1. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
C&F Casting and Forging Holding GmbH
Heldstr. 12
90765 Fürth
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 911 239 932 920
Email: info@casting-forging.de
2. General information
We take the protection of your personal data seriously. Personal data is processed on this website only to the extent necessary for operating the website, handling enquiries or communicating with you.
Processing is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the applicable data protection legislation.
3. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.
When you access our website, the hosting provider processes technically necessary data. This may include in particular:
– webpage or file accessed
– date and time of access
– browser type and browser version
– operating system used
– device type used
– referrer URL
– IP address
Processing is carried out to ensure secure, stable and technically error-free operation of the website. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing our website securely and reliably.
According to IONOS, the relevant visitor data for web hosting products is stored for a period of eight weeks.
4. IONOS WebAnalytics
IONOS WebAnalytics is used for statistical evaluation and technical optimization of this website.
In particular, information about the page accessed, referrer, browser and browser version, operating system, device type and time of access may be processed.
According to the provider, IONOS WebAnalytics does not use cookies. The IP address transmitted when a page is accessed is anonymized immediately and subsequently processed without any personal reference.
Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the statistical evaluation and technical optimization of our online presence.
5. Contact form
If you send us an enquiry via the contact form, we process the information you enter in order to handle and answer your enquiry.
The following data in particular may be processed through the form:
– name
– company, if provided
– email address
– content of your enquiry
If your enquiry relates to an existing or potential contractual relationship, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in handling business and general enquiries.
6. Formspree
For the technical processing of our contact form, we use the Formspree service provided by Formspree, Inc.
When you submit the contact form, the data you enter is transmitted to Formspree and processed there so that the message can be forwarded to us and made available in our Formspree account.
According to its own information, Formspree operates its services using Amazon Web Services server infrastructure in the United States. This may result in personal data being processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.
Formspree states that it uses the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for corresponding data transfers.
Formspree is used to provide our contact form reliably from a technical perspective. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry serves to take steps prior to entering into a contract, and otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
7. Contact by email and phone
If you contact us by email or telephone, we process the personal data you provide solely for handling your enquiry and for further communication with you.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the communication relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
8. Storage period
We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective processing purpose or as long as statutory retention obligations apply.
Enquiries and business communications may in particular be retained for longer where this is necessary to perform a contractual relationship, document business transactions or comply with commercial and tax-law retention obligations.
Once the relevant purpose no longer applies and statutory retention periods have expired, the data concerned is deleted.
9. Your rights
Subject to the statutory requirements, you are in particular entitled to the following rights:
– right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
– right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
– right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
– right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
– right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
– right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future.
To exercise your rights, you may contact info@casting-forging.de at any time.
10. Right to object
Where we process personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right under Art. 21 GDPR to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
11. Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.
The supervisory authority responsible for our company is:
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA)
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
Germany
12. Cookies and external content
This website currently does not use its own cookies for analytics or marketing purposes and does not integrate external analytics, advertising or social-media tracking services.
If additional services or technologies are used in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.
13. Current version of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is current as of August 2026. We reserve the right to update it if our website, the services used or the legal requirements change.