BOW International UG

Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the GDPR is:

BOW International UG (limited liability)
Baron Voght Straße 76e
22609 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 8430 0905
Email: info@bowinternational.de

Represented by: Oliver Whisonant, Managing Director

2. General Information on Data Processing

We process personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functioning website along with our content and services. The processing of personal data regularly takes place only with the user’s consent or on the basis of a legal permission (Art. 6(1) GDPR).

3. Hosting and Server Log Files

This website is hosted with United Domains (IONOS Group). When you visit the website, our hosting provider automatically collects information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits. This includes: IP address, date and time of the request, page or file accessed, referrer URL, and the browser and operating system used.

This data serves exclusively to ensure the secure and reliable operation of the website (detecting attacks, analyzing errors) and is not combined with other data sources. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure and stable website operation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

4. Cookies

This website uses a single technically necessary cookie:

  • Name: pll_language
  • Purpose: Stores your selected language version (German/English) so the website displays in your last selected language on your next visit
  • Storage duration: 1 year
  • Provider: Own server (first-party cookie, set by the Polylang plugin)
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR / Section 25(2) No. 2 TTDSG (technically necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user)

This cookie does not contain any personal data other than the selected language code (e.g., “de” or “en”), does not serve any analytics, tracking, or profiling purposes, and is never transmitted to third parties.

No other cookies are set on this website — in particular, no analytics, marketing, or tracking cookies, and no third-party cookies.

Since this cookie is a purely functional, technically necessary cookie, according to prevailing opinion (including that of the German Data Protection Conference), no separate consent via a cookie banner is required for its storage. Nevertheless, we disclose it here for transparency in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR.

5. No Use of Google Services or External Tracking/Analytics Tools

This website does not integrate any Google services (no Google Fonts, no Google Analytics, no Google Maps, no Google reCAPTCHA, no Google Tag Manager) and no social media plugins that transmit data to third parties. All fonts and scripts are served exclusively from our own server. Accordingly, no personal data is transmitted to third parties or to countries outside the EU/EEA.

6. Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the details you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact information you provide there, will be stored by us and/or transmitted to us by email for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided your inquiry relates to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if this was requested.

Data submitted via the contact form is received by us via email and is not permanently stored in a database on the server; it remains with us only as long as necessary to process your inquiry and is then deleted, unless statutory retention obligations require otherwise.

7. External Links

In the page header, we link to our LinkedIn company profile. This is a simple hyperlink without an embedded social plugin; no data is transmitted to LinkedIn when this website loads. Only if you actively click the link and visit the LinkedIn page does LinkedIn’s privacy policy apply.

8. SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://”.

9. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the right at any time to obtain information about your personal data stored by us (Art. 15 GDPR), to request the correction of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR), to request the deletion of your data (Art. 17 GDPR), to request the restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), to object to the processing of your data (Art. 21 GDPR), to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), and to withdraw any consent given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The competent authority for Hamburg is: The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22, 20459 Hamburg.

If you have any questions about your rights or the processing of your data, please feel free to contact us at any time using the contact details provided under Section 1 above.

10. Currency and Amendments to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid (last updated: July 22, 2026). Due to the further development of our website or changes to legal requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy.