Privacy Policy

The company’s contact details:

Name: Schipper CertPers UG (haftungsbeschränkt)  

Telephone number: +49(0)211-27014187

E-mail address: info@schipper-certpers.de 

The contact details oft he data protection officer:

Name: Michael Dreyer

Telephone number: +49(0)211-27014187

E-mail address: info@schipper-certpers.de

Privacy Policy

Basics

This privacy policy is intended to inform users of this website about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by us as the website operator.

We take your privacy very seriously and treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations. Since new technologies and the continuous development of this website may result in changes to this privacy policy, we recommend that you review it regularly.

Definitions of the terms used (e.g. “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

Access data

We, the website operator or site provider, collect data about website access based on our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) and store this data as "server log files" on the website's server. The following data is logged:

• Visited website
• Time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you came tot he page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used

The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, for example, to investigate cases of misuse. If data must be retained for evidentiary purposes, it will be exempt from deletion until the incident has been definitively resolved.

Reach measurement & cookies

This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transferred either from our server or a third-party server to the user's browser. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

If you do not want cookies to be stored on your device for reach measurement purposes, you can object to the use of these files here: 

• Network Advertising Initiative cookie opt-out page: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!

• Cookie deactivation page of the US American website: https://optout.aboutads.info/?c:2#!/

• European website cookie deactivation page: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Common browsers offer the option to refuse cookies. Note: There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

We use the following cookies:

• Category: Necessities (6)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.

• Category: Preferences (8)

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that influences how a website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.

• Category: Statistics (2)

Statistical cookies help website operators understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

• Category: Marketing (11)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and appealing to the individual user and therefore more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers.

• Category: Unclassified cookies (0)

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are currently trying to classify, together with individual cookie providers.

Last cookie scan: February 2, 2026 

Collection and processing of personal data

The website operator collects, uses and shares your personal data only if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection.

Personal data includes all information that can be used to identify you and that can be traced back to you – for example, your name, email address and telephone number.

You can visit this website without providing any personal information. However, to improve our online services, we store your access data to this website (without any personal reference). This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. Because the data is anonymized, it is impossible to identify you personally.

• What personal data do we process?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    We process personal data such as first name, last name, IP address, email address, place of residence, postal code and content information from the contact form.
• How do we process personal data?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    We process personal data only with the explicit permission of the users concerned and in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.
• Why do we process personal data?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The processing of personal data is based on our legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractually agreed services and optimizing our online offering.

Handling of contact data

When you contact us as the website operator using the provided contact options, your information will be stored so that we can process and respond to your inquiry. This data will not be shared with third parties without your consent.

• Contact form: The contact form we provide does not store any data; it only sends the corresponding email to our email address and then deletes this email on the server side.
• Personnel certification forms: The forms we provide for the certification of operational personnel (employees and managers), including the order form and self-declaration, are available for download. All records are identified, managed, and destroyed according to Schipper CertPers' specifications. Destruction takes place after a maximum of 10 years, or earlier if necessary. We are committed to treating all agreed-upon information arising from the certification process confidentially. No data will be disclosed to third parties or authorities without the written consent of the data subject, unless legally mandated. The data subject will be informed if their information is disclosed.
  

Information on data processing and its legal basis within the framework of personnel certification

Schipper CertPers processes personal data of customers, exam participants, auditors, examiners, and interpreters on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request or instigation of the data subject prior to entering into a contract. Furthermore, the processing of personal data of customers and business partners is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This personal data is processed for the preparation and execution of certification procedures according to the relevant certification programs, as well as for demonstrating the competence of auditors, interpreters, examiners, and certification personnel. Contract fulfillment is not possible without this data.

The data consists of:

• Personal contact details of contact persons in companies during the certification process;
• personal data relating to the function and operational position of contact persons in companies during the certification process;
• Data on the use of consulting services in companies by affected persons;
• Data on professional qualifications, experience and examinations already taken;
• Data on the professional qualifications and further training of auditors, interpreters, examiners and certification personnel;

This data may originate from the company commissioning us (a third party) and is not publicly available. Furthermore, the following data is processed as part of certification procedures:

• Personal contact details of business partners for the purpose of pursuing the legitimate interest in carrying out certification procedures, in particular the coordination of location and time;
• Personal contact details of the personnel deployed for the testing or certification process, in particular for local and temporal coordination;
• Data of business partners and auditors, examiners and interpreters for the purpose of safeguarding the legitimate interest of the orderly coordination of certification procedures and the analysis of risks to impartiality;
  
• Data for the purpose of pursuing the legitimate interest of preventing fraud.

The type and scope of the required personal data are determined by the certification program that is the subject of this contract and vary accordingly. This program is:

• Certification of HSE personnel based on the "Normative document Personnel certification: Operational personnel in the HSE sector"

Recipients of personal data in the certification process are the personnel involved in the audit/examination or evaluation, as well as the personnel involved in the certification decision or assessment. Furthermore, personal contact details of contact persons in companies and, where applicable, their consultants, on the one hand, and auditors/examiners/interpreters, on the other hand, are shared with the respective other party in the certification process.

All data listed on certification certificates will be confirmed to requesting third parties upon request. Disclosure to other third parties, third countries, institutions, or international organizations is not intended. As part of the accreditation process, representatives of the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) may be granted access to certification procedures and the underlying records concerning qualifications, experience, and continuing education.

When a contractual relationship exists, data is stored for the duration of the contractual relationship and in accordance with the retention rules underlying the respective certification program. These rules are derived from ISO 17024 and the corresponding regulations of the certification program; regulations concerning retention periods from the German Fiscal Code and other tax law provisions are observed. When a business relationship exists, the data of business partners is generally stored for the duration of the business relationship; beyond that, it is stored according to the requirements of the relevant certification procedure after the end of the business relationship and deleted no later than the expiry of the retention period of the relevant certification procedure.

In the certification process, certification decisions are made exclusively by employees of the certification body; no automated decision-making takes place.

No consents are accepted in accordance with Article 8 GDPR and no data is processed in accordance with Article 9 GDPR.

Handling comments and posts

If you leave a post or comment on this website, your IP address will be stored. This is done based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our security as website operator: Should your comment violate applicable law, we could be held liable, which is why we have a legitimate interest in knowing the identity of the comment or post author.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), based on our legitimate interests in optimizing and analyzing our online services in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Google Analytics uses cookies – text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

Google LLC complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

IP anonymization is activated on this website. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area, as well as in other contracting states of the agreement. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address initially transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. This shortening removes the personal reference from your IP address. The user's IP address transmitted by the browser is not combined with other data stored by Google.

Under the terms of the data processing agreement we, as website operators, have concluded with Google Inc., Google uses the collected information to create an evaluation of website usage and website activity and provides services related to internet usage.

The data collected by Google on our behalf is used to evaluate the use of our online services by individual users, e.g. to create reports on website activity in order to improve our online services.

You have the option to prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, if your browser does not allow cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all the functions of this website without restrictions.

Furthermore, you can prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. by installing a browser plugin. The following link will take you to the relevant plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Alternatively, you can prevent this by clicking on this link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This website uses Google Analytics to collect data about you. By clicking the link above, you will download an "opt-out cookie." Your browser must therefore be configured to allow cookies. If you regularly delete your cookies, you will need to click the link again each time you visit this website.

Here you can find further information on data usage by Google Inc.:

• https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de (Data collected by Google partners)
  
• https://adssettings.google.de/authenticated (Settings for the advertising you see)
  
• https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de (Use of cookies in advertisements)
  

User rights

As a user, you have the right to request, free of charge, information about what personal data concerning you has been stored. You also have the right to rectification of inaccurate data and to restriction of processing or erasure of your personal data. Where applicable, you can also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you can lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Deletion of data

Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g., data retention laws), you have the right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if it is no longer needed for its intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion is not possible because the data is required for legitimate legal purposes, data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for any other purpose.

Right to object

Users of this website can exercise their right to object and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

If you wish to correct, block, delete, or obtain information about the personal data stored about you, or if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or if you wish to revoke any consent you have given, please contact us at the following email address: info@schipper-certpers.de

Third-party content and services

The content, services, and features offered on our website may also include content, services, and features from other providers that complement our offerings. Examples of such services include maps from Bing Maps or third-party graphics. Accessing these third-party services typically requires the transmission of your IP address. This allows these providers to recognize and potentially store your IP address. We make every effort to only include third-party providers who use IP addresses solely for content delivery. However, we have no control over whether a third-party provider stores the IP address. This storage may be for statistical purposes, for example. Should we become aware of any storage practices by third-party providers, we will inform our users immediately. In this context, please also refer to the specific privacy policies of the individual third-party providers and service providers whose services we use on our website. You can find these policies within this privacy statement.

Bing Maps Plugin

We use a plugin from the Bing Maps internet service on our website. Bing Maps is operated by Microsoft Corporation, located in the USA, WA 98052, 6399 One Microsoft Way, Redmond. By using Bing Maps on our website, information about your use of this website and your IP address will be transmitted to and stored on a Microsoft server in the USA. We have no knowledge of the exact content of the transmitted data, nor of its use by Bing. The company denies linking the data with information from other Microsoft services and the collection of personal data. However, Microsoft may share the information with third parties. If you disable JavaScript in your browser, you will prevent Bing Maps from running. However, you will then also be unable to view maps on our website. By using our website, you consent to the described collection and processing of information by Microsoft Corporation. You can find more information about the privacy policy and terms of use for Bing Maps here:

http://help.bing.microsoft.com/#apex/18/de/n1999/-1/de

OnlineStreet-Link

We have placed a link on our website to the internet provider onlinestreet.de. Onlinestreet.de is a digital street directory, business directory, and local reference work for Germany. When you access the website onlinestreet.de/ this link will automatically send information to the server of the website onlinestreet.de via your browser (or possibly your hosting provider). Click here to go to Privacy Policy from onlinestreet.de.  

Klick-it Link

We have included a link to the internet provider KLICK-IT.de on our website. KLICK-IT.de is the online business directory for German-speaking companies and the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). Companies from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can list their locations, local offers, and the best links for potential customers here free of charge. Our visitors can find German-speaking experts from all industries worldwide. Click here to view the privacy policy of KLICK-IT.de.

Server Logfiles

Server log files contain anonymized data that is collected when you access our website. This information does not allow us to identify you personally, but is essential for technical reasons to deliver and display our content. It also serves our statistical purposes and the continuous optimization of our content. Typical log files include the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, the browser used and its version, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, the page from which you accessed our website (referrer URL), and your IP address. Log files also enable us to thoroughly investigate suspected illegal use of our website.

Use of social media plugins from Facebook

Based on our legitimate interest in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online services (within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), this website uses the Facebook social plugin, which is operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The plugins are recognizable by the Facebook logo or the terms "Like," "Share," or "Recommend" in Facebook's colors (blue and white). Information about all Facebook plugins can be found via the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook's servers. The website operator has no control over the nature and scope of the data that the plugin transmits to Facebook Inc.'s servers. You can find more information here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084
The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, as a user, have visited this website. It is possible that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the aforementioned information will be linked to it.
If you use the plugin's features—for example, by sharing or "liking" a post—the corresponding information will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc.
If you wish to prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete any stored cookies. You can adjust further data processing settings for advertising purposes or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes via your Facebook profile. You can access these settings here:

• Facebook profile settings:                                                        https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
• Cookie opt-out page of the US website: https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
• Cookie opt-out page of the European website: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

You can find information about what data Facebook collects, uses, and processes, for what purpose, and to what extent, as well as your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, in Facebook's Data Policy. You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

SSL encryption

To best protect your transmitted data, the website operators use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix "https://" in the page link in your browser's address bar. Unencrypted pages are indicated by "http://".

All data that you transmit to this website - for example, when making inquiries or logging in - cannot be read by third parties thanks to SSL encryption. 

DNSSec encryption

Our website uses DNSSEC encryption. DNSSEC refers to a set of security extensions for our domain. These security extensions protect the website from certain types of attacks, such as the falsification of DNS cache data: Through "forged" or falsified DNS entries or messages, internet users can be redirected to fraudulent systems where they can be spied on, have their data stolen, etc.

With DNSSEC, DNS queries and responses are signed using asymmetric encryption methods. This ensures data integrity (falsification, e.g., during transmission, is no longer possible) and source authentication ("The one I queried is also the one who answered").

As of February 10, 2026