Responsible in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

G&E Sales UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Dianastr. 96 90441 Nuremberg, Germany

Managing Director: Martin Konerth

Email: info@geglobalsales.com Phone: +49 151 217 853 66

Data Protection Contact: martin.konerth@geglobalsales.com

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

This privacy policy explains how G&E Sales UG processes personal data in accordance with GDPR and German data protection laws for:

- Website visitors and users (www.geglobalsales.com)

- Clients and prospects

- Business partners and newsletter subscribers

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

1. Contact Data: Name, email, phone, address, company details

2. Communication Data: Email correspondence, meeting notes, project documentation

3. Business Data: Company information, revenue data, expansion goals, contracts

4. Technical Data: IP address, browser data, website usage analytics

5. Marketing Data: Preferences, newsletter subscriptions, social media interactions

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING (ARTICLE 6 GDPR)

• Contract Performance (Art. 6(1)(b)): Consulting services, project delivery, client support 
• Legitimate Interest (Art. 6(1)(f)): Business development, market research, website analytics, existing client marketing 
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Newsletter, marketing to prospects, non-essential cookies 
• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): Tax records, commercial law compliance

 DATA SHARING AND RECIPIENTS

• Internal: Management, consulting team, administrative staff
• External: IT providers, professional advisors, marketing services, payment processors

• Business Partners: Local partners in target markets, chambers of commerce (with consent)

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

As a global consulting firm, we transfer data internationally using:

• EU adequacy decisions where applicable
• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for non-adequate countries
• Transfer Impact Assessments for high-risk jurisdictions

• Additional safeguards for client data in expansion markets

DATA RETENTION PERIODS

• Client Data: 10 years (German commercial law)
• Marketing Data: Until consent withdrawal + 3 years
• Website Analytics: 26 months maximum
• Technical Data: 6-12 months

• Financial Records: 10 years (tax law)

 YOUR RIGHTS UNDER GDPR

• Access (Art. 15 DSGVO): Request information about your data and their usage
• Rectification (Art. 16 DSGVO): Correct inaccurate personal data
• Erasure (Art. 17 DSGVO): Request deletion of your saved data
• Restrict Processing (Art. 18 DSGVO): Limit processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations
• Data Portability (Art. 20 DSGVO): Receive data in structured format
• Object (Art. 21 DSGVO): Object to processing if you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us
• Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3) DSGVO): Withdraw consent anytime of the personal data usage

• Lodge Complaint: File complaint with supervisory authority

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at

 https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

To exercise rights: Email martin.konerth@geglobalsales.com

Response time: Within 1 month

WEBSITE DATA PROCESSING

• Server Logs: IP address, access times, pages visited (6 months retention)
• Contact Forms: Name, email, message content (6 months retention)

• Newsletter: Email, name, double opt-in required

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar.

They are processed for the following purposes in particular:

• Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
• Ensuring smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
• to optimize our website.

• We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in anonymized form in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the website visitors data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer: No

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

COOKIES AND TRACKING

• Strictly Necessary: Session management, security (no consent required)
• Analytics: Google Analytics, Matomo (consent required, 26 months max)
• Marketing: Google Ads, social media pixels (consent required)

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Cookie Management: Browser settings, consent banner, preference center

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Session & Security

These cookies are used to authenticate users, protect user data and enable the website to provide the services expected by users, such as maintaining the contents of their shopping cart or allowing file uploads.

The website will not function properly if you refuse or reject these cookies.

session_id (Odoo)
SESS#

Settings

Remember information about your preferred website appearance or behavior, such as your preferred language or region.

Your experience may be affected if you reject these cookies, but the website will continue to function.

frontend_lang (Odoo)

Cookie Consent

Visitor_UUID

bus.https_www.geglobalsales.cc

tz

Interaction History Used to collect information about your interactions with the website, the pages you have viewed and any specific marketing campaign that brought you to the website.

We may not be able to provide you with the best service if you reject these cookies, but the website will work.

im_livechat_vorheriger_Betreiber_pid (Odoo)
utm_campaign (Odoo)
utm_source (Odoo)
utm_medium (Odoo)

Third-Party Services:

• Google Analytics: Website analytics (https://policies.google.com/privacy)
• Google Ads: Advertising and remarketing

• Matomo: Privacy-friendly analytics (EU servers)

Advertising & Marketing

Used to make advertising more attractive to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers, e.g. to provide more relevant advertising when you visit other websites where advertising is displayed or to improve reporting on the performance of advertising campaigns.

Note that some third-party services may install additional cookies on your browser to identify you.

You can refuse the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. The website will continue to function even if you reject or refuse these cookies.

__gads (Google)

__gac (Google)

Analytics

Understand how visitors use our website with Google Analytics. Learn more about analytics cookies and privacy information.

The website will work even if you reject or disable these cookies.

_ga (Google)

_gat (Google)

_gid (Google)

_gac_* (Google)

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

Shopping cart

Adoption of language settings

Remembering search terms

Technically necessary cookies

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

no

The following data protection guarantees are in place:

Standard contractual clauses

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Cookies that are not technically necessary

We also use cookies to better tailor the content on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.

To find out which providers set cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in each case, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Cookies that are not technically necessary

We also use cookies to better tailor the content on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.

To find out which providers set cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in each case, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Further recipients can be found in the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

no

For information on this, please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.

Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of processing:

To register on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.

The following data is also collected at the time of registration:

First and last names, addresses, company name, contact details (e-mail, telephone)

Your registration is required for the provision of certain content and services on our website.

Legal basis:

The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR)

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third-country transfer:

No

Storage duration:

Data is only processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent exists.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content.

Provision of paid services

Type and purpose of processing

To provide paid services, we request additional data from you, such as payment information, in order to execute your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include processors.

Third-country transfer:

No

Storage duration:

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax requirements.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content and services.

Newsletter

Type and purpose of processing:

For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input form.

For effective registration, we need a valid email address. To verify that registration is actually carried out by the owner of an email address, we use the "double opt-in" procedure. We log the newsletter registration, the sending of a confirmation email, and the receipt of the response requested thereby. No further data is collected.

Legal basis:

Based on your expressly given consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by email to your specified email address.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for newsletter delivery at any time with effect for the future. Each newsletter contains a corresponding link for this purpose. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation via the contact option provided at the end of these privacy notices.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include processors.

Third-country transfer:

No

The following data protection guarantees are in place:

Storage duration:

The data is only processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent exists. After that, it will be deleted.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without existing consent, we unfortunately cannot send you our newsletter.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for newsletter delivery at any time with effect for the future. The unsubscription can be requested via the link contained in each email or from the data protection officer or the person responsible for data protection listed below.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid email address and your name. This serves to assign the inquiry and subsequently answer it. Providing additional data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we want to enable you to contact us easily. Your information will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the processing of data entered into the contact form is carried out to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may include processors.

Third-country transfer:

No

The following data protection guarantees are in place:

Standard contractual clauses

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the inquiry.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to HGB and delete your data after these periods expire.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for the inquiry.

Use of Matomo

Insofar as you have given your consent, Matomo (formerly Piwik) is used on this website, an open-source software for statistical evaluation of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.

Matomo sets a cookie (a text file) on your device with which your browser can be recognized. When subpages of our website are called up, the following information is stored:

• the user's IP address, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)

• the subpage called up and time of the call

• the page from which the user reached our website (referrer)

• which browser with which plugins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used

• the time spent on the website

• the pages that are accessed from the called subpage

The use of Matomo is for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This way we learn how the website is used and can continuously optimize our offer.

By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take into account the website visitor's interest in protecting personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the user of the website and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties.

Third-country transfer:

No

The following data protection guarantees are in place:

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage and evaluation of your data by Matomo at any time via the link below. A so-called opt-out cookie will then be stored on your device, which is valid for two years. This results in Matomo not collecting any session data. However, please note that the opt-out cookie will be deleted if you delete all cookies.

INSERT THE IFRAME FOR MATOMO OPT-OUT HERE

More information about the privacy settings of the Matomo software can be found at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.

You can also prevent the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Analysis by WiredMinds

Our website uses the counting pixel technology of WiredMinds AG, a service of WiredMinds GmbH, Lindenspürstraße 32, 70176 Stuttgart, to analyze visitor behavior. The IP address of a visitor is processed. The processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of collecting company-relevant information such as the company name. IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from further use (whitelist procedure). The IP address is never stored.

When processing the data, it is our particular interest to preserve the data protection rights of natural persons. Our interest is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR. The data we collect never allows conclusions to be drawn about an identifiable person.

WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymous usage profiles related to visitor behavior on our website. The data obtained is not used to personally identify visitors to our website.

Objection

The data collection, processing and storage can be objected to at any time with effect for the future under the following link: Exclude from website tracking

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of WiredMinds can be found at https://www.wiredminds.de/fileadmin/testimages/content/datenschutz/DSB_WiredMinds_16.pdf.

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

To display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website to display fonts.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter "Google"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is told which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

Further information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider's privacy policies. There you will also receive further information about your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently does not offer a possibility for simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically non-necessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

Social Plugins

Type and purpose of processing:

We offer you the possibility to use so-called "social media buttons" on our website. To protect your data, we use the "Shariff" solution for implementation. This means that these buttons are only integrated on the website as graphics that contain a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. By clicking on the graphic, you are redirected to the services of the respective providers. Only then is your data sent to the respective providers. If you do not click on the graphic, no exchange takes place between you and the providers of the social media buttons. Information about the collection and use of your data in social networks can be found in the respective terms of use of the corresponding providers. More information about the Shariff solution can be found here: http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram

Google AdWords

Our website uses Google conversion tracking. The operating company of Google AdWords services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google AdWords sets a cookie on your computer. The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an advertisement placed by Google.

If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie serves to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that allows users to be personally identified.

More information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy notices: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently does not offer a possibility for simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically non-necessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption methods (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS that correspond to the current state of technology.

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Individual case-related right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION

• Platforms: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram

• Usage: Content marketing, lead generation, client communication
• Legal basis: Legitimate interest and consent

 EMAIL MARKETING

• Newsletter: Double opt-in, unsubscribe option, tracking with consent
• Client Communications: Service emails (contract), marketing (legitimate interest)

DATA SECURITY MEASURES

• Technical: SSL/TLS encryption, access controls, backups, firewalls
• Organizational: Staff training, processor agreements, security assessments

DATA BREACH PROCEDURES

• Internal assessment: 24 hours
• Authority notification: 72 hours (if high risk)
• Data subject notification: Without undue delay (if high risk)
• Documentation and remedial measures

AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

• Client Assessment: Automated tools for suitability assessment, market analysis
• Your Rights: Human intervention, express viewpoint, contest decisions

CONSULTING-SPECIFIC PROCESSING

• Client Onboarding: KYC procedures, market research, strategy development
• Business Development: Lead generation, prospect communication, partnerships
• International Operations: Cross-border transfers, local coordination, compliance

• Enhanced Security: Business-sensitive data protection, NDAs, segregated storage
• Regulatory Compliance: Import/export regulations, anti-corruption screening
• Multi-jurisdictional: International legal compliance, financial data protection

UPDATES TO POLICY

Updates communicated via website notification, email, direct client communication

CONTACT AND COMPLAINTS

Data Protection Contact:

Email: martin.konerth@geglobalsales.com

Phone: +49 151 217 853 66

Address: Dianastr. 96, 90441 Nuremberg, Germany

Supervisory Authority:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA)

Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, Germany

Phone: +49 981 180093-0

Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (Version #2025-08-13)