Privacy Policy

 


Information about the collection of personal data

  1. The protection of your personal data is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed. Personal data is any data that can be personally identified as you, such as your name, address, email address, or user behavior.
  2. The responsible party pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the Hösel Eye Doctor's Practice (Dr. med. Mathias Roth, Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Stupp); info@augen-hoesel.de, Heiligenhauserstr. 1, 40883 Ratingen. Our data protection officer, Ms. Karina Kötte, can be reached at Heiligenhauserstr. 1, 40883 Ratingen. Telephone 49 2102 14 60 8 60, email: info@augen-hoesel.de.
  3. If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offering or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. We will also state the specified criteria for the storage period.



Your rights


  1. If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR. You have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller:
  • Right to information,
  • Right to rectification or erasure,
  • Right to restriction of processing,
  • Right to object to processing,
  • Right to data portability.
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the legality of processing carried out on the basis of the consent until withdrawal.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

  1. Our data protection officer will provide information or explanations regarding data protection (see contact details above). If you wish to exercise your right of objection or revocation under the GDPR, please send us an email to info@augen-hoesel.de or a letter to Heiligenhauserstr. 1, 40883 Ratingen, with a corresponding declaration.



Collection of personal data when visiting our website


  1. If you use the website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or provide us with any information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR):
  • IP Address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • amount of data transferred
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. When data is collected to provide the website, this is the case when the respective session ends. The collection of data to provide the website is essential for the operation of our website. Therefore, you have no right to object.

  1. In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you use. They allow certain information to be sent to the location that placed the cookies (here, this is us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are designed to make the internet more user-friendly and effective.
  2. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
  • Transient cookies (see a)
  • Persistent cookies (see b)
  1. a) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser. b) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time using your browser's security settings. c) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website. d) We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account in our colleague portal. Otherwise, you will have to log in again for each visit.



Objection or revocation against the processing of your data


  1. If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time. Such a revocation affects the legality of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us. You can also object to the storage of your personal data. In this case, all personal data stored during the contact process will be deleted.
  2. If we base the processing of your personal data on a balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case, in particular, if the processing is not necessary to fulfill a contract with you, which we will explain in the following description of the functions. If you exercise such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we do. If your objection is justified, we will examine the situation and either stop or adapt the data processing or explain our compelling legitimate reasons for continuing the processing.
  3. Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for data analysis purposes at any time.
  4. You can inform us of your revocation/objection using the following contact details: Send us an email to info@augen-hoesel.de or a letter to our address Heiligenhauserstr. 1, 40883 Ratingen, with a corresponding declaration if you wish to exercise your right of objection or revocation under the GDPR. You can also contact our data protection officer, see Section 1 (2).



Google Maps


  1. We use Google Maps on our website. If you click on the corresponding link, you can view our locations on interactive maps and conveniently use the map function.
  2. If you click on the corresponding link, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data specified in Section 3 of this declaration will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; you must contact Google to exercise this right. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
  3. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.