Data Protection

1. Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you visit our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that allows you to be personally identified.

1.2 Responsible for the data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is IMP GmbH, Osterather Str. 6 M, 41460 Neuss, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0) 2131 40 243 10, Fax: +49 ( 0) 2131 40 243 11, E-Mail: info@imp-group.de. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

1.3 For reasons of security and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (for example, orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or Internet connection. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar.

2. Data collection when visiting our website
In the case of merely informative use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display the website:

• Our visited website
• Date and time at the time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source / reference from which you came to the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if necessary in anonymised form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server logfiles should concrete evidence point to unlawful use.

3. Hosting

3.1 Hosting services by a third party
Within the framework of a processing on our behalf, a third party provider provides the services for hosting and displaying the website. This serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominantly justified in the interests of weighing up our interests, in order to correctly present our offer. All data collected as part of the use of this website or in designated forms in the online shop as described below will be processed on its servers. Processing on other servers takes place only in the frame explained here. This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

4. Data collection and use for contract execution and opening a customer account

According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, personal data will continue to be collected and processed when you provide it to us for the purpose of concluding a contract or opening a customer account. Which data are collected, can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done with a message to the above mentioned address of the person responsible. We save and use the data you have provided for the execution of the contract. After completion of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after expiration of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or a legally permitted further data use by our side which we will inform you accordingly below.

4.1 What is personal data?
Personal data is information about a specific or identifiable natural person. A determinable natural person is a person who can be identified directly or indirectly by means of a feature. A characteristic may be a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier or specific information on the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person. Not personal data is data that is anonymous or aggregated and can no longer be used to identify a particular natural person, whether in combination with other data or otherwise.

4.2 How do we use your personal information?
We collect personal information if you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order, when contacting us (for example, by contact form or e-mail) or when opening a customer account. Obligatory fields are marked as such, since in these cases we need the data for contract execution, or to process your contact or opening the customer account and you can not complete the order and / or opening the account without their information, or can not send the contact, Which data are collected, can be seen from the respective input forms.

4.3 How long do we retain your personal information?
We use the data provided by you to process the contract and process your inquiries. After completion of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use, the is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by a message to the contact option described below or via a designated function in the customer account. If third-party personal data, e.g. IP addresses or using cookie transaction data, processed, we have no influence on the duration of processing. This privacy policy includes links to third-party privacy policies. There you can find out about the duration of the processing.

4.4 How do we protect your personal information?
Your personal information is protected by technical and organizational security measures to minimize risks associated with their loss, misuse, unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure and alteration. For example, we use data encryption, physical access restrictions for our data centers, and data access authorization controls.

4.5 Information, control and correction of your personal data
We respect your legal right to information, correction and cancellation or restriction of the use of your personal data. We also take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate and up-to-date.

• You have the right to know which personal data we store about you.
• Upon request, we will provide you with a copy of your personal information in a structured, common and machine-readable format.
• If your personal information is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or complete it.
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by us.
• You may also request us to delete your personal information or limit its use. This right is governed by applicable law and may affect your access to our services.

4.6 Voluntariness of data provision
The provision of personal data when visiting our website is neither required by law nor by contract nor required for a contract. You are also not required to provide the personal information when visiting our website, however, the collection of the IP address of your PC when visiting our website automatically. With regard to the use of cookies, we refer to the point "Cookies and web analysis" in our privacy policy. Our legitimate interest in collecting data within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO follows from the fact that we are unable to process your request (registration, contact, order, newsletter) without your data.

5. Contact

When contacting us (for example via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data are collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used solely for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question is finally clarified and provided that no statutory storage requirements are in conflict.

6. Use of your data for direct mail

6.1 Registration for our e-mail newsletter
If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. Mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address alone. The indication of further possible data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have explicitly confirmed to us that you agree to the sending of the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking on a link that you wish to receive newsletters in the future. By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we will save your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace a possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for promotional purposes by means of the newsletter. You can cancel the newsletter at any time via the provided link in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person named above. After cancellation, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately in our newsletter distribution, as far as you have not expressly consented to a further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data usage, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

6.2 Newsletter distribution via CleverReach
Our e-mail newsletter is sent via the technical service provider CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede ("CleverReach"), to which we pass on your data provided during the newsletter registration. This transfer is made in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO and serves our legitimate interest in the use of a promotional, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data entered by you for the purpose of receiving a newsletter (e-mail address, for example) will be stored on the servers of CleverReach in Germany or Ireland. CleverReach uses this information for sending and statistical evaluation of the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the emails sent include so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which represent one-pixel image files stored on our website. This way you can determine if a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. With the help of the so-called conversion tracking it can also be analyzed whether after clicking on the link in the newsletter a predefined action has taken place (for example purchase of a product on our website). In addition, technical information is collected (e.g., time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data are collected exclusively pseudonymized and are not linked to your other personal data, a direct personal reference is excluded. This data is for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns only. The results of these analyzes can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of the recipient. If you want to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We have entered into a contract processing agreement with CleverReach, in which we commit CleverReach to protect our customers' data and not to disclose them to third parties. Read more about CleverReach data analysis here: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/. You can view the CleverReach privacy policy here: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

You may give us the following consent, which we reproduce here only for your information:
"I agree that IMP GmbH, Osterather Str. 6 M, D-41460 Neuss, uses my e-mail address given to inform me periodically about product and service offers, coupon and coupon promotions as well as competitions, I can revoke my consent at any time to IMP GmbH, Osterather Str. 6 M, D-41460 Neuss."
We point out that a revocation does not affect the legality of the processing granted until the revocation (no retroactive effect of the revocation).

7. Cookies and web analytics

7.1 Cookies
In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. These small text files are placed on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, e.g. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us or our partners (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser the next time you visit it (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information, such as browser and location data as well as IP address values, to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. The duration of each cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

Some of the cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (for example, remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies, the processing will be carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of granted consent or pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO for safeguarding our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

We may work with advertising partners to help us make our web site more interesting to you. For this purpose, in this case, when you visit our website, cookies from partner companies are stored on your hard disk (third-party cookies). If we cooperate with aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in the following paragraphs.

Please note that you can use the settings of your browser, so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or can exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browser under the following links:

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
Opera: https://help.opera.com/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note: If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
 

7.2 Google (Universal) Analytics for web analytics
Google (Universal) Analytics Google Universal Analytics with demographics. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on a server, in which case it may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

This website uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp ()", which ensures anonymization of the IP address by curtailment and excludes a direct personal reference. The extension will truncate your IP address beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be sent to a server of Google LLC.in the USA and shortened there. In these exceptional cases, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available at the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

In the case of transmission of personal data to the Google LLC. Based in the US, Google LLC has become, is certified for the us European Data Protection Convention "Privacy Shield", which ensures compliance with the data protection standard in force in the EU. A current certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list.

This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic conducted through a user ID. When a page is called up for the first time, the user is assigned a unique, permanent and anonymized ID, which is set across all devices. This makes it possible to assign interaction data from different devices and from different sessions to a single user. The user ID does not contain any personal data and does not transmit it to Google. Data collection and storage via the user ID can be contradicted at any time with effect for the future. To do this, you'll need to disable Google Analytics on any system you use, such as another browser or your mobile device.

This website also uses the "demographics" feature of Google Analytics. This can be used to generate reports that include statements about demographic data such as age, gender, and the interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google, the Google Display Network, as well as third-party visitor data. You can disable this feature at any time through the ad settings in your Google Account, or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown immediately. You can deactivate it using a Google browser plugin (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click on this link to prevent the collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

More information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en&ref_topic=6010376.

This website also uses the DoubleClick cookie as part of the use of Google Analytics, which allows you to recognize your browser when visiting other websites. This serves the preservation of our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing up of interests, for an optimal marketing of our website. The information automatically generated by the cookie about visiting this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address is shortened by activating the IP anonymization on this website prior to transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. The anonymized IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Google will use this information to compile reports on website activity and to provide other website-related services. This serves the preservation of our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a weighing up of interests, for an optimal marketing of our website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or as far as third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google Double Click is an offer from Google LLC. (www.google.de).

Google LLC is headquartered in the US and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. As a result of this agreement between the US and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can disable the DoubleClick cookie through this link. In addition, you can inform yourself about the setting of cookies and make adjustments to the Digital Advertising Alliance. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide on their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general. Failure to accept cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

7.2 Google Tag Manager
We also use Google Tag Manager to manage the usage-based advertising services. The Tag Manager tool itself is a cookie-free domain and does not collect personally identifiable information. Rather, the tool is responsible for triggering other tags that may collect data (see above). If you've opted out at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

8. Using Videos

8.1 Youtube Video Plugins
On this website content from third party providers are included. This content is provided by Google LLC ("Provider"). Youtube is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). For videos from Youtube that are included on our site, the advanced privacy setting is enabled. This means that no information is collected and stored on Youtube by website visitors, unless they are playing the video. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as their rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the privacy policy of Google https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy."

9. Sending evaluation reminders by e-mail

We use your e-mail address as a one-off reminder to submit an evaluation of your order for the rating system we use, provided that you give us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the controller.

10. Tools and Miscellaneous

10.1 Google Maps
On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographic information. By using this service you will be shown our location and will facilitate your arrival. Already when you visit the subpages where the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) will be sent to servers of Google transferred to the US and stored there. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you're logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. According to Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR, such an evaluation is based on the legitimate interests of Google in the display of personalized advertising, market research and / or tailor-made design of its website. You have a right of objection to the formation of these user profiles, and you must comply with this to Google. US-based Google LLC is certified under the US Privacy Shield, which ensures compliance with the level of data protection in the EU. If you disagree with the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you can also disable the Google Maps web service completely by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and the map display on this website can not be used. Google's Terms of Use can be viewed at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html, see the additional Google Maps Terms of Service https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html For details on privacy related to the use of Google Maps, please visit the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

11. Contact and your rights

The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data protection rights (information and intervention rights) to the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, which we inform you about below:

• Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about the personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data was or is disclosed planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing, objection to the processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if they were not collected by us, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing, as well as your right to be informed, which guarantees under Art. 46 GDPR at Weiterleitu your data to third countries;
• Right to correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and / or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
• Right to cancellation pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to demand the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 (1) GDPR are met. However, that right does not apply, in particular, where the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the pursuit, exercise or defense of rights;
• Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the correctness of your data, which you deny, is checked, if you refuse deletion of your data due to inadmissible data processing and instead require the restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal rights, after we no longer need this data after purpose or if you objected for reasons of your special situation, as yet as it is not certain, whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
• Right to be informed in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right of rectification, deletion or limitation of the processing to the person responsible, he / she is obliged to rectify or delete the data to all recipients to whom the personal data relating to you have been disclosed or limitation of processing, unless proving to be impossible or disproportionate. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
• Data transferability according to Art. 20 DSGVO: You have the right to receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible;
• Right of revocation of granted consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data once at any time with effect for the future. In the case of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned immediately, as far as further processing can not be based on a legal basis for consentless processing. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation;
• Right to complain under Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is contrary to the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in any other administrative or judicial remedy the Member State of your whereabouts, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

You have a right to free information about the personal data stored by us and, if necessary, a right to correction, restriction of processing, data portability or deletion of this data. For questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, blocking or deletion of data and revocation of any given consent or objection to a particular use of data, please contact:

IMP GmbH
International Medical Products
Contact: Johannes Schneider
Osterather Str. 6 m
41460 Neuss

Tel: +49 (0) 2131 40 243 10
Fax: +49 (0) 2131 40 243 11
Email: info@imp-group.de

In addition, you have a right of appeal to the responsible data protection supervisory authority.

Country Representative for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Helga Block
Kavalleriestr. 2 - 4
40213 Dusseldorf

Phone: (0211) 38424-0
Fax: (0211) 38424-10
E-Mail: poststelle [at] ldi.nrw.de

12. Right to object

To the extent that we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are predominant in the context of a weighing up of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for the purpose of direct marketing, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. Insofar as the processing takes place for other purposes, you are only entitled to a right of objection if there are reasons that arise from your particular situation. After exercising your right to object, we will not further process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing of the assertion, exercise or defense of This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not process your personal data for this purpose.

Issued: 14.05.2018