We attach great importance to compliance with all applicable data protection rules and regulations, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679; also referred to as "GDPR"), which will come into full force and effect on 25 May 2018.

Name and address of controller

This website is operated by Vier Gas Transport GmbH, Essen (hereinafter also referred to as "Vier Gas Transport", "VGT" or "we"). Vier Gas Transport is solely responsible for all data processing operations associated with your visit, unless otherwise stated below.

Our contact address is:

Kallenbergstr. 5

45141 Essen (Germany)

For further information about our company, please refer to our Legal Notice.

Contract details of data protection officer

Our data protection officer can be contacted at info@viergas.de

Visit to website

Data processed: Whenever you visit our website, we will collect certain (mainly technical) information, which may, however, be classified by the courts as personal data. This information includes the IP address, device identification, browser features, operating system details, language settings, referring URLs, the duration of your visit and the pages displayed. If you use our contact forms or functions for contributions and comments, we will collect the data submitted by you and the time of data transmission.

Processing purposes: We will use the data submitted by you via the contact form and other forms to process your request and to initiate resulting improvements. When using other information, we do not as a rule draw any conclusions about the data subject. This information is used to correctly deliver the contents of our website, to guard against cyber-attacks, for scientific research and statistical purposes, and to provide law enforcement authorities with the information required for prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack.

Legal basis of data processing: In part, the consent of data subjects; performance of a contract or steps taken prior to entering into a contract; compliance with a legal obligation of Vier Gas Transport; processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Vier Gas Transport and third parties (cf. Article 6 para. 1 lit. (a) to (f) of the GDPR).

Any further statistical analysis of collected data will only take place after any reference to persons has been removed.

Pursued legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6 para. 1 lit. (f) of the GDPR: Interest in operating a website; protecting our computer systems against attacks and optimising our website; tracking attacks on our computer systems.

Categories of recipients of personal data: Personal data will only be disclosed to service providers for the operation of our website. Data submitted via the contact form and other forms will be forwarded to the persons needed / responsible for answering such enquiries.

No data transfer to recipients in unsafe third countries: Vier Gas Transport does not intend to transfer personal data to recipients in unsafe third countries (e.g. on the basis of standard contractual clauses).

Storage period: The aforementioned personal data will generally be stored for a period of seven days, after which the data will be rendered anonymous or be deleted. This does not include data that (i) is still needed to investigate or track a cyber-attack or (ii) must be stored further in accordance with a legal or statutory retention obligation. We plan to keep the data you submit via the contact form and other forms for a period of two years, after which the data will be deleted.

Obligation to provide personal data: The provision of the aforementioned personal data by you is neither required by law nor by any contractual agreements. Processing restrictions can restrict the use of some of our website functions.

No automated decision making (profiling): The above personal data will not be used to automatically make decisions that have a legal effect on you or significantly affect you in a similar way.

Your rights

Your rights, which Vier Gas Transport will be happy fulfil at your request, include the right to:

·         obtain information about your personal data;

·         have incorrect personal data about you corrected;

·         have your personal data deleted or restrict the processing of your personal data;

·         object to the processing of your personal data.

Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Withdrawal of consents: You have the right to withdraw a consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

No responsibility for links to other websites

We have no control over the Internet pages of other providers which are offered under other domain names. Insofar as our website refers to such third-party offers, we cannot accept any responsibility for the third party's handling of your personal data. Please contact the respective third party for further information.

Vier Gas Transport

Las revised: 10 December 2020