Data Protection Notice

Introduction

This Data Protection Notice explains how and why we collect, retain, share, transfer or otherwise process your personal data, and sets forth your data protection rights.

When we say “Bio3 Implants”, we mean Bio3 Implants GmbH, a company registered at Hanauer Str. 8, Pforzheim, Germany 75181.

We also use “website” to refer to www.bio3-implants.com, which belongs to Bio3 Implants GmbH.

If you have any concerns, requests or questions about your data, or think that some of our data protection practices are not addressed in this Notice, please contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.

Personal data – what we collect and what we use it for

We collect information about you when you visit our website or use our services, including the following:

  1. When you visit our website
  2. When you visit our website, we register some information about your device, such as the type and version of your web browser, your operating system, referrer URL category, host name of the accessing terminal, date and time of the server request, and your IP address. The processing of this data is required for technical reasons, website analysis and improvement, as well as to ensure system security. It is in our interest and yours that this website is secure and works properly, therefore we process this data on the basis of our legitimate interests.
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  4. When you contact us
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  6. When you contact us by email or by filling out a form on our website, we collect your name and contact details, as well as any information you choose to put in the body of your request. Please do not share any sensitive personal data or documents, either concerning yourself or others, unless specifically requested by us. We collect and process this information in order to respond to your questions and provide related customer service, so the lawful basis for this processing is contract performance.
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  8. When you subscribe to our newsletter
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  10. To receive our newsletter, you need to provide your name and contact details, along with the country in which you live. We rely on a contract basis to process your personal data for purposes of fulfilling your request to receive our publications.
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  12. You can manage your subscription preferences by subscribing or unsubscribing at any time. Please note that if you have set your browser to block cookies, this may have an impact on your ability to unsubscribe. If you have any difficulties managing your email or other communication preferences with us, please contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.
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  14. When you connect with us at events and exhibitions
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  16. When you stop by our pavilion at an industry event or a fair, we offer you an opportunity to connect with us for potential future cooperation, and ask you to provide your name, company/title and contact details. We will use this information to contact you regarding potential partnerships, and to tell you about other events, as well as our products and services that might be of interest to you. We may also make and store a recording of your likeness. In this case, we use legitimate interest as a lawful basis to process your personal data.
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  18. Offline and online marketing
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  20. After you contacted us or participated in one of our events or training courses, we may wish to inform you about our products, services, training courses, events and customer surveys in the field of dentistry. We may also conduct customer analysis, which may include the combination of data we receive from you offline and online, in order to provide you with customized information or offers as well as courses, events and customer satisfaction surveys which may be of interest to you in the field of dentistry.
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  22. This type of activity is considered direct marketing, and in this case we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal data. If you wish to unsubscribe, just click on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email or contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.
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  24. Cookies and tracking

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  26. A cookie is a small data file that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognise your browser. On our website, we collect data through cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, clear GIFs, pixel tags) to analyse how you use the site so we can improve it, to recognize you when you log in and give you a more personalized experience, for statistical purposes and to deliver targeted advertising. We also allow some others to use cookies on our website.

We use the following types of cookies.

  • Essential cookies. These cookies are necessary to enable user movement around our website and provide access to its features. They also help us make sure that the website is working properly and fix any errors, make the website easier for you to navigate, and personalise it to you by remembering your preferences and settings. These cookies cannot be disabled.
  • Analytics cookies. We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. These cookies collect information in the aggregate to give us insight into how our website is being used. We anonymize IP addresses in Google Analytics, and the anonymized data is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You can find more information regarding the privacy of your Google Analytics cookies here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

The lawful basis for processing of any personal data from cookies is your consent. You can give your consent by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you. If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw it, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the website and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the website. Here you can find information about how to control cookie settings on some of the most popular web browsers:

You can also opt-out from targeted advertising across the internet using the opt-out tools of advertising industry bodies, including:

European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)

Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)

Who we share your personal data with

We may share your personal data with external service providers, suppliers and other cooperation partners used by the Bio3 Implants GmbH for processing your orders or requests. Your personal data may also be shared with third-party service providers that provide support services to Bio3 Implants GmbH, including, for example, printers, lettershops, call centers, advertising agencies, internet and IT service providers and data centers. In addition, we may share your information with other affiliates of Bio3 Implants GmbH, in particular for support, processing, supply or marketing purposes.

Our service providers, suppliers and other cooperation partners may only process your personal data for our purposes. Any sharing of personal data with third parties and affiliates is subject to their compliance with our privacy and confidentiality terms.

The personal data we collect from you is stored in databases hosted inside the European Union in Germany with Amazon Web Services data centers, which are fully GDPR compliant. AWS does not use or have access to your personal data for any purpose other than storage and retrieval.

Our analytics and advertising partner Google Inc. may transfer the personal data it collects to its servers in the United States. It does so lawfully by providing appropriate safeguards for your data under the Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as Google adheres to the EU-US Privacy Shield self-regulatory framework. You can find the details of the framework here.

Any other service providers or suppliers we partner with transfer your personal data to countries outside of the EEA lawfully on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses or another approved transfer mechanism. If you would like to receive more information regarding these transfers, please contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.

We may also be required to share your personal data with various financial institutions and/or enforcement or court authorities to comply with applicable laws, prevent fraud, enforce an agreement we have with you, or to protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our employees or agents.

Additionally, we may reveal your personal data to third-parties if: (1) you request or authorize it; (2) to address emergencies or acts of God; and (3) to address disputes, claims, or to persons demonstrating legal authority to act on your behalf.

We do not sell your personal data.

Your rights

Data Protection law provides you with rights to help you understand and control how your personal data is used. These are your rights:

  • Right to be informed about why and how we are processing your personal data – we hope we achieved this by providing you with this Data Protection Notice.
  • Right to have access to your data – you have the right to ask us if we are processing your personal data, why we are doing so, under what lawful basis, the categories of your personal data, whether the data is being sent outside the EU, who we share your data with, how long we keep it, and request a copy of the data we are processing. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.
  • Right to object to some processing – direct marketing, or if processing is based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to have your data deleted – otherwise known as “right to be forgotten”. You can exercise this right if you withdraw your consent and there is no further legitimate interest in our processing of your data, your objection to processing under legitimate interests outweighs our interests, the processing is no longer necessary, there is a law that requires the data to be deleted, or the processing is unlawful. You can delete your personal data at any time by sending us an email at info@bio3-implants.com.
  • Right to restrict processing – if the personal data we are processing is inaccurate, if our processing is unlawful, if the data is no longer necessary for the original purpose of processing but needs to be kept for potential legal claims, or you have objected to processing carried out under legitimate interests and we’re still in the process of determining whether there is an overriding need to continue processing.
  • Right to data portability – you can ask for your data that we process by using a computer, which you provided to us on the basis of consent or because it was necessary for a contract.
  • Right to ask us about automated decision-making – we don’t do that, but if we did, you would have the right to ask us to explain the logic involved in making any automated decisions and for the decision to be reviewed by a human being, if that decision had an effect on your rights or freedoms.
  • Right to rectification – if any of your personal data that we hold is inaccurate, you can ask us to correct it by contacting us at info@bio3-implants.com.
  • You have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if you have concerns about how we process your personal data. However, we would appreciate it if you contacted us first and gave us an opportunity to resolve the issue.

Reasonable access to your personal data will be provided at no cost upon request made to us at info@bio3-implants.com. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, we will let you know the date when the information will be provided. If for some reason access is denied, we will provide an explanation as to why access has been denied.

How long we keep your data

Your personal data will be retained as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, or for any period thereafter as required or permitted by law.

As retention periods vary by the type of data and local laws and requirements, it is not possible to provide all necessary information here. If you would like to receive retention information applicable to your personal data, please contact us at info@bio3-implants.com.

Security of your information

We take technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. The measures are designed to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data and to ensure the continued availability and resilience of the systems and services processing them. Our security measures include encryption of your data, firewalls and password protection. Our data processing and security measures are improved constantly in line with technological developments. Please note, however, that you are solely responsible for using adequately secured devices (e.g. antivirus software) when accessing our websites and services in order to avoid any unauthorized access by third parties.

Changes and updates to this Data Protection Notice

As our organization and services change from time to time, this Data Protection Notice is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend it at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Data Protection Notice on this site. We may email periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and will email users of material ch