Privacy Policy

We attach great importance to your privacy and your personal data. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the applicable statutory regulations, in particular the Austrian Data Protection Act – DPA, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the Austrian Telecommunications Act (TCA).

This privacy policy informs you how we process your personal data (e.g. name, e-mail, IP address) when you visit our websites (e.g. www.starlim-sterner.com, www.sterner-tools.com or www.starlim.com) (2.1., 2.2.), when you visit our page on Facebook and/or Instagram (2.3.), our YouTube Channel (2.4.) or our LinkedIn page (2.5.), when you contact us via our contact form (2.6.), when you subscribe to our newsletter (2.7.) and/or job-alert (2.8.), when you apply for a job (2.9.), when you register for a visitor tour (2.10.) or when you use our remote maintenance service (2.11.), and what your corresponding rights are. This privacy information may be complemented by additional privacy information, terms or hints we provide to you.

Additionally we provide you with the following privacy informations:

General privacy information for business partners or their employees
General privacy information for events
General privacy information on video surveillance

1. Controller

Starlim Spritzguss GmbH, Muehlstrasse 21, A-4614 Marchtrenk, T +43 (0) 7243 58596-0, F +43 (0) 7243 58596-5, office.at@starlim-sterner.com, FN 257593p (referred to below as „starlim and sterner“, “we“ or “us“).

2. Processing of personal data, purpose and legal basis

2.1. Visit of our website

When you visit our website, the following data is automatically sent by your browser to the server of our website and temporarily stored in the “web server log files”:

Browser type and –version;
Model of mobile phone and generic device identification;
Operating system used;
Web site from which our site was accessed (Referrer URL);
Subpage that the user visits;
Date and time of access;
Internet protocol (IP) address of the requesting Internet-enabled device.

Purpose of the processing:
The data is used to ensure a smooth connection, to further improve the website and make it more user-friendly, to find and correct errors more quickly and to evaluate system security and stability. The data will not be used to personally identify visitors of this website .

Legal basis:
The processing is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, resulting from the purposes of processing listed above.

2.2. Cookies & Plug-Ins

Purpose of the processing:
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are temporarily stored on your device (e.g. notebook, tablet, smartphone) via your browser when you visit our website. Your browser accesses some cookies each time you visit our website, which helps us recognize your browser.

We classify the cookies we use into the following categories, depending on their purpose: (1) Essential cookies, which allow us to perform essential functions and are necessary for the proper operation of the website, (2) Statistical cookies, which help us to understand how our visitors use our website, and (3) External media, which relate to content from video platforms and social media platforms.

For more information about the cookies used on our website, in particular their purpose and storage period, please see below and in the cookie settings.

When you visit our website, only those cookies are set without your consent that are strictly necessary to operate the website. Apart from that, we process data via cookies only upon your prior consent.

Legal basis:
The processing is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (optimization of the website and of the online service offers) or, where required, on your consent in accordance with Art 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Withdrawal of your consent (opt-out):
To the extent that the processing of cookie data is based on your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time by using the corresponding opt-out options in the individual cookie settings and deactivate the respective service. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the cookie use until the withdrawal.

You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the functions provided on this website.

2.2.1. Google Analytics

Provided that you have consented to the use of cookies, this website uses Google Analytics, which is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland („Google“), for the purpose of analysing website use.

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

This service uses cookies, which enable the analysis of how you use this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is transmitted to a Google server and saved there. We use IP anonymisation, which means that within member countries of the European Union or states which are part of the European Economic Area your IP address is truncated by Google. Google uses the information in order to evaluate your use of our website, to create reports on website activities and in order to provide us with further services relating to website use and Internet use. Google will not associate the IP address transferred by your browser as part of Google Analytics with any other data held by Google for the purpose of personal identification.

You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to make full use of all the functions provided on this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to the usage of the website (incl. your IP address) and the processing of the data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

We also use Google Analytics to analyze data from Ads and the Double-Click-Cookie for statistical purposes. If this is undesired, you can turn this function off in the Ads Settings (http://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/?hl=en). Starlim-sterner would like to advise you, however, that deactivating or opting out of these tools may prevent you in some instances from fully using all of the functions of this website. Since we place great importance on the security of all personally identifiable information associated with our users, starlim-sterner uses Google Analytics with the extension, „gat._anonymizeIp();“, so that your IP address is further processed in anonymized form only.

2.2.2. Facebook-Plugins (Like-Button)

We have integrated on our pages plug-ins of the social network of Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Block J, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, Irland (“Meta”).

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

You can recognize these plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” on our page. Here you will find an overview of the Facebook plug-ins. When you visit our website and if you have consented to the use of cookies, a direct link is established between your browser and the Meta server. Meta will then receive information that your IP-address has visited our page. When you click the “Like-Button” while you are logged in with your Facebook account you can link our page contents with your Facebook profile. This way Meta can correlate your visit to your user account. We want to inform you that we do not have any knowledge of the transferred data nor do we know how Meta exploits this data. You find more information on these topics in Meta’s privacy statement. https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you object to Meta allocating your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account make sure you are logged out of your account.

2.2.3. YouTube videos

On our website we use components (videos) of YouTube, which are stored at www.youtube.com and are directly playable from our website. To this end, we use the “ – enhanced data protection mode – ” option provided by YouTube, which means that no personal user data will be transmitted to Google when you do not play the videos. YouTube-cookies will be stored on your computer and transmitted to the YouTube operator Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („Google“), only when playing videos.

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the YouTube server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser. At a minimum the following data will be transmitted to Google: IP-address and cookie-ID, the specific page of the visited site, language preferences of the browser, system date and time of the call as well as identification of your browser. Data is transmitted whether you are logged in with your YouTube-account or if you do not have an account. If you are logged onto YouTube at the same time, this information will be matched to your YouTube member account. You can prevent this from happening by logging out of your member account before visiting our website. YouTube, respectively Google, stores this data as user profiles in order to use them for marketing purposes, market analysis and/or tailored design of the website. You have the right to object to this by contacting Google Inc., as operator of YouTube, directly. Further information about data protection by YouTube is provided by Google under the following link: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ By watching the YouTube-videos, you agree to comply with the data processing by Google. In this relation, we do not process any of this data.

2.3. Pages on Facebook and Instagram

If you visit our pages on Facebook and/or Instagram, which are both operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Block J, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, Irland (“Meta”), personal data will be processed in connection with this visit. Please be aware that Meta collects and processes selected information regardless of whether you are registered or logged in on Facebook and/or Instagram or not. Information about Meta’s processing of personal data can be found in the Facebook Privacy Notice (https://www.facebook.com/policy.php) and the Cookie Guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/). Please note that we have no control over Meta’s Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, or Terms of Use.

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

We operate our Facebook and Instagram page to present our company to and communicate with Facebook or Instagram users and visitors of our pages. The operation of our Facebook and Instagram page is therefore based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art(6)(1)(f) GDPR (information and interaction opportunities for and with our users and visitors; handling of sweepstakes). For this purpose, we process personal data (such as your username, content and time of your messages, comments, likes) when you write us a message and/or comment, share or otherwise respond to one of our posts, or you participate in sweepstakes through Facebook or Instagram and we interact with you as a result (e.g., by replying to your messages). We will provide you with information on the processing of personal data in connection with our sweepstakes separately. You decide which additional information is visible to us in your public profile on Facebook or Instagram in the settings in your user profile.

We use the Insights-functions of Meta at Facebook and Instagram, which provide us with anonymous statistics on the use of our Facebook or Instagram page. This data is collected using cookies and processed by Meta in personal form; we do not have access to this data in personal form.

Through these cookies, we obtain statistics (such as total number of page views, information about “likes”, page activity, followers, reach, demographics) that help us to control and improve the marketing of our own activities. With regard to this processing, we are considered joint controllers with Meta pursuant to Art 26 GDPR. The main content of the agreement between the joint controllers is provided by Facebook Ireland via https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

The cookies are stored for up to two years after setting or updating these cookies. Stored cookies can be deleted at any time. You can prevent the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser.

The processing of the insights data provided to us is carried out in our legitimate interest pursuant to Art 6(1)(f) GDPR (targeted advertising).

The responsibility for the processing of Insights data and the compliance with your rights under the GDPR lies primarily with Meta. For requests to exercise your rights (see below) and to revoke your consent, please use the forms linked to Insights Data in Facebook’s Privacy Information (https://de-de.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data) or contact Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland by post.

2.4. YouTube Channel

We use a YouTube Channel provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). If you use our YouTube Channel and its functions, you do so under your own responsibility.

For information on the processing of your personal data by Google, please click here: www.google.at/intl/de/policies/privacy/. We would like to point out that we have no influence on the privacy policy or the terms of use of Google.

By using YouTube, your personal data will be processed by Google or its affiliates and may also be transferred to other countries outside the EU.

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

As the operator of YouTube, Google processes your voluntarily provided data such as name, user name, e-mail address, telephone number. Furthermore, Google also processes any content that you create, upload or receive from others when using the services. This includes, for example, photos and videos uploaded by you or your comments on YouTube videos.

If you have a YouTube account, Google can also use cookies and similar technologies to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your profile. Based on this data, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you. For more information, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/example/your-activity-on-other-sites-and-apps.html.

Please note that YouTube also receives data from you if you do not have a YouTube account but, for example, view content, visit third-party websites and apps or use YouTube’s services. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the website you visited previously and the pages you viewed, your location, your mobile carrier, the device you use (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used and cookie information.

You can restrict the processing of your data in the general settings of your Google account. In addition, Google also offers specific privacy settings regarding YouTube. You can find more detailed information about Google’s data protection or privacy settings at https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de#infochoices.

We do not collect any personal data about you directly via our YouTube channel. However, if you are logged into YouTube and communicate with us, we also process your personal data such as your username and the content published under your account. However, this is the case when we share or reply to your comments or write a post that links to your profile. The content you publish freely on YouTube can thus be included in our offer and made available to our followers. We process your data in our legitimate interest pursuant to Art 6 para 1 lit f DSGVO (public relations and marketing, information and interaction opportunities for and with our users and visitors).

2.5. LinkedIn page

When you visit our LinkedIn pages, personal data is processed in connection with this visit. This is done regardless of whether you are registered or logged in on LinkedIn or not. For information about the processing of personal data by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”), please refer to the privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. We would like to point out that we have no influence on the data protection provisions of LinkedIn.

ATTENTION: Within the scope of this service, data is transferred to the US or such a transfer cannot be excluded.

If you are logged into your LinkedIn account and visit or follow our LinkedIn page, this may be associated with your account and thus the personal data you publicly disclose through it (“name,” “description,” “coworker,” “work experience,” “skills,” etc.).

We use LinkedIn to inform you about our company, products and services and to get in touch with you if appropriate. The operation of the LinkedIn pages is therefore in our legitimate interest pursuant to Art 6 (1(f) GDPR (information and interaction opportunity for and with our users and visitors).

Insofar as we use the LinkedIn “Page Insights” function, we act in this regard as a joint controller with LinkedIn. LinkedIn collects for this purpose via cookies, among other things, the IP address, timestamp, page activity and demographic data, if the user is an active member of LinkedIn. Please note that we only receive this data in anonymized form and therefore cannot disclose it in personal form. Cookies are stored for up to two years after they have been set or updated. Stored cookies can be deleted at any time. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly. We may place advertisements on LinkedIn and, in doing so, use the insights data provided by LinkedIn to evaluate the behavior of our target group or users in the course of interacting with our site. This is carried out in our legitimate interest according to Art 6 para 1 lit f DSGVO (targeted advertising), whereby the responsibility lies primarily with LinkedIn. We have concluded a joint controllership agreement with LinkedIn, which can be found here: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum. For requests to exercise your data subjects rights, please primarily use the corresponding functions in your LinkedIn account or contact LinkedIn directly. If you assert your data subject rights against us, we will forward them to LinkedIn in accordance with the agreement.

2.6. Request form

Purpose of the processing:
If you get in touch with us using a form on the website, we will process the personal data provided by you (e.g. company, address, first name, surname, telephone, your request, documents transmitted) for the purpose of contacting you and within the framework of the possible business relationship.

2.7. Newsletter

Purpose of the processing:
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will process the personal data provided by you (e.g. salutation, first name, surname, e-mail, selected fields of interests) for the purpose of sending you the starlim and sterner newsletter, invitations to our fairs, surveys or seasonal greetings by e-mail. The information about salutation, first name and surname as well as the selected fields of interest is voluntary, but allows us to personalize the newsletter.

We engage the marketing service provider (data processor) eworx Network & Internet GmbH (“mailworx”) for sending the newsletter, which processes the data exclusively within the EU. When registering for the newsletter, we automatically receive certain data (IP address of the calling computer, date and time of registration). The newsletter contains a so-called “web-beacon”, i.e. a file the size of a pixel, which is called up by the server of our marketing service provider when the newsletter is opened. In this way, additional information is collected for statistical analyses and to improve the newsletter (time of delivery or opening, duration of opening, IP address of opening, e-mail program used (mail client), link click incl. time). These evaluations serve to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt the content of the newsletter or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

Legal basis:
The processing is based on your consent according to Art. 6(1)(1) GDPR.

Withdrawal of your consent:
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by sending an e-mail to privacy@starlim-sterner.com. You can also unsubscribe to the newsletter at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” button at the end of each newsletter.

2.8. Job-Alert

Purpose of the processing:
When you sign up for the Job-Alert, we will send you information on all job vacancies that match your selection. For this purpose, we will process the personal data provided by you (e.g. first and last name, e-mail, selected fields of interest).

Legal basis:
The processing is based on your consent according to Art. 6(1)(1) GDPR.

Withdrawal of your consent:
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by sending an e-mail to privacy@starlim-sterner.com. You can also unsubscribe to the Job-Alert at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe newsletter” button at the end of each Job-Alert-newsletter.

2.9. Applicants & Application form

We appreciate your interest in working at starlim-sterner. If you apply to us online using our application form or in another way (e.g. by e-mail), we will process the personal data provided by you. This includes in particular your personal details (e.g. first and last name, title, address, e-mail, telephone number, cover letter, CV), data on the selected vacancy or desired position (e.g. job title), as well as data on skills and qualifications (e.g. education, job experience, certificates, language skills). Please note that the specific data we process depends on your own information.

We may also have lawfully received this data from third parties (e.g. personnel consultants or personnel provider).

Purpose of the processing:
Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of processing your application / checking your suitability for a job advertised, contacting and keeping records (in the case of your consent).

If an employment relationship is concluded, you will be informed separately about the processing of your personal data within the scope of your employment relationship.

However, it is necessary that you provide us specific personal data which is necessary to make a decision about the establishment of an employment relationship. Applicants are not obliged to disclose personal data, but if no personal data is provided, we will not be able to process the application. Please do not provide us with special categories of personal data in your application (e.g. religious beliefs or physical impairments), as we do not require it for the application process.

Should a legal dispute arise in the scope of the application procedure, the necessary personal data will be used for appropriate legal prosecution.

In the event that we intend to (further) process your data for other purposes, we will inform you separately and, if required by law, ask for your consent.

Legal basis:
The processing is based on the implementation of pre-contractual measures and performance of a contract in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR as well as on our legitimate interests pursuant Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (evaluation of suitability for an employment relationship). Where applicable, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 9(2)(f) GDPR (assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims). Only in exceptional cases, if none of the abovementioned legal basis is eligible, the processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) (Art. 9(2)(a)) GDPR, e.g. if your application is kept on file.

Do we share your application data?
Within our company, only those persons and departments will have access to your personal data, who have a need to know regarding the decision of the conclusion of an employment relationship (e.g. the respective department in which you have applied). If you have applied for a job at Sterner Werkzeugbau GmbH, we will share your information with the relevant persons and departments of Sterner Werkzeugbau GmbH who have a need to know regarding the decision of the conclusion of an employment relationship. Should a legal dispute arise in the scope of the application procedure, the relevant personal data required for this purpose will be transmitted to legal representatives and authorities for appropriate legal prosecution. We may also transfer personal data to our data processors (e.g. IT-service-provider). We only collaborate with data processors who offer sufficient guarantees for secure data processing. Apart from that, we do not share your information with other recipients. Transfer of personal data to third countries is not planned.

Storage period:
The data which is required for processing your application or checking your suitability for an advertised position (employment/training relationship) will – in line with the applicable statutory regulations – be saved for a period of seven months after rejection of your application. If we would like to keep your application on file for a longer period (2 years), we will ask for your consent. A longer retention period is possible when this is necessary to meet our obligations, required by law or regulation or necessary to assert, maintain or defend legal claims.

Withdrawal of your consent:
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by sending an e-mail to privacy@starlim-sterner.com.

2.10. Registration for a visitor tour

Purpose of the processing:
We would be pleased to show you our company! If you register for a company presentation and subsequent tour at our company, we process the personal data provided by you (e.g. your name, contact details, personal note/message, number of participants, desired date) for the purpose of planning and organizing the company tour.

Legal basis:
The processing of your personal data is based on the implementation of pre-contractual measures / performance of a contract in accordance with Art. 6 Section 1 b GDPR and – in accordance with Art. 6 Section 1 f GDPR – the legitimate interests of starlim-sterner (company presentation).

2.11. Remote maintenance service

Purpose of the processing:
In the event that you require our technical support in certain cases, we may offer you remote maintenance via the “TeamViewer” software. In this case, in addition to your IP address, TeamViewer GmbH also processes the location, the MAC address of your computer and the start and end of the TeamViewer connection. We do not process any connection data ourselves. However, due to the technical support activities, the helpdesk employee inevitably has the opportunity to take note of the content accessed by the user on his or her PC. There is no data processing beyond this.

Legal basis:
The processing is based on your consent according to Art. 6(1)(1) GDPR by actively allowing the connection via Team-Viewer.

Withdrawal of your consent:
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by stopping or terminating the TeamViewer session.

3. Do we share your personal data?

Provided this is necessary and permitted to fulfill the above stated purposes, we may share personal data with other departments or companies of our group (https://www.starlim-sterner.com/en/contact/company-sites/) or with third parties such as legal consultants, tax consultants, auditors or other business partners (e.g. logistic partners for the processing of deliveries). Personal data may also be submitted to our data processors (e.g. IT-provider).

Except where otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose your personal data to other recipients, unless this is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the fulfilment of our obligations or in cases this is legally or officially obligatory. Possible recipients in this case may be legal representatives, competent authorities, offices and courts.

If the above-mentioned recipients are located in countries outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area (in so-called “third countries”), the local data protection laws may not offer the same data protection level as in your country of residence. For example, there may be a risk that your data could be collected and processed by local authorities and that your data subject rights could not be enforced. A transfer will therefore only take place in accordance with the statutory provisions if the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the third country, if appropriate safeguards have been agreed with the recipient (e.g. EU Standard Contractual Clauses), the recipient participates in an approved certification system, binding corporate rules according to Art. 47 GDPR exist or there is a derogation for specific situations according to Art 49 GDPR (e.g. the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us or you have explicitly consented to the proposed transfer).

4. How long do we store your data?

Unless a different storage period is expressly stated, your data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the fulfillment of the abovementioned purposes, unless there are longer statutory retention periods or other (legally justified) purposes, which require a continued storage of your data.

5. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right to access the personal data concerning you that is being processed by us (Art. 15 GDPR);
Right to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR);
Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), where appropriate;
Right to restriction of processing of your data (Art. 18 GDPR), where appropriate;
Right to object to the data processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR);
Right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (Art. 20 GDPR), where appropriate;
Right to withdraw consent declarations at any time without a reason in order to hinder further processing of your personal data that has been collected and usede based on a consent declaration;
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Please note that we may not always be obliged to comply with a request for erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing or data transfer. This is subject to the legal requirements and an assessment in each individual case. In case of any questions concerning your personal data, contact us at privacy@starlim-sterner.com.

6. Miscellaneous

We may adjust this Privacy Policy if necessary.

Mai 31, 2023