.
 
 

 Privacy Policy


## 1. Controller
The controller responsible for processing personal data on these websites is:
Behrentin Communication GmbH
Burghof 2
54576 Hillesheim
Germany
Managing Director: Dieter Behrentin
Telephone: +49 6593 2677088
Email: [info@behrentin.eu]
Additional business email address: [info@behrentin.com]
## 2. General Information
The protection of your personal data is important to us. We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the German Federal Data Protection Act and other applicable data protection laws.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, names, business contact details, IP addresses and the content of enquiries.
This Privacy Policy applies in particular to:
* [www.behrentin.com](http://www.behrentin.com)
* [www.behrentin.eu](http://www.behrentin.eu)
*

  • the Market Entry Check provided through these domains

## 3. Website Access and Server Log Data
When you visit our websites, your browser automatically transmits certain technical information to the relevant server. This may include:
*

  • IP address
    • *
  • date and time of access
    • *
  • requested page or file
    • *
  • amount of data transferred
    • *
  • referrer URL
    • *
  • browser type and version
    • *
  • operating system
    • *
  • hostname of the accessing device
    • *
  • information about errors or potentially abusive access

This data is processed to provide the websites, maintain their stability and security, identify technical errors and prevent misuse.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and reliable operation of our websites.
Log data is retained only for as long as necessary for operation, security and error analysis. It may be retained for longer where a security incident must be investigated or where retention is required by law.
## 4. Hosting of [www.behrentin.com](http://www.behrentin.com) by STRATO
The website [www.behrentin.com](http://www.behrentin.com) is hosted by:
STRATO GmbH
Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7
10249 Berlin
Germany
When the website is accessed, STRATO processes the technical data required to provide and secure the website. This may include IP addresses, access times, requested content, browser information and server log data.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure, reliable and economical provision of our website.
Where STRATO processes personal data on our behalf, this processing is governed by a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR.
Further information is available in STRATO’s privacy policy:
https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/
## 5. Hosting of the Market Entry Check through OpenAI Sites
The Market Entry Check available at [www.behrentin.eu](http://www.behrentin.eu) is provided using OpenAI Sites.
For customers established in the European Economic Area, the relevant contracting entity for the processing of customer data is generally:
OpenAI Ireland Ltd.
1st Floor, The Liffey Trust Centre
117–126 Sheriff Street Upper
Dublin 1, D01 YC43
Ireland
When you access the Market Entry Check, technical connection and log data may be processed. If you submit the form, the information you provide is also processed through the technical infrastructure used by OpenAI Sites.
This processing is necessary to provide, secure and operate the Market Entry Check and to transmit your enquiry.
The legal bases are Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where processing is necessary to respond to your enquiry or take steps prior to entering into a contract, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for the secure and reliable operation of the website.
OpenAI may use subprocessors. Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, OpenAI states that such transfers are based on an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards, including the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
Further information is available in OpenAI’s Data Processing Addendum:
https://openai.com/policies/data-processing-addendum/
## 6. Contact by Email or Telephone
If you contact us by email or telephone, we may process:
*

  • your name
    • *
  • your company
    • *
  • your email address
    • *
  • your telephone number
    • *
  • the content and time of your enquiry
    • *
  • any other information you voluntarily provide

We process this information to respond to your enquiry, communicate with you and, where applicable, establish or manage a business relationship.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to entering into or performing a contract. Other business enquiries are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the appropriate handling of business enquiries and the maintenance of business relationships.
We delete the data when your enquiry has been fully resolved, unless statutory retention obligations, contractual requirements or legitimate interests require continued retention.
## 7. Contact Forms on [www.behrentin.com](http://www.behrentin.com)
When you submit a contact form on [www.behrentin.com](http://www.behrentin.com), we process the information entered into that form. Depending on the form, this may include:
*

  • name
    • *
  • company
    • *
  • email address
    • *
  • telephone number
    • *
  • message
    • *
  • date and time of the enquiry

Required fields are identified accordingly. Any other information is provided voluntarily.
We process this information exclusively to handle and respond to your enquiry and, where applicable, to prepare a consulting engagement or other business relationship.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry concerns pre-contractual steps or an existing contractual relationship. General business enquiries are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is responding to enquiries and conducting business communications.
Submitting a contact form does not constitute consent to receive newsletters or general marketing communications. We use your information for marketing only where a separate legal basis permits us to do so.
## 8. Market Entry Check and Enquiry Form on [www.behrentin.eu](http://www.behrentin.eu)
When you complete the Market Entry Check, we process the information you select or enter, including:
* product category
* current markets
* intended target markets
* business priorities
* answers concerning market readiness
* name
* company
* business email address
*

  • country

*

  • optional company website

We process this information to provide the Market Entry Check, generate an initial summary based on your answers and review and respond to your request for a market assessment or consultation.
The results of the Market Entry Check constitute a non-binding initial assessment. They are not an automated market forecast, a legally binding decision or a substitute for an individual market, legal or compliance assessment.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where you request an assessment, consultation or further contact. Where no specific pre-contractual relationship has yet been established, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is responding to qualified business enquiries and providing a digital tool for the initial identification of consulting requirements.
Information submitted through the Market Entry Check is not used for newsletters or general marketing campaigns unless you have provided separate consent or another applicable legal basis permits such use.
Enquiries that do not result in a business relationship are generally deleted no later than six months after they have been fully processed, unless specific circumstances or legal obligations justify longer retention.
Where a business relationship is established, the necessary information may be retained for the duration of that relationship and subsequently in accordance with statutory commercial and tax retention requirements.
## 9. Email Transmission through Brevo
We use Brevo to transmit enquiries submitted through the Market Entry Check.
The provider is:
Brevo SAS
7 rue de Madrid
75008 Paris
France
When you submit the enquiry form, the information you provide is transmitted through Brevo’s application programming interface as a transactional email to Behrentin Communication. This may include your name, company, email address, country, website and Market Entry Check results.
Brevo is not used through this form to automatically subscribe you to a newsletter or add you to a general marketing list.
The processing is necessary to transmit and respond to your enquiry. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR or, for general business enquiries, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Brevo processes the data as a processor under a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. According to Brevo, the servers used to host its databases are located within the European Union. Brevo may use additional subprocessors.
Further information is available at:
https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/
Information about Brevo’s data storage locations:
https://help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001005510-Data-storage-location
## 10. Business Email Communication through STRATO
Our business email accounts are operated through STRATO. When you send us an email or a form submission is transmitted to us by email, sender and recipient information, the subject line, message content, communication time and technical transmission data may be processed on STRATO’s email systems.
This processing is necessary to conduct business communications, respond to your enquiry and maintain the security of our email services.
The legal bases are Article 6(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where STRATO processes this information on our behalf, Article 28 GDPR also applies.
## 11. No Automatic Subscription to Newsletters or Marketing Lists
Contacting us through our websites or completing the Market Entry Check does not automatically subscribe you to a newsletter or add you to a general marketing distribution list.
If we offer a newsletter in the future, registration will take place through a separate process and, where legally required, using a double opt-in procedure. Separate information will be provided for this purpose.
## 12. External Links
Our websites contain links to external websites, including websites operated by LinkedIn, Calendly, customers, business partners, funding organisations and other third parties.
A standard external link does not normally transmit information to the external provider merely because you visit our website. When you select such a link, however, you leave our website and establish a direct connection with the third-party provider.
The relevant third-party provider is generally responsible for any processing that takes place on its platform. Please refer to the privacy policies of the respective providers.
## 13. Appointment Scheduling through Calendly
Where we provide an external link to Calendly for appointment scheduling, personal data is processed only when you open that link and select an appointment or submit information through Calendly.
The information requested may include your name, email address, appointment details and any information you provide voluntarily.
We receive the information required to prepare and conduct the requested appointment. Our processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR or, in the case of a general business enquiry, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information about Calendly’s processing is available at:
https://calendly.com/legal/privacy-notice
## 14. Links to LinkedIn and Other Social Networks
Our websites contain links to our profiles on social networks, particularly LinkedIn. These are generally standard links and not social media plugins that load automatically.
A connection to the relevant social network is established only when you select the link. The provider may then process your IP address, device information and information about the page from which you accessed the network. If you are logged into the relevant network, the visit may be associated with your user account.
The respective platform operator is responsible for further processing on its platform.
LinkedIn’s privacy policy is available at:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
## 15. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our websites may use technically necessary cookies or comparable storage technologies where required to provide, secure or operate the websites.
In Germany, technically necessary cookies may be used on the basis of Section 25(2) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (“TDDDG”). Where personal data is processed, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the technically reliable and secure provision of our websites.
Based on the services currently identified, we do not use optional analytics, profiling or marketing cookies on the websites covered by this Privacy Policy.
If non-essential cookies, analytics tools or marketing technologies are introduced in the future, they will be activated only after valid consent has been obtained where required. This Privacy Policy and any consent management system will be updated accordingly.
## 16. Recipients and Processors
Within the purposes described above, personal data may be disclosed to the following categories of recipients:
*

  • hosting and infrastructure providers
    • *
  • email and communications providers
    • *
  • technical service providers and processors
    • *
  • legal, tax or business advisers where necessary
    • *
  • public authorities or courts where disclosure is legally required

The technical service providers currently relevant to our websites include STRATO, OpenAI and Brevo.
Where a provider processes personal data on our behalf, we enter into a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR where required.
We do not sell personal data or disclose it to third parties for their own unrelated marketing purposes.
## 17. Transfers to Third Countries
The use of certain service providers may involve the processing of personal data outside the European Union or European Economic Area.
Such transfers take place only where the applicable legal requirements are met. This may include reliance on an adequacy decision of the European Commission, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or other appropriate safeguards.
Where reasonably possible, we give preference to processing within the European Union or European Economic Area.
## 18. Retention Periods
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant processing purpose.
The applicable retention period depends in particular on:
*

  • the time required to process an enquiry
    • *
  • the duration of a pre-contractual or contractual relationship
    • *
  • statutory commercial and tax retention obligations
    • *
  • the necessity of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims
    • *
  • the documented deletion periods applied by our service providers

Once the processing purpose no longer applies, the data will be deleted or restricted unless legal or other permissible grounds require continued retention.
## 19. Legal Bases for Processing
We process personal data on the following legal bases in particular:
*

  • Article 6(1)(a) GDPR where you have provided consent
    • *
  • Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for pre-contractual steps or the performance of a contract
    • *
  • Article 6(1)(c) GDPR to comply with legal obligations
    • *
  • Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to pursue our legitimate interests, provided that your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
## 20. Requirement to Provide Personal Data
There is generally no statutory obligation to provide personal data through our websites.
Certain information is, however, required for us to respond to your enquiry, arrange an appointment, prepare an offer or take requested pre-contractual steps. Without this information, we may be unable to process the relevant request.
## 21. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use decision-making based solely on automated processing that produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects you within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.
The Market Entry Check produces an automated and non-binding initial assessment based on the options you select. It is intended solely for orientation and to prepare a possible consultation.
The Market Entry Check does not make automated decisions concerning contracts, funding eligibility, market access, regulatory compliance or the provision of services.
## 22. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, manipulation, unauthorised access and unauthorised disclosure.
Our websites use encrypted HTTPS connections. This protects data transmitted between your browser and our websites against simple interception.
However, complete security of data transmitted over the internet cannot be guaranteed.
## 23. Rights of Data Subjects
Subject to the applicable statutory conditions, you have the following rights:
*

  • right of access under Article 15 GDPR
    • *
  • right to rectification under Article 16 GDPR
    • *
  • right to erasure under Article 17 GDPR
    • *
  • right to restriction of processing under Article 18 GDPR
    • *
  • right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR
    • *
  • right to object under Article 21 GDPR
    • *
  • right to withdraw consent with effect for the future
    • *
  • right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR

To exercise your rights, please contact:
Behrentin Communication GmbH
Burghof 2
54576 Hillesheim
Germany
Email: [info@behrentin.eu](mailto:info@behrentin.eu)
## 24. Right to Object
Where we process personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to such processing at any time without giving reasons.
You may submit an objection by emailing [info@behrentin.eu](mailto:info@behrentin.eu).
## 25. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law.
The supervisory authority generally responsible for our registered office is:
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Rhineland-Palatinate
Hintere Bleiche 34
55116 Mainz
Germany
Website:
https://www.datenschutz.rlp.de/
You may also contact another supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence, place of work or the location of the alleged infringement.
## 26. Data Protection Officer
Based on the current circumstances, Behrentin Communication GmbH is not legally required to appoint a data protection officer.
Data protection enquiries may be addressed directly to [info@behrentin.eu](mailto:info@behrentin.eu).
## 27. Amendments to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy if our websites, service providers or legal requirements change.
The version published on our websites at the relevant time applies.
Last updated: 9 September 2026

 

 
 
 
 
 
Mail
About
LinkedIn