In this privacy policy, we provide you with comprehensive information about the handling of your personal data when you access the website at gefaesschirurgie-franken.de.
1. General Information on Data Protection for the Website at gefaesschirurgie-franken.de
We operate a website at gefaesschirurgie-franken.de, for whose content we are responsible according to the imprint.
When you access the website at gefaesschirurgie-franken.de, we process personal data from you.
Personal data within the meaning of this privacy policy and in accordance with Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, e.g., name, email address, or user behavior.
We process your personal data exclusively within the scope of the purpose communicated in this privacy policy and only if there is a legal basis for the respective processing.
1.1. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection laws on the website under the domain gefaesschirurgie-franken.de is
Mehdi Rahmanian Koshkaki
Königstraße 23
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
Email: info@gefaesschirurgie-franken.de
1.2. Legal Bases for the Processing of Personal Data
● If we obtain your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.
● For the fulfillment of a contract to which you are a party, as well as for pre-contractual measures within the scope of which your personal data is processed, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis.
● For the processing of your personal data to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
● In the event that vital interests of you or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
● If the processing of your personal data is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and our interests outweigh your interests, fundamental rights, and fundamental freedoms, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.
1.3. Erasure of Personal Data and Storage Period
● If we process your personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
● If statutory retention periods exist for personal data processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely erased after the expiry of the respective retention periods. Something else applies only if this data is still required for the fulfillment of the contract and/or if we have a continuing legitimate interest in storing the data.
● In the case of the processing of personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises their right to object. Something else applies (except in the case of processing for direct marketing purposes) only if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
● Otherwise, personal data of customers will always be erased at the latest when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed, or when the purpose has ceased to apply.
1.4. Objection to the Processing of Your Data; Withdrawal of Consent
If you have given consent to the processing of your personal data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Further processing of your personal data, which was processed on the basis of the consent, is then no longer permitted for us; however, the processing of this data until the withdrawal remains lawful.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on a legitimate interest, which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. In this case, we will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
1.5. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
In principle, the personal data collected from you will not be disclosed or sold to third parties by us under any circumstances.
An exception to the disclosure of personal data occurs only if we cooperate with third parties as service providers within the scope of commissioned processing. These service providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored. If such service providers are located in a state outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the respective processing.
2. Processing of Your Personal Data When Accessing gefaesschirurgie-franken.de
2.1. Provision of the Website
When you access gefaesschirurgie-franken.de, we automatically collect the following data in each case:
User’s operating system, type, language, and version of the browser software, IP address, date and time of the request, website from which the request comes, website accessed by the user via our website, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code.
Purpose: The collection of this data is technically necessary for us to display the website to you and to ensure stability and security. The data is also stored in the log files of our server. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.
Legal Basis: The temporary storage of the data and the log files is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.
Storage Period / Erasure: The data will be erased as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of its collection. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session ends. In the case of the storage of data in log files, this is the case after a maximum of seven days. Further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are erased or anonymized so that an assignment to the accessing computer is no longer possible.
2.2. Use of Cookies and Other Technologies
We use so-called cookies and other tracking technologies on the website. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores locally on your hard drive.
● We use technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website and to ensure its functionality. Depending on the purpose, these are stored permanently – even after the end of the session – (so-called persistent cookies, e.g., opt-out) or are deleted when the browser is closed (so-called session cookies – these are only valid for one browser session).
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest in the operation of the website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
● We use non-essential cookies (in particular tracking, analysis & marketing cookies) if you give us your consent to this. These cookies enable us to analyze how you use the website. This allows us to make the content on the website more user-friendly and secure for visitor needs. In addition, the cookies give us the opportunity to measure the effectiveness of a particular advertisement and to place it, for example, depending on the thematic interests of the user.
Legal Basis: Your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
An overview of the cookies and other tracking technologies used on gefaesschirurgie-franken.de can be found at the following URL: NO LINK PROVIDED
2.3. Your Contact with Us
When you contact us on gefaesschirurgie-franken.de (e.g., via email or contact form), the following personal data transmitted by you via email and provided in the contact form will be transmitted to us and stored:
Name, email address.
This data (except for the IP address) will be used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. The collection of the IP address serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
Mandatory fields are marked as such in the contact form; otherwise, the information is voluntary.
Legal Basis: In the case of an email, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Storage Period / Erasure: The personal data from the contact form and those sent by email will be erased after your inquiry has been fully processed. This is usually the case when your inquiry has been conclusively clarified and there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary. The IP address will be erased after a period of seven days at the latest.
If you object to the processing based on our legitimate interest, the conversation with you cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of your contact will be erased in this case.
3. Processing of Your Personal Data Within the Scope of Marketing Measures on gefaesschirurgie-franken.de
3.1. Google Recaptcha
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on gefaesschirurgie-franken.de.
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data input on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, the time the website visitor stays on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.
Legal Basis: The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
Storage Period / Erasure: We erase your personal data when you object to the processing based on our legitimate interest.
Information on the Third-Party Provider: The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). For more information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html .
3.2. Google Maps
On gefaesschirurgie-franken.de, we use Google Maps to display interactive maps and to create directions. When you access the page on which “Google Maps” is displayed, no direct connection to Google is established. A connection to Google’s servers, where your IP address is transmitted to Google and Google Maps is loaded, only occurs with your consent.
Personal Data: To our knowledge, the following personal data is transmitted to Google when you click on the map:
● Date and time of the visit to the relevant website
● Internet address or URL of the accessed website
● IP address
● The (starting) address entered as part of route planning
Legal Basis: Your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. By clicking on the respective Google Maps, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google Maps route planner in the manner described above.
If you do not want Google to collect, process, or use data about you via our website, either do not click on the embedded Google Map or deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display.
Storage Period / Erasure: Your personal data will be erased if you withdraw your consent to us. Otherwise, your consent will only be stored for the specific session and must be given again when you revisit the page (in a new session).
Information on the Third-Party Provider: Google Maps is a map service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy (Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google).
3.3. Social Media Share Links
We use so-called “share links” to our profiles on social media platforms on our website.
By providing these links on the website, no personal data is shared with the providers of these social media platforms yet.
4. Your Rights as a Data Subject
When we process your personal data, the GDPR grants you the following rights as a data subject. To exercise these rights, you can contact us at any time.
1. Rights under Articles 15 et seq. GDPR
You have the following rights against us as the controller regarding the personal data concerning you:
● Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR
● Right to rectification or erasure according to Art. 16 and 17 GDPR
● Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR
● Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR
● Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR
2. Right to Object in the Case of a Balancing of Interests according to Art. 21 GDPR
If we process your personal data within the scope of a balancing of interests and on the basis of an overriding legitimate interest on our part, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future. The objection must be based on grounds relating to your particular situation. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data concerned. We reserve the right to continue processing your personal data if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, fundamental rights, and fundamental freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
3. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority according to Art. 77 GDPR
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.
5. Updating the Privacy Policy
We regularly adapt this privacy policy and update it at this point.