Privacy Policy

We are delighted by your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of NANOLYTIC GmbH. The use of the NANOLYTIC website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if an individual wishes to use specific services provided by our company through our website, the processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the individual concerned.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of an individual, always occurs in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to NANOLYTIC GmbH. Through this privacy policy, our company aims to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy informs individuals about their rights.

NANOLYTIC GmbH, as the controller responsible for processing, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection of the personal data processed via this website. However, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security vulnerabilities, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, individuals are free to transmit personal data to us through alternative means, such as by telephone.

 

1. Definition of Terms

The privacy policy of NANOLYTIC GmbH is based on the terminology used by the European directives and regulations when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easily readable and understandable for the public, as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in this privacy policy in advance.

In this privacy policy, we use, among others, the following terms
 

a) Personal Data: Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data Subject: A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for processing.

c) Processing: Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

d) Restriction of Processing: Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

e) Profiling: Profiling refers to any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

f) Pseudonymization: Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller: Controller or controller responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor: Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient: Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

j) Third Party: Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

k) Consent: Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

 

2. Name and address of the controller responsible for processing:

The controller, as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in the European Union member states, and other provisions with data protection character, is:

NANOLYTIC GmbH

E-Mail: info@nanolytic.ai

Website: www.nanolytic.ai

 

3. Cookies

The websites of NANOLYTIC GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, NANOLYTIC GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

With the help of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user's benefit. As mentioned above, cookies allow us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, a user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website, as this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject can prevent cookies from being set by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

 

4. Collection of General Data and Information:

The website of NANOLYTIC GmbH collects a series of general data and information with each visit by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The following data can be collected: (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-pages accessed on our website via an accessing system, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information used to fend off threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

NANOLYTIC GmbH does not draw conclusions about the data subject when using this general data and information. Instead, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated statistically by NANOLYTIC GmbH on the one hand and, on the other hand, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company, ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

 

5. Contact Option via the Website:

The website of NANOLYTIC GmbH contains information, as required by legal regulations, enabling rapid electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us, including a general email address. If a data subject contacts the data controller via email or through a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject is automatically stored. Such personal data, voluntarily provided by a data subject to the data controller, is stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no disclosure of this personal data to third parties.

 

6. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data:

The data controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or as required by the European legislator or other applicable legislator in laws or regulations to which the data controller is subject.

Once the storage purpose is no longer applicable or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

 

7. Rights of the Data Subject:
 

a) Right to Confirmation: Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to demand from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

b) Right to Information: Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller free information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information at any time. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

 

  • the purposes of the processing

  • the categories of personal data processed

  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations

  • if possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period

  • the existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing by the controller or to object to such processing

  • the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authorit

  • where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: any available information as to their source

  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to know whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.

c) Right to Rectification: Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to demand the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time.
 

d) Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to demand that the controller delete personal data concerning them without delay if one of the following reasons applies and if processing is not necessary:

 

  • The personal data has been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.

  • The data subject withdraws their consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.

  • The personal data has been unlawfully processed.

  • The erasure of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

  • The personal data has been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the deletion of personal data stored by NANOLYTIC GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of NANOLYTIC GmbH will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately.

If NANOLYTIC GmbH has made personal data public and is obliged, as the controller, to delete the personal data in accordance with Article 17(1) GDPR, NANOLYTIC GmbH will, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other data controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure of all links to such personal data or copies or replications of such personal data, unless the processing is necessary. The employee of NANOLYTIC GmbH will take the necessary steps on a case-by-case basis.

e) Right to Restriction of Processing: Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to demand from the controller the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

  • The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of its use.

  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject requires them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

 

If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by NANOLYTIC GmbH, they can contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of NANOLYTIC GmbH will initiate the restriction of processing.

f) Right to Data Portability: Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was provided, where:

  • The processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; and

  • The processing is carried out by automated means.

Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of NANOLYTIC GmbH at any time.

g) Right to Object: Any individual whose personal data is being processed has the right, as granted by the European legislator, to object to the processing of their personal data for reasons arising from their particular situation, at any time, where such processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. NANOLYTIC GmbH will cease processing the personal data in the event of objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If NANOLYTIC GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of their personal data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to processing by NANOLYTIC GmbH for direct marketing purposes, NANOLYTIC GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

Furthermore, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object to the processing of their personal data by NANOLYTIC GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact any employee of NANOLYTIC GmbH. The data subject is also free, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object using automated procedures where technical specifications are used.

h) Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling: Any individual whose personal data is being processed has the right, as granted by the European legislator, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, unless the decision: (1) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the individual and the data controller, (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the individual's rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the individual's explicit consent.

Where the decision is: (1) necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the individual and the data controller, or (2) based on the individual's explicit consent, NANOLYTIC GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the individual's rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view, and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise rights related to automated decisions, they can contact any employee of the data controller at any time.

i) Right to Withdraw Consent for Data Processing: Any individual whose personal data is being processed has the right, as granted by the European legislator, to withdraw consent for the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can do so by contacting any employee of the data controller at any time.

 

8. Privacy policy regarding the use and implementation of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

The data controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analytics service collects data, among other things, about the website from which a data subject has accessed a website (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for what duration a subpage was viewed. Web analytics is mainly used for the optimization of a website and for cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The data controller uses the "_gat._anonymizeIp" extension for web analytics via Google Analytics. By means of this extension, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google when accessing our website from a member state of the European Union or another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website in order to compile online reports for us, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. By each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the data controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission settlements. By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. Each time our websites are visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may transfer this personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as described above, at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently oppose the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered by Google to be an objection. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted, or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person attributable to their sphere of influence, there is the possibility of reinstalling or reactivating the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail under this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

 

9. The legal basis for processing

Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, such as processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for compliance with tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our premises were injured and his or her name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal grounds, where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR).

 

10. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the data controller or a third party.

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

 

11. Duration for which the personal data is stored
 

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the expiry of the period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or for contract initiation.

 

12. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

 

We inform you that the provision of personal data may be partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also result from contractual provisions (e.g., information about the contractual partner). In some cases, it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract that a data subject provides us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject, for example, is obliged to provide us with personal data when our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would result in the contract with the data subject not being concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences the failure to provide the personal data would have.

 

13. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we refrain from automated decision-making or profiling.

 

 14. Changes to the Privacy Policy
 

14.1. We reserve the right to modify the privacy policy to adapt it to changes in legal requirements or in the service and data processing. However, this only applies to statements regarding data processing. If user consent is required or if parts of the privacy policy contain provisions of the contractual relationship with the users, changes will only be made with the users' consent.

14.2. Users are requested to regularly inform themselves about the content of the privacy policy.