Privacy policy

This is an English translation for information. Only the German version is legally binding.

As of: October 2026

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy below this text.

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example by e-mail, telephone or messenger. Other data is collected automatically by our host's IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. web browser, operating system or time of the page request).

What do we use your data for?

The technical data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Your user behaviour is not analysed. This website uses no cookies and no tracking or analytics services.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time about this and other questions on data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato records various log files including your IP addresses. Further information can be found in Strato's privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

Strato is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible.

Server log files

Each time our website is accessed, Strato automatically records information that your browser transmits in so-called server log files:

• IP address
• date and time of the request
• page or file requested and amount of data transferred
• referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• browser type, browser version and operating system

This data is not combined with other data sources. It is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the technically error-free and secure provision of our website; for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.

Visitor statistics

Strato evaluates the server log files for visitor statistics, for example the number of visits, the pages viewed, the referring pages and the browsers used. No code is embedded in our pages for this, and no cookies are set. The statistics help us to improve the website; the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We do not attribute them to individual persons.

E-mail

Our e-mail mailbox is also operated by Strato. E-mails you send us are therefore stored on Strato servers in Germany.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement for the use of the above service. This is a contract required by data protection law which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

TL Compliance
Timo Lieske
Eifelstr. 13
60529 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Telephone: +49 162 3354552
E-mail: info@ufiregistration.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion takes place once these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal bases of data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If your data is required to fulfil a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the course of our business activities we work with various external bodies. In some cases this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary to fulfil a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in passing it on, or if another legal basis permits the transfer. When using processors, we only pass on our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

The authority responsible for us is:

Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information)
Postfach 31 63
65021 Wiesbaden
Germany
datenschutz.hessen.de

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time about this and other questions on personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the check you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may, apart from its storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

No cookies and no access to your device

This website does not set cookies and does not store any information on your device (no local storage, no session storage, no fingerprinting). Consent under § 25(1) TDDDG is therefore not required.

Fonts and content

All fonts, images and scripts are loaded directly from our web server. No content from third-party providers (e.g. Google Fonts, map or video services) is embedded.

Settings and tools in the browser

The light/dark mode, the language selection, the UFI generator and the UFI checker work exclusively in your browser. Input, for example a VAT number in the UFI generator, is neither stored nor transmitted to us or third parties.

Links to other websites

Our pages link to websites of authorities and other bodies, for example ECHA or EUR-Lex. These are simple links. Data is only transmitted to the operator of the linked website when you click a link; that operator's privacy policy then applies.

Enquiries by e-mail, telephone or messenger

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or messenger, your enquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send us via contact requests remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Use of AI services

For research, texts and translations we use AI services from OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Anthropic (Claude). Insofar as personal data from enquiries or orders is processed, this is done to handle your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) or on the basis of our legitimate interest in efficient handling (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We only enter the information needed for the respective task.

• OpenAI: OpenAI Ireland Limited, 1st Floor, The Liffey Trust Centre, 117-126 Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 YC43, Ireland.
• Anthropic: Anthropic Ireland, Limited, 6th Floor, South Bank House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, D04 TR29, Ireland.

A transfer of data to third countries, in particular to the USA, cannot be ruled out. According to the providers, it takes place on the basis of appropriate safeguards, such as the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

WhatsApp and WeChat

On our website we link to the messengers WhatsApp and WeChat. These are simple links; no data is transmitted to these providers when you merely visit our website. Only when you write to us via one of these services does the respective provider process your data in accordance with its own privacy policy.

• WhatsApp: WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. A transfer of data to third countries, in particular to the USA, cannot be ruled out.
• WeChat: For users in the European Economic Area, Tencent International Service Europe B.V., Buitenveldertselaan 1-5, 1082 VA Amsterdam, Netherlands, is responsible. According to the provider, the data is stored on servers in Singapore and Malaysia; access from China, for example for technical support, is possible.

Your message is processed by us in the same way as an enquiry by e-mail (see above). If you do not wish to transmit data to these providers, please write to us by e-mail.