We are pleased that you are visiting our website and for your interest in our company. Data protection and privacy is very important for the management of the Rudolph & Sohn GmbH. A use of the web pages of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use our company's special services through our website, personal data processing may be required. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the person.

1. Definitions
The data privacy policy of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH is based on the terminology used by the European directive and regulatory authority in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. Therefore we would like to explain the terminology used.

We use the following terms in this privacy policy, including but not limited to:

a)   personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter the "data subject"). In this context identifiable means a natural person can be directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignnment to an identifier such as a name, to number, to a location, an online identifier or to special features, which express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person, identified.

b)   the person concerned
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

c)   processing
Processing means any process or series of operations related to personal data such as collection, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying, use, performed with or without the aid of automated procedures; disclosure by submission, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d)   Restriction of processing
Restriction of the processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim to limit their future processing.

e)   profiling
Profiling is any kind of automated processing of personal data that consists in using that personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, personal To analyze or predict preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.

f)   PseudonymisationPseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in which the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without additional information, provided, that such additional information is kept separate and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not identified or identified be assigned to identifiable natural person.

g)   Responsibility
The controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, body (alone or in concert with others), who/which decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his designation may be provided for under Union or national law.

h)   Processor
The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i)   Receiver
Recipient is a natural or legal person, agency, agency or other entity to whom Personal Data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or national law in connection with a particular mission are not considered as beneficiaries.

j)   Third partie
Third partie is a natural or legal person, public authority or body (as well as other than the data subject), the controller, the processor and the persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor to process the personal data.

k)   Consent
Consent is any voluntarily given and unambiguously expressed form of a statement or other unambiguous confirmatory act by the data subject for the particular case, by which the data subject indicates that they consent to the processing of the personal data concerning him / her.

3. Collecting general data and information
The website of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by an person or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The (1) used browser types and versions, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the internet page from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-web pages, which (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, Rudolph & Sohn GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) properly deliver the contents of our website, (2) to optimize the content of our website and to advertise it, (3) to ensure the continued functioning of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the necessary information for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. Rudolph & Sohn GmbH evaluates this anonymously collected data and information on the one hand statistically and further with the aim to increase the data protection and data security within our company in order to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by an affected person.

4. Contact via the website
Due to legal regulations, the website of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If an affected person contacts the data controller by e-mail or through a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically saved. Such personal data, voluntarily transmitted by an individual to the controller, is stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties.

5. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or, if so required by the European legislature and other legislators in laws or regulations, that of the controller subject to was provided.


If the storage purpose is omitted or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or any other relevant legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

6. Rights of the person concerned

a)   Right to confirmation
Each data subject has the right, as granted by the European Di- rective and Regulatory Authority, to require the controller to confirm whether personal data relating to him /her is being processed. If an affected person wishes to make use of this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

b) Right to information
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European Directive and Regulatory Authority at any time to obtain from the controller any information relating to the personal data stored about him or her as well as a a copy of such information free of charge. Furthermore, the European legislator and regulator has provided the data subject with the following information:

• the processing purposes
• the categories of personal data being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
• if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them, or to the restriction of the processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
• if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information on the source of the data
• the existence of automated decision-making including profiling under Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on the data subject
• In addition, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
• If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right to information, he may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

d)   Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European Directives and Regulators to require the controller to immediately delete the personal data concerning him, provided that one of the following reasons is satisfied and the processing is not required:

• The personal data has been collected for such purposes or otherwise processed for which they are no longer necessary.

• The person concerned revokes the consent on which the processing was based on Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) of the GDPR and lacks any other legal basis for the processing.

• The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO, and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects according to Art. 21 (2) DS-GVO Processing.
• The personal data were processed unlawfully.
• The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or national law to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GVO.

If one of the above reasons is correct and an affected person wishes to delete the personal data stored by Rudolph & Sohn GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller anytime. The employee of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH will arrange for the extinguishing request to be fulfilled immediately.

If personal data have been made public by Rudolph & Sohn GmbH and our company is responsible for deleting personal data pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 DS-GVO, Rudolph & Sohn GmbH shall take into account the available technology and the implementation costs appropriate measures, including technical means, to inform other data controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has deleted from all other data controllers the removal of all links to such personal data or copies or Has requested replicas of this personal data, as far as the processing is not required. The employee of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH will arrange the necessary in individual cases. e) Right to restriction of processing
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulatory authority to require the controller to restrict the processing if one of the following conditions applies:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of time that enables the person responsible to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of personal data.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
• The person concerned has objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the person concerned.
• If one of the above-mentioned conditions exists and an affected person wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at Rudolph & Sohn GmbH, they may at any time contact an employee of the controller. The employee of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH will initiate the restriction of processing.

f)   Data transferability
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European Directive and Regulatory Authority to receive the personal data concerning him / her provided to a controller by the data subject in a structured, common and machine-readable format. It also has the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance by the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 para 2 (a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR and processing by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task of public interest or in the exercise of official authority, which has been assigned to the controller.

Furthermore, in exercising their right to data transferability under Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data are transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and if so this does not affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH at any time.

g) Right to object
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right conferred by the European directive and regulatory authority at any time, for reasons arising from its particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to it pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or f DS-GVO takes an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, Rudolph & Sohn GmbH will no longer process the personal data unless we can prove that there are compelling reasons for processing which exceed the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defense of legal claims.

If Rudolph & Sohn GmbH processes personal data in order to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to the profiling, as far as it is associated with such direct mail. If the data subject objects to Rudolph & Sohn GmbH for the purposes of direct marketing, Rudolph & Sohn GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to them, for Rudolph & Sohn GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) DS-GMOs are objected to, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task of public interest.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact any employee of Rudolph & Sohn GmbH or another employee. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58 / EC, to exercise his right of opposition by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right, as granted by the European legislature and the legislature, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has a legal effect on it or, in a similar manner, significantly affects it; unless the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) permitted by Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject, and that legislation provides for appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of the data subject; or (3) with the express consent of the data subject.
If the decision (1) is required for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible or (2) it takes place with the express consent of the data subject, Rudolph & Sohn GmbH shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as to safeguard the legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the controller, to express his or her own position and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert any rights with respect to automated decisions, they may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

i)   Right to revoke a data protection consent
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulatory authority, to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

 

Google Analytics uses a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are, has already been explained above. By using this cookie Google is enabled to analyze the usage of our website. Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a Google Analytics component has been integrated into it, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically initiated by the respective Google Analytics component To submit data to Google for the purposes of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google receives information about personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which Google uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently make commission settlements possible.

 

The affected person can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to and preventing the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics for the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the person must download and install a browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered by Google as a contradiction. If the data subject's information technology system is later deleted, formatted or reinstalled, the data subject must re-install the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or any other person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser addon.

Additional information and Google's privacy policy can be found at www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

8. Legal basis of processing
Art. 6 I lit. A DS-GMO serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a particular processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract of which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, in processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, processing shall be based on Art. 6 I lit. b DS-GMO. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c DS-GMO. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be required to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our premises were injured and his or her name, age, health insurance or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d DS GMOs are based. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f DS GMOs are based. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the above legal bases are based on this legal basis if processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, unless the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned prevail. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In that regard, it considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (recital 47, second sentence, DS-BER).

9. Legitimate interests in the processing that are being pursued by the controller or a third party
Is the processing of personal data based on Article 6 I lit. f DS-GMO is our legitimate interest in conducting our business for the benefit of all of our employees and our shareholders.

10. Duration for which the personal data is stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or to initiate a contract.

11. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

 

12. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.
This Privacy Policy was created by the privacy statement generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as External Data Protection Officer Stuttgart, in cooperation with the Cologne data protection lawyer Christian Solmecke.