Data protection
Protecting your privacy is our concern?
We thank you for your interest in our association and would like to make sure that you feel secure with regards to your personal data when visiting our website. Protecting your private data is something we take very seriously. Compliance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act are matter of fact for us.
We would like you to know when we collect data, what that data is and how we use it. We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed both by us and by external services providers.
Personal data
Personal data is data pertaining to your identity. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. It is not necessary to reveal any personal information in order to use our website. However, in certain cases we do require your name and address as well as additional information in order to perform the desired services.?This is the case, for example, when sending you information material or answering individual questions. We will advise you whenever this is necessary. Furthermore we only store and process data that you voluntarily provide to us, where applicable, data that we automatically collect when you visit our websites (e.g. your IP address and the names of the pages you visit, the browser you use and your operating system, date and time of access, search engines used, names of downloaded files).
Purpose for personal data
Of course we respect your choice that your personal data is for our use only. We will not sell your personal information to third parties nor market it elsewhere.
Purpose flimitation
We will only collect, process or disclose personal data supplied by you online for the purposes disclosed to you. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties without your personal consent.
The collection of personal data and its disclosure to authorized state institutions and authorities will only occur within the framework of relevant laws or if we are required to do so by a court decision. Our employees and appointed service providers are obliged to observe confidentiality and to adhere to the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act.
Data that is collected automatically when you visit our website
For organisational and technical reasons, when using our website, the following data is stored: the names of the pages you visit, the browser you use and your operating system, date and time of access, search engines used, names of downloaded files and your IP address.
We only analyse this technical data for statistical purposes in order to further optimise our web presence and to make our online content even more attractive. This data is stored separately from other personal information on secure systems and does not permit any conclusions to be drawn on individual persons.
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 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 (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on a server in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google will also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf [Persons/Companies that process personal data on behalf of Google are not third parties!]. Google will under no circumstances associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, we must inform you that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Cookies
When you visit one of our websites, we may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie". Cookies are small text files which are sent from a web server to your browser and stored on the hard drive of your computer.
This information will help to automatically recognise you on your next visit to our websites and to simplify navigation. Of course, you can also view our websites without cookies. If you do not wish us to be able to recognise your computer, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions to find out how to do this in detail. If you choose not to accept cookies, this may limit the functions available to you on our sites. When you close the website, these cookies are deleted.
Children and adolescents
Persons under 18 year of age should not submit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal information from children and adolescents, do not collect this data and do not pass it on to third parties.
Security
We have taken technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access. All of our employees and all persons involved in data processing are obliged to comply with the federal Privacy Act and other relevant data protection laws and to maintain the confidentiality of personal information required. Our security measures are constantly revised to keep up with technological developments.
Modifications to our data protection policy
We reserve the right to modify our security and data protection measures to the extent necessitated by technological developments. In these cases, we will update our data protection policy accordingly. Please read the most current version of our data protection policy.
Links
If you use external links offered on our website, this data protection policy does not apply to these links. We do not have any influence on the compliance with data protection and security regulations by other vendors. Please inform yourself on the websites of other providers about their own data protection declarations.
Right to information
You may at any time request information about the personal data we have stored about you. If necessary, please send an e-mail to: info(at)total-e-quality.de
Right to object
You can also at any time revoke your consent for us to collect, process and use your personal information. If necessary, please send an e-mail to: info(at)total-e-quality.de
Questions, suggestions, complaints
If you have questions about our data protection policy or the processing of your personal information, please feel free to contact the office of TOTAL E-QUALITY. We are also available for inquiries, suggestions or complaints.
