Data Protection at Chemistree GmbH
This data protection notice informs you about how we process personal data when visiting our website, receiving our newsletter, communicating via our social media channels and every form of business-related contact with CHEMISTREE.
We inform participants of CHEMISTREE matching and Community Platforms about our matching process in separate data protection notices.
Who is responsible?
Chemistree GmbH
Hohenadlstrasse 4
85737 Ismaning
Phone: + 49 (0) 89/ 45 56 46 54
Email: info@chemistree.de
Our Data Protection partners, who advise, support and represent us are:
Goalgetter GmbH
Willhoop 3
22453 Hamburg
Email: datenschutz@chemistree.de
What are your rights?
You have the following rights in connection with the collection and processing of your personal data.
Please contact us in writing, preferably by email, to exercise these:
Information and Correction
You can request information from us as to whether and which of your data is processed by CHEMISTREE. If the data is incorrect or incomplete, you can request a correction / completion.
Deletion
You can request the deletion of your data. We will check your request and then inform you about the deletion of your data.
We cannot delete data which we are obliged to store for longer periods due to legal provisions (e.g. retention period for accounting documents of currently 10 years).
Restriction of Processing
You can request that we restrict the processing of your data. Please inform us of the data categories to be restricted along with your reasons for the restriction. We will check your request and then inform you whether and how a restriction will take place.
Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data processed by us in a transferable format. Please let us know which data you would like to transfer and where to. On the basis of this, we will clarify the technical requirements and, if necessary, coordinate the appropriate transmission format.
Revocation and Objection
If you have given us your consent to process and store your data, you can revoke this at any time. This applies, for example, to receiving our CHEMISTREE newsletter. The easiest way to withdraw your consent is to use the unsubscribe link at the end of each issue. In all other cases, please contact us by email.
If we process your data out of a legitimate interest, on the basis of a weighing of interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR), you are entitled to object to the processing, provided there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation.
Complaint to a Supervisory Authority
If you are dissatisfied with our work concerning data protection, you can complain to the supervisory authority of your federal state.
For what purpose and in what form do we collect and process your data?
Visits to our Website
When you visit our website, our web server stores and processes your IP address and data transmitted by your browser for communication with your device. Your IP address is not collected directly by CHEMISTREE, but is only saved by the web host as part of standard processes and for IT security purposes for the specified period. We only use anonymized IPs for web statistical purposes.
In order to enable you to use our website optimally, we use technically necessary cookies – e.g. for adapting the website to your screen, browser and language settings. For web statistical purposes, we limit the collection of user data to an absolute minimum in terms of scope and duration and anonymize your IP address. No cookies are used beyond what is technically necessary.
| Purpose: |
Technically error-free presentation and functionality of the website Evaluations of user behavior for the content and functional optimisation of the website Information security |
| Legal Basis: | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) – provision of our website |
| Recipient: | CHEMISTREE employees |
| Orders processed by: | IONOS SE (Hosting Provider) Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur |
| Third Country Transfer: | None |
| Storage Period: | For technically necessary cookies on your device: 24 hours For log data of the web server: 7 days |
| Personal data not collected directly: | IP address |
| Collected by: | Hosting service provider |
Receipt of our Newsletter
By subscribing, you explicitly consent to receiving our newsletter. You can revoke this consent at any time: The easiest way is via the UNSUBSCRIBE link at the end of each newsletter, or by contacting us by email. We also carry out user analysis for continuous optimisation. These evaluations take place within the scope of your voluntary consent. These evaluations take place within the scope of your voluntary consent.
| Purpose: | Provision of our newsletters for customer and prospective customer loyalty, Public Relations Evaluation |
| Legal Basis: | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) |
| Recipient: | CHEMISTREE employees |
| Orders processed by: | Newsletter2Go GmbH (Newsletter tool service provider), Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin |
| Third Country Transfer: | None |
| Storage Period: | Until the consent is withdrawn |
Interaction via our social media channels
CHEMISTREE and CHEMISTREE employees use social media platforms to communicate and inform publicly. In these cases, your personal data is collected and processed by the respective platform provider and is based on the legal basis specified by the provider.
| Provider: | Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Purpose: | Customer and prospect loyalty, Public Relations |
| Legal Basis: | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR – legitimate interest: Provision of the desired content (linking) |
| Recipient: | CHEMISTREE marketing employees |
| Third Country Transfer: | USA – Guarantee: Standard contract clauses of the EU Commission |
| Data protection information from the provider: | https://twitter.com/de/privacy |
| Provider: | LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland |
| Purpose: | Customer acquisition and retention, public relations |
| Legal Basis: | Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR – legitimate interest: Provision of the desired content (linking) |
| Recipient: | CHEMISTREE employees |
| Third Country Transfer: | USA – Guarantee: Standard contract clauses of the EU Commission |
| Data protection information from the provider: | https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy |
Communication before and during the business relationship
With the initiation of a joint business relationship, we use your personal data for communication in various ways and manage the customer relationships using various tools.
| Collection Purpose: | Communication via Email / telephone / letter in the context of the business relationship |
| Legal Basis: |
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b – Contract initiation and fulfillment Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f – Legitimate interest (communication) |
| Recipient: | CHEMISTREE employees |
| Orders processed by: | 42he GmbH (CRM tool service provider) Marktstraße 10, 50968 Cologne |
| Third Country Transfer: | None |
| Storage Period: | Within the framework of the legal requirements |
How is your data protected?
To protect your personal data, we have taken measures that comply with data protection laws and state of the art technology in our industry. These are continuously checked and adjusted if necessary. The aim is to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties.
To transfer data between our website and our backend systems, communication is encrypted using the TLS (Transport Layer Security) method.
Our employees are regularly trained in the appropriate sensitive handling of personal data and are obliged to comply with data secrecy in accordance with the legal requirements.
What happens if the data is incomplete?
In the event that we collect data from you on the basis of legal requirements or to fulfill a contract and you do not provide us with this data to the appropriate extent, it may be that we cannot fully meet our obligations.
Changes
The data protection information is revised by us at irregular intervals in order to adapt it to current developments at CHEMISTREE, our products and services as well as legal requirements and social developments.
Last updated: 18th March, 2022