Information pursuant to § 5 German Telemedia Act:

Guido Gruchott
Expert & Consultant
Heinrich-Böll-Ring 8
66793 Saarwellingen

Contact:

Phone: +49 163 6351 260
Email: guido@gruchott.eu

Professional Liability Insurance

A professional liability insurance exists with “Bayerischer Versicherungsverband Versicherungsaktiengesellschaft”, Maximilianstrasse 53, 80530 München.

The professional liability insurance covers the following services:
“Engineer office for work safety, SiGeKo, machine safety, safety engineer, appraiser and test expert for industrial plants, machines and equipment without own design and without construction supervision.

The amounts assured with the professional liability insurance are
EUR 3.000.000 for personal damages
EUR 1.000.000 for ohter damages (material damages and financial losses)

Disclaimer

Liability for the contents

As service provider we are responsible according to § 7 paragraph 1 of TMG for the content on this site under the general law. According to § § 8 to 10 TMG we as service providers are not obliged to monitor the transmitted or stored information, or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under the general laws remain unaffected. A liability is only possible from the date of knowledge of a specific infringement. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the content immediately.

Liability for links

Our offer includes links leading to external web sites from third parties, which content we can not influence and that we do not adopt as our own. We have checked those links at the moment we established them. We did not realize any actions against the law by then. A permanent check of links without disposing of apparent clues of unlawful acts is not reasonable. Due to this reason we do not grant any warranties with respect to contents of such links as mentioned. In case of getting knowledge of acts against the law, we will investigate the matter and be removing these links promptly if suspicion is confirmed.

Copyright

The contents and works, especially the company name on the present sites, which were created by the site licensee, shall be subject to German copyright legislation. Any copying, editing, distribution and any kind of use beyond the limits of the German copyright require written approval from the respective author and/or issuing party. Downloads and copies of this site are permissible solely for private use. Insofar as the contents of the present site were not issued by the licensee, the copyrights of third parties shall be observed. Especially third-party contents shall be marked as such. Should you notice any copyright infringement nevertheless, please inform us accordingly. Upon discovery of cases of law infringement, we shall immediately remove such contents.

1. An overview of data protection

General

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.

How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
The data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. This data is not used to analyze how visitors use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

Guido Gruchott
Expert & Consultant
Heinrich-Böll-Ring 8
66793 Saarwellingen

Phone: +49 163 6351 260
Email: guido@gruchott.eu

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

The data protection officer is Guido Gruchott. The company uses and saves personal information about the contact persons of the business partners in line with its usual business electronically in a contact database. The rights according to articles 15 – 21 of the general data protection regulation are installed and can be requested by contacting the data protection officer.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

Opposition to promotional emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. 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 in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. 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

These data will not be combined with data from other sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.