Privacy policy

Scope of this privacy policy

Thank you for your interest in our website and the products and services we offer.
The protection of your personal data (hereinafter called "personally identifiable data") is of great importance to us. We would like to inform you in this document of the types of personally identifiable data collected when you visit our website and use our products or services and we also want to describe how the personally identifiable data is processed or used and, in addition, below you will also find information on which technical and organisational measures we take to protect your personally identifiable data.

Responsible office/service provider

The responsible party in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the service provider in terms of the Telecommunication Media Act (TMA) is Invitek Molecular GmbH , cf. our legal notice.

Collection and use of your data

The scope and method of collection and use of your personally identifiable data differs depending on whether you visit our website simply for the purpose of obtaining information or, if you also use the services offered on the website:

a) Use for obtaining information

If you visit our website so-called usage data will be temporarily stored on our webserver for statistical purposes in order to improve the quality of our websites. This data record consists of:

  • the page from which the data was requested,
  • the name of the data,
  • the date and time of the query,
  • the quantity of data transferred,
  • the access status (data transferred, data not found),
  • a description of the type of web browser used,
  • the IP address of the computer used for making the enquiry in an abbreviated form so that no connection with any particular person can be established.

Log personally identifiable data is stored only in an anonymized form.

b) Use for products or services
 
We collect personally identifiable data if you provide us with this information when contacting us, e.g. via the website contact form or email (“input forms“) or when you register for our webinars “Invitek Talks” via the Zoom online meeting tool. What personally identifiable data is collected, and whether this is mandatory or voluntary, can be seen from the respective input forms or meeting tool. The collection and use of your personally identifiable data is for the provision of the requested services or for the contacting you about our products and services where you have expressly provided your consent for this purpose. The legal basis for this is Art.6 s.1a) GDPR. The types of personal information we may collect include, but are not limited to
  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Postal Address
  • Organization
  • Job Title

c) Data transfer to third parties   

Your personally identifiable data may be transferred to third parties, such as our suppliers and service providers supporting us for the above named purpose and of course, where we have engaged them to perform services on our behalf or where we have a lawful reason or legal obligation to do so. 

Where personally identifiable data is disclosed to third parties, we require the third party to treat the personally identifiable data in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable data protection and privacy laws.  

d) Data transfer to third countries  

We may transfer personally identifiable data to jurisdictions as necessary for the purposes described above, including to jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. In particular, countries of the European Union and United Kingdom. 

With respect to transfers originating from the European Economic Area ("EEA") to non-EEA jurisdictions:

(a) where there is an adequacy decision from the European Commission that the country the personally identifiable data is being transferred to offers a comparable level of protection of personal data to that of the European Union, via that adequacy decision;

(b) where an adequacy decision is not applicable, we implement standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, and other appropriate solutions to address cross-border transfers as required or permitted by Articles 46 and 49 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  

Where required by such laws, you may request a copy of the suitable mechanisms we have in place by contacting us as detailed below.

Marketing

You have control regarding our use of your personally identifiable data for direct marketing. In certain markets, you will need to expressly consent before receiving marketing. In all markets, you can choose to not receive marketing communications from us at any time. If you no longer want to receive any form of marketing communications from us or remain on a mailing list that you had previously subscribed to, please follow the unsubscribe link in the relevant communication or contact our Data Protection Privacy Officer as below and we will cease processing your personally identifiable data for this purpose. 

Cookies

We use and engage certain providers to use cookies for our website. Cookies are small text files created and stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or device. Cookies are used to distinguish you from other users of our website, to monitor and analyze website usage, compile aggregate data, personalize your visit, and assist us in our marketing efforts. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site to make it more user friendly. A web browser can be configured to reject or delete cookies however this may cause websites to have limited functionality. 

We use:

  • Necessary cookies. These are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
  • Session cookies (also called temporary cookies). These are cookies that last for a session which are temporarily stored during your use of our internet pages. A session starts when you launch a website or web application and ends when you leave the website or close the browser window. Session cookies contain information that is temporarily stored and which is deleted when your session ends. Session cookies allow websites to remember you within a website when you move between web pages. These cookies tell the server what pages to show you so that you don’t have to remember where you left off or start navigating the site all over again. Session cookies are necessary for enhancing user experience.  

If you don’t want cookies on your computer or device, you can manage all cookies by clicking here.

Please note that third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytics cookies or targeting cookies. To find out more information about these third parties and to manage the use of these types of cookies, click here.

Google analytics

It is important to us that our website can be presented in the best possible and attractive manner for our visitors. In this regard it is necessary that we know which parts of the website are well received.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics also uses cookies, i.e. text data, which are stored in your computer and which allow for an analy-sis of your use of the website. The information provided by cookies concerning your use of this web-site are generally transferred to and stored on a server of Google in the United States. Through the IP anonymisation on this website your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within a member state of the European Union or in another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to the server of Google in the United States and abbreviated there. Google will use this information on our behalf in order to evaluate your use of the website and to prepare reports on website activities and to provide related services to us as the website operator connected with the use of the website and the internet.

The IP address transmitted under Google Analytics from your browser will not be connected with other data of Google.

You may prevent a storing of the cookies by way of an appropriate adjustment of your browser software; note however that not all functions of the website may be available if these cookies are disabled.  You may prevent the recording of data provided by cookies and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of the data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en 

Information on Third Party Provider:
Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd.,
Gordon House, Barrow Street,
Dublin 4, Ireland,
Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.
https://policies.google.com/?hl=en

Google ads

We use the online advertising programme "Google Ads" on our website as well as related conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). If you click on any advertisements placed by Google a cookie will be placed on your computer for conversion tracking. These cookies have a limited validity of 30 days but do not contain any information by which the user could be personally identified because there is an anonymisation of the IP address. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google will detect that you have clicked on the advertisement and were directed to this page. Every Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Therefore, there is no possibility for cookies being able to be tracked from the websites of Google Ads customers. Information obtained with the help of conversion cookies serves to provide conversion statistics. Thereby, we are able to see the total number of visitors who have clicked on our advertisement and who have been redirected to the page with a conversion tracking tag. We do not, however, receive any information by which the user could be personally identified. 

If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this at any time if you deactivate the cookies of Google conversion tracking on your internet browser under the user set-up. Note however that not all functions of the website may be available if these cookies are disabled. You will also not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. In addition, you can deactivate the settings for advertising with Google for your personal advertising. You will find information on this under https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/. Further, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third parties in that you call-up the deactivation page of the network advertising initiative under https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implement the opt-out information contained therein. Further information as well as the data protection declaration of Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=de&hl=en

LinkedIn conversion tracking and insight tag

We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to track conversions, retarget website visitors, and unlock additional insights about members interacting with our LinkedIn adverts. The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events such as page views. All data is encrypted. The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a visitor's browser until they delete the cookie or the cookie expires (there’s a rolling six-month expiration from the last time the visitor’s browser loaded the Insight Tag). You can opt out of cookies from LinkedIn on your account's LinkedIn settings page and recommend you read their Cookie Policy for more information.

Data security

We use appropriate and reasonable technical, physical and/or organisational security controls to protect any personal identifiable data created or collected in particular, in regard to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal identfiable data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed. Our security measures are continually improved to keep up with technological developments.
Ordering processes are encrypted using SSL technology in order to prevent access by unauthorised third parties.  

Your rights

If you are in the European Economic Union (EEA), you have the following rights:

a. Right of access:

Subject to certain exceptions, you have the right to request confirmation of, or a copy of, the personally identifiable data we are processing, or being processed, about you

b. Rights to rectification and erasure:

You have the right to require that any incomplete or inaccurate personally identifiable data that we process about you is amended.

You have the right to request that we delete your personally identifiable data that we process about you, unless we are required to retain such data in order to comply with a legal obligation or to establish or defend a legal claim.

c. Right to restriction of processing:

You have the right to request that we  restrict processing of your personally identifiable data. This includes where:

  • you believe the data to be inaccurate;
  • our processing is unlawful;
  • we no longer need your personally identifiable data for the processing, but where we require the data due to a legal or other obligation. 

d. Right to data portability:

In certain cases, you have the right to receive personally identifiable data in a structured, customary and machine-readable form or to request that such be transmitted to a third party.

e. Right to object:

Where the justification for our processing of your personally identifiable data is our legitimate interest, you have the right to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular circumstances.  In this case, we will no longer process your personally identifiable data unless we have compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests and rights, or if we need to continue to process the data for the establishment or defence of a legal claim.

f. Right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority:

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you are of the view that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws. Your right to lodge a complaint may be exercised in relation to the supervisory authority in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the location of the alleged breach.

 

Contact us

Our company data protection officer is available for you at any time in relation to any request for information or suggestions you may have connected with data protection:

info@invitek.com 

Phone: +49 30 9489 2908