Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy listed below this text.

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. Their contact details can be found in the section 'Information on the Responsible Party' within this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Firstly, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may primarily include IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host(s):

Sachtleben Bergbau GmbH & Co. KG
Kirnbacher Straße 1
77709 Wolfach

Processor Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Privacy Policy

The operators of these pages 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 policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

Deutsche Baryt-Industrie
Dr. Rudolf Alberti GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstraße 21 – 39
37431 Bad Lauterberg im Harz

Phone: +49 55 24 / 85 01 – 0
Email: info@baryt.com

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

Data Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to exist.

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 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided that special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data, if required for compliance with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also occur on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case will be provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer.

Geronimo Steinkönig
Sachtleben Minerals GmbH & Co. KG
Meistergasse 14
77756 Hausach

Phone: +49 7831 96922-0
Email: datenschutz@sachtleben-minerals.com

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external entities. This sometimes necessitates the transfer of personal data to these external entities. We only disclose personal data to external entities when it is required for contract fulfillment, when we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., data disclosure to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or when another legal basis permits the data transfer. When engaging processors, we only transfer our customers' personal data based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of GDPR violations, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, Rectification, and Erasure

Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. For this, you can contact us at any time. 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 the restriction of processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or 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 site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses 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 the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until an automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.

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

Cookies serve various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not operate without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required for carrying out electronic communication processes, for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

If further cookies and services are used on this website, you can find this information in this privacy policy.

Usercentrics Consent

This website uses Usercentrics' consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies on your device or for using specific technologies, and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter referred to as "Usercentrics").

When you visit our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:

• Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your device
• Time of your visit to the website
• Geolocation

Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser to associate the given consents or their revocation with you. The data collected in this way is stored until you request its deletion, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage ceases to exist. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected.

The Usercentrics banner on this website was configured with the help of eRecht24. You can recognize this by the eRecht24 logo appearing in the banner. To display the eRecht24 logo in the banner, a connection is established to eRecht24's image server. The IP address is also transmitted in this process, but it is only stored in anonymized form in the server logs. eRecht24's image server is located in Germany with a German provider. The banner itself is provided exclusively by Usercentrics.

Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consents for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses Borlabs Cookie consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser or for using certain technologies, and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Hamburger Str. 11, 22083 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).

When you access our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, which records the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents. This data is not shared with the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data is stored until you request its deletion, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage ceases. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. Details on Borlabs Cookie's data processing can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The Borlabs Cookie consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Inquiry via Email, Telephone, or Fax

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

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – particularly statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of these websites where YouTube is embedded, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used to personalize browsing on YouTube. Advertisements displayed in enhanced privacy mode are also not personalized. No cookies are set in enhanced privacy mode. Instead, however, so-called Local Storage elements are stored in the user's browser, which, similar to cookies, contain personal data and can be used for recognition. Details on the enhanced privacy mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

Potentially, further data processing operations may be triggered after activating a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company holds a certification under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

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 takes place in this process.

Further information on 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.

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This service allows us to embed map material on our website.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform font display. When Google Maps is accessed, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online offerings attractively and making the locations we specify on the website easily discoverable. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company holds a certification under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

6. Proprietary Services

Handling of Applicant Data

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g., via email, postal mail, or 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 the collection, processing, and use of your data comply with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions, and that your data will be treated with strict confidentiality.

Scope and Purpose of Data Collection

When you submit an application to us, we process your associated personal data (e.g., contact and communication data, application documents, notes from job interviews, etc.) insofar as this is necessary for deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract initiation) and – if you have given consent – Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will be disclosed within our company exclusively to individuals involved in processing your application.

If the application is successful, the data you submitted will be stored in our data processing systems for the purpose of establishing the employment relationship, based on § 26 BDSG and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

As part of the application process, we may also conduct an internet search of your person. This primarily includes Google Search, 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, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data Retention Period

If we cannot offer you a position, you decline a job offer, or you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you submitted for up to 6 months from the conclusion of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application), based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Subsequently, the data will be deleted, and physical application documents will be destroyed. This retention serves primarily as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period (e.g., due to a threatened or pending legal dispute), deletion will only occur when the purpose for further retention ceases.

Longer retention may also occur if you have given corresponding consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.