Privacy Policy

1. Name of the body responsible:
tesa SE

2. Board members:
Thomas Schlegel (Chief Executive Officer)
Jan Christoph Teetz (Chief Financial Officer)
Dr. Robert Gereke (Executive Vice President, tesa Industry)

Manager in charge of data processing:
Hauke Ahlgrimm.

3. Address of the body responsible:
tesa SE
Quickbornstr. 24
20253 Hamburg, Germany

4. Purpose of data collection, processing, or use:
The object of the company is the development, production, and sale of chemical and technical products, particularly adhesives and self-adhesive products. Data are collected, processed, and used only for the fulfillment of the abovementioned purposes.

5. Description of the groups of persons concerned and the data or categories relating to such persons:
Customer data, employee data, and data of suppliers insofar as such are necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes mentioned under Item 4 above.

6. Recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data may be disclosed:
Public agencies, in the event that there are provisions of law that take precedence; external contractors, in accordance with Sec. 11 of the BDSG; and external bodies and internal departments, for fulfillment of the purposes mentioned under Item 4 above.

7. Time limits for the deletion of data:
The legislature has enacted a number of obligations as to storage of data and time limits for such storage. After these time limits expire, the corresponding data are deleted on a routine basis. If data are not affected by these provisions, they will be deleted if the purposes mentioned under Item 4 above cease to apply.

8. Data transmission to nations outside of the European Union (“third-party countries”):
No transmission of personal data of German citizens or citizens of other EU countries to third-party countries is planned. When inquiries are directed to us from abroad, we plan to refer them to our foreign representatives for processing/responses on our behalf.

9. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are saved on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website.

The information about your use of this website generated by the cookie (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the United States and is saved there. Google will use this information in order to analyze your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for the website operators and provide further services related to website usage and internet usage.
Google will also, where applicable, transfer this information to third parties where this is a legal requirement, or insofar as third parties process this data on Google's behalf. Google will not link your IP address to other data saved by Google under any circumstances. You can prevent the installation of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; however, we would like to point out that this may result in not being able to use all functions of this website to the full extent.

You can at any time and with effect for the future object the collection and use of your IP address with Google Analytics. For more information, see http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .

Please note that the Google Analytics code "gat._anonymizeIp ();" is used on this website. This means that IP addresses are anonymized by removing the last octet of the visitor's IP address prior to its use and storage.


Please do not hesitate to contact our data protection representative directly (Contact us) with any questions you may have regarding the processing of your personal data.