Collection, Processing and Use of Personal Data
You can visit our site without providing any personal information. We only store access data, such as the name of your Internet service provider, the page from which you are visiting us or the name of the requested file. These data are evaluated exclusively for the improvement of our offer and do not allow any conclusion on your person.
Personal data is only collected if you provide it yourself when registering for our newsletter, when creating a user account for the application database, via our contact form or when registering for events or competitions. We use the data provided by you exclusively for the purpose intended by you and, if applicable, for technical administration. When using your user account, the entry of the access data is logged for reasons of abuse control.
No Data Transmission to Third Parties
Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or you explicitly consent to it. Where external service providers come into contact with your personal data, we have taken legal, technical and organisational measures and carried out regular checks to ensure that they comply with the provisions of the data protection laws.
Legal basis for the collection and processing of personal data
As far as we obtain your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of your personal data.
When processing your personal data to fulfil a contract between you and Shimadzu Europe GmbH, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
As far as the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as legal basis.
If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage is no longer applicable. Beyond this, data may be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies on various pages to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your computer. The cookies we use are deleted from your hard disk after the end of the browser session (so-called session cookies). You can deactivate the use of cookies in the settings of your browser. However, this may lead to restrictions in the use of our website.
There are different types of cookies:
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are stored in the user's Internet browser until the browser window is closed and the session cookies are deleted.
Persistent cookies are used for repeated visits and stored in the user's browser for a predefined time.
First-party cookies are set by the website the user visits. Only this website may read information from cookies.
Third-party cookies are set by organizations that are not operators of the website that the user visits. These cookies are used by marketing companies, for example.
Purposes of the Processing
We use cookies to operate the website properly, to provide basic functionality and to tailor our websites to your preferred areas of interest.
Legitimate Interests
Our legitimate interest in data processing within the meaning of Art. 6 Para.1 lit.f GDPR also lies in the aforementioned purposes.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the use of cookies is Art. 6 Para.1 lit.a GDPR and Art. 6 Para.1 lit.f GDPR.
Rights of the Parties concerned
You can delete cookies already stored on your terminal device at any time. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies, you can refuse the acceptance of cookies in your browser. Please refer to your browser manufacturer's instructions to find out how this works in detail.
Matomo
Our website uses Matomo, a so-called web analysis service. Matomo uses the above mentioned "cookies", which allow the analysis of the use of the website. For this purpose, the usage information generated by the cookie (type and version of browser used, operating system used, country of origin, date and time of server installation, number of visits, time spent on the website, links confirmed by you and your shortened IP address) are transmitted to our server and stored for usage analysis purposes, which serves to optimize our website. Your IP address will be immediately made anonymous during this process, so that you as a user remain anonymous to us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be passed on to third parties. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Purposes of Data Processing
We use the collected data for statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for data collection is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para.1 lit. a GDPR.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Information on the duration of storage can be obtained from the provider or at https://matomo.org/privacy
Rights of the Parties concerned
You can deactivate the use of cookies in the settings of your browser. However, this may lead to use limitations on our website.
User Account Registration
You have the possibility to register on our website by entering your personal data and to create a user account.
The data is entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and saved. The data will not be passed on to third parties. User name and e-mail address are collected during the registration process.
Purposes of Data Processing
The purpose of the storage and processing of your data is to access the application database.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the storage and processing of your data is Art. 6 Para.1 lit. a GDPR.
If the registration serves the fulfilment of a contract of which you are a contracting party or the execution of pre-contractual measures, Art. 6 Para.1 lit. b GDPR is additionally the legal basis for the collection and storage of your data.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Your user account data will remain stored until you request the deletion or perform a deletion of your data yourself.
Rights of the Parties concerned
The deletion of your user account is possible at any time by e-mail.
Newsletter
We offer a newsletter to provide you with targeted information about our products and events, seminars and webinars as well as general news about our company. The newsletter will only be sent with your explicit consent. After entering your e-mail you will receive a confirmation e-mail to the specified e-mail address. The newsletter will only be sent after explicit confirmation by clicking on a link provided in the confirmation e-mail (so-called double opt-in).
With the newsletter registration form data are stored. Besides the visible form fields such as e-mail address, first name and last name, the time of registration and the current language are also saved. We need this information to address you personally and to send the newsletter in the correct language.
Purposes of Data Processing
The newsletter informs you about the latest news, products and services of the Shimadzu Group.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the processing of your data within the scope of registration for the newsletter and sending is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para.1 lit.a GDPR.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Your e-mail will be stored until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Rights of the Parties concerned
Of course, you have the right to revoke your consent for the future at any time and to unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking the unsubscribe button in each newsletter. Your e-mail address will be deleted from the newsletter after revocation.
Registration for events or competitions
You have the possibility to register for events (events, seminars) or our competition via our website. The data is entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and saved. The data will not be passed on to third parties. During the registration process, personal data such as name, company, e-mail address and country are collected.
Purposes of Data Processing
The purpose of the processing is to carry out the event or the competition.
Legal Basis
The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
Your personal data collected during the competition will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for the event or competition or if you revoke your consent.
Rights of the Parties concerned
You can revoke your consent to participate in the event and/or the competition at any time. Please contact our data protection officer, whose contact details you will find below.
Contact us
We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us, for example when you contact us. The personal data transmitted to us in this way will of course only be used for the purpose for which you made them available to us when contacting us.
You can also contact us via a contact form on our website. The following information is mandatory: The name of the company, the department, the name of the inquirer, the e-mail and its address. We need this information to process your request. You can also voluntarily provide us with your telephone number and fax number in order to speed up the response to your request and to be able to contact you directly. We use Google ReCaptcha to prevent bots. Further information can be found on their website (https://policies.google.com)
A communication of this information takes place expressly on voluntary basis and with your consent. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request.
Purposes of Data Processing
The purpose of processing your data is to process and respond to your request.
Legitimate Interests
Our legitimate interest in the processing also lies in the purposes described.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the processing of the data that you send us in the course of contacting us is Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f GDPR.
If the contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration
We will delete the data we have received in the course of contacting you as soon as it is no longer needed to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.
Rights of the Parties concerned
You can of course revoke your declarations of consent at any time in the future. Please contact our data protection officer, whose contact details you will find below.
Online presence in social media
We use our online presences Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube to present our services and to communicate with active users. We only use links to these online presences on our website. When using these networks, the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the respective companies apply.
Your Rights
Instruction for revocation in case of consent
You have the right to revoke your data protection consent at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
Instruction on the rights of those affected
We will be happy to provide you with information as to whether and which of your personal data is stored by us. In addition, you have the right to correction (Art. 16 GDPR), the right to limitation of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), the right to cancellation (Art. 17 GDPR), the right of objection (Art. 21 GDPR) and the right to data transferability (Art. 20 GDPR).
Instructions on the right of complaint
Without prejudice to these rights and the possibility of recourse to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you may at any time exercise your right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you are staying, working or suspected of infringing, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is contrary to data protection legislation (Art. 77 GDPR).
Identity and Contact Details of the Controller
The person responsible within the meaning of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
Shimadzu Europe GmbH
Albert-Hahn Str. 6-10
47269 Duisburg, Germany
Contact:
Phone: +49 (0)203 - 76 87-0
Fax: +49 (0)203 - 71 17 34
Mail: info@shimadzu.eu
Data Protection Officer
For these concerns, please contact our data protection officer, who can be contacted at the above address or the following e-mail address:
mailto:datenschutzbeauftragter@shimadzu.eu
Links to websites of other providers
Our websites may contain links to websites of other providers to which this data protection declaration does not apply. If the use of other providers' websites involves the collection, processing or use of personal data, please observe the data protection information of the respective providers.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this data protection declaration at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. Current status is May 2018.