Privacy Statement

The company named in the legal notice (imprint) of this website is the responsible body for this website within the meaning of the GDPR. The contact details provided there apply. You can contact our data protection officer at dsb@melchers-law.com.

We collect personal data from visitors to our website for the purpose of providing and improving our online services and, in the broadest sense, for the purpose of promoting the sale of goods or services, including via our online presence(s), for compliance with legal obligations and for asserting/defending claims. This may include log files, your IP address and other personal data stored on your device. The legal basis for our data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR within the scope of our aforementioned legitimate interests. If you have given us your consent to data processing, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
We also process your applicant data to carry out the recruitment process if you apply for a position with us using the application form on our website. The legal basis for processing this data is Art. 6 para.1 lit. b) GDPR.

We have a company page on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/89175108. When you visit our page, various data is collected and processed. We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”) for some of the processing of your data that takes place on www.linkedin.com. We or LinkedIn alone are responsible for other data processing.
If you contact us via LinkedIn, we will process your name and any other information you provide directly to us or via the comment function. We are solely responsible for processing this data. The processing of the data that you provide to us is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR, pursuing our legitimate interests in providing an appropriate and interactive company presentation.
We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn for the ‘Page Analytics’ function, which provides us with statistical evaluations of your use of and interaction with our LinkedIn page in aggregated and anonymised form. You can view the joint controller agreement pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR at the following link: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum.
LinkedIn is solely responsible for any further unilateral processing of your data, particularly with regard to a potential transfer of your data to the USA. LinkedIn uses cookies and other technologies to collect your data. Further information about how LinkedIn processes personal data can be found at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-privacy-policy. Please note that LinkedIn may collect and process data about you when you visit www.linkedin.com, even if you do not have a LinkedIn account or are not logged in. However, we do not know what data LinkedIn collects from you or how it is processed.

We delete the personal data collected from all users of the website as follows:

Log files Seven days after visiting the website
Data entered in the contact form The data will be deleted from the backend of the website after six months at the latest. Deletion from our other operational systems and backups depends on how the matter is processed further.
Data entered in the application form If your application is successful, your data will be transferred to your personnel file. If your application is unsuccessful, your application data will be deleted after 200 days.

In the context of providing our online presence – but also in the context of sending email information with the appropriate consent – we use service providers, usually as processors. In this context, it cannot be ruled out that personal data may be transferred to non-EU/EEA countries. The transfer takes place either to third countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection or, if no adequate level of data protection is guaranteed, is usually based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Upon request, we will be happy to inform you which service providers we currently use, to which third countries personal data is exported and what measures we have taken to ensure an adequate level of data protection at the recipient.

You are not legally or contractually obliged to provide your personal data.

As a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:

  • Revocation of any consent given with effect for the future
  • Object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR
  • Information about the personal data we have stored about you in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR
  • Correction of incorrect personal data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR
  • Deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR
  • Restriction of the processing of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR
  • Transfer of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR

If you wish to exercise your above rights, please send us an email to enquiry@greenman-germany.com or contact us on +49 (0) 30 555 7929 10.

Of course, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for us is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, datenschutz-berlin.de.

Special information about Cookies

We use cookies on our website to ensure that its basic functions work properly. Cookies are small files sent to your browser when you visit our website, which are then stored on your device.

We currently use the following cookies:

Category Cookie Name(s) Purpose Expiration
Strictly Necessary CookieScriptConsent Stores user consent preferences for cookie usage. 4 weeks
Functionality pll_language Stores the visitor’s language preference. 1 year
Category Strictly Necessary Functionality
Cookie Name(s) CookieScriptConsent pll_language
Purpose Stores user consent preferences for cookie usage. Stores the visitor’s language preference.
Expiration 4 weeks 1 year

Legal basis: The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR/Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR .

Revocation
You can change the setting of cookies at any time with effect for the future by calling up the cookie settings and changing your selection there. The legality of the processing carried out until the settings were changed remains unaffected. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may result in restrictions on the functionality of this and other websites.

  1. The company named in the legal notice (Imprint) of this website is the responsible body for this website within the meaning of the GDPR. The contact details provided there apply. You can contact our data protection officer at dsb@melchers-law.com.
  2. We collect personal data from visitors to our website for the purpose of providing and improving our online services and, in the broadest sense, for the purpose of promoting the sale of goods or services, including via our online presence(s), for compliance with legal obligations and for asserting/defending claims. This may include log files, your IP address and other personal data stored on your device. The legal basis for our data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR within the scope of our aforementioned legitimate interests. If you have given us your consent to data processing, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR.
  3. We delete the personal data collected from all users of the website as follows:
    Log files
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  4. In the context of providing our online presence – but also in the context of sending email information with the appropriate consent – we use service providers, usually as processors. In this context, it cannot be ruled out that personal data may be transferred to non-EU/EEA countries. The transfer takes place either to third countries for which the European Commission has determined an adequate level of data protection or, if no adequate level of data protection is guaranteed, is usually based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Upon request, we will be happy to inform you which service providers we currently use, to which third countries personal data is exported and what measures we have taken to ensure an adequate level of data protection at the recipient.
  5. You are not legally or contractually obliged to provide your personal data.
  6. As a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:
    • Revocation of any consent given with effect for the future
    • Object to the processing of your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR
    • Information about the personal data we have stored about you in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR
    • Correction of incorrect personal data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR
    • Deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR
    • Restriction of the processing of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR
    • Transfer of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR
    If you wish to exercise your above rights, please send us an email to enquiry@gform.eu or contact us on +49 (0) 30 555 7929 10.
  7. Of course, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for us is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, www.datenschutz-berlin.de.

Special information about Google Analytics 4

  1. Google Analytics 4: If you have given your consent to cookies, Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, is used on this website. The responsible body for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
  2. Type and purpose of processing Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information collected by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.[OPTIONAL: We use the User ID function. With the help of the User ID, we can assign a unique, permanent ID to one or more sessions (and the activities within these sessions) and analyse user behaviour across devices.][OPTIONAL: We use Google Signals. This allows Google Analytics to collect additional information about users who have enabled personalised ads (interests and demographic data), and ads can be delivered to these users in cross-device remarketing campaigns.]
    Google uses the information collected on our website to evaluate your [pseudonymous [NOT WHEN USING USER ID]] use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website [OPTIONAL: and the success of our marketing campaigns].
  3. In Google Analytics 4, the anonymisation of IP addresses is enabled by default. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. During your visit to the website, your user behaviour is recorded in the form of “events”, e.g. page views, number of visits to the website, start of session, websites visited, “click path”, interaction with the website, scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the bottom of the page (90%)), your approximate location (region), your IP address (in abbreviated form), technical information about your browser and the devices you use (e.g. language settings, screen resolution), your internet service provider, the referrer URL (via which website/advertisement you came to this website).
  4. Recipients: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as a processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR); Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
  5. Third country transfer: The EU standard contractual clauses Controller-to-Processor apply.
  6. Storage period: The data sent by us and linked to cookies is automatically deleted after 2 [OR: 14 months] . The maximum lifetime of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. Data that has reached its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.
  7. Legal basis: The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with 6 (1) (a) GDPR/Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR .
  8. Revocation
    You can change the setting of cookies at any time with effect for the future by calling up the cookie settings and changing your selection there. The legality of the processing carried out until the settings were changed remains unaffected. You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may result in restrictions on the functionality of this and other websites. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by a.) not giving your consent to the setting of the cookie or b.) downloading and installing the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics HERE.
  9. For more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and data protection at Google, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.