Schüco International KG data privacy statement for the areas of the ‘metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website protected by login credentials.

We are delighted that you are interested in the Schüco International KG ‘Metallbau[t] Zukunft’ campaign. The protection of your personal data is important to us. For information on how we use your personal data when you visit our website purely for informational purposes, please refer to our general data privacy statement.  This can also be found in the ‘Data privacy’ section on our website.

In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you may use if you are interested.

To register for the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the ‘www.metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website, you are required to provide additional personal data. We need this data in order to provide the relevant service. In addition to the processing principles defined in the general data privacy statement, the following data privacy statement applies to this data.

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1.    Consent to data processing

Durch Ihre Bestätigung der Datenverarbeitung im Anmeldebereich der durch Login geschBy acknowledging the data processing in the registration section for the areas of the ‘metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website protected by login credentials, you are giving your consent to Schüco International KG, Karolinenstraße 1–15, 33609 Bielefeld, Germany (hereinafter: ‘Schüco’) to process your personal data for the purposes described in the data privacy statement.

2.    Revocation of consent / objection

2.1 The consent to the processing of personal data by the areas of the ‘metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website protected by login credentials granted in accordance with this data privacy statement may be revoked at any time with future effect by emailing pct_branchenkampagnenoSpam@schueco.com or by writing to Schüco International KG, Partner Consulting Team, Karolinenstraße 1–15, 33609 Bielefeld, Germany.

2.2 Any requests for information or objections to data processing must be sent by email to pct_branchenkampagnenoSpam@schueco.com or in writing to Schüco International KG, Partner Consulting Team, Karolinenstraße 1–15, 33609 Bielefeld, Germany.

3.    Deletion of personal data

Provided that this is not prohibited by statutory retention obligations, personal data will be deleted if a deletion request has been made, if the data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose of storing the data, or if the storage of this data is not permitted for other legal reasons.

4.    Personal data

4.1 Schüco will set up password-protected access to the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the ‘www.metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website for each user that has concluded a corresponding participation agreement for the ‘Metallbau[t] Zukunft’ campaign with Schüco. Only the contractual partner, the specified administrator (if one is designated for a service) and any user specified by the administrator who has been duly authorised by the administrator on the client’s behalf and authority are authorised to access the personal data.

4.2 All users shall keep their personal login credentials strictly confidential and shall not disclose these details to third parties, even if these parties are employed by the contractual partner. Furthermore, the administrator shall keep the user data that the administrator has access to strictly confidential and shall not make this data accessible to third parties.

5.    Processing of personal data

5.1 Schüco processes personal data in the scope described below for the purposes of operating the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the ‘www.metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website.

5.2 In order to provide access to the online portal on the ‘www.metallbaut-zukunft.com’ website, the following mandatory information is collected. If this information is not provided, it will not be possible to provide access to the contractual partner/user concerned.

• E-mail address
• First name
• Surname
• Password (for logging in)
• Company
• Address: street name and house number, town/city, federal state, postcode, country
• Telephone number

5.3 Both the administrator (if designated for a service) and any users must consent to the processing of their personal data. Once the administrator (if designated for a service) and user have consented to the use of personal data, registration will be completed via the double opt-in process.  With this process, registration is only complete once the administrator authorised by the client (if designated for a service) and the user have confirmed their registration by clicking on the link in the corresponding confirmation e-mail sent. If this confirmation is not provided within 48 hours, the client’s registration will be automatically deleted from the database.

5.4 When using the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the www.metallbaut-zukunft.com website, the data required for the use of these areas is processed accordingly.

If the client wishes to change the administrator or modify user data, a corresponding request form can be obtained by emailing pct_branchenkampagnenoSpam@schueco.com. A copy of the change request will be sent to the e-mail addresses held for both the administrator and the user.

6.    Data transfer

6.1 Data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so (e.g. in the event of criminal proceedings).

6.2 Schüco sometimes uses external service providers to process data. These providers are carefully chosen by Schüco and contracted by us in writing. They are bound to instructions from Schüco and are regularly inspected. The service providers shall not forward this data to third parties.

7.    Tracking

7.1 To facilitate the use of the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the www.metallbaut-zukunft.com website, Schüco uses additional cookies for the purposes of its legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. In order to understand how the areas of the online portal that are protected by login credentials on the www.metallbaut-zukunft.com website are used, Schüco analyses the date and time of the user’s last login and the number of times that the user logs in over a period of four weeks.

7.2 Cookies: In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and ascribed to the browser you are using so that specific information can be sent to the party that has set the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. Their purpose is to make the website more user-friendly and efficient.

Issued: October 2021