Privacy Policy

This is an English translation of our German privacy policy, provided for your convenience. In the event of any discrepancy, the German version (Datenschutzerklärung) shall prevail.

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data in this context means all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is PHYbio Establishment, Im Fetzer 45 a, 9494 Schaan, Liechtenstein, phone: +423 233 44 94, email: info@phybio.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When you use our website purely for information purposes, i.e. when you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect such data as your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

The website you visited
Date and time at the moment of access
Amount of data sent, in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (where applicable: in anonymised form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files subsequently should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

3) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR to perform the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

4) Contacting us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when a contact form is used can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your enquiry or for making contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your enquiry in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your enquiry has been conclusively processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified, provided there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Registration at the portal or forum

You can register on our website by providing personal data. Which personal data is processed for registration can be seen from the input mask used for registration. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is only complete once you have confirmed your sign-up by clicking the link contained in a confirmation email sent to you for this purpose. If your confirmation does not take place within 24 hours, your sign-up will be automatically deleted from our database. Providing the aforementioned data is mandatory; all further information can be provided voluntarily by using our portal.

When you use our portal, we store the data required to fulfil the contract, including any details of the method of payment, until you finally delete your account. Furthermore, we store the voluntary data you have provided for the period of your use of the portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and change all information in the protected customer area. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

In addition, we store all content published by you (such as public posts, pinboard entries, guestbook entries, etc.) in order to operate the website. We have a legitimate interest in providing the website with the complete user-generated content. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you delete your account, your public statements, in particular in the forum, remain visible to all readers, but your account is no longer accessible. All other data is deleted in this case.

6) Use of customer data for direct advertising

Subscribing to our email newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm, by clicking a corresponding link, that you wish to receive the newsletter in future.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store the IP address entered by your internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for the purposes of advertising by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the designated link in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the outset. After you unsubscribe, your email address will be deleted immediately from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data, or we reserve the right to use the data beyond this in a manner permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7) Online marketing

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information; through their use, simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded, collected and evaluated. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behaviour with regard to the AdSense advertisements. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google AdSense is not merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties where this is required by law and/or insofar as third parties process this data on behalf of Google. All of the processing described above, in particular the reading of information on the device used via cookies and/or web beacons, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google AdSense is not used during your site visit.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

Google’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

8) Web analytics services

8.1 Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when you visit the website, Google (Universal) Analytics sets cookies, which are stored as small text elements on your device and collect certain information. This information also includes your IP address, which, however, is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct identifiability of a person.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide further services associated with website use and internet use. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected within the framework of using Google (Universal) Analytics is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google (Universal) Analytics is not used during your site visit. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service via the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Further legal information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Demographic characteristics: Google (Universal) Analytics uses the special “demographic characteristics” function and can use it to create statistics that make statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This is done by analysing advertising and information from third-party providers. This allows target groups for marketing activities to be identified. However, the data collected cannot be assigned to a specific person and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.

Google Signals: As an extension of Google (Universal) Analytics, Google Signals may be used on this website to generate cross-device reports. If you have activated personalised advertising and have linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, analyse your usage behaviour across devices and create database models, including on cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you wish to stop the cross-device analysis, you can deactivate the “personalised advertising” function in the settings of your Google account.

UserIDs: As an extension of Google (Universal) Analytics, the “UserIDs” function may be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google (Universal) Analytics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, have set up an account on this website and log in to that account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analysed across devices.

8.2 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.

By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are stored as small text elements on your device and collect certain information, including your IP address, which is shortened by Google by the last digits in order to exclude direct identifiability of a person.

The information is transmitted to Google servers and further processed there. Transfers to Google LLC based in the USA are also possible.

Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide further services associated with website and internet use. The shortened IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected within the framework of using Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.

All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 is not used during your site visit. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties. The functions “demographic characteristics”, “Google Signals” and “UserIDs” described above may also be used in Google Analytics 4 under the same conditions.

8.3 Google Tag Manager

This website uses the “Google Tag Manager”, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analytics services, and for calibrating, controlling and linking them to conditions via a single user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store any information on user devices or read such information, nor does the service carry out any independent data analyses. However, when a page is accessed, Google Tag Manager transmits your IP address to Google, where it may be stored. Transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.

This processing is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager is not used during your site visit. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

9) Retargeting/remarketing and conversion tracking

9.1 Google Ads Remarketing

This website uses retargeting technology of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you have visited. Any processing of data beyond this only takes place if you have agreed with Google that your internet and app browsing history may be linked by Google to your Google account and that information from your Google account may be used to personalise the advertisements you view on the web. If, in this case, you are logged in to Google during your visit to our website, Google uses your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target-group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to form target groups. Within the framework of using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology is not used during your site visit. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

9.2 Google Ads conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising programme “Google Ads” and, within the framework of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google AdWords). In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. In doing so, we pursue the aim of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad served by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These cookies generally lose their validity after 30 days and do not serve to personally identify you. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page bearing a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. Within the framework of using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.

Details of the processing triggered by Google Ads conversion tracking and of Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

All of the processing described above is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. In addition, you can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be usable, or may only be usable to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies. Google’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

10) Tools and miscellaneous

Cookie consent tool

This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users when they access the page, in the form of an interactive user interface on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives corresponding consent by ticking the box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user’s device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

If, in an individual case, personal data (such as the IP address) is nevertheless processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website. A further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties. Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

11) Rights of the data subject

11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions of exercise:

Right of access under Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification under Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure under Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing under Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification under Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability under Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent given under Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint under Art. 77 GDPR.

11.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL END THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL END THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

12) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – where applicable – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

In the case of processing of personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continued storage.

In the case of processing of personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

In the case of processing of personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data is otherwise deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.