Privacy Policy

General Information

The following information provides you with a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that enables the identification of your person. For detailed information on the topic of data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy, set out below.

Collection of Data on Our Website

Who is responsible for the collection of data on this website?

Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator. For the operator’s contact data, please refer to the legal notice on this website.

How do we collect your data?

One way of collecting your data is by your providing it to us. This data may, for example, include the information you enter in a contact form.

Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website; this data is mainly of a technical nature (e.g. internet browser, operating system, time at which the website was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected in order to ensure error-free function of the website. Other data may be used to analyse user behaviour.

What are your data rights?

You have, at any time, the right of free access to information on the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. Moreover, you have the right to request the rectification, blocking, or erasure of these data. For this purpose, or if you have any further questions regarding data protection, you may contact us at the address specified in the legal notice at any time. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically analysed. This is mainly done by means of cookies and so-called analysis programs. Your surfing behaviour is usually analysed anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information is provided in the data privacy notice below.

You can object to this analysis. This data privacy notice contains information about the ways to object.

Data Protection

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We keep your personal data in confidence and treat it according to the legal data-protection regulations as well as this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, different personal data will be collected. Personal data is all data that enables the identification of your person. This Privacy Policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for which purposes this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

BENE Environmental Technologies GmbH
Hauptstraße 61
77855 Achern

Tel.: +49 7841 / 2045-0
Email: info@bene.de

Authorised Managing Director: Dipl.-Ing. Michael Benkeser

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, email addresses).

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw at any time consent that you provided on a previous occasion. To do so, simply send us an informal message by email. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority

In case of infringements of data protection laws, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. The relevant supervisory authority for issues surrounding data protection laws is the state data protection officer of the country in which our company has its registered office. For a list of the data protection officers and their contact information, please refer to the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit these data to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of your data to another controller, this can be done only insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and in order to protect the transfer of confidential content, (e.g. orders or enquiries which you send to us in our function as website operator), this website uses SSL and/or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the address line in the browser changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

If SSL and/or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transfer to us cannot be accessed by third parties.

Access, Blocking, Erasure

You have, at any time, under the applicable legal provisions, the rights of free access to your stored personal data, its origin, and recipients; of notification regarding the purpose of data processing; and to the rectification, blocking, or erasure of these data, if applicable. To this end, or if you have more questions related to the topic of personal data, you can contact us at the address specified in the legal notice at any time.

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published to comply with imprint obligations for the purposes of sending advertisements and informational materials which have not been expressly solicited is hereby rejected. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, e.g. spam emails.

The data entered during the registration process is processed based on your consent (Article 6, Section 1, point (a) of the GDPR). You can withdraw at any time consent that you provided on a previous occasion. To do so, simply send us an informal message by email. The lawfulness of data processing prior to the withdrawal of consent shall remain unaffected.

We will store the data collected during registration for as long as you are registered on our website, after which it will be erased. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)

We only collect, process, and use personal data insofar as it is required for establishing of or drafting the content of or changes to the legal relationship (inventory data). This takes place based on Article 6, Section 1, point (b) of the GDPR, which allows the processing of data in order to execute a contract or to engage in pre-contractual steps. We only collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of our websites (usage data) where doing so is required in order to enable the user to use the service or to charge use of the service to the user.

The customer data we collect will be deleted after completion of the order or upon termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transfer when concluding a contract for online shops, traders and dispatch of goods

We only communicate personal data to third parties where this is required within the context of contract execution, e.g. to companies entrusted with the delivery of goods, or to the credit institute tasked with payment processing. There will be no further transmission of data, or data will only be transmitted if you have explicitly consented to this. Transmission of your data to third parties without express consent, e.g. for advertising purposes, does not occur.

Data processing is based on Article 6, Section 1, point (b) of the GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract.

Data transfer when concluding a contract for services and digital content

We only communicate personal data to third parties where this is required within the context of contract execution, e.g. to the credit institute tasked with payment processing.

There will be no further transmission of data, or data will only be transmitted if you have explicitly consented to this. Transmission of your data to third parties without express consent, e.g. for advertising purposes, does not occur.

Data processing is based on Article 6, Section 1, point (b) of the GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract.

Google Analytics

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

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow Google to analyse how you use our website. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address is abbreviated by Google within European Union member states or other states which are part of the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the US. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA before being shortened there. On behalf of the provider of this website, Google uses this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports about the website’s activity, and to provide further services which are connected to the use of this website and of the Internet for its operator. The IP address transferred by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be combined with any other data from Google.

Browser plug-in

By changing your browser settings accordingly, you may prevent cookies from being stored; however, we point out that you may not have full access to all website functions in this case. In addition, you may prevent any data created by the cookie and relating to website usage on your part (including your IP address) from being transmitted to and being processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the link below: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

Objection to collection of data

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. This places an opt-out cookie which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.

Please refer to the privacy policy of Google for further information about the handling of user data at Google Analytics: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract data processing

We have concluded an agreement for contract data processing with Google, and we fully implement strict German data protection regulations when using Google Analytics.

The Google Analytics cookies are saved on the basis of Article 6, Section 1, point (f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both their web offer and their advertisement.

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in connection with the functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick, which operate across devices. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA.

This function enables advertisement target groups created through Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick, which operate across devices. In this way, interest-based, customised advertising messages which were adjusted based upon your use and surfing behaviour using one device in the past (e.g. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another end device used by you (e.g. tablet, PC).

Should you give corresponding consent, Google links your web and app browser history with your Google account for this purpose. In this manner, the same personalised advertising messages can be displayed on any end device to which you are logged in with your Google account.

To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users which are temporarily linked with our Google Analytics data in order to define and create target groups for advertising campaigns which operate across devices.

You can permanently object to remarketing/targeting across devices by deactivating personalised advertising in your Google account. To do so, use this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The summary of the data collected in your Google account takes place exclusively based on your consent, which you can give to or withdraw from Google (Article 6, Section 1, point (a) of the GDPR). When it comes to data collection processes which are not combined in your Google account (e.g. because you have no Google account or because you have objected to said combination) the collection of data is based on Article 6, Section 1, point (f) of the GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the website operator having an interest in the anonymised analysis of visitors to the website for advertising purposes.

For more information and data protection provisions, please refer to Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.