6. Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the details you provide in the enquiry form, including the contact details you have provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6 (1) lit. b) of the GDPR, provided that your enquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us in accordance with Article 6(1) lit. f) of the GDPR or on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1) lit a) of the GDPR, provided that this has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. once your enquiry has been processed). Legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

7. Legal basis for processing

The legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose is Article 6 (1) lit. a) of the GDPR. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contractual relationship, Article 6 (1) lit. b) of the GDPR forms the required legal basis. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as in the field of tax law, the processing is based on Article 6 (1) lit. c) of the GDPR.
In certain circumstances, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. In this case, Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR would form the legal basis for the processing. Processing operations may also be based on Article 6 (1) lit. f) of the GDPR. This is the case where the processing of your personal data by us is based on a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party.

8. Deletion or blocking of data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as required by the various retention periods stipulated by law. Once the relevant purpose has ceased to apply or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

9. Data protection in relation to applications and the application process

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. This processing may also be carried out electronically. Should the application process result in an employment contract with an applicant, we will store the data provided to us for the purpose of managing the employment relationship in accordance with legal requirements. If the application does not result in the applicant being hired, we will delete the application documents no later than three months after notifying the applicant of the rejection, provided that no other legitimate interests of our company preclude such deletion.

10. Automated decision-making

We do not carry out any automated decision-making or so-called “profiling” using the data we process.

11. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google), for the statistical analysis of our online offering. This includes, for example, the number of visits to our website, the subpages visited and the length of time visitors spend on the site. The legal basis for data processing is your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TDDDG.
Google Analytics uses so-called ‘cookies’ and other browser technologies to analyze user behavior and recognize users. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. 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 other services relating to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Google has obtained certification under the so-called ‘EU-US Data Privacy Framework’. In accordance with the relevant adequacy decision of the European Commission, we may therefore assume that data processing by Google in the USA under the meets a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.
We have no influence over the specific storage period of the processed data; this is determined by Google. Further information on data processing by Google Analytics can be found in the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

12. Social Media

In addition to this website, we also operate various social media channels. We currently have a presence on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, XING and LinkedIn. You can access our pages there via the relevant buttons on our website. We expressly draw your attention to the fact that you use these pages and their functions at your own risk.
When you visit our presence on the aforementioned platforms, personal data may be transmitted to the operator of the respective platform and processed by them, such as your IP address, the type of processor used and your browser version, including plug-ins. The data collected about you in this context is processed by the social media provider and may also be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
If you are logged in to your personal user account whilst visiting such a website, the operator may associate the visit with your account. If you wish to avoid this, you should log out of the respective platform operator’s service before visiting our online presence, or deactivate the ‘stay logged in’ function, delete the cookies stored on your device, and close and restart your browser.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of the data by the operator of the respective platform, and your rights and settings options regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to the respective privacy policies:
Facebook: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
We do not collect or process any further data from your use of our presence on the relevant social media platforms.

13. Manten Visitor Management

We use a proprietary app for data collection and storage to manage external visitors to our premises. In advance, or at the latest upon entering our premises, we collect your surname, first name, company and a mobile contact number so that we can reach you on the premises in the event of an emergency. In addition, we record the start and end times of your visit.
The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. a) of the GDPR. The relevant data is stored internally by us in pseudonymized form for a maximum of three years to ensure food safety and animal welfare. Access to the pseudonymization table is restricted to a small group of individuals.

14. Your rights to access, rectification, restriction, erasure and objection

You have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us at any time. You also have the right to rectification, restriction or, apart from the mandatory data storage required for business transactions, erasure of your personal data. Please contact our Data Protection Officer by email at datenschutz@heinrichmanten.de.
To ensure that data can be blocked at any time, this data must be retained in a blocking file for verification purposes. You may also request the erasure of the data, provided there is no legal obligation to retain it. Where such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to withdrawal. You may make changes to or withdraw your consent by notifying us via email at datenschutz@heinrichmanten.de with effect for the future.
We have a statutory response period of one month to process your request, which may be extended by a further month in exceptional cases. We endeavor to process your request in full within a relatively short time after receiving it. Please note that, due to statutory retention periods, we may still be obliged to store certain personal data relating to you even after a request for erasure has been made.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right – without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy – to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
The supervisory authority responsible for data protection in our case is the
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, North Rhine-Westphalia
PO Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel.: +49 (211) 38424-0
Fax: +49 (211) 38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

15. Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy as necessary to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services in the privacy policy, for example, when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

April 2026