Data protection

General information

The purpose of this data protection notice is to inform you about what personal data Global Meat GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter “we”) collects when you visit our website at www.global-food.de and during your other interactions with our company, and how we process and use your data. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as name, e-mail address, IP address or postal address.

Person responsible for data processing
T&R Global Food GmbH & Co. KG
Heekweg 15
48161 Münster
T: +49 (0) 251 384235-0
F: +49 (0) 251 9179665
E-Mail: info@global-food.de

External data protection officer
bits + bytes it-solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Hommeswiese 136
57258 Freudenberg
E-Mail: datenschutz@bits-bytes.de
Tel.: 0700 / 20 30 10 30

Data collected by us, purposes and legal bases of processing, storage period

We collect and process the personal data specified below for the purposes specified therein, on the basis of the legal bases specified therein and for the duration specified therein.

Visiting our websites

When you use our website for informational purposes only, the internet browser you use automatically sends information to our website server for technical reasons and stores it temporarily in a log file. The following information is automatically recorded and stored until it is automatically deleted: the IP address of your terminal device, the date and time of access, the name and URL of the file accessed, the amount of data sent, the website from which the access was made (referrer URL), the Internet browser you are using (type and version) and the operating system of your terminal device as well as the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes: ensuring a smooth connection to the website, ensuring convenient use of the website, evaluation of system security and stability. The legal basis for the aforementioned data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the aforementioned purposes.

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

We also use third-party cookies on our websites. Which cookies and services are involved and how your data is processed in this context is explained in the following sections.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “cookies”) on our websites. Cookies are small data packets that contain certain information (e.g. the time of your server re-quest, the operating system you are using, the browser type, the previously visited website and the IP address) and are stored in the web browser on the user’s end device when visiting a website. If you call up the corresponding server again, your browser sends the previously stored cookie back to the server.

We use so-called session cookies on our websites. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. In addition, we also use crosssession cookies that are set beyond the session. These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, between 6 months and 12 months depending on the type of cookie.

Some of the cookies we set are used to enable certain functions of our websites, in particular to control the cookie banner (so that it does not pop up again when you visit again). These are necessary cookies . These cookies are stored for up to one year.

The processing of cookies necessary for the smooth operation of our websites is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests and § 25 para. 2 no. 2 TTDSG.

Other cookies that are set by third-party services (see also the section “Integration of third-party ser-vices”) are nonessential cookies. For the storage period of these cookies, please refer to the information below on the services concerned.

For all non-essential cookies, your data is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. We ask for your consent using our cookie banner. There you can set whether you want to allow non-essential cookies. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by adjusting the settings by calling up the cookie banner again. You can call up the cookie banner again at any time via the “Cookie settings” link.

You can also deactivate the storage of cookies via your browser or set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as cookies are sent. However, most Internet browsers are set by default to accept coo-kies automatically.

Integration of third-party services

Google Maps and YouTube

We integrate the Google Maps map service and videos stored on the YouTube platform on our web-site. Both are services of Google Ireland Limited Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Data is also regularly transmitted to Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) as part of the processing.

In order for the Google map material and YouTube videos to be displayed in your web browser, your web browser must establish a connection to a Google server, which may also be located in the USA, when you access the website. The integration of Google Maps serves to show you our location on Google Maps and to determine your travel options using the route planner function. The integration of YouTube videos serves to make our website more attractive for you.

Google sets cookies in the browser of your end device if you have consented to this via the cookie banner. These cookies store data about your user behavior when interacting with Google services (in-cluding your IP address, location data if applicable, data about your end devices, surfing behavior, etc.).

If you call up Google Maps or YouTube videos on our website while you are logged into your Google profile, Google can also link this event to your Google profile. If you do not want this association with your Google profile, you must log out of Google before using it. Google stores your data and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and personalized presentation of Google services.

You can find more information in Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de) and the terms of use for Google Maps (https://www.google.com/intl/de/help/terms_maps/) and Y-ouTube (https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=DE&template=terms&hl=de).

The legal basis for the processing of your data associated with the use of Google services on our website is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. You can decide whether you consent to the use of Google services (and the cookies used) and can also withdraw your consent at any time by changing the settings in the cookie banner accordingly. The services will only be active on our website if you consent to this.

For cases in which personal data is transferred from Google to the USA, the transfer is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the EU Commission of July 10, 2023, C (2023) 4745 final on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Google USA is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list

Contact us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form, e-mail or telephone), the data you provide will be stored by us in order to answer your inquiry.

The data you provide will be processed on the basis of your consent, which you have expressed by contacting us, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

The personal data collected will be deleted immediately after your request has been dealt with, unless they are required for other purposes, such as the initiation or execution of a contract with you or for other purposes.

We archive e-mail correspondence in accordance with the principles for the proper management and storage of records and documents in electronic form and for data access (GoBD). Archived emails are automatically deleted after 10 years.

Implementation of contracts

If you enter into a contractual relationship with us as a customer, supplier, service provider or other business partner, we process the personal data collected in this context for the execution and proces-sing of the contracts concluded with you.

Data processing for the initiation, execution and processing of contracts concluded with us is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

We store the data collected for the execution of the contract for the duration of the contractual relationship and, after the end of the contract, possibly until the expiry of statutory or contractual warranty and guarantee rights. Under certain circumstances, processing may also take place after the end of the contract because we need the data in question for legal prosecution or legal defense. The processing of data for these purposes is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Insofar as we are obliged to store data for a longer period of time due to tax and commercial law storage and documentation obligations (e.g. from the German Commercial Code (HGB) or Tax Code (AO)), the data will be stored for the legally specified periods (up to ten years if necessary) on the ba-sis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

Direct advertising

We may use your data to send you advertising for our company’s services. You can object to the use of your data for advertising purposes as a whole or for individual measures at any time.

If you have given us your consent to do so, we will also send you advertising by e-mail. You can revoke your consent to this at any time with effect for the future by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the relevant advertising e-mail or by sending us a message by e-mail to info@global-food.de.

The use of your data for advertising purposes is based on our legitimate interest in sending direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or, as far as e-mail advertising is concerned, on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Our company profile on social media

We are represented on the social networks Instagram and Facebook with our company profile in order to inform active users and interested parties about our services and to communicate with them. Instagram and Facebook are services of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

When you visit our company profile on Instagram and Facebook and every interaction on our profile, the network operator collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is available on your end device in the form of cookies (possibly information about your end device, langu-age settings, location, etc.). This and other information about your usage behavior is used to provide us, as the operator of our profile on Instagram and Facebook, with anonymized statistical information about the use of our profile, so-called page insights (general statistics on interests and demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, region of the visitor, etc.). We do not have access to the personal data that is processed in this context, but only to summarized, anonymized information.

If you communicate directly with us via our profile or share content with us, we are responsible for pro-cessing your data. An exception applies to the abovementioned data processing for usage analysis (Page Insights); we are jointly responsible for this with Meta. For this purpose, we and Meta have entered into an agreement to determine which company fulfills which data protection obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of Page Insights data. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Meta directly with Meta. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Meta. You can access the agreement here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum Meta has summarized the main contents under the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/informa-tion_about_page_insights_data

Meta also processes a range of personal data of site visitors for its own purposes, which are not described in this privacy policy. We have no influence on these data processing operations at Meta. In this respect, we refer to Meta’s data protection information: https://mbasic.facebook.com/privacy/po-licy/printable/

The processing of data takes place regardless of whether site visitors have an Instagram/Facebook account and are currently logged in there. Users who access the Instagram/Facebook pages without being registered or logged in to Instagram/Facebook also have the option of influencing the scope of data processing by means of the cookie banner used by Meta. By means of the cookies used, Meta is able to track your user behavior (for registered users across devices) even beyond the service on other websites. This applies both to data subjects registered with Instagram/Facebook and those not registered there.

The information collected is stored on Meta’s servers, including in the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the EU Commission of July 10, 2023 (C (2023) 4745 final) on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Meta USA is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: https://www.dataprivacyframe-work.gov/list

For more information on how and to what extent Meta processes personal data, including the legal basis on which Meta relies and how data subjects can exercise their rights vis-à-vis Meta, please refer to Meta’s privacy policy at https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://de-de.face-book.com/privacy/policy/.

Recipients of your data

First and foremost, personal data that you provide to us will be processed by us. Under certain circumstances, however, it may be necessary for us to disclose your personal data to third parties. In particular, the following categories of recipients may be considered, depending on the type of data involved:

• The services mentioned in this privacy policy that we integrate on this website (map services, me-dia services, etc.);

• IT service providers (e.g. data centers that host and maintain our servers and our website, service providers that maintain our IT systems, etc.);

• other third parties who support us in our business activities (e.g. freelancers, shipping service pro-viders, agencies, printers, banks, credit agencies, document shredding service providers, corpo-rate/legal/tax consultants, auditors);

• Authorities, courts and other public bodies, e.g. in the event of legal disputes arising from the contractual relationship with you.

Third country transfer

Your data is always stored on our servers in the EU/EEA.
However, data may also be transferred to third countries outside the EU/EEA, such as the USA, if you have consented to the use of the aforementioned third-party services. For further details, please refer to the explanations of the respective services.

Rights of data subjects

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us. Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to have incorrect data corrected and, if necessary, to have incomplete data completed. You also have the right to era-sure of your personal data stored by us under the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR. Furthermore, under the conditions of Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to restrict the processing of your data. In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you also have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller. You can also object to data processing if the requirements of Art. 21 GDPR are met. If data processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw this consent in whole or in part at any time with effect for the future. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out until the revocation. Your data will then be deleted if there is no other legal basis for the proces-sing.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates statutory data protection regulations. The data pro-tection authority responsible for our company is: Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informations-freiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf.

Security, communication by e-mail

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS on our websites.
However, we would like to point out that communication with us by e-mail is not encrypted and we cannot guarantee complete data security in this case.

Changes to the data protection information

We are entitled and obliged to update our data protection information from time to time in order to take account of changes to our services and legal innovations. We therefore recommend that you take note of this statement at regular intervals.