Privacy Policy

General

We, the

Femtec GmbH
c/o Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin

operate the webpages at www.femtec.org and, as the responsible party, are committed to protecting your data. This statement is intended to provide you with information about the collection, storage, processing and use of your personal data that is transmitted to us in the course of using our website.

The legal basis for data processing is the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, TMG) in their current version.

Extent, nature and duration of data use

Using the freely accessible area of our webpages at www.femtec.org is possible without providing any personal data. However, when you visit our website, the browser you use automatically sends the following information to the server of our website:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Description and URL of the retrieved content
  • Website from which the access is made (referrer URL)
  • Browser used, operating system and name of the access provider

The above-mentioned data is processed by us to ensure a smooth connection to the website as well as comfortable use, system security and stability. We will never use data to draw conclusions about your person. No data will be stored permanently.

If you provide us with personal data by email, this data will only be used to answer your request and will be deleted immediately afterwards.

Who has access to your data?

Access to the personal data collected by us is only granted to those individuals who are trained in regards to the legal provisions on data protection and who have agreed to comply with them in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

What rights do you have to your personal data?

You have the right to information about your personal data stored with us at any time and free of charge.

You have the right to request that incorrect personal data be corrected or completed without delay. You can also make the correction yourself at any time in your profile.

You have the right to request that the processing of personal data be restricted, provided that one of the reasons listed in Art. 18 Paragraph 1 GDPR applies.

You have the right to have your data deleted if one of the reasons mentioned in Art 17 Paragraph 1 GDPR applies.

You have the right to receive all your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common, machine-readable format and to transfer this data to another data controller.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address given in point 1 of this privacy policy. We will make every effort to answer your inquiry without delay, at the latest within the legally prescribed period of currently one month.

If you are of the opinion that any part of the processing of your personal data violates legal regulations such as the EU-GDPR or the BDSG, you can complain to the responsible supervisory authority. As a rule, the state data protection officer at our head office is responsible. The contact details of the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information can be found at https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/ueber-uns/zur-person/.

Cookies

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, what types of cookies we use, what information we collect through cookies, how that information is used and how you can control cookie settings.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time in the Cookie Statement on our website. For more information about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data, please see our Privacy Policy. Your consent applies to the following domains: www.femtec.org.

This website uses cookies to improve your user experience as you navigate through this website. Of these, the cookies that are deemed necessary are stored in your browser, as they are essential for the basic functioning of the website. We also use third party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies are stored in your browser only with your consent. You have the option to decline these cookies. However, rejecting some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store short pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website loads in your browser. These cookies help us make the website work properly, make it more secure, and provide a better user experience. With the help of cookies, we can better analyze our website and find out where we should improve or update the site for you.

How do we use cookies?

Like most online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function properly. These do not collect any personal data.

Third-party cookies used on our website are mainly used to understand how the website works. This helps us learn how you interact with our website, keeps our services secure, allows us to offer content that is of interest to you, to provide you with a better and improved user experience overall, and to speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

How can I manage my cookie preferences?

Should you wish to change your preferences later, you can click on the “Privacy and Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will bring up the consent notice again, allowing you to change your settings or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition, different browsers offer different methods for blocking and deleting cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies. For more information on how to manage and delete cookies, please visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Location of storage

The data collected by us is stored exclusively on servers in the European Union.

Contact

If you would like to contact us to ask questions regarding your personal data, please use one of the following contact options:

Femtec GmbH
c/o Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 314-26920

Email: info@femtec.org

January 2022