Datenschutzhinweise

Controller

The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws is:

BioGenius GmbH
Technologie Park, Campus 1
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 75
51429 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Represented by:
Mr. Alexander Brux
Mr. Marcello Nicoloso

Contact:
Phone: +49 (0) 2204 83077-0
Fax: +49 (0) 2204 83077-11
Email: info@biogenius.de

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Rectification of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
• Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g., the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Processing activities

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Nature and purpose of processing

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

• Ensuring smooth use of the website
• Ensuring and evaluating system security and stability, in particular for abuse detection
• For technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

Legal basis and legitimate interest

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website as well as ensuring system security and abuse detection.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period

Data is stored in server log files in a form that allows identification of the data subjects for a maximum period. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for by the various storage periods stipulated by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations; unless a security-relevant event occurs (e.g., a DDoS attack).

In the event of such an occurrence, server log files are stored until the security-relevant event has been eliminated and fully clarified.

Provision mandatory or required

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Contacting us

Nature and purpose of processing

A contact form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic contact. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.

At the time the message is sent, the following data is also stored:

• IP address of the requesting device
• Date and time of the request
• URL from which the request was made

Contact can be made via the email addresses provided. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. This includes the date and time the email was sent, email address, IP addresses, and information about the servers involved in the email communication.

You can contact us via the telephone numbers provided. In doing so, we collect log data that includes your telephone number and the duration of the call.

Regardless of the chosen method of communication, we collect the content of your inquiry. Your data will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you.

Legal basis

The processing of data is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our legitimate interest in processing your data is to enable uncomplicated contact.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data is processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period

Data will be deleted at the latest. We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for by the various storage periods stipulated by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations.

deleted after processing the contact.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to statutory retention periods. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax requirements.

Provision mandatory or required

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with the necessary data and the reason for the request.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Social Plugin (Shariff)

We use a social plugin on our website to simplify sharing on the social media services or providers listed below. You can recognize the functionality by the fact that it is marked with the corresponding logo.

By default, these buttons are deactivated and therefore do not establish contact with the servers of the respective provider. Only when the website visitor activates the buttons and thus declares their consent to communication with the respective provider do the buttons become active and establish the connection (but only for the respectively selected provider). With a second click, the website visitor can then transmit their recommendation to the social media service.

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

• LinkedIn

Use of the tracking tool Google Analytics

Nature and purpose of processing

Insofar as you have given your consent, Google Analytics 4 is used on this website, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland).

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information collected is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Automatic anonymization of IP addresses is activated by default in Google Analytics. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the EU or EEA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. According to information available from Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

During your visit to our website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of so-called events, such as:

• Page views
• Start of a session
• Duration of stay
• User engagement
• First visit to a website
• Scrolls (when a visitor scrolls 90% to the end of the page)
• Clicks on external links
• Ads seen or clicked
• Internal searches
• Interaction with video content
• Downloads
• Language settings

In addition, the following information is collected:

• Your approximate location (region)
• Your IP address (in shortened form)
• Technical information such as browser, internet provider, terminal device, and screen resolution
• Source of origin (referrer URL) of your visit (i.e., via which website or via which advertising medium you came to us)

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipients

We use technical service providers for the operation and maintenance of our website and for the evaluation of cookies, who act as our processors.

Another recipient of the data is Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland). Google Ireland Limited uses Google LLC in the USA (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) as a service provider.

Storage period

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after: We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for by the various storage periods stipulated by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations.

The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is two years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Third country transfer

Since Google’s headquarters are in the USA, it cannot be ruled out that the data will be processed on Google servers in the USA. This creates the risk that your data could be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you having any legal remedies. To establish an adequate level of data protection, we have concluded EU standard contractual clauses with Google, which can be viewed here: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/eu-c2c/

Revocation of consent

You can revoke your consent at any time in the cookie settings for the future.

In addition, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser Add-on to disable Google Analytics.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data set that is created when a website is visited and temporarily stored on the website visitor’s system. If the server of this website is accessed again by the website user, the website user’s browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this process. Cookies can, in particular, make navigating a website easier.

Detailed information on the subject of cookies, and which cookies are in use on this website for what purpose, can be accessed at any time in the cookie settings.

Deleting cookies

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or their storage blocked in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac

In addition, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. NoScript allows the execution of JavaScript, Java, and other plugins only at trusted domains of your choice.

Information and instructions on how you can edit this function can be obtained from your browser provider (e.g., for Mozilla Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/).

Technically necessary cookies

Nature and purpose of processing

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

An overview of the cookies used can be found in our cookie consent tool.

Legal basis and legitimate interest

Data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website and in the documentation of consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with a balancing according to §25 Para. 2 TDDDG.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period

Please refer to the cookie consent tool for the respective storage period of the cookies.

Provision mandatory or required

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR

Case-specific right to object

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

info@biogenius.de

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adjust 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.

Questions about data protection

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email to the controller mentioned above.

Copyright notices

This privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG – the experts for external data protection officers (version #2024-10-25).