The legal provisions for the protection of your data can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation and in the Federal Data Protection Act.

Klee Deutschland Inc. & Co. KG, Kaiserswertherstrasse 115 40880 Ratingen, Germany, +49 (0) 2102 420 612 is responsible in terms of data protection regulations.

Below you will find information about which personal data – this is all data that you identify or make identifiable, such as name, address, email address or user behavior – we collect during your visit to our site and how it is used . If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority if the data is used unlawfully. The one responsible for us is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Tel .: 0211 / 38424-0
Fax: 0211 / 38424-10
Email: [email protected]

1. Server data collection

When you visit our site, various server statistics are automatically saved, which your browser transmits to the server of our provider. The name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider are logged.

This data is used for the statistical evaluation of visits to our site and cannot be assigned to specific persons.

The legal basis for data collection is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. This data is not combined with other data sources. The IP address is anonymized. Our legitimate interest in collecting this data is based on the fact that we can use the data to optimize our offer for users, for example by preventing access to malicious sites or optimizing access via certain browsers and by logging the IP address the delivery of the Page to the visitor is only made possible.

In principle, you have the right to object to this data collection. As an exception, this does not actually come into consideration here, as otherwise it would be impossible to use the site.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes.

1a. Data transmission security
We use a secure server with SSL technology (Secure Socket Layer) with 128-bit encryption to transmit your data. In this way, your data is transmitted to us securely and unreadable for unauthorized persons.

Your passwords are hashed, i.e. stored cryptologically, and are thus protected from access by third parties and those responsible.

2.Use and disclosure of personal data
2a. General
If you have provided us with personal data, we will use this to answer your inquiries, to advise and process contracts concluded with you and for technical administration. With the exception of the cases explicitly mentioned in this declaration, your personal data will only be passed on to third parties or otherwise transmitted if this is necessary for the purpose of contract processing, for billing purposes or if you have given your prior consent. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future, see also section 5 on your rights as a data subject.

2b. Contract processing
In the context of contracts concluded with you, we collect and save the personal data transmitted by you, such as name and address, for the purpose of contract processing, e.g. also for billing.

The data is passed on as part of the billing process, e.g. to banks. The accounting data is transferred to the tax office within the framework of the tax law.

The legal basis for the collection, processing and transfer of data in the context of contract processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b) DSGVO. The legal basis for the transfer of the data to the tax office is Article 6 (1) lit. c) DSGVO.
This data is deleted after the applicable statutory retention requirements have expired. If we are not subject to any statutory retention requirements, the data will be deleted when the purpose no longer applies.
You have the right to information and objection to your data stored by us at any time, see section 5 below on your rights as a data subject.

2c. Contact form and request by email
When you use our contact form, we collect and save your name, email address and the content of the message for the purpose of answering your request.
If you send us a request by email, we will collect and save the email address and the data contained in the email to answer your request.

Legal basis: If a contractual relationship develops from the request by way of contract initiation or if the request relates to an existing contractual relationship, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO, as the storage of the data for the fulfillment of a pre-contractual or contractual obligation is necessary. We also have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f) DSGVO in processing the data for the purpose of communication and answering your inquiries.

The data will be deleted when the purpose of storage no longer applies, i.e. after you have answered your e-mail / contact form request or when the matter related to the request has been finally clarified. In the case of an existing contractual relationship or one resulting from the request, the deletion takes place after the statutory retention periods have expired.
For the right to erasure and information, see section 5 below on your rights as a data subject.

3. Cookies
The Internet pages use so-called cookies in several places. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. A cookie is text information that our website places via the web browser on the device you are using. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit.

We also use the “pll_language” cookie, which enables us to save your preferred language on our website. This cookie is saved for one year. You can delete this cookie by removing all cookies in your browser.

The legal basis is Article 6 (1) lit.f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest arises from the fact that with the aforementioned cookies we only make it easier for you to access the page, do not collect any tracking data and thus do not interfere with your personal rights and fundamental freedoms.

You can exclude the acceptance of cookies in your web browser. However, this can lead to impairments in functionality. For your other rights as a data subject, see section 5 below.

We use cookies from the following third-party providers:

We use CookieLaw from CookiePro to save your consent to cookies. The cookie serves the purpose of documenting the consent to the use of cookies, as well as the purpose that the cookie consent no longer appears when you click on I agree when the page is called up again. This cookie is automatically deleted after 12 months. You can also revoke this consent at any time by deleting all set (consent) cookies in your browser.

4. Google Analytics with CookieLaw
To obtain your consent, we use CookieLaw by CookiePro (https://www.cookielaw.org/), a product of OneTrust LLC., 1200 Abernathy Rd NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328, USA. If you give your consent, CookieLaw will automatically log the following data at OneTrust (https://www.onetrust.com/privacy/):

• The end user’s IP number in anonymized form (the last three digits are set to ‘0’).
• Date and time of consent.
• User agent of the end user’s browser.
• The URL from which consent was sent.
• An anonymous, random and encrypted key.
• The end user’s consent status, which serves as evidence of consent.

The stored data is used to ensure that web analysis services only collect data with your consent and to document this consent and to create and display cookie statements for end users.

The key and the consent status are also stored in the end user’s browser in the cookie “CookieLaw”, so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user’s consent for all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. c) and f) DSGVO, because we are legally obliged to be able to prove consent and our legitimate interest arises from the fact that we only obtain the necessary consent in this way can.

Google Analytics
This website uses the web analysis service Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” for the purpose of analyzing user behavior on the website and for measuring range.

When you visit our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and his consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, there is also a reference to this data protection declaration. The so-called “Consent Tool”, with which your consent was obtained, is provided elsewhere in this data protection declaration.

An overview of how Google uses cookies and which cookies are used can be found in this Overview.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO if the user has given his / her consent.

We have added the code “gat._anonymizeIp ();” to Google Analytics on our website in order to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). It is therefore not possible for us to assign the collected analysis data to a specific person.

Data transfer to third countries: The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the activated IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google LLC, with which Google Inc. demonstrates compliance with appropriate and suitable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data.

Revocation and deletion:
You can also revoke your consent at any time by deleting all set (consent) cookies in your browser.

You can generally prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by using the following link Browser Add-on on download and install.

The aforementioned add-on may not be available when you access our site via the browser of mobile devices.In this case, as well as in general, you can therefore alternatively prevent the use and transfer of the data to Google by Clicking on This Link. Please note that this is a so-called opt-out cookie, which is only valid for www.kleedeutschland.de and the browser used. If you delete the cookies in your browser history, you will have to click the link again the next time you visit our website to object to the use of data. The same applies if you call up the page with a different browser.

The data stored by Google are automatically deleted within 14 months.

For more information on data protection at Google Analytics, see https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de. You have the right to information and objection to your data stored by us at any time, see section 5 below on your rights as a data subject.

5. Rights of data subjects
a. Right to object
If we process your data to safeguard legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO), you can object to this processing for reasons that arise from your particular situation. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
In the event of an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising, processing for this purpose will no longer take place.

b. Right of providing information
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you and, if so, a right to information about the personal data and related information in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO.
c. Right to rectification
In accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to request us to correct or complete any incorrect or incomplete personal data relating to you.
d. Right to cancellation
You have the right to request the immediate deletion of personal data concerning you and we are obliged to delete it immediately if one of the reasons stated in Art. 17 DSGVO applies.
e. Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that we restrict personal data relating to you if one of the conditions specified in Art. 18 DSGVO is met.
f. Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and you have the right to request that we transfer the data to another person responsible, as far as this is technically feasible is.