Privacy Statement

Many thanks for your interest in our website. Protecting your personal data is a high priority to us. That is why we wish to inform you below which data is collected when you visit our website, for what purpose, and how it is used. The provisions of the EU Basic Data Protection Ordinance (EU-GDPR) and the Telemedia Act (TMG) apply.

Who is the responsible body?
The responsible body is the IHT GmbH Industrial Products Import & Export with the authorized representative Kurt Böttcher.

IHT GmbH
Industrial Products Import & Export
STEEL IT Europe
Fasanenweg 2
64380 Roßdorf
Phone: +49 (0) 7251 44127-0
Email: info@hm-industrie.de

Collection of personal data
Access data/server log files
We automatically collect and store in our server log files information that your browser transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type/version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (the website previously visited)
• Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
• Time of the server inquiry.

We cannot attribute this data to particular persons. A combination of this data with other data sources does not occur, the data is deleted after a statistical evaluation for the purpose of operation and security.

Contact form
We collect your personal data if you provide us with your consent to do so. The data entered by you in our contact form (first name, last name, e-mail address, phone number) for processing your request or for initiating a commercial transaction is stored as long as it is necessary for processing. Afterwards, the data is deleted. No other storage or processing takes place.

The extent we use our contact form to request information that is not required to establish contact, we have always marked it as optional. These details serve us to further specify your inquiry and to improve the processing of your request. Providing this information takes place expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. phone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request.

You can of course revoke your declarations of consent at any time in the future.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, within Member States of the European Union or in other countries that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Google will shorten your IP address beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet use.

The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Further information on the terms of use and data protection can be found at: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.htmlhttp://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy http://www.google.com/policies/

Use of Social Plugins (Facebook, Xing, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter)
This website uses social plugins (“plugins”). These are integrated on our website as a link to the services. If you access our website via a plugin, a direct connection to the servers of the social media services is established. By using the plugins, each provider receives the information that you have called up the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to the corresponding service, it can also link the visit to your user account if necessary. If you use the plugins, this information is transmitted from your browser to the provider and stored there.

The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the respective data protection statements.

Transfer of data to third parties
With respect to the transfer of data to recipients outside IHT, please note that we only work with order processors who offer sufficient guarantees that appropriate technical and organizational measures have been implemented, in compliance with the legal data protection requirements and guarantee the protection of the rights of the relevant data subjects.

Forwarding of data to third countries
No data is transmitted to third countries (countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), unless this is necessary to fulfill the contractual relationship.

Duration of data storage
We process and store your personal data for the duration of our business relationship, which also includes, for example, the initiation and processing of a contract. Furthermore, we are subject to legal retention periods.

Right of objection and revocation
According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 a GDPR (data processing based on your consent) and Art. 6 Sect. 1 b of GDPR (data processing for the fulfillment of contractual obligations). You can send the objection without any form requirement to datenschutz@iht-steel-it-europe.com.

Rights of persons concerned
You have the right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to correction according to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to cancellation according to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to limitation of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR and the right to data transferability according to Art. 20 GDPR. With regard to the right to information and the right of cancellation, the restrictions under Art. 34 and 35 new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) apply. In addition, there is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with Art. 19 Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)).

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.