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Data Protection on our Website

In the following, we inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data on our website by the responsible provider PAION Pharma GmbH, Heussstr. 25, 52078 Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany, hereinafter referred to as “PAION Pharma”. We base our content on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as the data protection provisions of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) are no longer applicable as of May 25, 2018.

General Data Protection Notices

Who is responsible for this website? How can you contact us regarding data protection issues? How can you contact our data protection officer? All this is explained in the legal notice.

Of course, you have numerous personal rights that we are happy to fulfill:

  • Information
    We fulfill our obligation to provide information in the data protection statement presented here.
  • Rectification
    You can request the correction of incorrect data.
  • Erasure
    You can request the erasure of your data, provided that the numerous exceptions of the GDPR do not apply.
  • Restriction of processing
    You can request that your data no longer be actively used (e.g. if you doubt the accuracy of the data).
  • Right to object to our „legitimate interests“
    If there are overriding interests in your individual case that outweigh our operational interests, you can object to the processing. In many cases, this can be done via a so-called „opt-out“. In many cases, this can be done via a so-called „opt-out“.
  • Data portability
    If you actively provide data and the legal basis for the processing is (a) your consent or (b) our contractual relationship, you can request that we provide you with this data in electronic form. (a) Your consent or (b) represents our contractual relationship, you may request that we provide you with this data in electronic form.

Retrieval of information from the website

As part of normal „surfing“ on our website, the following data is collected and used to deliver web pages to you:

  • Date and time (We can use this to make a temporal assignment and use this to localize technical problems, for example.
  • IP address (The collection of the IP address is necessary so that the web server can send you the requested data).
  • The requested data (Which file are you requesting? In which subdirectory is it located?)
  • The port via which you are requesting the data (This information is sent automatically by your browser. You will receive the requested web page via this port).
  • The referring website (Some browsers also send the URL of the previously used website with each request).
  • Name of the browser you are using to surf the Internet (This information is sent automatically by your browser. We may use this information so that the content can be optimally displayed. Your browser may also send other information, e.g. about installed programs)
  • The status of the retrieval (Here we can see whether the desired website exists and could be successfully delivered to you)
  • Miscellaneous: For the sake of completeness, it should be mentioned that your browser may send additional data to our web server (name of the browser, screen resolution, etc.). Naturally, we have no influence on this.

The data described above is only stored in the web server’s memory for fractions of a second. This process is technically absolutely necessary in order to make a website available, which is why we have a „legitimate interest“ within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) GDPR. The web server is located at a German operator.

Due to the nature of the Internet, this data is inevitably processed on a large number of servers until your request arrives on our web server; therefore, collection and use is also possible in „third countries“ (e.g. the USA). PAION Pharma has no influence on this process.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk by your browser. This is useful for various purposes in order to customize a website to the user.

Deactivating and deleting cookies is an important topic. You can find general instructions here. We also recommend the website www.youronlinechoices.com.

With regard to the storage period and access rights, the following cookies are stored on the visitor’s computer:

  1. a) Own cookies with a short duration („session cookies“)

These cookies are used for the functionality of our own website. The legal basis is our „legitimate interest“ within the meaning of Article 6 (1f) GDPR. These cookies are deleted as soon as you close the browser.

  1. b) Own cookies with a longer runtime

These cookies (_pk_*, duration: 1 day to 16 months) allow us to recognize your browser in the long term, provided you have consented to this. This enables us to adapt the content even ‘tomorrow’ or ‘next’ week. This website uses Piwik (a software) for statistical analysis of visitor traffic. Piwik uses ‘cookies’. The information generated by the cookie is stored on the website’s server in Germany. The IP address is anonymized immediately after collection and before it is stored by shortening it. The stored information includes the shortened IP address, the time of the visit, the operating system, the browser version, and the referrer. The collected data is deleted after one year and is solely used to improve the web offering of PAION Pharma. You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly (see above); however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website. This also includes the cookie cc1601, which is stored for one year. This cookie is required to save your selection of allowed cookies.

Links to other websites

The data protection principles described here apply only to this website. We have no influence over the content of third-party websites, including those to which our website links. Please familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and other legal statements of third-party websites. It is not possible to continuously monitor the content of linked sites. PAION Pharma cannot guarantee the data protection standards of all websites linked to, nor assume liability for their content.

Contact us about data protection:

You are also welcome to contact us regarding data protection issues. You have the following options for doing so:

  • Do you have general questions or concerns about data protection? Then send us an e-mail to privacy@paion.com . Your e-mail will be forwarded to employees in our company who are specially trained in data protection. This enables us to support you quickly and unbureaucratically. Alternatively, you can of course contact us using the contact details provided in the legal notice. This is the correct address for any specific questions and concerns regarding your data.
  • Would you like to contact our data protection officer in particular? Then send him/her an email to genderka@emge-data.de Our data protection officer is not responsible for ensuring that your specific requests are fulfilled (information, etc.); rather, he/she is available to answer your confidential questions and general legal matters.

Your right to lodge a complaint in data protection matters:

In accordance with Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority. The contact details are: LDI NRW, Kavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, GERMANY, Tel. 0049-211-38424-0, www.ldi.nrw.de.

You are welcome to contact us first before contacting the supervisory authority. If we are unable to help you, you can still contact the above-mentioned authority to lodge a complaint.

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