Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Björneborg Steel is the data controller for the processing of personal data on this website. Our website address is: https://bjorneborgsteel.com.

2. Handling of Personal Data

Björneborg Steel takes all reasonable technical and organizational measures to ensure that your personal data is processed and stored securely. All processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

3. What Data We Collect and Why

We collect information to handle your inquiries and administer recruitment processes via our web forms. We process your personal data during the following time periods and based on the following legal grounds:

Purpose / Type of Form	Legal Basis	Retention Period
Contact and Quote Requests Information such as name, email, phone number, and message submitted via the website’s forms.	Legitimate Interest To be able to answer and handle your questions, and to communicate with you as a customer or interested party.	The data is kept for as long as necessary to complete the matter, or up to three years after the customer relationship has ended (unless longer retention is required by law, e.g., the Swedish Accounting Act).
Unsolicited Job Applications (Spontanansökan) Information such as name, contact details, CV, cover letter, and other submitted documents.	Consent Actively provided by you when submitting the application.	The data is stored for up to two years after the recruitment process is concluded (in order to handle any potential claims under the Swedish Discrimination Act) or for as long as we have your explicit consent for future opportunities.

4. WordPress, Cookies, and External Features

This website is built using WordPress. When you use our forms, temporary data may be stored in the website’s database or sent through the system to ensure correct delivery of the message. We never sell your data to third parties.

Comments and Media: If visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies (discarded when you close your browser). When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.

Embedded Content from Other Websites: Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

5. Who We Share Your Data With and Where It Is Sent

Information is only shared with trusted service providers (e.g., our website hosting provider) acting as our data processors under strict data protection agreements. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.

6. Withdrawal of Consent

In cases where we process your personal data based on your consent (such as an unsolicited job application), you can withdraw your consent, in whole or in part, at any time by contacting us. However, withdrawing your consent may mean that we can no longer process your job application or provide the services that require this information.

7. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

• Right of Access (Data Export): You have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
• Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading at any time.
• Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• Right to Restriction and Objection: You have the right to object to our processing or request that the processing be restricted under certain conditions.

If you believe that Björneborg Steel’s processing of your personal data does not comply with applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Privacy Protection Authority (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten – IMY), which is the responsible supervisory authority in Sweden.

8. Contact Us

For questions regarding our handling of personal data, corrections, data export requests, or withdrawal of consent, please contact us at:

Email: hakan.dedorsson@bjorneborgsteel.com