General notes and mandatory information on data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities.

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is the:

GeBioM mbH 

Wilhelm-Schickard-Straße 12

48149 Münster

Phone: 0251 98724 0 

E-mail: info@gebiom.com

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http //" to "https //" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.  

Information, blocking, deletion

(1) You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to your personal data: 

- Right to information, 
- Right to rectification or erasure, 
- Right to restriction of processing, 
- Right to object to the processing,

 - Right to data portability, i.e. to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. 

The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is: State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia 

Kavalleriestr. 2-4 
40213 Düsseldorf 
Phone: 0211/38424-0 
Fax: 0211/38424-10 
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

Data collection on our website

Server log files

If you use the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR): 

- IP address 
- Date and time of the enquiry 
- Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 
- Content of the request (specific page) 
- Access status/HTTP status code 
- Amount of data transferred in each case 
- Website from which the request comes 
- Browser 
- Operating system and its interface 
- Language and version of the browser software. 

Deletion or blocking of data We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimisation. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes stated here or for the various storage periods stipulated by law. Once the respective purpose no longer applies or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Cookies

(1) In addition to the aforementioned server log files, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the organisation that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programmes or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall. 

(2) Use of cookies: 

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below: 

- Transient cookies (see b) 
- Persistent cookies (see c). 

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. 

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser. 

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website. 

e) We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise you would have to log in again for each visit.

Contact form

The personal data that you provide to us in the context of this contact enquiry will only be used to answer your enquiry or contact you and for the associated technical administration. It will not be passed on to third parties. 

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. In this case, your personal data will be deleted immediately. 

Your personal data will also be deleted without your revocation if we have processed your enquiry or if you revoke your consent to storage. This also happens if storage is not permitted for other legal reasons.

Registration on this website

You can register on our website in order to use additional functions on the site. We will only use the data you enter for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration. In the event of important changes, for example to the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way. The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation. 

The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Storage duration of the comments

The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Comment function Legal basis

The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. 

All you need to do is send us an informal notification by e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the cancellation.

Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google") Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which enable your use of the website to be analysed. 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. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. 

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. 

(3) 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 following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. 

(4) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Frame work. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. 

User conditions: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, overview of data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, as well as the privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.F55 

(5) This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My data", "Personal data".

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.