Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time for this and for further questions on the subject of data protection.

2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data controller

Wolfgang Nellen, Dr. rer. nat.
Prof. of Genetics (retired)
BioWissKomm
Geschw. Scholl Platz 5
34225 Baunatal, Germany
+49 1523 2705202
info@biowisskomm.de

Withdrawal of consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to lodge a complaint

In the event of data protection violations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority for Hessen (Germany) is the Hessischer Beauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit: www.datenschutz.hessen.de

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

3. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

This website uses cookies to make the service more user-friendly, effective and secure. Technically necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. All other cookies are only set with your express consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw consent at any time.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details including the contact data you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) lit. b and lit. f GDPR. Data is deleted once your enquiry has been fully processed, unless legal retention obligations apply.

4. Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). GA4 analyses website usage via cookies and similar technologies and transmits data to Google servers, which may be located in the United States.

IP anonymisation is enabled by default in GA4: IP addresses are shortened within the EU/EEA before storage. No direct personal identification is possible as a result.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR (consent). You can withdraw consent at any time. You can also prevent data collection by installing the browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Further information: policies.google.com/privacy. Data transfers to the USA are based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

5. Web Fonts (locally hosted)

This website uses web fonts for consistent font display. All font files are stored locally on our server and are loaded directly from there when you visit a page. No connection to external servers is established, and your IP address is not transmitted to any third party as a result of font loading.