INSPIRE.YOU - PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting the INSPIRE.YOU website and for your interest in our training and education services in the EMEA region. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH.

The use of the full scope of services of the INSPIRE.YOU website is only possible after prior registration and only for persons who are either members of a health profession or are in a relationship with MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH in the exercise of their commercial or independent professional activity. We treat your personal data confidentially and always in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations.

Controller responsible for the processing

This privacy policy applies to

MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH

Mündelheimer Weg 36
40472 Düsseldorf
Germany

E-mail: inspireyou@micro-tech-europe.com
Web: www.inspireyou.micro-tech-europe.com

In this privacy policy, we refer to ourselves as MTE for short.

Data Protection Officer (DPO):

MMSystem Service
Mr. Marc Mätzig (external data protection officer)

Phone: +49 (0)202 24 71 802
E-mail: mte@edsbonline.eu

by post:

For the attention of the Data Protection Officer
MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH
Mündelheimer Weg 36
D-40472 Düsseldorf

Data processing when using our websites

With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you (i.e. as a user, interested party and/or visitor) about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data in the context of our online presence (https://inspireyou.micro-tech-europe.com/) and online offers.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, company name and company address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to MTE. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the users of the extranet about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of the rights to which they are entitled by means of this data protection declaration.

As the controller, MTE has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed.

Data protection terms

"Personal data"

is any information relating to a known or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). A person is identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to their physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. This therefore also includes IP addresses or unique identification numbers that are stored in cookies.

"Responsible person"

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. "Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

"Processor"

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

"Processing"

is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of 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.

"Third country"

is any country outside the European Union or outside the European Economic Area (EU/EEA).

Basis for the lawfulness of data processing

Insofar as we obtain your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of your personal data.

When processing your personal data to fulfill a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to such processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data is processed for the following purposes

Provision of the website

The Training and Education offer INSPIRE.YOU of MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files.

The following data can be collected

(1) the browser types and versions used,

(2) the operating system used by the accessing system,

(3) the website from which an accessing system comes to our website (so-called referrer),

(4) the sub-websites that an accessing system calls up on our website,

(5) Date and time of access,

(6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address),

(7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and

(8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data, MTE does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required in order to

(1) to deliver the content of our website correctly,

(2) to optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it,

(3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and

(4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack.

MTE and the service providers therefore analyze anonymously collected data and information in order to increase data protection and data security in our company and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from personal data.

Purpose of the processing

The log files are collected to record blocked or malicious website accesses, to ensure forensic activities and to ensure the security and stability of our website.

Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Legitimate interests

The aforementioned purposes also constitute the legitimate interest in data processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Duration of data storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. This is usually the case after one month at the latest.

Possibility of objection

Insofar as data is collected to the extent described, this is absolutely necessary for the security and operation of the website. There is therefore no possibility of objection.

E-mail

E-mail is part of the general communication between you and us. The purpose of this communication is to inform you about our offers and services or to answer your inquiries. We process your contact details and the information that you provide to us in this e-mail or that you provide to us in connection with your account at INSPIRE.YOU.

Purpose of the processing

Is the communication with us.

Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Legitimate interests

The aforementioned purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing your e-mail address and the content of this e-mail is our legitimate interest in maintaining and/or initiating the business relationship with you.

Possibility of objection

You can contact our data protection officer (see above for contact details) to object to the processing of your data.

Registration form

The personal data received during registration, including your contact details, are stored in order to grant you access to the INSPIRE.YOU offer, to protect the offer from unauthorized access and, if necessary, to track misuse. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Any processing of your data depends exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing measures carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

We will retain the data you provide on the registration form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected by this. A request for deletion or the revocation of consent to the storage of personal data leads to an exclusion from the use of the INSPIRE.YOU offer.

Videos on our website

When you access videos or download files on our website, personal data is transmitted to the providers of these services. This includes, for example, your IP address, the time and duration of use. By using these services, you agree to the privacy policies of these providers. Further information can be found in the privacy policies of the respective providers.

Provider

Vimeo.com, Inc.
Attention: Data Protection Officer
330 West 34th Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10001, USA

Privacy@vimeo.com

Purpose of the processing

Provision of online videos: Live recordings of seminars and symposia

Legitimate interests

The legitimate interest in processing also lies in the purposes described.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Duration of data storage

See privacy policy of the provider

Possibility of appeal

For more information about Vimeo.com, Inc and the possibility of revocation, please contact Vimeo.com, Inc (Privacy Policy).

Alternatively, if you are in the UK or EU/EEA and wish to exercise your rights or have questions about our processing of personal data, you can contact our Local Representative.

For the EU or EEA: Robert Niedermeier, DATA BUSINESS SERVICES GmbH & CO KG-Germany, Nördliche Münchner Str 47, 82031 Grünwald/Munich, Germany; or by e-mail to niedermeier@db5.io.

For Great Britain and Northern Ireland: RA Robert Niedermeier, DATA BUSINESS SERVICES GmbH & CO KG-UK, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, Greater London WC2N4JF, London, England; or by e-mail to niedermeier@db5.io.

Cookies

The INSPIRE.YOU website of MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH uses 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 for the cookie. It consists of a string of characters through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited 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.

The use of INSPIRE.YOU requires the use of cookies in order to clearly identify the data subject currently logged in and to prevent misuse. These are so-called session cookies, which expire after 30 minutes if the data subject does not visit INSPIRE.YOU again or log in within this time.

Cookies on the website

We (MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH) use cookies and tracking technologies. Some cookies and data processing are technically necessary, others help to improve our offer and operate it economically.

The processing purposes are: Storage or retrieval of information on an end device; personalization of advertising and content, measurement of advertising performance and content performance, target group research as well as development and improvement of offers; display of external content (e.g. videos), recommendation of own products and content, A/B testing, push notifications/communication, technically necessary cookies (security, login, forum).

Your approval:

By clicking on the "Accept all" button, you consent to the processing of the data stored on your device or end device, such as personal identifiers or IP addresses, for these processing purposes in accordance with Section 25 (1) TDDSG and Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. In addition, you consent to your data also being processed by service providers in the USA in accordance with Art. 49 (1) GDPR. In this case, it is possible that the transmitted data will be processed by authorities there.

You can consent to or reject individual data processing operations under Settings. You can change or revoke your consent at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link at the bottom of each page. Further details can be found in our privacy policy (https://inspireyou.micro-tech-europe.com/en/privacy-policy).

If you click on "Accept all", you agree to the use of all cookies. If you click on "Save", you only agree to the use of cookies in the categories you have selected.

Necessary

These cookies are necessary to carry out the core functions of this website, such as security-related functions. These cookies also allow us to recognize whether you wish to remain logged in to your profile in order to provide you with quick access to our services when you visit our website again.

Name: CSRF Protection Cookie
Provider: MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH
Purpose: Protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks
Cookie Name: XSRF-TOKEN
Duration: Session

Name: Cookie Consent
Provider: MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH
Purpose: Stores the user's consent to the use of cookies on the website.
Cookie Name: cookie_consent
Duration: 1 year

Name: Session Cookie
Provider: MICRO-TECH Europe GmbH
Purpose: Stores the user's session data during their interaction with the website.
Cookie Name: inspireyou_session
Duration: Session

Marketing

These cookies and requests to third-party services are used to serve ads that are better tailored to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Name: Google Analytics
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Purpose: Cookie from Google for website analytics. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Cookie name: ga,gat,_gid
Cookie runtime: 2 months

Name: Facebook Pixel
Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
Purpose: Cookie from Facebook, which is used for website Analyses, ad targeting and ad measurement is used.
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies
Cookie name: fbp, act, cuser, datr, fr, m_pixel_ration, pl, presence, sb, spin, wd, xs
Cookie runtime: Session / 1 year

Name: Insight Tag (LinkedIn)
Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Purpose: Analysis of anonymized reports on the website target group and display performance
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Cookie name: AnalyticsSyncHistory, UserMatchHistory, bcookie, li_gc, li_sugr, lidc
Cookie runtime: 7 days anonymized / 90 days deleted

Social bookmarks

Social bookmarks (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, X) are integrated on our website. Social bookmarks are Internet bookmarks with which the users of such a service can collect links and news items. These are only integrated on our website as links to the corresponding services. After clicking on the integrated graphic, you will be redirected to the page of the respective provider, i.e. only then will user information be transmitted to the respective provider. For information on the handling of your personal data when using these websites, please refer to the respective privacy policies of the providers.

FACEBOOK:

We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries. We have concluded an agreement with Facebook on joint processing (Controller Addendum). This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook page. You can view this agreement at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

You can adjust your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do this, click on the following link and log in: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Details can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

LINKEDIN:

We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you wish to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Webinars

INSPIRE.YOU offers webinars for registered users. Webinars are interactive events on the training and education courses we offer, which are conducted by our employees. External speakers can also be invited to the webinars. We will point this out accordingly before registration.

To conduct the webinars, we use a service provided by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ("Zoom"), 55 Almaden Blvd. Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA, on whose platform the webinars are conducted. We have concluded an order processing contract with Zoom and Zoom may only process personal data in accordance with our instructions and not for its own purposes. Please note that if you visit the Zoom website, Zoom is responsible for the personal data processed through your use of the website. If you have entered into a contractual relationship with Zoom, we have no influence on the personal data collected and processed in this context as part of our webinars. Further information on the handling of personal data at Zoom - in particular in connection with webinars - can be found here.

Purpose of the processing

Implementation of web seminars

Legal basis

We process your data for the execution of the participation contract concluded between you and MTE, whether for a fee or free of charge, on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Data (categories)

When participating in a webinar and using Zoom, the following personal data is also processed:

User data (This is all data associated with the Zoom account and its authentication, e.g. first name, last name, display name, e-mail address, password (unless Single Sign On (SSO) is used), profile picture, Zoom user ID);

Communication data (this is data that you enter, upload or release yourself as part of the webinar and the associated Zoom use);

Meeting metadata and telemetry data (this technical data includes data related to the use of the service, including when and how sessions were conducted (IP address, event logs, session information, etc.) as well as device and hardware information that Zoom needs to access in order for features such as camera, microphone, etc. to function in the context of participation).

Please note that participation in the webinar is also possible without a Zoom account. In this case, data collection and processing will be limited to the minimum necessary to maintain the service for you.

Duration of data storage

The data required to conduct the webinar will be deleted after the webinar has ended. Contractually relevant data will be stored in accordance with the statutory retention obligations.

Transfer outside the EU

We have made the possible settings so that the collection and processing of communication content generally takes place on servers within the European Union. As Zoom is based in the USA, we cannot rule out the possibility that data processing (in particular of meeting metadata) may also take place in the USA when using the service. Data transfer to third countries is also possible if participants from these countries are connected.

Note:

Please note that we may record the webinars and then publish them on our website or on our social media channels. Before the recording, you will be given the opportunity to object to the recording. The webinar is recorded and stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, as this processing is in our legitimate interest in presenting ourselves comprehensively on the Internet, informing our customers and improving the quality of our webinars.

Use of web fonts from Monotype GmbH

INSPIRE.YOU uses fonts (web fonts) from Monotype GmbH, Horexstraße 30 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany. Further information about Monotype GmbH can be found at https://www.linotype.com/2061/imprint-legal.html

Monotype GmbH's web font services are GDPR-compliant, as no personal data is collected or processed as part of the provision of the web fonts. As part of web font tracking, Monotype GmbH counts the page views, but stores the IP number from which the page was accessed in anonymized form. Old data that contained the IP in the context of web font tracking was deleted from the systems of Monotype GmbH or anonymized.

We do not collect any personal data through the use of Monotype Web Fonts.

Data security

Your connections to our website are protected by state-of-the-art encryption technologies. The level of protection also depends on the encryption supported by your internet browser or mobile device. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser. In addition, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Rights of data subjects

Right to information

You can request information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR about your personal data that we process.

Right to object

You have the right to object for specific reasons.

Right to rectification

If the information concerning you is not (or no longer) correct, you can request a correction in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR. If your data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

Right to erasure

You can request the deletion of your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR.

Right to restriction of processing

In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

Right to complain

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority of your choice in accordance with Art. 77 (1) GDPR. This also includes the data protection supervisory authority responsible for the controller State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia, https://www.ldi.nrw.de/kontakt/ihre-beschwerde

Right to data portability

In the event that the requirements of Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR are met, you have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of log files are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. They are therefore not based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, but are justified pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The requirements of Art. 20 (1) GDPR are therefore not met in this respect.

Right of revocation pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

If the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time, e.g. by contacting us using the contact details provided in our privacy policy. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing until the revocation.

Right of revocation pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of your personal data which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. MTE will then no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

MTE has defined processes within the company that enable you to exercise your rights with us. This is your right,

to withdraw your consent.
to receive information about your data stored by us.
that incorrect data about you is corrected by us.
that data about you that is no longer required will be deleted.
that the processing of your data is restricted under certain conditions, e.g. if deletion is not possible but the data may not be processed further.
that your data is transferable. This right applies in particular if you have given your consent to the processing of your data or if the processing of the data is necessary to fulfill a contract. The right to data portability does not apply if your data is processed within the scope of the statutory fulfillment of tasks.
to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you are of the opinion that the processing of your data violates the legal requirements, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

You can find our contact details above under Controller.

MTE would like to point out that in certain cases we require further information from you in order to establish your identity. For example, when exercising the right to information, we can ensure that the information is not provided to unauthorized persons.

The responsible supervisory authority is

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf

https://www.ldi.nrw.de

Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10

Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.

If the purpose of storage no longer applies 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 the statutory provisions.

The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

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

Period of storage of personal data

The criterion for determining the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After this period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of the contract.

Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded for the data subject to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact an employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

Existence of automated decision-making/profiling

As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. The current status is March 2024.