Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Notes

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the topic of privacy can be found

in the privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details in the section “Notice to the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This can be data, for example, that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page visit). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

How do we use your 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. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and other questions regarding privacy, you can always contact us.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

Your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated when visiting this website. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.

For detailed information on these analysis programs, please refer to the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Mittwald

The provider is Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königsberger Str. 4-6, 32339 Espelkamp (hereinafter Mittwald).

Details can be found in Mittwald's privacy policy:
https://www.mittwald.de/datenschutz.

The use of Mittwald is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Order Processing

We have concluded an order processing agreement (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a legally required contract that ensures that Mittwald processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication via email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible on this communication path.

Note to the responsible party

The responsible party for the data processing on this website is:

RDQplus GmbH Odenwaldstr. 6

D-63939 Wörth am Main

Phone: +49-9372-139977 Email: info@rdqplus.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage duration is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information about the Legal Bases of Data Processing on This Website

If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data are processed under Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out based on Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25 (1) TDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also take place based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The specific legal bases for data processing will be explained in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external parties. In some cases, it is necessary to transfer personal data to these external parties. We only disclose personal data to external parties when it is required for the fulfillment of a contract, when we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or when another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only transfer personal data to our customers based on a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

WHEN DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 (1) LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR RELEVANT PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE 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 (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 (1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES AT ANY TIME; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IN SO FAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING (ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Complaint Right with the Competent Supervisory Authority

If there are violations of the GDPR, the affected parties have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in the member state of their usual residence, their workplace, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or for the performance of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.

Access, Correction, and Deletion

In accordance with the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct or delete this data. For this and other questions regarding personal data, you can always contact us.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this, you can always contact us. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you may request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.

If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.

If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. While it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – apart from their storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of public interest in the European Union or a member state.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Our website uses so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small data packages that do not harm your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or third parties (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within the website (e.g., cookies for payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies necessary for performing the electronic communication process, providing certain features requested by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or optimizing the website (e.g., cookies to measure website traffic) are stored based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for storing cookies and similar recognition technologies is requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you about cookie settings and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Matomo

This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo.

With Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data on the usage of our website by visitors. This allows us to find out, for example, when which pages were visited and from which region they came. We also collect various log files (e.g., IP address, referrer, used browsers and operating systems) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g., clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both the web offering and its advertising. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDG, if the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDG. The consent is revocable at any time.

IP Anonymization
In the analysis with Matomo, we use IP anonymization. This means your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that it can no longer be clearly attributed to you.

Cookie-free Analysis
We have configured Matomo so that it does not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting
We exclusively host Matomo on our own servers, so all analysis data stays with us and is not shared further.

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