We process personal data on the contacts of our customers, suppliers, vendors, other business or professional stakeholders (e.g. architects, entrepreneurs).
Types of personal data collected
We collect the following information:
- Identification data: Name and surname, signature, marital status (for salutation) of contacts of our customers, suppliers, vendors, other business or professional stakeholders (e.g. architects, entrepreneurs);
- Contact details: Phone number, e-mail, (physical) address (if relevant) and language of these contacts;
- Financial data: Bank details, cost centre required for billing or payments, credit status;
- Other company details: Such as company title or professional role;
- Business area of interest: HeidelbergMaterials products and services previously purchased or within the person's area of interest; and
- Opinions: on our products and services (e.g. customer surveys) to improve our customers' services and relationships.
Sources of personal data collected
We collect your personal data when you, as an individual:
- buy goods or services from us;
- provide goods or services to us;
- have been designated by your employer as our contact person for proposal submission, managing customer orders, billing or (for companies providing services to us) for managing the service relationship and paying invoices;
- complete our registration form or other submission form, or request to be added to our mailing list; or
- otherwise provide us or any of our employees with your contact details or other personal data.
Personal data may also be obtained from published sources (e.g. Chamber of Commerce to confirm signatories' powers, social media) and from our affiliates, for example.
Purposes of personal data collected
We process this personal data to what is relevant for providing or informing you about our products or services or otherwise doing business with you (e.g. buying goods or services from our suppliers).
We process your personal data in order to:
- provide our customers with our products or services To complete and fulfill orders, purchases, process payments, deliver your orders, communicate about your purchases and provide you with related customer service;
- Inform customers, potential customers and business leads about our new products, services or events Such as updates, announcements about our new products, promotions, to send you invitations to our events;
- select our suppliers (tendering process), to instruct our suppliers and service providers and compensate them for their services
- correspond with our business or professional contacts (e.g. entrepreneurs, architects, professional federations)
- respond to the queries and meet requests from our customers, business or professional contacts For example, by sending newsletters, providing targeted information on our products or services
- send administrative information Such as, for example, regarding changes to our terms and conditions or policies
- to participate in our surveys, promotions, competitions and to manage these activities
- for other business purposes Such as, for example, analysing and managing our businesses, market research, audits, developing new products, improving our services and products, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, measuring customer satisfaction and providing customer service;
- as we deem necessary or appropriate: To comply with our legal obligations (e.g. to satisfy economic and trade sanctions), to check credit status, to respond to requests from public and governmental authorities, to enforce our terms and conditions, to protect our business or that of any of our affiliates, to protect our rights, privacy, security or property and/or that of our affiliates, you or others, and to enable us to pursue available remedies or mitigate any damages we may incur.
The above processing activities are necessary to (i) enter into a contract with you; (ii) perform a contract with you (to receive services or products from us or from you); (iii) serve our legitimate business interests (e.g. by providing you with more information about our services and products, measure customer satisfaction, improve our products and services); or (iv) comply with our legal obligations.
If you do not want to provide us with your personal data and it is necessary to (i) enter into a contract with you; (ii) perform a contract with you; (iii) provide you with more information about our services and products or otherwise do business with you; or (iv) comply with our legal obligations, then we will not be able to enter into a contract with you, provide you with the requested information, services or products, or receive from you the requested information, services or products, or do business with you.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to achieve the purposes listed above:
- as long as you remain a customer, service provider, company or professional stakeholder; or
- as long as the statutory limitation period to bring a claim or legal action; or
- for a longer retention period if required or permitted by law (e.g. health and safety legislation, in case of a dispute).