We are pleased that you are interested in learning more about our company. Porath Customs Agents
GmbH
(hereafter also referred to as “we” or “us”) places special emphasis on the importance of data
protection.
This data privacy statement is to inform customers,
both prospective and current (hereafter referred to as “users”),
about any personal data requested,
processed and used from visitors to our website porath.com or our other platform
porcom.porath.com,
and it explains what kind,
scope and purpose of the data. Personal data are anything that is personally applicable to you,
such as name,
address,
e-mail,
payment information,
and tax and customs information.
We will also inform you of the data protection laws,
and your rights.
- Service providers,
controllers and data protection engineers
Porath Customs Agents GmbH,
Heidenkampsweg 81,
20097 Hamburg is a service provider according §13 Telemedia Act and a controller according
to
article 4 no. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Contact of our data
security
officer: dataprotection@porath.com.
For more information about our company,
please see our website credits. For information
about
how to contact us,
please go here.
- Acquirement,
processing and use of personal data when you use our website for informational
purposes
When visiting our website solely for informational purposes,
we only acquire data that your browser automatically transfers. This data is necessary
for you
to be able to see the website and to insure safety and stability (the legal grounds for
this can
be found in article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit GDPR).
These are:
– IP address
– Date and time of request
– Time zone difference to
Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT)
– Content of request (exactly which page)
– Access status/http
status
code
– transferred data respectively
– Webpage from which the user accessed our
portal
(“Referrer”),
– Which browsers and versions were used
– Operating system and its user interface
–
Language and version of the browser software.
Every visit to the website will save the above named data in the log files of the server.
The
server log files are saved separately from all other personal data given by the
user.
- Acquirement,
processing and use of personal data when registering on our portal
The use of our portal for the purpose of requesting our services as customs agent requires
you to
register. For the registration,
the following personal data must be given:
– First and last name
– Address
– E-mail
–
Telephone number
– Bank data
– EORI
– Number and issuing date of personal
ID/passport
All personal data acquired in this item will be used for the sole purpose of providing our
services
as customs agents. (The legal grounds for this can be found in article 6 paragraph 1 section
1 lit.
b GDPR).
Should we need a third party for the contractual fulfillment of our services to
our
customers,
we have the right to share the above named personal data with that third party. When such is
required,
we will have the respective obligations met through an order protection guarantee (Art. 28
GDPR),
which define how the customer’s acquired personal data are only allowed to be used for the
purpose
of fulfilling the order and specifically not to be used for marketing purposes. The third
party is
strictly forbidden to pass this personal data on to any other party.
Should individual circumstances require the transfer of personal date to a third party
country
(non-member of the EU/of the EEA),
whose data protection standards are not on par with those in the EU,
a transfer will be preceded by an application for permission from the data protection
authorities
accordingly. In the case of data transfer to the USA the so-called Privacy Shield Program
can even
be implemented.
For the registration the following will also be saved.
– The IP address of the user as
well
as
– The date and time of the registration
This should serve to prevent possible
misuse and
when necessary enable legal action. (The legal grounds for this can be found in article 6
paragraph
1 section 1 lit. f GDPR).
- Required documents for the provision of customs declaration/provision of services
Our (customs declaration-) services can only be performed if the customer makes the necessary
documents available to us by means of the data upload on our portal. Usually,
this includes
– Trade invoices,
– Proforma
– Bills of lading
These give insight as to who the shipper/buyer,
the country of dispatch and details about the goods which are to be levied. (The legal
grounds for
the processing of such data can be found in article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. b GDPR).
- Archiving and deleting
We save personal data only as long as is necessary to complete the task or for as long as is
legally
required of us.
As is required by law,
tax declarations incurred and given to us,
as a result of us carrying out our customs services or any other services,
will be archived for 10 years as a precautionary in the case of a customs or financial
investigation,
after this time all data will be destroyed,
blocked or deleted.
- Privacy statement specifically in reference to payment methods
In addition to SEPA transfers,
we also accept payment via PayPal.
Questions concerning personal data shared with PayPal should be taken up with PayPal directly
or can
found on the PayPal website: https: //www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- Newsletter
With your permission you can subscribe to our Newsletter,
which will keep you up to date about our interesting offers.
To register for our newsletter,
please use the so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that,
after you have registered you will receive an e-mail from us requesting that you confirm
that you
wish to receive a newsletter from us.
If you do not confirm you registration,
the processing of your information will remain limited and your information will
automatically be
deleted after one month. Additionally,
we will save your used IP address and times of registration and confirmation. The purpose
for this
procedure is for proof of registration and to detect any misuse of your personal data. The
legal
grounds for this can be found in article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. f GDPR.
The information we need to order to send the newsletter is your e-mail address and your first
and
last name. We will not process this information before you have given us your explicit
permission.
After you have confirmed,
we will save your e-mail address and your first and last name for the purpose of sending you
newsletters. The legal grounds for this can be found in article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit.
a GDPR.
Your permission to have a newsletter sent to as well as the access to your personal data
referred to
in this item can be retracted at any time in the future as well as a cancellation to the
newsletter
subscription. The cancellation can be made with click of the cancellation link which can be
found in
every newsletter or by contacting us directly.
Newsletter analyzation
We are informing you that by subscribing to the email your activity will be analyzed. The
analyzation
uses so-called web beacons or tracking pixels for this analysis. This analysis allows us to
see the
reach of our newsletter as well as enabling as to match our content to the demand. The legal
grounds
for this is in addition to your permission article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. f GDPR.
Newsletter provider
We use the services of MailChimp from The Rocket Science Group LLC,
675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE,
Suite 5000,
Atlanta,
Georgia,
USA (hereafter called “MailChimp”).
MailChimp processes and saves your e-mail address,
the data named in this item and in item 2 for the purpose of sending the newsletter and the
newsletter analysis all solely in service to us. MailChimp is in confirmation with the EU-US
Privacy
Shield https: //www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal
grounds for the use of MailChimp is article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. f GDPR.
The personal privacy statement made by MailChimp can be found under https:
//mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
- Cookies
We use cookies on our website and for our portal “cookies”. Cookies are text documents which
are
stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies allows our webserver to recognize
your
browser,
your individual settings in our portal and when applicable,
parts of your registration data in encrypted form,
making the use of our portal easier and allowing you to log in automatically. The legal
grounds for
this is article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. f GDPR.
Cookies cannot perform bring any programs or viruses to your computer. They only serve to
make the
portal generally more user-friendly and effective.
We use so-called transient cookies,
which have been created for temporary use. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when
you
close your browser. This applies especially to the session cookies. These cookies store the
so-called session ID,
with which organize various requests from your browser to during the web communication. This
way
your computer can be recognized when you return to our website or portal. The session
cookies are
then deleted when you sign out or when you close your browser.
You have the option to set your browser adjustments to reject cookies,
to delete cookies from your computer,
to block cookies or to receive a request before any cookies is set. However,
we would like inform you that if you use these settings you may not be able to use all
functions in
the portal.
- Website analysis
We use Google Analytics for our website analysis.
Google Analytics is a web analysis
service from
Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “Cookies“,
text documents that are stored on your computer and make an analysis of your website use
possible.
The information concerning your use of this website is stored in the cookie and is usually
transferred to a server at Google in the USA and stored there. If the IP is made anonymous
on this
site then the IP address will then be shortened by Google within the member countries of the
EU or
other countries in agreement with the treaty throughout the European Economic Area. Only on
exception will the complete IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and then
shortened there. As our service provider,
Google will process this information for the analysis of your use of the website and to
compile
reports on the website activity.
You can prohibit cookies by adjusting your settings in
your
browser software. You can also prevent any collection of data (including the IP address)
showing
website use on the cookies and prevent their use in a Google analysis,
by going to the following link’s browser plug-in and downloading and installing: http:
//tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
We use Google Analytics with the upgrade „_anonymizeIp()“. This way,
the IP address is processed in shortened form,
making it impossible to match the data to any individual.
We use Google Analytics to
analyze your
website use for the purpose of continuously improving our website. These statistics show us
how we
can improve our services so that we can better serve you as a user of our website. The legal
grounds
for the use of Google Analytics is article 6 paragraph 1 section 1 lit. f GDPR.
In the exceptional cases in which personal specific data is transferred to the USA,
Google has subjected itself to the laws in the EU-US Privacy Shield,
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Information to third party service providers: Google Dublin,
Google Ireland Ltd.,
Gordon House,
Barrow Street,
Dublin 4,
Ireland,
Fax:+353 (1) 436 1001. User requirements: http: //www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html,
Overview
to data security:
http: //www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, as well as Data Privacy
Statement:
http: //www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
- Social Media
In addition to our website,
we are also on Xing,
LinkedIn,
Facebook,
Twitter und Google+. We have placed links to our sites on these platforms on our
website.
Please refer to each provider’s individual statement to the use and reach of data
acquisition.
Xing: https: //privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
LinkedIn: https: //www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Facebook: https: //de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Twitter: https: //twitter.com/de/privacy
Google+: https: //policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
- Privacy protection
We take special cutting-edge,
technical and organizational precautions to ensure your privacy,
especially when it comes to protecting your personal data from the dangers of data sharing
as well
as the access to information by third parties. We are always making adjustments as
technology
improves.
When data is being transferred through the internet,
it is impossible to insure absolute safety with zero risks and so we cannot give that
guarantee.
- Your legal rights
You have the following rights concerning the personal data respectively:
– right to information,
– right to have data corrected or erased,
– right to restriction of what data may be processed,
– right to object to data being processed,
– right to “data portability”.
You also have the right to report us to a data protection officer concerning the processing
of your
data.
The person to contact to exercise your above mentioned rights is the Data Protection Officer:
dataprotection@porath.com.
The enforcement of these rights is free of charge.
- Update of this privacy statement
Due to the legal changes or changes to our services,
an update to this privacy statement may become necessary. You will receive information well
in
advance in such a case.
Last update: Mai 2018
