privacy policy

Privacy Policy

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest in our company and our products. We would like to take this opportunity to inform you about which data we collect, use and process and how we handle your personal data.

data collection and data use

Personal data is information that can be used to identify a person. This includes, for example, your name, address, email address or telephone number.

Collection of personal data when using the website

If you use the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you would like to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:

IP address
Date and time of the request
time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
access status/HTTP status code
amount of data transferred
website from which the request comes
browser
operating system and its interface
language and version of the browser software

The legal basis for the storage of the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Collection of personal data during registration

We offer you the opportunity to register on our website by providing personal data. Depending on the type of contract concluded, we store the following data:

names, first names
Address
billing address
E-mail address
phone number

As part of the registration process, you will be asked whether you have read the privacy policy and agree to its validity, which you confirm by clicking on the box and ticking the appropriate box. By doing so, you consent to your personal data being used for the following purposes:

processing of orders
Sending direct advertising, e.g. by email, package insert or post, sending offers and vouchers
sending evaluation requests
sending our newsletter

The legal basis for the processing of the data is, in the case of your consent, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and, if the registration serves to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures with you, additionally Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Name and contact details of the person responsible

The person responsible for the management of personal data is
BBI-Trade GmbH
Firlstr. 16a
12459 Berlin

Managing Directors: Marcus Weber, Tim Ziegener
Tel.: 03375/9208934
E-Mail: info@bbi-trade.de

contact details of the data protection officer

You can reach our data protection officer at: ziegener@bbi-trade.de
Our data protection officer will be named upon request.

purposes of processing personal data

We only store your data for the following purposes:
To process orders (including payment processing and, if applicable, credit checks), to send advertising from us and for customer service.

We store and process your personal data at our central headquarters.
Your personal data will only be transferred to third parties if the transfer is necessary for the purpose of contract execution or for billing or debt collection purposes (e.g. shipping companies or payment service providers) or if you have expressly consented.

The legal basis for the transmission of data to third parties for the purpose of contract execution or for billing purposes is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and for the transfer in the context of legally mandated cases Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

duration of data storage

We store your data for as long as the respective purpose requires, taking into account your legitimate interests. If there is a tax retention period for certain data that is processed for the execution of purchase contracts, the data will be stored for 6 or 10 years. During this time, the processing of the data is restricted after 2 years, i.e. the data will only be used to comply with legal obligations. The retention period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the order was placed by the customer or the contract was fulfilled.

Transfer of personal data to third parties

We may disclose your personal information to the following companies/categories of people in accordance with applicable law:

tax auditing and other authorities
External service providers and professional consultants (e.g. lawyers, auditors, accountants), credit agencies, debt collection service providers, postal/shipping service providers, freight forwarders (e.g. UPS, DHL, Deutsche Post)
Payment providers such as PayPal (Europe) S.à rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg; Klarna AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden; (Amazon Pay) Amazon Payments Europe sca, 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg; (Apple Pay) Apple Distribution International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill Cork, Ireland; Shopify Payments, 126 York Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 5T5; Google Pay (Europe), Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

your rights

To exercise your rights, you can use the contact form, contact the data protection officer or the person responsible or contact us by email at info@bbi-trade.de.

You have the following rights:
Revocation of consent – You can revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future. The contact options mentioned above are available to you for this purpose.

Further rights:
You have the right to information, correction, deletion or restriction of processing, objection to processing and data portability. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your data.
The responsible data protection supervisory authority for Berlin is:
Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Friedrichstr. 219, visitor entrance: Puttkamerstr. 16 – 18 (5th floor), 10969 Berlin
Tel.: 030 13889-0, Fax: 030 2155050, Email: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, we will use your data solely to process your request. This data will not be used for advertising purposes or passed on to third parties.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted via the contact form is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR; if the contact is aimed at concluding a contract, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR also applies.
The data you enter will be stored by us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent or the storage purpose no longer applies.

cookies

In order to make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies - small text files that your browser stores on your computer. Some cookies are deleted when you close the browser, others remain stored permanently in order to recognize you when you visit again.
This site uses the following types of cookies:

Transient cookies – are automatically deleted when you close your browser (e.g. session cookies that store a session ID).
Persistent cookies – are deleted after a specified period of time. You can remove these at any time in the security settings of your browser.

Please note that deactivating cookies may result in limited functionality on our website.
The legal basis for the use of cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

analysis tools

Use of Google Analytics:
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Cookies are used to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated, your IP address will be shortened within the EU or other contracting states.
The data collected by Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, this may prevent all functions of the website from being available.
For more information, see Google’s privacy policy.

right of objection

You can object to the purpose of data collection and storage for usage analysis at any time with effect for the future - for example by email to info@bbi-trade.de or by phone at 03375/9208934.
The legal basis for the use of analysis tools is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

social media links

We use symbols on our website to link to social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). Your data will not be transmitted as long as you are not logged into your user account. When you click on a link, you will be redirected directly to our respective social media presence.

Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to manage website tags. This service works without cookies and does not collect any personal data. The tags triggered via the Tag Manager may collect data, but the Tag Manager itself has no influence on your cookie settings.

With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which informs you about our current offers. We use the double opt-in procedure for registration: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that you must confirm within [24 hours] - otherwise your data will be blocked and deleted after one month.
Your email address is mandatory for registration; other information is provided voluntarily for personalization purposes.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a of GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time.

use of social media plug-ins

We integrate social plugins from Instagram (Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA) - in the form of a two-click solution. Initially, no personal data is transmitted to Instagram. Only after the plugin has been activated with a click is data transferred to Instagram and stored.

remarketing/retargeting

We use Facebook Custom Audiences on our websites to carry out retargeting/remarketing. This uses tracking pixels to analyze user behavior in order to show you interest-based advertisements. Your IP address and other identifying features may also be recorded.

data security

We have taken extensive security measures to protect your personal data. Our servers and databases are secured both physically and technically. We use standardized SSL encryption for data transfer so that, for example, your payment data cannot be read by third parties. However, 100% security cannot be guaranteed when communicating via email.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time. All changes will be published on this website and will take effect 30 days after they are published. We will notify you of any significant changes by email.