Privacy Policy of the MLHB

Thank you for visiting our website. This Privacy Policy will inform you about how we use your data in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

The controller for the data collection and processing described hereafter is the MVZ Medizinisches Labor Bremen GmbH.

Usage Data

If you visit our website, so-called usage data will be saved on our web server temporarily in form of protocols for statistical purposes to improve the quality of our website. This data consists of the

• Page from which the data was requested,
• File name,
• Time and date of request,
• Data volume transferred,
• Access status (file transferred, file not found),
• Description of the type of browser used,
• IP address of the requesting computer shortened to prevent personal identification.

This so-called protocol data is always saved anonymously.

Possible Data Recipients

As part of contracted processing in accordance with Art. 28 of the GDPR, we will transmit your data to service providers who support us with the operation of our website and related processes. Our service providers are contractually subject to our directives. We use the following service providers: n@work web solutions GmbH.

Data transmissions to third parties in the sense of Art. 4(10) of the GDPR are not performed.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that may be saved on and read by your computer. A distinction is made between session cookies that are deleted when you close your browser and permanent cookies that will be saved after an individual session ends. Cookies may contain data that allows the device you use to be recognized. Cookies may also merely include information on certain settings that do not enable personal identification.

We use session cookies and permanent cookies on our website. Processing is performed on the basis of Art. 6(1) Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR and with the interests of optimizing and allowing user guidance and adjusting the display of our website and its contents to the needs of our customers.

You may also set your browser to notify you before cookies are saved. This will make the use of cookies transparent for you. Furthermore, you may delete and disable the saving of cookies at any time through according browser settings. However, please note that this may prevent the optimal display and technical use of the functions of our website.

Use of Web Tracking Tools

Our website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), a so-called web analysis service. Matomo uses so-called "cookies," i.e., text files saved on your computer and that allow us to analyze the use of our website. For this, the usage information generated by the cookie (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to our server and saved for usage analysis purposes to optimize our website and its contents. During the process, your IP address will be anonymized immediately so that you will remain anonymous to us as a user. The information generated by the cookie on your use of our website will not be provided to third parties. Data processing is performed on the basis of Art. 6(1) Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR and with the interest of providing need-based information about our laboratory medical offers to our customers. You may object to this data processing at any time by activating Matomo's opt-out function.

If no checkbox for deactivating tracking by Matomo is displayed, please click here.

You may also disable use of cookies through according settings of your browser software. However, this may prevent you from using every function of this website.

Contact Form

You may contact us through our web form. Use of our web form will require your name and your email address. You may, but are not required to submit additional information.

Information you provide to contact us will be used by us on the basis of Art. 6(1) Letter b of the GDPR or Art. 6(1) Letter f of the GDPR with the interest of responding to your inquiry as easily and quickly as possible and in a customer-friendly manner. Your data will only be processed to answer your inquiry and deleted after 10 years. Your data will not be provided to third parties.

Your User Rights

For the processing of your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a user of our website:

1. Right to Access (Art. 15 of the GDPR):

You have the right to obtain confirmation about whether personal data concerning you is processed. If personal data concerning you is processed, you have the right to information about this personal data and to the information listed under Art. 15 of the GDPR.

2. Right to Rectification and Erasure (Art. 16 & Art. 17 of the GDPR):

You have the right to obtain rectification of any inaccurate personal data concerning you and the completion of any incomplete personal data concerning you without delay.
You also have the right to obtain the erasure of any personal data concerning you without delay if one of the reasons listed under Art. 17 of the GDPR applies, e.g., if the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 of the GDPR):

You have the right to obtain restriction of processing if one the requirements in Art. 18 of the GDPR is fulfilled, e.g., if you objected to the processing for the duration of a verification.

4. Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 of the GDPR):

In the cases listed in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to transmission of this data to a third party.

5. Right to Object (Art. 21 of the GDPR):

If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1) Letter f (data processing for the purposes of legitimate interests), you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation. We will then cease the processing of your personal data, except if the reasons for the processing override your interests, rights and freedoms or if processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

6. Right to Submit Complaints to Supervisory Authorities

Under Art. 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to submit complaints to supervisory authorities if you believe that the processing of the personal data concerning you infringes on legal data protection regulations. This right to submit a complaint may especially be exercised towards a supervisory authority in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or workplace or of the place of the alleged infringement.

Data Protection Officer Contact Details

Please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer if you have any questions or suggestions about data protection:

Dr. Uwe Schläger
datenschutz nord GmbH
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 421 69 66 32 0

Web: www.datenschutz-nord.de
Email: office (at) datenschutz-nord (dot) de