Privacy Notice on Consent to the Disclosure of Data in Connection with Donation and Sponsorship Requests

As part of your donation or sponsorship request submitted via our online form, we process your personal data. Below, we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of this processing.

1. Controller

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
Grimsehlstraße 31
37574 Einbeck

2. Categories of Data Processed

As part of the review of your request, we process and transmit, where necessary, the following personal and project-related data:

Personal data

  • Name and address of the organization, company or association
  • First and last name
  • Contact details (email address, telephone number)

Project-related data

  • Additional personal information voluntarily provided in the form

3. Purpose of Data Processing

Your data is processed and, where applicable, disclosed exclusively for the purpose of:

  • reviewing and assessing your donation or sponsorship request; and
  • coordinating possible support, particularly in the context of a joint engagement

For this purpose, it may be necessary to share your information with the AKB Stiftung (family foundation) in order to enable a joint assessment and decision-making process.

4. Legal Basis

The processing and disclosure of your data are carried out on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

5. Recipients of the Data

Your data will only be transmitted to the bodies responsible for the review:

  • internal departments of the KWS Group
  • AKB Stiftung (family foundation) as part of the joint review

No further disclosure will take place.

6. Storage Period

Your data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the purposes stated above:

  • Rejection of the request:
    Deletion generally within 12 months after completion of the review

  • Approved projects:
    Storage for the duration of the cooperation and thereafter in accordance with statutory retention obligations (usually up to 10 years)

7. Withdrawal of Your Consent

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Withdrawal may be made informally, for example by email to:
social.engagement@kws.com

The lawfulness of the processing carried out up to the time of withdrawal remains unaffected.

8. Your Rights

Within the scope of the statutory provisions, you have the right to:

  • obtain information about your stored data
  • rectify inaccurate data
  • erase data or restrict processing
  • object to processing
  • data portability

9. Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer

You can contact our Data Protection Officer as follows:

Boris Reibach
Data Protection Officer
Scheja & Partners GmbH & Co. KG
Adenauerallee 136
53113 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 227226-0
Fax: +49 (0)228 227226-26
boris.reibach@scheja-partners.de

Encrypted contact form:

https://www.scheja-partners.de/kontakt/kontakt.html, addressee: Boris Reibach