Data protection
The TÜV NORD GROUP takes the protection of your personal data seriously and complies with the statutory provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the Federal Data Protection Act ("BDSG") for the processing of personal data. In accordance with the GDPR, we would like to inform you below about when and for what purposes your personal data is processed when you visit our website. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles "Online offer". It does not extend to any linked websites or websites of other providers.
Last update: 17.10.2022
Document status: 01.10.2022
Revision 1.9
Our data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be readable and understandable for the public, but also for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would first like to explain some of the terms used.
For reasons of better readability, the same terminology as in the GDPR is used for personal names and personal nouns in our explanations below. Corresponding terms apply to all genders in the interests of equal treatment. The abbreviated language form is for editorial reasons only and does not imply any judgement.
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
Pseudonymisation 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 organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
The controller is the natural or legal person, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which the personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
Third parties are natural or legal persons, public authorities, agencies or bodies other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process personal data under the direct authority of the controller or the processor.
The consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
Some of our Internet pages use cookies, which do not contain viruses or cause any other damage to your computer. Cookies are used exclusively to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. A cookie is a small text file that is sent from a website to your computer or mobile device, where it is stored by your web browser. Cookies can store information such as your IP address or other identifier, your browser type and information about the content you view and interact with on the digital services.
Internet page, website or internet presence hereinafter means all web pages of the controller on www.tuev-nord-group.com
The controller within the meaning of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the
Group companies of the TÜV NORD GROUP, represented by TÜV NORD AG
Am TÜV 1
Hannover
Germany
Phone: +49 511 998-0
Email:privacy@tuev-nord.de
Website:www.tuev-nord.de
The data protection officer of the controller is
Mr Berthold Weghaus
TÜV NORD AG
Am TÜV 1
45307 Essen
Germany
Phone: 0201 / 825 2165
Email:privacy@tuev-nord.de
If, for example, you would like to receive information about your personal data stored in our IT systems or delete your personal data, please use our online form to safeguard the rights of data subjects.
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
We only process the personal data of visitors and users of our website insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users only takes place regularly with the consent of the user. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.
When processing personal data that is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.
We delete or block personal data of the data subject as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which our company is subject. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion of a contract.
Each time our website is accessed, our server system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. This is information such as
This data is not merged with other data sources. We record such technical information in so-called log files so that you can view our website correctly and we can determine the causes of any technical problems, for the technical optimisation of our website and for the purpose of the security of our computer systems and networks. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. Typically, this technical information is deleted or made unrecognisable after seven days at the latest. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done using cookies and so-called analysis programmes. Your surfing behaviour is generally analysed anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
6.2.1 Cookies
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in our cookie settings.
6.2.2 Web beacons/gifs, pixels, page tags, script
Emails and mobile applications may contain small, transparent image files or lines of code to record how you interact with them. This information is used to help website and app publishers better analyse and improve their services.
6.2.3 Cookies for analysis purposes
When accessing our website, users are informed about the use of cookies for analytical purposes and their consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, reference is also made to this privacy policy.
Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimise our offer.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given consent to this.
6.2.4 Duration of storage, objection and removal options
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to our website. You have and retain full control over the use of cookies and can delete cookies in your browser or via the cookie settings in the bottom left-hand corner of our website, completely deactivate the storage of cookies or selectively accept certain cookies. Please use the help functions of your browser to find out how you can change these settings. This may limit the functionality of our websites. By giving consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice ("cookie banner") provided by us on the website, the user consents to the use of cookies. You can customise your cookie settings at any time by clicking on the icon (bottom left of the website).
So that you can define your desired data protection settings for visiting our website as individually as possible, we give you the option of setting your preferences via the cookie settings with regard to the categories "Technically necessary", "Statistics", "Convenience and personalisation" .
6.3.1 "Technically necessary" category
These cookies are necessary for the technical operation of the website and for the management of our commercial business objectives. Some functions of our websites cannot be offered without the use of these cookies.
We use technically necessary cookies on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring the functioning of our websites and their optimal usability. Logging serves, among other things, to fulfil Section 13 (2) TMG and cannot be revoked. This type of cookie is used exclusively by TÜV NORD as the operator of the website and all information stored in the cookies is only sent to this website.
6.3.2 "Statistics" category
In order to further improve our offer and our website, we collect anonymised data for statistics and analyses. With the help of these cookies, we can, for example, determine the number of visitors and the effect of certain pages on our website and optimise our content. Analysis cookies and tags enable us to generate overall statistics, e.g. on the number of visits, which areas of the websites are viewed most frequently and information on locations and the average length of time spent on the websites. This enables us to improve the quality of our websites and content.
Functional cookies enable this website to save information provided, such as the user name or language selection, and to offer the user improved and personalised functions based on this. These cookies only collect and store anonymised information.
6.3.3 "Comfort and personalisation" category
We use these cookies to make it easier for you to use the site. For example, you can conveniently return to our website when you visit it again.
Cookies in this category are also used to show you personalised content that matches your interests. This enables us to present you with offers.
We only use functionality cookies, analysis cookies and advertising cookies on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR).
Some of the cookies we use are automatically deleted after you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain permanently on your device and enable us to recognise your browser (persistent cookies).
Such marketing / third party / consent-based cookies originate from external advertising companies, among others, and are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user, e.g. to create target group-orientated advertising for the user. This data is therefore made available to third parties.
6.3.4 Overview of our basic cookie settings and deletion periods
You can find our cookie settings here: Cookie settings - Data protection | TÜV NORD
6.4.1 Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. Three cookies are used:
All data collected via the cookies is used exclusively for statistical purposes. We need the data to determine which data traffic takes place on the website and where it comes from, and to determine whether the website is functioning smoothly in all areas and how we can make it more usable for you. No user profiles are created or conclusions drawn about the identity of a user. All user and event data stored in Google Analytics is deleted after 26 months at the latest.
The information generated by the relevant cookies about your use of our website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, your IP address will be shortened and anonymised by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The data will not be passed on. No data from other sources is associated with the data collected.
We use the Google Tag Manager for integration on our website. Further information can be found in our privacy policy under Google Tag Manager.
Data processing with Google Analytics on our website is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future by changing your current settings in our cookie banner.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your
browser software. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by clicking on the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link.
Please note that you must make the setting for each device and each different browser individually.
This website also uses the "gat._anonymizeIp();" function, which ensures that IP addresses are anonymised when data is collected.
Google Analytics is operated by the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").
6.4.2 Google Ads
We use Google Ads, an advertising system from Google Inc ("Google"), to advertise our website. As part of this, we use the "Conversion Tracking" function on our website. We also use Google Analytics to analyse data from Google Ads for statistical purposes. If you have reached our website via a Google advert, a cookie will be stored on your computer. Conversion cookies lose their validity after a maximum of 30 days and are not used to identify you personally. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognise that you as a user have clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and have been redirected to our site.
The information obtained with the help of conversion cookies is used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. These statistics tell us the total number of users who have clicked on our advert and which pages of our website were subsequently accessed by the respective user. However, we or other Google Ads advertisers do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
We use the Google Tag Manager for the integration on our website. Further information can be found in our privacy policy under Google Tag Manager.
Data processing with Google Ads on our website is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future by changing your current Google Analytics settings in our cookie banner.
You can also prevent the installation of conversion cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly, for example by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies or specifically blocks only cookies from the domain "googleadservices.com".
The relevant Google privacy policy can be found at the following link https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
Google Ads is operated by the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").
We use the so-called remarketing function of Google Ads and Google Analytics, web analysis services of Google Inc. ("Google"), to advertise our website and the products available on it.
By using the remarketing function, a cookie is set in your browser as soon as you visit our website. If you then later call up the Google search or a website registered in the Google advertising network, Google can use this cookie to recognise that you have visited a specific page on our website, that you have placed a specific product in the shopping basket and that you have purchased it.
In Google Ads, we can then add the visitor to our website to a so-called remarketing list, a list of users who have visited certain pages on our website. These remarketing lists can be used to retrieve statistics and define target groups to whom selected adverts can be presented in the Google search network and the Google display network.
By using the remarketing function, we want to ensure that our adverts presented on the Google search network and the Google display network are only shown to people who have indicated to us by visiting the website that they are potentially interested in an advertised product and therefore do not feel annoyed or disturbed by the adverts. We can also use the services used to prevent an advert for a product from being shown to people who have already purchased the product. Furthermore, for statistical and market research purposes, we can also check whether a user was redirected to our website after clicking on an advert and analyse whether the advert was of interest to them.
We cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the visitor from the data collected for the remarketing function via Google Ads. Google processes the data pseudonymously. This means that the user's name or email address are not processed, but only the relevant visit data stored in the cookie. This does not apply if a user has expressly allowed Google to process the data without pseudonymisation. This has no effect on data processing on our site as the website operator.
Data processing with Google Remarketing on our website is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future by changing your current Google Analytics settings in our cookie banner.
If you do not want your visit to our website to be recorded via the Google cookie and do not want your data to be used to display adverts in Google search and on websites that are connected to the Google advertising network, you can also object as follows:
You can make a corresponding setting in your browser that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies or specifically blocks only cookies from the domain "googleadservices.com".
You can install the plug-in provided by Google for this purpose in your browser by clicking on the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.
If you wish to specifically object to interest-based advertising by Google marketing services, you can use the setting and opt-out options provided by Google: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
The relevant Google privacy policy can be found at the following link https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
Google Ads and Google Analytics are operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").
This website also uses Google Conversion Tracking. Google Adwords places a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google advert. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking.
Adwords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their advert and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this - for example, by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser so that cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com" are blocked. You can find Google's privacy policy on conversion tracking in the Google Privacy Policy.
These services are specifically developed for mobile devices (such as smartphones). In some cases, content is reloaded from other sources (primarily to keep the data up to date, such as the list of our test centres or map material from map providers). Functions are always executed on the end device. If we call up functions on TÜV NORD servers (e.g. to find the nearest test centres on tuev-nord.de for reasons of performance for a given location), we discard this data there after transferring the results. We only process personal data if this is necessary for the purpose of the app or if you have given us your explicit consent. Data is not passed on to third parties. We reserve the right to statistically analyse anonymised data records.
Geodata is used for localisation services (e.g. your location at the time you call up the "...find nearest test centre" function). We do not merge this geodata with your personal data, but only use it for the purpose of localisation within the scope of the app or sub-function of an app that you have called up. After localisation, we discard this geodata. Depending on your end device, you can also generally switch off the localisation option (see the information provided by the manufacturer of your end device). However, the localisation function of the app cannot then be used.
Data is also stored on your device; personal data is always stored in encrypted form, although some data is also stored in unencrypted form (e.g. settings for specific on/off switches in our apps). If your end device is lost, misuse by third parties cannot be ruled out. We therefore recommend using the device-specific measures against misuse (user lock, etc.). Please refer to the information provided by the manufacturer of your device. You should also use the options to remove personal data from your device if you pass it on, e.g. if you sell it.
We use Microsoft Advertising, an advertising system from Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"), to advertise our website. As part of this, a cookie is set for visitors who come to our website via an advert in the Bing search engine.
This cookie stores data that provides information about the use of our website - including the time spent on the site, the pages accessed and whether a purchase was made. The data is pseudonymised and can be read by both Microsoft and us for statistical purposes. No personal data is processed and it is not possible to draw conclusions about the identity of the visitor.
The information collected is transferred to Microsoft servers in the USA. The storage period is a maximum of 180 days.
Data processing with Microsoft Advertising on our website is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future by changing your current settings in our cookie banner.
You can also make a corresponding setting in your browser that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies or specifically blocks only cookies from the domain "microsoft.com".
Microsoft may be able to track your usage behaviour across several of your electronic devices through so-called cross-device tracking and is therefore able to display personalised advertising on websites and in apps. You can object to the processing of your data for this purpose by clicking on the following link: https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings/signedout?
You can find more information about Microsoft Advertising's analytics services at https://help.bingads.microsoft.com. Further information on data protection at Microsoft can be found in Microsoft's privacy policy at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
We have developed the consent management tool "consentmanager" (www.consentmanager.net) from Jaohawi AB (Håltgelvågen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, info@consentmanager.net) on our website to request consent for data processing or the use of cookies or comparable functions. With the help of "consentmanager", you have the option of giving or refusing your consent for certain functionalities of our website, e.g. for the purpose of integrating external elements, integrating streaming content, statistical analysis, measuring reach and personalised advertising. You can use "consentmanager" to give or refuse your consent for all functions or give your consent for individual purposes or individual functions. You can also change the settings you have made at a later date. The purpose of integrating "consentmanager" is to allow the users of our website to decide on the aforementioned matters and to offer the possibility of changing settings already made during the further use of our website. In the course of using "consentmanager", personal data and information about the end devices used, such as the IP address, are processed.
The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. ci.V.m. Art. 6 para. 3 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR. Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR and alternatively lit. f GDPR). By processing the data, we help our customers (the controller according to the GDPR) to fulfil their legal obligations (e.g. obligation to provide evidence). Our legitimate interests in the processing lie in the storage of user settings and preferences in relation to the use of cookies and other functionalities. "Consentmanager" stores your data for as long as your user settings are active. After two years after the user settings have been made, your consent will be requested again. The user settings made will then be saved again for this period.
You can object to the processing. You have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation. To object, please send an email to info@consentmanager.net.
We use Cloudflare from Finna Cloudflare, Inc (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) on this website to make our website faster and more secure. Cloudflare uses cookies and processes user data. Cloudflare, Inc. is an American company that provides a content delivery network and various security services. These services are located between the user and our hosting provider and act as a reverse proxy for websites. We will try to explain exactly what this means below.
Of course, we want to offer you the best possible service with our website. Cloudflare offers us both web optimisation and security services, such as DDoS protection and WebFirewall. This also includes a reverse proxy and the content distribution network (CDN). Cloudflare blocks threats and limits abusive bots and crawlers that waste our bandwidth and server resources. By storing our website on local data centres and blocking spam software, Cloudflare enables us to reduce our bandwidth usage by approximately 60%. Delivering content via a data centre near you and some web optimisation performed there reduces the average load time of a website by about half. According to Cloudflare, the "I'm Under Attack Mode" setting can further mitigate attacks by displaying a Javascript calculation task that must be solved before a user can access a web page. Overall, this makes our website significantly more powerful and less susceptible to spam or other attacks.
Cloudflare generally only forwards data that is controlled by website operators. The content is therefore not determined by Cloudflare, but always by the website operator itself. Cloudflare may also collect certain information about the use of our website and process data that is sent by us or for which Cloudflare has received corresponding instructions. In most cases, Cloudflare receives data such as contact information, IP addresses, security fingerprints, DNS log data and performance data for websites derived from browser activity. Log data helps Cloudflare to recognise new threats, for example. This enables Cloudflare to ensure a high level of security protection for our website. Cloudflare processes this data as part of its services in compliance with the applicable laws. This naturally also includes the GDPR.
Cloudflare also uses a cookie for security reasons. The cookie L cfduid) is used to identify individual users behind a shared IP address and to apply security settings for each individual user. This cookie is very useful, for example, if you use our website from a location where there are a number of infected computers. However, if your computer is trustworthy, we can recognise this from the cookie. This allows you to surf our website unhindered despite infected PCs in the neighbourhood. This cookie is absolutely necessary for the Cloudflare security functions and cannot be deactivated.
Cloudflare only keeps data logs for as long as necessary and in most cases this data is deleted within 24 hours. Cloudflare also does not store any personal data, such as your IP address. However, there is information that Cloudflare stores indefinitely as part of its permanent logs in order to improve the overall performance of Cloudflare Resolver and to identify any security risks.
Cloudflare states in their privacy policy that they are not responsible for the content they receive. For example, if you ask Cloudflare to update or delete your content, Cloudflare will always refer you to us as the website operator. You can also completely prevent the entire collection and processing of your data by Cloudflare by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by integrating a script blocker in your browser.
You can find more information on data protection at Cloudflare athttps://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/
We use Google Tag Manager on our website, a service provided by Google LLC ("Google") to connect external web services to a website.
We use Google Tag Manager to connect our website to the services Google Analytics, Google Ads, LinkedIn Insight Tag and Twitter Website Tag, among others, provided you have given your consent to the respective services on our site. The Google Tag Manager is only used to implement the services on our website. No personal data is collected, stored or processed in the process. Please refer to our cookie banner for details and setting options for your currently defined consents.
Further information can be found in Google's usage guidelines for Google Tag Manager: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html
The legal basis for any processing of data by the Google Tag Manager on our website is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The Google Tag Manager is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").
For selected web forms on our website, we use the Google reCAPTCHA service, a captcha service provided by Google Inc ("Google"), to protect our website from spam and misuse. The service is used to distinguish whether a form entry is made by a human or abusively by machine processing.
To determine this, Google stores a cookie in your browser when you use the reCAPTCHA service and collects the following data
Your IP address collected for the reCAPTCHA service is transmitted to Google. However, it will first be shortened and anonymised by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other Google data. The data will not be passed on. No data from other sources will be associated with the data collected.
Your entries are processed by Google to improve pattern recognition for the reCAPTCHA tool. Google also reads the cookies from other Google services such as Gmail, Search and Analytics. All of this data is sent to Google in encrypted form. Google's subsequent analysis decides how the captcha is displayed on the page - in the form of a checkbox or by text input.
No personal data is read or saved from the input fields of the respective form. Further information on Google's data protection policy can be found at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Data processing with Google reCAPTCHA on our website is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future by changing your current settings in our cookie banner.
Google reCAPTCHA is operated by the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").
6.9.1 YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
YouTube can also store various cookies on your end device. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent attempted fraud. The cookies remain on your end device until you delete them.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
6.9.2 Google Web Fonts
This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the standardised display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq (https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq) and in Google's privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy/
6.9.3 Vimeo
This website uses plug-ins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plug-in, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.
If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.
The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at https://vimeo.com/privacy.
6.9.4 Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps to display maps and create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data and the data entered by you by Google, one of its representatives or third-party providers.
The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at Terms of use for Google Maps.
You can find more details in the data protection centre of google.de: Transparency and choices and privacy policy.
6.9.5 Podigee podcast hosting
We use the podcast hosting service Podigee from the provider Podigee UG, Am Walde 2, 56249 Herschbach, Germany. The podcasts are loaded by Podigee or transmitted via Podigee. The use is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in the secure and efficient provision, analysis and optimisation of our podcast offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Podigee processes IP addresses and device information in order to enable podcast downloads/playbacks and to determine statistical data, such as call-up figures. This data is anonymised or pseudonymised before being stored in Podigee's database, unless it is required for the provision of the podcasts. Further information and objection options can be found in Podigee's privacy policy: https://www.podigee.com/de/about/privacy/.
6.9.6 Edudip next
We offer you the opportunity to register for our webinars via a landing page / on our website. The webinars themselves take place on the edudip next platform (hereinafter referred to as the webinar service provider) (details can be found in edudip's privacy policy at www.edudip.com/datenschutz). Edudip next is operated by the company edudip GmbH, Jülicher Straße 306, 52070 Aachen, Germany.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the webinar service provider in which we oblige them to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties. The integration of the webinar service provider serves the technically flawless realisation of the webinar with professional tools. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
When you register for a free webinar, you must enter general information (company name, postcode, etc.) as well as personal data such as your email address and name. Once you have successfully registered, you will receive automated e-mails from the webinar service provider including your personal access link. Please also note their privacy policy (www.edudip.com/datenschutz). You can unsubscribe from the webinar at any time. At the end of the webinar, all your data will also be stored for a specific purpose and deleted in due time.
6.9.7 Webinars with GoToWebinar
Our company uses the GoToWebinar software solution from LogMeIn, Inc. 333 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 USA to conduct webinars over the Internet. LogMeIn, Inc. is the data controller for the provision of this service and the associated data processing. You can find LogMeIn's privacy policy here: https://www.logmeininc.com/de/legal/privacy. In order to conduct the webinar, we transmit your registration or customer data to LogMeIn, Inc. Your data is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). An encrypted connection is established between you and the organiser of the webinar in order to conduct the webinar. The webinars are recorded as required in order to make them available on our website for later retrieval. Questions asked by the participants during the seminar and the corresponding answers are also recorded and played back when the webinar is called up later. Statistical data is collected during and after the webinar. If you participate in a webinar, in addition to your registration data, we receive information about the duration of participation, interest in the webinar, questions asked or answers given for the purpose of further customer support or to enhance the user experience.
6.9.8 Targetbox
Our website uses plugins from the targetbox.de website operated by Beschützerbox GmbH. The operator of the site is Beschützerbox GmbH, Kreuzbergstr. 37, 10965 Berlin.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Targetbox plugin, a connection to the Targetbox servers is established.
Targetbox is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Targetbox's privacy policy at https://targetbox.de/datenschutzerklarung/
Our website uses plug-ins from the digital publishing platform Issuu. The provider is Issuu Inc, 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA
When you visit one of our pages equipped with an Issuu plug-in, a connection to the Issuu servers is established. The Issuu server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Issuu also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Issuu or do not have an account with Issuu. The information collected by Issuu is transmitted to the Issuu server in the USA.
If you are logged into your Issuu account, you enable Issuu to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Issuu account.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Issuu's privacy policy at https://issuu.com/legal/privacb.
This website uses the functions of a Whatchado plug-in. This is used to embed videos on the websites. Whatchado is operated by whatchado GmbH, Möllwaldplatz 4/39, 1040 Vienna, Austria. If a page with such a plug-in is accessed, a connection to the Whatchado servers is established. If users are logged into their Whatchado account, Whatchado is able to assign the surfing behaviour directly to the user's personal profile.
6.11.1 HubSpot
We use HubSpot, a software from HubSpot Inc, USA, for our online marketing activities, for example for the distribution of newsletters. This software is used in the area of inbound marketing and supports us in statistical analyses and evaluations of the behaviour of registered users so that we can better coordinate our marketing strategy and optimise the content provided to you.
Further information can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of HubSpot Inc. at http://www.hubspot.com/terms-of-service and http://www.hubspot.com/privacy-policy. If you do not want the information about your visit to be used for the purposes described, you can also contact us. All information collected by us is subject to this privacy policy.
6.11.2 Chat solution
This website uses the live chat software from Userlike. Userlike uses cookies to save the content of the chat while you are waiting on the site and to connect you to the same operator if possible. The data collected is not used to personally identify the website visitor; it is only merged with personal data of the owner of the pseudonym if personal data is voluntarily provided for the live chat when using the tool. You can find Userlike's privacy policy here:https://www.userlike.com/de/privacy_policy
6.11.3 QUANTCAST
We use the Quantcast service on our website. Quantcast enables interest-based advertising. Quantcast is a service provided by Quantcast International Limited in Ireland. Cookies are set that forward data to Quantcast. If you wish to object to interest-based advertising by Quantcast, you can use the opt-out option provided by Quantcast: https://www.quantcast.com/de/opt-out/
As the opt-out function is also cookie-based, your browser must be set to accept third-party cookies. If you use multiple devices or browsers, you must opt out on each one individually. If you delete cookies, you must log out again.
You can find Quantcast's data protection information here: https://www.quantcast.de/datenschutz
6.12 Social networks
Social media cookies make it possible to establish a connection to your social networks and share content from our website within your networks.
Our website uses buttons for the following social networks
The buttons are labelled with the logo of the respective social network. However, these are not the usual social plug-ins, but buttons with stored links. You must activate the buttons separately by clicking on them. As long as these buttons are not clicked, no data is transferred to the social networks. Only when you click on the buttons and thereby declare your consent to communication with the servers of the social network do the buttons become active and the connection is established.
After clicking, the button corresponds to a so-called share plug-in. The social network is provided with information about the page you have visited, which you can share with your contacts in your social network. If you want to "share" the information, you must be logged in. If you are not logged in, you will land on the login page of the social network you clicked on and you will no longer be on the pages of tuev-nord.de. If you are logged in, the information that you would like to recommend the respective article will be transmitted.
By activating the button, the social network also receives the information that and when you have accessed the corresponding page of our website, as well as, for example, your IP address, details of the browser used and the language settings. If you click on the button, your click will be transmitted to the social network and used in accordance with its data usage guidelines. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the respective social network as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the information:
with Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, US
Our social media presences are intended to ensure the widest possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can assert your rights (information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that, despite the joint responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing procedures of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider.
The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for its storage no longer applies, you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your
your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly.
We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
You can customise your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: www.facebook.com/settings.
Details can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
We use the short message service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
You can customise your Twitter privacy settings yourself in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: twitter.com/personalisation.
Details can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
If you wish to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in maximising our visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
On our website, you can contact us in various ways: e.g. contact form, newsletter subscription, quotation request, product information request, guide request. If you use this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. In addition to the specific input mask data, the IP address and the date and time of the enquiry are collected and stored. You give your consent to the processing of the data during the sending process.
Alternatively, you can contact us by e-mail. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.
In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties unless this is necessary to process the enquiry. In any case, the data will be used exclusively for processing the conversation.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given consent. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process your enquiry. If you contact us by email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.
The other personal data processed during the sending process is used to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
If you have booked a newsletter, requested product information or an offer, we reserve the right to store the data for two years in order to measure the efficiency of our sales and marketing. Otherwise, we will delete the data as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input screen of the contact form and those sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
The user has the option to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. There is a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.
We collect and use the contact person, telephone number and postal address in addition to the business partner or potential business partner in order to provide support, advice and advertising for corporate customers. We receive the information from various sources, either through an enquiry (website, e-mail or telephone), but also via events, trade fairs, business cards that our sales staff receive, etc.
The data is not passed on to third parties in this context. The data is used exclusively for the stated purposes.
The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in data processing. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is the business initiation relationship or contractual relationship.
We use this contact data exclusively for our own purposes and to customise our own sales activities.
However, if our sales department has had no contact with the company contact within 15 months, the sales department will decide whether the contact person of the company contact will be deleted. If the contact is a pre-contractual relationship (offer, enquiry), the transmitted data will also be stored in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
The company contact has the option to object to the processing of their personal data at any time. In this case, all personal data of the contact person that has been stored for the business partner will be deleted.
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your e-mail address and, if you are not posting anonymously, the user name you have chosen will be stored.
Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. As we do not check comments on this website before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.
For the purpose of managing user accounts and optimising and automating sales processes, some of our European Group subsidiaries use Sales Cloud, a cloud-based application from Salesforce.com. Inc, The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105 (hereinafter referred to as "Salesforce"). In this context, your user master data is processed, e.g. to enable you to log in with your Accord login (user name and password) and to manage your communication settings. Salesforce also carries out tracking measures using pixel tags and cookies (see section 4) and records statistical information (e.g. the type, frequency and intensity of use of the website) as well as the history of the pages, offers and products accessed. In addition to a general statistical evaluation, the information collected is added to your Salesforce user account in order to optimise our sales processes based on your actual or perceived interests.
You can prevent tracking measures by Salesforce by clicking on this link click on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.
Further information on data protection in connection with Salesforce can be found in the privacy policy of Salesforce.
Salesforce is used in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate economic interest in optimising our sales activities and managing user accounts. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
Users can find further information in Salesforce's privacy policy:https://www.salesforce.com/de/company/privacy/.
Some of our web pages are optimised for mobile devices using AMP. These download a JavaScript file from the server cdn.ampproject.org. This file is integrated by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. As a result, your IP address may be stored and analysed by Google. You can find more information in Google's privacy policy, which you can access here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
You can apply online via the TÜV NORD online application portal. Your online application will be forwarded directly to our HR department via an encrypted connection and will of course be treated confidentially. Applications must be submitted exclusively via the applicant portal. Should you nevertheless apply to us by e-mail, we expressly point out that sending unencrypted e-mails or e-mail attachments is not secure.
Your details will be used to process your application and to decide whether to establish an employment relationship. The legal basis is § 26 para. 1 i.V.m. para. 8 sentence 2 BDSG. Furthermore, your personal data may be processed if this is necessary for the defence of legal claims asserted against us in the application process. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest in the processing also lies in the stated purposes.
If there is an employment relationship between you and us, we may process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship in accordance with Section 26 (1) BDSG if this is necessary for the performance or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfilment of the rights and obligations of the representation of employees' interests arising from a law or a collective agreement, a works or service agreement (collective agreement).
Your application data will not be processed beyond the use described above.
Your personal data will be deleted after completion of the application process after 6 months at the latest, unless deletion conflicts with any other legitimate interests on our part or you have not given us your consent for longer storage. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
Protecting the information you give us or that we receive about you is a priority for us. We take appropriate security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. TÜV NORD AG has taken measures to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of systems and services that process personal data and will restore the availability and access to information in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident.
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and - after successful identification - you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:
You can request confirmation from our company as to whether we are processing personal data relating to you.
If such processing is taking place, you can request information from us in accordance with the GDPR about a variety of matters such as
You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.
You have a right to rectification and/or completion of your personal data if this data is incorrect or incomplete. We will make the correction without delay.
Under certain circumstances, you can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, we may only process this data - apart from storing it - 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. If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.
You can request that we erase your personal data immediately and we are obliged to erase this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
If we have made your personal data public and we are obliged to erase it in accordance with Art. 17 (1) GDPR, we must take reasonable steps, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other companies that process your personal data that you have requested them to erase all links to your personal data (and all copies thereof) ("right to be forgotten").
The right to erasure does not apply if the processing is necessary
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against our company, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom we have disclosed your personal data of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You also have the right to be informed by us about these recipients.
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where
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.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.
In this case, we will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless there are 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.
If the 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 the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.
You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
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.
This does not apply if the decision
In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the data controller shall 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.
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 place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. The names and contact details of the competent supervisory authorities in the European Union can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged will inform the
the complainant about the status and outcome of the complaint, including the
possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.
The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony is the competent data protection authority for TÜV NORD AG:
Barbara Thiel
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hanover
Telephone: +49 (0511) 120 45 00
Fax:+49 (0511) 120 45 99
E-mail:poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de
Insofar as parts of the website are also offered in languages other than German, this is exclusively a service for employees, customers and interested parties of the TÜV NORD GROUP who do not speak German.
This data protection notice only covers the processing of the website. Other websites are not covered by this data protection notice and provide their own specific data protection notices.
If you are not satisfied with the data protection measures described here or if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing and/or use of your personal data, please contact us. We will answer your questions as quickly as possible and endeavour to implement your suggestions. Please address your data protection issues to privacy@tuev-nord.de.
This privacy policy will be updated with effect for the future in the event of new legal requirements or significant changes to the functional scope of our websites. We therefore recommend that you read our privacy policy at regular intervals. In the event that we make significant changes, we will publish a clear notice in this section.