Data protection information on route and line aerial surveys
1. general information
We, Thyssengas GmbH, process your personal data in accordance with the applicable statutory data protection requirements for the purposes listed below.
Personal data within the meaning of this data protection information is all information that relates to you personally. In particular, this includes your contact details as a property owner or property user if we contact you as part of the aerial survey. In addition, it is essentially image material that is created during the aerial survey and, in exceptional cases, may contain information about data subjects in the area of technical installations.
2. controller
The controller responsible for processing your personal data is Thyssengas GmbH, Emil-Moog-Platz 13, 44137 Dortmund, email: presse@thyssengas.com
3. purposes of processing and legal basis
The regular route and pipeline inspections by helicopter or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) serve to ensure the technical safety of the natural gas pipelines. The documentation created in the process (e.g. images and evaluation results) is used for proper route and pipeline monitoring.
Thyssengas is continuously developing and improving the techniques and methods used for this purpose, such as aerial surveys using unmanned aerial systems (drones) and automated detection of potential hazards (e.g. construction sites).
The measures record the conditions (e.g. vegetation, construction work) along the route. It cannot be ruled out that people or vehicles may be in the camera's detection range, for example. However, technical measures (e.g. sufficiently coarse resolution) are taken to ensure that personal information is not captured.
The legal basis for the processing is the legitimate interest of Thyssengas to guarantee the legal obligation to monitor pipelines in compliance with the generally recognised rules of technology and the use of efficient technologies.
4. recipients of the data
Service providers commissioned by Thyssengas are contractually obliged to comply with data protection and security requirements.
Data will only be forwarded to third parties, in particular authorities, if there is a legitimate interest, e.g. in the context of law enforcement measures and in accordance with the applicable rights.
Thyssengas has individual tasks and services carried out by carefully selected and commissioned (IT) service providers based within the EU. Data is not transferred to countries outside the EU.
5 Duration of storage and deletion of your data
If, in exceptional cases, the image material contains personally identifiable information, it will be deleted once the prescribed retention periods have expired and the above-mentioned purposes no longer apply. As a rule, this takes place after 3 months.
6 Your rights
6.1 Information, correction, deletion, etc.
We will be happy to provide you with information about whether and which of your personal data we have stored and to whom we may have passed it on. In accordance with the statutory provisions, you can assert the following additional rights: Rectification, erasure, restriction of processing (blocking for certain purposes) and data portability.
6.2 Right to object
If we process data on the basis of the so-called balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
6.3 Right of cancellation
If you have given us separate consent to process your personal data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. The lawfulness of the processing of your data up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by a revocation.
6.4 Questions or complaints
You have the right to contact a supervisory authority if you have any questions or complaints. The supervisory authority responsible for Thyssengas GmbH is the State Office for Information Security and Data Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia (www.ldi.nrw.de).
7. contact details
If you have any questions or comments about data protection at Thyssengas GmbH (e.g. regarding information and updating your personal data), please contact us under the keyword "Data protection", either electronically via datenschutz@thyssengas.com or at the contact address given above.