+49 (0) 4191 5070 0 info@gleich.de

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1. Name and address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

GLEICH Aluminium GmbH
Kirchhoffstr. 2
D- 24568 Kaltenkirchen
Deutschland
Tel (+49) 4191-5070 -0
Fax (+49) 4191-5070 -500

E-Mail info@gleich.de
Internet www.gleich.de

2. Contact details of the person responsible for data protection

E-Mail datenschutz@gleich.de

3. General information about data processing

3.1 Scope of personal data processing

We process personal data collected when you visit our website only for the purpose of providing a functioning website and its content and services. Principally we process personal data of our users only after their consent. An exception applies to cases, where it is not possible to obtain consent before, but the processing of the data is permitted by law. The transfer of personal data to third parties only takes place within contractually secured order data processing with our internal companies of the GLEICH group as well as our IT service providers. Principally the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH will be responsible for this data.

3.2 Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the affected people, that consent is the legal basis for the processing ( Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Art. 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the  legal basis for the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual actions.

To the extent that processing of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation serves Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR as legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or any other natural person require the processing of personal data serves Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR as legal basis.

If processing is necessary to preserve the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh the former interest. In this case serves Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR as legal basis for processing.

3.3 Routine deletion and storage duration of personal data

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply.In addition the personal data will be stored if it is prescribed by the european or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations to which the controller is subject . If a storage period prescribed by the legal standards expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted unless there is a need for further storage for a conclusion or a performance of a contract.

4. Website, user accounts, newsletter and contact form

4.1 Description and scope of the data processing

Use of our website is generally possible without any specification of personal or business data. The IP address and general access data will be stored without any personal reference. This includes data such as page impressions (number of clicks on our site), date and time of access, type of protocol, status of access, sizes and names of retrieved files, name of your internet service provider and details of the page through which you have reached our website.

Under certain circumstances, we will ask you to give us information about yourself and /or your company, par example for concluding contracts or creating a user account. Personal data may be also required if you wish to receive our newsletter. Depending on the offer, this information may be your e-mail address and /or the name of your company and /or your first and last name, your street, your place of residence, your postcode, your telephone number, information about your job.  For payment transactions you have to give us the necessary bank data for the payment processing. We always collect and process such personal information in accordance with the legal requirements and the following explanations.

   4.1.1 How do we process and use your personal information ?

Your personal information is stored in a contact database by the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH. Principally GLEICH Aluminum GmbH uses this information only within its own company and only for the purpose for which it is intended, eg. for the execution of contracts or delivery of goods. The data will only be transmitted to the service provider in order to carry out the contract that you have concluded with us. For example, we pass your data on to the shipper responsible for the delivery or for the processing of payments (credit card, direct debit) to the designated banking institution, where you have declared expressively that you consent to it.

   4.1.2 SSL-encryption

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use the current state of the art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS.

Forwarding to third party companies or organizations is not possible without your permission. A possible transmission of the data takes place exclusively in the context of an order processing, i.e. if the responsibility for processing remains with the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH.

   4.1.3 Newsletter

In accordance with your explicit consent, we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you provided.

To receive the newsletter, your e-mail address is sufficient. When you register to our newsletter, the information you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may be informed by e-mail about changes to the offers of the newsletter or its technical circumstances.

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that an registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the “double opt-in” procedure. For this purpose we log the order of the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation mail and the receipt of the requested answer. No further data will be collected. The data will be used exclusively for the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and your use of the newsletter at any time. In each newsletter you will find an corresponding link. In addition, you can always contact us directly and notify us of your request via the contact option specified in point 2. of this privacy policy. Your corresponding data will be deleted immediately.

   4.1.4 Contact form

If you contact us via e-mail or contact form, you grant us the voluntary consent to use your data for the purposes concerned.  This requires the information of a valid e-mail address, the name of your company, your first name and surname, your street, your place of residence, your postal code and your telephone number. These are used to assign the request and the subsequent reply to the same. Specifying additional data is optional. The information you provide is stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible connection questions. After completing the request, personal data will be automatically deleted.

4.2 Legal basis for data processing

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as  the legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files.

4.3 Purpose (s) of data collection, processing or use

The object of the website of the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH is the target group specific presentation of the company and its services on the internet with the aim to offer additional opportunities for contact, to win you customers, to manage offers and orders and to inform our customers by newsletter.

4.4 Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of its collection. In the case of collecting the data for providing the website, this is the case when the respective session is completed.

4.5 How can you revoke your consent ?

You can revoke your consent for data processing, storage and/or use at any time against the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH with effect for the future.

5. How cookies are used on this website ?

5.1 Description and scope of data processing

The websites of GLEICH Aluminum GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text blocks that are stored in the cookie database of your Web browser and on your hard disk and allow quicker access to the websites of the GLEICH Aluminium GmbH. Cookies improve your website experience. We do not store any personal data in these cookies, but only the text block that we can use to identify you. If you do not wish to use cookies, you can disable them using your browser settings. If you need more information about cookies, please contact the developer of your browser.

5.2 Legal basis for data processing

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as  the legal basis for processing of personal data using cookies.

5.3 Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of our websites for users. Some features of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. This requires that the user be recognized in the browser even after a page break.

For the following applications we need cookies:

(1) Shopping cart

(2) Transfer of language settings

(3)Remember keywords

The user data collected through technically necessary cookies will not be used to create user profiles.

5.4 How can you correct or delete your data ?

You can correct and/or delete your own data at any time free of charge. Further storage takes place only to the extent required and only to fulfil legal retention obligations and to enforce any own claims.

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and sent to our site. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are disabled for our website, not all functions of the website can be used completely.

6. Links to social networks

Twitter

We use a link to the social network Twitter. The operator of this website is solely responsible for the content on this site.  Details on the handling of your data by Twitter as well as your rights and options to protect your personal data can be read in the privacy policy of Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy

Xing

We use a link to the social network Xing. The operator of this website is solely responsible for the content on this site.  Details on the handling of your data by Xing as well as your rights and options to protect your personal data can be read in the privacy policy of Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

Youtube

We use a link to the social network Youtube. The operator of this website is solely responsible for the content on this site.  Details on the handling of your data by Youtube as well as your rights and options to protect your personal data can be read in the privacy policy of Youtube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

7. Integration of YouTube Videos

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website operated by Google. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. By embedding the videos in the extended data protection mode (“NOCOOKIE”), we inform YouTube that we do not want the users of our website to be tracked.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

8. Google Analytics

Based  on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer in the sense of article 6 para 1 lit. f. GDPR) we use Google Analytics, a Web Analytics service of Google LLC (“Google”). Google uses cookies which generate information about the use of the online offers by the users. This information will be usually transferred to a server of Google in the USA and will be stored there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law: (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports of the activities within this online offer and to provide us with further services related to the use of this online offer and the internet usage. In this case, pseudonyms of user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that the IP address of the users is reduced by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting States of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there.

The IP address submitted by the user’s browser will not be merged with other data provided by Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users may also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie relating to the use of the online offer and the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, please click this link to prevent Google Analytics from entering this website in the future:  Exclude from tracking by Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click this link again.

For more information about Google’s use of data, settings and opposition, please see the Google Privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) as well as in the settings for the presentation of advertising impressions by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

9. Google Tag Manager

This website uses Google Tag Manager. This service allows website tags to be managed through a single interface. The Google Tag Manager only implements tags. This means: no cookies are used and no personal data is collected. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which may collect data. However, Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivated at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags as far as they are implemented with the Google Tag Manager.

10. Google Ads 

We use the online marketing process Google Ads (formerly Google Adwords), a service of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”) to place ads on the Google advertising network (e.g. in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who have a presumed interest in the ads. This allows us to display ads for and within our online offer in a more targeted manner in order to only present users with ads that potentially correspond to their interests. We receive an individual “conversion cookie” that loses its validity after 30 days. The information obtained with the help of cookies is used by Google to create conversion statistics for us. However, we only find out the anonymous total number of users who clicked on our ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. We use Google Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to display relevant and interesting ads for you, to improve reports on campaign performance and to achieve a fair calculation of advertising costs. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third party. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website to their full extent. The storage of cookies can also be prevented by setting your web browser so that cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com” are blocked (https://www.google.de/settings/ads). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can also deactivate interest-based ads using the link https://www.aboutads.info/choices. We would like to point out that this setting will also be deleted if you delete your cookies.

11. Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographic information. By using this service, our location will be shown to you and any travel will be easier.
As soon as you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) will be transferred to Google servers and stored there, which can also be transmitted to the servers Google LLC. come in the US. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or whether there is a user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want your profile to be assigned to Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research and / or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, but you must contact Google to exercise them.
In the event of the transfer of personal data to Google LLC. based in the United States, Google LLC. certified for the US-European data protection convention “Privacy Shield”, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, there is also the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus the map display on this website can then not be used.
You can view Google’s terms of use at hhttps://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl /de_US/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website (Google Privacy Policy “): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

12.Google fonts

This page uses Google Fonts, which are hosted locally, for the uniform display of fonts. No connection to Google is established.

You can find more information about Google Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

13. Visable

GLEICH Aluminium uses products and services for analysis and marketing purposes, which are provided by Visable GmbH (www.visable.com) in cooperation with them. To that end, pixel-code technology is used to collect, process and store data in order to create at least pseudonymised, but where possible and sensible, completely anonymous user profiles. Data collected, which may initially still include personal data, is transmitted to Visable or is collected directly by Visable and is used to create the aforementioned user profiles there. Visitors to this website are not personally identified and no other personal data is merged with the user profiles. If IP addresses are identified as personal, they are immediately deleted. You can object to the processing operations described with future effect at any time: Exclude visitor recording (Note: Link sets a 1st-party cookie for an opt-out)

15. Using the Userlike Live-Chat System

Our website uses a live chat of Userlike UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Probsteigasse 44-46, 50670 Cologne, Germany. You can use the live chat as a contact form to chat with our staff in near real time. At the start of the chat, personal data is collected, e.g. date and time of the call, browser type/version, IP address, operating system used,
URL of the previously visited website, amount of data sent, first name, last name and email address.
Depending on the course of the conversation with our employees, further personal data may arise in the chat, which are entered by you. The type of data depends strongly on your request or the problem you describe to us.

Furthermore, Userlike stores the chat record. This shall not only spare you the inconvenience of recalling the whole chat history of past chats when you ask for our assistance via live chat but shall also ensure an continuous quality control regarding our live chat. If you do not want to have your chat record stored please contact us and we will delete it immediately. You may find our contact details at the beginning of this privacy statement.

16. App GLEICH Alu

We collect and use all data generated when using our GLEICH Alu app (app can be downloaded from the IOS Store or Google Play Store) only within the framework of the applicable data protection regulations. If you use the contact forms of the app, you give us the voluntary consent to use your data for this purpose. (see point 4.1.4 contact form)

17. How do you get information about your data stored at GLEICH Aluminium GmbH ?

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time as to whether and which personal data about you or your company has been stored at GLEICH Aluminum GmbH and for what purpose they are used. If you have any questions, please contact the GLEICH Aluminum GmbH at the address given above or send an email to datenschutz@gleich.de.

18. Rigths of the persons concerned

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us (Article 15 GDPR)
  • to  request the prompt  correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored with us (Article 16 GDPR)
  • to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us (Article 17  GDPR), unless the processing is not required to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or they are necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims
  • to require the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Article 18 GDPR) as far as:
    • the accuracy of the data is disputed by you,
    •  the processing is illegal, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need this for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or
    •  you have objected (para. 21 GDPR)
  • to obtain your personal data, which you have provided us, in a structured, common and machine-read format or to request the transfer to another person responsible (Article 20 GDPR)
  • to revoke your once given consent to us at any time (Article 7 para 3 GDPR). As a result, we will not be allowed to continue processing for the future, if based on such consent
  • to complain to a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR).  As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our office
  • to object the processing of your personal data, provided that your personal data are based on legitimate interests in accordance with Article 1 para 1. (f) GDPR are processed and the opposition to direct advertising is addressed or there are reasons for the opposition arising from their particular situation. If you wish to make use of your right of revocation or objection, an e-mail is sufficient to datenschutz@gleich.de.

We also use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

19. This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of January 2023.

As a result of the development of our website and offers thereof or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed by you at any time on this page.