Privacy Notice pursuant to Art. 12 et seq. GDPR

I. Identity and contact details of the controller

Your contact partner as controller within the meaning of the European General Data Protection Regulation („GDPR”) and other national data protection laws of the member states and other provisions of data protection law is:

Bionmed Technologies GmbH
Science Park 2

Universität des Saarlandes

66123 Saarbrücken
Deutschland
(hereafter “we”, “is” or “our”)

II. Contact details of the data protection officer

Our data protection officer can be contacted at the following address:

Bionmed Technologies GmbH
Science Park 2

Universität des Saarlandes

66123 Saarbrücken
Deutschland

III. Data Processing on our website

1. Provision of the website and creation of log files

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of providing the website and the creation of log files is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

b. Purpose
The temporary storage of your personal data by us is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to your computer. For this purpose, your personal data must be stored for the duration of the session.

Your personal data are stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. Your personal data also help us to ensure that our IT systems are secure. Your personal data will not be processed in any other way.

c. Duration of storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In case your personal data are recorded for the purpose of providing the website, this happens as soon as the relevant session has ended.

If your personal data is stored in log files, they will be erased after 24 h at the latest. Logfiles of the mail server are erased after 30 days. If the log files are stored beyond this period, your personal data will be made anonymous so that it is no longer possible to assign them to a website visitor.

d. Objection and rectification option
The collection of your personal data for the provision of the website and the storage of your personal data in log files is mandatory for operating the website. Consequently, you cannot object to this data processing.

2. Technically necessary cookies

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of the use of technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

b. Purpose
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to make it easier for you to use our website. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these functions to work your browser has to be recognised even after a page change. Your personal data will not be processed in any other way.

c. Duration of storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected; this happens, in particular, as soon as the relevant session has ended.

d. Objection and Rectification Option 
An overview of the technically necessary cookies used on our website can be found at the bottom of the page.

In case of permission Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from the computer to our website. You therefore have complete control over the use of cookies.

By adjusting the settings of your browser you can deactivate or restrict the transfer of cookies. Cookies which are already stored may be deleted by you at any time. This can also be done automatically. If you deactivate cookies for our website, you might not be able to use all functions of our website.

3. Creating a customer account

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of creating a customer account is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

b. Purpose 
Your customer account facilitates the way contracts are entered into between you and us and is also for customer care purposes. The processing of your personal data when creating your customer account is necessary in order to perform a contract between you and us or to implement pre-contractual measures and is also for customer care purposes.

c. Duration of storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected; this happens at the latest when you close your customer account.

d. Objection and rectification option
You can close your customer account at any time. In this case, your personal data will be erased unless statutory retention periods prevent erasure.

4. Contact form and contacting us by email

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data transmitted in the course of contacting us is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If you contact us to enter into a contract, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR is an additional legal basis for the processing of your personal data.

b. Purpose
The processing of your personal data when contacting us only takes place to process your request.

c. Duration of storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data emailed to us, this is the case when your request has been processed and statutory retention periods do not prevent erasure.

d. Objection and rectification option
You can always object to the processing of your personal data in the context of contacting us for the future. In this case, however, we cannot process your request any further. All personal data stored in the context of contacting us will be erased, unless statutory retention periods prevent erasure.

5. Doctor/Treatment Center Search

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of the doctor/treatment center search is your given consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

b. Purpose of the Data Processing
The purpose of processing your personal data in the context of the doctor/treatment center search is to provide interested users of our website with the locations of doctors or treatment centers.

c. Duration of Storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Your personal data will therefore be stored until you withdraw your consent.

d. Objection and Rectification Option
You can withdraw your consent to the publication of your contact data in the doctor/treatment center search at any time.

6. Comfort improvement, website optimisation, user behaviour analysis and display of personalised advertising

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of the use of cookies and comparable technologies such as pixels, tags, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, etc. (“tracking cookies”) for the purpose of comfort improvement, website optimization, user behaviour analysis and the display of personalised advertising after a combination with your contract master data and your purchase history is your declared consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

b. Purpose
The processing of your personal data enables us to optimise the user-friendliness of our website and promote sales by selling goods or services.

c. Storage period
Your personal data will be erased as soon as you revoke your declared consent or your personal data is no longer needed for the aforementioned purposes.

d. Objection and rectification option
You will find an overview of the tracking cookies used on our website at the bottom of the page.

You can revoke your declared consent to the processing of your personal data within the context of the use of tracking cookies at any time for the future by proceeding as follows:

(1) Change of the consent settings on our website
On our website, we offer you the possibility to simply revoke the processing of your personal data in the context of the use of tracking cookies. To do this, you must follow the corresponding link Cookies.

By withdrawal of your consent a further cookie is set on your computer, which signals us to use no tracking cookies. If you delete the corresponding cookie, you will be asked for your consent by us again the next time you visit our website.

(2) Changing the settings of your browser
Alternatively, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies in general by changing the settings in your browser. You can delete already stored cookies at any time. This can also be done automatically. If technically necessary cookies for our website are also deactivated, it is possible that not all functions of the website can be used to their full extent.

(3) Special case: Google Analytics
If you do not want your personal data to be processed by Google Analytics, you can also install the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. This add-on instructs the JavaScript of Google Analytics (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) executed on websites not to allow the sending of information to Google Analytics.

If you want to disable Google Analytics, go to the page below and install the Google Analytics disablement add-on for your browser. For detailed information on installing and uninstalling the add-on, please refer to the relevant help resources for your browser.

Browser and operating system updates may result in the deactivation add-on to no longer work as envisaged. Further information about managing add-ons for Chrome, see the pages listed below. If you do not use Chrome, ask your browser manufacturer directly whether add-ons work properly in the browser version that you use.

The latest versions of Internet Explorer occasionally load the add-on to disable Google Analytics after personal data has already been sent to Google Analytics. Therefore, if you use Internet Explorer, the add-on will install cookies on your computer. These cookies ensure that any data collected is immediately deleted from the server that collected it. Make sure that third-party cookies are not disabled for Internet Explorer. If you delete your cookies, the add-on will reset these cookies within a short period of time to ensure that your Google Analytics browser add-on continues to work properly.

The browser add-on to disable Google Analytics does not prevent personal data from being sent to the website or other tracking services.

For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit:

https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=us

IP anonymization is activated on our website.

7. Data protection requests pursuant to Art.12et  GDPR

a. Legal basis
Legal basis for processing of your personal data in the context of processing your data protection request (“data protection request”) is Art. 6 (1) lit. c ICW Art. 12 et seq. GDPR. Legal basis for the subsequent documentation of the legally compliant processing of a data protection request is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

b. Purpose
The purpose of processing your personal data in the context of processing your data protection request is to answer your data protection enquiry. The subsequent documentation of the legally compliant processing of the respective data protection request is to fulfil the legally required accountability, Art. 5 (2) GDPR.

c. Duration of storage
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case at the latest when the respective incident becomes statute-barred.

d. Objection and rectification option
You can object to the processing of your personal data for the future at any time in the context of the processing of data protection requests. In this case, however, we will not be able to process your data protection request any further.

The documentation of the legally compliant processing of the respective data protection request is mandatory. Consequently, you cannot object to this data processing.

8. Defending and enforcing legal claims

a. Legal basis 
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of defending and enforcing legal claims is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

b. Purpose 
The purpose of processing your personal data in the context of defending and enforcing legal claims is the defence of unjustified claims and the legal enforcement of claims and rights.

c. Duration of storage 
The data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.

d. Objection and rectification option 
The processing of your personal data in the context of defending and enforcing legal claims is absolutely necessary for the defence and enforcement thereof. Consequently, you cannot object to this.

IV. Further data processing other than on our website

1. Facebook Insights (Facebook Fanpage)

a. Joint responsibility
We run our Facebook fanpage together with Facebook Ireland Ltd. (hereinafter “Facebook”). For this purpose, we have concluded an agreement with Facebook on who of us fulfils which obligations pursuant to the regulations of the GDPR.

The essential content of the agreement can be found at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

Information on the processing of your personal data by Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data

b. Legal Basis for the Data Processing
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

c. Purpose
The processing of your personal data by Facebook Insights enables us to analyse your usage behavior. By evaluating the data captured, we are able to collect information on the usabiltiy of our Facebook fanpage. This helps us to make our Facebook fanpage more adequate and user-friendly.

d. Origin
The personal data that is captured through the use of our Facebook fanpage is made available to us by Facebook.

e. Duration of Storage
Your personal data will be erased as soon as they are no longer needed for the aforementioned purposes.

f. Objection and Rectification Option
If you do not want your data to be collected by Facebook Insights in the context of Facebook Insights, you can object to the processing of your personal data at any time for the future. In this case, we will forward your objection request to Facebook.

2. Supplier Questionnaire, Storing of Supplier data and Ongoing Business Relationship

a. Legal Basis for the Data Processing
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data as well as the personal data of the contact persons of your company in the context of the supplier questionnaire, the storing of supplier data and ongoing business relationship is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR or Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

If you or the contact persons of your company have given your consent, Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR is an additional legal basis for the processing of your personal data as well as the personal data of the contact persons of your company.

b. Purpose
The purpose of processing your personal data as well as the personal data of the contact persons of your company in the context of the supplier questionnaire, the storing of supplier data and ongoing business relationship is the award, performance and settlement of the respective contract as well as the processing of your personal data for future awards of contract or tenders.

c. Origin
If we have not received your personal data directly from you, the contact person of your company has provided us with your personal data in the context of the supplier questionnaire.

d. Duration of Storage
Your personal data as well as the personal data of the contact persons of your company will be erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected.

In the case of awards of contract, performance and settlement of the respective contract, this happens when the contract on which the work was based has been fulfiled and all claims arising from the contractual relationship are statute-barred or statutory retention periods do not prevent erasure.

In the case of processing your personal data for future awards of contract or tenders, this is the case if your company is permanentely no longer interested in future awards of contract or tenders.

e. Objection and Rectification Option
The processing of your personal data is absolutely necessary for the awards of contract, performance and settlement of the respective contract. Consequently, you cannot object to this data processing.

You can withdraw your consent at any time for the future or object to the processing of your personal data in the context of future awards of contracts or tenders for the future.

3. Relaying to our Sales Partners

a. Legal Basis for the Data Processing
Legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of the relaying to our sales partners is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

b. Purpose
The purpose of the processing of your personal data in the context of relaying personal data to our sales partners is to get in touch with you as requested to initiate, conclude and perform contracts between you and our sales partners.

c. Duration of Storage
The personal data are erased as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. In the case of relaying personal data to our sales partners this happens on our part after relaying your personal data to our sales partners.

d. Objection and Rectification Option
You can at any time object to the processing of your personal data for the future in the context of relaying personal data to our sales partners. In this case, however, we cannot forward your request to be contacted by our sales partners.

V. Categories of recipients

Within our company, those bodies and departments receive personal data that they need to fulfil the aforementioned purposes. In some cases we use various types of service providers and transfer your personal data to other trusted recipients. These can include:

• Banks
• IT service providers
• Lawyers and courts
• Sales partners

VI. Third country transfer

As part of the processing of your personal data, we may transfer your personal data to trustworthy service providers in third countries. Third countries are countries outside of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA).

We only work with service providers who provide us with the appropriate safeguards for the security of your personal data and can guarantee that your personal data will be processed in accordance with the strict European data protection standards. A copy of these appropriate safeguards can be inspected at our premises.

If we transfer personal data to third countries, we do so on the basis of a so-called adequacy decision of the European Commission or, in the absence of such a decision, on the basis of so-called standard data protection clauses, which have also been adopted by the European Commission.

VII. Your rights

You have the following rights against us:

1. Right of access
You have the right to access as to whether or not and, if so, what your personal data of you are being processed by us. Is this the case, we will additionally give you access to the following:

(1) the purpose of the processing;
(2) the categories of data;
(3) the recipients of your personal data;
(4) the envisaged period of storage or the criteria used to determine the envisaged period of storage;
(5) any other rights you have;
(6) where we have not obtained the personal data from you: Any available information as to their source;
(7) if available: the existence of automated decision-making and any information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of the processing.

2. Right to rectification
You have the right to rectification and/or completion of the personal data that is being processed by us, if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

3. Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to restriction of processing of your personal data, provided that

(1) we verify the accuracy of your personal data being processed by us;
(2) the processing of your personal data is unlawful;
(3) you need the personal data being processed by us for the purpose of prosecution when we no longer need your personal data for the purpose of processing;
(4) you have objected to the processing of your personal data and we are in the process of verifying your objection.

4. Right to erasure
You have the right to erasure of your personal data, provided that

(1) we no longer need your personal data for its original purpose;
(2) you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal ground for processing your personal data;
(3) you object to the processing of your personal data and, unless it is about direct marketing, there are no overriding grounds for further processing;
(4) the processing of your personal data is unlawful;
(5) the erasure of your personal data is required by law;
(6) your personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services when you were a minor.

5. Right to notification
If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure of data or restriction of processing, we will communicate any rectification, erasure of data or restriction of processing to any recipients of your personal data.

6. Right to data portability
You have the right to receive your personal data processed by us on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format as well as to transmit them to another controller. If it is technically feasible, you have the right to have them directly transmitted from us to another controller.

7. Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on particular grounds. If this is the case, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.

If your personal data is being processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time.

8. Right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw your consent given to us at any time. The withdrawal of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before your withdrawal.

9. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, if you believe that the processing of your personal data by us violates the provisions of the GDPR.

VIII. Overview of the cookies used

In the operation of this website we use different cookies, as described above. The following table lists the cookies that are used on this website-

1. Technically necessary cookies

2. Tracking cookies

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer at any time.