Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
General informations
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. You will find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You will find their contact details in the “Information on the responsible body” section of this data protection declaration.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This can be eg. process the data you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly concerns technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What are your rights regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this or if you have further questions about data protection.
2. Accommodation
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Host Europe
The provider is Host Europe GmbH, Hansestrasse 111, 51149, Cologne (hereinafter Host Europe). When you visit our website, Host Europe records various log files, including your IP addresses.
Details can be found in Host Europe's data protection statement: https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/.
Host Europe is used on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Article 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as consent requires storage cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g. for device fingerprints) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Order is under treatment
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of visitors to our website is processed only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. 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 legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This data protection declaration explains what 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 e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete data protection against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible body
The data controller on this website is:
MessaMetal OHG
En de Siep 40
47802 Krefeld
Phone: +49 (0) 2151 89 11 0 57
E-Mail: [email protected]
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Storage duration
Unless a specific retention period is specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate deletion request or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permitted reasons for storing your personal data (for example, tax or commercial retention periods); In the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2) lit. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing will also be carried out on the basis of Article 25, paragraph 1, TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the execution of the contract or the execution of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In addition, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.
Recipients of personal data
As part of our commercial activities, we collaborate with various external organizations. In some cases, it is also necessary to transmit personal data to these external organizations. We only transmit personal data to external organizations if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. transmission of data to the tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. .f DSGVO upon transfer or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When we use subcontractors, we transmit our customers' personal data only on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the event of joint processing, a joint processing contract is concluded.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke the consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6ABS. 1 BED. 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 PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR CONCERNED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OR IF THE PROCESSING IS INTENDED FOR THE STATEMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT-OUT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of a violation of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with 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 file a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to data portability
You have the right to request that data that we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in execution of a contract be transmitted to you or a third party in a common machine-readable format. If you request that the data be transferred directly to another controller, this will only be done if technically possible.
Information, correction and deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time about this or if you have any further 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 about this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we hold about you, we will generally need time to verify 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 occurring unlawfully, you can request that data processing be restricted instead of deletion.
- 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 deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Article 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made 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 used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend 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.
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 browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you want (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary Cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
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.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this data protection declaration.
Consent with Usercentrics
This website uses Usercentrics' consent technology to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device or to use certain technologies and to document this in accordance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Street 7, 80331 Munich, Website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter “Usercentrics”).
When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:
- Your consent(en) or the revocation of your consent(en)
- Your IP address
- Information about your browser
- Information about your device
- Time of your visit to the website
Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign you the consent you have given or its revocation. The data collected in this way will be stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.
The Usercentrics banner on this website was configured with the help of eRecht24. You can tell this because the eRecht24 logo appears in the banner. In order to display the eRecht24 logo in the banner, a connection to the eRecht24 image server is established. The IP address is also transferred, but is only stored in anonymized form in the server logs. The eRecht24 image server is located in Germany with a German provider. The banner itself is provided exclusively by Usercentrics.
Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that we only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
5. Plugins and tools
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
In order 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. If Google Maps is activated, Google can use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform font display. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.
You can find more information about how we handle user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every DPF certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider using the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
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