Data Protection Notice
1. Controller Details
This privacy notice applies to the processing of your personal data by:
QuantityWare GmbH
Zeiloch 1b
76646 Bruchsal
Germany
contact@quantityware.com
www.quantityware.com
Tel. + 49 7251 9823003
Fax + 49 7251 9823116
Managing Director: John Mantle
1.1. Enquiries
Email for data protection enquires:
datenschutz@quantityware.com
Further information about our company can be found in our impressum:
https://www.quantityware.com/impressum/.
2. Data Collection & Storage
Unless a more specific storage period is stated below, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies.
If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.
2.1. Visiting the Website
When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in an access log file.
The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion after a maximum of 14 days:
- IP address of the requesting end device,
- Date and time of access,
- Name and URL of the retrieved file/ web page,
The data will be processed by us for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a reliable connection of the website,
- Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability, and
- for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. We do not merge the data with other data.
2.2. Contacting QuantityWare
If you contact us by e-mail, phone or fax, your request including all data (name, inquiry) for the purpose of processing your request is stored and processed by us.
There are a number of methods of contacting us via the QuantityWare website. These are listed below along with details of the data you provide us, and how we use this:
“Contact Us” Form
- Data collected: Personal Name, Company, E-Mail, Phone & Fax numbers.
- Data usage: We use this data to be able to reply to your query.
Training Request Form
- Data collected: Personal Name, Company, Job Title, Address (of the organisation that you represent), E-Mail, ‘Phone and Fax numbers.
- Data usage: We use this data to be able to reply to you, and to inform you if/when we have set up the training course(s) you have requested.
Training Registration Form
- Data collected: Personal Name, Company, Job Title, Address (of the organisation that you represent), E-Mail, ‘Phone and Fax numbers. Additionally, the person submitting the form may also include the Name, Job Title and E-Mail Address of prospective training delegates.
- Data usage: We use this data to be able to reply to you and to keep in touch with you (and any additional delegates selected) in order to arrange your training course. Examples include:
- Providing further details of the training course & pre-course documentation
- Arranging course payment
- Alerting you to any changes to the course
This information is not passed on to third parties in any of the above methods.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via the methods above will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular legal retention periods – remain unaffected.
2.3. Automated Decision-making
We do not use any personal data collected from you for any automated decision-making process (including profiling).
3. Cookies / Tracking
3.1. Cookies
In general, the following applies to cookies: You can set your browser so that, among other things, you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can also find such information and instructions for the respective browsers, for example, under the following links or if you enter the terms “cookie settings + browser” in an Internet search engine of your choice:
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
We do not use any cookies requiring consent (with or without an analysis function) or any other third-party analysis services on visitors to our website (https://www.quantityware.com). If you have any comments or feedback about our website, please feel free to send them to us via our contact form.
The only cookie set on our website is used to prevent re-showing our cookie banner:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_notice_accepted | Functional | 30 Days | To acknowledge that the cookie notice has been accepted, preventing it from appearing to the user on subsequent page loads. |
| vimeo_videos_accepted | Functional | 30 Days | To acknowledge that the Vimeo privacy notice has been accepted on one of the embedded Vimeo videos, allowing embedded Vimeo videos to load on pages without having to click “Allow” on each page visit. |
3.2. Wordfence
We use Wordfence as a plugin for the WordPress content management system. The provider is Defiant, Inc, 800 5th Ave Ste. 4100, Seattle WA 98104, USA (hereinafter “Wordfence”). We have concluded an order processing agreement (AVV) for the use of this service. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission (https://www.wordfence.com/standard-contractual-clauses/).
We can use Wordfence to protect our website from unauthorized access and attacks. This involves the use of an endpoint firewall and a malware scanner, among other things. For this purpose, our website establishes a permanent connection to Wordfence’s servers so that Wordfence can compare its databases with the accesses made to our website and block them if necessary.
The use of Wordfence is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in protecting our website from cyberattacks as effectively as possible.
Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. In the case of companies based in the USA, the following should be noted. If these tools are active, your personal data (IP address) may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to the EU can be guaranteed in these countries.
For example, U.S. companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.
You can find more details here:
https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/
Wordfence does not set any cookies on visitors to our website.
4. Data Recipients
We engage the services of data processors, who are responsible the technical implementation of our website, which help us to host, maintain and service the website to ensure the security of the website. Our data processors are based in the EU, predominantly in Germany, unless specifically mentioned above. We cannot rule out the possibility that the processors we select may have access to data collected via the website.
A transfer of your personal data to third parties does not take place, unless:
- you have given your express consent to this (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR),
- the disclosure is in our overriding legitimate interest or the legitimate interest of a third party pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
- the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR),
- in the event that a legal obligation exists for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR, as well as this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.
5. Data Subject Rights
You can assert your rights as a data subject regarding your processed personal data at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided at the beginning of this document.
As a data subject, you have the right:
- in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
- in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
- to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
- pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR to receive a copy of your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
- In accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, you may revoke your consent at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future (right of revocation). If you wish to exercise your right of revocation, simply send an e-mail to: datenschutz@quantityware.com
- to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office.
6. Right to Object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), you have the right under Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing of your personal data, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing.
In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be observed by us without specifying a particular situation or reasons.
If you wish to exercise your right to object, simply send an e-mail to: datenschutz@quantityware.com
