Privacy Policy

We highly appreciate your interest in our company and are committed to protecting your privacy.

As a matter of principle, our website may be used without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to access our company’s services via our website, we may be required to process personal data. If processing personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will always obtain the consent of the data subject in relation to the purpose for which data is to be processed.

Processing of personal data, such as name, phone number, or mailing and email addresses, will always be in compliance with the relevant country-specific data-protection regulations. This privacy policy is intended to inform the public about the type, scope, and purpose of the personal data collected, used, and processed by us. Furthermore, it advices the data subject about his or her privacy rights.

We have implemented multiple security measures to ensure the protection of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, despite our best efforts, internet data transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. For this reason, it is possible for each person to submit personal data by alternative means, for example by telephone.

 

1. Definition of Terms

Our privacy policy is based on the terms used in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public and for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

In this privacy policy we use the following terms:

a)    Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). Identifiable is a natural person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

b)    Data subject

The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the person responsible for processing.

c)    Processing

Processing means any process or series of processes carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in relation to personal data, such as the collection, recording, organization, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, reading, retrieval, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

d)    Restrictions on processing

Restrictions on processing refers to marking stored personal data with the objective of restrictive future processing.

e)    Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data that consists in evaluating certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

f)     Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g)    Controller

The controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, institution, or other body that decides, either alone or together with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union or Member State law, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his or her appointment may be laid down in accordance with Union or Member State law.

h)    Processor

The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, institution, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible.

i)      Recipient

The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, institution, or other body to which personal data is disclosed, irrespective of whether it is a third party or not. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or Member State law within the scope of a particular investigation mandate shall not be regarded as recipients.

j)      Third party

A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, institution, or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the data processor, and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the data processor.

k)    Consent

Consent shall mean any informed and unequivocal expression of will, given voluntarily by the data subject for the specific case in the form of a declaration or other clear affirmative act by which the data subject indicates his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

 

2. Name and Address of the Controller

The entity responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws in force in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions of a data protection nature is

RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH

Heinrich-Heine-Straße 45

72461 Albstadt

Germany

Telephone: 0049 7432 90860

E-mail: info@rb-messwerkzeuge.com

Website: www.rb-messwerkzeuge.com

 

3. Collection of General Data and Information

Our website collects a range of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in log files on our server. The data that may be collected includes information about (1) the browser type and version employed, (2) the user’s operating system, (3) the website that sent the user to our webpage (“referrer website”), (4) the sub-pages accessed by the user from the website, (5) the date and time of access, (6) the user’s IP address, (7) the user’s internet service provider, and (8) other similar data and information that is used for protection against attacks to our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Instead, we collect the information to (1) deliver the contents of this website in a correct form, (2) optimize and promote the contents of our website, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology used for this website, and to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyberattack. Thus, RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH analyzes this anonymously collected data and information statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process.

 

4. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data

We process and store your data only for as long as the storage purpose requires it or as proved for in the European directives and regulations or by other legal regulations to which our company is subject.

If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in compliance with the statutory provisions.

 

5. Rights of the Data Subject

a)    The right to confirmation

Every data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to request confirmation of whether his or her personal data is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

b)    The right to obtaining information

Every data subject whose personal data RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH processes shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to be informed, at any time and free of charge, about the collection and use of his or her personal data from the entity responsible and to demand a copy of that information. Furthermore, the data subject is entitled to the following information:

    • the purposes of the processing,
    • the categories of personal data concerned,
    • the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations,
    • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period,
    • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing,
    • the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority,
    • where the personal data is not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source,
    • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) 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.

Where personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to obtaining information, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

c)    Right to rectification

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

d)    Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her where one of the following grounds applies:

    • the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purpose for which they were collected or otherwise processed,
    • the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing,
    • the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2),
    • the personal data have been unlawfully processed,
    • the personal data 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 have been collected in relation to the offer of information-society services referred to in Article 8(1).

Where one of the grounds given above applies and if the data subject wishes to exercise this right to erasure of personal data stored by RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The controller shall have the obligation to erase this personal data without undue delay.

Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, 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 the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

e)    Right to restriction of processing

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

    • the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
    • the processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of use instead,
    • the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the personal data are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise, of defense of legal claims,
    • the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

Where one of the above applies and if the data subject wishes to exercise this right to restriction of personal data stored by RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The controller shall have the obligation to restrict these personal data without undue delay.

f)     Right to data portability

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (1) of Article 9(2) or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1), and the processing is carried out by automated means. That right shall not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

In exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to paragraph 1, the data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where the rights and freedoms of others are not adversely affected.

If the data subject wishes to exercise this right to data portability, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

g)    Right to object

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1), including profiling based on those provisions.

RB-Messwerkzeuge GmbH shall no longer process the personal data unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Where the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data shall no longer be processed for such purposes.

Where personal data is processed for scientific or historical purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1), the data subject, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, shall have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

If the data subject wishes to exercise this right to object, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time. In the context of the use of information-society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, the data subject may exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

h)    Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly affects him or her. That right shall not apply if the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and the data controller, (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

In the cases referred to in points (1) and (2), the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise this right concerning automated decision-making, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

i)      Right to withdraw consent

The data subject shall have the right, as granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations, to withdraw his or her consent to processing of personal data concerning him or her.

If the data subject wishes to exercise this right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

 

6. Lawfulness of processing

The legal basis for processing personal data is Article 6(1) of the GDPR, according to which processing shall be lawful only to the extent that (1) the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes; (2) processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract; (3) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; (4) processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person; (5) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such legitimate interest could exist for example where there is a relevant and appropriate relationship between the data subject and the controller in situations such as where the data subject is a client or in the service of a controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

 

7. Legitimate interest in processing personal data

With reference to Article 6(1) point (f) of the GDPR, our legitimate interest in processing personal data lies in the performance of our business activities to the benefit of all our employees and shareholders.

 

8. Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period. After the legal retention period has expired, the personal data will be routinely deleted, unless they are necessary for the performance of a contract or entering into a contact.

 

9. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In some cases, the provision and processing of personal data may be necessary for a contract to be concluded. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data in order to enter into a contract with us. Failure to provide personal data would eventually have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees who will inform the data subject whether provision of personal data is required by law or contract and about the consequences of non-provision of personal data. 

 

10. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

 

This privacy policy was created by the Privacy Policy Generator of the German Society for Data Protection (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH), which performs data-protection audits, in cooperation with the media law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE.