Information on data protection
The following information concerns the processing of personal data of users of the website http://torc-nology.com. Internet sites and other electronic information and communication services are referred to in detail as “telemedia” in the Telemedia Act (TMG).
The name and contact details of the person responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with your use of this telemedia service are:
Torc-nology GmbH
Endstraße 32
D-47445 Moers
E-Mail: info@torc-nology.com
The processing of personal data in connection with the provision of this website is carried out for the following purposes and on the basis of the following legal bases and – where relevant – to pursue the following legitimate interests of the controller or a third party:
1. Purpose: Provision of the telemedia service
Legal basis: Article 6, paragraph 1, sentence 1, letter b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
2. Purpose: Provision of additional offers of the telemedia service,
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) Regulation (EU) 2016/679
The controller pursues the following legitimate interests:
Improving user-friendliness, reducing the bandwidth required, increasing the efficiency of its resources.
In this context, you are particularly informed of your right to object (in general), see below, in the list of your rights.
3. Purpose: Processing of requests from users of the telemedia service,
Legal basis: Article 6, paragraph 1, sentence 1, letter b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
4. Purpose: Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the telemedia service and the systems used to provide it, including measures to detect, limit, avoid and correct disruptions or errors in the telemedia service
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) Regulation (EU) 2016/679
The relevant legal obligations of the controller arise, among other things, from:
Art. 32 para. 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679
5. Purpose: Economic optimization and needs-based design of the telemedia service,
Legal basis: Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f) Regulation (EU) 2016/679
The controller pursues the following legitimate interests:
Increasing the efficiency of its operating resources, increasing revenue, reducing costs, testing and improving user-friendliness.
In this context, you are particularly advised of your right to object (in general), see below, in the list of your rights.
6. Purpose: Advertising
Legal basis: Article 6, paragraph 1, sentence 1, letter f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
The controller pursues the following legitimate interests:
Increasing demand, increasing revenue.
In this context, you are particularly informed of your right to object to advertising, see below, in the list of your rights.
The personal data processed in connection with the provision of this website will be disclosed to the following categories of recipients:
- Processors, i.e. companies that, due to contractual obligations, handle your data exclusively in accordance with the instructions of the controller:
– Providers of technical services and services, in particular data center services - Third parties, i.e. companies that handle your data under their own responsibility:
– Hosting providers / content suppliers
The responsible party does not intend to disclose personal data to recipients in a third country.
With regard to the duration of storage, it should be noted in general that personal data is only stored by the responsible party for as long as is necessary to pursue the purpose of its processing. This results in detail:
For the purposes No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 mentioned above, the data is stored for as long as you continue to use the telemedia service.Zu dem oben genannten Zweck Nr. 3 werden die Daten solange gespeichert, bis die Kommunikation mit dem Nutzer beendet ist; sofern durch die Inhalte der Kommunikation Aufbewahrungspflichten ausgelöst werden, werden die Daten über den Zeitpunkt der Beendigung der Kommunikation hinaus gespeichert, bis zum Ablauf der Aufbewahrungspflicht, andernfalls zumindest solange, wie die Möglichkeit zur eigenen Rechtsverteidigung des Verantwortlichen die Speicherung im Rahmen von gesetzlichen Verjährungs- oder Ausschlussfristen erforderlich machen.
For the above-mentioned purpose no. 5, the personal data will be stored until they are anonymized within a few minutes after you finish using the telemedia service.
In principle, i.e. subject to legal restrictions, you have the rights listed below. To facilitate the exercise of these rights, please note that a corresponding request does not need to be in any particular form and can therefore also be made electronically (in particular by email).
You can request information from the responsible party about the personal data concerning you.
You can request that the responsible party correct inaccurate personal data concerning you.
You can request that the responsible party delete the personal data concerning you.
You can request that the responsible party restrict the further processing of the personal data concerning you.
You have the right to object (in general) to the controller against the further processing of the personal data concerning you by the controller for the purposes no. 2 and no. 5 mentioned above, provided that you give reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation.
You have the right to object to the controller against the further processing of the personal data concerning you by the controller for the purposes no. 6 mentioned above (no reason needs to be given for this).
Finally, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have made available to the controller for the purposes no. 1 and no. 3 above in a structured, common and machine-readable format from the controller and to transmit this data to another person without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was made available.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection about the way the controller handles your data. To facilitate the exercise of this right, you are informed that the supervisory authority responsible for the controller’s registered office can be reached at the following address:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia,
Kavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Your provision of the personal data concerning you is necessary for the provision of the telemedia service. There is no legal obligation to provide the data. However, failure to provide the data would mean that the telemedia service cannot be provided to you.
Automated decision-making that could have legal effects on you or significantly affect you in a similar way does not take place in connection with your use of the telemedia service.
