Source: https://www.gerresheimer.com/en/data-protection/general-privacy-policy.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 21:23:10+00:00

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Thank you for your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance for the management of Gerresheimer AG. The use of the websites of Gerresheimer AG is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if an affected person wishes to use our company's special services through 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. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
As a controller, Gerresheimer AG has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps so that absolute protection can not be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to submit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
Any data subject can contact our data protection officer at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
Personal data is any information that relates to an affected person (as defined in point b)). A natural person 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 special features, expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.
The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
Processing means any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collecting, collecting, organizing, organizing, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, with or without the aid of automated procedures; disclosure by transfer, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Profiling is any kind of automated processing of personal data that consists in using that personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, and health, personal to analyze or predict preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.
The controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, body or body that, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his designation may be provided for under Union or national law.
Recipient is a natural or legal person, agency, agency or other entity to which Personal Data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or national law in connection with a particular mission are not considered as beneficiaries.
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, body or body 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 confirmatory act, voluntarily given and unambiguously expressed in the form of a statement or other unambiguous 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.
Each data subject has the right, as granted by European Regulations, to require the controller to confirm whether personal data relating to him / her is being processed. If an affected person wishes to make use of this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislation 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.
The person concerned revokes the consent on which the processing was based on Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) of the GDPR and any other legal basis for the processing is lacking.
If one of the above reasons applies and an affected person wishes to initiate the deletion of personal data stored at Gerresheimer AG, he may at any time contact an employee of the controller. The employee of Gerresheimer AG will arrange for the deletion request to be fulfilled immediately. If the personal data were made public by Gerresheimer AG, and if our company is responsible for deleting personal data as the person responsible pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, Gerresheimer AG takes appropriate measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs of a technical nature, to inform other data controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has deleted from all other data controllers any links to such personal data or copies or replications of such personal data, and that the processing is not required. The employee of Gerresheimer AG will arrange the necessary in individual cases.
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 person concerned has objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR 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 exists and an affected person wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Gerresheimer AG, he may at any time contact an employee of the controller. The employee of Gerresheimer AG will initiate the restriction of processing.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right conferred by European regulations to obtain the personal data concerning him / her provided to a controller by the data subject in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He/she 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 controller.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability under Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to ensure that the personal data are transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and if so this does not affect the rights and freedoms of others.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of Gerresheimer AG at any time.
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right conferred by the European directive and regulatory authority at any time, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data relating to it pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or f GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
Gerresheimer AG will no longer process personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can prove that there are compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is for assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If Gerresheimer AG processes personal data in order to operate direct advertising, 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 advertising. If the data subject objects to Gerresheimer AG processing for direct marketing purposes, Gerresheimer AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to him or her, which is for Gerresheimer AG for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR are invited to submit an objection unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact any employee of Gerresheimer AG or another employee. In the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58 / EC, the data subject is also free to exercise his right of opposition by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right, as granted by the European legislature and the legislature, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has a legal effect on them or, in a similar manner, significantly affects them; unless the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is permitted by Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject, and that legislation provides for appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject; or (3) with the express consent of the data subject.
If the decision (1) is required for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) it takes place with the express consent of the data subject, Gerresheimer AG shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the entitled persons Interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the controller, to express his / her own position and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert any rights with respect to automated decisions, they may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulatory authority, to revoke consent for the processing of personal data at any time.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding browser setting and thus permanently prevent 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.
The website of Gerresheimer AG collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by an affected person or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the internet page from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-web pages which are accessed by a connecting system (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, Gerresheimer AG does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the contents of our website, (2) to optimize the content of our website and to advertise it, (3) to ensure the continued functioning of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyber attack. Gerresheimer AG evaluates this anonymously collected data and information both statistically and also with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by an affected person.
Gerresheimer does not request the personal data of any person under the age of sixteen (16) without the consent of their parents or guardians. We do not collect personal information from children and adolescents, do not collect them and do not share them with third parties.
On the website of Gerresheimer AG, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to the newsletter of our company. The personal data transmitted to the data controller when the newsletter is ordered is obtained from the input form used for this purpose.
Gerresheimer AG informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about company offers. The newsletter can only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter. For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address registered by an affected person for the first time via our website for sending out newsletters using the double-opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to check whether the owner of the e-mail address as the person concerned authorized the receipt of the newsletter.
When subscribing to the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system used by the person concerned at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration, as assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP). The collection of this data is necessary in order to understand the (possible) misuse of an affected person's e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves as a legal safeguard for the controller.
The personal data collected in the context of registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively to send our newsletter. Subscribers to the newsletter may also be notified by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or registration, as might be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter or technical changes. There will be no transfer of the personal data collected as part of the newsletter service to third parties. Subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the person concerned at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for the newsletter dispatch can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking the consent, there is a corresponding link in each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, directly on the controller's website, or by informing the controller some other different way.
Gerresheimer AG newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in such emails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded pixel, Gerresheimer AG can detect whether and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject and which links in the e-mail were called by the person concerned. Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters will be stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize the delivery of newsletters and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data will not be disclosed to third parties. Affected persons are entitled at any time to revoke the relevant declaration of consent. After revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the controller. A cancellation of the receipt of the newsletter will automatically be interpreted as a revocation by Gerresheimer AG.
Due to legal regulations, the website of Gerresheimer AG contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the data controller by e-mail or through a contact form, the personal data provided by the data subject will be automatically saved. Such personal data, voluntarily transmitted by an individual to the controller, is stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties. The transmission is protected by SSL certificate.
The data controller has integrated the component Google Analytics (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analyis service. Web analysis is the collection, aggregation and evaluation of visitor behavior data on internet sites. A web analysis service gathers data on the website from which the data subject has accessed another internet site (called the Referrer), which subpages are accessed or how often and for how long a subpage is accessed for. A web analysis is carried out in order to optimize the website and to analyse the cost-use value of internet advertising.
Google Analytics’s operating company is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
For web analysis with Google Analytics, the data controller uses the add-on "_gat._anonymizeIp". Through this add-on, the data subject’s IP address when connecting over the internet is shortened and anonymized when our website is accessed from a European Union member state or from another state in the Schengen region or the European Economic Area.
The aim of Google Analytics is to analyse visitor traffic to our website. Google uses the acquired data and information to evaluate use on our website to create online reports for us that show activity on our website, and to perform further services in relation to usage of our website.
Google Analytics uses a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are has already been explained above. By using this cookie Google is able to analyze the usage of our website. Each time one of the pages of this website is accessed by the controller and a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically initiated by the respective Google Analytics component to submit data to Google for online analysis purposes. As part of this technical process, Google will be aware of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which allow Google, among other things, to track the origin of the visitors and clicks, and subsequently make commission settlements possible.
Through the cookie, personally identifiable information is stored, such as access time, the location that access occurred, and the frequency of site visits by the data subject. Each time you visit our website, your personal information, 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. Google may transfer such personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as shown above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. This browser setting would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, U.S., are integrated into our website. You can recognize the Facebook plugins on our site by the Facebook logo or the "Like button". You can find an overview of Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Google+'s operating company is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Each visit to one of the pages of this website operated by the controller and incorporating a Google+ button will cause the Internet browser on the subject's information technology system to be automatically triggered by the respective Google+ button, downloading a representation of the corresponding Google+ button from Google. As part of this technical process, Google will be aware of which specific sub-page is visited by the data subject. More detailed information about Google+ is available at https://developers.google.com/+/.
If the person is logged in to Google+ at the same time, Google recognizes which specific sub-page the data subject visited with each website and the entire duration of each of their stays on our website. This information is collected through the Google+ button and assigned by Google to the relevant Google + account of the data subject.
If the data subject activates one of the Google + buttons integrated on our website and thus makes a Google + 1 recommendation, Google assigns this information to the personal Google + user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data. Google will store the Google + 1 recommendation of the data subject and make it publicly available in accordance with the conditions accepted by the data subject. A Google +1 recommendation made by the data subject on this website will be subsequently provided together with other personal information, such as the name of the Google + 1 account used by the data subject and the photo in other Google services stored therein, For example, the search engine results of the Google search engine, the Google account of the data subject or other places, such as on websites or in connection with advertisements stored and processed. Furthermore, Google is able to link the visit to this website with other personal data stored on Google. Google also records this personal information for the purpose of improving or optimizing Google's different services.
If the data subject does not wish to transfer personal data to Google, the data subject can prevent such transmission by logging out of their Google + account before accessing our website.
The controller has integrated components from the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network that allows users to connect to existing business contacts and make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.
Whenever a website that includes a LinkedIn component (plugin) is accessed, this component causes the browser used by the data subject to download a relevant representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information on the LinkedIn plugins can be accessed at developer.linkedin.com/plugins. Through this technical means, LinkedIn is informed which subpages of our website are accessed by the data subject.
If the person is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes which specific sub-page the data subject visited with each website and the entire duration of each of their stays on our website. This information is collected through the LinkedIn components and assigned by LinkedIn to the relevant LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated on our website, LinkedIn links this information with the data subject’s personal LinkedIn account and saves these personal data.
LinkedIn always receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to LinkedIn at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person clicks the LinkedIn component or not. If the data subject does not wish to transfer personal data to LinkedIn, the data subject can prevent such transmission by logging out of their LinkedIn account before accessing our website.
The controller has integrated Twitter components on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly available micro blogging service where users can post and distribute so-called tweets, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available to anyone, including non-Twitter subscribers. The tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Twitter also allows you to address a broad audience via hash tags, links or retweets.
Each time one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically activated by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter.
Further information on the Twitter buttons is available at https://about.twitter.com/en/resources/buttons. As part of this technical process, Twitter receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the Twitter component is to allow our users to redistribute the contents of this website, to promote this website in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers.
Twitter always receives information via the Twitter component that the person concerned has visited our website if the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Twitter at the time of access to our website; this happens regardless of whether or not the subject clicks on the Twitter component. If such a transfer of this information to Twitter is not wanted by the person concerned, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of their Twitter account before calling our website.
Each time one of the individual pages on this website is called up by the controller and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically identified by the respective Xing Component, and downloads a representation of the corresponding Xing component of Xing. More information about the Xing plug-ins can be found at dev.xing.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, Xing is aware of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.
If the data subject is logged in to Xing at the same time, Xing recognizes which specific subpage the data subject visits on each visit to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of the respective stay on our website. This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned by Xing to the affected Xing account. If the data subject activates one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Share" button, Xing assigns this information to the personal Xing user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data.
Xing always receives information from the Xing component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Xing at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether or not the affected person clicks on the Xing component. If such a transfer of this information to Xing by the person concerned is not intended, it can prevent the transfer by logging out of your Xing account before accessing our website.
The controller has integrated YouTube components on this website. YouTube is an internet video portal that allows video publishers to freely host video clips and allows other users to freely view, rate and comment on these videos. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, so that both complete film and television broadcasts, and also music videos, trailers and user-made videos are available via the Internet portal.
YouTube's operating company is YouTube, LLC, and 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
This site is operated by the controller and incorporates a YouTube component (YouTube video) that, on each visit to one of its pages, will automatically cause the Internet browser on the subject's information technology system to download a representation of the respective 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 are aware of the subpage of our site visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the same time as accessing a page which contains a YouTube video, YouTube recognizes which subpage the data subject visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and associated with the individual data subject’s YouTube account.
YouTube and Google will 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 person 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 data transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before accessing our website.
This website uses Piwik, open source software for the statistical analysis of visitor access. Piwik uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow your website use to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on the server of Gerresheimer AG. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and prior to its storage. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please be aware that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a particular processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract of which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, in processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, processing shall be based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be required to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our premises were injured and his or her name, age, health insurance or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party, then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations are based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. On this legal basis, processing operations that are not covered by any of the above legal bases are required if processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party, unless the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned prevail. Such processing operations are particularly allowed for us because they have been specifically mentioned in European legislation. In that regard, it considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (recital 47, second sentence, GDPR).
The processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR and is our legitimate interest in conducting our business for the benefit of all of our employees and our shareholders.
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or to initiate a contract.
We clarify that the provision of personal information is in part required by law (such as tax regulations) or may result from contractual arrangements (such as details of the contractor). Occasionally it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded in which a data subject provides us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is required to provide us with personal information when our company enters into a contract with her. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the person concerned could not be closed. Prior to any personal data being provided by the person concerned, the person concerned must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the individual on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is required for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of the non-provision of the personal data.
As a responsible company, Gerresheimer does not use automatic decision-making or profiling.
In the case of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of the data protection officers as well as their contact data can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
We provide information about the data we hold about you at any time. If required, please send an e-mail to data-protection@gerresheimer.com.
Furthermore, you can revoke your consent to our collection and storage of your personal data at any time. If necessary, please write an e-mail to data-protection@gerresheimer.com.

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