DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT

Date privacy statement

We welcome your interest in our organisation and our website. We take very seriously the protection of your personal data and the preservation of your privacy. We would like you to know when we save your data and how we use these data. In the following we would also like to inform you about how your data are handled. This privacy statement applies to our website.

Responsible in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other national data protection laws and data protection provisions is:

SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Logistics GmbH Next Level GmbH
Ringstraße 39-41
D-70736 Fellbach

Telefon: +49 711 57567-0
E-Mail: next-level@schmalz-schoen.de

The data protection officer for the SCHMALZ+SCHÖN logistics group is:

SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Logistics GmbH Region Stuttgart
DER KONZERNDATENSCHUTZBEAUFTRAGTE (THE CORPORATE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER)
Ringstraße 39-41
D-70736 Fellbach

E-Mail: Datenschutz@schmalz-schoen.de

If you make use of the information we provide, for example our website, we will process your personal data. We treat your data as strictly confidential and only process your data for the purpose stated during the collection of the data. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), German data protection law (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG) as well as other applicable data provisions form our benchmark for processing your data.

Provision of the website

SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Next Level GmbH only processes your personal data as far as necessary for providing a functional website, as well as our content and services. When you visit our website the following data are processed:

• Your anonymised IP address. The last three digits are deleted for anonymising

• Information about authenticated users is anonymised after one day

• Date and time of the access

• Files and quantity of data retrieved from our website

• Protocols and status code

• Website from which you accessed our website

• User agent

• Hostname viewed

The processing and temporary storage of your IP address is necessary so we can deliver the website to your computer. For this purpose your IP address must be saved for the duration of the session. The log files contain IP addresses or other data that permit your identification. The log files are saved to safeguard the functionality of the website. The are also used to optimize our website as well as to safeguard the security of our information systems.

Any processing of personal data is only for the stated purposes and to the extent necessary for the achievement of these purposes. These data are not used for advertising, providing customer advice, profiling or market research. We do not draw any conclusions about you as a person during the processing of these data. The legal basis for the processing of the data is art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The processing of the data is imperative technically to be able to make available our website and to ensure the stability and security of our system. It is not possible to use our website without such processing of data, i.e. you cannot opt out.

We delete or block the personal data of data subjects as soon as it is no longer necessary to store the data. If data are processed for the provision of the website, the data are deleted at the end of the related session. Logs that record failed page views are deleted after seven days. Along with the error messages, these logs contain the accessing IP address and, depending on the error, the webpage viewed.

Cookies

Our website uses only technically necessary cookies. These cookies are required to ensure the basic functions and secure operation of the website. These include, for example:

• storing language settings,

• remembering login information (if available),

• or enabling stable page loading.

These cookies do not require consent in accordance with Section 25 (2) No. 2 TTDSG in conjunction with art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and functional operation of this website.

No cookies are set for analysis, tracking, or advertising purposes. The information collected by the cookies is not passed on to third parties.

If you deactivate cookies via your browser, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Security

SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Next Level GmbH implements technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional tampering, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Rights of the data subject

If SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Next Level GmbH processes your personal data, you are a data subject as per art. 4 (1) GDPR with the following rights in relation to SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Next Level GmbH:

• Right of access (art. 15 GDPR)

• Right to rectification (art. 16 GDPR)

• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)

• Right to restriction of processing (art. 18 GDPR)

• Right to notification (art. 19 GDPR)

• Right to data portability (art. 20 GDPR)

• Right to object (art. 21 GDPR)

• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (art. 77 GDPR)

• Right to withdraw your declaration of consent related to data protection (art. 7 para. 3 DS-GVO)

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, for example by e-mail to Datenschutz@schmalz-schoen.de. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Right to object (art. 21 GDPR)

As per art. 21 GDPR you have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to the proessing of your personal data based on art. 6 para. 1 lit e or f GDPR, including profiling based on those provision. You can send your objection to our stated contact addresses, for example to Datenschutz@schmalz-schoen.de

We will then no longer process your personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for our processing and these reasons override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If you want to exercise a right, please contact our data protection officer at Datenschutz@schmalz-schoen.de. We would wish to inform you that, in certain circumstances, we may request additional information from you so that we can identify you. In this way we can ensure, e.g., that information ist not provides to unauthorized persons during the implementation of your right of access. Automated decision making is not used on our website.

Responsibility for content and information

Our website contains links to websites of external providers. We have no influence on and do not check that other providers comply with the applicable data protection regulations. If you are of the opinion that linked external sites violate applicable law or have other inappropriate content, please let us know. We will check your information and remove the external link if necessary. We are not responsible for the content and availability of linked external websites.

Acceptance and validity of the privacy statement

By using our website, you consent to the data processing activities described above. This privacy policy applies solely to the content of SCHMALZ+SCHÖN Next Level GmbH.

As our website evolves or new technologies are implemented, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. We therefore reserve the right to modify it at any time with effect for the future. The version available at the time of your visit shall always apply.

Stand: Juli 2025