We collect, use and store your personal data exclusively within the framework of the provisions of the valid data protection regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the following, we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the data collection and use.

1. responsible party
The operator of the website under the domain https://tm-petroleum.com/ and thus the responsible party is:

TM-Petroleum
 Kleine Häg 6
29313 Hambühren

Company data protection officer
Tim Petresen
Email: petersen@tm-petroleum.com

2. collection and processing of general data
Every access to our website and every retrieval of a file stored on this website is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following data is logged: Name of the retrieved file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, web browser and requesting domain. In addition, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged. Further personal data is only collected if you as a user of the website and/or customer provide information voluntarily, for example in the context of an enquiry or registration or for the conclusion of a contract or via the settings of your browser.

3 Collection of personal data
Personal data in the sense of these data protection regulations are individual details about your personal or factual circumstances. This includes in particular: Your name, your e-mail address, your telephone number and, if applicable, your address, insofar as you have provided us with the latter.
Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. In this context, we collect personal data from you as follows: Information about your visits to our website such as the extent of data transfer, the location from which you retrieve data from our website and other connection data and sources that you retrieve. This is usually done through the use of log files and cookies. You will find more information on log files and cookies below.

4. Purpose of use
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
1. to provide the online services you have requested,
2. to ensure that our website is presented in the most effective and interesting way possible to you;
3. to fulfil our obligations under any contracts entered into between you and us;
4. to inform you of changes to our services.

The collection of data is carried out on the legal basis of the regulations of Art. 6 DSGVO.

5. information about your computer and cookies
Each time you access our website, we collect the following information about your computer: the IP address of your computer, the request of your browser and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred as part of this request are recorded. We also collect product and version information about the browser used and the operating system of your computer. We also record the website from which you accessed our site. The IP address of your computer is only stored for the time of your use of the website and is then immediately deleted or anonymised by shortening it. The remaining data is stored for a limited period of time. We use this data for the operation of our website, in particular to detect and eliminate website errors, to determine the utilisation of the website and to make adjustments or improvements.

We may also collect information about your use of our website through the use of so-called browser cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your data carrier and save certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which the cookie data was sent, information about the age of the cookie and an alphanumeric identifier. Cookies enable our systems to recognise the user’s device and make any preferences immediately available. As soon as a user accesses the platform, a cookie is transferred to the hard disk of the respective user’s computer. Cookies help us to improve our website and to offer you a better and more tailored service. They enable us to recognise your computer when you return to our website and thereby store information about your preferred activities on the website and thus tailor our website to your individual interests.

The cookies we use only store the information about your use of the website as explained above. This is not done by assigning it to you personally, but by assigning an identification number to the cookie (“cookie ID”). The cookie ID is not linked to your name, your IP address or similar data that would enable the cookie to be assigned to you. If you do not wish browser cookies to be used, you can set your browser so that it does not accept the storage of cookies. Please note that in this case you may only be able to use our website to a limited extent or not at all.

This storage takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.

6 Data security
All information that you transmit to us is stored on servers of providers that offer an adequate level of data protection within the meaning of Art. 45 (1) DSGVO. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website via the Internet. However, we secure our website and other systems by technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons. In particular, we transmit your personal data in encrypted form. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) coding system.

7. passing on/providing your personal data
We do not pass on your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to the passing on/provision of data or we are entitled or obliged to pass on data on the basis of statutory provisions and/or official or court orders. In particular, this may involve providing your data for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling a contract, providing information for the purpose of criminal prosecution, averting danger or enforcing intellectual property rights.
If we do not provide your data, this could lead to you and/or us not being able to fulfil contractual obligations, extraordinary termination of the respective contract, claims for costs and damages (also by third parties), and/or fines or even criminal prosecution due to possible violations of the law associated with the non-provision of the data.

8. data protection and websites of other third parties
The website may contain hyperlinks to and from websites of other third parties. If you follow a hyperlink to one of these websites, please note that we cannot accept any responsibility or guarantee for third-party content or data protection conditions. Therefore, please make sure that you are aware of the applicable data protection conditions before you transmit personal data to these third-party websites.

9. contact form
If you use our contact form to send us contact enquiries, your details there, including the contact data given there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of any additional questions arising. We do not pass this data on to third parties without your prior consent.With your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO is the legal basis for the processing. 10.

10. data we receive in the course of individual communication, e.g. through e-mail enquiries or in the course of creating or using a customer account.
Data that we receive from you in the course of individual communication will be stored by us for the following purposes:

a) To fulfil our obligations arising from any contracts concluded between you and us or to initiate such contracts.

b) To process the enquiry and in the event of any queries that may arise.

The legal basis for the collection of this data is either your consent to the processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO, the fact that the processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or for the performance of pre-contractual measures taken in response to your request and/or the processing is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) DSGVO for the performance of a legal obligation to which we are subject. This concerns in particular commercial storage obligations for business correspondence. Furthermore, an ongoing customer relationship between you and us constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f). DSGVO.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a short message to our contact details given in the imprint.

11. deletion of data
The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 DSGVO. Unless expressly stated within the scope of this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. I.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law.

According to legal requirements in Germany, data is stored for 10 years in accordance with §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 nos. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years in accordance with § 257 para. 1 nos. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).

12 Use of Google Analytics
Our website uses the analysis service Google Analytics. This web analysis service is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as Google).
This analysis tool works on the basis of cookies. A cookie is a text file that is sent when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on the hard drive of the user of the website in order to enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information stored by the cookie is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and then stored there.
Within the scope of IP anonymisation, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within a member state of the EU or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. On our behalf, Google will use the transmitted information to compile a report on the use of the website. The IP address transmitted within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies, you can do so by making local changes to your settings in the Internet browser used on your computer (e.g. Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, etc.), i.e. the program used to open and display Internet pages. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection and processing of your data by the Google cookie by downloading and installing a browser plug-in offered by Google at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

You can find more detailed information in Google’s data protection information, which you can access here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our website.

13 Google Maps
We integrate the maps of the “Google Maps” service of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually executed within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website.

14 Credit assessment and scoring
If we make advance payments, e.g. in the case of a purchase on account, we may obtain creditworthiness information from Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformation GmbH & Co.KG, Hahnstr. 70, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany, on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods in order to protect our legitimate interests. For this purpose, we transmit the personal data required for a credit check to Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformation GmbH & Co.KG and use the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a weighed decision about the payment option to be granted.

The creditworthiness information may include probability values (score values) which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedures and in the calculation of which, among other things, address data are included. Your interests worthy of protection will be taken into account in accordance with the legal provisions. You can object to this check at any time with effect for the future. This may mean that we can no longer offer you certain payment options.

The collection of this data is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. F DSGVO.

15 Use of Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. You can find more information on this in Twitter’s privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website.

16. use of Facebook
Our website uses the “Share” functionality of Facebook of the social network facebook.com, whose operator is Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Hereinafter referred to as “Facebook” for short. The Facebook functionalities are marked with the Facebook logo, an “f”.

If you click the Facebook button while logged into your Facebook account, content from our website or the link to our website can be linked on your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We expressly point out that we, as the provider of the site, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook.

For 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 for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website.

17 Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. A current version is available on the website. Please check the Website regularly for the latest version of this Privacy Policy.

18. your rights and contacts
You can inspect your personal data free of charge at any time and, if necessary, also demand that it be corrected and/or – if the continued storage of the data is not required for the purpose of fulfilling a contract, for statutory reasons or by law – that it be deleted and/or only blocked. We recommend that you back up your data yourself before asserting any claim for deletion against us. You may also be entitled to the rights to restriction of processing, objection to processing and data portability, which result from Art. 15 – 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). Insofar as the processing is based on your separate consent, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.
For the aforementioned purposes and/or to obtain more detailed information about this, please contact us by e-mail at the address petersen@tm-petroleum.com or at our contact and address details provided in the imprint of this website.

If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding the collection, processing and use of your personal data by us, please contact us via the contact and address data stated in the imprint of these web pages, as already explained. If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data via/by us is carried out unlawfully, you also have the right, without prejudice to this, as a data subject to complain to one of the supervisory authorities also responsible under this provision in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR.

End of the data protection information.