Legal information

Berdin GmbH

Phone: 0049 (0)6836 / 91 999-0
Fax: 0049 (0)6836 / 91 999-20

Obst- und Gemüsegroßhandelsgesellschaft
Hans Josef Berdin mbH

Managing Directors:
Frederik Berdin

Langwies 37
66802 Überherrn

Phone: 0049 (0)6836 / 91 999-0
Fax: 0049 (0)6836 / 91 999-20

District Court: Saarlouis
VAT ID No.: DE 137 859 160
HRB No.: 24562
Place of jurisdiction: Saarlouis

Data Protection Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website.
Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you as a person. You will find detailed information on the subject of data protection in the following sections of our Data Protection Policy.

The collection of data on our website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his or her contact details under “Legal information” on this website.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected for instance when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form for example.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. your internet browser, operating system or the time of your page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data are collected in order to ensure your error-free visit to the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to demand that we correct, block or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given under “Legal information” if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection. Furthermore, you also have the right to appeal to the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous, meaning that the behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. For detailed information on how to do so, see the following sections of our Data Protection Policy.

2. General and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data with strict confidentiality in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and the company’s own Data Protection Policy.

When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you as a person. This Data Protection Policy explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose the data is collected.

We would like to point out that there may be security gaps when data is transmitted over the internet (e.g. communication by email). Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible party

Responsible for processing data on this website is:

Obst- und Gemüsegroßhandelsgesellschaft
Hans Josef Berdin mbH

Managing Directors:
Hans Josef Berdin and Silvia Berdin

Langwies 37
66802 Überherrn
Phone: 0049 (0)6836 / 91 999-0
Email: info(at)berdin-gmbh.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person that either solely or with others decides on the purposes and means for processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. If you have given us your consent to process your personal data, you can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The data processing remains legal up to the revocation of consent.

Right to appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of data protection law, the person affected has the right to appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. For information on how to report an infringement of data protection law, see the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/ZASt/EN/Home/home_node.html.

Right to data transferability

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

SSL and TLS encryption

This site uses SSL and/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 recognise 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, blocking, deletion

You have the right within the scope of the applicable law to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time and in some cases the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given under “Legal information” if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Objection against advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of the contact data provided for this website, in compliance with the obligation to provide publication details under German law, to send us any unsolicited advertisements or information. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the receipt unsolicited advertising information, such as spam emails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies are stored on your computer until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can set your browser to inform you of the use of cookies, choosing in each case whether or not to allow them, or decide not to allow them at all. You can also activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you decide to deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies in order to ensure technically error-free and optimised provision of services. If other cookies are stored (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behaviour), they are treated separately in this Data Protection Policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information consists of:
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address
These data are not combined with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your details from the contact form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data to others without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The data processing remains legal up to the revocation of consent.

The data you enter in the contact form is stored by us until you request that we delete it or revoke your consent to its storage, or until the reason for storing the data is no longer given (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Irland.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie on your use of this website is as a rule transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

IP anonymization
We have enabled IP anonymization on this website. Google will therefore first shorten your IP address in the member states of the European Union or in other states that are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened once there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide further services to the website operator related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google.

Browser plugin

You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to inform you, however, that in that case you may not be able to make full use all features of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent the transmission to Google of the data related to your use of the website that is generated by the cookie (incl. your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opting out of data collection

You can prevent Google from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, see the Google’s Data Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Demographic features on Google Analytics
This website uses the Google Analytics function “demographic features”. This allows reports to be generated that contain information on the age, gender and interests of website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from third-party visitor data. This data cannot be associated with a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time by adjusting the ads settings in your Google Account or by forbidding Google Analytics to collect your data as described in the “Opting out of data collection” section.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (referred to in the following as “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Irland (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data is being entered on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) by a person or through an automated program. In order to do so, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. To carry out the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time the website visitor stays on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Visitors to the website are not informed that an analysis is taking place. The data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting the offerings on its website against misuse through automated spying and SPAM.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s Data Privacy Policy, see the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

5. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from Google’s YouTube website. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube plugin, a connection is made to YouTube’s servers. The YouTube server is notified of which of our pages you visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, your surfing behaviour can be directly associated with your personal profile on that site. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

We use YouTube in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest for the purpose of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, see their own Data Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

Google web fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to uniformly display fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do so, your browser must connect to Google’s servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed from your IP address. We use Google web fonts in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest for the purpose of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be shown on your computer.

For more information about Google web fonts, see:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s Data Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Maps

This page uses the Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Irland.

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. The information is as a rule transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there. The provider of this website has no influence over this data transmission.

We use Google Maps in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and to help users find the locations given on our website more easily. This represents a legitimate interest for the purpose of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR.

For more information on how Google Maps handles user data, see Google’s Data Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.