Data Privacy Statement

We appreciate your interest in our websites and services.

GCP-Service International takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. In this privacy statement, we inform you about the data collected during your visit to our websites, the purpose for your data collection and how it is processed as well as the legal basis for the processing. In addition, we inform you about the rights to which you are entitled.

1. Data collection & use

a) Access over the internet
When you visit one of our websites, our web server makes a temporary record of each access and stores it in a log file. The following data is recorded and stored:

• Your IP address
• Date and time of access
• Browser type and operating system
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Name of your internet service provider

The purpose of recording these data is to allow use of the website, for system security, for technical administration of the network infrastructure and to optimize our internet service. The IP address is only evaluated, if there exists a justified suspicion of an illegal use based on concrete indications.

The data processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 g) GDPR and in our interest to be able to display our website as reliable and as trouble-free as possible to you. We store the remaining data resulting from the informational use for a period of 3 years, if there is no deletion order from you.

b) Contact form (gcp-service.com)
If you decide to contact us via our contact form, we collect the following data:

• Your name
• Your email
• Subject of your message
• Your message

We use this information to respond to your request via email. Additionally, we can use your information to personally tailor our response to you and provide you with specific information for your business. You provide us the data on a voluntary basis through completion of the contact form.

The data processing is legally basis on Art. 6 para. 1 g) GDPR and in our interest to be able to answer your request with the information that is relevant to you. Your data collected via the contact form and the communication to answer your request will be stored for 3 years, provided there is no deletion order from you.

c) Online training registration (clintrain.com)
If you decide to sign up for one of our online trainings, we collect the following data via our registration forms:

• Your Gender
• Title (optional)
• Your first name
• Your last name
• Your street, ZIP code, city and country (address)
• Your email
• Your telephone number (optional)
• Your continuous medical education (CME) number (optional)
• Your Profession (optional)
• Your Medical Specialty (optional)
• You VAT Regional number (optional)
• Your start date of your online training and your username
• Your Comments (optional)

We use this information to confirm your registration and to contact you with regards to your online training. In addition, we use your data to create your user account in our training platform and the respective invoices and login forms for your training. In case, you provided to us your CME number, we will forward your CME points to the appropriate medical council (Bundesärztekammer, EIV) once you have successfully completed your online training. Also, if you have ticked the box “I would like to receive your Newsletter 3-4 times per year”, we will use your email address to send you newsletters.

The processing of your personal data is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR as any participation in one of our online trainings is based on a contractual relationship. Your personal data used for the registration will be stored for 5 years due to the archiving regulations of the medical council and our discount system, provided there is no deletion order from you.

d) Combined web-based seminar/ presence training registration (gcp-service.com)
If you decide to sign up for one of our combined web-based seminar/ presence training, we collect the following data via our registration forms:

• Your selected course
• The date on on which you want to participate
• The way you want to participate in the training
• Title (optional)
• Your first name
• Your last name
• Your street, ZIP code and city (address)
• Your email
• Your continuous medical education (CME) number (optional)
• We collect a copy of your passport or ID card

We use this information to confirm your registration and to contact you with regards to the web-based seminar/ presence training . In addition, we use your data to create the respective invoices. In case, you provided to us your CME number, we will forward your CME points to the appropriate medical council (Bundesärztekammer, EIV) once you have successfully completed the training.

The processing of your personal data is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR as any participation in one of our web-based seminar/ presence trainings is based on a contractual relationship. Your personal data used for the registration will be stored for 5 years due to the archiving regulations of the medical council and our discount system, provided there is no deletion order from you.

e) Study interest registration (gcp-service.com)
If you decide to register yourself as an interested potential study participant via one of our temporary study-specific registration form, we collect the following data:

• Your name
• Your email (if required)
• Your telephone number (if required)
• Your address (if required)

We use this information to respond to your request via email. You provide us the data on a voluntary basis through completion of the contact form.

The data processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 g) GDPR and in our interest to be able to answer your request with the information that is relevant to you. Your data collected via the contact form and the communication to answer your request will be stored for 3 months, provided there is no deletion order from you. In case you decide to participate in a study the data processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR (written consent). In such cases, the storage duration will be prolonged by the study duration and will be deleted no later than 3 month after study completion.

f) Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

Our website, https://www.gcp-service.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. 

6. Placed cookies

Elementor: Statistics (anonymous), Consent to service elementor

WordPress: Functional, Consent to service wordpress

Google Maps: Marketing, Consent to service google-maps

YouTube: Marketing, Consent to service youtube

Miscellaneous: consent to service miscellaneous

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

FunctionalAlways active

MarketingMarketing

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

·  You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.

·  Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.

·  Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.

·  If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.

·  Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.

·  Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

GCP-Service Ltd. & Co. KG
Anne-Conway-Str. 2
28359 Bremen, Germany
Germany
Website: https://www.gcp-service.com
Email: dataprotection@gcp-service.com

You can prevent the use of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to use all functions of our websites.

g) Web analysis

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; referred to as “Google” in the information that follows). Google has an EU-US Privacy Shield certification. The EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement is designed to guarantee that data transfers to certified US companies are adequately protected.

The features of the service are Universal Analytics features. They make it possible to attribute data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID, thus giving us the ability to analyses the activities of a user on our websites. To do that, Google Analytics uses cookies. The statistical data we receive in this way helps us to improve our website and to make it more interesting for you as a user.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is GDPR Article 6 para 1 a), i.e. your consent.

Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

h) Google maps
We use content from Google Maps to display maps on our websites to make geographic information visually appealing.

The data processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 g) GDPR and in our interest to be able to display our company’s location on the maps offered by Google Maps on our website.

Google has an EU-US Privacy Shield certification. The EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement is designed to guarantee that data transfers to certified US companies are adequately protected. Google Maps is a service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (‘Google’). To make maps available to your web browser during a visit of our website, your web browser will connect to a Google server, which may also be located in the United States or outside of the EU. Google receives the information that our website has been visited from the IP address of your device.

2. Data transfer to 3^rd parties

For the provision of our websites your data will be forwarded to our supporting technical service providers (website hosting).

The transfer of your data to other 3^rd parties otherwise only takes place to the extent that this data protection statement is explicitly pointed out or we are legally obliged to do so.

3. Links to other websites operated by other providers

Our webpages may contain links to other providers’ webpages (e.g. YouTube, LinkedIn). We would like to highlight that this data privacy statement applies exclusively to the webpages managed by GCP-Service International.

4. Your rights

You have following rights with regards to your data:

• Right to request confirmation as to whether your data is being processed, and, where that is the case, access and information to your personal data ( 15 GDPR).
• Right to demand correction of incorrect personal data and completion of incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR).
• Right to deletion of personal data if not in conflict with a statutory retention requirement (Art. 17 GDPR).
• Right to restrict the processing of personal data (Art. 18 GDPR).
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR). In other words, the right to receive the data that you have provided within a structured, standard and machine-readable format. You may also transmit this data to other sources or have it transmitted by us.
• Right to object the data processing at any time (Art. 21 GDPR).
• Right to revoke your consent to us at any time.

To exercise your rights, please contact our above-mentioned Data Protection Officer.

• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, if you believe that your personal has been violated in the sense of the GDPR ( 77 GDPR).

5. Data Security

GCP-Service International uses technical and organizational security measures to safeguard stored personal data against inadvertent or deliberate manipulation, loss or destruction and against access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological progress.

All access to our websites is secured with 256-bit encryption for your security. You recognize an active encryption on the usually green representation.

Last update: 13.02.2024