Privacy Policy Goldstahl
We appreciate your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide you with detailed information about how we handle your data.
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1. Access Data and Hosting
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Each time a webpage is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the access. This access data is evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the website and improving our services. This serves our legitimate interests, which outweigh any conflicting interests, in the correct presentation of our services in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. All access data is processed for as long as necessary for the purposes described above.
Hosting
The services for hosting and displaying the website are partly provided by our service providers as part of processing on our behalf. Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, all access data and all data collected via forms provided on this website are processed on their servers. If you have any questions about our service providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.
Our service providers are located and/or use servers in the following countries, for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision: Israel, United Kingdom, USA.
The adequacy decision for the USA serves as the basis for data transfers to third countries, provided the respective service provider is certified. Such certification is in place.
Our service providers are located in and/or use servers in the following countries: Brazil, Mexico, India, and Ukraine.
There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with them is based on the following safeguards: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.
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2. Data Processing for Contact and Customer Communication
Contacting Us
When you contact us, we collect personal data to process your inquiries in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided you voluntarily provide this data to us when contacting us (e.g., via contact form, live chat tool, or email). Required fields are marked as such, as we absolutely need this data to process your inquiry. The specific data collected is evident from the respective input forms. After your request has been fully processed, your data will be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this scope, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.
After your customer request has been fully processed, your data will be restricted from further processing and deleted after the expiry of the statutory retention periods under tax and commercial law in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this scope, which is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.
3. Cookies and Other Technologies
General Information
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use various technologies, including so-called cookies, on different pages. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of your browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).
Protection of Privacy on Devices
When using our online services, we use essential technologies to provide the explicitly requested telemedia service. The storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device does not require your consent.
Subsequent Data Processing by Cookies and Other Technologies
We use technologies that are essential for the use of certain functions of our website (e.g., website preference settings). These technologies collect and process your IP address, the time of your visit, device and browser information, and information about your use of our website (e.g., information about your preferences). This serves our overriding legitimate interests in optimizing the presentation of our services, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
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4. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies for Web Analytics and Advertising Purposes
We use the following cookies and other third-party technologies on our website. Unless otherwise stated for a specific technology, this is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. The data collected in this context will be deleted once the purpose for which it was collected has been fulfilled and we have ceased using the respective technology. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Further information about your options for withdrawing your consent can be found in the section "Cookies and Other Technologies." Further information, including the basis of our cooperation with the individual providers, can be found under the individual technologies. For questions about the providers and the basis of our cooperation with them, please contact us using the contact information provided in this privacy policy.
Use of Wix Statistics for Web Analytics
For the purpose of website analytics, data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information, location information, and information about your use of our website) is automatically collected and stored using technologies from Wix Ltd., 40 Nemal St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel ("Wix"). Pseudonymous user profiles are created from this data. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The pseudonymous user profiles are not merged with personal data about the holder of the pseudonym without separately granted, explicit consent. Wix acts on our behalf.
Our service providers are located and/or use servers in the following countries, for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection by decision: Israel, United Kingdom, USA.
The adequacy decision for the USA serves as the basis for data transfers to third countries, provided the respective service provider is certified. Such certification is in place.
Our service providers are located in and/or use servers in the following countries: Brazil, Mexico, India, and Ukraine.
There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission for these countries. Our cooperation with you is based on the following safeguards: Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Union.
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5. Contact Options and Your Rights
5.1 Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
pursuant to Article 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
pursuant to Article 16 GDPR, the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of incomplete personal data stored by us;
pursuant to Article 17 GDPR, the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary:
for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
for compliance with a legal obligation;
for reasons of public interest; or
for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
pursuant to Article 18 GDPR, the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data where:
the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
We no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or
you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR;
the right, pursuant to Article 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
the right, pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can usually contact the supervisory authority of your habitual residence, your place of work, or our company's registered office.
Right to object
To the extent that we process personal data as explained above to protect our overriding legitimate interests within the framework of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have a right to object if there are grounds relating to your particular situation.
After you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. In that case, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.
5.2 Contact Options
If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or if you wish to request information, correction, restriction or deletion of data, or to withdraw your consent or object to a specific use of your data, please contact us directly using the contact details in our legal notice.
