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Privacy Policy

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 with which you can be personally identified. You can find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration listed under this text.

data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

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

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions regarding data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

In addition, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted under certain circumstances. For details, please see the privacy policy under "Right to restriction of processing".

analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; your surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you.

You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information about these tools and your options for objection can be found in the following data protection declaration.

2. General information 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 the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which 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 gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Taferner Stahlhandel e.U.

Telephone: (+43) 0676 57 600 56
E-mail: taferner.stahlhandel@aon.at

The responsible body 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, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal message to us by e-mail is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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 processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (objection according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed in order to conduct direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct advertising (objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR).

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to complain exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/anschriften_table.html (Germany) and https://www.dsb.gv.at/ueber-die-website/kontakt.html (Austria).

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request that the data be transferred directly to another responsible party, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses 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. 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 that you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions
If, after concluding a paid contract, there is an obligation to send us your payment details (e.g. account number for direct debit authorization), this data is required to process the payment. Payment transactions using the usual payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. 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. With encrypted communication, your payment data that you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this purpose and for other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request that the data processing be restricted instead of deleted.

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 that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of deleted.

If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - 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.

Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example through spam emails.

3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain 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 restricted.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.

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 browser version

Operating system used

Referrer URL

Host name of the accessing computer

Time of the server request

IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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 collected.

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 the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal message to us by email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular
Retention periods - remain unaffected.

Inquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us.

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

Registration on this website
You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as in the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data collected during registration is stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and is then deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We only collect, process and use personal data to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content design or change of the legal relationship (master data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data about the use of our websites (usage data) to the extent that this is necessary to enable or bill the user for the use of the service.

The customer data collected is deleted after the order has been completed or the business relationship has ended. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transfer when concluding a contract for online shops, retailers and shipping of goods
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract, for example to the company entrusted with the delivery of the goods or the credit institution entrusted with the payment processing. The data is not transferred further or only if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data transfer when concluding a contract for services and digital content
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract, for example to the credit institution commissioned to process the payment. The data will not be transferred to any other party or only if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Registration with Facebook Connect
Instead of registering directly on our website, you can register with Facebook Connect. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you decide to register with Facebook Connect and click on the "Login with Facebook" / "Connect with Facebook" button, you will automatically be redirected to the Facebook platform. There you can log in with your user data. This will link your Facebook profile to our website or our services. This link gives us access to the data you have stored on Facebook. This is primarily:

Facebook name

Facebook profile and cover photo

Facebook cover photo

Email address stored on Facebook

Facebook ID

Facebook friends lists

Facebook likes

Birthday

Gender

Country

Language

This data is used to set up, provide and personalize your account.

Registration with Facebook Connect and the associated data processing operations are based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.

Further information can be found in the Facebook Terms of Use and the Facebook Privacy Policy. You can find these at: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://de-de.facebook.com/legal/terms/.

Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address and, if you do not post anonymously, the user name you chose will be stored.

Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not check comments on our page before they are published, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to comments
As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to check whether you are the owner of the specified email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time using a link in the info emails. The data entered when subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case; if you have sent this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. newsletter order), it will remain with us.

Storage period of comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis
The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

4. Plugins and tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.

Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make the locations we specify on the website easy to find. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can find more information on how user data is handled in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Adobe Fonts
Our website uses Adobe web fonts to uniformly display certain fonts. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When you visit our pages, your browser downloads the required fonts directly from Adobe so that they can be displayed correctly on your device. Your browser establishes a connection to Adobe's servers in the USA. This tells Adobe that our website was accessed via your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are made available.

Adobe is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards. For more information, see: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

The use of Adobe Fonts is necessary to ensure a uniform typeface on our website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can find more information about Adobe Fonts at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.

Adobe's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html

YouTube with enhanced data protection
Our website uses plug-ins from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in enhanced data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the enhanced data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the transfer of data to YouTube partners. YouTube therefore establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network - regardless of whether you watch a video.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on our website, a connection is established to YouTube's servers. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your device after you start a video. These cookies enable YouTube to receive information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

After starting a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR.

YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Vimeo
Our website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection is established to the Vimeo servers. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

Vimeo is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

e functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The Instagram plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media.

You can find more information on this in Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Tumblr plug-in
Our pages use buttons from the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.

These buttons allow you to share a post or page on Tumblr or to follow the provider on Tumblr. When you visit one of our websites with a Tumblr button, your browser establishes a direct connection to Tumblr's servers. We have no influence on the amount of data that Tumblr collects and transmits using this plugin. As of now, the user's IP address and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

The Tumblr plugin is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media.

For more information, see Tumblr's privacy policy at: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de.

LinkedIn plugin
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Every time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions, a connection is established to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn's "Recommend button" and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by LinkedIn.

The LinkedIn plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media.

You can find more information on this in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING plug-in
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

Every time you access one of our pages that contains XING functions, a connection is established to XING servers. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in this process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored and no usage behavior is evaluated.

The XING plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media.

You can find further information on data protection and the XING share button in XING's privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Pinterest plug-in
On our site we use social plug-ins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA ("Pinterest").

When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

The Pinterest plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media.

Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

7. Own Services

Job applications

If you send us an application, we will process the personal data you provide in order to process your application and contact you. The personal data concerning you will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless we are legally obliged to do so, you have requested this or the data transfer is necessary for the initiation and execution of a contractual relationship with you or the application process. The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 subparagraph 1 letter a, b GDPR, Article 88 paragraph 1 GDPR, § 26 paragraph 1 Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

We delete applications no later than three months after completion of the application process. Should the data be required for legal prosecution after completion of the application process, data processing may be carried out on the basis of the requirements of Article 6 GDPR, in particular to safeguard legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest then consists in the assertion or defence of claims.

If your application is successful, we will continue to process the personal data concerning you for the purposes of the employment relationship.

If you have expressly given your consent, you can revoke your declaration of consent at any time with effect for the future, so that we will delete your data.

Scope and purpose of data collection
If you send us an application, we will process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-new under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and - if you have given your consent - Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons who are involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG-new and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship.

Duration of storage
Stored server log files and IP addresses are deleted after seven days at the latest.

Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of the session. Other cookies are stored on your end device, and you have control over the use and deletion of cookies, see above.

We process your data from your enquiries by email or via the contact form until your enquiry has been fully processed and dealt with. The data will then be deleted. Please note, however, that due to a legal transaction with you, certain data may be subject to retention obligations under commercial and tax law of at least six (§ 257 HGB) or ten (§ 147 AO) years, which may also apply to the content of contact enquiries and e-mails, see above.

If you apply via email, for example, we will delete your personal data and applications three months after completion of the application process. If your application is successful, we will continue to process your personal data for the purposes of the employment relationship. If you have expressly given your consent, you can revoke your declaration of consent at any time with effect for the future, so that we delete your data, see above.

In addition, an annual check is carried out to determine whether data can be deleted. This is the case if the purpose of the processing and the requirements of the legal basis for the processing no longer apply and there is no legal obligation to store the data.

8. Online marketing and partner programs
Amazon partner program
The operators of the pages participate in the Amazon EU partner program. Amazon includes advertisements and links to the Amazon.de website on our pages, from which we can earn money through 23 / 27 advertising cost reimbursement. Amazon uses cookies to track the origin of orders. This enables Amazon to recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. "Amazon cookies" are stored on the basis of Art. 6 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in this, as the amount of its affiliate remuneration can only be determined through the cookies. For more information about Amazon’s use of data, please see Amazon’s privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401.

9. Payment providers and resellers
PayPal
On our website we offer payment via PayPal, among other things. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal").

If you choose to pay via PayPal, the payment details you enter will be sent to PayPal.

Your data will be sent to PayPal on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You have the option of revoking your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations that have taken place in the past.

Klarna
On our website we offer payment using Klarna's services, among other things. The provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna").

Klarna offers various payment options (e.g. installment purchase). If you decide to pay with Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna will collect various personal data from you. You can find details about this in Klarna's privacy policy at the following link: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/.

Klarna uses cookies to optimize the use of the Klarna checkout solution. Optimizing the checkout solution represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and do not cause any damage. They remain on your device until you delete them. Details on the use of Klarna cookies can be found at the following link: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf.

Your data will be transmitted to Klarna on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You have the option of revoking your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations that have taken place in the past.

Instant bank transfer
On our website we offer payment by "instant bank transfer", among other things. The provider of this payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich (hereinafter "Sofort GmbH").

Using the “Instant Transfer” process, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can begin to meet our obligations immediately.

If you have chosen the “Instant Transfer” payment method, you send the PIN and a valid TAN to Sofort GmbH, which they can use to log into your online banking account. After logging in, Sofort GmbH automatically checks your account balance and makes the transfer to us using the TAN you have sent. They then immediately send us a transaction confirmation. After logging in, your transactions, the credit limit of the overdraft facility and the existence of other accounts and their balances are also automatically checked.

In addition to the PIN and TAN, the payment data you have entered and your personal data are also sent to Sofort GmbH. Your personal data includes your first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address and, if applicable, other data required for payment processing. The transmission of this data is necessary in order to establish your identity beyond doubt and to prevent attempted fraud.

The transmission of your data to Sofort GmbH is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract). You have the option of revoking your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Details on payment with Sofortüberweisung can be found at the following links: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/.

Paydirekt
On our website we offer payment using Paydirekt, among other things. The provider of this payment service is Paydirekt GmbH, Hamburger Allee 26-28, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (hereinafter "Paydirekt").

If you make the payment using Paydirekt, Paydirekt collects various transaction data and forwards it to the bank with which you are registered with Paydirekt. In addition to the data required for the payment, Paydirekt may collect additional data as part of the transaction processing, such as the delivery address or individual items in the shopping cart.

Paydirekt then authenticates the transaction using the authentication process stored by the bank. The payment amount is then transferred from your account to our account. Neither we nor third parties have access to your account details.

Details on payment with Paydirekt can be found in Paydirekt's terms and conditions and privacy policy at: https://www.paydirekt.de/agb/index.html.

10. Our social media presences
Data processing by social networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. You can find the social networks we use in detail below.

Social networks such as Facebook, Google+ etc. can generally analyze your user behavior comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presences triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing operations. In detail:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies that are stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be displayed to you inside and outside of the respective social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are logged in or were logged in.

Please also note that we cannot track all processing processes on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis
Our social media presence is intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases that must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Responsible party and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media presences (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can generally exercise your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against third parties. the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. against Facebook).

Please note that despite our joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing procedures of the social media portals. Our options are largely based on the company policy of the respective provider.

Storage period
The data we collect directly via the social media presence is deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Social networks in detail
Facebook
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

We have concluded a joint processing agreement with Facebook (Controller Addendum). This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view this agreement at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

Jointly responsible for processing Facebook Fanpage Insights are

Facebook Ireland Ltd.

4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2, Ireland

https://www.facebook.com/business/gdpr

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

and

Taferner Special Alloys GmbH
Am Kanal 27 2/0/8
AT-1110 Vienna
Tel. 06645133785
E-mail: office@taferner-specialalloys.at

Facebook Ireland primarily fulfills:

the information obligations under Articles 12 and 13 GDPR, as well as

the obligations under Articles 15 to 21 GDPR, so the rights of those affected can be asserted against Facebook Ireland, as well as

the obligations under Articles 33 and 34 GDPR.

Of course, you can also assert your rights against us.

In accordance with Article 32 GDPR, Facebook Ireland takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of processing using Facebook Fanpage Insights.

The legal basis and purposes of processing by Facebook Ireland can be found in the information there: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/legal_bases and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

We process the Facebook Fanpage Insights data based on our legitimate interest in evaluating the activities on our fan page and our marketing measures there (advertisements, campaigns, postings); Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR.

Further information: Data protection: Facebook Fanpages and InSights - here are the answers

You are not legally obliged to provide your personal data. However, the provision may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract or for functions of the Facebook fan page. If the data is not provided, a contract or a function on the Facebook fan page may not be offered.

The rights of data subjects arise in particular from Articles 15 to 23 and Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation and from Sections 32 to 37 of the Federal Data Protection Act.

With regard to your personal data, you have the right to

Information, Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation

Correction, Article 16 of the General Data Protection Regulation

Deletion, Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation

Restriction of processing, Article 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation and

Portability, Article 20 of the General Data Protection Regulation.

You also have the right to object to the processing of personal data

Objection, Article 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation

to collect, see further information separately immediately.

If you have given your consent to the processing of personal data, you have the right of

revocation, Article 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation

with effect for the future.

Please address all inquiries, requests and notifications to Facebook Ireland or to us, see above.

If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates data protection law, you always have the

right to complain

to the competent supervisory authority, see Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have this right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the General Data Protection Regulation. The supervisory authority responsible for Facebook Ireland is the Irish Data Protection Commission (https://www.dataprotection.ie/) and the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia, Kavalleriestrasse 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, is responsible for us.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 GDPR

1. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 f) General Data Protection Regulation (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests) for reasons arising from your particular situation.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

2. In individual cases, we process personal data to conduct direct advertising. If this is the case for you, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

The objection can be made in any form.

Google+
We have a profile on Google+. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield:

You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

For details, see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Twitter
We use the short message service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

You can adjust your Twitter privacy settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in: https://twitter.com/personalization.

For details, see Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

Instagram
We have a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. For details on how they handle your personal data, see Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

Pinterest
We have a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA ("Pinterest"). For details on how they handle your personal data, see Pinterest's privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

XING
We have a profile on XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. You can find details on how they handle your personal data in XING's privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

LinkedIn
We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you would like to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

You can find details on how they handle your personal data in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Tumblr
We have a profile on Tumblr. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Tumblr's privacy policy: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de.

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