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Data Protection

Name and contact of the person responsible in accordance with Article 4 Paragraph 7 GDPR
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BlueLab Wasseranalysesysteme GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Michael Jauss

Address: Vor dem Kreuzberg 17, 72070 Tübingen, Germany

Tel.:+49 (0)7071 7638377

Email: Datenschutz@bluelab-h2o.de

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Data Protection Officer:
Name: Fabian Mainzer

Address: Vor dem Kreuzberg 17, 72070 Tübingen, Germany

Email: Datenschutz@bluelab-h2o.de

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Security and protection of your personal data

We consider it our primary task to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide and to protect it from unauthorized access. That's why we apply the utmost care and the most modern security standards to ensure maximum protection of your personal data.

As a private company, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed by both us and our external service providers.

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Definitions

The legislator requires that personal data be processed lawfully, in good faith and in a manner that is understandable for the data subject (“legality, processing in good faith, transparency”). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions, which are also used in this data protection declaration:

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1. Personal data
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); A natural person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special features that express the physical , physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

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2. Processing
“Processing” means any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying , use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or other form of delivery, alignment or combination, restriction, deletion or destruction.

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3. Restriction of processing
“Restriction of processing” is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

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4. Profiling
"Profiling" means any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in using that personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, Analyze or predict that natural person's personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

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5. Pseudonymization
“Pseudonymization” is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data Data cannot be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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6. File system
“File system” means any structured collection of personal data that is accessible according to specific criteria, regardless of whether that collection is maintained centrally, decentrally or organized according to functional or geographical criteria.

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7. Responsible person
“Controller” is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

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8. Processor
“Processor” is a natural or legal person, public authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

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9. Receiver
“Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be deemed to be recipients; the processing of these data by the said authorities will be carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection rules in accordance with the purposes of the processing.

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10. Third
“Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.

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11. Consent
“Consent” of the data subject is any voluntary, specific, informed and unambiguous expression of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a statement or other unequivocal confirmatory act by which the data subject indicates that he or she consents to the processing of data concerning him or her agrees to personal data.

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Lawfulness of processing

The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. The legal basis for processing may be in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1
lit. a – f GDPR in particular:

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  • a. The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;

  • b. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract at the data subject's request;

  • c. the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;

  • d. the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person;

  • e. the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

  • f. the processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, outweigh them, in particular if the data subject is a child acts.

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Information about the collection of personal data

1. Below we provide information about the collection of personal data when you use our website. Personal data is e.g. E.g. name, address, email addresses, user behavior.

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2. If you contact us by email or via a contact form, we will store the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name and telephone number) in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or processing is restricted if there are statutory retention requirements.

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3.Collection of personal data when you visit our website
If you use the website for informational 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 would like to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR):

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  • IP address

  • Date and time of the request

  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

  • Content of the request (specific page)

  • Access status/HTTP status code

  • Amount of data transferred in each case

  • Website from which the request comes

  • Browser

  • Operating system and its interface

  • Language and version of the browser software.

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Use of cookies

1. In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.

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2. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see a.)

  • Persistent cookies (see b.).

  • a. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

  • b. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.

  • c. You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and e.g. B. refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called “third party cookies” are cookies that were set by a third party, therefore not by the actual website you are currently on. We would like to point out that if you deactivate cookies, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website.

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Other functions and offers on our website

1. In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you will usually have to provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

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2. We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound to our instructions and are checked regularly.

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3.We may also pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer participation in campaigns, competitions, contracts or similar services together with partners. You can find further information about this when you provide your personal data or in the description of the offer below.

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4.If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

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Children

Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not provide us with personal information without the consent of their parent or guardian.

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Rights of the data subject

1. Withdrawal of consent
If the processing of personal data is based on consent given, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before its revocation.

You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of withdrawal.

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2. Right to confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details mentioned above.

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3. Right to information
If personal data is processed, you can request information about this personal data and the following information at any time:

  • a. the processing purposes;

  • b. the categories of personal data being processed;

  • c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;

  • d. if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period;

  • e. the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

  • f. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

  • G. if the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information about the origin of the data;

  • H. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We provide a copy of the personal data that is the subject of processing. We may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs for any additional copies you request. If you submit the application electronically, the information must be provided in a common electronic format unless the application states otherwise. The right to receive a copy under paragraph 3 shall not prejudice the rights and freedoms of other persons.

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4. Right to rectification
You have the right to request that we immediately correct any incorrect personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.

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5. Right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
You have the right to request that the controller delete personal data concerning you immediately, and we are obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

  • a. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

  • b. The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

  • c. The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1 of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 2 of the GDPR.

  • d. The personal data was processed unlawfully.

  • e. The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

  • f. The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 Paragraph 1 GDPR.

If the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to delete them in accordance with paragraph 1, he shall, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, take appropriate measures, including technical measures, to inform data controllers who process the personal data about this to inform you that a data subject has requested that you delete all links to that personal data or copies or replications of that personal data.

The right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”) does not apply if processing is necessary:

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

  • to fulfill a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to carry out a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

  • for reasons of public interest in the field of public health in accordance with Article 9 paragraph 2 letters h and i and Article 9 paragraph 3 GDPR;

  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, to the extent that the law referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing, or

  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

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6. Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions applies:

  • a. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,

  • b. the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data;

  • c. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or

  • d. the data subject has lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR, as long as it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.

If the processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, these personal data - apart from their storage - will only be used with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

In order to exercise the right to restrict processing, the data subject may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.

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7. Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided have been submitted, provided that:

  • a. the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and

  • b. the processing takes place using automated procedures.

When exercising the right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, to the extent that this is technically feasible. Exercising the right to data portability does not affect the right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”). This right does not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

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8. Right to object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letters e or f GDPR; This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller will no longer process the personal data unless he or she can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object using automated procedures using technical specifications.

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes referred to in Article 89(1), unless: the processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest.

You can exercise your right to object at any time by contacting the person responsible.

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9. Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision:

  • a. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible,

  • b. is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and such law contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject or

  • c. with the express consent of the person concerned.

The controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express one's own point of view and to contest the decision.

The data subject can exercise this right at any time by contacting the relevant person responsible.

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10. Right to complain to a supervisory authority
You also have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if the data subject is of the opinion that the processing of data concerning you personal data violates this regulation.

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11. Right to effective judicial remedy
You have the right to an effective judicial remedy, without prejudice to any available administrative or extra-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR, if you consider that your rights under this Regulation have been violated as a result of a breach of the provisions of this Regulation Regulation processing of your personal data has been violated.

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Integration of Google Maps

1. On this website we use Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

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2. By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned in Section 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want your profile to be associated with Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this you must contact Google.

 

3. Further information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's data protection declarations. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield.https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

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Hosting through WiX

We use the website builder system from Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (“Wix”) for the purpose of hosting and displaying the website based on processing on our behalf. All data collected on our website is processed on Wix servers. As part of the aforementioned Wix services, data may also be transferred to Wix Inc., 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco, California 94158, USA, for further processing. In the event that data is transferred to Wix in Israel, the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by the European Commission's adequacy decision. Further information about Wix data protection can be found at the following website:https://de.wix.com/about/privacy
The scope of processing personal data is presented below. Further processing on servers other than the Wix servers mentioned above will only take place within the scope specified below.

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