Privacy Policy

The responsible party in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Dr. Oliver D. von Stein
Kurfürstendamm 195
10707 Berlin, Germany
contact@aptatherapeutics.com

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer: Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR), Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR), Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR), Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR), Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and Data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR). If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g., the competent supervisory authority of the federal state in which you reside or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found here.

Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar information. It is processed for the following purposes in particular:

ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
ensuring smooth use of our website,
evaluating system security and stability, and
for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. We may statistically evaluate information of this kind in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor contractually stipulated. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, objection is excluded.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid email address and your name. This serves to assign the request and subsequently respond to it. Providing further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we want to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of implementing pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

Recipient:

The recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or necessary:The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for your request.

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)

In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use “Google Web Fonts” from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) to display fonts on this website.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Use of Google Analytics

Type and purpose of processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the internet, further related services are then to be provided.

Legal basis:

The data is processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Recipient::

The recipient of the data is Google as the data processor. We have concluded the relevant data processing agreement with Google for this purpose.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third-country transfer:

Google processes your data in the United States and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

Profiling:

With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behavior of visitors to the website can be evaluated and their interests analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Dr. Oliver D. von Stein
Kurfürstendamm 195
10707 Berlin, Germany
contact@aptatherapeutics.com