We appreciate your interest in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (“Fresenius”). Protecting your privacy is important to us. We would like to inform you on how we collect personal data, what types of information we collect, and explain to you how that information is used.
We also inform you that our websites include links to external sites which are not covered by this Data Protection Statement. Also, some of our Fresenius subsidiaries’ local websites may include different data protection statements. Your visit to such websites is subject to the respective data protection statement.
The Controller responsible for the processing of your personal data in relation to the use of this website and its functionalities is:
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Else-Kröner-Straße 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Phone: +49 6172 686 0
Fax: +49 6172 686 2628
E-Mail: pr-fre@fresenius.com
You can also reach out directly to our Data Protection Officer via:
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Data Protection Officer
Else-Kröner-Straße 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
E-mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@fresenius.com
We process your personal data for the following purposes and on the basis of the following legal bases:
As with most websites, we collect data of your visit to our site. We do this in order to be able to present the website optimized to the device you are using and with all its functions or to store your preferences for your current or future browsing sessions. The following internet protocol data is routinely collected during visits to our websites: your IP address, the website that directed you to our site, the pages visited on our website, your web browser type, and the date and length of your visit. Your IP address will be processed in a fully anonymized manner by deleting the last three figures. That way we are no longer able to identify you as an individual person. We process this data based on statutory provisions which allow the processing (1) because it is required to fulfil the agreement on the use of or website (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b) GDPR) and (2) we have a legitimate interest in ensuring the functionality and fault-free operation of our website and in being able to offer a service tailored to the user which is not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f) GDPR). We will delete the IP address within no more than one month.
We will collect and process data you actively provided to us for instance when filling in online forms when contacting us by means of communication such as e-mail, telephone or mail. In case of online forms, the purpose for which you provide us with your personal data can be found on the form itself, generally the purpose will be to communicate with you.
If you contact us via e-mail, phone, fax or an online contact form provided on our website, we process personal data as far as provided by you: your name, company, profession, address data, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, content and type of your request and possible further information provided by you for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. We do this based on your prior given consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a) GDPR) or, in order to execute a contract you are party to (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b) GDRP), or based on our legitimate interest in communicating with you and answer your inquiry, which is not overridden by your interests, rights or freedoms since you contacted us yourself (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f) GDPR). We will not use the information as a basis for contacting you further for marketing purposes, unless you have given us your explicit consent to do so.
Your contact details will be stored after the inquiry has been completed, in order to be able to react to follow up inquiries, if these arise. Details provided on online forms are always collected using a secure connection to protect personal information from manipulation or unauthorized access. Please be aware that regular e-mail traffic is not secure.
We share your data solely with other entities within the Fresenius Group. The data will be stored and hosted by Fresenius Netcare GmbH, Else-Kröner-Straße 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany.
In order to provide our website we make use of external service providers (“Processors”), such as hosting service providers, who thereby get access to your personal data. All Processors are carefully chosen by us and regularly checked. These processors may only process personal data for the purposes determined by us and may only process data in accordance with this Data Protection Statement and applicable data protection laws.
We store your data in cloud. This means that your personal data may be processed by cloud service providers like Microsoft and stored in different countries within the European Union. We require these providers to implement similar data protection measures as we take based upon contractual arrangements.
In order to be able to handle your inquiries, we will forward your inquiry, including your personal data as provided by you, to your local country contact. This may lead to your personal data being transferred to a third country outside of the European Union, which may not provide a similar level of data protection. With regard to those countries we have provided appropriate safeguards in order to secure your personal data to a degree that equals the level of data protection in the European Union. These safeguards are: Standard Contractual Clauses that have been issued by the European Commission or commiseration in the US-Privacy Shield. Where no safeguards are provided we will ask you for your consent.
We will not disclose your personal data to any governmental authority, unless required by law. Our employees, agencies, and retailers are obliged to respect the confidentiality and protection of your personal data.
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You have the right to obtain from Fresenius confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and where that is the case, access to the personal data.
You have the right to request from Fresenius the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you.
You have the right to request from Fresenius the erasure of personal data concerning you under the prerequisites put up in Art. 17 GDPR. These prerequisites inter alia provide a right to erasure, if data is not necessary for the purpose it was collected for, in case of an unlawful processing of personal data, if the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which Fresenius is subject, or if you have withdrawn your consent and there is no other legal ground for the processing.
You have the right to request from Fresenius the restriction of processing if the prerequisites of Art. 18 GDPR apply. This right exists inter alia, if the accuracy is contested by you, for a period enabling Fresenius to verify the accuracy of personal data, if the processing is unlawful and you contest erasure and demand restriction of their use instead.
You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to Fresenius, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from Fresenius under the prerequisites of Art. 20 GDPR.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on lit. e) or lit. f) of Art. 6 sec. 1 GDPR. In this case, Fresenius shall no longer process personal data unless it demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
To enforce any of the aforementioned rights, please contact us through one of the communication channels mentioned above.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a responsible supervisory authority.
Our communications department or Data Protection Officer would be ready to answer any questions regarding our Data Protection Statement. Please refer to the contact information given above.
© 2000 - 2024 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Else-Kröner-Straße 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
Phone: +49 6172 686 0
Fax: +49 6172 686 2628
E-mail: pr-fre@fresenius.com
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Data Protection Officer
Else-Kröner-Straße 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
E-mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@fresenius.com