November 26, 2025

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of EIP Europe LLP (“EIP”)

Thank you for visiting our website (https://www.eip.com/de/). EIP (“we” or “us”) takes your data protection very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal requirements.

This privacy policy informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by EIP.

As new technologies and continuous website development may require changes to this privacy policy, we recommend reviewing it regularly.
Last updated: 22/02/2022

In principle, you can use our site without transmitting personal data. Information you voluntarily provide — e.g., via email — will only be used to process your request.

This policy includes:

  • Contact details of EIP as controller
  • Definitions
    • “Personal data”
    • “Processing”
    • “Restriction of processing”
    • “Controller”
    • “Processor”
    • “Recipient”
    • “Third party”
    • “‘Consent’ of the data subject”
    • “Supervisory Authority”
  • Overview of the processing activity
  • Collection and processing of personal data
  • Reach measurement & cookies
  • Web analysis (Google Analytics)
  • Contact form
  • Rights of the user

Contact Details of EIP as Controller

EIP Europe LLP
Breite Straße 29–31
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

T +49 (0)211 9595 8500
F +49 (0)211 9595 8544
dusseldorf@eip.com

Definitions

We use terms from the GDPR (Article 4) and the BDSG.

“Personal data”

Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

“Processing”

Any operation performed on personal data, automated or not (e.g., collection, storage, retrieval, deletion).

“Restriction of processing”

Marking stored personal data to limit future processing.

“Controller”

The person or body determining the purposes and means of processing personal data.

“Processor”

A party processing personal data on behalf of the controller.

“Recipient”

A party to whom personal data is disclosed.

“Third party”

A party other than the data subject, controller, or processor.

“Consent”

Freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous indication of agreement to the processing of personal data.

“Supervisory Authority”

Independent public authority established by a Member State (GDPR Article 51).

Overview of the Processing Activity

General

We store data about visits to the website as server log files, including:

  • Visited website
  • Time of access
  • Amount of data sent
  • Source/referrer
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in optimising the website and ensuring security.

Recipient: Our website service provider, Igloo.

Retention: 60 days, or longer if required for legal or security reasons.

Collection & Processing of Personal Data

Downloading Resources

We may collect:

  • First name, last name
  • Job title
  • Company name
  • Contact information (email)

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)
Recipient: EIP
Retention: Up to 2 years
You may revoke consent at any time.

Application Form

We may collect:

  • First/last name
  • Job title
  • Contact details (email, phone number)
  • Postcode, preferences, interests
  • Other application-relevant information

We do not collect special categories of data under Article 9(1) GDPR.

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR
Recipient: EIP
Retention: Up to 5 years, or longer if legally required
You may revoke consent at any time.

Contact Form

If you use our contact form, we process:

  • Name
  • Company
  • Telephone
  • Email
  • Any additional data you provide

We do not collect special categories of data under Article 9(1).

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR
Recipient: EIP
Retention: 5 years (or longer if legally required)
You may revoke consent at any time.

Reach Measurement & Cookies

This website uses cookies for pseudonymised reach measurement.

Cookies improve user-friendliness and security. Data is generally anonymised.

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR
Recipient: Igloo

Browsers allow disabling cookies; however, this may limit website functionality.

Web Analysis: Google Analytics

We use anonymised analytics cookies to evaluate visitor behaviour.

Google LLC collects usage data on our behalf and assigns it to an anonymous identifier.

Cookies used:
_ga, _gat, _gid, _utmb, _utmz, _utmt, _utmc, _utma

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (cookie consent banner)

IP addresses are anonymised immediately after processing.

For more information, refer to Google’s privacy policy.

Social Media Plugins

Plugins from Twitter and LinkedIn may collect data when pages are loaded.

We do not control this processing and do not receive the data.

Operators:

  • Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

Please refer to their privacy policies.

Rights of the User (Data Subject Rights)

You may contact us at any time to exercise your rights.

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data (Art. 15)
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete data (Art. 16)
  • Restrict processing (Art. 18)
  • Erase personal data (Art. 17), subject to legal obligations
  • Data portability (Art. 20)
  • Object to processing (Art. 21)
  • Withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3))

You may also lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Supervisory Authority (NRW)

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestr. 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf

Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de