Privacy Policy

The responsible entity in terms of data protection laws, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at Rail Track Analyzer GmbH is: Jochen Nowotny, Managing Director

PRIVACY POLICY - DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

You can exercise the following rights at any time under contact details provided for our Data Protection Officer:

Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of data processing, if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
Data portability, if you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR)

If you have given us consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.

You may also file a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, such as the competent authority in your state of residence or the authority responsible for us, the data controller.

THE COLLECTION OF GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

Type and purpose of processing

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide information, general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar details.

This information is processed specifically for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
Ensuring the seamless use of our website,
Evaluating system security and stability and
for other administration purposes

We do not use your data to draw conclusion about you personally. Such information maybe statistically analyzed by us to optimize our website and the underlying technology.

Legal Basis

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 §1f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in proving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processor for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Data Retention Period

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data used to ensure the functionality of the website.

Provision mandated or required

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Additionally, certain services or features may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason an objection is excluded.

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your end device by the browser. They do not cause any damage and do not allow for your identification. We use cookies in order to ensure that our offer is user-friendly.

We use persistent cookies.

Persistent cookies allow for recognition of your browser when visiting our website again. Persistent cookies are stored on your end device and will be deleted automatically after a certain period of time. You may also delete them yourself.

We use cookies of Google Analytics. For further details see the following separate section.

We do not store third party cookies which could allow tracing your user behaviour across several independent websites.

You can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is set or to allow cookies only in individual cases. Please see your web browser menu bar for further support.

If you disable cookies, your use of our website may be limited.

Web Analysis

Improving our offer and our website (legitimate interest) is a major concern to us. We value our users’ privacy and, therefore, we pseudonymize your user data.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and allow for an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie (including your IP address) is transferred to and stored by Google on a server in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website (e.g. search terms entered), compiling reports on website activities for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may transfer this information to third parties, where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

The expiration time of cookies set by Google Analytics is between ten minutes and two years.

For more details on the cookies used see:

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

On this website, Google Analytics was extended to include the code “anonymizeIp” to protect your data and to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

The relation to Google Analytics is governed by the US-Privacy Shield.

For more detailed information on the Google Analytics Terms of Service and data protection see

https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html

https://policies.google.com/?hl=en-GB

You can prevent the storage of cookies by activating the corresponding setting on your browser. However, please be advised that if you opt out of using cookies you may not be able to fully use all features of this website.

In addition, you can prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link:
An opt-out cookie will be set, preventing the collection of your data when visiting the website in

Disable Google Analytics here.

Hyperlinks

Our website may contain hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are electronic cross-references which allow for consultation of other electronic documents. Hyperlinks may lead to websites of other companies. Other websites shall exclusively by governed by privacy policies applicable to them.

Secure transmission of data

Technical and organisational measures protect our website against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons.

Our website exclusively transmits data by means of encrypted connections. Transmission is effected via HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) which safeguards confidentiality and integrity in the communication between web server and web browser.

Amendments

We keep our Privacy Notice up to date. Amendments thereto, if any, do not restrict your rights. Amendments will be published on our website.

Data Protection Contact

If you have any question regarding data protection please send us an email at office@railtrackanalyzer.com or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization: Jochen Nowotny, Managing Director.