Privacy Policy

Controller for processing according to GDPR

PL BioScience GmbH

Dennewartstr. 25-27
Technology Centre Aachen (TZA)
52068 Aachen
Germany

Contact:
Phone: +49 241 95719-100
E-mail: info@pl-bioscience.com
Website: www.pl-bioscience.com

Imprint: www.pl-bioscience.com/imprint

What are personal data?

Scope of anonymous data collection and data processing

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

a. Where we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Article 6 (1) lit. a) of the EU Genereal Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

b. Article 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

c. Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

d. In cases where vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, Article 6 (1) lit. d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

e. If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6 (1) lit. f) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Use of cookies

The website of PL BioScience GmbH uses cookies. Cookies are data that are stored by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. The cookies can be transmitted to a page when it is called up and thus enable the user to be assigned to it. Cookies help to simplify the use of Internet pages for the user.

It is possible to object to the setting of cookies at any time by changing the setting in the Internet browser accordingly. Set cookies can be deleted. Please note that if cookies are deactivated, it may not be possible to use all functions of our website to their full extent. The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised by technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When accessing our website, users are informed by an info banner about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and are referred to this data protection declaration. In this context, there is also a note on how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Article 6 (1) lit. a) of the GDPR if the user has given his or her consent. For information on whether and to what extent cookies are used on our website, please refer to our cookie banner and our notes in this data protection declaration.

Creation of log files

Contact opportunities

Newsletter

Mailchimp

Description and purpose

For sending the newsletter we use the newsletter service of Mailchimp of the provider Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. Mailchimp is used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we process personal data from you in the form of IP address, e-mail address, date and time, action type, meta data, object and profile reference. These data, including the permission change, are processed for the newsletter use by you. For verification purposes for your consent or revocation, we process your IP address, online identifiers and date and time. We use the service Mailchimp to measure the success and reach of our newsletter campaigns. In this context we also evaluate, for example, whether you open a newsletter or how you otherwise deal with the newsletter. For this purpose, Mailchimp uses and stores cookies and web beacons, for example, to enable statistical recording and to create interest profiles. In this way we learn whether and how you interact with newsletters from us.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter a) GDPR. For the processing of data for verification purposes for consent and, if applicable, revocation, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR can also be the legal basis, as we have a predominant interest in the verifiability of consent or revocation on the basis of the statutory obligations to provide evidence under the GDPR.

Recipient

The recipient is the Rocket Science Group LLC from the USA.

Transmission to third countries

Your data for the purpose of receiving our newsletter is stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA.

Storage period

Registration data is therefore only processed as long as the newsletter subscription is active.

Contractual or legal obligation for the provision of personal data

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. Nor are you otherwise obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide it would mean that we would not be able to offer you a newsletter and would therefore not be able to send it to you.

Revocation and objection possibility

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. You can send us or inform us of your revocation of consent at any time. In the case of processing of personal data for the purpose of proving your consent or revocation, you have the right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. You can send us or inform us of your objection at any time (e. g. by e-mail. Your personal data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected.

Further information on data protection

Further information on data protection can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy

Online Shop

We use your personal information to process your online purchases (your orders and claims are processed through our online services) and to send you notifications of delivery status or notifications of problems with the delivery of your items. We use your personal data to process your payments. We also use your information to process complaints and product warranty claims. Your personal information is used to verify your identity, ensure that you are of legal age to make online purchases, and to match your address with external partners. We would like to offer you several payment methods and will carry out analyses to find out what payment options are available to you, including your payment history and credit checks. Since delivery costs cannot be flat rate by dry ice shipping, requests from the store are confirmed by order confirmation incl. delivery costs afterwards. Therefore, we usually make the payment on account / prepayment. Our legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.

Registration on our website

Where the data subject takes advantage of the possibility to register on the Internet site of the controller by providing personal data, the data shall be communicated to the controller in the relevant input mask. The data shall be stored by the controller solely for the purposes of internal use. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected. When registering, the user’s IP address and the date and time of registration are stored. This serves to prevent abuse of the services. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception is made if there is a legal obligation to pass on the data. The registration of the data is necessary for the provision of contents or services. Registered persons have the possibility at any time to have the stored data deleted or changed. The person concerned will receive information about their stored personal data at any time.

Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store personal data relating to the data subject only for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of storage. In addition, data may be stored for as long as this is provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. As soon as the storage purpose ceases to apply or a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned regulations expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted.

Duration of storage of personal data

Personal data is stored for the duration of the respective legal retention period. After expiry of the period, the data is routinely deleted, unless it is necessary for the initiation or fulfilment of a contract.

Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are the data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights in relation to the person responsible:

Right of access by the data subject acc. to Art. 15 GDPR

You can request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is carried out, you may ask the controller for information on:

a. the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

b. the categories of personal data processed;

c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed;

d. the planned duration of storage of your personal data or, if it is not possible to give specific details, criteria for determining the duration of storage

e. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of your personal data, a right to have the processing limited by the controller or a right to object to such processing

f. the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;

g. all available information on the origin of the data when the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

h. the existence of automated decision making, including profiling, in accordance with Art. 22, para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on the data subject.

You have the right to request information whether your personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

Right to rectification acc. to Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to obtain from the data controller the rectification and/or integration of any personal data processed concerning you if it is incorrect or incomplete. The data controller shall make the correction without delay.

Right to erasure acc. to Art. 17 GDPR

(1) You may request the controller to delete your personal data immediately and the controller is obliged to delete such data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

a. The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b. You revoke your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) of the GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

c. You object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing which take precedence, or you object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) GDPR.

d. The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully

e. The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.

f. The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to information society services offered, in accordance with Article 8 (1) of the GDPR.

(2) If the controller has made your personal data public and is obliged to delete them in accordance with Article 17 (1) of the GDPR, he shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as a data subject, have requested them to delete all links to these personal data or copies or replications of these personal data.

(3) The right to erasure shall not apply where the processing is necessary

a. for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;

b. to comply with a legal obligation to which the processing is subject under Union or national law to which the controller is subject, or to carry out a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

c. for reasons of public interest relating to public health pursuant to Art. 9, para. 2 lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;

d. for archiving purposes in the public interest, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in para. 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the attainment of the objectives of such processing, or

e. to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing acc. to Art. 18 GDPR

Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:

a. if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data for a period of time that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

b. if the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the personal data and instead request the restriction of the use of the personal data;

c. if the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims; or

d. if you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of major public interest of the Union or a Member State. If the restriction on processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing acc. to Art. 19 GDPR

If you have exercised the right to rectify, erase or limit the processing, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification, erasure or limitation of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the controller.

Right to data portability acc. to Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to the responsible person, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another responsible party without hindrance by the responsible party to whom the personal data has been made available, if

a. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a) GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 letter a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b) GDPR and

b. the processing is carried out using automated procedures. In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that your personal data be transferred directly from one responsible party to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons may not be impaired by this. The right to data transferability shall not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Right of objection acc. to Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller will no longer process your personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to processing of your personal data for such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes. You have the possibility, in connection with the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority acc. to Art. 77 GDPR

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of employment or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 77 of the GDPR.

Automated decision in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

a. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,

b. is permitted by legal provisions of the Union or the Member States to which the controller is subject, and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, or

c. is done with your explicit consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9 (1) of the GDPR, unless Article 9 (2) a) or g) applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases mentioned in a. and c., the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, which include, at a minimum, the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to object to the decision.

Integration of other third-party services and content

Description and purpose

It can happen that within this online offer contents of third parties, such as videos, fonts or graphics from other websites are integrated. This always requires that the providers of these contents (hereinafter referred to as “third party providers”) are aware of the IP address of the users. Without the IP address, they would not be able to send the content to the browser of the respective user. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. However, we have no influence on this if the third-party providers store the IP address for statistical purposes, for example. As far as we are aware of this, we inform the users about it. We would like to provide and improve our online offer through these integrations.

Our third-party resources:

Legal basis

The legal basis for the integration of other services and content of third parties is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our overriding legitimate interest lies in the intention of an appropriate presentation of our online presence and user-friendly and economically efficient services on our part. For further information, please refer to the respective privacy statements of the providers.

Contractual or legal obligation to provide personal data

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is also not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide it may mean that you are unable to use this function or cannot use it to its full extent.

Google Analytics and Conversion Tracking

Description and purpose

This website uses the service “Google Analytics”, which is provided by Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to analyse the use of the website by users. The service uses “cookies” – text files which are stored on your end device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If necessary, Google Analytics is used on this website with the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” extended to ensure anonymous recording of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking). Please also note the following information on the use of Google Analytics: Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area. This shortening means that the personal reference of your IP address is no longer necessary. Within the framework of the agreement on commissioned data, which the website operators have concluded with Google LLC, the latter uses the information collected to create an evaluation of website use and website activity and provides services associated with Internet use.

Legal basis

The legal basis is the norm of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) and Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, if anonymous data collection using the code “gat._anonymizeIp” does not take place. Otherwise, especially in the case of the use of “gat._anonymizeIp”, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR is the legal basis.

Receiver

However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet. In addition, we use Google Conversion Tracking in connection with Google Analytics. This enables us to record the behaviour of our website visitors. For example, it shows us how many PDFs were downloaded from our website or how often the contact form was filled out. It also shows us how many clicks on advertisements from external sources (AdWords, LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram etc.) have led to our website. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Transfer to third countries

Personal data is transferred to the USA under the Art. 46 GDPR and Art. 49 GDPR.

Duration of data storage

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e. g. User ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached is automatically carried out once a month.

Cancellation and objection option

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across multiple devices, you must opt-out on all systems in use.

Contractual or legal obligation

The provision of personal data is not required by law or contract, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide it may mean that you cannot or cannot fully use this function of our website.

Further data protection information via link

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at:

https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=del

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de

Google Ads and Conversion Tracking

Description and purpose

To draw attention to our current projects and developments, planned activities and services, we run Google AdWords ads and use Google Conversion Tracking to do so. Google AdWords (Google Ads) is a service of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). These ads appear after searches on web pages in the Google advertising network. We have the ability to combine our ads with specific search terms. We also use AdWords remarketing lists for search ads. This enables us to adapt search ad campaigns for users who have already visited our website. Through the services, we have the ability to combine our ads with specific search terms or to serve ads to previous visitors, such as advertising services that visitors have viewed on our site. For interest-based offers, an analysis of online user behavior is necessary. Google uses cookies to perform this analysis. When clicking on an advertisement or visiting our website, Google sets a cookie on the user’s computer. This information is used in order to be able to address the visitor in a targeted manner in a subsequent search query. Further information on the cookie technology used can also be found in Google’s notes on website statistics and in the data protection regulations. With the help of this technology, Google and we as customers receive information about when a user has clicked on an advertisement and been redirected to our websites to contact us via the contact form. Google and we as a customer also use Google’s referral numbers to obtain information about when a user clicks on one of our phone numbers on the web and contacts us by phone. The information obtained in this way is used exclusively for statistical evaluation for ad optimisation. We do not receive any information that can be used to identify visitors personally. The statistics provided to us by Google include the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and, if applicable, whether they were redirected to a page on our website that has a conversion tag. These statistics allow us to see which search terms lead to the most frequent clicks on our ads and which ads lead to users contacting us via the contact form or by phone. With regard to telephone contact by interested parties or customers, the statistics provided by Google include the start time, end time, status (missed or received), duration (seconds), area code of the caller, telephone costs and call type.

Legal basis

The legal basis is the norm of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) and Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Recipient

The recipient is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We have concluded a contract with Google for the use of Google Analytics for order processing (see Art. 28 GDPR). Google processes the data on our behalf in order to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for us and to provide us with further services related to website and internet use. Google may transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Through the integration of Google Analytics, we pursue the purpose of analysing user behaviour on our website and being able to react to it. This enables us to continuously improve our offer. Within the scope of order processing, Google is entitled to engage subcontractors. You can find a list of these subcontractors at https://privacy.google.com/businesses/subprocessors/.

Transmission to third countries

The data is stored on Google servers in the USA. You can find a list of the subcontractors used by Google under the following link: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/subprocessors/

Duration of processing

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of their collection. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of your personal data.

Contractual or legal obligation and consequences

The provision of personal data is not required by law or contract and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract.

Google Tag Manager

Description and purpose

Google Tag Manager is used on this website. The Google Tag Manager is a solution from Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), which enables companies to manage website tags through one interface. Google Tag Manager is a cookie-less domain that does not collect personal information. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that may collect data. We hereby draw your attention to this separately. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been made by the user at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the website operator. Google uses pseudonyms for this purpose. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. More information about the Google Tag Manager can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/tagmanager/

Legal basis

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO.

Recipient

The data is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Transfer to third countries

Personal data is transferred to the USA under the Art. 46 GDPR and Art. 49 GDPR.

Duration of data storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of your personal data.

Contractual or legal obligation

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. Failure to provide it may, however, under certain circumstances result in your not being able to use our website or not being able to use it in full.

Further data protection information via link

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at:

https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=del

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de 

Google reCaptcha

Description and purpose

To protect your orders via Internet form, the service reCaptcha of the company Google LLC (Google) is used. The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human being or abusively by automated, machine processing. By using reCaptcha, you agree that the recognition you provide will be incorporated into the digitization of old works. However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this happens. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of reCaptcha is not combined with other data from Google. For these data the deviating data protection regulations of the enterprise Google apply.

Legal basis

Legal basis for the processing of personal data is the legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

Recipient

The data is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Transfer to third countries

The query includes the sending of the IP address and, if applicable, other data required by Google for the service reCaptcha to Google. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there.

Duration of data storage

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e. g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Possibility of objection

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide the data.

Further data protection information via link

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=del

Google Maps

Description and purpose

This website uses Google Maps API from the company Google LLC (Google) to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data on the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the website.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is the legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

Recipients

The data is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Transfer to third countries

Personal data is transferred to the USA under the Art. 46 GDPR and Art. 49 GDPR.

Duration of data storage

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e. g. user ID) or advertising IDs are stored for 26 months as standard and are automatically deleted thereafter.

Possibility of objection

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide the data.

Further data protection information via link

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=del

Google Fonts

Description and purpose 

External fonts, Google Fonts are used on these Internet pages. Google Fonts is a service of Google LLC. (“Google”). The integration of these Web Fonts is done by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This transfers to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. Google also stores the IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor to these Internet pages. You will find more information in the Google data protection information: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US 

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest of the website operators consists in the advantages that the use of Google fonts brings. These include in particular the

1. search engine optimization

2. improved loading times

3. low administrative effort

4. uniform presentation across devices

Receiver

The recipient is Google LLC. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).

Transmission to third countries 

The data is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The personal data is transmitted on the basis of Art. 46 GDPR.

Duration of processing 

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of their collection. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of your personal data.

Possibility to object 

You can prevent participation in this tracking process in a number of ways: a) by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly, in particular by suppressing third-party cookies, which will prevent you from receiving third-party ads; b) by disabling cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.de/settings/ads, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; c) by disabling interest-based ads from the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign “About Ads” via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies; d) by permanently disabling cookies in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers via the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin, e) by means of an appropriate cookie setting. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent.

Contractual or legal obligations

The provision of personal data is not required by law or contract and is not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are also not obliged to provide the personal data. However, failure to provide it may mean that you are unable to use our website or cannot use it to its full extent.

Further data protection information

You can find further data protection information from Google at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Further information on the use of data for marketing purposes by Google: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads

Google’s terms of use and privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/

YouTube

Description and purpose

We use the YouTube.com platform to post our own videos and make them publicly available. YouTube is the offer of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Some Internet pages of our offer contain links or connections to the YouTube offer. In general, we are not responsible for the content of websites to which links are provided. However, if you follow a link to YouTube, we would like to point out that YouTube stores the data of its users (e. g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own data usage guidelines and uses it for business purposes. On some of our Internet pages we also directly integrate videos stored on YouTube. In this integration, content from the YouTube website is displayed in parts of a browser window. However, the YouTube videos are only accessed by clicking on them separately. This technique is also called “framing”. If you call up a (sub)page of our Internet offer on which YouTube videos are integrated in this form, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and the content is displayed on the Internet page by informing your browser.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is a consent pursuant to Art. 49 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR.

Recipient

The recipient is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Transfer to third countries

Data is transferred to the USA.

Duration of data storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of your personal data.

Possibility of objection

You have the possibility to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide the data.

Further data protection information via link

https://policies.google.com/privacy

LinkedIn Analytics

Description and Purpose

Our website uses features of the LinkedIn network, including the LinkedIn Analytics feature. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is notified that you have visited our sites using your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to track your visit to our site to you and your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. LinkedIn Analytics uses “cookies”, which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. LinkedIn uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for the website operators and to provide further services related to website and internet use.

Legal basis

The legal basis is the norm of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) and Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Recipient

The recipient is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Transfer to third countries

Personal data is transferred to the USA under the Art. 46 GDPR and Art. 49 GDPR.

Duration of data storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of personal data.

Possibility of objection

You have the possibility to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide the data.

Further data protection information via link

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Twitter

Description and purpose

The responsible person uses the technical platform and services of Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A. for the short message service offered here. Responsible for the data processing of persons living outside the United States is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland. Please note that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions at your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e. g. share, rate). The person responsible has no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the type of processing and use or the transfer of this data to third parties. He also has no effective means of control in this respect. By using Twitter, your personal data will be collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by Twitter Inc. and in the process transferred, stored and used in the United States, Ireland and any other country in which Twitter Inc. does business, regardless of your place of residence. Twitter processes data that you voluntarily enter such as your name and user name, e-mail address, telephone number or the contacts in your address book when you upload or synchronize it. Twitter also evaluates the content you share to determine what topics you are interested in, stores and processes confidential messages that you send directly to other users, and can determine your location using GPS data, wireless network information, or your IP address to send you advertising or other content. For evaluation purposes, Twitter Inc. may use analysis tools such as Twitter or Google Analytics. The responsible person has no influence on the use of such tools by Twitter Inc. and was not informed about such a potential use. If tools of this kind are used by Twitter Inc. for the account, the responsible person has neither commissioned, approved nor supported this in any way. Nor will the data obtained from the analysis be made available to him. Only certain, non-personal information about the tweet activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks through a particular tweet, can be viewed by the responsible person via his account. Furthermore, the responsible person has no possibility to prevent or turn off the use of such tools on his Twitter account. Finally, Twitter also receives information when you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account. This so-called “log data” may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the website and pages you previously visited, your location, your mobile phone provider, the device you are using (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used and cookie information. Twitter buttons or widgets embedded in web pages and the use of cookies enable Twitter to track your visits to these web pages and associate them with your Twitter profile. This data can be used to offer content or advertising tailored to you. You can limit the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account as well as in the section “Privacy and Security”. In addition, you can restrict Twitter access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) in their settings. However, this is dependent on the operating system used.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Recipient

Recipient is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A

Transfer to third countries

Data is transferred to the USA.

Duration of data storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of your personal data.

Possibility of objection

You have the possibility to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation to provide the data.

Further data protection information via link

Information about which data is processed by Twitter and for what purposes it is used can be found in the Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Pipedrive

Description and purpose

We use Pipedrive, operated by Pipedrive OÜ, as our CRM tool for processing and storing contact data. When contacting us (via contact form or email), the user’s details are processed to handle the contact request and its processing. In order to process and respond to your request and messages as quickly as possible, we use contact forms of our customer relationship management tool (“CRM tool”) Pipedrive. The data transmitted when filling out the form is sent to Pipedrive and stored there on Pipedrive servers. We use the CRM system Pipedrive of the provider Pipedrive OÜ based on our legitimate interests (efficient and fast processing of user inquiries, existing customer management, new customer business).

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR, the fulfillment of our pre-contractual obligations pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR or our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR (efficient and fast processing of user inquiries).

Recipient

Pipedrive OÜ is a limited liability company under Estonian (EU) legislation with the address Mustamäe tee 3a, 10615 Tallinn, Estonia, registered in the Estonian Commercial Register under the code 11958539. You can access Pipedrive’s privacy policy here: https://www.pipedrive.com/en/privacy.

Transfer to third countries

There is no data transfer to a third country.

Duration of data storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In addition, the data will be deleted if you revoke your consent or request the deletion of personal data.

Possibility of objection

You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the validity of past data processing operations.

Contractual or legal obligation

There is no contractual or legal obligation for the provision of data.

Further data protection information via link

You can find more information on data processing and data protection by Pipedrive at https://www.pipedrive.com/en/privacy.

Data transmission to third countries

The controller may transfer personal data to a third country. In principle, the controller may provide various appropriate safeguards to ensure that an adequate level of protection is provided for the processing operations. It is possible to transfer data transfers on the basis of an adequacy finding, internal data protection rules, approved codes of conduct, standard data protection clauses or an approved certification mechanism pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 letters a) – f) GDPR.

If the person responsible undertakes a transfer to a third country on the legal basis of Art. 49 para. 1 a) GDPR, you will be informed at this point about the possible risks of a data transfer to a third country.

There is a risk that the third country receiving your personal data may not provide an equivalent level of protection compared to the protection of personal data in the European Union. This may be the case, for example, if the EU Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for the third country in question or if certain agreements between the European Union and the third country in question are declared invalid. Specifically, there are risks in some third countries with regard to the effective protection of EU fundamental rights through the use of monitoring laws (e. g. USA). In such a case, it is the responsibility of the controller and the recipient to assess whether the rights of data subject in the third country enjoy a level of protection equivalent to that in the Union and can be effectively enforced.

However, the basic data protection regulation should not undermine the level of protection of natural persons ensured throughout the Union when personal data are transferred from the Union to controllers, processors or other recipients in third countries or to international organizations, even if personal data are further transferred from a third country or from an international organization to controllers or processors in the same or another third country or to the same or another international organization.

Further functions of the website

Applications

By submitting their application to us, applicants agree to the processing of their data for the purposes of the application procedure in accordance with the type and scope described in this data protection declaration. The legal basis for the processing of applicant data is Art. 88 GDPR, § 26 BDSG-neu and Art. 9 (2) (b) GDPR. Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are voluntarily communicated as part of the application procedure, they will also be processed in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b) GDPR (e. g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin). Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are requested from applicants within the framework of the application procedure, their processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 letter a) GDPR (e. g. health data if these are necessary for the exercise of the profession). If made available, applicants can submit their applications to us by means of an online form on our website. The data will be transmitted to us in encrypted form according to the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications by e-mail. Please note, however, that e-mails are generally not encrypted and that applicants must ensure that they are encrypted themselves. We can therefore not assume any responsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and the receipt on our server and therefore recommend rather to use an online form or the postal dispatch. This is because instead of applying via the online form and e-mail, applicants still have the option of sending us their application by post. In the event of a successful application, the data provided by the applicants can be processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the applicants’ data is deleted. Applicants’ data is also deleted if an application is withdrawn, which applicants are entitled to do at any time. Subject to a justified revocation by the applicants, the data will be deleted after the expiry of a period of six months so that we can answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and meet our obligations to provide evidence under the Equal Treatment Act. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses will be archived in accordance with tax law requirements.

Safety

We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions to protect your data from accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress. In addition, we guarantee data protection on an ongoing basis by constantly auditing and optimizing our data protection organization.

Conclusion

PL BioScience GmbH reserves all rights to make changes and updates to this privacy policy. This privacy policy was created by Keyed GmbH on 16 August 2021.