The GoldbergUllrich audit seal (technical audit seal) is awarded by the GoldbergUllrich Law Firm. The GoldbergUllrich audit seal (technical audit seal) offers online merchants the opportunity to demonstrate the seriousness of their own business to potential customers. With the GoldbergUllrich technical audit seal, online merchants can prove to their customers that the e-commerce system they use possesses the necessary technical conditions to meet all legal requirements of online commerce. Through this, online merchants can differentiate themselves from their competitors and build a relationship of trust with potential customers by using the GoldbergUllrich audit seal (technical audit seal).

Many e-commerce systems do not possess the technical conditions to simply meet the legal requirements that the current legislative framework imposes on e-commerce operators. The GoldbergUllrich audit seal (technical audit seal) is awarded only to e-commerce systems that, due to their technical provisions, enable an online merchant to implement all legal measures required by laws, ordinances, and jurisprudence from an e-commerce operator.

The Goldberg Law Firm verifies, based on a comprehensive test catalog with numerous individual criteria, whether an e-commerce system meets the technical conditions imposed by the current legislative situation to comply with the legal provisions for operating an e-commerce site.

The Goldberg Law Firm hereby confirms that the 'NORDWEST eSHOP' e-commerce system of the company

• NORDWEST Handel AG
• Robert-Schuman-Straße 17, 44263 Dortmund
• Registration Number: HRB 28436 Administrative Court Dortmund
  
• VAT Identification Number (VAT ID No.): DE 125 132 919

has obtained its certification.

NORDWEST Handel AG is authorized to display the GoldbergUllrich audit seal (technical audit seal) within its 'NORDWEST SHOP' e-commerce system.

The Goldberg audit seal (technical audit seal) guarantees that NORDWEST Handel AG's e-commerce system fulfills the technical conditions enabling it to operate an e-commerce site that complies with legal provisions and meets high standards of user comfort. Continuous monitoring of the 'NORDWEST-eSHOP' ensures that new legal provisions regarding e-commerce sites are implemented immediately.

The 'NORDWEST-eSHOP' e-commerce site particularly meets the following audit criteria:

• Transparent ordering process, high usability, and ease of use of the e-commerce site for online merchants and customers
• Possibility for complete and transparent presentation of all legal information and data (including product descriptions, product prices, shipping costs and information, additional fees, payment information, delivery times, delivery areas, restrictive distribution and marketing conditions, general terms and conditions, data protection declaration, right of withdrawal, provider identification/imprint)
• Legally compliant organization of technical processes for the use of the e-commerce system in European markets
• Protection of personal data based on a highly sophisticated technical data security concept
• Possibility of integrating the e-commerce system into the existing IT environment of the e-commerce operator (via ERP connection) and the end customer (via OCI).

The 'NORDWEST-eSHOP' e-commerce system is regularly subjected to audits by the Goldberg Law Firm to ensure continuous compliance with the verification criteria.

Seal awarded on 24.10.2014

Goldberg Rechtsanwälte

Maître Michael Ullrich, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M (Information Law)

Specialized Attorney in Information Technology Law