Privacy Policy

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. The following explains how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified.

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Schwanke Healthcare Consulting, Ulrich Schwanke, Am Wiesengrund 22, 40764 Langenfeld, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0) 157 5154 7242, Email: anfrage@schwanke-consulting.de.

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

When you use our website for information purposes only, we collect only the data your browser transmits to our server (server log files). When you access our website, we collect the following technically necessary data:

• The website visited
• Date and time of access
• Volume of data sent in bytes
• Source/referral from which you reached the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address (where applicable: anonymised)

Processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving website stability. The data is not passed on or used otherwise. We reserve the right to review log files retrospectively if there are indications of unlawful use.

We do not use cookies.

When you contact us by email, personal data is collected. This data is used solely to respond to your enquiry and for the associated technical administration.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry). If your contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted once your request has been fully processed, unless statutory retention obligations apply.

5.1 Email Newsletter

We will always obtain your consent before adding you to our mailing list. If subscribed, we will regularly send you information about our services. Your email address is the only mandatory field; any additional data is voluntary and used for personalised address.

You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in the newsletter or by notifying us. After unsubscribing, your email address will be deleted from our mailing list without delay, unless you have consented to further use or we retain a lawful right to further use, which we will inform you of in this policy.

5.2 Postal Advertising

Based on our legitimate interest in personalised direct marketing, we reserve the right to store your name, postal address and – where provided within a contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, year of birth and professional designation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, and to use these to send you offers by post.

You may object to this use of your data at any time by contacting the responsible party.

6.1 Rights of Data Subjects

Applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject with regard to the processing of your personal data, as set out below:

• Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, categories of data, recipients and intended storage period.
• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of inaccurate data and/or completion of incomplete data stored by us.
• Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request erasure of your personal data where the conditions of Art. 17(1) GDPR are met.
• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request restriction of processing while the accuracy of your disputed data is being verified.
• Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR: Where you have exercised the right to rectification, erasure or restriction, the responsible party must inform all recipients of these changes.
• Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller.
• Right of withdrawal pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw consent given at any time with effect for the future.
• Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

6.2 Right to Object

Where we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you object, we will cease processing the data concerned, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time. If you do so, we will cease processing for direct marketing purposes.

The storage duration of personal data is determined by the applicable statutory retention periods (e.g. under commercial and tax law). After expiry, the data is routinely deleted unless it is still required for contract performance or initiation and/or we have a legitimate interest in continued storage.