Privacy Policy of TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH

TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH (TRC) is pleased that you are visiting our website and showing interest in our services, job offers, and professional articles. Data protection and data security for our users have always been of great importance. The protection of your personal data is therefore a particular concern to us.

Since May 25, 2018, the uniform provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have applied throughout Europe. Below, we inform you about how TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH (“TRC,” “we,” or “controller”) processes personal data in accordance with Article 13 GDPR.

Inhaltsübersicht

• General information and mandatory disclosures
• Information on the collection of personal data
• Your rights
• Collection of personal data when visiting our website
• Cookie declaration and options to change your consent
• Additional features and services on our website
• Objection or withdrawal of consent to data processing
• Analytics tools

General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

This privacy policy provides an overview of what data TRC collects and what happens to your personal information when you visit our website.
We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you visit our website, your browsing behavior may be analyzed statistically – mainly using cookies, analytics tools, and third-party services. Such analysis is generally anonymous; your browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. More details are provided below.

Information über die Erhebung personenbezogener Daten

1.) The following provides information about the collection and further processing of personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all information relating to an identified or identifiable person (e.g., name, address, email address, user behavior).

2.) The controller as defined by Article 4 (7) GDPR is:

TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH
Konstantin-Wille-Straße 4-6
51105 Köln

Represented by Managing Director Mariusz C. Bodek
Tel: +49 221 806 1950
Fax: +49 221 806 3496
Email: consulting@de.tuv.com
Website: consulting.tuv.com.

3.) The company’s Data Protection Officer can be reached at:

1. • Email: consulting@de.tuv.com (subject line: “Data Protection Officer”), or
   • by post at the above address with the addition “Data Protection Officer.”

4.) When you contact us by email or through a contact form, we store the information you provide (your email address, and possibly your name and phone number) to respond to your inquiry. We delete the data once storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if legal retention obligations apply

5.) If we use external service providers for specific functions of our website or intend to use your data for marketing purposes, we will inform you in detail about the processes below, including storage periods.

6.) Where necessary, personal data may be shared with third parties, but only in compliance with legal provisions.

7.) This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as data submitted through forms. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and the lock symbol in the browser bar.

8.) The use of contact details published under legal notice obligations for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising or informational materials is hereby prohibited. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

Your rights

1.) You have the following rights concerning your personal data:
a.) Right of access
b.) Right to rectification or erasure
c.) Right to restriction of processing
d.) Right to object to processing
e.) Right to data portability
2.) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

1.) When you visit our website purely for informational purposes (without registration or submitting data), the following personal data is automatically collected and transmitted by your browser to our server:
a.) IP address
b.)Date and time of request
c.)Time zone difference to GMT
d.)Specific page requested
e.)HTTP status code / access status
f.)Data volume transmitted
g.)Referring website
h.)Browser type
i.)Operating system and interface
j.)Language and browser version

The processing of these data is based on Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR, which allows processing for technical reasons necessary to ensure a stable and secure operation of the website.

2. In addition, cookies are stored on your device when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive and linked to the browser you are using. They transmit specific information to the party setting the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses. They make the website more user-friendly and efficient.

Use of Cookies

a.) This website uses two types of cookies:
i.) Transient cookies (see b)
ii.) Persistent cookies (see c)
b.) Transient cookies (e.g., session cookies) are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They store a session ID that links multiple browser requests to the same session.
c.) Persistent cookies remain stored until a defined expiry time. You can delete them manually in your browser’s security settings.
d.) You may configure your browser to reject third-party or all cookies. However, this may limit website functionality.
Data processing related to cookies is based on Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR, for the legitimate interest of ensuring proper website operation.

Cookie Declaration and Consent Options

 

Additional Features and Offers of Our Website

1. Beyond purely informational use, we offer various services requiring you to provide additional personal data, which we use only for those services and under the same principles.
2. In some cases, we employ external service providers for processing your data. These providers are carefully selected, bound by our instructions, and regularly monitored.
3. We may also share your data with third parties if we offer promotions, contests, or similar activities jointly with partners. You will be informed about such data transfers when you provide your personal information.
4. If service providers or partners are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences in the relevant description of the service.

 

Objection or Withdrawal of Consent

1. If you have given consent to process your data, you may withdraw it at any time. Such a withdrawal affects the legality of processing from the moment it is exercised.
2. If processing is based on a balancing of interests, you can object to it. Please provide reasons for your objection so we can review and, if justified, stop or modify processing.
3. You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for marketing and data analysis purposes. To do so, contact us via:
   consulting@de.tuv.com or by post at:
   TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH, Konstantin-Wille-Str. 4-6, 51105 Cologne, Germany.

 

Analytics Tools

Use of Matomo

1. This website uses the web analytics service Matomo 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. The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
2. For this analysis, cookies (see § 3 for details) are stored on your computer. The information collected in this way is stored exclusively on the controller’s server in Germany. You can disable the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and preventing the storage of new cookies. If you prevent cookies from being stored, please note that you may not be able to fully use this website. The prevention of cookie storage can be configured in your browser settings.
   You can also prevent the use of Matomo by removing the following checkmark, thereby activating the opt-out plugin.

3.) This website uses Matomo with the “AnonymizeIP” extension. This means that IP addresses are processed in shortened form so that direct personal identification is excluded. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Matomo is not merged with other data collected by us.

Matomo is an open-source project. Information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found at https://matomo.org/privacy/policy.

Use of FullStory

This website uses the service FullStory, 120 Ottley Drive NE, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30324, United States of America, for the continuous improvement of our website. The software enables us to perform a detailed analysis of user behavior. User activities are recorded and evaluated. By analyzing anonymized usage data, we can optimize our website and enhance the user experience.

The following data are collected:

• Use of scroll wheel and scrollbar
• Use of form fields or feedback tools
• Visitor type (first-time or returning)
• Browser, operating system, and device (desktop, tablet, or mobile)
• Navigation (visited URLs) and referrer URL
• Screen resolution
• Page content (HTML)
• Internet service provider and location (city, region/state, country)
• Custom tags and variables

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
If you do not want FullStory to collect and process the data listed above, you may refuse consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. You can also prevent tracking by adjusting your browser settings (for example, by disabling third-party cookies).

Personal data are retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the processing purpose and will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for that purpose.

Use of Eloqua

We use the Eloqua service for optimized communication with our customers. The legal basis for the use of Eloqua is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

The Eloqua servers of the provider ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, Riesstrasse 25, 80992 Munich, are located within the EU.
As part of support and administrative services, it cannot be entirely ruled out that individual employees of Oracle Corporation outside the EU may access user data in the course of fulfilling contractual obligations. We have ensured an adequate level of data protection at Oracle Corporation through appropriate safeguards in accordance with the GDPR.

Eloqua places a persistent cookie on the respective registration page, unless an Eloqua cookie is already present on your device. If you have previously visited a website that uses Eloqua, you may already have such a cookie. We may use the Eloqua cookie to analyze how you use our sites so we can continuously improve them.

Emails sent with Eloqua use tracking technologies. We use this data primarily to determine which topics are of interest to you — for example, by tracking whether our emails are opened and which links are clicked. We then use this information to improve the emails and services we provide and to link it with existing tracking or profiling information.

If you wish to prevent the future use of Eloqua cookies on your device, you can do so via the following link:
https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/privacy-policy.html#opt-out