Data protection notice
HeidelbergCement takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and strictly observes the regulations of the data protection legislation.
Personal data are details of personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable individual. These include information such as your name, address, telephone number or date of birth. Information that is not directly linked to your actual identity – e.g. favourite webpages or number of users of a site – is not personal data.
On this website, personal data are only collected to the extent that is technically necessary. Under no circumstances are the collected data sold or passed on to third parties for other reasons.
The declaration below gives you an overview of how we guarantee this protection and what sort of data are collected for what purpose.
Data processing on this website
HeidelbergCement automatically collects and stores information transmitted to us by your browser in its server log files. This includes
- browser type/version
- operating system used
- referrer URL (the previously visited site)
- host name of the computer accessing the site (IP address)
- time of the server request
HeidelbergCement cannot attribute these data to specific individuals. These data are not amalgamated with other data sources. Furthermore, the data are deleted after statistical analysis. Additional personal details such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address are not collected unless these details are volunteered by you, e.g. as part of a registration, survey, competition, execution of an agreement or request for information.
Use and disclosure of the personal data
We use the personal data made available by you exclusively for the purpose of technical administration of the webpages and to fulfil your wishes and requirements, i.e. to respond to your query. Your personal data is not passed on, sold or otherwise transmitted to third parties unless this is necessary for the purposes of executing an agreement or you have expressly consented to such activities.
Cookies
Some of the webpages use so-called cookies. Their purpose is to make our Internet presence more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are filed on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are 'session cookies'. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your hard disk, you can adjust your browser's settings accordingly.
Newsletter
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require you to provide a valid e-mail address as well as information that allows us to check that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided or that its owner agrees to receive the newsletter. No other data are collected. You may revoke your consent to the storing of your data and e-mail address, as well as its use for the purpose of sending the newsletter, at any time.
Security
As part of the administration of our webpages, we have taken technical and organisational measures to protect your data from wilful or accidental manipulation, access by third parties, loss, deletion and modification. We make improvements to this protection on an ongoing basis in line with technical progress.
Right to information
You have the right to obtain information, at any time, about the data relating to you, its source and recipients, and the purpose for which it is stored. Information on the stored data can be obtained from webmaster@heidelbergcement.com.