The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

This website shows content for teaching, research and clinical practice. Certain content is only visible and / or changeable for certain users by means of a database. This website therefore requires user administration and person-related registration. Content is usually only visible to registered users. This does not apply to the homepage, the imprint and this data protection declaration. Another exception is the "Live Consultation" functionality. Selected content is also made available to users without registration. The initiator of a teleconsultation decides on such content and also on the group of people who may have access to it, who in turn can only be a registered user.

The collection of personal data for the purpose of registration, user management, assignment of content and rights on these pages (e.g. name, address or email addresses) is always, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

A. Name and address of the person responsible

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations can be found in the imprint. For more information, please refer to the imprint of this website.

B. Principles of data protection law

B.1 General information on data processing

a. Scope of the processing of personal data

In principle, we only collect and use personal data of our users insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our content and services. The collection and use of personal data takes place regularly only with the consent of the persons concerned. An exception applies in those cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law. We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is unavoidable in the context of contract processing, for example to the company entrusted with the delivery of the products that have been ordered or to the credit institute commissioned with the payment processing. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, e.g. for advertising purposes.

b. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR as the legal basis for Processing of personal data. When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR as the legal basis. If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR as the legal basis for processing.

c. Data deletion and storage duration

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the standards mentioned expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data in order to conclude or fulfill a contract.

B.2 Right to Information

According to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we have processed personal data relating to you; If this is the case, you have a right to information about this personal data and the following information:

the processing purposes; the categories of personal data that are processed; the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular for recipients in third countries or international organizations; if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data are stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration; the existence of a right to correction or deletion of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right to object to this processing; the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority; if the personal data is not collected from the data subject, all available information about the origin of the data; the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with ß Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject. If personal data is transmitted to a third country or to an international organization , you have the right to be informed about the appropriate guarantees according to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

B.3 Right to data transfer

According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible person, this will only be done if it is technically feasible

B.4 Right to rectification

According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request us to correct any incorrect personal data concerning you without delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data - including by means of a supplementary declaration.

B.5 Right to cancellation

According to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that we delete personal data concerning you immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies, unless the processing is to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims:

The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. You revoke your consent on which the processing is based in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing. GMO objection to the processing. The personal data was processed unlawfully. The deletion of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the member states to which the person responsible is subject. The personal data was collected in relation to services offered by the Information society collected in accordance with Article 8 (1) GDPR B. .6 Right to restriction of processing of personal data

According to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of personal data if one of the following conditions is met:

You dispute the correctness of the personal data for a period that enables us to check the correctness of the personal data, the processing is unlawful, you reject the deletion of the personal data and instead request that the use of the personal data; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need this data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing of personal data as long as it has not been determined whether the legitimate reasons for the B.7 Right to revoke a given consent

You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. Revoking your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent up to the point of revocation.

B.8 right of objection

According to Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e or f GDPR to insert; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We would then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If personal data is processed in order to operate direct mail, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, an email to us is sufficient.

B.9 Right to complain to a supervisory authority

According to Art. 77 GDPR, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you are of the opinion that the processing of the Personal data concerning you violates provisions of the GDPR or other data protection provisions. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here.

C. Data protection principles in connection with the provision and use of our website

C.1 Data processing when you visit our website

When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server on our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

IP address of the requesting computer, date and time of access, name and URL of the file accessed, website from which the access was made (referrer URL), browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website, ensuring comfortable use of our website and evaluating system security and stability. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally. The aforementioned data will be deleted as soon as their storage is no longer required to achieve the purpose. In the case of data collection for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. If the data is stored in log files, the data is anonymized by shortening the IP address at domain level no later than seven days after the data has been collected, so that it is no longer possible to establish a reference to the individual user. The data is also processed anonymously for statistical purposes; a comparison with other databases or a transfer to third parties, even in excerpts, does not take place. Only in the context of our server statistics is there a representation of the number of Page views instead. The collection of the data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. There is consequently no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

Further information on the data processed when you access our website can be found in the following sections of this data protection declaration.

C.2 Registration and User Account

Users can create a user account. As part of the registration, the required mandatory information is communicated to the users and based on Art. b GDPR processed for the purpose of providing the user account. The processed data includes, in particular, the login information (name, password and an email address). The data entered during registration will be used for the purpose of using the user account and its purpose.

Users can access information relevant to their user account, such as technical changes, to be informed by email. If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted with regard to the user account, subject to a statutory retention period. It is up to the users to save their data in the event of termination before the end of the contract. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the term of the contract.

As part of the use of our registration and login functions as well as the use of the user account, we save the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests, as well as the users in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data is not passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. GDPR. The IP addresses are anonymized or deleted after 7 days at the latest.

C.3 Analysis and Tracking Tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR carried out. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for you in order to optimize our offer. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

a) Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”) for the purpose of tailoring our website to requirements and continuously optimizing it. In this context, pseudonymised usage profiles are created and cookies are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

Browser type / version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of the server request, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of this website. This information may also be passed on to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of us. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection 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 and installing a browser add-on. Look here. As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again. Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics Help.

C.4 Other plug-ins and other tools

a) YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. The operator of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

D. SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for reasons of security and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize 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.

If the SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

E. Topicality and changes to this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid and is as of July 2019. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can call up and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on our website.

Contradiction advertising mails

We hereby object to the use of the contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.