Privacy policy - information right, right of access, right to be forgotten

Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data relating to him or her are being processed. If you wish to exercise this right of confirmation, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at any time.

Right of access

Any person with personal data affected by the processing has the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information at any time. In any case, the person will be provided with the following information:

• the purposes of processing
• the categories of personal data processed
• the recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
• if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this period
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the respective personal data; the existence of a right to restriction of 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 is not collected from the data subject: any available information about the origin of the data.

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

Contact the Data Protection Officer to exercise the right of information.

Right to rectification

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand that inaccurate personal data concerning him or her be corrected without delay. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, considering the purposes of the processing, to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

Contact the Data Protection Officer to exercise the right of rectification.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand from the controller of this website that the personal data concerning him or her be erased immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

• The personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
• The data subject revokes the consent on which the processing was based and there is no other legal basis for the processing
• The data subject objects to the processing on grounds relating to his or her particular situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or, in the case of direct marketing and related profiling, the data subject objects to the processing
• The personal data are processed unlawfully
• The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject
• The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered directly to a child

If one of the above reasons applies and you wish to arrange for the deletion of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately.

Right to restriction of processing

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject objects to the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the use of the personal data
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
• The data subject has objected to the processing on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate interests of the controller override those of the data subject

If one of the conditions mentioned applies and you would like to request the restriction of stored personal data, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange the restriction of the data processing.

Right to data portability

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to have this data transferred to another controller if the legal requirements are met. Upon request, the personal data may be transferred directly from the controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible and insofar as this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

Contact the data protection officer to exercise the right to data portability.

Right to object

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

In the event of the objection, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

Contact the Data Protection Officer to exercise the right to object.

Right to revoke consent granted under data protection law

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to revoke a given consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

To assert your right to revoke consent, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.