Privacy

Privacy Policy

 

  1. Introduction

With the following information, we would like to provide you as a "data subject" with an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights under data protection laws. Use of our website is generally possible without entering personal data. However, if you wish to use special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain your consent.

 

The processing of personal data, such as your name, address, or email address, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to "Thomas Gießler / Sandra Stahn - Consulting and Services in the Field of Data Protection and Information Security." By means of this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process.

 

As the controller responsible for processing, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can inherently have security vulnerabilities, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone or mail.

 

You can also take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorized access by third parties to your data. Therefore, we would like to provide you with some guidance on the secure handling of your data:

Protect your account (login, user, or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device) with secure passwords.

Only you should have access to the passwords.

Ensure that you only use your passwords for one account (login, user, or customer account).

Do not use a password for different websites, applications, or online services.

Especially when using publicly accessible or shared IT systems: You should always log out after each login to a website, application, or online service.

 

Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and be chosen so that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not contain common everyday words, your own name or names of relatives, but should include uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.

 

  1. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is:

Richter Aluminium GmbH
Drei Linden 14, 77746 Schutterwald, Germany

Phone: +49 781 / 28416-0 Fax: +49 781 / 28416-210 Email: anfrage@richter-aluminium.com

Representative of the controller: Mr. Tobias Kreutzer

 

  1. Data Protection Officer

You can reach the Data Protection Officer as follows:

Phone: +49 781 / 28416-0 Email: datenschutz@richter-aluminium.com

You can contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

 

  1. Technology

4.1 SSL/TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data, or contact requests that you send to us as the operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that "https://" appears in the browser's address bar instead of "http://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

 

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

 

4.2 Data Collection When Visiting the Website

When using our website purely for informational purposes, if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us or give consent to processing requiring consent, we only collect data that is technically absolutely necessary for the provision of the service. This regularly includes data that your browser transmits to our server (in so-called server log files). Our website records a series of general data and information with each page request by you or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server's log files. The following may be recorded:

 

  1. browser types and versions used,
  2. the operating system used by the accessing system,
  3. the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers),
  4. the sub-pages accessed on our website via an accessing system,
  5. the date and time of access to the website,
  6. an Internet Protocol address (IP address), and
  7. the Internet service provider of the accessing system.

 

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is needed to:

 

  1. deliver the content of our website correctly,
  2. optimize the content of our website and advertising for it,
  3. ensure the permanent functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
  4. provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack.

 

This collected data and information is therefore evaluated by us statistically on the one hand and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The data from the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

 

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

 

4.3 KeyCDN (Content Delivery Network)

For the purpose of fast, secure, and reliable presentation of our website, we use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) from proinity LLC, Färberstrasse 9, 8832 Wollerau, Switzerland ("KeyCDN").

 

A CDN is a service that helps optimize the performance and reliability of our website. Our online offering, especially large media files, is delivered faster using regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. Your data is processed solely for the aforementioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of KeyCDN.

 

The use of KeyCDN involves data transfer to a third country (outside the EU and EEA). Data transfer to Switzerland is based on Art. 45 GDPR in conjunction with the European Commission's adequacy decision, which ensures an equivalent level of data protection. In addition, there is the possibility of data transfer to third countries without an adequacy decision.

 

As protective measures, we have concluded the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 para. 2 and 3 GDPR).

 

If you have consented to the use of SP CDN, the legal basis for processing personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In addition, we have a legitimate interest in using SP CDN to optimize and make our online offering more secure. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

 

Further information on the privacy policy of prionity (KeyCDN) can be found at: https://www.keycdn.com/privacy.

 

  1. Cookies

5.1 General Information on Cookies

Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site.

 

Information is stored in the cookie that arises in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we thereby obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

 

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offering more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

 

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific defined period. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made, so that you do not have to enter them again.

 

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offering for the purpose of optimization for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you revisit our website that you have already visited it. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a respectively defined time. The respective storage duration of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.

 

5.2 Legal Basis for the Use of Cookies

The data processed by cookies that are required for the proper functioning of the website are therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

 

For all other cookies, you have given your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR via our opt-in cookie banner.

 

  1. Content of Our Website

6.1 Contact / Contact Form

In the context of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request; this is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and there are no statutory retention obligations preventing deletion.

 

  1. Plugins and Other Services

7.1 Whistleblower System

We use an external whistleblower system that enables the submission and receipt of reports to prevent, detect, and/or take follow-up action on violations of applicable law or company policies.

Information on data processing can be found directly on the reporting portal page: https://richter-aluminium-gmbh.hinweis.digital/ under Privacy.

 

 

7.2 Google reCAPTCHA

On this website, we use the reCAPTCHA function. The operating company of Google reCAPTCHA is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The reCAPTCHA function primarily serves to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively through machine and automated processing. The service also includes the transmission of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google.

 

These processing operations only take place upon granting of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

 

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is therefore an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, so that the transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

 

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

 

  1. Your Rights as a Data Subject

8.1 Right to Confirmation

You have the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

 

8.2 Right of Access Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to obtain from us at any time, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with statutory provisions.

 

8.3 Right to Rectification Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Furthermore, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

 

8.4 Erasure Art. 17 GDPR

You have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, provided that one of the statutory grounds applies and insofar as the processing or storage is not necessary.

 

8.5 Restriction of Processing Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to request restriction of processing from us if one of the statutory requirements is met.

 

8.6 Data Portability Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

 

Furthermore, in exercising your right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

 

 

8.7 Objection Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing based on a balancing of interests) GDPR.

 

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

 

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

 

In individual cases, we process personal data for direct marketing purposes. You may object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to us processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

 

In addition, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

 

You are free to exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

 

 

8.8 Withdrawal of Data Protection Consent

You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

 

8.9 Complaint to a Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection regarding our processing of personal data.

 

  1. Routine Storage, Deletion, and Blocking of Personal Data

We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or insofar as this is provided for by the legal regulations to which our company is subject.

 

If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with statutory provisions.

 

  1. Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

 

  1. Currency and Amendment of the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status: September 2025.