Privacy Policy
Your right to privacy is of the utmost importance to us. This privacy policy informs you, as a visitor to our website, about the type of data we collect and how we use it.
Controller
Controller according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:
Dr. Rath Health Foundation,
Tesla 1, 6422 RG Heerlen
E-Mail: datenschutz@dr-rath-foundation.com
Visiting our Website
You can visit our website without having to provide personal information. We do, however, process data which your browser sends to our servers:
- IP address of the accessing computer,
- name and URL of the accessed file,
- date and time of the access,
- transferred data volume,
- http status code,
- requested resource and protocol version,
- identification data (type, version) of the browser used and operating system of the accessing computer,
- URL of the referring website if access took place by clicking a link.
This data is processed solely in order to improve our service and does not allow any inference about your person. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR since this data is technically necessary in order to display our website and ensure its stability and security. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests.
Contacting us
If you choose to contact us via email or mail, we store the data you give us during contact in order to answer your inquiry and to provide you with the desired information. Art. 6 Sec. 1 Sent. 1 lit. f GDPR is the legal basis as it is our legitimate interest to answer your inquiry. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests. The data processed with regard to inquires are deleted as soon as storage is no longer necessary or their processing is restricted if legal obligations to retain them exist.
It may happen, that your questions and inquiries touch topics, that are within the competence or activity of another company of the Dr. Rath company group. In this case we will forward your inquiry and transfer the data you have given us to the competent company of the Dr. Rath company group, according to the following rules:
- Inquiries coming from Europe on nutritional advice or supplements will be forwarded to the Dr. Rath Health Programs B.V., Netherlands.
- Inquiries coming from non-European countries on nutritional advice or supplements will be forwarded to the Dr. Rath International, Inc., USA.
- Inquiries on scientific questions or research related matters will be forwarded to the Dr. Rath Research Institute, B.V.
Art. 6 Sec. 1 Sent. 1 lit. f GDPR is the legal basis for the transfer of data as it is our legitimate interest to answer your inquiry in the best way and by the competent company of our company group. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests.
Newsletter
If you choose to subscribe to our e-newsletter we will ask you for the country you live in, and your email address. No further personal information is required. The submission of any other separately marked data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally.
For the subscription to our newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in process. This means that once you have subscribed, we will send you an email to the email address you gave us with which we request that you confirm your subscription. We also store the IP addresses you used at subscription and confirmation. The purpose of this process is to be able to prove that you subscribed and to be able to clear up any misuse of your personal data. The country and email address are only used in order to properly address the newsletter emails you requested.
Please note that your user actions are analyzed when sending the newsletter in order to optimize and evaluate it. Therefore, our newsletter contains so-called web beacons. A web beacon is a miniature image which lets us know when you opened one of our emails and which links in the email you clicked. Please note that sending the newsletter without the web beacon is not possible.
Your consent is the legal basis according to Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. a GDPR for the use of data to send the newsletter and the processing of the data to optimize and evaluate the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, with total autonomy and without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the standard rates. A message in text form to the above contact data (e.g. e-mail, fax, letter) is sufficient for this. Of course you can also unsubscribe by clicking on the unsubscribe link that is included at the bottom of every newsletter email you receive from us.
Our newsletters are sent out via the MailChimp platform, a trademark of The Rocket Science Group. Therefore the above mentioned data is transferred or processed by MailChimp as our data processor.
Petitions
If you choose to sign any of our petitions, we will ask you for the following details: your name, city, country, and email address. Fields which are mandatory for the signing are marked; other fields are voluntary. We also store the IP addresses you used at the time of signing. The purpose of this process is to be able to prove that you signed and to be able to clear up any misuse of your personal data. These details are stored securely by us and will not be transferred to any third party. Neither are they published on our website. We will use them to count all the supporters of our petition. At times, we may publicize the total number of supporters, but without showing any individual personal data. Your consent is the legal basis according to Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. a GDPR for the use of data. You can remove your date from our Petition at any time, with total autonomy and without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the standard rates. A message in text form to the above contact data (e.g. e-mail, fax, letter) is sufficient for this.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data that store information for a web site. Web sites themselves have no memory. To remember things, we use cookies.
The cookies used on our web site provide anonymous information about your browsing session on the site. A random code is placed inside the cookie and can be identified by the system behind our web site. This session information is used to recognize you – anonymously – throughout our web site. No personal information is stored in this cookie. We use two kinds of cookies: “session cookies” and “permanent cookies”. Session cookies are temporary cookies which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies are automatically deleted when they expire. For example, we are using a cookie remembering the language you have chosen for our website. The legal basis of this data processing is Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR since this data is necessary in order to configure our website to be user-friendly and facilitate its use. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Most browsers, however, accept cookies automatically. You can You can prevent the storing of cookies or have your browser warn you before saving a cookie by choosing these options in your browser options. Furthermore, you can delete stored cookies from your computer. Further information about these functions are found in the Help menu of your browser. It is possible, however, that some functions of our website will be available only in part or not at all if you do not permit the use of cookies. If you accepted cookies in the past and have changed your mind, you can use your browser options to delete your existing cookies and refuse the storing of cookies in the future. Tutorials for the most common browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera or any other browser, can be found online.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphithea-tre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” (see above “Cookies”). The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to analyze your use of this website in order to compile reports about website activities for the website owner and to provide other services to the website owner in connection with website use and internet use. Our legitimate interest follows the above-mentioned purposes according to Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests.
Google may transmit this data to third parties if this is legally compulsory or if third parties process the data on behalf of Google. This website is run with the extension „anonymizeIp“ in order to anonymize the collected IP addresses. Google will not associate your IP address transmitted by Google Analytics with any other data held by Google. The data sent and connected with cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs is deleted automatically after 14 months.
You may prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (including IP address) by down-loading and installing the browser plug-in available under tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This opt-out is set to browser and device. If you use this website with different browsers or devices, you need to install the opt-out on each one.
YouTube
We have integrated components of YouTube of YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA on this website. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. YouTube is an internet video portal which allows video publishers to upload videoclips for free and allows other users to watch, rate and comment these videos also for free.
The videos are embedded in enhanced privacy mode. When such an embedded YouTube video is played, YouTube places a cookie on the device of the user. YouTube uses these cookies inter alia in order to compile video statistics, to prevent fraud and to improve user-friendliness. This also leads to a connection with the Google DoubleClick Network. When you start the video, other data processing operations may be triggered. We have no influence on this. YouTube and Google are informed which particular subpage of our website you have visited.
If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube can match the transmitted data to the relevant YouTube account. This matching can be prevented by logging out of your YouTube account before you access our website.
The data protection regulations published by YouTube which can be found at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information on the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google. Legal basis is Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR, since the embedding of YouTube allows us to show our users YouTube videos. Of course we take your interests in consideration. We will not use the data if your interests override our legitimate interests.
Transfer to Third Parties
Except in the circumstances mentioned under “Contacting Us” no personal data of any sort will be transferred to a third party.
Your Rights
Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
You have at any time the right to access to confirm as to whether or not personal data concerning you has been processed, and if so which personal data has been processed.
Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
You have at any time the right to have us rectify personal data concerning you that is stored by us.
Erasure and Restriction (Art. 17 and Art. 18 GDPR)
You have at any time the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us. We will delete your data unless we are authorized or obligated to store your data for other reasons. You can similarly request the restriction of our processing of your personal data.
Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Regarding personal data which you have provided to us and which we have due to your consent processed automatically, you can at any time request that we provide you with this personal data. You then can transmit this data to other companies. If you wish – and if it is technically possible – we can also transmit the data to the company, you named to us.
Right to Objection and Withdrawal of Consent (Art. 21 and Art. 7 Sec. 3 GDPR)
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right according to Art. 21 GDPR to object against processing your personal data, if your personal circumstances provide reasons for this. If you have granted us your consent to process your personal data, you can withdraw it at any time.
Right to Lodge a Complaint (Art. 77 DSGVO)
If you believe that the processing of the personal data concerning you is illegal, you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Exercise of rights
In order to exercise your rights or if you have questions regarding collection, processing and use of your personal data, in case of access, rectification, data portability or erasure of data as well as withdrawal of consent granted, you can contact us at the below mentioned contact data (e.g. email, letter).
Change of Privacy Policy
Occasionally, for example when we develop our website further or legal changes are made, it may become necessary to change this Privacy Policy. We therefore reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy at any time with effect to the future. We therefore recommend that you read this Privacy Policy at regular intervals. The current status of this Privacy Policy is September 2019.
Contact us
If you have questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or regarding access, rectification, data portability or erasure of data, as well as withdrawal of consent, please contact us as follows:
Email: datenschutz@dr-rath-foundation.com
Postal address:
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Tesla 1–5, 6422 RG Heerlen, Netherlands