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Privacy Policy Of BHN GLOBAL ENERGIES Website

We, BHN Global Energies, are pleased that you have visited our
website and that you are interested in our company. We know that the careful handling of your personal information is important to you and therefore take the protection of your personal data seriously and want you to feel safe and comfortable when visiting our website. Of course, we comply with the statutory provisions on data protection, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We therefore only process your personal data for the purposes explained to you in this data protection declaration or communicated to you when the data was collected. These are primarily communication with customers and interested parties and the further development of our services.

In this privacy policy we inform you about how personal data is processed in connection with visits or interactions with our website or its contents, as well as about your rights. Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”), such as name, address, email address and user behavior.

  1. Who is responsible for processing my personal data and who can I contact if I have any questions?

The person responsible within the meaning of the statutory provisions on data protection (e.g. GDPR) for the processing of your personal data is:

BHN Global Energies GmbH

KurfÞrstendamm 195
10707 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 40 81 74000

Email: info@bhn-energies.com 

What types of personal data do I process? For what purposes and on what legal basis is the processing carried out?

  1. Automatic information (server log files)

When you visit our website, information is automatically collected and stored by the web server. This happens anonymously and separately from your other data. The automatic information is evaluated for statistical purposes in order to optimize our website and is stored for statistical purposes. Such automatic information includes in particular:

  • Domain name or IP address,
  • Date and time of the server request,
  • File names and URL/address you accessed,
  • Access status/http status code,
  • amount of data transferred,
  • Referrer URL (the previously visited website),
  • Browsers,
  • Operating system and its interface as well as
  • Language and version of the browser software].

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter f GDPR.

  1. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are assigned to the browser you use and stored on your device in order to identify your device for a certain period of time. If you visit our website and your browser allows the storage of cookies, we will store cookies on your device as described in this section. However, you can also configure your browser so that it refuses to accept cookies. Information about this can be found in the help function of your browser. We would like to point out that this may mean that you cannot use all the functions of this website.

We differentiate between cookies that are technically necessary for the operation of our website and those cookies/files that are not strictly necessary.

  1. Technically required cookies

In order to enable basic functions of our website and/or to ensure the security of the website, technically necessary cookies are set when you visit our website. These cookies are described as “necessary” cookies in our so-called cookie banner, which is displayed when you visit our website. The processing of personal data is carried out for the aforementioned purposes due to our legitimate interest on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter f GDPR.

  1. Cookies that are not technically necessary

Your consent is required for the use of these cookies and files. We therefore only use these cookies/files if you have given us your prior consent. In this case, the processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR. You can give your consent via the cookie banner that appears when you visit our website. You can revoke your consent at any time. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of the consent up to the time of revocation.

  1. Processing of personal data when contacting us

We process information that you enter on our website or send to us in another way in order to be able to provide you with advice and support following a corresponding request. This includes, for example, data that you fill out in a contact form or send to us in an email. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data that is transmitted when you fill out a contact form is Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter f GDPR.

  1. Processing of personal data to fulfill contractual obligations

We process your personal data if and to the extent that this is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures at your request and to fulfill (including billing) a contractual relationship. If you wish to conclude a contract with us via our website, it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract that you provide us with the personal data that we need to fulfill the contract. This includes, for example, your name and contact details and, if necessary, data for billing the contractual service. After full fulfillment of the contract, your data will be blocked and deleted after the tax and commercial law regulations have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further data processing. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data for the purposes of the aforementioned actions is Art. 6 Para. 1 Letters b and c GDPR.

  1. Customer account

You can set up a customer account on our website. We will then store the data you provided during registration, such as your name and contact details, as well as information that we collect when you use the customer account, such as the information that you have purchased a specific product, until your customer account is deleted. You can manage your data in your customer account at any time. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter b GDPR.

  1. Will my personal data be disclosed to other recipients or transferred to or in third countries?

Your personal data will be disclosed or transmitted to the recipients or categories of recipients named in section 2 for the purposes set out therein. Disclosure will also be made to:

Processors within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR, who process the personal data you send to us exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with the contracts concluded for this purpose, as well as third parties if this is necessary to carry out your order or request, e.g. to execute direct debits to the respective payment service providers. We also pass on your personal data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfil our legal obligations.

Data will only be passed on to state institutions and/or authorities if we are obliged to do so due to mandatory legal regulations or official or court orders.

Your personal data will not be transferred to or in third countries or to international organisations except in the cases mentioned in section 2.

For how long will my personal data be stored?

Your personal data will generally only be stored for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in section 2 or, alternatively, until the point in time at which you revoke your previously granted consent to the processing of your personal data. If there are statutory retention periods, in particular under commercial and tax law (§§ 147 AO, 257 HGB), we are obliged to store the data until these periods expire.

  1. What rights do I have regarding the processing of my personal data?

With regard to the personal data concerning you, you have the following rights:

  • Right to information about your stored personal data (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Right to rectification if the data stored concerning you is incorrect, out of date or otherwise inaccurate (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Right to erasure if storage is inadmissible, the purpose of processing has been fulfilled and storage is therefore no longer necessary or you have withdrawn your consent to the processing of certain personal data (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Right to restriction of processing if one of the conditions set out in Art. 18 (1) letters a to d GDPR is met (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Right to transfer the personal data concerning you that you have provided (Art. 20 GDPR),
  • Right to withdraw consent, whereby the withdrawal does not affect the legality of the processing carried out up to that point on the basis of the consent (Article 7 paragraph 3 letter c GDPR) and
Right of objectionYou can object to processing that we base on a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, stating these reasons. In the event of a justified objection, we will generally no longer process the personal data for the purposes in question and will delete the data unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.The objection must be addressed to  BHN Global Energies GmbH, KurfÞrstendamm 195, 10707 Berlin, Telephone: +49 30 40 81 74000, Email: info@bhn-energies.com  .
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR).
    (Translated from German, To see the original version click here)