Privacy policy

The following text serves to inform you about the processing of your personal data by us in the context of our website.

Person responsible

Kirchner, Fischer & Co. GmbH
Daimlerstrasse 13
25337 Elmshorn

Pinneberg Local Court HRB 1859 EL

Managing Directors: Jens von Riegen, Stefan Gieschke, Maximilian Frick

E-mail: info@mount-everest-tea.de

Contact data protection officer

FKC Consulting GmbH datenschutz@kirchner-fischer.de

When do we process which personal data

We process your personal data in the following cases:

  1. When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:
    1. IP address of the requesting computer,
    2. Date and time of access,
    3. Name and URL of the retrieved file,
    4. Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
    5. the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. More information on this can be found under “Analysis tools”.

  1. If you have any questions, you can contact us using the form provided on the website. A valid e-mail address is required so that we know who sent the request and can respond to it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.
  2. If you wish to send us an application in order to apply for an advertised position or on your own initiative, we will process the documents and personal data you send us.
    • For unsolicited applications, we require name, address and other contact details, date and place of birth and nationality) and qualification documents.

Furthermore, you have the opportunity to provide us with additional information that you think would be beneficial for establishing an employment relationship.

Purposes of data processing

We only use the personal data actively provided by you for the agreed purpose and only to the extent necessary.

  1. We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:
  1. Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  2. To ensure a comfortable use of our website,
  3. Evaluation of system security and stability and
  4. for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

  1. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR on the basis of a pre-contractual measure. If a contract is concluded, the data can be entered into our customer care system. The data will not be processed for any other purposes.
  2. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing and implementing an employment relationship in accordance with Art. Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 BDSG. In the event of a positive decision, the personal data will be entered into our personnel file and used for the purposes of the “Employee administration” procedure.
  3. If you have given your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis.
  4. If you have registered with us, we will use your data to manage your account and, in the event that a third party misuses your data and registers on our site with this data without your knowledge, as a safeguard on our part in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Categories of recipients of the personal data

A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below / takes place to the following categories of recipients:

  1. Companies that support us in assessing your creditworthiness (scoring companies)

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  1. You have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR have expressly consented to this,
  2. the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
  3. in the event that the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c GDPR there is a legal obligation, and
  4. this is legally permissible and in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR is required for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Data will only be transferred to third countries if you have given us your consent.

Duration for which the personal data is stored

  1. Cookies are stored in your browser as so-called session cookies, so that your browser automatically deletes them after you leave the website. In this case, the duration of storage is determined by the technical functionality of the browser you are using.
  2. Personal data transmitted to us in connection with a contact request on our website will only be stored for the duration of the processing of the request. If a contract is concluded, the data you provide may be stored in our customer support system for 10 years unless there is another legal obligation that requires us to store it for longer.
  3. The personal data collected will be used for a
    1. Cancellation: Saved for at least three months. The longest storage period is again a maximum of six months.
    2. Setting: Our retention periods apply. The information to which you are entitled will be made available to you when you are hired.
  4. The personal data you provide will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
  5. Personal data that is transmitted to us in connection with a registration on our website is only stored for the duration of the existence of the account. If a contract is concluded, the data you provide may be stored in our customer support system for a regular period of 10 years, unless there is another legal obligation requiring us to store it for longer.

Please note that we will delete your data if its storage is inadmissible (in particular if the data is incorrect and cannot be corrected). Blocking takes the place of deletion if there are legal or factual obstacles to this (e.g. special retention obligations due to commercial and tax law requirements).

Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to datenschutz@kirchner-fischer.de

Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction

The data subject has the right of access to the personal data concerned and the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing. It also has the right to object to the processing.

Rightto data portability

The data subject has the right to data portability.

Existence of a right of appeal to the supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Provision of personal data

You are under no legal obligation to provide personal data.

There is no contractual obligation to provide us with personal data in the context of business activities (if possible anonymously). You are welcome to anonymize them or otherwise remove the personal reference.

Automated decision-making including profiling

Under certain circumstances, automated profiling may occur with the aim of evaluating personal aspects. We use these profiling measures in the following cases:

Due to legal and regulatory requirements, we are obliged to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and criminal offenses that endanger assets. Data evaluations (including comparison with statutory lists) are also carried out.

Analysis tools

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already visited us and which 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 it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our site when you return. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is required.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

Analysis tools

  1. Tracking tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is carried out. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

  1. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. for the purpose of designing and continuously optimizing our website to meet your needs. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

  1. Browser type/version,
  2. operating system used,
  3. Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
  4. Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
  5. Time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on(https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

Furthermore, Google offers a deactivation option for the most common browsers, which gives you more control over which data is collected and processed by Google. If you activate this option, no information about the website visit will be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, activation does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analysis services we may use. For more information on the deactivation option provided by Google and how to activate this option, please click on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

  1. Social media plug-ins

We use cookies on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR, we use social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by the respective provider. We integrate these plug-ins using the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.

  1. Facebook

Social media plugins from Facebook are used on our website to make their use more personal. We use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button for this purpose. This is an offer from Facebook.

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website.

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.

Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and the needs-based design of Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

  1. Twitter

Our website contains plugins from the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) is integrated. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. You can find an overview of tweet buttons here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons).

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter “tweet button” while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter.

If you do not want Twitter to be able to assign your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account.

Further information on this can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy(https://twitter.com/privacy).

  1. Instagram

Our website also uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”).

The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”.

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram.

This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there.

The information will also be published on your Instagram account and displayed there to your contacts.

If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website.

Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).

  1. Privacy policy Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps product from Google Inc. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data by Google Inc, its representatives and third parties.

The use of “Google Maps” and the information obtained via “Google Maps” is subject to the Google Terms of Use http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms and conditions for “Google Maps”

https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
  1. LinkedIn

We use components of the LinkedIn network on our website. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access our website, which is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from LinkedIn.

This process informs LinkedIn which specific page of our website is currently being visited. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend button” while you are logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages to your LinkedIn profile. This enables LinkedIn to associate your visit to our pages with your LinkedIn user account.

We have no influence over the data that LinkedIn collects through this, nor over the scope of this data collected by LinkedIn. We also have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn as well as your rights and settings options can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy. You can find this information at http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Data security

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website. As a rule, this involves 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can call up and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website.