1. Data Protection
Data protection is important to us and we take it very seriously. We at MEDAGENT GmbH are committed to a trustful cooperation with you and we will make every effort to satisfy you in every respect – this naturally also applies to the handling of your personal data. With these data protection regulations we would like to inform you about how your personal data is processed. Therefore please take note of the following information. Our privacy policy supplements the terms of use of the website of www.medagent.de
The operator of the website and responsible body in terms of data protection is:
MEDAGENT GmbH
Griesweg 47
78570 Mühlheim an der Donau
Germany
In the course of the further development of our website and the implementation of new legal requirements or new technologies or in order to improve our service for you, changes to this data protection declaration may become necessary. We therefore recommend that you read this data protection declaration again from time to time.
2. General information on the processing of personal data
This privacy policy applies to data, including personal data, collected about you by MEDAGENT. Personal data is data or a combination of individual data, by which you can be identified. We collect, process and use your personal data in compliance with the data protection laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and the data protection regulations of the European Union. Under no circumstances will we pass on your personal data to third parties outside MEDAGENT GmbH for advertising or marketing purposes without your consent.
As a company we use external service providers. As far as
the processed data is personal in nature, the data has been
appropriate contractual agreements in accordance with applicable law, and
organisational measures have been taken to ensure the security of your data
guaranteed.
In our company the compliance with the legal
regulations and this declaration is monitored by our data protection officer. Our employees are informed about the handling of personal and compliance with data protection regulations.
3. Type and scope of data use
In accordance with the principle of data avoidance and data saving, we collect personal data on our website only, if these are either required for the purpose desired by us and you and/or, if you give us these voluntarily.
With the input of personal or business data (e.g. e-mail address, name, address) the disclosure of your data takes place on an explicitly voluntary basis. By entering your data you declare your willingness, that the entered data, which will be used for the purpose of contacting, contract processing, for the protection of our own legitimate business interests or for the purpose specified by and or you, can be processed or used. A gathering, processing or use for any other purpose does not occur. This consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
4. How we use your personal data
The data we collect is used to provide the services you request, to inform you about other services and seminars MEDAGENT offers and to administer our website and services.
The following are ways in which we may use the information:
⦁ sending documents and information
⦁ Registration for programs or offers (seminars) at your request
⦁ Delivery of other services we have offered you
⦁ Payment processing for purchases and other services
⦁ Inclusion in the MEDAGENT newsletter distribution list (can be revoked at any time)
⦁ Protection against or investigation of possible fraudulent transactions
⦁ If permitted by law, providing user-specific, unsolicited offers and information about MEDAGENT products and services
⦁ Development and provision of advertising tailored to your interests
⦁ Surveys on our websites
⦁ Knowing how you got to our website
⦁ Determining the effectiveness of our advertising
⦁ Enforcement of our terms and conditions and other management of our business
5. Your privacy rights as a data subject
You have these rights towards MEDAGENT:
⦁ Information from the responsible body about your personal data that has been stored
⦁ Correcting inaccurately stored data
⦁ Deletion of data that is no longer required if it is not subject to a retention obligation
⦁ Revocation at any time of a consent granted by you for the processing and use of your data, which is not required due to an overriding legal provision or directly for the execution of an existing contractual relationship.
Upon request, we will inform you in writing in accordance with applicable law whether and which personal data about you has been stored by us.
6. Protection of minors
In general, children and persons under 18 years of age should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or guardians.We do not request personal data from children and we assure you that we will not knowingly collect personal data from children, use it in any way or disclose it to third parties without authorization.
7. Transmission of data via Internet
The Internet is a worldwide open platform. Due to the Internet’s inherent operating mode and the system-related risks, all data transmissions initiated by you are at your own risk. Something else applies only if we offer you an encrypted transmission path.
8. Security measures
We have taken extensive precautions to protect the security of your data. Your personal data that we store, which you have entered, for example, in HTML pages (contact forms), will be transmitted in encrypted form (SSL – Secure Socket Layer) via the public data network to MEDAGENT GmbH, where it will be stored and processed.
9. Newsletter
If you register for an offered newsletter, your name and e-mail address will be saved by us. For postal dispatch your address is also required. Your data will be processed solely for the requested newsletter, no other use of your data for other purposes will take place. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
Our registration system ensures, by sending a registration e-mail with a confirmation link, that the newsletter you have chosen is actually desired by you (so-called double opt-in procedure). You have the possibility to revoke your consent to the storage of your data and the sending of the newsletter at any time. To do so, you can click on the link provided for this purpose in the e-mails sent to you or unsubscribe directly on our website.
10. Consent to the transmission of data within the scope of the services requested by you
You have chosen to be informed about future offers, services and products (e.g. newsletter, forms, etc.) from our company. Within the scope of using this portal, your data will be processed internally. The security of your data is guaranteed as well as possible by the necessary protective measures taken in our company. For example, your data will only be collected in accordance with the principle of purpose limitation and data economy, so that only the absolutely necessary and information provided by you
can be saved.
11. Links
This Privacy Policy applies to all data collected and processed by MEDAGENT. In a few cases, a link on the MEDAGENT website will take you directly to the website of another provider, for whose content the respective provider is responsible. We assume no responsibility for the dealing with external websites. When leaving the MEDAGENT website we therefore recommend that you check with all operators of the linked websites websites to inquire about their privacy policies.
12. Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored locally with you. They do not cause any damage, contain no viruses and serve only for your recognition. Cookies allow us, for instance, to recognize your preferences and thus to improve the website and to adjust the navigation to your needs. Should you reject the use of cookies (a possible setting in your browser), the use of our website is nevertheless (possibly limited) possible.
Further information on the subject of cookies can be found in the cookie information.
13. Social Media Plug-ins
Within the MEDAGENT website, it is possible that third-party content may be used (so called plug-ins). These may take the form of YouTube videos, RSS feeds or graphics from other sites or social media buttons, such as the Share Button on Facebook.
If you are on the MEDAGENT website on which third-party content is integrated, a connection to the respective social network may be established. This allows the content of the buttons to be transmitted to your browser and integrated into the website by it. This means that the respective provider always receives the information that you have accessed the MEDAGENT website. It is not relevant whether you are a member of a social network or not logged in to one. Furthermore, regardless of whether you actually interact with the embedded content, information is automatically collected by the social network.
The following data can be transmitted: IP address, browser information and operating systems, screen resolution,
installed browser plugins (e.g. Adobe Flash Player), origin of the visitor (if you followed a link) and the URL of the current page. If you are logged in to one of the social networks while using the MEDAGENT website, the information about the visit to the website may be linked to your membership data and be stored. If you are a member of a social network and do not wish this data transfer, you must log out of the social network before visiting the MEDAGENT website. If you use one of the plug-ins (for example, by commenting or using the Share button), the corresponding provider can immediately assign your visit to the website to your profile. This data is transmitted directly to the social network and stored there. Furthermore, the corresponding information is published in the respective social networks and displayed to your contacts. MEDAGENT has no influence on the scope of the data collected by the social networks. The type, scope and purpose of data collection, information about the further processing of the data, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the data protection regulations of the respective social network. In addition, you have the option of blocking social media plug-ins through add-ons in your browser, thus preventing data transmission.
14. Availability of the data protection regulations
You can access and print these data protection provisions from the MEDAGENT website under the link “Data Protection”.
15. Your contact persons in data protection matters
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact our data protection officers directly, who are also available in cases of requests for information, applications or complaints:
Nicole Menean, executive director
Upon request, you will be informed in writing in accordance with applicable law whether and which personal data has been stored about you.