We appreciate your interest in our online survey. Below, we provide you with comprehensive information about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection, processing, and use of your personal data, as well as your rights regarding data processing.
1. Responsible person
The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen
Campus-Boulevard 30
52074 Aachen
2. Description and scope of data processing
We collect, process and store the following personal data in order to process your participation in the survey:
- Company
- Title
- First Name
- Surname
- Position
- E-mail address
The data is collected directly as part of the survey (using "survey tools"). Once the survey has been completed, the data collected is transferred to our website's content management system and then exported to our local database for further processing.
4. Legal basis of the processing
Your personal data is processed exclusively on the basis of your voluntarily granted consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. By entering your data and clicking the submit button, you expressly confirm that you consent to the processing of your data for the purposes stated in this privacy policy.
5. Purpose of data processing
Your personal data is processed exclusively on the basis of your voluntarily granted consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. By entering your data and clicking the submit button, you expressly confirm that you consent to the processing of your data for the purposes stated in this privacy policy.
6. Duration of storage
Your personal data will be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. The data collected as part of the survey will be deleted until 31.12.2026 at the latest, provided there are no legal retention requirements to the contrary.
7. Your rights as a data subject
As a data subject, you have extensive rights in relation to the personal data stored by us. In particular, you have:
- Right to information: You have the right to receive information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. On request, we will also inform you electronically about the stores data.
- Right to rectification: You can request the rectificationof incorrect or inclomplete data.
- Right to erasure: You have the rifht to request the erasure of your personal data if its storage is no longer required for the stated purpose or if there is no legal obligation to retain it.
- Right to restriction of processing: You can request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller
- Right to object: You can object to the processing of your personal data any time.
To exercise your rights, please send an e-mail from the e-mail address we have stored to
Email address of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR or other data protection regulations, you have the right to.
8. Revocation of the consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out until the revocation. To exercise your right of revocation, simply send an e-mail to:
m.weismueller@wzl.rwth-aachen.de
9. Data security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
By entering your data and submitting the form, you consent to the collection, processing and use of your personal data as described in this privacy policy.
If you have any questions about data protection or this privacy policy, you can contact us at any time.
