard data protection clauses, including – if necessary – additional agreement on further technical, organisational and contractual measures). In the event of a transfer of your data to a third country, it is possible to request a copy of the appropriate or adequate safeguards from our data protection organisation.
Rights of data subjects and possibility of complaint
In accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data is being processed by the controller and the right to information about this data.
In accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete personal data without undue delay. In accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to have your personal data deleted.
In accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to restriction of processing.
In accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR, you have a right to data portability.
In accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to data processing.
If your data is processed on the basis of your consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.
Finally, you have the option of filing a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for you.
Contact Details
If you have any questions about data protection or how to assert your aforementioned rights, you can reach our data protection organization by e-mail at datenschutz@edro.com or by post at EDRO Specialty Steels GmbH Industriestraße 5c, 77767 Appenweier with the subject “Data protection”.
Portions of this Privacy Notice may be changed or updated by us for technical or legal reasons without prior notice to you. Please review the current Privacy Notice to stay informed of any changes or updates.