Abschnitt 1.5 - 1.5 Confidentiality und Data Protection
The Testing and Certification Body agrees to keep in confidence the business and trade secrets as well as all personal data it obtains within the context of the application for and the provision of performance. For testing and certification purposes DGUV solely deploys staff members upon whom a confidentiality obligation relating to business and trade secrets has been imposed.
The Testing and Certification Body is entitled to store in data files on data media and/or on paper, and to use and process within the scope of its responsibilities, all data and results obtained in connection with the testing and certification, e.g. model specification and measuring results.
The Testing and Certification Body may publish data and results in anonymous form. Insofar as the Testing and Certification Body is under a corresponding statutory obligation or insofar as permitted by the these Rules or a contractual provision, the Testing and Certification Body may inform other offices and authorities about results and certificates, in particular about the refusal, limitation, suspension or revocation of a certificate. In the above-mentioned cases, the public shall only be informed in case of a statutory obligation. The Certificate Holder or Applicant shall be informed about this information provided, unless otherwise regulated by law.
Insofar as the Testing and Certification Body is under a corresponding statutory obligation, it shall inform other notified and/or appointed bodies about the negative and positive results of conformity assessments. Insofar as a legal provision imposes an obligation, the Testing and Certification Body shall provide information to the competent authorities about the tests and certification in an individual case. The Certificate Holder and/or the Applicant shall be informed accordingly, unless otherwise regulated by law.
The Testing and Certification Body is entitled to enable experts of the accreditor and experts of the authority granting permission to inspect the documents and to participate in tests.