Privacy Policy

The collection of personal data takes place only within the framework of legal regulations. With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about our privacy policy and about the extent of the collection, processing and use of personal data on these pages.

1. Collection of personal data
Basically, a use of our websites is possible without providing personal information. We only collect personal data if you make use of a service subject to registration, if you communicate it to us for the purpose of initiating or implementing the contract or if you provide us with personal data for the purpose of requesting information or for the individual use of these pages.

2. Collection of general technical data
In addition, technical information is automatically transmitted to us when you visit our pages from your web browser. These are, for example, information about the browser you are using, information about the operating system, the time and date of your visit and, where applicable, the Referer URL. The use of this information is solely for statistical purposes and for the needs-based design of our website. As a user, you remain anonymous.

3. Disclosure of personal data
Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties who are expressly named in this declaration or on the basis of an official order. Processing and use of personal data for the purpose of consulting, advertising or market research only takes place if you have expressly given your consent.

4. Use of cookies and web analytics services
Our sites use so-called cookies. These are small text files that are sent by the web server to your web browser and stored there for later retrieval. This automatically gives us certain data, such as As IP address, browser used or information about the operating system. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate navigation and enable the correct display of our websites. The use of cookies can be controlled by appropriate settings on your browser itself. If you do not want cookies, we recommend that you make the appropriate settings or choose an option that allows you to explicitly consent to its use. Please note that certain features of our website may not work or may not work properly if you disable the use of cookies.

5. Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the 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 the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

You can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that will prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website: disable Google Analytics
 
For more information about Terms of Use and Privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/. We point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymize_ip" to ensure an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking).

6. Use of newsletter services
On our website you have the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter. With the newsletter we inform you about our news, events and offers. Your personal data provided during registration will be used exclusively for the purpose of personalizing the newsletter and will not be disclosed to third parties. You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time. The revocation can be made via a link in the newsletters or by sending a message to info@sterna-biologicals.com.

The registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double opt-in procedure. That after registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses. The registration for the newsletter will be logged in order to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the login and the confirmation time, as well as the IP address.

7. Contact form
If you use a contact form on our website to get in contact with us, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible queries from us. The data will be deleted after completion of the processing, as far as there are no statutory storage requirements. A use for another purpose or a data transfer to third parties does not take place.

8. Right to Information, Correction, Blocking, Deletion and Revocation
You have the right to receive information about the personal data stored by us at any time, to correct, block or delete data. You may withdraw your consent at any time and with effect for the future. Corresponding explanations should be directed to: info@sterna-biologicals.com or sterna-biologicals GmbH, Rudolf-Bultmann-Str. 4h, 35039 Marburg, Germany.