Privacy policy

The use of our online offer for informative purposes is possible without providing personal data.

When providing our online offer, the server on which these pages are hosted collects connection data such as the IP address from which the request is made, the Internet browser used, operating system type, date and time of access, etc. by default (server log files). There is no automatic assignment to the user’s name, address or e-mail address. The collection of this data is necessary for technical reasons for the delivery of the content and the optimization of the offer for the end devices used and may also be used to clarify any misuse of our offer. Their processing is based on art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data will normally be deleted after 7 days at the latest. If the data is required as evidence to clarify any misuse, it will only be deleted after this purpose has been fulfilled.

You have the possibility to contact us via various contact channels indicated on this page (by post, telephone, e-mail or fax). If you make use of this voluntary option, we store the content of your enquiry and the contact data you provide us with your enquiry for the purpose of processing and responding to it. This is based on art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; furthermore, your contacting us implies your consent to process your contact data for this purpose, and the processing is justified by art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR. If the communication is relevant under commercial or tax law, art. 6 para. 1 lit. e may be added. If you have given your consent to receive our electronic newsletter, art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. also applies. The data shall be retained for a maximum period of one year, after which it shall be checked whether a basis for the retention pursuant to art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, b, e or f still exists, otherwise the data shall be deleted.

We integrate services of the provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, on our website in order to provide optimal functionality of the site, a uniform, appealing and easily understandable presentation for all users, and a comprehensive range of information. We also use these services to protect our website from misuse, in particular, to protect our contact forms from access by automated programs. A functional web presence at the current technological state represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the case of integrated videos from the provider YouTube, we also obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a German Data Protection Act (DSGVO) before playing them. The services used are:

Google Fonts
Google Maps
Google reCAPTCHA
Matomo

When loading web pages into which these services are integrated, certain personal data, in particular IP addresses, time and date of access and cookies, can be automatically transferred to the service provider. Google Inc. is a contract data processor subject to the provisions of the GDPR and publishes a data protection declaration at the following external address: Privacy Policy. The use of cookies for personalised advertising on the Internet may be prohibited at the following address: Settings for advertising. You also have the option of configuring your web browser so that no cookies are transmitted. For technical reasons, the transmission of IP addresses is unavoidable with any use of the Internet. A combination of the data collected by these services with the data available at Mint Medical does not take place.

Data is collected and stored on this website using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service of InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Mataomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes pursuant to art. 6 Para. 1 letter f GDPR. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the visitor’s Internet browser. The cookies enable, among other things, the recognition of the Internet browser. The data collected with Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers. .
The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, then you can object to the subsequent storage and use at any time by mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note that the complete deletion of your cookies means that the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and may have to be activated again by you.

We would be glad to inform you about our product in other ways, for example by telephone, product brochures or in a personal meeting. If you do not agree with the data protection policy implemented on this website, please contact us on another channel; the use of the website is therefore purely optional and not absolutely necessary for the use of our information offer. The continued use of this website may therefore be understood as consent to the data processing described here in accordance with art. 6 para. 1 lit. a.

Your rights

You have the right to receive information at any time and free of charge as to whether and what data we store about you and for what purpose the data is processed (art. 15 GDPR). You have the right to have the stored data corrected (art. 16 GDPR). You also have the right to receive the personal data stored on you in a structured, current and machine-readable format (art. 20 GDPR). In accordance with art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to ask us to delete your personal data. We are obliged to comply with this request without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

• The purposes for which the data was processed no longer apply.
• The legal basis of the processing – e.g. an existing contractual relationship, a contractual relationship in preparation or your consent – has ceased to exist and no other legal basis pursuant to art. 6 para. 1 GDPR exists.
• The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union, Federal or State law.

You also have the right to request a restriction on the processing (art. 18 GDPR) if you doubt the accuracy of the personal data, if the processing is unlawful but you do not wish to have it deleted, or if the processing purpose has ceased but you need the data to assert legal claims.

The contact person for these procedures is the above-mentioned responsible body.

If you believe that the processing of your data does not comply with the GDPR, you have the right of appeal to the supervisory authority (art. 77 GDPR). Please contact the responsible supervisory authority.

Furthermore, you have the possibility to change your settings for communication via our website at any time. Under Approval Settings you can disable and reactivate the use of cookies, and under unsubscibe from newsletter you can unsubscribe you e-mail address from our mailing system.

The use of published postal addresses, telephone or fax numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes is prohibited, offenders sending unwanted spam messages will be punished.