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Thank you for your interest in our company and our website. The protection of your personal data during your visit to our homepage is important to us.
(1) Hereinafter in accordance with Section 13 GDPR we inform you regarding the legal basis of our data processing when visiting our website. Personal data are all data that can relate to you personally, e.g. name, address, email address, user behaviour.
(2) Responsible for the website content according to Section 4 (7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
You can contact our Data Protection Officer under:
(3) When you contact us by email or using a contact form, the data you provide: your email address, possibly your name and your telephone number will be saved by us to answer your questions. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Section 6 (1) f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the contract conclusion, then an additional legal basis for the processing is Section 6 (1) b) GDPR. We delete the data arising in this context after the storage is no longer necessary, or restrict the processing if there are statutory requirements to do so.
(4) If we use contracted service providers to individualise our offer to you or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes. We will also state the specified criteria for your data storage period.
(1) You have the following rights towards us with regard to your personal data:
(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection commissioner about the processing of your personal data by us. You can find the responsible commissioner for data protection issues under the following link: Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
(1) The hosting services used by us serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, e-mail dispatch, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.
We, or respectively our hosting provider, processes inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data from customers, interested parties and visitors to this website based on our legitimate interests in the efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Section 6 (1) f) GDPR in conjunction Section 28 GDPR (conclusion of an order processing contract).
When using the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the set of data which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:
We collect and store this data for a limited period of time based on our legitimate interest and in order to be able to trace internet users in the event of an unauthorized access or attempts to access local servers Section 6 (1) f) GDPR.
In principle, you have the right not to be a subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has a legal effect on you or could significantly affect you. In particular, those decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data, Section 9 (1) GDPR. We do not use any corresponding decision-making processes on our website and the associated data processing.
(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the location that sets the cookie (done through us on this website). They serve to make the Internet content more user-friendly and effective overall.
(2) We differentiate between two categories of cookies: (a) essential cookies, without which the functionality of our website would be restricted and (b) optional cookies for website analysis and marketing purposes.
The use of optional cookies is based on your consent Section 6 (1) GDPR.
In the following paragraphs we describe the cookies used on this website in detail:
We use cookies to save your choice of a country and the application type you’ve selected lately (optics, audiology or therapy), so that you do not have to make another selection the next time you visit the website. These cookies are saved for 30 days. The permission to save can be revoked here.
Google reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entry in the contact form on our website is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, Google will set cookies as soon as the contact form can verify that the data protection declaration has been acknowledged. Those cookies are saved for up to 6 months. You can withdraw your consent by deleting all cookies associated with the google.com domain in your browser settings.
(1) The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether the data entry in the contact forms on our website is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. The reCAPTCHA module is loaded and the analysis begins as soon as the contact form is checked stating that you have read the data protection declaration. For analysis purposes, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor stays on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis are forwarded to Google. reCAPTCHA analyses the above in the background. Data processing is based on Section 6 (1) a) GDPR. Google’s privacy policy.
(2) Third-party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the provider can be found in the privacy policy of the provider. There you will also find further information about your rights and setting options to protect your privacy.
(4) You can also change the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly or change it in the cookie settings.
(5) Fonts from Google Fonts are loaded by Google reCAPTCHA.
If you submit information to the internal reporting office within the framework of the whistleblower protection system, we collect your personal data (name, electronic contact details, address, message text, information about violations within the meaning of Section 3 para. 3 HinschG, information on the identity of persons who are protected under the HinSchG) only to the extent provided by you. The purpose of data processing is to fulfil the tasks, obligations and rights of the internal reporting office, which are assigned to the internal reporting office based on the HinSchG. Data processing is carried out to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR in conjunction with § 10 HinschG. Your data will subsequently be stored in compliance with statutory retention periods (3 years after completion of the procedure within the meaning of § 18 HinSchG).
In order to fulfil the legal obligation, we use an outsourced internal reporting centre, which you can reach under the following contact details:
We maintain online presences within social networks to inform the active users about our services and, if interested, to communicate directly via those platforms. We are currently represented in the following networks:
Read the data protection notice for our social media channels.
All of our social media channels can only be accessed by website visitors through an external link. We do not use any plug-ins or other interfaces on our website.
We have no influence on the data collection and its further use by the social networks. There is no knowledge of the extent, at which location and for how long the data is being stored, to what extent the networks comply with existing deletion rules, which evaluations and links are made to the data and to whom the data is passed on. We therefore expressly draw your attention to the fact that the users' data (e.g. personal information, IP address) is saved by the network operators in accordance with their data usage guidelines and used for their business purposes.
We process the data of the social media users insofar as they come into contact and communicate with us through comments or direct messages. The legal basis for processing social media user data is Section 6 (1) a) and f) GDPR.
You can access the YouTube video platform on our website via external links. All functions of the video platform are offered by Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The AMPAREX YouTube channel can only be reached through an external link.
If you are logged into YouTube with your own profile and access our video channel, YouTube can assign your visit to your logged-in profile. If you do not want your user account to be assigned to your IP address, please log out of your YouTube account before you start using our website.
For further information on your data processing, we refer you to the YouTube's privacy policy website (Google).
We endeavour to save your personal data by taking all technical and organizational options so that they are not accessible by third parties. When communicating by email, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so we recommend that you post confidential information.
Please note that this privacy policy declaration can be changed at any time in compliance with the applicable privacy policy regulations. The version available at the time of your visit always applies.
