This declaration provides you with information regarding the security of your personal data when you access this site, which is operated by the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization and DIN Software GmbH. Personal data are all data by means of which you can be identified personally.
We take the privacy of your data very seriously. We therefore treat them in confidence and in accordance with the statutory data privacy regulations and this data privacy declaration. This data privacy declaration is currently valid and was last amended in February 2023.
Further development of our website or changes to the legislation or other requirements imposed by the authorities may require changes to be made to this data protection declaration. We therefore recommend that you re-read the declaration occasionally.
Access to the web pages
You can generally read the content of our website without having to provide personal data. You are free to decide whether you enter personal data.
Calling up our web pages automatically results in the browser on your terminal device transmitting information to the server on which this website is hosted. This information is stored temporarily in a "log file". The following information is recorded automatically without any action on your part and is stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the requesting computer
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the file accessed
- Website from which the access occurred (referrer URL)
- Browser used; possibly also the operating system of your computer and the name of your Internet service provider
These data are processed by us for the following purposes:
- Assurance of a smooth connection to our website
- Assurance of user-friendly use of our website
- Evaluation of the system's security and stability
- Further administrative purposes
The statutory basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is derived from the purposes of data recording listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the recorded data in order to draw conclusions with respect to your person.
Sending of messages
Should you send us an e-mail, we use your message and your e-mail address solely in order to correspond with you. We store the contact data you provide in these cases in order to process your enquiry, and delete them once the matter has been resolved. These data are not communicated to third parties without your consent.
Data security
This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to provide secure transmission of confidential content. An encrypted connection is indicated by “https://” and the padlock symbol in the address line of your browser. SSL encryption prevents third parties from reading the data that you transmit to us.
The information you provide is stored on particularly secure servers in Germany. It is accessible only to a small number of persons with special authorization who have the task of maintaining the servers. We have concluded a job-processing contract with our server hosting provider.
Disclosure of personal data to third parties
As a rule, we use your personal information only within KAN itself. We do not pass your data on to third parties without your explicit consent.
Where we are obliged to do so by statutory provisions or in response to a court order, we pass your data to bodies authorized to have access to it. We cannot accept any liability for abuse of your data by third parties.
Newsletter
Should you wish to subscribe to the NoRA ticker newsletter offered on this website, you must provide us with a name. The provision of any other information is voluntary. We use these data solely in order to deliver the NoRA ticker. We do not pass your data to third parties, nor do we use them for other purposes ourselves. The registration system with the additional confirmation message containing a link by which registration is completed ensures that you receive the NoRA ticker only if you have explicitly requested it. You may revoke your consent to our storing your e-mail address and to its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by means of the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies at certain points. Cookies are used to make the site more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. The majority of cookies used by us are "session cookies"; they are automatically deleted after your visit to our site. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and do not contain viruses.
The majority of browsers are configured to accept cookies by default. You can however configure your browser not to save cookies, or to inform you whenever cookies are sent.
Wenn Sie Ihre Einstellungen bezüglich Cookies und Tracking ändern möchten, können Sie das hier tun:
YouTube
Videos von YouTube sind auf dieser Website mit dem erweiterten Datenschutzmodus eingebunden. Das heißt, es werden von YouTube keine Informationen über die Besucher unserer Internetseite gespeichert, es sei denn, sie sehen sich das Video an. In der Datenschutzerklärung von Youtube (YouTube ist ein Google-Dienst) erfahren Sie, welche Daten erhoben werden, welche Zwecke damit verfolgt werden und wie Sie Ihre Daten aktualisieren, verwalten, exportieren und löschen können.
Web statistics
In order to improve the quality of our website and its content, we evaluate the following anonymized information on access to it:
- Visits by visit duration and day of the week
- Websites from which the visitor's system reaches our website
- Search terms used
- Page views and downloads
- Browser version, operating system and search engines
We use Matomo, an open-source software application, to perform statistical analysis of access to our website by visitors. We do not set any cookies for this purpose beyond those needed for technical reasons.
Right to information, correction, deletion, objection
You have the right at any time in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR to receive information free of charge on your personal data stored by us, their origin and recipient, and the purpose for which the data are processed. Under Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to request from us the data you have made available to us, in a standard, machine-readable format.
You also have the right to have these data corrected in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR, deleted in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, and processing restricted in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR. In accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Your consent, where given, can be revoked for future effect at any time, without statement of reasons. An e-mail to datenschutz@kan.de is sufficient. Revocation of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing conducted prior to revocation.
You can contact us at any time with regard to these issues and further questions concerning personal data:
KAN - Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization
Secretariat
Alte Heerstraße 111
53757 Sankt Augustin
Germany
Tel. +49 2241 231 - 3471
datenschutz@kan.de
Our external data privacy officer is appointed by:
InfAi Infinity GmbH
Goerdelerring 9
04109 Leipzig
Germany
datenschutz@kan.de
You further have a right in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR to submit complaints to the responsible supervisory authority.