GGB tribological solutions move the industrial world one step closer to the future. Our products are used in tens of thousands of critical applications every day—around the planet. Our goal is to provide reliable, maintenance-free surface solutions for almost any application—no matter where those demands take our products.
GGB's diverse polymer coating solutions encompass some of the most state-of-the-art coating technologies available. Our TriboShield® product line includes seven standard formulations that cover the full spectrum of mechanical, thermal and chemical capabilities offered by today's coating materials. They can also be applied to nearly any surface, regardless of shape or material, making their potential almost endless. And when it comes to working with and enhancing the performance of your existing bearing and polymer coatings solutions, our TriboMate product line is specifically designed to be paired up— all leading to enhanced performance.
The excellent low friction and high wear resistance performance of GGB metal-polymer bearings make them ideal for hundreds of applications in numerous and diverse industries. Depending upon application requirements, metal-polymer composite bearings can be produced in many shapes and sizes.
GGB's Engineered Plastic Polymer bearings provide excellent wear resistance and low friction in both dry and lubricated operating conditions over a wide range of applications. Engineered plastic bearings are made from thermoplastic bearing material processed by injection moulding. This production method enables us to produce unlimited dimensions in accordance to our standard, and also parts with special designs and features.
GGB's Fiber Reinforced Composite products typically consists of a filament-wound, fiberglass-impregnated, epoxy backing with a variety of low-friction wear-resistant bearing linings. These self-lubricating fiber reinforced composite bearings are particularly effective in applications where the relative motion is not sufficient to promote circulation of the oil or grease used with more conventional bearings. GGB Fiber Reinforced Composite bearings are available as bushes, plates, bearing segments and special forms, depending on the particular material type.
Bimetal and metal bearings offer excellent corrosion resistance in industrial outdoor applications and in water, marine and offshore environments. GGB offers a broad range of sizes, forms and materials in monometallic and bimetallic bearings.
Engineered as a solution to conquer misalignment reduction when high demands are placed on bearings, GGB's UNI, MINI and EXALIGN® self-aligning shaft bearing assemblies offer improved equipment performance under standard bearing assemblies by reducing stress and friction. Offering superior performance in a wide variety of applications, GGB's self-aligning assemblies are available in both standard and custom configurations.
GGB has been putting the world in motion for over 120 years with industry-leading tribological bearings, coatings and assemblies. From Polymer Coatings and Metal-Polymer bearings to Fiber Reinforced Composite bearings and self-aligning shaft bearing assemblies, our solutions are specifically designed to reduce friction and optimize performance and durability.
Tribology is the science of wear, friction and lubrication, and encompasses how interacting surfaces and other tribo-elements behave in relative motion in natural and artificial systems. This includes bearing design and lubrication.
GGB’s TriboU is intended to provide the working engineer, who may or may not be a user of GGB’s surface engineered solutions, to understand and implement basic tribological concepts in the design, manufacture and use of industrial equipment.
At GGB, we aren’t afraid to take risks for our customers. We are passionate about the work we do and believe that same passion contributes to the level of innovation that can enhance human potential. We take pride in working closely with customers in the early stage of a design to think broadly and boldly, and to expand beyond traditional surface engineered solutions. We offer reliable partnerships based on trust, compassion, determination, collaboration and respect.
GGB seeks out collaborative, long-term relationships with each one of our customers. Our diverse expertise gives us a deep understanding of the challenges you face. When you partner with us early, our GGB engineering team is able to review your assemblies and make sure both the bearing and surrounding components are optimized for performance and cost-effectiveness.
GGB's Privacy Statement
The protection of personal data (hereinafter also “Data”) is highly important to GGB. This Privacy Statement serves to inform you about how GGB is processing your personal data.
GGB processes your data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – “GDPR”).
GGB Heilbronn GmbH („GGB“)
Ochsenbrunnenstraße 9
Industriegebiet Böllinger Höfe
74078 Heilbronn
Germany
Tel. +49 7131 269 0
E-Mail-Adresse: germany@ggbearings.com
When the website of GGB is accessed, the servers of GGB automatically store certain data of the accessing system. This includes the type of browser used, the browser version, the operating system used, the website from which the website of GGB is accessed, the controlled subpages of the website of GGB, the date and time of access, the internet protocol address (IP address), the internet service provider and data comparable with such data.
GGB uses this data to make the websites available, to detect and remove possibly occurring technical problems and to prevent and, if need be, prosecute any abuse of the services of GGB. The legal basis for the processing of personal usage data is our legitimate interest in operating our website securely and functionally.
The User must register to be able to use our webshop. Depending on the function desired, certain information is required for registration (e.g. name of User, e-mail address). We need this information to set up and manage the User account, identify authorized Users and to be able to offer the User the functions desired. The legal basis for processing the data outlined above is the requirement to decide on whether a contract is initiated and to execute such contract. Concerning data protection on our shop-site, please consult the privacy statement we provide there.
The websites of GGB use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the User’s device and exchange certain settings and data with the system of GGB via the devices´ browser. A cookie normally contains the name of the domain from which the cookie data is sent and information on the validity of the cookie and an alphanumerical identifier. Cookies enable GGB to -depending on the technic used- to provide the website in an attractive manner and also facilitate its basic security and functionality, for example, by storing certain input such that it need not be entered repeatedly. The information stored in the cookies is not used to identify the User and is not combined with other personal data stored about the User. The legal basis for processing personal data thru cookies for a secure and functional website-operation is our legitimate interest herein.
We are using the following technically required cookies:
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Besides the cookies mentioned before, we may use further cookies for tracking and web analysis. The legal basis for the use of cookies of this latter category is your declaration of consent.
You may modify your consent by clicking here, you may withdraw your consent (preferences, statistics and marketing cookies) at any time with future effect by clicking here.
Users may deactivate or restrict the processing of personal data by cookies by changing the settings on their devices´ internet browser. Cookies already stored may be erased at any time. This may also be done by automatic means. Should cookies for the websites of GGB be deactivated, it may be the case that not all functions of the websites can be (fully) used.
As an alternative to the cookie-management-options mentioned above, you may manage your cookie-preferences thru our consent-management solution, which you may access here.
1.4 Google reCAPTCHA
With your consent, we use Google reCAPTCHA” (“reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). With reCAPTCHA we want to check whether data entries on our websites (e.g. in our login area) are executed by a human or by software. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on a number of characteristics. This happens automatically as soon as you visit our site. reCAPTCHA then evaluates various information (e.g. your IP address, how long you spend on our website or your mouse movements). The data collected during the analysis is transferred to Google.
As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Google has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Google in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. We have entered into the required data protection agreement with Google. There is no separate indication that an analysis is being carried out.
We use reCAPTCHA based on your consent, which you can declare when entering our website via our consent management. Please note that interaction with our content is not possible or only possible to a limited extent if you do not consent to data processing using reCAPTCHA.
Further information on data protection with Google reCAPTCHA can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
The web analysis and tracking services described below will only be used on the Websites if you have granted your express consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To withdraw your consent please click here.
With your consent present, the websites of GGB may use functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Google has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Google in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with Google, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity. Google Analytics likewise uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is as a rule transferred to a Google server in the USA where it is further processed.
The websites of GGB use Google Analytics with the additional component “anonymize IP” and in Basic Consent Mode. This means that the IP address of the user collected by the Google Analytics cookie will usually be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area before being transferred to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
Google uses the information generated by Google Analytics on behalf of GGB to evaluate the use of the website, prepare reports on the website activities and to provide GGB with additional services associated with the use of the website and the internet. The IP address transferred by the browser of the accessing system as part of Google Analytics will, according to the information we have from Google, not be combined with other Google data. More detailed information on the conditions of use and data protection is available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. Additional information on the Google Consent Mode can be obtained from https://business.safety.google/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Please consider that this information is subject to updates at Google´s sole discretion. The legal basis for processing personal data by using cookies is your consent.
You may prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and pertaining to the use of the website or from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). GGB does however point out that in this case it may be that not all functions of the website can be (fully) used. You may also prevent data being collected by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. In this case an opt-out cookie is set that prevents user data being collected upon future visits to the websites of GGB. Users may also deactivate or restrict the transfer of cookies by changing the settings on the browser. Cookies already stored may be erased at any time. This may also be done by automatic means. Should cookies for the websites of GGB be deactivated, it may be the case that not all functions of the website can be (fully) used.
You can revoke your consent with effect for the future by choosing your respective preferences thru our consent-management here. You may identify the retention period of the respective cookie in the cookie list.
With your consent, this website uses a marketing automation system provided by Pardot Inc., 1 Market St #300, San Francisco, USA("Pardot"). Pardot is a US-American company. As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Pardot has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Pardot in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with Pardot, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity. Pardot is used to better understand the needs of (potential) customers and to operate a focused lead management. The generated information of the users is usually transferred to a server of Pardot, stored and evaluated. In detail, we use Pardot for the following activities:
To send our newsletters and other mailings. We point out that Pardot evaluates your user behaviour when sending the newsletter or other requested information on our behalf.
For more information on privacy and other legal information at Pardot, click here: https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/. The legal basis for processing personal data by using Pardot contain our website is your consent.
With your consent, we use Microsoft Clarity to better understand the needs of our users and optimize the experience on this website. Clarity is a product of Microsoft Corporation, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, USA. Clarity's technology gives us a better understanding of our users' experiences (e.g., how much time users spend on which pages, which links they click, what they like and don't like, etc.) and helps us tailor our offerings based on user feedback. Clarity works with cookies and other technologies to collect information about our users' behaviour and about their devices (in particular, IP address of the device (collected and stored only in anonymized form), screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), information about the browser used, location (country only), language preferred to view our website). Clarity stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. As per the information available from Microsoft this information is neither used by Clarity nor by us to identify individual users, nor is it merged with other data Microsoft may have about individual users.
Microsoft is a US-American company. As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Microsoft has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Microsoft in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with Microsoft, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity.
For more information, please see the privacy policy of Microsoft Clarity you may obtain from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/setup-and-installation/clarity-data.
The legal basis for the use of cookies is your consent. You can revoke your consent and may change your settings for data processing in the context of cookies at any time (click here).
With your consent, our web pages use Google Remarketing, a software Analytics provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”), that serves to present users our advertising related to users’ interests. Google Remarketing uses cookies for this purpose (see above). You can revoke your consent and may change your settings for data processing in the context of cookies any time (click here).
Google is a US-American company. As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Google has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Google in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with Google, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity.
Google Remarketing can also be technically stopped by the user by deactivating JavaScript and cookies in your web browser. Details about the settings required to stop Google Remarketing once you have consented to its use, can be found in the product descriptions or instructions from the respective browser providers. Data processing by Google can also be prevented by the user adding a browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. More information about user provisions and data protection from Google Remarketing can be found at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en.
With your consent present, our website may use DoubleClick, an online marketing tool provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). However, being a global network, Google may transfer your data to third countries, especially to the USA. Google is certified under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, which results in an adequate level of data protection. Additionally, we have entered an adequate data protection contract with Google to have the required instrument for data privacy present.
DoubleClick uses Cookies to place ads of relevance for the user, to improve reports on the performance of advertising campaigns and to avoid that users are presented ads repeatedly. Google uses a cookie-ID to identify which ads have been placed in which browser to prevent multiple repetitions. Additionally, Google may track so-called conversions which are related to ads. This means that Google can identify whether a user has interacted with an ad and if such interaction resulted in buying the respectively advertised item. As per Google, DoubleClick-cookies do not process personal information.
For reasons of the marketing technologies implemented, your browser will automatically establish a connection to Google´s servers. We may not influence the extent and the further use of data Google collects through this cookie and shall state that we inform our users based on the information available from Google: If DoubleClick is embedded, Google receives the information that a user has browsed the respective parts of our web content or that a user has clicked our ad. Should you be registered with a Google-service, Google may assign such interaction to your Google-account. Even if you should not be registered with Google or if you should have registered with Google but are currently not logged into your account, it is possible that Google may identify and further process your IP-address.
You may prevent participating in this web-tracking by:
Please be advised that not all functionalities of our web-content may be available in case you opt to deactivate cookies as described.
Further Information on DoubleClick may be obtained from https://www.google.de/doubleclick and https://support.google.com/adsense/. For more detailed information on how Google protects your data, please consult https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
This website uses the Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager is a solution which helps site-operators to administer a websites surface. The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) does not collect personal data, but initiates firing other cookies which may collect personal data of their own. Such data, however, is not accessed by the Tag Manager. Should there have been a deactivation implemented on the level of cookies or files, the respective restriction will remain implemented for all these tags. We are using Google Tag Manager basing on your consent, Art. 6 I 1 a GDPR.
For our web-presence on thomasnet.com, we use the Tracking-Tool Webtrax provided by Thomas Publishing LLC 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001, USA. Thomas Publishing´s representative in the EU for data protection items is Genicad s.r.o, Voctarova 2449/5, Budova DOCK1, Praha 8 – Liben, 180 00, Czech Republic. The legal basis of this processing is your consent, which you may declare thru our consent-management and which you are free to revoke anytime,
When you are visiting our presence on thomasnet, data about your interactions with thomasnet.com and the profile we have there is collected. Such may contain your IP-address as well as the frequency of browsing, use of the website functions and your surfing behavior.
Via the insights-tool, Thomas composes and provides information regarding the behavior of users on the network. We are using this data to optimize our presence and to make it more attractive for potential visitors. The users´ IP-addresses, however, are not processed for this latter purpose. The user data we receive from Thomas are provided in an anonymized shape.
Additional information on how Thomas is processing your data may be obtained from https://www.thomasnet.com/privacy.html.
With your consent, our web pages use Google Maps to show you the GGB contact person in your geographical vicinity. Google Maps is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St., Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 4, D04 V4X7 Dublin, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is owned by Google Inc. of 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, an US-American company. As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. Google has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by Google in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with Google, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity.
The legal basis for the use of Google Maps is your consent. You can revoke your consent to and change your settings for data processing in the context of cookies at any time thru our consent management (click here ).
More information about user provisions and data protection from Google maps can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .
YouTube is a video portal of YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). We have integrated YouTube into our online services. When you activate a YouTube-video on our pages, your browser establishes a direct connection with the YouTube servers. This transfers the information to YouTube that your browser has visited the corresponding page of our online services, even if you do not have a YouTube account or are not logged into your account. This information is transferred directly from your browser to a YouTube server in the USA and stored there. The data transfer to YouTube is deactivated by default and will be activated only if you declare your respective consent.
If you are logged into your YouTube account at the same time, as per the information we have present from Google, it is also possible to assign the page view to your YouTube account, which means you would enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile.
If you wish to prevent this transfer and storage of your data from being executed and an identification and tracking of your behaviour on our online services by YouTube from happening, you must log out of YouTube before you visit our site and delete any cookies placed by YouTube.
YouTube is a US-American company. As the USA are a so-called “third country” from a GDPR-perspective, measures have been implemented to ensure that an adequate level of data protection is safeguarded. YouTube has obtained certification under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework. This means, that whenever data is transferred to or processed by YouTube in the US, a level of data protection comparable to the one within the EU may be assumed as present. In addition, we have entered into a data protection agreement with YouTube, as required when having personal data processed by a legally separate entity.
Further information on the collection and use of your data by YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at
https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/privacy/ and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
GGB’s websites provide Users with the option to contact GGB. The personal data transferred to GGB in this connection are exclusively used to handle the respective enquiries.
We collect the following mandatory data as part of our contact form:
The legal basis for processing the data outlined above, depends on the subject you are contacting us for. This usually will be for purposes of initiating or executing a contract or your declaration of consent which you declare by submitting your request in any further case.
We are active on social media, particularly on YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.
On our website you will find links to the social media services of LinkedIn, X (formerly: and YouTube. You can identify links to the websites of social media services by the respective company icon. If you follow these links, you will reach GGB´s corporate presence on the respective social media service. When you click on a link to a social media service, a connection is established to the servers of the social media service. This informs the social media services´ servers that you have visited our website. In addition, further data is transferred to the provider of the social media service. This includes, for example, the address of the website on which the activated link is placed, the date and time the website was accessed, or the link was activated, information about the browser used, the operating system used and the IP address.
If you are already logged in to the respective social media service at the time the link is activated, the provider of the social media service may be able to determine your username and potentially even your real name from the data transferred and may assign this information to your personal user account on the social media service. You can exclude this potential assigning of information we have from the social networks to your personal user account by logging out from your user account on the social media service beforehand.
The servers of the social media services may be located in the USA and other countries outside the European Union and process your data there. Please note that companies in these countries are subject to data protection laws that may generally not protect personal data to the same extent as those in member states of the European Union. However, the US-based social networks we are having accounts with are certified under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, so that data protection in line with the EU is safeguarded. Please note that we have no influence on the scope, type, and purpose of data processing by the provider of the social media service. You can find further information about the use of your data by the social media services integrated on our website in the data protection declaration of the respective social media service.
Insofar as we have control over the processing of your data, we ensure that the applicable data protection regulations are complied with.
In addition to GGB, the controller of the respective social media also is:
- LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
- X (formerly Twitter) (Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland)
- YouTube (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland)
You are using these platforms and their functions at your own risk. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g., commenting, sharing, rating).
We would also like to point out that your data may be processed outside the European Union.
The processing of your personal data is based on your consent to data processing, which you declare by confirming a button or similar (opt-in) towards the respective social network when entering the profile or registering with them as a user.
For a detailed description of the respective processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the information linked below:
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy;
Opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy and http://www.youronlinechoices.com;
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy;
Opt-out: http://www.youronlinechoices.com;
Settings: https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization;
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;
Opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de and http://www.youronlinechoices.com;
Usage data will be stored for a period of 18 months. The data outlined above will otherwise be erased once it is no longer required for the described purposes, provided statutory provisions do not stipulate a longer retention period. This means, that your data is usually retained until applicable retention periods have expired. Such retention may last for e.g. 6 months in case of a job application with our German branch and up to 10 years in regard of applying statutory retention in regard of tax law.
GGB processes in particular the following categories of personal data:
In principle, GGB collects these data directly from you. In singular cases GGB receives personal data about you from third parties such as e.g. staffing agencies we may cooperate with.
GGB processes this data if and to the extent required for carrying out the application and recruitment process. The legal basis for this is the requirement for a decision on whether a labour-contract is initiated,
If you apply to a specific vacancy, only the company specified therein receives your data. If you send us an unsolicited application, we will transfer your data to any GGB-Group-company which may find your profile suitable to staff a current vacancy, in any case we ensure, that only the persons and functions objectively requiring your data for the purposes mentioned may access your data.
Once the recruiting process has been completed your data will be retained for a maximum period of 6 months for purposes evidence for the due handling of your data as per the underlying legal requirements and will then be erased or anonymised.
GGB processes the following categories of personal data in regard to our business-relationship, in particular when exchanging business cards, in letter heads or signatures in business communication:
ID information, in particular first and last name, title (if any), job description, respective sector and company, and
contact information, in particular professional address, phone number and e-mail-address …. Any further personal data you may submit.
Generally, GGB collects these Data directly from you, as you submit them to us. In some cases, GGB receives personal data about you from your employer who is our primary business-partner or from third parties, e.g., via recommendations issued by (other) customers, vendors, suppliers, and business contacts or via participant lists from trade fair organizers (the latter basing on the consent you have issued for our benefit towards such organizer).
GGB processes this data to initiate or execute a business relationship with your company. The legal basis of this processing is the initiation or execution of a contract, respectively your consent.
The Data specified above will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for the described purposes or if legal provisions do not require further retention. Usually, your data is deleted from our systems, as soon as we become aware that you have left our partners´ business, if not a further retention is required for reasons of law.
GGB may receive assistance from (external) service providers for certain purposes, such as, e.g., technical data analysis or in further cases where we are cooperating with data processors. These service providers are carefully selected and meet high data protection and data security standards. They are obligated to maintain strict confidentiality and process personal data only when and to the extent commissioned to do so by GGB and according to GGB’s instructions. This means that an adequate instrument of data protection, such as, e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses are entered into with any data processor prior to any data being processed. In some cases, we are obliged to share your data with other third parties, such as public authorities or else. The legal basis, here, is our respective legal obligation.
GGB may transfer your data to countries other than the one of your residence. If you are an EU-citizen, this may mean that your data is transferred outside EU or the European Economic Area. To ensure that your data is subject to protection no lesser than it would be with the EU, we are establishing the required instruments of data protection beforehand of any such data transfer.
Where so required, the transfer of your data to third countries is subject to your consent (e.g. use of cookies beyond the scope of cookies needed to operate our website in a technically safe and functional manner).
As a data subject, you are entitled to certain rights as per the data protection law applying: This is the right to data access, rectification, deletion, withdrawal of consent into a data processing, objection against a data processing, data portability and the right to not being subject to a fully automated decision (the latter does not take place at GGB).
To execute these rights, you may turn to GGB via any given contact option, preferably thru: ggb-dpo-de@ggbearings.com
In addition to the rights mentioned above, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority at the place of your residence, workplace, our statutory seat or at the place of the alleged violation.
Our website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website. If you click on a link to another website, you should also review that website’s privacy policy. Although having executed careful checks of any content we link before such linking is implemented, it may happen that linked pages later turn out to present content which is not complying with the law. Please let us know about any respective indication so that we may take down the link.
You may contact GGB at any time thru ggb-dpo-de@ggbearings.com. Thru this address, you may also contact the DPO GGB Heilbronn GmbH has appointed.
GGB regularly reviews this privacy policy and may update it as necessary to comply with applicable laws, including GDPR. Any updates to the policy will appear on this website. This privacy policy was last updated on June 19, 2024.
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