Data protection regulations

Data Protection

Bergmann & Hillebrand GmbH & Co. KG, as the entity responsible for data processing within the meaning of data protection law, takes the protection of your privacy and personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable statutory data protection provisions and this Privacy Policy.

We are pleased that you are interested in our company and our products and services. We want you to feel secure when visiting our websites, including with regard to the protection of your personal data. Compliance with the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act is a matter of course for us.

As a rule, you can use our website without providing any personal data. Where personal data—for example, your name, address or email address—is collected on our pages, this is, wherever possible, always done on a voluntary basis. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet—for example, when communicating by email—may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Personal Data

Personal data is information relating to your identity. This includes, for example, your name, address, telephone number and email address. It is not necessary to disclose personal data in order to use our website. In certain cases, however, we require your name and address, as well as other information, in order to provide the services you request.

The same applies, for example, when answering individual enquiries. Where this is necessary, we will inform you accordingly. In addition, we only store and process data that you provide to us voluntarily and, where applicable, data that we collect automatically when you visit our websites.

If you use our services, we generally collect only the data required to provide those services. If we ask you for additional data, this information is voluntary. Personal data is processed exclusively to provide the requested service and to protect our own legitimate business interests.

Purpose of Processing Personal Data

We generally use the personal data you provide to answer your enquiries, process your orders or give you access to specific information or offers. To maintain customer relationships, it may also be necessary for us, or a service provider commissioned by us, to use this personal data to inform you about product offers or to conduct online surveys in order to better meet the tasks and requirements of our customers.

We of course respect your decision if you do not wish to provide us with your personal data to support our customer relationship, particularly for direct marketing or market research purposes. We will neither sell your personal data to third parties nor market it in any other way.

Use for Specific Purposes

We will collect, process and use the personal data you provide online only for the purposes communicated to you. Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent.

Personal data will be collected and transmitted to government institutions and authorities entitled to receive information only within the framework of the applicable laws or if we are obliged to do so by a court decision. Our employees and the service providers commissioned by us are obliged to maintain confidentiality and comply with the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act.

Children and Young People

Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request, collect or disclose personal data from children and young people to third parties.

Cookies

This website can be fully read and used without cookies.

On the “Directions” page, the Google Map is only loaded after you actively enable it. Only after you have given your consent may data, in particular your IP address, be transmitted to Google.

Server Log Files

When you use our websites, information that your browser automatically transmits to us is collected and stored for organisational and technical reasons. This includes:

Browser type/browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer and time of the server request

We analyse this technical data anonymously and solely for statistical purposes in order to continuously optimise our website and make our online services even more attractive. This data is stored separately from other personal information on secure systems. No conclusions are drawn regarding individual persons. We reserve the right to subsequently review this data if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Security

We have implemented technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorised access. All our employees and all persons involved in data processing are obliged to comply with the German Federal Data Protection Act and other relevant data protection laws and to handle personal data confidentially.

Where personal data is collected and processed, the information is transmitted in encrypted form to prevent misuse of the data by third parties. Our security measures are continuously revised in line with technological developments.

Publication of Job Advertisements

Your application data is collected and processed electronically by us for the purpose of handling the application process. If your application results in an employment contract, the data you have submitted may be stored in your personnel file for the usual organisational and administrative processes, subject to the applicable statutory provisions. If your job application is rejected, the data you have submitted will automatically be deleted two months after notification of the rejection. This does not apply if a longer storage period is necessary due to statutory requirements—for example, the obligation to provide evidence under the German General Act on Equal Treatment—or if you have expressly consented to longer storage in our applicant database.

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact details published as part of the statutory obligation to provide legal notices for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited promotional information being sent, for example by spam email.

Information, Deletion and Blocking

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions concerning personal data, you may contact us at any time using the address provided in the Legal Notice.

Amendments to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend our security and data protection measures where this becomes necessary due to technological developments. In such cases, we will also update our data protection information accordingly. Please therefore refer to the current version of our Privacy Policy.

Last updated: August 2026