Privacy Policy

1. General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Privacy Statement set out below.

Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator's contact details can be found in the section “Information on the Controller” in this Privacy Statement.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, include data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems, or after you have given your consent, when you visit the website. This primarily includes 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?
Some data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. Where contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data is also processed for contract offers, orders, or other order inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time, free of charge, to obtain information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time about this or any other questions relating to data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using analytics programs.
Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following Privacy Statement.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter “AWS”).

When you visit our website, your personal data is processed on AWS servers. Personal data may also be transferred to AWS's parent company in the United States. Data transfers to the United States are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/security/aws-gdpr-data-processing-addendum.

Further information can be found in the AWS Privacy Notice: https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr.

The use of AWS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5776.

Data Processing Agreement
We have entered into a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required under data protection law, ensuring that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Cloudflare
We use the “Cloudflare” service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).

Cloudflare provides a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is routed through Cloudflare's network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze traffic between your browser and our website and to act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious internet traffic. Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize internet users; however, these are used solely for the purpose described here.

The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our online offering as securely and free from errors as possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Data transfers to the United States are based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details and further information on security and data protection at Cloudflare can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Statement.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Statement explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
ERNST KREBS KG
Dellenfeld 38 – 40
42653 Solingen

Phone: +49 (0)212 5969 - 0
Email: info@stahl-krebs.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this Privacy Statement, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, erasure will take place once these grounds no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is also based on Art. 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), processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. We also process your data where this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following paragraphs of this Privacy Statement.

Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer.

Bechtle GmbH IT-Systemhaus Rheinland
Piepersberg 42
42653 Solingen

Phone: 0212 3390924
Email: datenschutz.rheinland@bechtle.com

Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, personal data must be transferred to these external parties. We disclose personal data to external parties only where this is necessary for contract performance, where we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosure to tax authorities), where we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the disclosure, or where another legal basis permits the disclosure. When using processors, we disclose our customers' personal data only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the event of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are possible only with your express consent. You may withdraw consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on those provisions. The legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this Privacy Statement. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).

Where your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will thereafter no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations 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, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract, or to have it transmitted to a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only where technically feasible.

Access, Rectification, and Erasure
Within the scope of applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You may contact us at any time about this or any other questions relating to personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend, or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may, apart from being stored, be processed only with your consent, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, for the protection of 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
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. 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.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact details published as part of the legal notice 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 advertising information being sent, for example by spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our web pages use so-called cookies. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many 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 may be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g. the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies for measuring web audiences) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Where 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(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG); consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally, and activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

If further cookies and services are used on this website, this can be found in this Privacy Statement.

Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
host name of the accessing computer
time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website; for this purpose, server log files must be collected.

Inquiry by Email or Telephone
If you contact us by email or telephone your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not disclose this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) where requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send to us by contact inquiries remains with us until you request erasure, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

HubSpot CRM
We use HubSpot CRM on this website. HubSpot Ireland Limited, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland.

HubSpot CRM enables us, among other things, to manage existing and potential customers and customer contacts. With HubSpot CRM, we can record, sort, and analyze customer interactions by email, social media, or telephone across different channels. The personal data collected in this way may be evaluated and used for communication with potential customers or for marketing measures (e.g. newsletter mailings). HubSpot CRM also enables us to record and analyze the user behavior of our contacts on our website.

The use of HubSpot CRM is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in customer management and customer communication that is as efficient as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Details can be found in HubSpot's privacy policy: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.

Where data is transferred to the United States, this is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.hubspot.de/data-privacy/privacy-shield.

HubSpot Analytics
We use the analytics services of HubSpot Ireland Limited, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, on our website.

HubSpot supports us in analyzing the use of our website and optimizing our online offering.

When HubSpot Analytics is used, cookies and similar technologies are employed. In particular, information about use of our website, pages visited, interactions on the website, technical information about the device and browser used, and the IP address may be processed.

Processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot. Where personal data is transferred to third countries, in particular to the United States, this is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.hubspot.de/data-privacy/privacy-shield.

Further information on data processing by HubSpot can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.

5. Plugins and Tools
Google Fonts (local hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers is established. Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

6. Audio and Video Conferences
Data Processing
We use online conference tools, among others, to communicate with our customers. The specific tools we use are listed below. If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the internet, your personal data is collected and processed by us and by the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conference tools collect all data that you provide/use to use the tools (email address and/or your telephone number). The conference tools also process the duration of the conference, start and end (time) of participation in the conference, number of participants, and other contextual information relating to the communication process (metadata).

Furthermore, the tool provider processes all technical data required to conduct online communication. This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or speaker, and type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded, or otherwise made available within the tool, this is also stored on the servers of the tool providers. Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards, and other information shared while using the service.

Please note that we do not have full influence over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options depend largely on the corporate policy of the respective provider. Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy statements of the respective tools used, which we have listed below.

Purpose and Legal Bases
The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). In addition, use of the tools serves to generally simplify and accelerate communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where consent has been requested, the relevant tools are used on the basis of that consent; consent may be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

Storage Period
The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools is deleted from our systems as soon as you request erasure, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence over the storage period of your data stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the conference tools directly.

Conference Tools Used
We use the following conference tools:

Microsoft Teams
We use Microsoft Teams. The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Details on data processing can be found in the Microsoft Teams privacy statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

7. Our Own Services
Handling Applicant Data
We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by email, by post, or via an online application form). Below we inform you about the scope, purpose, and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that your data is collected, processed, and used in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.

Scope and Purpose of Data Collection
If you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes from job interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Section 26 BDSG under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (general contract initiation), and, where you have given consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. Your personal data is disclosed within our company only to persons involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data submitted by you will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Section 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.

As part of the application process, we may also conduct internet research about you. This primarily includes Google searches, LinkedIn, and Xing. The legal basis for this type of processing is our legitimate interest in obtaining an overall impression of publicly available information about you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data Retention Period
If we are unable to offer you a position, if you reject a job offer, or if you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have provided on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data will then be deleted and physical application documents destroyed. Retention serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after expiry of the 6-month period (e.g. due to a threatened or pending legal dispute), erasure will take place only when the purpose for further retention no longer applies.

Longer retention may also take place if you have given corresponding consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent erasure.

Inclusion in the Applicant Pool
If we are unable to offer you a position, there may be an option to include you in our applicant pool. If included, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool so that we can contact you in the event of suitable vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool takes place exclusively on the basis of your express consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Giving consent is voluntary and is not connected with the ongoing application process. The data subject may withdraw consent at any time. In that case, the data will be irrevocably deleted from the applicant pool unless statutory retention grounds exist.

Data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than two years after consent has been given.

8. Statutory or Contractual Requirements to Provide Personal Data; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Failure to Provide Data
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law or may result from contractual provisions. In some cases, conclusion of a contract may require a data subject to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject has the right to contact our Data Protection Officer. Our Data Protection Officer will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences failure to provide the personal data would have.

9. Existence of Automated Decision-Making
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Last updated: August 2026

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