Privacy Policy

You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you.

If such processing is taking place, you may request information from the controller regarding the following data that is actually being processed, as well as additional details:

1. the purposes for which the personal data is being processed;

2. the categories of personal data being processed;

3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;

4. the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific details are not possible, the criteria for determining the storage period;

5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;

6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

7. all available information regarding the origin of the data, if the personal data is not collected from the data subject.

You have the right to request information regarding whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

You have the right to request that the controller correct and/or complete your personal data if the personal data being processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the correction without delay.

You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:

1. if you contest the accuracy of your personal data for a period that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction of its use;

3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims; or

4. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override your grounds.

If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, such data—apart from its storage—may be processed only with your consent 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 an important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If the restriction on processing has been imposed in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Obligation to Erase Data

You may request that the controller immediately erase the personal data concerning you, and the controller is obligated to erase such data immediately if any of the following grounds apply:

1. The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

3. You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

4. The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.

5. The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.

6. The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

Information to Third Parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, the controller shall, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable measures, including technical measures, to inform controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of all links to such personal data or of copies or replications of such personal data.

Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply where processing is necessary

1. for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;

2. to comply with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) of the GDPR;

4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing, or

5. for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing with the controller, the controller is obligated to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of such rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You have the right to request information from the controller regarding these recipients

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller 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 whom the personal data was provided, provided that

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, and

2. the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, to the extent that this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other individuals must not be adversely affected by this.

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 at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out pursuant to Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; 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 concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services—notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC—you have the option to exercise your right to object using automated procedures that employ technical specifications.

You have the right to withdraw your consent under data protection law at any time. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out on the basis of your consent prior to its withdrawal.

Not taking place.

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 the place where the alleged infringement occurred, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint was submitted shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 of the GDPR.

The supervisory authority responsible for RUB is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NRW).