Privacy Policy

General information:

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit the Fortis Metals website (hereby ‘this website’). All Personal data are all data with which you provide and can be personally identified with. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below.

Data Collection And Retention Policy:

Collection Of Data:

Your data collected and processed on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website. If you wish to edit, delete or omit any of this information please contact the website operator as mentioned in the imprint.

Your Data Is Collected In Two Ways:

1. The data that you communicate with us. This can be, for. e.g. data that you enter in a contact form.

2. The other Data is automatically recorded by the web browser and our website ‘cookies’ when you visit this website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time for which the page was viewed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website. (Unless you have declined our website from collecting “cookies” as per the flashed banner when you visit our website).

Use Of Your Data:

Your data is collected to ensure that this website is error-free. Other data can be used to analyze your behavior on this website, in order to help us enhance the user experience of this website.

Your Rights Towards Your Data:

You have the right to receive 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 the correction or deletion of this data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions about data protection.

Cookies:

This website uses a software tool called ‘cookies’. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.

Cookies are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require, and are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR saved. This website operator stores cookies for providing technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after 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.

If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. However, 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 you close the browser.

Server Log Files:

Our website provider automatically collects and stores your information in ‘server log files’, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This set of information may include data about your:

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 his website – the server log files must be recorded for this.

Contact Form:

If you send us inquiries or data using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to the 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, Phone Or Fax:

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, your request, including all personal data derived from it (name, e-mail ID, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance 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 the inquiries sent to us.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you ask us to delete them, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Subscription / Registration Form:

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

The data entered during registration are processed for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, to initiate further contracts (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

The data recorded during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

For important changes, for example in the scope of the subscription or in the event of technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided by you during registration to inform you in this way.

YouTube:

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. When you visit our website on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established, and the YouTube server is informed about the pages you have visited.

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 appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent was requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Web Fonts:

This page uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps:

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have specified on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can find more information on handling user data in Google’s data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google reCAPTCHA:

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether the data entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a person or by an automated program. To analyze this, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of stay of the website visitor on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis are forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

The data processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM .

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google data protection provisions and the Google Terms of Use under the following links: https://policies.google..com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de

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 website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

General Information:

We take the protection and privacy of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data that you provide confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible and we are not responsible for the same.

Contact Details Of The Responsible Personnel:

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

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, email addresses, etc.).

Right To Object To The Collection Of Data In Special Cases And To Direct Advertising (Art. 21 Gdpr):

IF THE DATA IS PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS REQUIRED, CAN BE TAKEN FROM THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE COMPULSORY REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OCCURS, EXECUTES OR EXECUTES YOUR INTERESTS, OBSERVES THE RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMERS OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO OPERATE DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right To Appeal To The Responsible Supervisory Authority:

In the event of violations of the GDPR, the 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 of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Revocation Of Your Consent To Process Your Data:

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Request Transfer Of Your Data:

You have the right to have data that we process transferred 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 the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Right To Request Deletion Or Correction:

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin, recipient, and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right To Request And Restrict Your Data 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 given above. Your right to request the restriction of data processing exists in the following cases:

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be used with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest processed by the European Union or a member state.

Objection To Advertising/Subscription Emails:

We hereby object to the use of your contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.