Privacy statement

The protection of your personal data is important to us. Therefore, we only process your data based on the legal provisions.The information here will describe how we process personal data collected from you and personal interests (“data”).

1. Processing your data

All data made available to us when you conclude a contract with us (e.g. purchase of one of our products) or send a query to us (e.g. question about a product or personal interest), will be used by us, provided there is no consent for further data processing, exclusively for the purposes required to fulfil the contract or answer your query (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)).

Only when you give your consent according to Art 6 (1) (a) GDPR will we use your data that have been made available by you to us with this consent for other purposes, such as sending scientific information in newsletters, etc. The exact purpose can be found in the respective declaration of consent. The consent to the processing of your personal data is given on a voluntary basis and you can refuse this consent without any negative consequences for you.You can revoke your consent at any time, but please note that any data processing which is required to fulfil contracts or legal obligations may continue to be carried out by us even after this consent is revoked. Your data may be lawfully processed by us up until your revocation has been received.

You will not experience any disadvantages by revoking your consent to the processing of your data and you will no longer be sent promotional information by us.

2. Data processing when using our website

a. Storage of access data in server log files

You can visit our websites (as currently listed in overview of subsidiary companies and supporting medical societies) without providing information about yourself. We store only access data in server log files, such as the name of the requested file, date and time of retrieval, volume of data transmitted and the requesting provider. This data are evaluated only to ensure uninterrupted operation of the website and to improve our online presence and does not allow us to make conclusions about your person. These websites cannot process personal data without your active intervention. Where personal data are collected on our websites (e.g. name, address, email address), this is done on a voluntary basis and requires a form to be actively filled out and submitted. These data are used only for us to directly send information that is explicitly requested by you (the exact purpose is found in the respective declaration of consent).

b. Contact with us

If you get in touch with us using the contact form on the website or by email, the data you provided will be used exclusively for processing your request and will not be processed further without your explicit consent.