Privacy policy

The responsible body in terms of data protection laws is:
Ortho Select GmbH
Eisenbahnstraße 100
78573 Wurmlingen
Germany

Collection of general information

By using our website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described
below. Our website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages called up or names of files called up, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address are collected as far as possible on a voluntary basis. The data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.
We expressly point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) has security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties.
The use of the contact data of our imprint for commercial advertising is expressly not desired, unless we had previously given our written consent or a business relationship already exists. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.

Personal data

You can visit our website without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our pages, this is done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If a contractual relationship is to be established between you and us, or its content is to be developed or changed, or if you send us an inquiry, we collect and use personal data from you to the extent necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data to the extent necessary to enable you to use the website (usage data). All personal data will only be stored as long as it is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your request or processing a contract). In this context, retention periods under tax and commercial law are taken into account. By order of the competent authorities, we may provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases, insofar as this is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, to fulfill the statutory tasks of the constitutional protection authorities or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or to enforce intellectual property rights.

Registration on our website / contact form

When registering via the contact page, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data such as telephone number and e-mail address. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. We will also be pleased to correct or delete this data at your request, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details given at the end of this privacy policy. 

Social media plugins

Social plugins from the providers listed below are used on our website. You can recognize the plugins by the fact that they are marked with the corresponding logo.
Information, which may also include personal data, may be sent to the service provider via these plugins and may be used by the service provider. We do not collect any personal data ourselves using the social plugins or about their use.
We have no influence on what data a plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. Currently, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services is established and that at least your IP address and device-related information is collected and used. There is also the possibility that the service providers will try to store cookies on the computer used. Please refer to the data protection information of the respective service provider to find out which specific data is collected and how it is used.
We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Facebook plugin

Instagram plugin

LinkedIn plugin

XING Plugin

The use of social media buttons is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. The underlying promotional purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR.

Our activities in social networks

So that we can also communicate with you in social networks and inform you about our services, we are represented there with our own pages. If you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible with the provider of the respective social media platform within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR with regard to the processing operations triggered thereby which concern personal data. We are not the original provider of these pages, but only use them within the scope of the options offered to us by the respective providers.

As a precaution, we therefore point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. Use may therefore have data protection risks for you, as it may be more difficult to protect your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., and the processing in the social networks is often carried out directly for advertising purposes or to analyze user behavior by the providers, without this being able to be influenced by us. If usage profiles are created by the provider, cookies are often used or the usage behavior is directly assigned to your own member profile of the social networks (if you are logged in here).
The described processing operations of personal data are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider in order to be able to communicate with you in a timely manner or to inform you about our services. If you have to give your consent to data processing as a user with the respective providers, the legal basis refers to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR.
Since we do not have access to the providers’ data stocks, we would like to point out that it is best to assert your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly with the respective provider. Further information on the processing of your data in the social networks and the possibility of making use of your right of objection or revocation (so-called opt-out), we have listed below at the respective provider of social networks used by us:

Facebook

(Co-) responsible for data processing in Europe:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy policy (data policy):
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Opt-out and advertising settings:
https://www.facebook.com/ads/settings

Instagram

(Co-) responsible for data processing in Germany:
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy policy (data policy):
http://instagram.com/legal/privacy/
Opt-out and advertising settings:
https://www.instagram.com/accounts/privacy_and_security/

LinkedIn

(Co-) responsible for data processing in Europe:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy Policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Opt-out and advertising preferences:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

YouTube

(Co-) responsible for data processing in Europe:
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt-out and advertising preferences:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

XING

(Co-)responsible for data processing in Germany:
XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Privacy policy:
https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
Information requests for XING members:
https://www.xing.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure

General information about cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files automatically created by your browser and stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.) when you visit our site.
In the cookie, information is stored that arises in connection with the specific end device used. This does not mean, however, that we thereby gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been to our site when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. 

Legal basis for the use of cookies

The data processed by cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are thus necessary to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
For all other cookies, it applies that you have given your consent to this via our opt-in cookie banner within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 

Use of Google Analytics, Google Optimize, Google Search Console, Google Maps

On our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see point “Cookies”) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as 1. browser type/version, 2. operating system used, 3. referrer URL (the previously visited page), 4. host name of the accessing computer (IP address), 5. time of server request, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of these Internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. These processing operations are carried out exclusively when express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can also prevent the collection of 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 and installing a browser add-on: Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found, for example, in the Google Analytics help
(https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).
Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following link:
How Google uses cookies – Privacy Policy & Terms of Use – Google

Data protection for customers and interested parties

For the purposes of the pre-contractual offer phase or for order fulfillment or service
provision, we process personal data such as address and contact details, information on conversations held, your requirements, offers and further information we receive from you. In the case of corporate customers, we also process information, in particular contact details, on our contact persons. For the purpose of payment processing, we may store and process data relating to your bank details or credit card information. If external partners are involved in the provision of services or fulfillment of orders, the information necessary for the provision of their services may be passed on to them. When processing the information, auxiliary systems (IT environment, CRM/ERP systems, financial accounting) may be used to which service providers have access as part of the maintenance. In these cases, we agree the necessary contracts for order processing. 

Data protection for suppliers

As part of the selection of suppliers or service providers, we will store and process
information about you. As part of the supplier review/evaluation, we may obtain and store additional information from credit agencies, for example. For order processing purposes, we will also process order-specific information in addition to your master data. In the case of company contacts, we also process information, in particular contact details, on our contact persons. Auxiliary systems (IT environment, CRM/ERP systems, financial accounting) may be used when processing the information. 

Storage period of personal data:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the stated purposes, are no longer required by law or you revoke your consent to data processing. For this purpose, please contact our below-mentioned data protection officer, stating your request.
Exceptions to this result from special regulations that are binding for us. These are, for example, the Commercial Code (§257), the Income Tax Act and the Medical Devices Act.
We would like to point out that Microsoft will retain the data for a further 93 days after deletion before it is permanently deleted.

Rights of the data subject:

You have a right to information (pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR) on the part of the controller
about the personal data concerning you, as well as to correction (Art. 16 GDPR), deletion
(Art. 17 GDPR), and to restriction of processing (Art. 18 Para. 1 GDPR). Furthermore, you
have the right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR) and the right to data portability (Art.
20 GDPR).
If you would like to make use of your rights, please contact the data protection officer mentioned below. 

Your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion and objection

You have the right at any time, free of charge and immediately, to inquire about the data collected about you. You also have the right to have your personal data corrected, blocked or, apart from the mandatory data storage for business processing, deleted. Please contact our data protection officer for this purpose. You will find the contact details at the bottom of this page.
To ensure that a blocking of data can be taken into account at any time, this data must be kept in a blocking file for control purposes. You can also request that the data be deleted, unless there is a legal archiving obligation. If such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request.
You can make changes or revoke consent by notifying us accordingly with effect for the future. 

Deletion or blocking of data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as stipulated by the various storage periods provided for by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions. 

Complaint to a supervisory authority

You can contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint.
Your responsible supervisory authority depends on the federal state of your residence, your work or the alleged violation. You can find a list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg:
Königstr. 10 a
D-70173 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 615 541 – 0
Fax: +49 711 615 541 – 15
E-Mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de 

Changes to our data protection policy

We reserve the right to occasionally adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new
data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.
Obligation to provide personal data:
You are not obliged to provide the data.
Automated decision-making:
No automated decision-making or profiling takes place. 

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact our data protection officer directly:
Contact details:
Ortho Select GmbH
Eisenbahnstraße 100
D-78573 Wurmlingen
Phone: +49 7461 9336-0
Fax: +49 7461 9336-11
E-Mail: privacy@ortho-select.de

External data protection officer

MEDAGENT International GmbH
Griesweg 47
D-78570 Mühlheim
E-Mail: datenschutz@medagent.de