Thank you for visiting our website. Compliance with data protection regulations is of particular importance to us. The aim of this privacy policy is to inform you as a user of the website about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data and the rights that exist for you, insofar as you are considered a data subject within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
This website and the range of services are operated by:
Reinforcing Steel Europe B.V.
Bedrijvenpark Twente 237
7602 KJ Almelo
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 546 588 200
Email: info@reinforcing-steel.com
We have designed the website to collect as little data as possible from you. In doing so, we always ensure that your personal data are only processed in accordance with a legal basis or with your consent. We comply with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in force since 25 May 2018 and the applicable national regulations, such as the Federal Data Protection Act, the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act or other more specific data protection laws.
We always process your personal data for a specific purpose.
In summary, we process your personal data for the following purposes:
The following applies with regard to the legal basis for the processing of your personal data:
We process personal data that are required for the establishment, implementation or processing of our range of services (contract processing) on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Insofar as we obtain your consent for the processing of your personal data, the consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR forms the legal basis for data processing. Data processing is also permitted if we process your data to protect our legitimate interests and your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms with regard to the processing of personal data do not outweigh this (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Insofar as we use external service providers within the framework of commissioned data processing, the processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 28 GDPR.
When using the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hosting service). The personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the hosting service.
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Further information on this can be found under ‘Cookies’ in this privacy policy and in the consent management tool used.
Our website uses content and services from other providers. These are, for example, services for the statistical analysis of the use of and visits to our website. In order for these data to be accessed and displayed in the user’s browser, it is necessary to transmit the user’s IP address to the third-party providers used.
Even if we endeavour to only use third-party providers who only need the IP address to be able to deliver content or even work with anonymised IP addresses, we have no influence on whether the IP address may be stored. Information on the third-party providers used can be found below in this privacy policy.
We use Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as an analysis service for the statistical evaluation of our online offer. This includes, for example, the number of visits to our website, subpages visited and the time spent by visitors.
Google Analytics uses cookies and other browser technologies to analyse user behaviour and recognise users.
This information is used, among other things, to compile reports on website activity.
The use of Google Analytics is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.
We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular to the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Analytics.
We use the Google Tag Manager of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is used to manage website tags via an interface and enables us to control the precise integration of services on our website.
This allows us to flexibly integrate additional services in order to analyse user access to our website.
The use of Google Tag Manager is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.
We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular to the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors
are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Tag Manager.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your data carrier and save certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which the cookie data was sent as well as information about the age of the cookie and an alphanumeric identifier.
Cookies enable our systems to recognise the user’s device and make any default settings immediately available. As soon as a user accesses the platform, a cookie is transferred to the hard drive of the user’s computer. Cookies help us to improve our website and offer you a better and more personalised service. They enable us to recognise your computer or (mobile) device when you return to our website and thereby:
We work together with third-party services that help us to make the Internet offer and the website more interesting for you. Cookies from these partner companies (third-party providers) are therefore also stored on your hard drive when you visit the website. These are cookies that are automatically deleted after the specified time.
For more information on the individual third-party providers, please refer to the Cookie Consent Tool and the data protection information contained therein.
If you do not wish to use browser cookies, you can set your browser so that the storage of cookies is not accepted. Please note that in this case you may only be able to use our website to a limited extent or not at all. If you only wish to accept our own cookies, but not the cookies of our service providers and partners, you can select the ‘Block third-party cookies’ setting in your browser. We accept no responsibility for the use of third-party cookies.
You can contact us by email or via our contact form. In this case, we store the personal data you provide in order to process your request and to contact you to process your request. If we request information via our contact form, we have marked the mandatory fields required for contacting you accordingly (asterisk). The voluntary information is used to specify your enquiry and to improve the processing of your request. The requested data are transmitted to us by you on a purely voluntary basis.
Depending on the type of enquiry, the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for enquiries that you make yourself as part of a pre-contractual measure or Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR if your enquiry is of a different nature. The legitimate interest follows from the purposes mentioned under point 4. If personal data are requested that we do not need for the fulfilment of a contract or to protect legitimate interests, they will be transmitted to us on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You have the right:
If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of cancellation or objection, simply send an email to datenschutz@hub24.de.
Your personal data will be passed on as described below.
Data will also be passed on if we are authorised or obliged to pass on data due to legal provisions and/or official or court orders. In particular, this may involve the provision of information for the purposes of criminal prosecution, security or the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
If your data are passed on to service providers to the extent necessary, they will only have access to your personal data to the extent necessary to fulfil their tasks. These service providers are obliged to treat your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular the GDPR. Insofar as your personal data are processed on our behalf on the basis of order processing contracts in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, we ensure that the processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
We attach great importance to processing your data within the EU/EEA. However, we may use service providers who process data outside the EU/EEA. In these cases, we ensure that an adequate level of data protection comparable to the standards within the EU is established at the recipient before your personal data are transferred. This can be achieved, for example, by means of EU standard contracts or binding corporate rules or special agreements to which the company may be subject.
We use technical and organisational measures to secure our website against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorised persons.
In particular, your personal data are transmitted to us in encrypted form. We use the SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) coding system. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
With regard to the storage period, we delete personal data as soon as their storage is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the original purpose and there are no longer any statutory retention periods. The statutory retention periods form the criterion for the final duration of the storage of personal data. Once the period has expired, the corresponding data are routinely deleted. If retention periods exist, processing is restricted by blocking the data.
When accessing Internet pages to which reference is made on our website, you may again be asked for information such as your name, address, email address, browser properties, etc. This privacy policy does not regulate the collection, disclosure or handling of personal data by third parties
Third-party service providers may have different and separate provisions regarding the collection, processing and use of personal data. It is therefore advisable to inform yourself on the websites of third parties about their practices regarding the handling of personal data before entering personal data.
Last updated: 10-04-2026