The author assumes no liability for the validity, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author that relate to damage of a material or ideal nature caused by the use or non-use of the available information and/or use of incorrect or incomplete information are in principle excluded unless it can be proven that the author is at fault due to deliberation or gross negligence.

All offers are subject to change without notice and noncommittal. The author expressly reserves the right to amend, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the complete website without prior notice or to temporarily or finally withdraw the publication.

2. References and links

A liability obligation only exists for direct or indirect references to external websites ("Hyperlinks") outside the responsibility of the author if the author is aware of their content and it would have been technically possible and feasible for him to prevent their use in the case of illegal contents.

The author expressly declares that at the time the link was posted no illegal content was discernable on the linked pages. The author has no influence over current and future design, contents or copyrights of linked pages. He thus expressly dissociates himself from all contents of linked pages that have been changed after the link was posted. This applies for all links and references within the author's own website as well as for external entries in the author's guest books, discussion forums, link lists, mailing list and in all other forms of databases whose content can be externally accessed. The author of the linked page is solely responsible for illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents and in particular for damages arising from the use or non-use of such information and not the author of the pages that only refer to the relevant publication through links.

3. Copyright and trademark law

The author attempts to observe the copyrights of the pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts used in all publications, to use pictures, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts that he himself has produced or to resort to licensed graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts.

All brands and trademarks named on the Internet website that may be protected by third party copyrights are subject to the terms of the relevant valid trademark law and titles of the relevant registered owner without restriction. It cannot be concluded simply from the fact that trademarks are named that they are not protected by third party rights!

The copyright on published objects produced by the author remains solely with the author of the website. A duplication or use of such graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not allowed without the express consent of the author.

4. Data protection

Wherever personal or business data can be entered on the Internet website (Email addresses, names, addresses) this information is disclosed by the user on an expressly voluntary basis. The use and payment of all services offered is allowed - wherever technically possible and reasonable - without providing such data or by providing anonymous data or a nickname. The use of contact data published in the legal notices or comparable information such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers or email addresses by third parties to send any information that has not been expressly requested is strictly forbidden. Legal steps may be taken against senders of so-called spam mails if this prohibition is ignored.

5. Legal validity of this liability exclusion

This liability exclusion is to be seen as part of the Internet website from which a link has been placed to this page. If parts or individual clauses of this text does not or no longer fully comply with the legal status this does not affect the content and validity of the remaining parts of the document.

Data protection guidelines

We process personal data gathered when you visit our website in accordance with German legal requirements. Our data protection policy for the rest is based on the labour standards for data protection that are valid for Grillo-Werke AG, Weseler Str. 1, 47169 Duisburg.

Our websites may contain links to the websites of other authors that are not covered by this data protection declaration.

Grillo-Werke AG respects your private and personal interests.

Collection and processing of personal data

When you visit our website our web server saves the IP address of your Internet service provider, the website from which you visit us, the websites you visit on our pages as well as the date and duration of the visit. Grillo-Werke AG uses cookies to track visitor preferences and to allow an optimum design of our websites. In addition, personal data will only be stored if this is provided by you, e.g. during registration, in a survey, competition or to fulfil a contract (e.g. purchase).

Cookies, what are they?

Cookies are very small files that are saved on your PC when you navigate through the Internet portals of Grillo-Werke AG. They are only used to distinguish your PC from the PCs of other users who are visiting our website at the same time. It is unavoidable that cookies be used to personalise services on our Internet portals.

Are cookies dangerous?

Cookies are not a threat to your computer. Some companies that use this technology collect your data for market research and advertising purposes. Our cookies are only used for the purpose explained above.

You can either set your browser to allow our cookies or you can use our Internet portals without cookie functions. In this case, however, any information you have already provided will not be saved for later visits or inquiries so that they will have to be entered again the next time you visit us.

Cookie warnings

Your browser may be configured to show a warning every time it receives a cookie. Since the identification cookie has to be sent every time you open a page on the Grillo-Werke AG portal, this message can be very annoying. You should thus deactivate this warning in your browser.

Use and disclosure of personal data and specific restrictions on transfer

Grillo-Werke AG only processes and uses your personal data for service purposes within the website www.grillo.de; i.e. in order to be able to offeryou a customised service and/or to save the repeated entry of information andonly to the necessary extent.

We do not disclose your personal data to third parties. The partner services found on www.grillo.de are booked directly with thesepartners. You will be informed of this with a corresponding warning.

You will be able to save personal data for some services (e.g. eshop). This data is only used to deal with the current inquiry and will not be saved without your consent after this time.

Personal data is only collected for or transferred to government institutions and authorities within the scope of valid laws. Our employees and suppliers/partners have been sworn to secrecy by us and to data confidentiality in accordance with § 5 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Right of access to personal data

Grillo-Werke AG will inform you whether and which personal data it stores on request. If incorrect information has been saved despite our attempts at data correctness and validity this will be corrected at your request.

Data security

Grillo-Werke AG employs technical and organisational safety measures to protect the personal data that we manage against accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are being constantly improved in line with technological progress.

You personal data will only be saved on Grillo-Werke AG servers in Germany.

Enforcement of and compliance with these data protection declarations

Grillo-Werke AG promises to observe the points mentioned above in connection with data protection as described.

Should you have any questions on the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact our data protection officer, who is also the person to talk to for information, suggestions or complaints.

ASB Informationstechnik GmbH

Data protection officer

Uwe Breuer

Buschstraße 76

47166 Duisburg

Phone no. +49 203 93297 53

You can also contact Mr. Breuer by e-mail with your data protection questions:
u.breuer(at)asbinfo.de

Index of processes for "everyone"

§ 4 g Section 2 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) stipulates that the data protection officer must disclose the following information in accordance with § 4 e to any person in a suitable manner:

1. Name or trade name of the responsible office (§ 4 e, Section 1 BDSG):

Grillo-Werke Aktiengesellschaft

2. Owner, executive boards, managing directors or other legally appointed managers or managers appointed according to the company's statutes and persons commissioned with the management of data processing (§ 4 e, Section 2 BDSG):

Executive Board:		Mr. Ulrich Grillo, Chairman, Mr. Klaus Driemel, Dr. Jochen Spriestersbach
Supervisory Board:		Ms. Gabriela Grillo, Chairwoman, Mr. Rainer Grillo, Deputy Chairman, Mr. Jörg Düttchen, Mr. Horst Just, Dr. Gernot Hänig
Data processing coordinator:		Mr. Ingo Berg ASB Informationstechnik GmbH Buschstraße 76 47166 Duisburg
Data protection officer:		Mr. Uwe Breuer ASB Informationstechnik GmbH Buschstraße 76 47166 Duisburg

3. Address of the responsible office (§ 4 e, Section 3 BDSG):

Weseler Straße 1

47169 Duisburg

4. Purpose of the data collection, processing or utilisation

The corporate purpose is:

a) Development, production and sales of and trade in metal products, e.g. semi-finished goods and goods of zinc as well as chemical elements, e.g. sulphuric acids, salts and pigments,

b) All types of surface refinement,

c) Production, assembly and sales of precision parts and constructions, preferably of NF metals, steel, light alloys and plastics, as well as machinery and plants,

d) Services in the aforementioned fields, including waste disposal, e.g. of substances that allow the production of sulphur compounds an/or energy,

e) Management of company-owned real estate.

Personal data is collected, processed and used for the aforementioned purposes and for the accounting of our own employees.

5. A description of the relevant groups of persons and corresponding data or data categories (§ 4 e, Section BDSG):

Personal data is predominantly collected, processed and used from the following groups of persons:

Customer data (address data, bank details, possibly liquidity and creditworthiness data)
Supplier data (address data, bank details, possibly quality data)
Data on employees for personnel management, development, control, settlement, and on pensioners
Data on prospective customers (address data, product interests)
Business partners (address data, product interests)

wherever this is needed to fulfil the purposes listed in 4.

6. Recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data can be disclosed (§ 4 e, Section 6 BDSG):

Public institutions who receive the data on the basis of statutory regulations (e.g. social insurance agencies, fiscal authorities)
Internal offices involved in the execution of the relevant business processes (e.g. personnel management, accounting, purchasing, marketing, sales, telecommunications and EDP)
External contractors (service providers) in accordance with § 11 BDSG
Other external institutions such as banks (wage and salary payments)

7. Standard periods for deletion of the data (§ 4 e, Section 7 BDSG):

The legislative bodies have passed various record retention obligations and periods. The corresponding data is regularly deleted on expiry of these periods. Any data not affected by these regulations will be deleted when they are no longer needed for the purposes described in 4.

8. A planned transfer of data to third countries (§ 4 e, Section 8 BDSG):

There are no plans to transfer data to third countries.