Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General notes

The fol­lo­wing noti­ces pro­vi­de a simp­le over­view of what hap­pens to your per­so­nal data when you visit this web­site. Per­so­nal data is any data by which you can be per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fied. For detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on on the sub­ject of data pro­tec­tion, plea­se refer to our pri­va­cy poli­cy lis­ted below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is car­ri­ed out by the web­site ope­ra­tor. You can find the cont­act details of the web­site ope­ra­tor in the sec­tion „Infor­ma­ti­on about the respon­si­ble par­ty” in this data pro­tec­tion declaration.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is coll­ec­ted when you pro­vi­de it to us. This can be, for exam­p­le, data that you enter in a cont­act form.

Other data is coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cal­ly or after your con­sent when you visit the web­site by our IT sys­tems. This is main­ly tech­ni­cal data (e.g. inter­net brow­ser, ope­ra­ting sys­tem or time of page view). The coll­ec­tion of this data takes place auto­ma­ti­cal­ly as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is coll­ec­ted to ensu­re error-free pro­vi­si­on of the web­site. Other data may be used to ana­ly­ze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to recei­ve infor­ma­ti­on free of char­ge about the ori­gin, reci­pi­ent and pur­po­se of your stored per­so­nal data. You also have a right to request the cor­rec­tion or dele­ti­on of this data. If you have given your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, you can revo­ke this con­sent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data under cer­tain cir­cum­s­tances. Fur­ther­mo­re, you have the right to lodge a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent super­vi­so­ry authority.

You can cont­act us at any time with regard to this and other ques­ti­ons on the sub­ject of data protection.

2. Hosting und Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This web­site is hos­ted by an exter­nal ser­vice pro­vi­der (hos­ter). The per­so­nal data coll­ec­ted on this web­site is stored on the hoster’s ser­vers. This may include IP addres­ses, cont­act requests, meta and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on data, con­tract data, cont­act data, names, web­site acces­ses and other data gene­ra­ted via a website.

The hos­ter is used for the pur­po­se of ful­fil­ling con­tracts with our poten­ti­al and exis­ting cus­to­mers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the inte­rest of a secu­re, fast and effi­ci­ent pro­vi­si­on of our online offer by a pro­fes­sio­nal pro­vi­der (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our hos­ter will only pro­cess your data to the ext­ent neces­sa­ry to ful­fill its ser­vice obli­ga­ti­ons and will fol­low our ins­truc­tions regar­ding this data.

We use the fol­lo­wing hoster:

doga­do GmbH, Dortmund

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

To ensu­re data pro­tec­tion-com­pli­ant pro­ces­sing, we have con­cluded an order pro­ces­sing con­tract with our hoster.

3. general notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The ope­ra­tors of the­se pages take the pro­tec­tion of your per­so­nal data very serious­ly. We tre­at your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­al­ly and in accordance with the sta­tu­to­ry data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this pri­va­cy policy.

When you use this web­site, various per­so­nal data are coll­ec­ted. Per­so­nal data is data with which you can be per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fied. This pri­va­cy poli­cy explains what data we coll­ect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what pur­po­se this is done.

We point out that data trans­mis­si­on over the Inter­net (eg com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on by e‑mail) secu­ri­ty gaps. A com­ple­te pro­tec­tion of the data against access by third par­ties is not possible.

Note on the responsible entity

The respon­si­ble par­ty for data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is:

Asso­zia­ti­on öko­lo­gi­scher
Lebens­mit­tel­her­stel­ler e.V.
Unte­re Baders­gas­se 8
97769 Bad Brückenau

pho­ne: +49 9741 938733–0 e‑mail: kontakt@aoel.org

The con­trol­ler is the natu­ral or legal per­son who alo­ne or joint­ly with others deter­mi­nes the pur­po­ses and means of the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data (e.g. names, e‑mail addres­ses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more spe­ci­fic sto­rage peri­od has been spe­ci­fied within this pri­va­cy poli­cy, your per­so­nal data will remain with us until the pur­po­se for data pro­ces­sing no lon­ger appli­es. If you assert a legi­ti­ma­te 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 data will be dele­ted once the­se reasons no lon­ger apply.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, tools from com­pa­nies based in the USA or other third count­ries that are not secu­re under data pro­tec­tion law are inte­gra­ted on our web­site. If the­se tools are acti­ve, your per­so­nal data may be trans­fer­red to the­se third count­ries and pro­ces­sed the­re. We would like to point out that no level of data pro­tec­tion com­pa­ra­ble to that in the EU can be gua­ran­teed in the­se count­ries. For exam­p­le, US com­pa­nies are obli­ged to hand over per­so­nal data to secu­ri­ty aut­ho­ri­ties wit­hout you as a data sub­ject being able to take legal action against this. It can the­r­e­fo­re not be ruled out that US aut­ho­ri­ties (e.g. intel­li­gence ser­vices) pro­cess, eva­lua­te and per­ma­nent­ly store your data loca­ted on US ser­vers for moni­to­ring pur­po­ses. We have no influence on the­se pro­ces­sing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data pro­ces­sing ope­ra­ti­ons are only pos­si­ble with your express con­sent. You can revo­ke con­sent you have alre­a­dy given at any time. The lega­li­ty of the data pro­ces­sing car­ri­ed out until the revo­ca­ti­on remains unaf­fec­ted by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (1) DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) DSGVO).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of brea­ches of the GDPR, data sub­jects shall have a right of appeal to a super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty, in par­ti­cu­lar in the Mem­ber Sta­te of their habi­tu­al resi­dence, their place of work or the place of the alle­ged breach. The right of appeal is wit­hout pre­ju­di­ce to other admi­nis­tra­ti­ve or judi­cial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we pro­cess auto­ma­ti­cal­ly on the basis of your con­sent or in ful­fill­ment of a con­tract han­ded over to you or to a third par­ty in a com­mon, machi­ne-rea­da­ble for­mat. If you request the direct trans­fer of the data to ano­ther con­trol­ler, this will only be done inso­far as it is tech­ni­cal­ly feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryp­ti­on for secu­ri­ty reasons and to pro­tect the trans­mis­si­on of con­fi­den­ti­al con­tent, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site ope­ra­tor. You can reco­gni­ze an encrypt­ed con­nec­tion by the fact that the address line of the brow­ser chan­ges from „http://” to „https://” and by the lock sym­bol in your brow­ser line.

If SSL or TLS encryp­ti­on is acti­va­ted, the data you trans­mit to us can­not be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the frame­work of the appli­ca­ble legal pro­vi­si­ons, you have the right at any time to free infor­ma­ti­on about your stored per­so­nal data, its ori­gin and reci­pi­ent and the pur­po­se of data pro­ces­sing and, if neces­sa­ry, a right to cor­rec­tion or dele­ti­on of this data. For this pur­po­se, as well as for fur­ther ques­ti­ons on the sub­ject of per­so­nal data, you can cont­act us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data. For this pur­po­se, you can cont­act us at any time. The right to rest­ric­tion of pro­ces­sing exists in the fol­lo­wing cases:

  • If you dis­pu­te the accu­ra­cy of your per­so­nal data stored by us, we usual­ly need time to veri­fy this. For the dura­ti­on of the review, you have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.
  • If the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data happened/is hap­pe­ning unlawful­ly, you may request the rest­ric­tion of data pro­ces­sing ins­tead of erasure.
  • If we no lon­ger need your per­so­nal data, but you need it to exer­cise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data ins­tead of deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objec­tion pur­su­ant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balan­cing of your and our inte­rests must be car­ri­ed out. As long as it has not yet been deter­mi­ned who­se inte­rests pre­vail, you have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.

If you have rest­ric­ted the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data, this data may – apart from being stored – only be pro­ces­sed with your con­sent or for the asser­ti­on, exer­cise or defen­se of legal claims or for the pro­tec­tion of the rights of ano­ther natu­ral or legal per­son or for reasons of an important public inte­rest of the Euro­pean Uni­on or a Mem­ber State.

Objection to advertising e‑mails

The use of cont­act data published within the frame­work of the imprint obli­ga­ti­on for the pur­po­se of sen­ding adver­ti­sing and infor­ma­ti­on mate­ri­al not express­ly reques­ted is her­eby pro­hi­bi­ted. The ope­ra­tors of the pages express­ly reser­ve the right to take legal action in the event of the unso­li­ci­ted sen­ding of adver­ti­sing infor­ma­ti­on, such as spam e‑mails.

4. data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Inter­net pages use so-cal­led „coo­kies”. Coo­kies are small text files and do not cau­se any dama­ge to your ter­mi­nal device. They are stored eit­her tem­po­r­a­ri­ly for the dura­ti­on of a ses­si­on (ses­si­on coo­kies) or per­ma­nent­ly (per­ma­nent coo­kies) on your end device. Ses­si­on coo­kies are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted at the end of your visit. Per­ma­nent coo­kies remain stored on your end device until you dele­te them yours­elf or until they are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted by your web browser.

In some cases, coo­kies from third-par­ty com­pa­nies may also be stored on your ter­mi­nal device when you enter our site (third-par­ty coo­kies). The­se enable us or you to use cer­tain ser­vices of the third-par­ty com­pa­ny (e.g. coo­kies for pro­ces­sing pay­ment services).

Coo­kies have various func­tions. Many coo­kies are tech­ni­cal­ly neces­sa­ry, as cer­tain web­site func­tions would not work wit­hout them (e.g. the shop­ping cart func­tion or the dis­play of vide­os). Other coo­kies are used to eva­lua­te user beha­vi­or or dis­play advertising.

Coo­kies that are requi­red to car­ry out the elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on pro­cess (neces­sa­ry coo­kies) or to pro­vi­de cer­tain func­tions that you have reques­ted (func­tion­al coo­kies, e.g. for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or to opti­mi­ze the web­site (e.g. coo­kies to mea­su­re the web audi­ence) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, unless ano­ther legal basis is spe­ci­fied. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in sto­ring coo­kies for the tech­ni­cal­ly error-free and opti­mi­zed pro­vi­si­on of its ser­vices. If con­sent to store coo­kies has been reques­ted, the coo­kies in ques­ti­on are stored exclu­si­ve­ly on the basis of this con­sent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO); con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

You can set your brow­ser so that you are infor­med about the set­ting of coo­kies and only allow coo­kies in indi­vi­du­al cases, exclude the accep­tance of coo­kies for cer­tain cases or in gene­ral and acti­va­te the auto­ma­tic dele­ti­on of coo­kies when clo­sing the brow­ser. When deac­ti­vat­ing coo­kies, the func­tion­a­li­ty of this web­site may be limited.

If coo­kies are used by third-par­ty com­pa­nies or for ana­ly­sis pur­po­ses, we will inform you about this sepa­ra­te­ly within the frame­work of this data pro­tec­tion decla­ra­ti­on and, if neces­sa­ry, request your consent.

Contact form

If you send us inqui­ries via the cont­act form, your data from the inquiry form inclu­ding the cont­act data you pro­vi­ded the­re will be stored by us for the pur­po­se of pro­ces­sing the inquiry and in case of fol­low-up ques­ti­ons. We do not pass on this data wit­hout your consent.

The pro­ces­sing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is rela­ted to the per­for­mance of a con­tract or is neces­sa­ry for the imple­men­ta­ti­on of pre-con­trac­tu­al mea­su­res. In all other cases, the pro­ces­sing is based on our legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the effec­ti­ve pro­ces­sing of requests addres­sed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your con­sent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this was requested.

The data you enter in the cont­act form will remain with us until you request us to dele­te it, revo­ke your con­sent to store it, or the pur­po­se for sto­ring the data no lon­ger appli­es (e.g. after we have com­ple­ted pro­ces­sing your request). Man­da­to­ry legal pro­vi­si­ons – in par­ti­cu­lar reten­ti­on peri­ods – remain unaffected.

Request by e‑mail, phone or fax

If you cont­act us by e‑mail, tele­pho­ne or fax, your inquiry inclu­ding all resul­ting per­so­nal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and pro­ces­sed by us for the pur­po­se of pro­ces­sing your request. We will not pass on this data wit­hout your consent.

The pro­ces­sing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is rela­ted to the per­for­mance of a con­tract or is neces­sa­ry for the imple­men­ta­ti­on of pre-con­trac­tu­al mea­su­res. In all other cases, the pro­ces­sing is based on our legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the effec­ti­ve pro­ces­sing of requests addres­sed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your con­sent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this was requested.

The data you send to us via cont­act requests will remain with us until you request us to dele­te it, revo­ke your con­sent to store it, or the pur­po­se for sto­ring the data no lon­ger appli­es (e.g. after your request has been pro­ces­sed). Man­da­to­ry legal pro­vi­si­ons – in par­ti­cu­lar legal reten­ti­on peri­ods – remain unaffected.

5. plugins and tools

Adobe Fonts

This web­site uses web fonts from Ado­be for the uni­form dis­play of cer­tain fonts. The pro­vi­der is Ado­be Sys­tems Incor­po­ra­ted, 345 Park Ave­nue, San Jose, CA 95110–2704, USA (Ado­be).

When you call up this web­site, your brow­ser loads the requi­red fonts direct­ly from Ado­be so that they can be dis­play­ed cor­rect­ly on your ter­mi­nal device. In doing so, your brow­ser estab­lishes a con­nec­tion to Adobe’s ser­vers in the USA. This enables Ado­be to know that your IP address has been used to access this web­site. Accor­ding to Ado­be, no coo­kies are stored when the fonts are provided.

The sto­rage and ana­ly­sis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the uni­form pre­sen­ta­ti­on of the type­face on his web­site. If a cor­re­spon­ding con­sent has been reques­ted (e.g. con­sent to the sto­rage of coo­kies), the pro­ces­sing is car­ri­ed out exclu­si­ve­ly on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

Data trans­fer to the USA is based on the stan­dard con­trac­tu­al clau­ses of the EU Com­mis­si­on. Details can be found here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

For more infor­ma­ti­on about Ado­be Fonts, visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.

You can find Adobe’s pri­va­cy poli­cy at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html