Responsible for the collection of data in connection with the above-mentioned social media
presence of Heidelberg Materials AG ("controller"):
Heidelberg Materials AG (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us", "our")
Represented by the Management Board
The data protection officer of Heidelberg Materials AG can be reached at:
Berliner Straße 6We collect and process personal data within the scope of the use of our social media presence by the data subjects. These data are processed in accordance with relevant National and International laws, in reference to the policies of Heidelberg Materials and also with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG). “Personal data” are all information that refers to an identified or identifiable natural person. In the following, we explain in detail which data we collect and how and on what legal basis we do so. Moreover, we explain which rights you have and for how long your data are stored.
When you provide us with personal data by establishing contact, e.g. by e-mail or by means of a direct message in the social media, we process your data in accordance with relevant National and International laws, in reference to the policies of Heidelberg Materials and also data according to point (b) of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 GDPR for the purpose of performing the contract or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract or pursuant to point (f) of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering your request. In this context, we process the data that you directly make available to us via your request. In the social media, these data comprise your username, your photograph and the message that you send us. Moreover, we may visit your public profile and save data from your profile if necessary for the above-mentioned purposes.
Contents and structure of the Heidelberg Materials websites are copyright-protected.
In particular editing and reproduction of information or data content and the use of text
(whether in full or in part), pictures or graphics, requires the prior approval of Heidelberg
Materials. Heidelberg Materials expressly agrees to the photocopying and use of the texts
and images that are made available in the section "Media" for media company employees
to use in the media.
Information contained in these websites is checked and updated by Heidelberg Materials AG
with due diligence on a regular basis. This notwith-standing, data may become subject to
changes during the intervening period. We are unable to guarantee the accuracy, timeliness,
or completeness of the information made available therein. Therefore, Heidelberg Materials
does not assume any liability or guarantee for the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of
the information provided. No liability for harm arising directly or indirectly from the use of
this website is accepted, in so far as it is not based on intent or gross negligence.
This applies also to other websites that may be accessed through hyperlinks. Heidelberg
Materials assumes no responsibility for the contents of websites that can be accessed
through such links. Insofar as our webpages contain links to other websites provided by
third parties, please note that we have no control over the content of these external sites
and therefore assume no responsibility for their legality, accuracy, or completeness; on the
contrary, we hereby expressly distance ourselves from these contents, and do not endorse
them. Likewise, we recommend that you pay careful attention to the terms of use, privacy
policy, and other legal notices on these other websites.
Further, Heidelberg Materials reserves the right to change or amend the information
provided at any time and without prior notice.
Responsible for data processing on these websites:
Heidelberg Materials AG (in the following „we“), represented by:
We collect and process personal data if you provide it to us by filling an entry form on our website or by other means, e.g. by e-mail. In addition, we collect and process data arising from your use of our website. Our data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG) and the German Telecommunication – Telemedia-Data Protection Act (Telekommunikation-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz (“TTDSG”)) as well asin accordance with relevant National and International laws, in reference to the policies of Heidelberg Materials. Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. In the following we explain in detail how we collect which data on which legal basis. In addition, we will explain to you what rights you have and how long your data will be stored.
Information on the use of cookies on our website can be found in our cookie policy.
In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 b) and Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 f) GDPR, our website
also uses so-called log files, in which access data are stored each time a page is accessed.
The data record saved contains the following details:
The log data are routinely deleted after 30 days. In other words, all data contained therein is irretrievably deleted. The usage of the log-files and its temporary storage is used to ensure a proper technical performance of the websites and to protect our websites against attacks and misuse. We do not use the log data for any other purposes.
Our website contains links to external websites. Social plugins such as the Facebook "Like" button are not used. The website protects your privacy by not directly integrating the external content into the website in these cases, but only by linking. Data can only be transmitted to the operator of the respective website when the link is activated. We are not responsible for the websites of other operators. In these cases, the data protection regulations of the other operator apply.
If you provide us with personal data by contacting us, e.g. by email or by entering your data
in one of our input forms, we process your data in accordance with relevant National and
International laws, in reference to the policies of Heidelberg Materials & also in accordance
with Art. 6 para.1 sent. 1 b) GDPR for the purpose of fulfilling the contract or for the
implementation of pre-contractual measures which take place on your request or in
accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in
answering your request. We process your data only for the purpose of processing your
specific request. This may also include forwarding to an affiliated company if this is
necessary to respond to your request. We do not use your data beyond these purposes.
After each filling out and submitting an input form available on our website – with the
exception of forms from third-party providers – you will receive an email that gives you an
overview of which data we are processing from you, i.e. the content of the respective form,
any consent or other declarations of intent.
You can also assert the rights listed in Section 9 of this data protection declaration. Requests
that we have answered or forwarded and for which there is no further legal basis for
storage are automatically deleted from our systems after 2 (in words: two) months. Further
information on the deletion of your data can also be found in section 10 of this data
protection declaration.
If you register for our newsletter, we process the data you provide in the registration form
exclusively for the purpose of sending and personalising the newsletter you have subscribed
for. In addition, we process your IP address in order to be able to prove your consent. After
submitting your email address you receive a confirmation email in which you have to click
on a link in order to receive the newsletter. This confirmation email is necessary so that we
can verify you as the owner of the entered email address. Only after clicking on this link
your newsletter subscription becomes effective.
With our newsletter we inform you by email about new press releases und ad hoc
announcements. To send the newsletter we use a newsletter administration tool from a
third party service provider (CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Rastede, Germany). We have
carefully chosen this service provider and have made data protection related agreements
with him to retain the sovereignty over your data. We evaluate the click and opening rates
of our newsletters. However, we do this without any reference to individual users and is
therefore completely anonymous.
At the bottom of each email newsletter you will find a hyperlink which you can use at any
time to unsubscribe from the newsletter. You may also unsubscribe from receiving our
newsletter at any time by contacting us by email
at groupnewsletter@news.heidelbergmaterials.com or at the above contact details.
You can also unsubscribe on the registration page for the newsletter. The link to
unsubscribe is available at:
https://www.heidelbergmaterials.com/en/newsletter
The revocation of your consent by cancelling the newsletter has no effect on the legality of
data processing until the time of the revocation. If you cancel the newsletter, the data
stored by us for the purpose of sending the newsletter will be deleted, unless the deletion
contradicts statutory data retention obligations. Information on the deletion of your data
can be found in section 10 of this privacy policy.
If you have given your consent, the legal basis for processing your data after registering for
this service is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 a) GDPR.
Data you insert on our website is transmitted using SSL encryption. We protect our website and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons.
Service providers and auxiliary agents used by us in connection with the website, e.g. host
providers, agencies and IT service providers may have access to your personal data. If these
service providers and auxiliary agents process data on our behalf, they only act in
accordance with our instructions and are contractually bound by us accordingly. This also
applies to service providers which have their legal seat in a third country (outside the EU or
the EEA).
In third countries, the same level of data protection may not be guaranteed as in the
European Economic Area. If data is transferred to a third country, we ensure that this
transfer only takes place in accordance with the statutory provisions (Chapter V GDPR). In
this respect, we always orientate ourselves on the current case law and follow the
applicable recommendations of authorities in order to be able to ensure that your data is
protected at the same level as the GDPR.
According to Art. 15 GDPR you have the right to receive information free of charge upon
request about the personal data that has been stored about you. You also have the right to
have incorrect data corrected and your personal data disabled and deleted in accordance
with Art. 16, 17 and 18 GDPR.
Subject to conditions laid down in Art. 20 GDPR, you are also entitled to receive the
personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly
used and machine-readable format and the right to transmit this data to another controller
without hindrance.
In addition, you are entitled pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR to object to the processing of
your personal data on the basis of Article 6 para. 1 sent. 1 (e) or (f) GDPR including profiling,
from reasons arising from your particular situation. We will fulfill your aforementioned
rights, as far as the legal requirements for the assertion of the rights are given. If personal
data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time
to processing of your personal data for such advertising, including profiling, in so far as it is
related to such direct marketing, pursuant to according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Please direct any request regarding your personal data to our contact details mentioned at
the beginning of this privacy policy or in the imprint of our website.
Every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding
the alleged infringement.
NB: We also adhere to any Bangladeshi Law in this regard.
Unless explicitly stated above we process and store personal data only for the period, which
is required to achieve the processing purpose or as long and to the extent as statutory laws
require us to process and/or store such data.
If the purpose of processing no longer applies or if the applicable statutory retention
requirement expires, we will as a matter of routine erase data or restrict the processing of
data in accordance with the applicable statutory laws.
Our website1) uses so-called cookies or comparable techniques (together referred herein to
as “Cookies”), which we need for certain functions of the website, but also cookies in order
to be able to analyze the use of the website by website visitors. A cookie is a file that stores
certain information on the user's access device (PC, tablet, smartphone, etc.). If our website
is accessed by the user's device, the server on our website can evaluate the information
stored in the cookie in various ways. E.g. users can be recognized, or user behavior can be
tracked based on cookies.
Deactivation of certain cookies can lead to restrictions in the functions or user-friendliness
of our website. Change your cookie settings
Our website uses necessary cookies in accordance with the policies of Heidelberg Materials.
If you give your consent to the setting of cookies, then processing of your personal data
takes place on the central policy.
on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 b) GDPR, i.e. cookies that are necessary for the operation
of this website. You cannot turn off these cookies. In addition, § 25 Para. 2 no. 2 TTDSG
(German Telecommunication-Telemedia-Data Protection Act / TelekommunikationTelemedien-Datenschutzgesetz, “TTDSG”) applies. If you click within our cookie banner on
the button “Necessary only”, the cookie banner disappears.
Further, we use statistic cookies. These cookies are only set if you have given us your
consent. When you visit our website for the first time, a cookie banner is displayed, in which
you can make the desired cookie settings and call up detailed information on individual
cookies (e.g. name of the cookie, purpose of use, storage period ). By clicking on "Accept all"
you give us your consent in accordance with § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6
Para. 1 S. 1 a) GDPR and the statistic cookies are set.
If you give your consent to the setting of cookies according to § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, further
processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 a) GDPR.
Unless you give your consent, with the exception of the necessary cookies, no cookies are
set and data transmission is excluded.
Your settings made via the banner remain saved for the duration of the lifetime of the respective cookie, which you have consented to saving, and the banner will not appear when you visit our website again. After this period or if you have deleted the cookie in another way, the banner reappears, and you will be asked again to make your cookie settings.
There are various ways to prevent the setting of cookies, to delete cookies that have already
been set and to make customized cookie settings.
On the one hand, you can adjust the general cookie settings via your browser and / or
delete cookies that have already been set in your browser.
You can make individual settings for the individual categories of cookies on this website. At
this point, you can access your settings and make adjustments at any time or revoke your
already given consent.
For mobile devices, you can also set the authorizations for the apps installed on your device
via the settings of your mobile device.
Information on the Controller and the further handling of your personal data can be found
in our privacy policy
The following Legal Notice and the following Privacy Policy apply to the presence of Heidelberg Materials AG in the following social media and third-party platforms:
These are hereinafter collectively referred to as "social media".
Unless expressly designated otherwise, our presence in social media is generally referred to as
"social media presence" below.
The following declaration concerning the processing of personal data only refers to the processing
by Heidelberg Materials AG itself. Additionally, the providers of the listed social media process
personal data of both registered users and of unregistered visitors to their websites. As they are
directly responsible for these, the user or visitor should inform himself or herself directly on
providers’ websites about the processing of his or her personal data.
Registered with the Mannheim district court ('Amtsgericht').
Registration No.: HRB 330082
VAT No.: DE143455653
Represented by the Managing Board
Categories of Recipients of Data, Other Controllers, Data Transfers to a Third Country
Service providers and agents engaged by us in connection with our social media presence, e.g.
advertising agencies or IT service providers, may have access to the data mentioned in sections 2
and 3. Where these service providers and agents process data on our behalf, they are bound to
instructions that we contractually impose on them.
By contrast, the social media providers are not bound to any instructions, but process your data on
their own responsibility. Information about the providers and their contact details can be found on
their websites. There you will also find information about the processing of your personal data.
Please note, that your data may be processed by the social media providers outside the territory of
the European Union. This could result in risks for you, e.g. because this could make it more difficult
for you to enforce your rights. More information on this subject is available from the respective
social media providers.
Your Rights
You can assert the following rights both towards us and towards the social media providers. If we do
not have a particular piece of information that you request from us or are unable to fulfil your rights
because we do not have access to your data, we will inform you accordingly in order to enable you
to contact the respective providers.
Pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to obtain, free of charge, information about the
personal data stored concerning you. Pursuant to Art. 16, 17 and 18 GDPR, you also have the right to
rectification of inaccurate data as well as restriction of processing and erasure of your personal data.
Under the conditions specified in Art. 20 GDPR, you also have the right to receive the stored data
concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those
data to another controller without hindrance from us.
Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of
personal data concerning you on the basis of point (e) or (f) of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 GDPR, including
profiling, on grounds relating to your particular situation. Where your personal data are processed
for direct marketing processes, you have the right pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR to object at any time
to the processing of your data for such marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related
to such direct marketing.
We will fulfil your aforesaid rights insofar as the statutory requirements for asserting the rights are
on hand.
Please submit all requests concerning your personal data to the respective social media provider or
to the contact details specified at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
Moreover, every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint concerning our processing of data
with a data protection supervisory authority.
Duration of the Storage and Routine Erasure
Unless specified otherwise for the specific data processing in this Privacy Policy, we only process and
store personal data for the period required for the achievement of the purpose of the processing or
to the extent provided for in laws or regulations that we are subject to.
If the purpose of the storage no longer applies or a storage period required by law ends, the
personal data will be routinely blocked or erased according to the statutory regulations.
We may also store the data and information specified in sections 2 and 3 outside the social media.
However, the aforesaid applies to the duration of the storage.
We look forward to a lively exchange on our social media channels.
The basis for this, of course, is a polite atmosphere. We therefore ask you – in your interest and for
the sake of other users – to be fair and respectful at all times. We reserve the right to delete posts
found to be insulting or inappropriate, posts that contain advertising or offensive language or that
have no relevance to our pages. If necessary, we will report and/or block users who violate our
policies.
Please do not publish any illegal, banned or unauthorised content on our pages. Heidelberg
Materials assumes no responsibility and is not liable for content posted by users.
Because our pages are publicly accessible, and because your privacy is important to us, we will
delete any contributions that could potentially identify you or other persons (e.g. telephone number,
address) without consent.
© Heidelberg Materials AG, Heidelberg. All rights reserved.
NB: We Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh PLC. have adopted this security
policy from Heidelberg Materials. However, we also adhere to any local
regulations applicable in this regard.