Data Protection

Information about the collection of personal data on our homepage

Dear visitor to our homepage, we would like to inform you that personal data is collected when you visit our homepage. Personal data is data that can be related to you personally (e.g. name, email, user behavior).

Responsible for collecting and storing data in our practice is:

c/o INUSpheresis Center Berlin GbR

Leipziger Platz 15

10117 Berlin

Germany

Your rights regarding the data we hold about you
You have the following rights towards us:

Right to rectification and deletion
Right to data portability
Right to restriction of processing
Right to information
Right to object to processing

You will receive free information at any time about the personal data we have stored about you as well as the origin, recipient and purpose of data collection and data processing. You also have the right to request that your data be corrected, blocked or deleted. Excluded from this are data that must be stored due to legal regulations, such as in the context of our statutory health insurance activities within the framework of SGB V. So that a data block can be implemented at any time, data is kept in an internal block file for control purposes. If data is not collected by a legal archiving requirement, we will delete your data at your request. If the archiving requirement applies, we will block your data. For all questions and concerns regarding the correction, blocking or deletion of personal data, please contact the contact persons listed above using the contact details in this data protection declaration.

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

The responsible supervisory authority for the state of Berlin:
Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Friedrichstraße 219, 10969 Berlin

Collection of personal data when you visit our website:

Our homepage serves exclusively to provide information about our practice, our range of treatments and therapeutic and diagnostic options for various diseases. When you visit our homepage, only the data that is transmitted from your browser to our server is collected. This data is necessary so that you can see our homepage and navigate it. The legal basis for collecting the data is Article 6 Paragraph 1 f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Specifically, the following data is collected when you visit our homepage:

IP address
Type of browser, as well as its language and version
Operating system and its interface
Access status/http status code
Date and time of the request, as well as the time zone
Content of the request and homepage from which it comes
Amount of data transferred

This data will be deleted when it is no longer required.

Cookies:

In addition to this data, we also use cookies on our homepage. These are small text files that are saved on your computer (in your browser) after you visit our homepage. If you then visit our homepage again, the browser you are using will send the information stored in the cookie to our homepage and can, for example, make navigation easier because default settings are adopted. Cookies are not viruses and cannot install malware or spy programs on the computer. They are short texts that are exchanged between the web server and browser. The following types of cookies are used on our homepage:

Transient cookies (temporary cookies)
These cookies are only stored for the duration of your browser use. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to the homepage. As soon as you close the browser, these cookies are automatically deleted.

Persistent cookies (time-limited cookies)
These cookies only differ from transient cookies in that they are not automatically deleted when the browser is closed, but only after a preset time. However, you can delete these cookies at any time via your browser settings. You can also use our homepage without the use of cookies, which may mean that some of the displays and functions of our offering may only work to a limited extent. If you would like to deactivate cookies, you can do this via special settings in your browser. The best way to do this is to use your browser's help function to make the appropriate changes. You can generally display and manage online advertising cookies via the following links:

Contact form / email contact:

If you send us appointment requests or inquiries via email or contact form on our homepage, the data you provide (email address, name, telephone number) will be stored in order to be able to answer your questions. This data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed and there are no legal retention requirements. This data will not be made accessible to third parties.
Please note that we will receive your data from the contact form via email in the practice. The transmission is encrypted. IT experts often remind people of the principle that if you wouldn't send it as a postcard, you shouldn't send it by email. Therefore, please do not send us any confidential information/data by email or using the contact form on the homepage, but rather by post or telephone. Please understand that we decline any liability for unsolicited data/e-mails.

Collection of access data / server log files:

The delivery and presentation of content via our homepage technically requires the collection of certain data. When you access our homepage, these so-called server log files are recorded by us or the web space provider. The corresponding information consists of the name of the homepage, the file, the current date, the amount of data, the web browser and its version, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet provider, the referrer URL as the page from which you have switched to our site, as well as the corresponding IP address. These log files do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you or yourself. We use this data to display and deliver our content and for statistical purposes. The information supports the provision and constant improvement of our offering. We also reserve the right to subsequently check the data mentioned if there is suspicion of illegal use of our offer.

Objection to advertising emails:

As part of the legal imprint obligation, we have to publish our contact details. These are sometimes used by third parties to send unwanted advertising and information. We hereby object to any sending of advertising material of any kind that we have not expressly authorized. We also expressly reserve the right to take legal action against the unwanted and unsolicited sending of advertising material. This applies in particular to so-called spam emails, spam letters and spam faxes. We would like to point out that the unauthorized transmission of advertising material can affect competition law, civil law and criminal law. Spam emails and spam faxes in particular can result in high costs. Claims for damages on our part may result if they disrupt practice operations by overfilling mailboxes or fax machines.

Third Party Content and Services:

The offer on our homepage may also include content, services and services from other providers that complement our offer. On the one hand, this happens with so-called plug-ins. These are software extensions or additional modules that expand the functions of our homepage. Examples of such offers are maps from Google Maps, YouTube videos or graphic representations from third parties. Accessing these services from third parties regularly requires the transmission of your IP address. This makes it possible for these providers to perceive your user IP address and also store it. We make every effort to only include third parties that use IP addresses solely to deliver the content. However, we have no influence on which third party may store the IP address. This storage can, for example, serve statistical purposes. If we become aware of storage processes by third parties, we will immediately inform our users of this fact in this data protection declaration. In this context, please also note the following special data protection declarations for individual third-party providers and service providers whose services we use on our homepage. You can also find these in this data protection declaration.

Google Analytics:

We use Google Analytics on our homepage. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. Google uses cookies. The information generated by cookies about the use of the homepage is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering and to provide us with other services related to the use of this online offering and internet usage. We have expanded Google Analytics to include the code “anonymizeIP”. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. In exceptional cases, the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The code extension “anonymizeIp” caps the last 8 bits of the user’s IP address. By using this code, only a rough localization of users is possible. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. It may then not be possible to use all functions of the homepage to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the online offering and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .
It is also possible to set an opt-out cookie, which prevents the future collection of your data when you visit our homepage. Information on integrating an opt-out cookie can be found at:
http://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/?hl=de#disable .
Further information on data use by Google, settings and objection options can be found on the Google websites (“Use of data by Google when you use our partners’ homepages or apps”):
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners/ .
Google's privacy policy and terms of use can be found at:
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (“Advertising”).
Find out more about the data protection conditions of Google and Google Analytics at:
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or below
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ .

Google Maps plugin

Our homepage uses Google Maps to display maps and create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. By visiting the homepage, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding page on our website. This happens regardless of whether you have a Google user account or are logged in through it. If you are logged in via a Google user account while using the homepage, the data will be assigned directly to your user account. If you do not want this, you must log out of Google before using our homepage.

Google saves your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users of the social network about their activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this you must contact Google. Details on the use of data and the data protection regulations can be found at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ can be viewed.

Facebook plug-in:

If you do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our homepage, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our homepage.

Background:

Our homepage uses so-called social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) from the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., California 94025, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, USA (“Facebook”).
These plug-ins are marked with a Facebook logo. When you access our homepage, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the homepage. By integrating the plug-ins, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page on our homepage. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. Please note that this information is exchanged when you visit our homepage, regardless of whether you interact with the plug-ins. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the “Like” button, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored there. For Facebook, your visit to our site is assigned to your user account. We have no knowledge of what type of content is transmitted to Facebook or how Facebook uses it. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information ( http://www.facebook.com/policy.php ).

Google+ plug-in (Google Plus plug-in):

We use Google+ functions on our homepage. The social network is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google+ allows you to publish content globally through its button. You will also be offered personalized content from Google and partner providers. Google saves your rating (+1) on the content and information of homepages that you clicked on when you assigned a +1. Your +1 rating can be displayed with your profile name and photo in other Google services. Google tracks your overall 1+ activities. This collection serves to optimize and personalize the Google offer for you. To use the Google+ platform, you create a globally visible profile under a name of your choice. The name you choose also applies to the other Google services. Anyone who knows your email address can access your Google+ profile. Google uses the data collected as part of its data protection regulations, among other things, to create statistics that are passed on in aggregate to partner companies or used for other purposes. Details on the use of data and the data protection regulations can be found at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ can be viewed. The link also contains information about individual data protection settings on Google+.