Koppert respects your privacy and processes your personal data in a manner that complies with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG). This privacy statement applies if you are a visitor of this website, customer, supplier, future employee or other business relation. Koppert ensures that the personal information you provide is treated confidentially. Your personal data are processed by us for entering into and executing agreements for, among other things, commercial services and managing business relations. This will include activities aimed at increasing our customer base.
What data do we collect and why?
Site visits and analytics
When you visit our website, your browser will send certain data to our web server. This data helps us to provide the right information on the site for you. We collect the following data for this purpose:
- IP address
- Username
- Date and time of access
- Time zone difference with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of the request (specific site)
- Access status/HTTP status code
- Volume of data transmitted
- Website where the request has come from
- Browser, language settings, browser version, and operating system.
This data is used to statistically analyse the visitor and click behaviour on the website. We may also use it to optimize the website. Such data will not be provided to third parties.
We use Google Analytics to track how visitors use our site. The information obtained, including your IP address, will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses the information from Google Analytics to track how our site is used, to compile reports on our website for us, and to provide its advertisers with information on how effective their campaigns are. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if legally required to do so, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Koppert has no influence on this.
Profiling
We use specialist external software to create a link between the information collected by Google Analytics and the personal data provided by you. This information is included in a clear profile. The profile overview shows all the personal data collected for each visitor, as well as a timeline that shows which pages the visitor has viewed and what the visitor has done on the page. By collecting this information, we can distinguish leads from amongst our website visitors and segment them as desired.
Newsletters
You can subscribe to our newsletter on our website. If you give your consent to do so, we will register the email address you provide and use it to send you the newsletter. To receive customised newsletters, we ask you to provide the following information:
- First name and surname
- Company name
- Sex
- Country
- Email address
- Crop group preferences
We will process your personal data carefully and confidentially. If you receive our newsletter and want to modify your personal data or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please click the relevant link in the newsletter. You can also email your request to info(at)Koppert.nl, for the attention of the Marketing department. Addresses are not disclosed, sold, leased, or otherwise made available to third parties. All mailing campaigns are created with technology that ensures the addresses of other recipients are not disclosed.
You can revoke your consent to subscribe to our newsletter, which will take effect from then onwards. To unsubscribe, please click the relevant link included in any of the newsletters.
Contact forms
You can contact us directly through the contact forms on our website. We ask you to provide the following information:
- First name and surname
- Company name
- Email address
- Crop preferences
- Telephone number
We collect, process, and use the data that you have provided through the contact form in order to fulfil your specific request. In addition, some of this data is linked to your search and click behaviour on the site. By collecting this information, we can distinguish leads from amongst our website visitors and segment them as desired.
External services and content on our website
Our website may contain referrals (e.g. hyperlink, banner, or button) to other websites which relate to a specific aspect of our website. This does not necessarily mean that Koppert is connected to these other sites or their owners. We are not responsible for the compliance of these third parties with privacy regulations.
For more information about the scope and purpose of such collection and processing of your data, please read the privacy statements of the providers whose services and/or content we use and who are responsible for the protection of your data:
Administration, webshop and financial management
Koppert manages and processes personal data that is necessary with regard to sales, purchasing, consulting, orders, deliveries, invoices, the webshop, financial management and other services:
- Name
- Phone number
- Fax number
- Email address
- Business address
- Private phone
- Email address
- Work position of contact persons
- Customer numbers
- Location and postal address
- Chamber of Commerce number
- VAT number
- Bank account number
- Website and other business information
- Order information
- Email messages
Legal and internal management
Necessary for contract management, Intellectual Property, procedures for dispute settlement, and the management of complaints or legal proceedings; Koppert processes the following categories of data:
- Name
- Address
- Position
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Chamber of Commerce number
Marketing and communication activities
For processing, collecting, recording and using personal data for the benefit of acquisition and customer relations management of business contacts, Koppert processes the following categories of personal data:
- First name
- Surname
- Email address
- Company name
- Images of customers and contact persons
Recruitment
The processing, collecting, recording and use of personal data with regard to recruitment. The following categories of personal data may be processed for this purpose:
- First name
- Surname
- Email address
- Place of residence
- Curriculum Vitae
- Motivation
Lawful bases for processing
We have the following lawful bases for processing your data:
- consent has been obtained from the data subject;
- processing is necessary to comply with a statutory obligation;
- processing is necessary for the performance of a contract;
- processing is necessary for a legitimate interest.
- The legitimate interest is based on the following: The processing is necessary in the context of carrying out normal business operations and maintaining the relationship with you.
Cookies
We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer by your browser when you visit the website. The main function of cookies is to distinguish one user from the other. Your browser sends us the information stored the next time you visit our site.
What cookies do we use?
We distinguish between different types of cookies. Read more in our