Data Privacy Statement

In accordance with the principles set out in Article 13, 14, and 21 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data and your data protection rights. Which data we process and how we use it in your individual case strongly depends on the services requested or agreed. In order to ensure that you are fully informed about the ways in which we process your personal data for the purpose of contract performance or for making necessary preparations before concluding a contract, please take note of the following information on the handling of your data:

Deutsche Saatveredelung AG
Address: Weissenburger Straße 5, 59557 Lippstadt
Mail: info@dsv-saaten.de
phone: +49 2941 296 0
Fax.: +49 2941 296 100

The parent company is alone or jointly responsible with the group companies for data protection in relation to the data processing described below.

You can reach our data protection officer at the following contact address: datenschutz@dsv-saaten.de

• Execution and processing of the contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (e.g. fulfilment of contractual performance obligations, invoice processing, communication, etc.)
• For internal organizational and administrative purposes and to support the joint internal administration of our affiliated companies in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR
• Fulfilment of legal obligations Art. 6 (1) (c) in conjunction with Art. 39 GDPR (e.g. tax and commercial law retention obligations)
• Legitimate interest in the processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (e.g. settlement of legal disputes, assertion, exercise and defense of legal claims)
• Marketing purposes Art. 6 (1) (a) and (f) GDPR based on consent (e.g. for the newsletter, references, collaborations, conducting market analyses, competitions, contests or similar promotions, etc.) or existing legitimate interests (e.g. for advertising similar products and services, satisfaction surveys, direct marketing, etc.)

If country-specific regulations apply, these will be taken into account accordingly.

• Personal details (first name, surname, business contact details, title/position)
• Contract information (payment details, invoice details)
• Communication contents (emails, phone calls or business letters)
• Business relationship history (e.g. advertising and sales data)

Other data arising from the fulfillment of our contractual and legal obligations

• Internal parties: Board of Directors, Data Quality Management, National and International Customer Service, Marketing Department, Field Production, Experimental Seed Department, IT, Controlling, Sales, Product Manager, Sales Representative, Manufacturing, Financial Accounting
• External parties: Parent company/subsidiaries and branches of the group, service providers as processors, authorities, credit agencies, lawyers, courts, experts 

Your personal data will always be processed both within and outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) by the above-mentioned parties in compliance with the contractual restrictions on confidentiality and security and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations on data protection. We do not disclose your personal data to parties that are not authorized to process it.

We will always ensure that appropriate measures are taken in accordance with all applicable laws to protect any such transfer of your personal data outside the European Union at all times.

We store your data for different lengths of time depending on the required processing purpose. As a rule, we process your information for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation, processing, to the termination of a contract, as well as to the termination of any interest in information from your side).

In addition, we store your data in compliance with and within the scope of the statutory retention and documentation obligations, the applicable guarantee, warranty and limitation periods, in the event of legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence, until the end of the period.

If other country-specific retention obligations are relevant, these are taken into account accordingly.

If you do not wish to provide us with the information, we will be unable to conclude a contract with you.

Who has access to your personal data (internally and externally)?
We give access to your data to those departments that need it to fulfill contractual and legal obligations. Depending on the purpose, this may include

§   Internal parties: Human resources department, head of department, management, data protection officer[VS1] 

§   External parties: Parent company/subsidiaries and branches of the group, service providers as processors, authorities, credit agencies, lawyers, courts, experts
 
 [VS1]Bitte hier die Abteilungen, welche aus dem deutschen hervorgehen, übersetzen und hier platzieren

• Right to information
• Right to rectification
• Right to erasure
• Right to restricted processing
• Right to data transfer

You have the right to do the following in the event of the legal requirements being met: 

• to request information about which of your data is processed by us;
• to have your data corrected or deleted, unless our legitimate interest or a legal obligation precludes processing;
• restrict the processing of your data;
• to be able to assert the right to data portability.

Note on revocation: If you have given your consent to certain processing activities, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. This revocation will not affect the previous processing of the data. 

Note on objection: If we process your data on the basis of legitimate interest, you can also object to this processing at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.

Neither automated decision-making nor profiling is used for processing.

If you are of the opinion that we are processing your data unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Responsible for the company is the: 

Landesbeauftragte für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestraße 2 - 4, D-40213 Düsseldorf
phone.: 0211 38424-0 Fax: 0211 38424-10
Mail: poststelle@ldi-nrw.de

The international data protection authorities are available here.

You can find an overview of the state data protection supervisory authorities in Germany here.