Source: https://www.geister.com/privacy/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 12:47:39+00:00

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Protect your data on www.geister.com.
We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is very high priority for our management due to our business activities.
The use of the GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH websites is basically possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use our company's special services (download of catalogues/user manuals, newsletters, etc.) via our website, personal data processing may be required. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the data subject.
As a controller, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to submit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual (hereinafter the "data subject"). A living individual is considered to be identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more particular characteristics that are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this living individual.
A data subject is any identified or identifiable living individual whose personal data is processed by the controller.
Processing means any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collecting, organizing, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, with or without the aid of automated procedures; disclosure by submission, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, deletion or destruction.
Profiling is any kind of automated processing of personal data that consists of using that personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a living individual, in particular to analyze or predict aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that living individual.
Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the need for additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not assigned to an identified or identifiable living individual.
The controller is the living individual or legal person, public authority, body or other entity that, alone or in connection with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by European Union law or the national laws of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his designation may be provided for under Union law or the law of the Member States.
The processor is a living individual or legal person, public authority, body or other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient is a living individual or legal person, public authority, body or other entity to whom personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under European Union law or the national laws of the Member States in connection with a particular mission are not considered as recipients.
Third party is a living individual or legal person, public authority, body or entity other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor to process the personal data.
Consent is any statement voluntarily given and unambiguously expressed or other unambiguous confirmatory act by the data subject for the particular case, by which the data subject indicates that they consent to the processing of the personal data concerning him/her.
By using cookies, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thereby permanently contradict the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.
- other similar data and information used in the case of attacks on our information technology systems.
- to ensure the continued functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, as well as to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in case of a cyber-attack.
This anonymously collected data and information is therefore statistically and further evaluated by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure the best possible level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the data controller by providing personal data. The personal data to be sent to the controller is derived from the respective input screen used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject shall be collected and stored solely for internal use by the controller and for his own purposes. The controller may arrange for the transfer to one or more processors, such as a parcel service, who also uses the personal data only for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date and time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services and, if necessary, to use this data to investigate past crimes and copyright infringements. In this respect, the storage of this data is required to secure the processing by the controller. A transfer of these data to third parties generally does not take place, unless there is a legal obligation to pass on or the disclosure serves criminal or legal prosecution.
Registration of the data subject by voluntarily providing personal data, allows the data controller to provide the data subject with content or services that, due to the nature of the case, can only be offered to registered users. Furthermore, the registration of the data subject serves the supervision of the use of the copyrighted texts issued by us, as well as the verification of the link setting and copyright naming, as well as our own documentation purposes. In addition, we use the data collected for customer acquisition, in particular for telephone contact and the sending of advertising by post and e-mail. Registered persons are free to completely delete the personal data provided during registration from the database of the data controller.
The controller shall, at any time upon request, provide information to each data subject as to which personal data is stored about the data subject. Furthermore, the data controller will correct or delete personal data at the request or reference of the data subject, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements. The data protection officer stated by name in this data protection statement and the entire team of the data controller's employees are contacts for the data subject in this context.
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or, as the case may be, by the European directive and regulatory body or by any other legislator in laws or regulations provided for the processing by the controller.
If the storage purpose is no applicable or if a storage period prescribed by the European directive and regulatory body or any other relevant legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Each data subject has the right, as granted by the European directive and regulatory body, to require the controller to confirm whether personal data relating to him/her is being processed. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to confirmation, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, as granted by the European directive and regulatory body, at any time to obtain, free of charge, any personal data stored about him or her from the controller and a copy of that information.
- In addition, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization.
If that is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller at any time.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European directive and regulatory body to demand the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning him/her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, they can contact our data protection officer or another member of the data controller's team at any time.
- The personal data has been collected for such purposes or otherwise processed for which they are no longer necessary.
- The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) of the GDPR and lacks any other legal basis for the processing.
- The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO, and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing according to Art. 21 (2) DS-GVO.
- The personal data was processed unlawfully.
- The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under European Union law or the national laws of the Member States to which the controller is subject to.
- The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GVO.
If one of the above reasons is correct and a data subject wishes to arrange for the deletion of personal data stored by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH, they may at any time contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller. The data protection officer of GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH or another employee will arrange that the deletion request be fulfilled immediately.
If personal data has been made public by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH and if our company is responsible for deleting personal data as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 DS-GVO, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH will take appropriate measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs also of a technical nature, to inform other data controllers processing the personal data published that the data subject of these other data controllers has deleted all links to such personal data or copies or replications thereof personal data unless the processing is required. The data protection officer of GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH or another employee will arrange the necessary in individual cases.
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of time that enables the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of personal data.
- The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
- The person concerned has objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh those of the person concerned.
If one of the above-mentioned conditions is met and an affected person wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH, they may at any time contact our data protection officer or another employee of the data controller. The data protection officer of GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH or another employee will initiate the restriction of processing.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right conferred by the European directive and regulatory body to obtain the personal data concerning him/her provided to a controller by the data subject in a structured, common and machine-readable format. It also has the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance by the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (1) (b) 2 (a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR and processing by means of automated processes, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task of public interest or in the exercise of public authority, which has been assigned to the responsible person.
To assert the right of data transferability, the data subject may at any time contact the data protection officer appointed by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH or another employee.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right to object, as conferred by the European directive and regulatory body, at any time, for reasons arising from its particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to it pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or f DS-GVO. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH will no longer process personal data, unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing which are worthy of protection, which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
If GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH processes personal data for direct mailing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, as far as it is associated with such direct mailing. If the data subject objects to GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH for the purposes of direct mailing, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right to object, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning them, which is performed by GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) DS GMOs, unless such processing is necessary to fulfil a public interest task.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact the data protection officer or another employee of GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH directly. In the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58 / EC, the data subject is also free to exercise their right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
- with the express consent of the data subject.
- if the data subject decides to do so, GEISTER Medizintechnik GmbH will take appropriate measures to protect the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject which includes at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express their own position and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to enforce automated decision-making rights, they may, at any time, contact our data protection officer or other employee of the controller.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulatory body, to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they may at any time contact our data protection officer or another employee of the controller.
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by electronic means, for example by e-mail, to the controller. If the controller concludes a contract of employment with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purposes of the employment relationship in accordance with the law. If no contract of employment is signed by the controller with the candidate, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after the rejection decision has been announced, provided that deletion does not prejudice any other legitimate interests of the controller. Other legitimate interest in this sense, for example, is a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics (with anonymization function) component onto this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the survey, collection, and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about the website from which a data subject has come to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed, or how often and how long a subpage was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for a cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.
The operating company of Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The controller uses the function "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this function, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection will be shortened and anonymized by Google, if the access to our website is from a member state of the European Union or from another contracting state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor flows on our website. Among other things, Google uses the data and information obtained to evaluate the use of our website, compile online reports showing the activities on our websites for us, and provide other services related to the use of our website.
Google Analytics uses a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are, has already been explained above. By using this cookie Google enables an analysis of the usage of our website. Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a Google Analytics component is integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically initiated by the respective Google Analytics component, to transfer data to Google for the purposes of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google is informed of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serve, among other things, Google to track the origin of the visitors and clicks, and subsequently enable commission settlements.
Personal information, such as access time, the location from which access was made, and the frequency of site visits by the data subject is stored by the cookie. Each time you visit our website, your personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal information is stored by Google in the United States of America. In some circumstances, Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
Additional information and Google's data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
The controller has integrated Google AdWords onto this website. Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to run both Google and Google Network search engine advertisements. Google AdWords enables an advertiser to pre-set certain keywords, with which an ad will then be displayed on Google's search engine results, only when the user retrieves a keyword-related search result with the search engine. In the Google network, ads are distributed on subject-relevant websites using an automated algorithm and taking into consideration pre-defined keywords.
The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-based advertising on third-party websites and in the search engine results of Google's search engine and by displaying foreign advertisements on our website.
If a data subject arrives on our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie will be stored on the data subject's information technology system by Google. What cookies are, has already been explained above. A conversion cookie expires after 30 days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the conversion cookie has not yet expired, it is used to trace whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping cart from an online shop system, were accessed on our website. The conversion cookie allows both us and Google to trace whether a data subject who came to our website via an AdWords ad, generated revenue, i.e. completed or canceled a purchase.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visitor statistics for our website. These visitor statistics are then used again by us to determine the total number of users who have been sent to us via AdWords ads, in order to determine the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor any other Google AdWords advertiser receives any information from Google that could identify the data subject.
The conversion cookie stores personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject. Each time you visit our website, your personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, will be transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal information is stored by Google in the United States of America. In some circumstances, Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to Google's interest-based advertising. To do this, the data subject must access the link www.google.com/settings/ads from each of the internet browsers they use and carry out the desired settings there.
Additional information and Google's data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
The controller has integrated YouTube components onto this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that enables video publishers to freely set video clips and other users to likewise freely view, rate, and comment. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, so that both complete film and television broadcasts, but also music videos, trailers, or user-made videos are retrievable via the internet portal.
Through each visit to one of the pages of this website operated by the controller and incorporating a YouTube component (YouTube video), the internet browser on the data subject's information technology system will be automatically initiated by the respective YouTube component, to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. More information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits.
If the data subject is logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes, by calling a sub-page containing a YouTube video, which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the data subject's respective YouTube account.
YouTube and Google will therefore always receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged into YouTube at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not wanted by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before visiting our website.
YouTube's data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provides insight into the collection, processing, and use of personal information by YouTube and Google.

References: Art. 21
 Art. 21
 Art. 8
 Art. 17
 Art. 21
 Art. 89