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Privacy Policy & Imprint

Imprint

Cellex Cell Professionals GmbH
Melli-Beese-Str. 9-11
50829 Cologne
Phone: +49 221 2509 0
Fax: +49 221 2509 2998
cellex@cellex.me

Registration court: District Court Cologne
Register number: HRB 102599
Managing director: Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Ehninger, Dr. Armin Ehninger, Carla Kreissig
Tax Number: 217/5717/3013

Data Protection & Copyright

If there is an opportunity of entering personal data (email adresses, names, adresses) within this website, this is entirely voluntary. We explicitly declare that we will not pass this pata to third parties.

The Medical Device Safety Officer

MPS.Beauftragter@cellex.me

The Medical Device Safety Officer carries out the following tasks as a central office within the company:

  1. contact person for authorities, manufacturers and distributors in connection with reports of risks of medical devices as well as in the implementation of safety corrective measures in the field and other necessary corrective measures,
  2. coordination of internal processes to fulfill the reporting and cooperation obligations of users and operators and
  3. coordinating the implementation of corrective actions and safety corrective actions.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP adress will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP adress will be first transfered to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

The IP-adress, that your browswer conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser.

Disclaimer

Despite careful control, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators are exclusively responsible for the content of linked pages.

Data Privacy

I. Name and address of the controller

The controller as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other national data protection laws of the Member States of the European Union, and other data protection provisions is:

Cellex Cell Professionals GmbH

Melli-Beese-Str. 9-11
50829 Cologne
Phone: +49 221 2509 0
Fax: +49 221 2509 2998
cellex@cellex.me
Website: www.cellex.me,

represented by the Managing Directors Prof. Dr.med. Gerhard Ehninger, Dr. Armin Ehninger, Carla Kreissig

II. Name and address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:

Beverly Look
Phone: +49 221 2509 2985
Fax: +49 221 2509 2998
E-mail: datenschutz@cellex.me
Website: www.cellex.me

III. General information on data processing

1. Scope of the processing of personal data

As a matter of principle, we process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our contents and services. The processing of our users’ personal data is regularly only carried out with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases in which it is not possible to obtain prior consent for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations.

2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

3. Data erasure and storage period

The personal data of the data subject will be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies. Storage for a longer period may take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires unless there is a necessity for the continued storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

IV. Provision of the website and creation of log files

1. Description and scope of data processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected:

  • Information about the browser type and the version used
  • The user’s operating system
  • The user’s IP address
  • The date and time of access
  • Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website
  • Websites that are accessed by the user’s system via our website
  • The amount of data transferred

The log files contain IP addresses or other data that enable an assignment to a user. This could be the case, for example, if the link to the website from which the user calls up our website or the link to the website that the user calls up from our website contains personal data.

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. The log data is anonymised immediately after the page is requested by zeroing the last 12 bits of the IP address. The anonymised user data is processed and statistically evaluated to optimise our website.

This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, we use the data to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

These purposes are also our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of storage

The data is erased as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. The IP address is anonymised immediately after the website is accessed.

5. Possibility of objection and elimination

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

V. Use of cookies

1. Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

  • Language settings
  • Log-in information

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised by technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

When calling up our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes, and their consent to the processing of personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, a reference to this Privacy Policy is also made.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change. We require cookies for the following applications:

  • Adoption of language settings
  • Information about access to the website

The user data collected via technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles.

These purposes are also our legitimate interest in processing the personal data pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of storage, possibility of objection and removal

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted from it to our website. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

VI. Web analysis services

We use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) on our website to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. We use Matomo without the use of tracking cookies. We have deactivated the use of tracking cookies provided for in the basic configuration of Matomo to ensure a particularly data protection-friendly procedure. If individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored by Matomo:

  • Two bytes of the IP address of the user’s calling system
  • The website accessed
  • The website from which the user called up the accessed website (referrer)
  • The sub-pages that are called up from the accessed website
  • The time spent on the website
  • The frequency with which the website is accessed

The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. The data collected from a website visit is only stored there. Matomo is set up in such a way that the IP addresses are not stored in full, but 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx ). In this way, it is no longer possible to assign the shortened IP address to the calling computer.

The legal basis for the processing of the users’ personal data is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The processing of the users’ personal data enables us to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information on the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continuously improve our website and its user-friendliness. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in processing the data pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. By anonymising the IP address, we sufficiently consider the interest of users in the protection of their personal data.

The (anonymised) data is automatically erased after 180 days at the latest.

VII. Tools and other

Google Maps

On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visually present geographical information. By using this service, our location is shown to you and a possible journey is made easier.

When you call up the sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account via which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles but you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and therefore also the map display on this website can then not be used.

You can view Google’s Terms of Service at http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html and the Additional Terms of Service for Google Maps at https://www.google.com/intl/en/help/terms_maps/. Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on Google’s website (“Google Privacy Policy”): http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest as defined by Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website run by Google. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest as defined by Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s Privacy Policy at https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy

Facebook

On our web pages, we offer you the option of sharing the page you are currently viewing on Facebook. This is only integrated on our website as an external link to the corresponding services. After clicking on the embedded graphic, you will be redirected to the provider’s page. Only then will user information be transmitted to the provider. If you do not want Facebook to receive data, please do not click on the graphic. For information on how Facebook handles your personal data, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

VIII. E-mail contact

1. Description and scope of data processing

It is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

In this context, the data is not passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted when sending an e-mail is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact aims to achieve the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence lit. b GDPR.

3. Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of e-mail contact by the user is to apply for a job vacancy. We collect, store and process your data only insofar as this is necessary for processing your enquiry and for correspondence with you.

4. Duration of storage

The data will be erased as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation has ended when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.

The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be erased after a period of seven days at the latest.

5. Possibility of objection and removal

The user may revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. The revocation can be sent in writing to the controller or by e-mail to the Data Protection Officer.

All personal data stored over the course of the contact will be erased in this case.

IX. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject as defined by the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

1. Right of access

You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If there is such processing, you may request access from the controller to the following information:

  • The purposes for which the personal data are processed
  • The categories of personal data which are processed
  • The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed
  • The planned duration of the storage of the personal data relating to you or, if specific information on this duration is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage period
  • The existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
  • The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • Any available information about the source of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject

You have the right to request information on whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to rectification

You have a right to obtain from the controller rectification and/or completion if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the rectification without undue delay.

3. Right to restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:

If you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data

If the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of the personal data instead

If the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

If you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds

If the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data may – with the exception of storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State. If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to erasure

Obligation to erase

You may request the erasure of the personal data concerning you by the controller without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:

The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed

You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a or Article 9 paragraph 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal ground for the processing

You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 paragraph 2 GDPR

The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully

Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17 paragraph 1 GDPR, the controller shall, taking account of the available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform data controllers that are processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to erase all links to, or copies or replications of, the personal data concerned.

Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply insofar as the processing is necessary:

for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information

for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of 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 area of public health pursuant to Article paragraph 2 lit. h and i and Article 9 paragraph 3 GDPR

for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, insofar as the right to erasure described above is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing

for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

5. Right to be informed

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the controller.

6. Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was provided, provided that

the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, Article 9 paragraph 2 lit. a GDPR or a contract pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR

the processing is carried out by means of automated procedures

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not affect the freedoms and rights of other persons. The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right to object

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 carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR. The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims. In connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

8. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until this consent is revoked.

9. Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right 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 you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant about the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 GDPR.