for the website
gmopconsortium.org
of Heidelberg Engineering GmbH

10th August 2022

Table of contents

1. General
2. Contact
3. Collection of personal data when visiting our website
4. Cookies
5. Convenience functions
6. Google Analytics
7. Google Tag Manager
8. Use of Usercentrics
9. Your rights
10. Right to object
11. Withdrawal of consent
12. Information in the Publisher section
13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

1. General

We appreciate your interest in our website and the CMOPC.

Below we inform you about personal data collected when you visit this website. Personal data is factual or personal information about a specific or specifically identifiable person, for example name, address, email address and user behavior.

Controller in accordance with Article 4 no. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Max-Jarecki-Straße 8
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
E-Mail: info[at]HeidelbergEngineering.com

For further contact information please refer to the Publisher section.

You can reach our Data Protection Officer at:

CL Compliance und Datenschutz GmbH & Co KG
Douglasstraße 11 – 15
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany
Telefon: +49 721 91250880
E-Mail: HeidelbergEngineering[at]compliance-datenschutz.de

2. Contact

You can send us your inquiry to the email addresses we provide or use our general contact form. The personal data that you provide to us as part of your inquiry will solely be stored and used by us to respond to your inquiry. We delete this personal data after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are statutory storage obligations.

To the extent that your inquiry relates to the content of this website or the activities of the Glaucoma Myopia OCT Phenotyping Consortium (GMOPC), your message will be transmitted to the respective member of the GMOPC. The GMOPC members are partners of Heidelberg Engineering GmbH and process data in compliance with data protection regulations.  Your data will be processed and transmitted exclusively for the purpose of answering your questions or comments. Before sending the contact request, you are required to agree to this Privacy Policy.
The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR, when using a contact form also Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.

3. Collection of personal data when visiting our website

When using our website for informational purposes only, without registering or transmitting information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. Upon accessing our website, we collect the following data:

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of request (concrete page)
• Access status/http status code
• Amount of data transferred with each request
• The requesting domain
• Browser
• Operating system and its surface
• Language and version of browser software

This data is technically necessary for us to display the website to you and to ensure stability and security. The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Cookies

In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device, assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the site that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the Internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective.

This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below:

Transient cookies
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.

Here you will find information about the cookie logoff of the most common browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera
• Safari

Depending on their function and purpose, cookies can be divided into the following categories:

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are required to be able to use the navigation and basic functions of the website.

Analytics cookies

Analytics Cookies enable us to count visits and traffic sources to analyze and improve our websites performance.

When you access our website, you will be informed about the use of cookies and your consent to the processing of personal data used in this context will be obtained (see the section “Use of Usercentrics” of this Privacy Policy). This also includes a reference to this Privacy Policy.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using essential cookies is Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies that are not required is, if the user has consented to the use, Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.

The cookie settings can be adjusted in Usercentrics at any time and consent already granted can be withdrawn (see the section “Use of Usercentrics” of this Privacy Policy). You can reach Usercentrics by clicking on the fingerprint displayed at the bottom left of the screen.

5. Convenience functions

For an optimal presentation of our website (e.g. adaptation to different screen sizes, fade-in menu, input control of the contact form) we use techniques such as Javascript and CSS (cascading style sheets). You can disable the use of these techniques by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Please be aware that some areas of our website may not function properly then.

6. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics tool provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). In the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, the service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files saved on your computer, to help the website to analyze how you use the site. The cookies are only generated if you have activated “Google Analytics” in our consent management tool Usercentrics. The legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.

The information generated by the cookies and regarding your behavior when using the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If the IP anonymization is activated, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transferring data. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to Google servers in the USA and then shortened.

On behalf of the website provider, Google will use this information for the purpose of analyzing your behavior when you are using the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not link your IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics to any other data stored by Google.

You may disable cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore, you can object to forwarding the data collected with cookies when you visit this website (including the IP address) to Google and prevent Google from processing of data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-US.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website: Disable Google Analytics

Please be aware that if you choose to disable all cookies, also opt-out cookies will be disabled as well.

This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. With this extension, all IP addresses will be shortened what makes it impossible to link data to a particular individual. If for some reason data can be linked to a specific individual this link will be directly excluded and personal data will be deleted.

Google Analytics Terms of Service: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/

Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

7. Google Tag Manager

We additionally use the Google Tag Manager provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). In the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, the Service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With this service, website tags can be managed. The Google Tag Manager only sets up tags. Tags are code that is used to measure traffic and visitor behavior. The tags are provided by other services – for example, Google Analytics. The Google Tag Manager only manages these tags, does not set cookies and does not collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager places a pixel in your browser to collect aggregate data about tag triggering. The legal basis for the use of Google Tag Manager is Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For more information about Google Tag Manager, please visit: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/tag-manager/

8. Use of Usercentrics

On this website we use the Consent Management Tool Usercentrics of Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany (“Usercentrics”). The tool enables you to give consent to data processing via the website, in particular to set cookies, as well as to exercise your right to withdraw consent already given.. The data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting required consents to data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The following information, among others, may be collected and transmitted to Usercentrics: Date and time of the page view, information about the browser and the device you are using, opt-in and opt-out data. This data is not passed on to other third parties. The data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. c GDPR.

For more information on data protection at Usercentrics, please visit: https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

9. Your rights

You have the following rights concerning your personal data:

• Right of access regarding the personal data concerning you that we process as controller (Article 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification of the personal data concerning you if they are stored incorrectly or incompletely (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you (Article 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
• Right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you (Article 21 GDPR).

Pursuant to Article 22 GDPR, you principally have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. However, we do not use such automated decision-making processes.

10. Right to object

If we process your personal data as part of a weighing of interests based on our overriding legitimate interests (legal basis Article 6 paragraph 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR), you have the right to object to this processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process this personal data unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing.
If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for such purposes.

11. Withdrawal of consent

If you have given consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

12. Information in the Publisher section

We expressly object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the obligation to provide publisher information by third parties for sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. We expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy in accordance with legal data protection regulations. The currently valid version can be viewed at any time in the Privacy Policy area of our website.