Privacy policy

Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details of the website operator can be found in the “Controller” section of this privacy policy.

HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA?

Your data is collected, in part, by you providing it to us. This may include data that you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

WHAT DO WE USE YOUR DATA FOR?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE REGARDING YOUR DATA?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this purpose and for any further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

Hosting

We host the contents of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been obtained, processing will be based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, to the extent that consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our hosting provider(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and will comply with our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider:

dogado GmbH Antonio-Segni-Straße 11 D-44263 Dortmund

General Information and Mandatory Information

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 with which you can be personally identified. 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., communication by e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

medical bees GmbH
Friedrich-Wöhler-Straße 13
78576 Emmingen
Germany

Phone: +49 (74 65) 929 83 10
Email: info@medical-bees.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Data Protection Officer

You can reach the data protection officer as follows:

Michael Weinmann

Phone: +49 7158 12 84 43 4

Email: michael.weinmann@dsb-office.de

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

Storage Period

Unless a specific storage period is specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have any other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have given your consent to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing will also take place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), processing will also take place on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we will process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in individual cases is provided in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Notice of Data Transfer to Non-Secure Third Countries and Transfer to US Companies Not Certified Under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)

We use tools from companies based in non-secure third countries and US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these countries. We would like to point out that in non-secure third countries, a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed.

We would like to inform you that the USA, as a secure third country, generally has a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Data transfer to the USA is permissible if the recipient is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) or has appropriate additional guarantees. Information on transfers to third countries, including data recipients, can be found in this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, the transmission of personal data to these external parties is necessary. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary within the framework of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis permits data disclosure. When using data processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers based on a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING IS GIVEN IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing at any time, as well as a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, but you oppose the deletion of the data and instead request the restriction of the use of the data.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh the others, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize 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. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing will be based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can find information about which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the Borlabs Cookie consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser or for using certain technologies in compliance with data protection regulations and to document them. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter “Borlabs”).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The data collected will be stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on the data processing of Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The use of Borlabs Cookie consent technology is for obtaining the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

– Browser type and browser version
– Operating system used
– Referrer URL
– Hostname of the accessing computer
– Time of the server request
– IP address

These data will not be merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free display and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your data from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiries by Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of

processing your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Social Media

Facebook

Elements of the Facebook social network are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

An overview of Facebook social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. 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 Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

To the extent that personal data is collected and transmitted to Facebook via our website using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook. The processing by Facebook after transmission is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. Data subjects’ rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook can be exercised directly with Facebook. If you exercise data subject rights with us, we are obligated to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381, and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For further information, please contact the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

Instagram

This website uses features of the Instagram service. These features are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. 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 Instagram.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

To the extent that personal data is collected and transmitted to Facebook or Instagram via our website using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after transmission is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. For the data security of Facebook or Instagram products, Facebook is responsible. Data subjects’ rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be exercised directly with Facebook. If you exercise data subject rights with us, we are obligated to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/, and https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For more information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For further information, please contact the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

LinkedIn

This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Each time you access a page of this website that contains LinkedIn elements, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to this website with you and your user account. 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 LinkedIn.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=en

For more information, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Data Analytics and Advertising

Plausible Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics on our website. The provider is Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn

2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia.

With Plausible Analytics, we can analyze the behavior of our website visitors. For this purpose, the following data is mainly collected: page URL, HTTP request, HTTP referrer, browser, operating system, device type, and IP address. HTTP request and IP address are stored in a hash for 24 hours; within this period, a user can be recognized if they revisit the website. Identification of the person is not possible.

To the extent that consent (consent) has been obtained, the use of the above service is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. To the extent that no consent has been obtained, the use of this service is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in a meaningful analysis of the user behavior of our website visitors.

Further information on technical implementation can be found here: https://plausible.io/privacy-focused-web-analytics.

For more information on data protection at Plausible, please visit https://plausible.io/data-policy.

DATA PROCESSING

We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Plugins and Tools

YouTube

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our web pages that contains YouTube embedding, a connection is established to YouTube’s servers. This informs the YouTube server about which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use similar technologies for recognition purposes (e.g., device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud attempts.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of presenting our online offers in an appealing manner. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how user data is handled, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the United States. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This site uses so-called Google Fonts provided by Google for uniform font display. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google’s servers.

For more information about Google Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (“reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entry on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of website visitors based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, duration of the website visit by the website visitor, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of data are based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting his web offers from abusive automated spying and spam. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to Google’s privacy policy and terms of use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the United States. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

hCaptcha

We use hCaptcha (“hCaptcha”) on this website. The provider is Intuition Machines, Inc., 2211 Selig Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA (“IMI”).

hCaptcha is used to check whether the data entry on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, hCaptcha analyzes the behavior of website visitors based on various characteristics.

This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters a website with hCaptcha enabled. For the analysis, hCaptcha evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, duration of the website visit by the website visitor, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to IMI. If hCaptcha is used in “invisible mode”, the analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of data are based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting his web offers from abusive automated spying and spam. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

The data processing is based on standard contractual clauses contained in the data processing addendum to IMI’s Terms and Conditions or data processing agreements.

For more information about hCaptcha, please refer to the privacy policy and terms of use at the following links: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy and https://hcaptcha.com/terms.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the United States. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list

OpenStreetMap

We have integrated map sections from the online mapping tool “OpenStreetMap” on our website. This is a so-called open-source mapping that we can access via an API (interface). This function is offered by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom. By using this service, for example, our location can be displayed to you and a possible journey can be facilitated.

When you access the subpages into which OpenStreetMap is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address, data about your browser, device type, operating system) is transmitted to OpenStreetMap and stored there.

OpenStreetMap uses the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Fastly, Inc., PO Box 78266, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (fastly) to speed up the service. A CDN is a service that helps deliver the contents of our online offer, especially large media files such as graphics or scripts, more quickly using regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. The processing of your data is exclusively for the aforementioned purposes and for maintaining the security and functionality of the CDN.

As a US company, Fastly is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is thus an adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR, so that the transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

For every data processing, Fastly transfers personal data from the log files (e.g., IP addresses) to the USA, as certain servers for processing the log files are located only in the USA. Fastly has therefore committed to complying with the standards and regulations of European data protection law. Fastly’s current Privacy Policy can be found at: https://www.fastly.com/de/privacy/.

If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR.

Detailed information on OpenStreetMap can be found at: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

8. Partner and Affiliate Programs
DoubleClick

This website contains components from DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick is a brand of Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), under which special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers.

DoubleClick by Google transmits data to the DoubleClick server with each impression as well as with clicks or other activities. Each of these data transmissions triggers a cookie request to your browser. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick sets a cookie on your IT system. The purpose of the cookie is to optimize and display advertisements. The cookie is used, among other things, to serve and display user-relevant advertising, as well as to create or improve reports on advertising campaigns. Furthermore, the cookie is used to avoid multiple displayings of the same advertisement.

DoubleClick uses a cookie ID that is necessary to process the technical procedure. For example, the cookie ID is needed to display an advertisement in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to determine which advertisements have already been displayed in a browser to avoid duplicate postings. Furthermore, through the cookie ID, DoubleClick can track conversions.

A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personal data. However, a DoubleClick cookie may contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier serves to identify the campaigns with which you have already been in contact.

With each access to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a DoubleClick component has been integrated, the internet browser on your IT system is prompted by the respective DoubleClick component to transmit data for the purpose of online advertising and commission settlement to Google. As part of this technical process, Google becomes aware of data that Google also uses to create commission statements. Google can, among other things, track that you clicked on certain links on our website.

These processing operations are carried out exclusively with the express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is therefore an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, so that the transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view the DoubleClick by Google privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

Own Services

Handling of Applicant Data

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us (e.g., by email, post, or via an online application form). In the following, we will inform you about the scope, purpose, and use of your personal data collected within the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data will be carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions and that your data will be treated strictly confidentially.

Scope and Purpose of Data Collection

When you send us an application, we process your associated personal data (e.g., contact and communication data, application documents, notes from job interviews, etc.) to the extent necessary to decide on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR (pre-contractual measures), and – if you have given your consent – Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will only be passed on within our company to persons involved in the processing of your application.

If the application is successful, the data you submitted will be stored on the basis of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship in our data processing systems.

Storage Period of Data

If we cannot offer you a position, if you reject a job offer, or if you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have provided for up to 6 months after the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application) based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). After that, the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage is particularly for evidence purposes in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g., due to a pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

A longer storage period may also occur if you have given your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

Inclusion in the Applicant Pool

If we cannot offer you a position, there may be the possibility of including you in our applicant pool. In the event of inclusion, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool in order to contact you in the event of suitable vacancies.

Inclusion in the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). The consent is voluntary and is not related to the ongoing application process. The data subject can revoke their consent at any time. In this case, the data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted unless there are legal storage reasons.

The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than two years after consent has been given.

Processing of Customer and Supplier Data

Nature and Purpose of Processing:

To process customer orders and within the framework of procurement processes, we process personal data of our customers and suppliers as well as the individual contact persons at our customers/suppliers. We store the data in our ERP system and use it in all processes of service fulfillment or procurement. Furthermore, we use the data for active customer contact and for the support of suppliers, including an internal supplier evaluation.

Legal Basis:

To fulfill contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR): Data processing is carried out to perform our contract. Due to legal requirements (Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR): We are subject to various legal obligations that require data processing. These include, for example:

Tax laws and statutory accounting requirements
Fulfillment of requests and requirements from supervisory or law enforcement authorities
Fulfillment of tax control and reporting obligations

In addition, the disclosure of personal data may be necessary in the course of official/judicial measures for the purpose of evidence collection, law enforcement, or the enforcement of civil claims. As part of the balancing of interests (Art. 6 (1) f GDPR): If necessary, we process your data beyond the actual fulfillment of the contract in order to protect legitimate interests of us or third parties. Examples of such cases are:

Processing in the CRM system for active customer contact 
Supplier evaluation
Assertion of legal claims and defense in legal disputes

Recipients:

Employees for contact with you and for contractual cooperation (including the fulfillment of pre-contractual measures). Your data may be passed on to service providers who act as data processors for us, e.g., support or maintenance of IT or data destruction applications. All service providers are contractually bound and are obliged in particular to treat your data confidentially. Data will only be transferred to recipients outside our company in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. Recipients of personal data may include:

Public authorities and institutions (e.g., financial or law enforcement authorities) in the presence of a legal or official obligation
Credit and

financial service providers (transaction processing)
Tax advisors or auditors (legal audit mandate)

Storage Period:

We process and store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. If the data are no longer required for the fulfillment of contractual or legal obligations, they are regularly deleted. Exceptions arise,

to fulfill legal retention obligations, e.g., Commercial Code (HGB) and Fiscal Code (AO), are necessary. The deadlines for storage or documentation specified there are usually six to ten years;
for the preservation of evidence within the framework of statutory limitation periods. Pursuant to §§ 195 ff of the German Civil Code (BGB), these limitation periods can be up to 30 years, with the regular limitation period being 3 years.
Possibly more.

If data processing is carried out in our legitimate interest or that of a third party, the personal data will be deleted as soon as this interest no longer exists. The exceptions mentioned apply here.

Transfer to Third Countries:

Your data will only be processed within the European Union and states within the European Economic Area (EEA).

Revocation of Consent:

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 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 that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Provision Required or Necessary:

As part of the contractual relationship, you must provide the personal data necessary for the initiation, execution, and termination of the contractual relationship and for the fulfillment of the associated contractual obligations or whose collection is required by law. Without this data, we will generally not be able to conclude or execute the contract with you.

Microsoft Teams

For our communication, both in written form (chat) and in the form of telephone conferences, online meetings, and video conferences, we use the tool “Microsoft Teams” (“MS-Teams”). The operator of the service is Microsoft Ireland Operations (“Microsoft”), Ltd., 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft Ireland Operations, Ltd. is part of the Microsoft Group of Companies headquartered at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, USA.

When using MS Teams, the following personal data is processed:

Meetings, chats, voicemails, shared files, recordings, and transcriptions.
Data shared about you. Examples include your email address, profile picture, and phone number.
A detailed history of the phone calls you make.
Data on call quality.
Support/feedback data: Information related to troubleshooting tickets or feedback sent to Microsoft.
Diagnostic and service data: Diagnostic data related to service usage.

To enable video display and audio playback, the data from the microphone of your device and from a video camera of the device are processed during the meeting. You can deactivate or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time using the “Microsoft Teams” applications.

If consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a) GDPR. In the context of an employment relationship, corresponding data processing is carried out on the basis of § 26 BDSG. The legal basis for the use of “MS Teams” in the context of contractual relationships is Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Here, our interest lies in the effective conduct of online meetings.

If we record online meetings, we will inform you of this before the start and request your consent to the recording if necessary. If you do not wish this, you can leave the online meeting.

As a cloud-based service, “MS Teams” processes the data mentioned as part of the provision of the service. To the extent that “MS Teams” processes personal data in connection with Microsoft’s legitimate business operations, Microsoft is an independent data controller for this use and is responsible for compliance with applicable laws and obligations of a data controller. If you access the MS Teams website, Microsoft is responsible for data processing. Accessing the website is necessary to download the MS Teams software.

If you do not want or cannot download the software, the service can be provided via your browser and therefore also via the Microsoft website.

This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is therefore an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, so that the transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

For detailed information on data protection at Microsoft, in connection with “MS Teams”, please visit: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-privacy.

Currency and Amendment of the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status: April 2024.

Due to the further development of our website and offerings or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed out by you at any time on the website at https://www.medical-bees.de/en/privacy-policy/