Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy set out below.

Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section ‘Information on the responsible body’ in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website via our IT systems. This consists primarily of technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website functions correctly. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Please feel free to contact us at any time regarding this matter or any other questions you may have about data protection.

2. Accessing this website and hosting

This website is operated by our company and hosted externally. When you access this website, personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may primarily include IP addresses, contact enquiries, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website visits and other data generated via a website.

The processing of personal data when accessing the website is carried out in the interests of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our hosting provider will only receive and process your data to the extent contractually agreed within the framework of the agreed data processing and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider(s):

Planet Ocean Hosting GmbH
Werftbahnstr. 8
24143 Kiel
Germany

3. General information and mandatory notices

Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Information on the data controller

The data controller for data processing on this website is:

GoodMills Innovation GmbH
Trettaustrasse 35
21107 Hamburg

Telephone: +49 40 75109-666
Email: info@goodmillsinnovation.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention period
Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you submit a valid request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, erasure will take place once these grounds no longer apply.

Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer.

DS EXTERN GmbH, Dipl.-Kfm. Marc Althaus
Frapanweg 22
22589 Hamburg

Telephone: 040-696353930
Email: www.dsextern.de/anfragen

Recipients of personal data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only disclose personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the disclosure of data. When using data processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw any consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)( E OR F OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) OF THE GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
All data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract provided to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Access, rectification and erasure
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectify or erase this data. You may contact us at any time regarding this matter or any further questions concerning personal data.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time regarding this. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally require time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data has been or is being carried out unlawfully, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer require your personal data, but you require it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balancing of interests between yours and ours must be carried out. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies
Our website uses so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyse user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

You can configure your browser so that you are notified when cookies are set and only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Consent management with Borlabs Cookie
Our website uses the consent technology provided by Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser or to the use of certain technologies, and to document this in accordance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).

When you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie. The legal basis for setting this cookie is Section 25(2)(2) of the TDDDG.

The data collected is stored until you request its deletion, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on the data processing carried out by the Borlabs cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The Borlabs Cookie Consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

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)(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, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).

We will delete the data you enter in the contact form within three months of your enquiry having been processed.

Enquiries by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data contained therein (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

We delete the data you send to us via contact enquiries within three months of your enquiry having been processed.

5. Analytics tools and advertising

Matomo
This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyse data on how website visitors use our website. This enables us, amongst other things, to determine when specific pages were viewed and from which region the visitors are accessing the site. In doing so, we collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analytics tool is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both our website and our advertising. Where consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Hosting
We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on. The processed data and analysis results are deleted after 90 days.

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube
This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the YouTube service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our webpages on which YouTube is embedded, a connection is established with YouTube’s servers. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

The following personal data is processed in this process: IP addresses, device information, referrer URL and videos viewed. Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, amongst other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to link your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube and the associated processing of personal data is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TDDDG. Consent may be given via the Consent Management Tool and may also be withdrawn at any time via this tool.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

When using YouTube, it cannot be ruled out that personal data may be transferred by Google Ireland Limited to Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google LLC is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.
Further information on this is available from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Cloudflare Turnstile
We use Cloudflare Turnstile (hereinafter “Turnstile”) on this website. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).

Turnstile is used to verify whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is carried out by a human or by an automated programme. To this end, Turnstile analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics.

This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters a website with Turnstile enabled. For the analysis, Turnstile evaluates various pieces of information (including IP address, the duration of the website visitor’s stay on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Cloudflare.

The storage and analysis of the data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from spam. Insofar as the Turnstile service involves the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG, the legal basis for this is Section 25(2)(2) TDDDG. The personal data processed by Turnstile is deleted after a period of time determined by Cloudflare.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this is available from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.

7. Our own services

Handling of applicant data
We offer you the opportunity to apply for a position with us (e.g. by email, post or via the online application form). Below, we provide information on the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data are carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other legal provisions, and that your data will be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of data collection
When you submit an application to us, we process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication details, application documents, notes taken during interviews, etc.) to the extent necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) (initiation of an employment relationship), Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR (general initiation of a contract) and – provided you have given your consent – Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. Your personal data will be disclosed within our company exclusively to persons involved in processing your application. Where necessary or where appropriate consent has been given, applicant data will be disclosed within our group of companies. Furthermore, when processing applications, we make use of the services of our parent company, GoodMills Deutschland GmbH. The recipient of applicant data is also the company Rexx Systems GmbH, whose applications we use to manage applications.

If your application is successful, the data you have submitted will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for the purpose of establishing the employment relationship.

Data retention period
If we are unable to offer you a position, you decline a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have provided for up to 6 months from the conclusion of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application) on the basis of our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. The retention serves, in particular, as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6-month period (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place once the purpose for further retention no longer applies.

Data may also be retained for a longer period if you have given your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Date: 30 March 2026