Privacy Policy

Corden BioChem GmbH takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. It goes without saying that we always treat your personal data in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations.

Collection and processing of personal data

You can use our online services without disclosing your identity. If we request personal data (such as name, address or e-mail address) on the website, e.g. in the context of contact forms or during login/registration, this is done on a voluntary basis. We use this information for our own business purposes (such as sending the requested materials/information).

Cookies

The website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Logging

The following data is collected when you visit the website, which is anonymised as soon as it is collected:

• Referrer (previously visited website)
• Requested web page or file
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Type of device used
• Time of access
• IP address in anonymised form (only used to determine the location of access)

In addition, processing by WebAnalytics takes place.

The data is collected out of legitimate interest in order to ensure the security and stability of the website and to be able to provide website visitors with the highest level of quality. The data is stored for 8 weeks. Your data will not be passed on to third parties and no visitor data will be transferred to third countries outside the EU.

In WebAnalytics, data is collected exclusively for statistical evaluation and for the technical optimisation of the website. No data is passed on to third parties. The data is determined either by a pixel or by a log file. To protect personal data, WebAnalytics does not use cookies. The visitor’s IP address is transmitted when a page request is sent, anonymised directly after transmission and processed without personal reference.

Forwarding the data

Your data will not be passed on to third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes without your express consent. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if this is legally permissible [e.g. on the basis of Article 6 GDPR] and/or necessary. In some cases, we use service providers for the legally required order processing of data; the website is hosted by Ionos and maintained by Corden BioChem International GmbH. The full responsibility for data processing remains with us. We also use plugins from other providers on our website; you can find more details below.

Liability for own content

The contents of these pages have been created with the utmost care. However, we cannot accept any liability for the accuracy, completeness and topicality of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation.

Liability for links (contents of external providers)

Cross-references (“links”) to content provided by other providers are to be distinguished from our own content. We have no influence on their content; the respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages.

WordPress

We use WordPress.com (Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) for our website. WordPress processes personal data (e.g. IP address) on the WordPress server e.g. in the USA. We use the tool for legitimate purposes (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) to provide our online services. WordPress is a participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data to the USA.

You can find more information here: https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae60-be03fcb0fddf_en.

We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by WordPress. Further information can be found at: https://automattic.com/de/privacy/

WP Complianz

We also use WordPress plugins from WP Complianz for our website. The provider is Complianz BV, Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG, Groningen, the Netherlands.

You can find more information about the data processing that occurs through the use of WP Comlianz in the privacy policy: https://complianz.io/legal/privacy-statement/?cmplz_region_redirect=true&cmplz-region=eu.

1&1 IONOS

For our website, we use 1&1 Ionos (1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany) for services in the field of providing information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g. storage space and/or computing capacities). We use the tool out of legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). You can find more information here: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy; Data processing agreement: https://www.ionos.de/hilfe/datenschutz/allgemeine-informationen-zur-datenschutz-grundverordnung-dsgvo/auftragsverarbeitung/.

GoogleMaps

To simplify your journey, we offer you the use of Google Maps to display maps and create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These pages are labelled accordingly.

By using this service, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the data collected and entered by you by Google. You can find the terms of use for Google Maps at http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Google Analytics 4

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The controller for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Art und Zweck der Verarbeitung

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable us to analyse your use of our website. The information collected by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

In Google Analytics 4, the anonymisation of IP addresses is activated by default. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to 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 the website, your user behaviour is recorded in the form of “events”.

Events can be:

• Page views
• First visit to the website
• Start of the session
• Websites visited
• Your “click path”, interaction with the website
• Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the bottom of the page (90%))
• Clicks on external links
• Internal search queries
• Interaction with videos
• file downloads
• Viewed / clicked adverts
• Language settings

Also recorded:

• Your approximate location (region)
• Date and time of your visit
• Your IP address (in truncated form)
• Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
• your internet provider
• the referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)

Purposes of the processing

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website.

Receiver

Recipients of the data are/may be

• Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as a processor in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR)
• Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
• Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Third country transfer

For the USA, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on 10 July 2023. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries (for example to Singapore) cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU standard contractual clauses with the provider.

Storage duration

The data sent by us and linked to cookies is automatically deleted after 2 month. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TTDSG.

Revocation

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by calling up the cookie settings and changing your selection there. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by configuring your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the functionality of this and other websites. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by clicking on the following link

1. do not give your consent to the setting of the cookie or
2. download and install the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics HERE

For more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and data protection at Google, please see

at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and

at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

LinkedIn

This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Polylang

The provider is WP SYNTEX, 28, rue Jean Sébastien Bach, 38090 Villefontaine, France.

Polylang generates the functional cookie pll_language. This stores a language preference for the visitor in order to support multilingual websites. The use of Polylang is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and is based on our legitimate interest. (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

The storage period is 1 year.

You can find Polylang’s privacy policy here:  https://polylang.pro/privacy-policy/

Rights of data subjects

We hereby inform you that in accordance with Article 15 et seq. GDPR, you have the right of access to the personal data concerned (Art. 15 GDPR) and the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) or erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) or to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) or the right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR) and the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) under the conditions defined therein.

In accordance with Article 77 GDPR, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates this regulation.

If the processing is based on Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Article 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR (consent), you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy from time to time to ensure 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

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer directly, who is also available with his team in the event of requests for information, applications or complaints.

Contact the data protection officer:

Johannes Förster
ICIG Business Services GmbH & Co. KG
Schlössersgasse 1
42103 Wuppertal
Germany
Icbs.datenschutz@icig-bs.com