Datenschutzerklärung
Name and contact details of the controller pursuant to Article 4 (7) GDPR
Edith Ruscheweyh and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Ruscheweyh
Teichstraße 8
D-52074 Aachen
T +49 (0)2405 99 32
F +49 (0)2405 99 51
E info@ruscheweyh.de
Security and protection of your personal data
We consider it our primary responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to protect it from unauthorized access. Therefore, we apply the utmost care and the latest security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal data.
As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed both by us and our external service providers.
Definitions
The law requires that personal data be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a manner that is transparent to the data subject ("lawfulness, fairness, transparency"). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions that are also used in this privacy policy:
Personal data
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "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.
Processing
"Processing" means 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, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
Restriction of Processing
"Restriction of Processing" means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.
Profiling
"Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate 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.
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 this 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.
File system
"File system" means any structured set of personal data accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralized, decentralized, or organized according to functional or geographical criteria.
Controller
"Controller" means a natural or legal person, public authority, 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
“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient
“Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body to whom personal data is disclosed, whether or not they are
Whether or not a third party is involved. However, authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation under Union or Member State law are not considered recipients; the processing of these data by those authorities shall be in compliance with applicable data protection rules and in accordance with the purposes of the processing.
Third party
"Third party" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.
Consent
"Consent" of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.
Lawfulness of processing
The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. The legal basis for processing may, in particular, be, according to Article 6 (1) (a) – (f) GDPR:
The data subject has given their consent to the processing of personal data concerning them for one or more specific purposes;
The 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;
The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
The processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data override such interests, in particular where the data subject is a child.
Information about the collection of personal data
(1) Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when you use our website. Personal data includes, for example, your name, address, email addresses, and user behavior.
(2) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable, your name, and your telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context once storage is no longer required, or we will restrict processing if statutory retention periods apply.
Collection of personal data when you visit our website
If you use the website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR):
IP address
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Amount of data transferred in each case
Website from which the request originates
Browser
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software.
Use of cookies
(1) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard disk associated with the browser you use. They transmit certain information to the location that placed the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are designed to make the internet more user-friendly and effective overall.
(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
Transient cookies (see a.)
Persistent cookies (see b.)
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time using your browser's security settings.
You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called "third-party cookies" are cookies that have been set by a third party, and therefore not by the actual website you are currently visiting. Please note that by deactivating cookies, you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit.
The Flash cookies used are not recorded by your browser, but by your Flash plug-in. We also use HTML5 storage objects that are stored on your device. These objects store the required data regardless of the browser you use and do not have an automatic expiration date. If you do not want Flash cookies to be processed, you must install an appropriate add-on, e.g., "Better Privacy" for Mozilla Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/) or the Adobe Flash Killer Cookie for Google Chrome. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by using private mode in your browser. We also recommend that you regularly delete your cookies and browser history manually.
Other functions and offers on our website
(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you will generally be required to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
(2) We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.
(3) We may also share your personal data with third parties if we offer participation in promotions, competitions, contract conclusions, or similar services together with partners. You will receive further information about this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.
(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this in the description of the offer.
Children
Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or guardians.
Rights of the data subject
(1) Revocation of consent
If the processing of personal data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. Revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of revocation.
(2) Right to confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we process personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details provided above.
(3) Right of access
If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:
the purposes of the processing;
the categories of personal data being processed;
the recipients or categories of recipients 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 a right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to such processing;
the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
if the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information as to their origin;
the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing. For any further copies you request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs. If you submit the request electronically, the information must be provided in a commonly used electronic format, unless you specify otherwise. The right to receive a copy pursuant to paragraph 3 must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
(4) Right to rectification
You have the right to request that we immediately rectify any inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.
(5) Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
You have the right to request that the controller immediately erase personal data concerning you, and we are obliged to erase personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing was based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.
The data subject objects to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
The personal data were processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) GDPR.
Where the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to paragraph 1 to erase the personal data, the controller, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, to inform controllers which process the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.
The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) does not apply if processing is necessary:
to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
to fulfill a legal obligation required by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) GDPR;
for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously compromises it, or
for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
(6) Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions applies:
the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of
which enables 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 instead requests the restriction of their use;
the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or
the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, these personal data – with the exception of storage – shall only be processed with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
To exercise the right to restriction of processing, the data subject may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.
(7) Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:
the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and
the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
When exercising the right to data portability pursuant to paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The exercise of the right to data portability shall not affect the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”). This right does 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.
(8) Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
In connection with the use of information society services, you can exercise your right of objection by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.
You have the right to object, for reasons related to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1), unless the processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest.
You can exercise your right of objection at any time by contacting the respective controller.
(9) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing – including profiling – that has legal consequences for you or significantly affects you in a similar way. This does not apply if the decision:
for the conclusion or performance of a
contract between the data subject and the controller,
is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, and this law contains suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or
is based on the data subject's explicit consent.
The controller shall take 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.
The data subject may exercise this right at any time by contacting the respective controller.
(10) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You also have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, 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 concerning you infringes this Regulation.
(11) Right to an effective judicial remedy
Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to an effective judicial remedy if you consider that your rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.
Integration of Google Maps
(1) We use Google Maps on this website. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data specified in Section 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to meet your needs. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; you must contact Google to exercise this right.
(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information about your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Use of Google Analytics
(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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 shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage.
(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
(3) You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore, you can 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 downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()." This shortens IP addresses and prevents them from being linked to a specific person. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, this will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted.
(5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
(6) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of use:
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Overview of data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
(7) This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out using a user ID. You can deactivate cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My Data", "Personal Data".
Google reCAPTCHA
We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
reCAPTCHA is designed to verify whether data entered on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is entered by a human or by an automated program. To do so, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, length of time the website visitor spends on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.
Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and SPAM.
Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
Google Web Fonts
This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to uniformly display fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must establish a connection to Google's servers. This allows Google to know that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.