Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Date: May 2018

1. General

The EU General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25, 2018, is a regulation of the European Union that unifies the rules for the processing of personal data by private companies and public bodies in the EU. This is intended to ensure the protection of personal data as a whole within the EU. I, Volker Pohl, take the protection of your personal data very first. I process your personal data in accordance with the applicable legal requirements for the purposes listed below.

2. Purpose of processing

On behalf of my customers, I carry out employer certification based on Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A – Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing for NDT personnel. In this context, I am also responsible for the training with an examination.A certification is the confirmation that a person fulfills the requirements of a certification program (written practice on the above-mentioned basis). I collect, process and store personal data to issue a certificate and to document the certification requirements, training and testing.

3. Legal basis

The legal bases for the processing of personal data result from:

• Consent of the data subjects according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. A) GDPR

• Fulfillment of a contract according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. B) GDPR

The categories of personal data and the retention periods result from the general requirements of the SNT-TC-1A. The consent to me is generally given by the customer’s order. It is my customers’ responsibility to present this data protection declaration to their respective employees intended for certification and, if necessary, to separately request their consent in writing.

4. Responsible for data processing

Volker Pohl

Adolf-von-Nassau-Straße 19,

67308 Rüssingen

Telephone: +49 6355 9894558

Data protection officer:

Volker Pohl

Email: info@qm-pohl.de

5. Employee commitment

I don’t have any employees.

6. Personal data

Personal data is all information that belongs to an identifiable person (e.g. name, age, marital status, etc.). Data without direct personal reference can also be personal data if it can be used to refer to the related persons.I save and process personal data of the certificate holder and my contractual partners (contact person of my customers) to fulfill the above purpose.

7. Processing of personal data

The following personal data is collected, processed and stored:

•           Name, first name

•           Date of birth and place of birth

•           Eyesight certificate

•           curriculum vitae with academic and professional career

•           Experience in non-destructive material testing, with mention of the employer

•           Latest school report

•           Proof of vocational qualification (certificate, journeyman’s certificate, or comparable)

•           Certificates of participation in courses according to ISO 9712

•           Evidence of qualification exams according to ISO 9712

•           Certificates according to ISO 9712

•           Examination results of the general Test part according to ISO 9712 (in%)

•           Employer (customer) data

The aforementioned data is archived customer-related and personal for the period of validity of the certification or for the period of my assignment.After the end of the business relationship (letter of appointment) or after the end of my appointment, I will delete the aforementioned data and / or return it to my client for my relief.

8. Complaints

Complaints may be recorded on a personal basis, that means the complainant’s surname and first name are processed and stored. All complaints are checked internally and not passed on to third parties. After completing the complaints procedure, the records are anonymized and saved and stored under a measure number.

9. Appeals

Objections are recorded personally. The name and first name of the opposition leader are processed and saved. If the appeals are forwarded to third parties for review, all personal data will be anonymized. Objections will be kept under a measure number after the opposition proceedings have been completed.

10. Retention periods

Complaints and appeals are kept for 6 years. All authorization documents, training, examination and certificate files are archived for 5 years.

11. Disclosure and publication of personal data

A transfer of personal data to third parties does not take place without the consent of the person concerned, unless a legal regulation provides otherwise.

       12. Homepage

12a Collection and processing of personal data

When you visit my website, no data is collected and / or collected from you. My website is only used to inform and provide my contact details and proof of qualifications.

12b Use of cookies

I generally do not use cookies on my website.

12. Your rights

13a Information, correction, blocking and deletion

According to the GDPR, you have the right to information, correction, blocking and deletion of stored personal data at any time. If the deletion of your data is contrary to the retention periods of the certification program or the written practice based on the SNT-TC-1A or other legal, contractual, commercial or tax retention periods, your data will be blocked instead of the deletion.

13b Revocation

You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data. Contact me in the above cases.

13c Complaint

If you believe that I am not processing your personal data properly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority at any time in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Rhineland-Palatinate

Box 30 40

55020 Mainz

Telephone: +49 61 31 208-2449

Fax: +49 61 31 208-2497

eMail: poststelle@datenschutz.rlp.de

13. Update of the data protection declaration

Due to changes, e.g. of the legal provisions can be adjusted at a later date. You will receive a current version from me without being asked.

14. Declaration of confidentiality

I am committed to maintaining confidentiality, security and professional secrecy. The confidentiality obligation also applies beyond the termination of the contractual relationship. I will treat all data, facts, company internals etc., which become known to me in the course of my work, with absolute strict confidentiality!

Rüssingen, 25. Mai 2018

Volker Pohl

Data protection

General information.

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. You can find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you communicating it to us. This can e.g. are data that you enter in a contact form.Our IT systems automatically collect other data when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided correctly. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions about data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. Your surfing behavior is usually analyzed anonymously; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this data protection declaration.

1. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from third-party access.

Information about the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Volker Pohl

Adolf-von-Nassau-Straße 19,

67308 Rüssingen

Telephone: +49 6355 9894558

Data protection officer:

Volker Pohl

Email: info@qm-pohl.de

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

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http: //” to “https: //” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct, block or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

2. Data collection on our website

CookiesSome of the websites use so-called cookies.

Cookies do no damage to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require (e.g. shopping cart function) are set on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR saved. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are dealt with separately in this data protection declaration.

Server log files

The provider of the website 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 the server request

• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.

3. Plugins and tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.YouTube is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our website uses plugins from the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.If you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s data protection declaration at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s data protection declaration: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transmission.The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easier to find the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.You can find more information on handling user data in Google’s data protection declaration: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

4. Analysis tools and advertising

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. For this purpose, the information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before being saved.The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be passed on to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our website again.