Should personal data be transmitted to service providers or group companies outside the European Economic Area (EEA), it will only be transmitted insofar as the EU Commission has confirmed an appropriate level of data protection in the third country or other data protection guarantees (e.g. the agreement of EU standard contractual clauses) are in place. You can also request information via the contact information listed at the start.

In accordance with the statutory requirements, you are entitled to the following rights as a data subject which you can assert against us:

Information: You are entitled at any time, in the context of Article 15 GDPR, to request confirmation from us on whether we are processing your personal data; if this is the case, you are also entitled in accordance with Article 15 GDPR to receive information on this personal data as well as specific additional pieces of information (e.g. the purposes for the processing, categories of personal data, categories of recipients, envisaged period of storage, the origin of the data, the use of automated decision-making and, in the event of transfer to a third country, the appropriate guarantees) and a copy of your data.

Rectification: In accordance with Article 16 GDPR, you are entitled to request that we rectify personal data stored on you if they are inaccurate or incorrect.

Erasure: In accordance with the requirements of Article 17 GDPR, you are entitled to request that we erase your personal data immediately. You are not entitled to erasure if, for example, the processing of personal data is necessary (i) for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, (ii) for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g. statutory retention obligations) or (iii) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Restriction of processing: In accordance with the requirements of Article 18 GDPR, you are entitled to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.

Data portability: In accordance with the requirements of Article 20 GDPR, you are entitled to request that you receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or transmit them to a third party. Revocation: You are entitled to withdraw consent which you have granted to the processing of personal data with effect for the future (Article 7 (3) GDPR)

Objection: In accordance with the requirements of Article 21 GDPR, you are entitled to object to the processing of your personal data, which requires us to cease processing your personal data. The right to object only exists within the limits provided for in Article 21 GDPR. Our interests can also prevent cessation of processing, which results in us being entitled to process your personal data despite your objection.

Complaints to data protection supervisory authorities: In accordance with the requirements of Article 77 GDPR, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR. You have the right to lodge a complaint without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Unabhängiges Datenschutzzentrum Saarland
Fritz-Dobisch-Straße 12
66111 Saarbrücken, Germany
E-mail:  poststelle@datenschutz.saarland.de 

We do, however, recommend that you always contact our data protection officer with your issue first.

Your applications to exercise your rights should, where possible, be made in writing to the following address:

Scope of your obligations to provide data

Generally, you are not obliged to share your personal data with us. However, if you do not do this, we will not be able to provide our website to you, be able to answer your queries or enter into a contract with you. Personal data that we do not strictly require for the aforementioned processing purposes are labelled as voluntary information by an “if necessary” mark or another mark.