PRIVACY POLICY

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of e&Co.. We are aware of the importance of the processing of personal data for the user and accordingly observe all relevant legal requirements. A use of the internet pages of e&Co. is basically possible without any indication of personal data, with the exception of legally required log files. However, if a person concerned wishes to make use of special services of our company, it may become necessary to process personal data.

The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a person concerned, is always carried out in accordance with the data protection regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to e&Co.. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, this data protection declaration informs affected persons about the rights to which they are entitled.

e&Co., as the responsible for processing, has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete possible protection of the personal data processed via this website and also in principle within the company. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions may have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, such as by telephone.

In the following, e&Co. reports transparently about the responsible activities within its area of responsibility in order to inform all parties involved. The information covers not only processing activities directly related to the company’s websites, but also activities that go beyond these.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RESPONSIBLE

e&Co. Projects GmbH (Bellevuestr. 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany), hereinafter also “we”, “us”, inform you in the following about the processing of your personal data in the context of the use of our website https://www.eandco.com/lifesciences, hereinafter also “website” as well as in the context of business relations between you and us.

If you have any questions regarding data protection in connection with our website, the services offered or existing business relationships, please contact us at datenschutz@eandco.com

Please send a request for information to:
e&Co. Projects GmbH
Data information
Bellevuestr. 1
10785 Berlin / Germany
Deutschland
or by e-mail to:
datenschutz@eandco.com

If you contact us by e-mail, the communication is not encrypted.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON DATA PROCESSING

a) What do we process your data for (purpose of processing) and on what legal basis?
We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Personal data is processed by us to fulfil contractual obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR. This includes in particular:

In addition, we process your data to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, including

We process data on the basis of legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. c) GDPR: Insofar as we are legally obliged to do so, we process personal data in order to comply with commercial, tax or data protection storage obligations or to fulfil security requirements. Further information on retention periods can be found under “Duration of data processing”.

b) What personal data are you obliged to provide?
For legally prescribed or contractual requirements, we have marked the respective input fields in the input masks, if applicable, on our websites, which must be filled in by you in order for us to provide the contract or service you request.

c) How long is your data stored?
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes mentioned. However, we may have to continue to store your data until the expiry of the retention obligations and periods stipulated by the legislator or supervisory authorities, which may result from the German Commercial Code, the German Fiscal Code and the Money Laundering Act, among others, and which generally amount to 6 to 10 years. In addition, we may store your data until the expiry of the statutory limitation periods (i.e. as a rule 3 years; in individual cases, however, up to 30 years), insofar as this is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims. After this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted.

Who receives your data?
In the context of the above data processing and the respective legal basis mentioned (execution of contract, in the legitimate interest, with consent or due to legal processing obligations), your data may be passed on to the following categories of recipients:

WHICH RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE?

a) Your rights at a glance
It is important for us to make our processes fair and transparent. It is therefore important for us that those affected can exercise the following rights if the respective legal requirements are met:

To exercise your rights, you can contact us by e-mail at datenschutz@eandco.com. For identification purposes we ask you to provide the following information:

If you send us a copy of your identity card, please black out all details except for your name, first name and address. In order to be able to process your application, as well as for identification purposes, we would like to point out that we will process your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with § 19 BDSG you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for e&Co. is:
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Alt-Moabit 59-61
10555 Berlin
Germany

b) How can you withdraw your consent?
If you have given us your consent to process your personal data, we hereby inform you that you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. If you have given your consent on this website, please visit the page on which you originally gave your consent to revoke it.

In all other cases or if you have problems to revoke your consent on this website, you can of course also contact us at any time directly at the e-mail address datenschutz@eandco.com. Please note that the consent you have revoked will only have effect for the future and will not affect the lawfulness of processing in the past. In some cases, despite your revocation, we are entitled to further process your personal data on another legal basis – for example, to fulfil a contract.

c) Information on your right of objection under Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e or f FADP; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you, unless he can demonstrate compelling reasons for processing which are justified on grounds of protection and which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing, including profiling, insofar as it is linked to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for those purposes.

You have the possibility to exercise your right of objection in relation to the use of information society services, without prejudice to Directive 2002/58/EC, by using automated procedures involving technical specifications.

PROVISION OF THE WEBSITE AND CREATION OF LOG FILES

When users visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer each time our website is accessed (technically necessary cookies). The following data (“technical information”) is collected:

The collected data is temporarily stored in log files, which are deleted daily. Before deletion, the log files are read out and analysed. In doing so, we pursue the purpose of (network) security, for example to ward off cyber attacks, marketing, continuous improvement of the website and its alignment with the needs and requirements of our customers. For example, this analysis enables us to deliver the website optimised for your web browser.

The legal basis for the collection, temporary storage and further processing is our legitimate interest in offering our customers an optimal and profitable website with maximum functionality and maximum comfort, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you do not wish these technically necessary cookies to be stored, please deactivate the acceptance of these cookies in your Internet browser. However, this may result in a functional restriction of our website.

External Hosting: This website is hosted by our external service provider deHOSTED (NetTask GmbH, Zillplatz 9-10, D-09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal) in Germany (Hoster) Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, contact information, web page access and other data generated by a website. The use of the hoster is for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR OUR PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services. We point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This can result in risks for the users, because the enforcement of the users’ rights could be made more difficult. Furthermore, user data is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created from the user behaviour and the resulting interests of the users. The user profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users’ computers, in which the usage behaviour and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data may also be stored in the user profiles regardless of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them). The processing of users’ personal data is based on our legitimate interests in effective information of users and communication with users in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. If users are asked by the respective providers to give their consent to data processing (i.e. to give their consent e.g. by ticking a check box or confirming a button), the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a., Art. 7 GDPR. For a detailed presentation of the respective processing and the possibilities of objection (opt-out), we refer to the following linked information of the providers. Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of user rights, we would like to point out that these can most effectively be asserted with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. Should you nevertheless require assistance, you can contact us.

DESCRIPTION OF OUR DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES

We offer various services via our websites and through our activity/presence in social networks such as LinkedIn or XING. In order to provide these services, we have to collect and process personal data of the user or our customer. The processing activities within the meaning of Art. 13 GDPR are described below:

a) Contact with/by (potential) customers
If you are a customer of e&Co., we may need to collect and use information about you or people within your organization to provide services to you and/or notify you of content published by e&Co. that is likely to be important and useful to you.

Description and scope of data processing
On our website it is possible to contact us via the provided e-mail address. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. It is also conceivable that initial contact is usually made via corresponding social networks such as XING or LinkedIn. In this case, the personal data is recorded which is related to the contact and relevant for the further business relationship. We only collect data about our customers to a very limited extent. The following data is collected:

Purpose of the data processing:
We use the data to ensure a smooth business relationship and to be able to process your request as quickly as possible. For this purpose we use either your e-mail address or your telephone number. Log information is collected to protect against misuse of the contact form.

Legal basis for the data processing
As legal basis for the present processing of your data is our interest in a good dialogue between our customers and us, as well as ensuring a functioning process, Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.

Transfer to third parties:
The collected data will not be passed on to third parties in the course of contacting us.

Duration of storage:
If the data collection is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose, the data will be deleted. This is the case if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. However, there may be requirements under commercial law in particular which oblige us to maintain the correspondence for a period of time. The period of time depends on the content of the affected document.

b) Processing of contracts
If you are a customer of e&Co., we need to collect and use information about you or people within your organization to provide services to you and/or notify you of content published by e&Co. that is likely to be important and useful to you.

Description and scope of data processing
In order to provide the contractually agreed services, we are dependent on the processing of certain personal data. We only collect data about our customers to a very limited extent. The following data is collected:

Purpose of the data processing:
We use the information e.g. to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Legal basis for data processing
We process this data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR. It states that the processing of personal data is lawful if it is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.

Transfer to third parties:
It may be necessary to disclose data to tax, audit or other authorities if we are convinced in good faith that we are obliged to disclose such data by law or other regulation (for example, because of a request from a tax authority or in connection with an anticipated legal dispute).

Duration of storage:
If the collection of data is no longer necessary to achieve its purpose, the data will be deleted. This is the case if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. However, there may be requirements under commercial law in particular which oblige us to maintain the correspondence for a period of time. The period of time depends on the content of the affected document.

UPDATE AND AMENDMENT OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of June 2023.

The further development of our website, its offers or changed legal provisions, or issued jurisdiction or official requirements may make it necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current version of our data protection declaration at any time on our website.

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