Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy developed and operated by benelog GmbH & Co. KG

This Privacy Policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of processing personal data (hereinafter “data”) within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content. With regard to the terminology used, such as “processing” or “controller”, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Controller

benelog GmbH & Co. KG
Maarweg 133
50825 Cologne
Germany

Email: info@benelog.com
Internet: www.benelog.com
Represented by the Managing Director: Thomas Hirsch
Data Protection Officer: Sven Böckelmann – sboeckelmann@benelog.com

2. Types of data processed

Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses)
Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers)
Communication data (e.g., IP address, browser information)
Content data (e.g., texts transmitted via contact form or email)

3. Categories of data subjects

Visitors and users of our online offering (hereinafter “users”).

4. Purpose of processing

Provision and operation of our website
Responding to contact inquiries and communicating with users
Ensuring security and stability
Compliance with legal obligations

5. Legal bases

We process personal data on the basis of:

Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract and pre-contractual measures)
Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (legal obligation)
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests in secure, stable website operation and efficient communication)

6. Security measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. These include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data as well as procedures for exercising data subject rights and responding to security incidents.

7. Hosting

Our website is hosted by a provider based in Germany.
A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with the hosting provider.
Server logs (IP address, date, time, accessed page) are used exclusively to ensure operation and for error analysis and are deleted after no later than seven days.

8. Use of cookies

Our website does not use cookies or comparable tracking technologies that require consent.
Only technically necessary connections required for operation are established.
No evaluation or storage of personal data for analytics or marketing purposes takes place.

9. Contacting us

When you contact us (e.g., by email or via a contact form), the information you provide is processed to handle and respond to the request pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the respective purpose, subject to statutory retention obligations.

10. Integration of services and content of third parties

Our website does not integrate external third-party content or scripts (e.g., Google Maps, YouTube, Analytics).
Google Fonts are provided exclusively from our own server.
No connection is made to Google’s servers.

We link to our company profile on LinkedIn.
These are simple links.
No connection to LinkedIn is established when visiting our website.
Only when you click the corresponding link are you redirected to LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn privacy policy applies there

12. Transfer of data to third countries

Personal data is not transferred to countries outside the European Union unless required to comply with legal obligations or you have expressly consented.

13. Rights of data subjects

You have the following rights:

Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
Right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

14. Deletion of data

We delete or restrict the processing of data as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply or a statutory retention period expires. Data required to fulfill contractual or legal obligations remains stored for the duration of those obligations.

15. Updates and changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this Privacy Policy as needed so that it always complies with current legal requirements. The current version is available at <www.benelog.com/datenschutz> at any time.

Version as of: 15 October 2025