Data protection

The protection of your personal data is important to us, the company. Our company exclusively collects and stores your personal data within the limits of data protection legislation. On this page, we inform you about the collection and processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 13, 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Rhenus Lub GmbH & Co KG
Hamburgring 45
41179 Mönchengladbach, Germany

Tel. +49 02161-5869-0
Email address: thomas.genz@rhenusweb.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person who decides on the purposes and means of processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses) exclusively or jointly with others.

The data controller responsible for the procurement of Rhenus Lub GmbH & Co. KG is:

Rhenus Lub GmbH & Co KG
Hamburgring 45
41179 Mönchengladbach, Germany

Tel. +49 2161-5869-0
Email address: michael.bartsch@rhenusweb.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person who decides on the purposes and means of processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses) exclusively or jointly with others.

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for our company.

Rhenus Lub GmbH & Co. KG
Data Protection Officer – personal –
Hamburgring 45
41179 Mönchengladbach, Germany

Tel. +49 02161-5869-0
Email address: datenschutzbeauftragter@rhenusweb.de

1. General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website or have a supplier relationship with us. Personal data are all data that can be used to identify you personally. You can find detailed information on data protection in our Privacy Policy set out in the following.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the relevant contact data in the Legal Notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Firstly, your data are collected because you transmit these to us. This can involve data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This predominantly involves technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time at which the website is accessed). These data are collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

What we you use your data for?

We process the following personal data pertaining to our existing customers/suppliers and potential customers/suppliers: contact data.

We may obtain these data in the following ways:

• from a subscription to the newsletter,
• from a telephone call from the data subject,
• from business cards,
• from an e-mail message sent by the data subject,
• from enquiries/orders in which the data subject is specified as the contact partner.

What rights do you have with regards to your data?

You have the right to obtain information on the origin, recipients and purpose of your saved personal data at any time without charge. You also have the right to request the rectification, blocking or erasure of these data. You may contact us at the address specified in the Legal Notice in this regard or with regard to privacy. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Forwarding of data

If a subsidiary of Rhenus Lub or our sales partner is responsible with regard to your enquiry, these data may be forwarded to these companies.

Other recipients are the following service providers who work for us within the scope of order processing:

• giftGRÜN GmbH, Aachen (Digitalagentur) www.giftgruen.com
• MailChimp, Atlanta/USA (e-mail marketing agency)

Other service providers used by us may also access data in the course of their activities, provided that this serves the purposes of fulfilling the contract with our business partner or is otherwise required or unavoidable (e.g. IT service providers, collection service providers, commercial credit insurers (for the assertion of claims), lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, etc. (for professional consultation and support respectively)).

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Transmission to third countries

Digital data, particularly e-mail addresses, are made available to the service provider MailChimp (Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA) for the purposes of rendering the service (dispatch of newsletters).

MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield between the U.S. and the EU and is required to observe EU privacy regulations. You can read MailChimp’s Privacy Policy here.

Analytical tools and tools of third-party providers

Your browsing habits may be statistically evaluated when you visit our website. Cookies and so-called analytical programs are predominantly used for this purpose. Your browsing habits are normally analysed anonymously; browsing habits cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent this by refraining from the use of certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following Privacy Policy.

You may object to this analysis. Information is provided on how you can object in this Privacy Policy.

2. General information and mandatory information

Privacy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as strictly confidential and in compliance with the statutory privacy regulations as well as this Privacy Policy.

Various personal data are collected when you visit this website. Personal data are data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Policy describes which data we collect and what we use them for. It also outlines how this takes place and for what purpose.

Please note that data transmission via the Internet (e.g. during e-mail correspondence) may have security loopholes. Fully protecting data from third-party access is not possible.

Information on the data controller

The data controller for this website is:

Rhenus Lub GmbH & Co KG
Hamburgring 45
41179 Mönchengladbach
Germany

Telephone +49 2161 5869 0
E-mail vertrieb@rhenusweb.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person who decides on the purposes and means of processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses) exclusively or jointly with others.

3. Withdrawing your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations can only be carried out with your express consent. You may withdraw previously granted consent at any time. Sending us an informal e-mail message for this purpose is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out up until the time of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

4. Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of violations of privacy legislation, the data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority in matters pertaining to privacy law is the State Data Protection Officer of the federal state where our company has its registered offices. A list of Data Protection Officers and their contact data can be found by clicking on the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

5. Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we automatically process with your consent or for the purposes of fulfilling a contract sent to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request that the data are directly transmitted to another controller, this will only be carried out to the extent technically feasible.

6. SSL and TLS encryption

This website uses SSL and TLS encryption for security reasons and for the purposes of protecting the transmission of confidential content, for example orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection in that the address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in the browser line.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

7. Access, blocking and erasure

Within the limits of the applicable statutory regulations, you have the right to access information regarding your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, as well as the purpose of data processing without charge and, if applicable, a right to the rectification, blocking or erasure of these data at any time. You can contact us at the address provided in the Legal Notice in this regard or with regard to other issues at any time.

8. Objection to promotional e-mails

The use of contact data disclosed in the Legal Notice to send advertising and information materials that are not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action where promotional materials are sent without being requested, for example in the event of spam e-mails.

9. Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in what are known as server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. This consists of the following information:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referring URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the service request
• IP address

These data are not combined with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the purposes of performing a contract or pre-contractual measures.

10. Cookies

11. Contact form

When you send us enquiries using the contact form, your data from the contact form including the contact data provided by you there are stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for any follow-up enquiries. We do not forward these data without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form are exclusively processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time. Sending us an informal e-mail message for this purpose is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out up until the time of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

The data entered by you in the contact form are stored by us until you request their erasure, withdraw your consent to their storage or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal regulations, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

12. Registration on our website

You can register on our website to use additional features on the site. We only use data entered in this context for the purpose of using the relevant offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

We use the e-mail address specified during registration to provide you with information related to important changes, such as to the scope of services or in the event of necessary technical changes.

The data entered during registration are processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw any consent you previously granted at any time. Sending us an informal e-mail message for this purpose is sufficient. The lawfulness of any data processing previously carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

The data recorded during registration are stored by as long as you are registered on our website and are subsequently erased. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

13. Facebook plug-ins (Like and Share button)

Plug-ins of the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our website. You can recognise the Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the ‘Like’ button on our website. You can find an overview of Facebook plug-ins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our website, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plug-in. Facebook will therefore be notified that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook ‘Like’ button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website to your Facebook account. This means that Facebook can associate the visit to our website to your user account. Please note that we, the provider of the website, do not receive any information on the content of the data transmitted or their use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in Facebook’s Data Policy at: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate the visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

14. Twitter plug-in

Features of the service Twitter are integrated on this website. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the ‘Re-Tweet’ feature, the websites visited by you will be linked to your Twitter account and divulged to other users. Data are also transmitted to Twitter in the process. Please note that we, the provider of the website, do not receive any information on the content of the data transmitted or their use by Twitter. You can find further information on this in Twitter’s Privacy Policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can adjust your data privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

15. LinkedIn plug-in

Our website uses features of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Every time you access one of our sites that contains LinkedIn features, a connection is established with LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is notified that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the ‘Recommend’ button of LinkedIn and are logged into your account on LinkedIn, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website to you and your user account. Please note that we, the provider of the website, do not have any information on the content of the data transmitted or their use by LinkedIn.

You can find further information on this in LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

16. Google Analytics

This website uses features of web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and facilitate the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour for the purposes of optimising both its online offering and its advertising.

IP anonymisation

We have enabled IP anonymisation on this website. This means that your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website for the purpose of compiling reports on website activities and providing other services associated with website use and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not linked to other data held by.

Browser plug-in

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the relevant settings in your browser software. However, please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent in this case. You can also prevent the collection of data (including your IP address) generated by the cookies and related to your use of the website by Google and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be placed that prevents the collection of your data when you visit this website in future. [google_analytics_optout]Click here to opt out[/google_analytics_optout].

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract data processing

We have concluded an agreement on contract data processing and meet the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities in full with regards to the use of Google Analytics.

17. Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and facilitate the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is rendered anonymous prior to storage.

Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

Matomo cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour on an anonymised basis for the purposes of optimising both its online offering and its advertising.

The information generated by the cookie regarding the use of this website is not forwarded to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the relevant settings in your browser software. However, please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent in this case.

If you do not consent to the storage and use of your data, you can disable storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser which prevents Matomo from storing data regarding use. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt out needs to be enabled again when you visit our website at a later date.

18. WordPress Stats

This website uses the WordPress Stats tool to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Stats uses cookies that are stored on your computer and facilitate the analysis of website use. The information generated by the cookies regarding the use of our website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is rendered anonymous following processing and prior to storage.

WordPress Stats cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

WordPress Stats cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour on an anonymised basis for the purposes of optimising both its online offering and its advertising.

You can adjust the settings in your browser so that you are notified of the placement of cookies and only permit cookies on a case-by-case basis, rule out the acceptance of cookies in certain situations or in general and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of our website.

You can object to the collection and use of your data with future effect by placing an opt-out cookie in your browser by clicking on this link: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.

If you delete cookies on your computer, you will need to place the opt-out cookie again.

19. Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

We use the conversion tracking tool provided by Google AdWords. When you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie is installed for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser deposits on the computer of the user. These cookies become void after 30 days and do not serve the purpose of personally identifying users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and us can discern that the user clicked on the advertisement and was directed to this page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information provided by conversion cookies is used to produce conversion statistics for AdWords customers that have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users that have clicked on their advertisement and were directed to a page that includes a conversion tracking tag. However, they are not provided with information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by simply disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie in the user settings of your Internet browser. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Conversion cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour for the purposes of optimising both its online offering and its advertising.

You can find more information on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

You can adjust the settings in your browser so that you are notified of the placement of cookies and only permit cookies on a case-by-case basis, rule out the acceptance of cookies in certain situations or in general and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

20. Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require that you provide us with an e-mail address and information which allows us to check that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and consent to being sent the newsletter. Other data are not collected or are only collected on a voluntary basis. We exclusively use these data for sending the requested information and do not forward these to third parties.

The data entered in the newsletter subscription form are exclusively processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw the consent granted for the storage of data, the e-mail address and their use for the purposes of sending the newsletter at any time, for example by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of any data processing operations previously carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Your data filed with us for the purposes of receiving the newsletter are stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and erased following unsubscribing from the newsletter. Data that have been stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain hereby unaffected.

21. MailChimp

This website uses the services of MailChimp for the dispatch of newsletters. The provider is Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

MailChimp is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the dispatch of newsletters, among other things. When you enter data for the purposes of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address), these are stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA.

MailChimp is certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA which aims to guarantee compliance with the European data privacy standards in the USA.

We use MailChimp to analyse our newsletter campaigns. If you open an e-mail sent with MailChimp, a file (web beacon) included in the e-mail connects with MailChimp servers in the USA. This determines whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links were clicked on, if any. Technical information is also collected (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient. It is exclusively used for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of recipients.

If you do not want MailChimp to carry out analyses, you will need to unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

Data are processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The lawfulness of any data processing operations previously carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Your data filed with us for the purposes of receiving the newsletter are stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and erased from both our servers and MailChimp servers following unsubscribing from the newsletter. Data that have been stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain hereby unaffected.

You can find out more information in MailChimp’s Privacy Policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

Conclusion of a data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with MailChimp in which we impose an obligation upon MailChimp to protect the data of our customers and to not forward these to third parties. This agreement can be viewed by clicking on the following link: https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/sample-agreement/.

22. YouTube

Our website uses plug-ins of YouTube, a website operated by Google. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit a website that features a YouTube plug-in, a connection is established with YouTube servers. The YouTube server is notified of which of our pages you have visited.

When you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing habits directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interests of displaying our online offering in a way that is appealing. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can find out more information on how user data is handled in YouTube’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

23. Google Web Fonts

This website uses what are known as Web Fonts, which are provided by Google, to present fonts in a uniform manner. When you access a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts in your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The browser used by you needs to connect to Google servers for this purpose. Google will then be notified that our website was accessed via your IP address. The Google Web Fonts service is used in the interests of displaying our online offering in a way that is uniform and appealing. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

You can find more information on Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

24. Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA checks whether data has been entered on our website (e.g. in the contact form) by a person or an automated program. reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor using different features for this purpose. This analysis starts automatically when the website visitor accesses the website. reCAPTCHA evaluates different information (e.g. IP address, duration of the website visit by the user or mouse movements of the user) for the purpose of the analysis. The data collected during the analysis are forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is being carried out.

Data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its online offering from fraudulent automated spying and spam.

You can find more information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s Privacy Policy by clicking on the following links: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

25. Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Using Google Maps features requires the storage of your IP address. This information is normally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interests of presenting our online offering in an appealing way and to ensure that the locations specified by us on the website can be found easily. This constitutes a legitimate interest as set out in Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can find more information on how user data is handled in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

26. Additional information for our suppliers

Data categories

Rhenus Lub’s procurement team processes the following personal data concerning suppliers and potential suppliers: contact data.

We may obtain these data in the following ways:

–        from a telephone call from the data subject,
–        from business cards,
–        from an e-mail message from the data subject,
–        from enquiries/orders in which the data subject is specified as the contact partner.

Purposes of processing and legal basis

As a general rule, the collected personal data are required to process enquiries or to conclude and/or execute a contract. The basis for the processing of these data in these cases is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Storage period

Your personal data is only stored for as long as they are required to fulfil the purpose specified above, unless there are statutory retention periods that we are bound to.

We store data that we process on the basis of declarations of consent until consent is revoked or there are important operational reasons for not continuing to store these.

Data recipients

If a subsidiary of Rhenus Lub or our sales partner is responsible with regard to your enquiry, these data may be forwarded to these companies.

Other service providers used by us may also access data in the course of their activities, provided that this serves the purposes of fulfilling the contract with our business partner or is otherwise required or unavoidable (e.g. IT service providers, collection service providers, commercial credit insurers (for the assertion of claims), lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, etc. (for professional consultation and support respectively)).

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

27. Additional information for our suppliers

Data categories

Rhenus Lub’s marketing team processes the following personal data concerning existing customers and potential customers: contact data.

We may obtain these data in the following ways:

–        from a subscription to the newsletter,
–        from business cards,
–        from an e-mail message from the data subject,
–        from enquiries/orders in which the data subject is specified as the contact partner.

Purposes of processing and legal basis

As a general rule, the collected personal data are required to process enquiries or to conclude and/or execute a contract. The basis for the processing of these data in these cases is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

You will only receive our newsletter if you have granted your consent (see Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), which you are entitled to revoke at any time.

You will receive advertising where you have granted to your consent to this or on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) in compliance with Section 7 of the Law on Unfair Competition (UWG).

Legitimate interest

A legitimate interest of the company could be informing our customers and potential customers of new products or services, for example.

Storage period

Your personal data is only stored for as long as they are required to fulfil the purpose specified above, unless there are statutory retention periods that we are bound to.

We store data that we process on the basis of declarations of consent until consent is revoked or there are important operational reasons for not continuing to store these.

Data recipients

If a subsidiary of Rhenus Lub or our sales partner is responsible with regard to your enquiry, these data may be forwarded to these companies.

Other recipients are the following service providers who work for us within the scope of order processing:

• giftGRÜN GmbH, Aachen (Digitalagentur) www.giftgruen.com
• MailChimp, Atlanta/USA (E-Mail Marketing Agentur)
• Salesforce, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

Other service providers used by us may also access data in the course of their activities, provided that this serves the purposes of fulfilling the contract with our business partner or is otherwise required or unavoidable (e.g. IT service providers, collection service providers, commercial credit insurers (for the assertion of claims), lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, etc. (for professional consultation and support respectively)).

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) (b) and (f) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

28. Information on how we process your application data

Protecting your personal data is particularly important to us and we are committed to complying with the legal requirements for data protection in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG neu).