Privacy Policy

General Information 
The following notes provide an overview of the personal data of visitors to our website. Personal data comprises all data by which visitors can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy, which is listed below this text. Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Contact details can be found in the Legal Notice. 

Data Collection 
Personal data is collected, on the one hand, when you actively provide it—for example, data entered into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily consists of technical data (e.g., your internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

Use of Data
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

Rights of Website 
Users Users have the right, at any time and free of charge, to obtain information regarding the origin, recipients, and purpose of their stored personal data. They also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose—as well as for any further questions regarding data protection—website visitors may contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice. Furthermore, users generally have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Processing of Data 
(Customer and Contract Data) 
We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content-related structuring, or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. We collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of our website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to utilize the service or to bill for it. Collected customer data is deleted following the completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools 
When you visit our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily accomplished using cookies and so-called analytics programs. The analysis of browsing behavior is generally conducted anonymously; browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you individually. Visitors to the website may object to this analysis or prevent it by refraining from using certain tools. Detailed information regarding this can be found in the remainder of this Privacy Policy.

General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this Privacy Policy. When you use this website, various items of personal data are collected. Personal data consists of data with which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this takes place. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note regarding the Responsible Entity The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:
QHSEcert GmbH
Iland st. 37a
45711 Datteln Germany

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing Many data processing operations are possible only with your express consent. You may revoke consent you have already granted at any time. A simple informal notification sent to us via email is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. A list of Data Protection Commissioners, along with their contact details, can be found at the following link:

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability 
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically—based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract—in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and to have such data transmitted to yourself or to a third party. Where you request the direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will be carried out only insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL/TLS Encryption 
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content—such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator—this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser's address bar. When SSL/TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be intercepted or read by third parties.

Access, Blocking, and Deletion 
In accordance with applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain—free of charge—information regarding your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, where applicable, the right to have such data corrected, blocked, or deleted. For this purpose, as well as for any further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice.

Objection to Promotional Emails 
We hereby object to the use of contact data—published within the scope of our legal obligation to provide an imprint—for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited transmission of advertising information, such as via spam emails.

Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies 
Our website pages utilize so-called "cookies." Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. You can configure your browser to notify you whenever cookies are being placed, to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to refuse the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. Cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communication processes or for providing specific functions you have requested (e.g., the shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies are stored (e.g., cookies used to analyze your browsing behavior), these are addressed separately in this Privacy Policy.

Server log files 
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: Browser type and browser version operating system used Referrer URL Host name of the accessing computer Time of server request IP address This data will not be merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form 
If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form—including the contact details you entered therein—will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for use in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent. The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification sent to us via email is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you enter into the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for which the data is stored ceases to apply (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—particularly statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.