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We are delighted that you are visiting our website, and would like to thank you for your interest in our company, products and website. Protecting your privacy after using our website is something we take very seriously, so we always follow the applicable legal regulations designed to protect personal data and ensure data security. Below we shall explain which web pages this data protection declaration relates to, the data we store, process and use, your right to information, and much more.

Personal data

Personal data comprises individual details of personal or factual relationships to a specific or identifiable natural person. Personal data includes your name, address, bank account, identity card or telephone number, your vehicle registration number, e-mail address or IP address. On the other hand, non-personal data is data that cannot be used to determine your actual identity. This includes information concerning which sex you are, which browser you use or which makes of car you prefer.

Anonymity

When you use the RATIONAL web pages, you remain anonymous unless you voluntarily provide us with personal data. The only exception to this principle relates to the temporary, automatic gathering and storage of your IP address. You will find more details about this below.

Purpose of gathering, processing or use of personal data

We will only use the personal data that you make available to us for the stated or agreed purposes.

Use of personal data for advertising or market research

To help us maintain our customer relationship with you, we occasionally find it useful to be able to use your personal data for advertising, market research or other purposes. Naturally, we will always tell you and ask for your express consent before we do this.

Passing on, sale or disclosure of personal data to third parties

We will not pass on, sell or otherwise disclose your personal data to third parties unless this is necessary for the notified or agreed purpose or unless you have expressly consented to this. Withdrawal of consent.

You can at anytime withdraw your consent to use your personal data in the future for the agreed intended purpose. To do this, please contact the Information Service (details below).

Safety measures

RATIONAL AG takes the technical and organisational safety measures needed to protect your personal data against loss or misuse. For example, your data will be stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the general public. Your personal data will sometimes be encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology during transmission. This means that communication between your computer and the RATIONAL AG servers takes place using an approved encryption method, the latest version of which is regarded as secure (currently SSL version 3, 128-bit). If your browser supports SSL, the transmission of personal data will be protected by this function. In this case, most browsers will display a short dialog or use an icon to indicate that it supports the security protocol. You can find further information in your browser’s help. If you want to contact RATIONAL AG by e-mail, please note that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of the information you send. The content of e-mails, just like postcards, can be viewed by third parties. We therefore recommend that you always send us confidential information by post.

Right of information

If you ask us, we will be happy to tell you whether we have saved any personal data about you, and let you know what data this is. To do this, simply contact the Information Service (details below).

Changing and deleting personal data

If you want us to change or delete your personal data, simply contact the Information Service (details below). We will always delete your personal data as soon as the original purpose for which we originally stored your data is achieved. We would also like to point out that there are occasions when we might not be allowed to delete your data due to legal retention or accounting obligations. In this case, you will still be able to block the data.

Changes to this data protection declaration

The rapid technological development of the Internet, and changes to the law associated with data protection may require us to adapt our data protection declaration to suit the new requirements from time to time. You should therefore always make sure you have read the latest data protection declaration. This data protection declaration is dated 01.09.2007.

RATIONAL AG Information Service

If you want to use your right to information or have questions about this data protection declaration or our data protection actions on the Web, please contact:

Datenschutzbeauftragter@rational-online.com