Privacy statement

Data Privacy Statement Global Fastener Alliance

Status 01.02.2024

First of all, the Global Fastener Alliance (GFA) thanks you for your interest in our website. Also, during the use of our internet presence, the protection of your personal data is important to us. Personal data is all data personally relating to you, for example name, address, e-mail address. With the following information, we would like to inform you about the nature, use, purpose and limitation of the data processing. GFA assures that our collection and use of your data is carried out in accordance with the relevant data protection regulations.

1. Controller
The controller responsible for the collection, processing and use of your data in the meaning of Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR is EJOT Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Im Herrengarten 1, D-57319 Bad Berleburg, Tel.: +49 2751 529-0, E-Mail: info@ejot.com (also in the imprint) as a member of the GFA.

2. Delimitation of the area covered by the data privacy statement
GFA websites may lead to third party websites (such as the GFA partners´ websites) that are not explicitly covered by this data privacy statement.

3. Information on processing of data outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)
All servers used by GFA are located within the European Union.

4. Nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data

Collection
By default, GFA collects data when you use our website. In the case of merely informative use of the website, which means that you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to en-sure stability and security:

• IP address
• date and time of the request
• time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• content of the requirement (concrete page)
• access status / HTTP status code
• each transmitting amount of data
• website from which the request comes
• browser
• operating system and its interface
• language and version of the browser software

From these data, however, we cannot draw conclusions about persons. Further personal data will only be stored if your consent has been obtained or if this information is necessary in the context of a registration.

Use
All personal data collected on the GFA website are used exclusively for the technical administration of the website and individual support and service, and in particular only to the extent necessary. Your data are supposed to help us to continually improve our websites and make their use as easy as possible. All data are treated strictly confidential. Governmental or administrative orders may result in the disclosure of personal data to public authorities and government agencies to the extent of legal obligations. Disclosure to third parties takes only place to partner companies and service providers, as far as this is contractually mandatory for us and then only to the extent necessary. This concerns, for example, the operation of the website. In the event of the disclosure of personal data, partner companies and service providers are carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, are subject to regular controls and are committed to confidentiality. To the extent necessary, contracts for data processing are concluded with them in accordance with data protection regulations.

5. Registration
GFA maintains an online service area for members of GFA. In order to use it, you must first register and be activated by us. Since trustworthy information is communicated to you, we must first verify your identity.

6. Contact by e-mail or by contact form
To get in contact with GFA, you can write us an e-mail to globalfasteneralliance@ejot.com or send us your contact details in the corresponding contact form. These are used exclusively to contact you and to discuss your requests or concerns.

7. Use of cookies
When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are stored by you and that give us certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

This website uses the following types of cookies, whose scope and operation are explained below:

• Transient cookies: Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include in particular session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
• Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please be aware that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.

8. Use of Matomo
a) Scope of processing personal data
On our website we use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. This is an open source web analysis tool. Matomo does not record any session data without your consent.

Matomo uses cookies. These text files are saved on your computer and enable EJOT to ana-lyse how its website is used. The information on usage collected by the cookie is transferred to EJOT server and saved there so that we can analyse user behaviour. For us, your IP address is an anonymous code. This means we have no technical means of identifying you as a regis-tered user. You will remain anonymous as a user.

EJOT regards this analysis as an integral part of its online service. Its aim is to consistently improve the website and align it more closely with user needs.

If you consent to web analytics by Matomo, the following data is stored when individual pages of our website are accessed:

(1) 2 Bytes of the IP address of the user’s accessing system
(2) the website accessed
(3) the website from which the user reached the website accessed here (referrer)
(4) the other web pages visited from the main website accessed
(5) the time spent looking at the website
(6) the frequency with which the website is accessed.

The analysis software runs exclusively on the servers of our websites. Storage of the user’s personal data only takes place there. The data is not passed on to third parties.

You can decide here whether or not to allow a web analysis cookie to be stored in your brows-er to enable EJOT to gather and analyse statistical data.

You can decide here whether or not to allow a web analysis cookie to be stored in your brows-er to enable EJOT to gather and analyse statistical data. 

b) Legal basis for processing personal data
The legal basis for processing personal data of users is Article 6 (1) point (a) of the GDPR.

c) Purpose of data processing
The processing of personal data of users enables us to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the collected data, we are able to generate information about the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continually improve our website and its user-friendliness. By anonymising the IP address, the interests of the users regarding pro-tection of personal data are sufficiently taken into account.

d) Duration of storage
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for our record-keeping purposes. The generated statistics and underlying data are not deleted.

e) Right to objection and deletion
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted to our site from there. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transfer of cookies. Previously stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are disabled for our website, you might not be able to fully use all of the website’s functions. 

Please see the following link for more information about the privacy settings of the Matomo software: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

You are hereby reminded of your rights to correction, erasure and objection in terms of Articles 16, 17 and 21 GDPR.

9. Use of social plugins 
GFA currently uses no social plugins.

10. Information about and explanation of safeguards
GFA strives to protect your data collected by us against any kind of influence, such as accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. We implement technical and organisational measures that we adapt to the state of the art. Furthermore, all employees and other vicarious agents are obliged to maintain data secrecy.

11. Your rights

• right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) or right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

Upon request, GFA will provide you with information as to whether and which personal data we have collected about you, in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions. We always strive for a current and error-free data collection. If, despite our efforts to ensure that the data is accu-rate and up-to-date, incorrect information has been collected by GFA, we will correct it as soon as possible upon request. You can send your applications to the following e-mail address:
datenschutz@ejot.com or dataprotection@ejot.com

You also have the right according to Art. 77 GDPR to complain about our processing of your personal data to a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

12. Change of the data privacy statement
In relation to the progress of data processing and the associated legal changes, we are obliged to adapt this data privacy statement from time to time. Please always note the current version of our data privacy statement. 

13. Responsible data protection supervisory authority
The data protection supervisory authority responsible for EJOT is:

North Rhine-Westphalia Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (LDI NRW)
Postfach 20 04 44                           or             Kavalleriestraße 2 - 4
40102 Düsseldorf – Germany                           40213 Düsseldorf – Germany
Phone: 02 11/384 24-0
Fax: 02 11/384 24-10
poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
www.ldi.nrw.de

14. Reachability of the data protection officer
If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints regarding the data protection related to GFA and the websites used by GFA, please contact our data protection officer:

Group data protection officer
EJOT Group
Im Herrengarten 1
57319 Bad Berleburg – Germany
datenschutz@ejot.com
dataprotection@ejot.com