Data Privacy

Name and address of the controller

The controller, as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection legislation applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the:

The companies of TÜV NORD GROUP, represented by TÜV NORD AG 
Am TÜV 1 
Hannover, Germany

Tel. +49 511 998-0 
E-mail: privacy(at)tuev-nord.de
www.tuev-nord.de
 

Name and address of the Data Protection Officer

The controller’s Data Protection Officer is:

Mr Berthold Weghaus
TÜV NORD AG 
Am Technologiepark 1
45307 Essen, Germany

Tel +49 201 825-2165
E-mail: bweghaus(at)tuev-nord.de
www.tuev-nord.de

SSL encryption
The collection of survey data is secured by default via the SSL encryption method SHA256 (SSL 3.0 fallback deactivated) and are also only available to the author (customer) via an identically secured connection.
 
Voluntary participation
Participation in the survey is voluntary for you. You have the possibility to cancel the survey at any time by closing the browser window. The answers given so far will be made available to the author.
 
Anonymous participation
Your participation in the survey is basically anonymous. The survey system can only establish a connection between you and the results if this has been set by the author (customer). If you are asked for personal information within the survey, it is your decision to provide it and make it available to the author (customer) with your answers.
 
Encryption of the IP address
To prevent multiple participation in the survey, the author can enable IP blocking. To enable IP blocking, your IP address is read and only stored on the survey server after automatic encryption into a non-reverse-encryptable hashtag. This means that your IP address cannot be read by the author or easyfeedback at any time. As soon as the survey is finished, the hashtag is deleted.
 
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are set in your browser when you call up the survey. Using these cookies, the survey system can recognize whether you have already visited the survey and reassign the answers you have already given (interrupt & continue a survey). Likewise, the use of cookies can prevent multiple participation. The cookie is automatically deleted after 90 days or if the survey is deleted prematurely.

Place of data storage 
The storage of your answers and data takes place in accordance with applicable data protection regulations in Germany in the data center of Strato AG.

In accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we inform you here in detail about the personal data that we collect from you, store and process, as well as your rights: correction or deletion, to restrict processing or a right to object to processing, as well as the right to data portability. You have the following rights

Rights of the data subject

If personal data concerning you are being processed, you are a data subject as defined by the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

Right to information

You can obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed by us.

If this is the case, you can obtain from the controller the following information:

• the purposes for which the personal data are being processed;
• the categories of personal data which are being processed;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
• the intended storage duration of the personal data concerning you or, if it is not possible to provide concrete details of this, the criteria for determining the storage duration;
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
• the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to obtain information as to whether the personal data concerning you are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this regard, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards under the terms of Art. 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.

Where data are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical research purposes:

This right to information can be restricted in so far as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the research or statistical objectives and the restriction is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical objectives.

Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller in so far as the personal data being processed concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must undertake the rectification without delay.

Where data are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical research purposes: 
Your right to rectification can be restricted in so far as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the research or statistical objectives and the restriction is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical objectives.

Right to restriction of processing

You can request the restriction of the processing of the personal data concerning you where one of the following applies:

• where you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
• the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
• where you have objected to processing under the terms of Art. 21(1) GDPR and it has not yet been established whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.

Where processing of the personal data concerning you has been restricted, these personal data shall – with the exception of storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

Where restriction of processing has been obtained under the conditions described above, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Where data are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical research purposes: 
Your right to restriction of processing can be restricted in so far as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the research or statistical objectives and the restriction is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical objectives.

Right to erasure

You can request the erasure by the controller of the personal data concerning you without delay, and the controller is obliged to erase the data without delay, where one of the following grounds applies:

• The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
• You withdraw the consent on which the processing is based under the terms of Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
• You object to the processing under the terms of Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing under the terms of Art. 21(2) GDPR.
• The personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed;
• The personal data concerning you have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
• The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8(1) GDPR.

Where the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged under the terms of Art. 17(1) GDPR to erase them, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure by them of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

The right to erasure does not apply to the extent that processing is necessary

• for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
• for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing in accordance with Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
• for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with points (h) and (i) of Art. 9(2) as well as Art. 9(3) GDPR;
• for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89(1) GDPR in so far as the right referred to in Para. 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or
• for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to information 

If you have exercised your right vis-à-vis the controller to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of their processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right vis-à-vis the controller to be informed concerning these recipients.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where:

• the processing is based on consent in accordance with point (a) of Art. 6(1) GDPR or point (a) of Art. 9(2) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with point (b) of Art. 6(1) GDPR; and
• the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. This must not adversely affect the freedoms and rights of others.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Right to object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Art. 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where personal data concerning you are 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 for profiling, to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

Where you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you shall no longer be processed for such purposes.

In the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

Where data are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical research purposes: 
Where personal data concerning you are processed for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes under the terms of Art. 89(1) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to such processing.

Your right to object can be restricted in so far as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the research or statistical objectives and the restriction is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical objectives.

Right to withdrawal of declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you adversely. This does not apply if the decision:

• is necessary for conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the data controller;
• is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
• is based on your explicit consent.

However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Art. 9(1) GDPR, unless point (a) or (g) of Art. 9(2) applies and suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place.

In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c), the data controller must implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged is to inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy under the terms of Art. 78 GDPR.