1. Introduction
With the following information, we would like to give you, as the “data subject”, an overview of how we process your personal data and your rights under data protection laws. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you wish to use special services offered by our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain your consent.
The processing of personal data, such as your name, address or email address, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to “Hubert Schlieckmann GmbH”. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.
As the controller responsible for processing, we have implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, such as by telephone or post.
You too can take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorised access to your data by third parties. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to give you some tips on how to handle your data securely:
- Protect your account (login, user or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet or mobile device) with secure passwords.
- Only you should have access to the passwords.
- Make sure that you only ever use your passwords for one account (login, user or customer account).
- Do not use the same password for different websites, applications or online services.
- Especially when using publicly accessible IT systems or those shared with other people, you should always log out after each session on a website, application or online service.
Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and be chosen so that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not contain common words from everyday life, your own name or the names of relatives, but should include upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.
2. Responsible
The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is:
Hubert Schlieckmann GmbH
Remser Brook 12, 33428 Marienfeld, Germany
Telephone: 05247 703-0
Fax: 05247 703-140
Email: info.schlieckmann.de
Representative of the controller: Dr Hans Jürgen Kracht
3. Data protection officer
You can contact the data protection officer as follows:
Thomas Otten
Telephone: 05221 87292-08
Fax: 05221 87292-49
Email: datenschutz-hubert-schlieckmann@audatis.de
You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
4. Definitions
The privacy policy is based on the terminology used by the European legislators and regulators when enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easy to read and understand for the general public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.
We use the following terms in this privacy policy, among others:
1. Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. Data subject
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).
3. Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or any other form of provision, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
4. Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.
5. Profiling
Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
6. Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
7. Processor
A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
8. Recipient
A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
9. Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
10. Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
5. Legal basis for processing
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR (in conjunction with Section 25 (1) TDDDG (formerly TTDSG)) serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.
If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries about our products or services.
If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.
In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our premises were injured and his name, age, health insurance details or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. In this case, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations that are not covered by any of the above legal bases if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (Recital 47, sentence 2 of the GDPR).
Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 16 may not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young people, do not collect it and do not pass it on to third parties.
6. Transfer of data to third parties
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
1. you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR,
2. the transfer is permissible under Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
3. there is a legal obligation to disclose the data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR, and
4. this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
In order to protect your data and, if necessary, enable us to transfer data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA), we have concluded agreements on order processing based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries. This does not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:
1. you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR,
2. the transfer is permissible under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
3. there is a legal obligation to disclose the data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR, and
4. this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Within the scope of the processing operations described in this privacy policy, personal data may be transferred to the United States. Companies in the United States only have an adequate level of data protection if they have certified themselves under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus the adequacy decision of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR applies. We have explicitly mentioned this in the privacy policy for the service providers concerned. In order to protect your data in all other cases, we have concluded agreements on order processing based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries. This does not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.
7. Technology
7.1 SSL/TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact enquiries that you send to us as the operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains “https://” instead of “http://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
We use this technology to protect the data you transmit.
7.2 Data collection when visiting the website
When you use our website for informational purposes only, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information or give your consent to processing that requires consent, we only collect data that is technically necessary to provide the service. This is usually data that your browser transmits to our server (in so-called server log files). Our website collects a range of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be collected:
1. browser types and versions used,
2. the operating system used by the accessing system,
3. the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer),
4. the subpages accessed on our website via an accessing system,
5. the date and time of access to the website,
6. an abbreviated Internet Protocol address (anonymised IP address) and
7. the Internet service provider of the accessing system.
We do not draw any conclusions about your person when using this general data and information. Rather, this information is required in order to
1. deliver the content of our website correctly,
2. optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it,
3. ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
4. provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.
We therefore evaluate this collected data and information statistically on the one hand and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company on the other, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection.
7.3 Encrypted payment transactions
If, after concluding a contract subject to a fee, you are obliged to provide us with your payment details (e.g. your account number when issuing a direct debit authorisation), this data is required for payment processing.
Payments made using standard payment methods (Visa/MasterCard or direct debit) are processed exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. 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.
We use this technology to protect the data you transmit.
7.4 Hosting by IONOS
We host our website with IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS).
When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) is processed on IONOS servers.
The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed, provided and secured as reliably as possible.
We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) with IONOS in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that IONOS processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Further information on IONOS’s data protection regulations can be found at: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy
8. Cookies
8.1 General information about cookies
Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
The cookie stores information that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.
The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our website.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognise that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimisation. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.
9. Content of our website
9.1 Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
In accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data is collected and processed when you provide it to us for the purpose of executing a contract or opening a customer account. The data that is collected can be seen in the respective input forms. Your customer account can be deleted at any time by sending a message to the above address of the controller. We store and use the data you provide for contract processing. After complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked in accordance with tax and commercial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to further use your data in accordance with the law, about which we will inform you accordingly below.
9.2 Data processing for order processing
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the framework of contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data in this case is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.
9.3 Contacting us / contact form
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). The data collected when using a contact form can be seen on the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact request is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your enquiry has been processed, which is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and there are no legal retention obligations that prevent deletion.
9.4 Application management / job exchange
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends us the relevant application documents electronically, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment or service contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we do not conclude a contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests on our part prevent deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, the obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b), 88 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 (1) BDSG.
10. Plugins and other services
10.1 Google WebFonts
Our website uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts. Google WebFonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the express consent of the user in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This means that an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR has been made, so that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.
Further information on Google WebFonts and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq ; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
11. Your rights as a data subject
11.1 Right to confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.
11.2 Right to information Art. 15 GDPR
You have the right to obtain from us, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.
11.3 Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR
You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Furthermore, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
11.4 Erasure Art. 17 GDPR
You have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, provided that one of the reasons specified by law applies and that the processing or storage is not necessary.
11.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR
You have the right to request that we restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.
11.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
11.7 Objection Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) (data processing in the public interest) or (f) (data processing based on a balancing of interests) of the GDPR.
This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
In individual cases, we process personal data for direct marketing purposes. You can object to the processing of personal data for such marketing purposes at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to us processing your data for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.
In addition, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that we carry out for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
You are free to exercise your right to object in relation to the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
11.8 Revocation of consent under data protection law
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.
11.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority
You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection about our processing of personal data.
12. Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data
We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as provided for by the legal provisions to which our company is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies or a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
13. Duration of storage of personal data
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract.
14. Up-to-dateness and changes to the privacy policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in September 2025.
Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at “https://www.schlieckmann.de/datenschutz/”.
This privacy policy was created with the support of the data protection software: audatis MANAGER.