The protection of your data is of particular concern to us. We process your data in accordance with the applicable legal provisions for the protection of personal data, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the country-specific implementing laws applicable to us. This privacy policy provides you with comprehensive information about the processing of your personal data by BIOCOM AG and your rights.
Personal data is information that enables a natural person to be identified. This includes, in particular, your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address and your IP address.
Responsible body and data protection officer
The body responsible for processing personal data is:
BIOCOM AG
Jacobsenweg
6113509 Berlin
If you have specific questions about the protection of your data, please contact our data protection officer:
datenschutz[at]biocom.de
Categories, sources and origin of data
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser transmits to us in server log files. This includes:
• Pages visited on our domain
• Date and time of the server request
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• IP address (anonymised)
This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Disclosure to third parties
Data will only be disclosed to third parties if we are obliged to do so by mandatory legal provisions (disclosure to external bodies such as supervisory authorities or law enforcement agencies).
Within our company, we ensure that only those persons who need your data to fulfil contractual and legal obligations receive it.
Data storage period
We store your data for as long as it is needed for the respective processing purpose. Please note that numerous retention periods require that data continue to be stored. This applies in particular to commercial or tax law retention obligations (e.g. Commercial Code, Tax Code, etc.). If there are no further retention obligations, the data will be deleted once the purpose has been fulfilled.
Data transmission
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the ‘https://’ address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.
We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect data stored with us as best as possible against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons.
Third country transfers
Data will only be transferred to third countries (outside the European Union or the European Economic Area) if this is necessary for the performance of the contractual obligation, is required by law or if you have given us your consent.
Cookies
A cookie is a short entry in a special file directory on your device. A cookie is used to exchange information between computer programmes or to archive information for a limited period of time. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the website more user-friendly and effective. When you use our website, cookies are stored on your device. This is done on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) of the EU GDPR in conjunction with Section 3 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) as part of our public relations work for the purpose of providing information tailored to your needs. You can set your browser so that cookies are only stored for the duration of the respective connection to the Internet. You can also completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser settings. In this case, it is possible that you will no longer be able to use parts of our website to their full extent.
Font Awesome
This site uses web fonts provided by Fonticons, Inc. to ensure uniform font display. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.
To do this, the browser you are using must connect to the Fonticons, Inc. servers. This allows Fonticons, Inc. to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of web fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information about Font Awesome can be found at https://fontawesome.com/help and in the privacy policy of Fonticons, Inc.: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.
Google Webfonts
This site uses web fonts from Google to ensure consistent font display. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly. To do this, your browser must establish a direct connection to Google's servers. Google will thus be aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Your rights as a data subject are set out in Articles 15–22 of the EU GDPR. These include:
• The right to information (Article 15 of the EU GDPR),
• The right to rectification (Article 16 of the EU GDPR),
• The right to erasure (Article 17 of the EU GDPR),
• The right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 EU GDPR),
• The right to data portability (Art. 20 EU GDPR),
• The right to object to data processing (Art. 21 EU GDPR)
• The right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, its recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time in this regard and also if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
Data transferability
You have the right 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 third parties. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
Rights of objection
Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out until revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
You can assert the aforementioned rights in writing using the contact details provided in section 1. In accordance with Article 77 of the EU GDPR, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated data protection regulations when processing your personal data. You can lodge a complaint with, for example, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).
Contact details of the BfDI
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
(Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit)
Husarenstraße 30
53117 Bonn
E-Mail: poststelle@bfdi.bund.de