Data privacy policy

Data Protection Statement

§ 1 Information on the collection of personal data

(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that personally relates to you, e.g. your name, address, email addresses, user behaviour, etc.

(2) The controller according to Art. 4 (7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel
Sudbrackstraße 56
33611 Germany.

You can contact our data protection officer at aw-datenschutz@drwolffgroup.com or using our postal address with the prefix 'data protection officer'.

(3) When you contact us by email or through a contact form, the information you provide (your email address, and if applicable, your name and telephone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data that arises in this context after the storage is no longer required, or we limit the processing if statutory retention requirements apply.

(4) If we rely on commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offerings or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes. Here, we will also state the specified criteria for the storage duration.

§ 2 Your rights

(1) You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with respect to your personal data:

  • Right to information,
  • Right to information,
  • Right to restriction of the processing,
  • Right to object to the processing,
  • Right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority about us processing your personal data.

§ 3 Collection of personal data when visiting our website

(1) In the case of a merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we will only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and ensure stability and security (legal basis Art. 6 (1) sentence 1, lit. f GDPR):

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the requirement (specific page)
  • Access status / HTTP status code
  • Each transmitted amount of data
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.

(2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned by the browser you are using and through which the body that sets the cookie (here by us) receives certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make Internet offerings more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of cookies:

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and operation of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (see b)
  • Persistent cookies (see c).

b)  Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognised again when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predefined period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

d) You can configure your browser setting according to your wishes and e.g. decline the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all features of this site.

e) We use cookies to identify you in subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise you would have to log in again upon each visit.

§ 4 Other features and offers of our website

(1)  In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you will generally need to provide other personal data that we use to provide the service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly inspected.

(3) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly inspected.

(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

§ 5 Objection or revocation of the right to process your data

(1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time. Such revocation will affect the admissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have submitted it to us.

(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if, in particular, the processing is not required to fulfil a contract with you, which we describe in each case in the following description of the functions. Upon the exercise of such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the case of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate reasons for why we will continue the processing.

(3) Of course, you may object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us about your objection to advertising via the following contact details: aw-info@drwolffgroup.com.

§ 6 Nutzung unseres Partnerbereichs

(1) Wenn Sie unseren Partnerbereich nutzen, speichern wir Ihre zur Vertragserfüllung erforderlichen Daten, auch Angaben zur Zahlungsweise, bis Sie Ihren Zugang endgültig löschen. Weiterhin speichern wir die von Ihnen angegebenen freiwilligen Daten für die Zeit Ihrer Nutzung des Portals, soweit Sie diese nicht zuvor löschen. Alle Angaben können Sie im geschützten Kundenbereich verwalten und ändern. Rechtsgrundlage ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

(2) Um unberechtigte Zugriffe Dritter auf Ihre persönlichen Daten, insbesondere Finanzdaten, zu verhindern, wird die Verbindung per TLS-Technik verschlüsselt.

§ 7 Geschützter Bereich für Fachkreisangehörige

(1) Unter axhidrox.de und nervtdichdeinschwitzen.de stellen wir Informationen zur Verfügung, die nur Fachkreisangehörigen zugänglich sind. Der Zugang zu diesem geschlossenen Bereich erfolgt über die Login-Funktion von DocCheck, die von der DocCheck Medical Services GmbH, Vogelsanger Straße 66, 50823 Köln (DocCheck), betrieben wird, die für die Verarbeitung der Zugangsdaten verantwortlich ist. Rechtsgrundlage ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

(2) DocCheck setzt das Session-Cookie Doccheck_user_id zur Ermöglichung des einheitlichen Logins sowie das Cookie Doccheck_scu_data zur Bereitstellung passender Inhalte anhand pseudonymisierter Kenndaten (z.B. Beruf, Land, Sprache) mit einer Lebensdauer von einem Jahr. Details zu Cookies ergeben sich aus § 3 Abs. 3 dieser Datenschutzerklärung. Ferner erhebt DocCheck seinerseits die unter § 1 Abs. 1 dieser Datenschutzerklärung genannten Protokolldaten zur richtigen Darstellung von DocCheck-Inhalten und zur Gewährleistung der Sicherheit der DocCheck-Dienste.

(3) Nähere Informationen zur Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten können Sie den Datenschutzbestimmungen des Anbieters entnehmen: http://info.doccheck.com/de/privacy.

§ 8 Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses so-called 'cookies', text files that are stored on your computer and enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the US and stored there. In the case of the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to continue providing other services related to the website and internet use for the website operator.

(2) Your IP address transmitted by your browser within Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

(3) You may refuse the saving of cookies via a setting in your browser software. We would point out, however, that you may not be able to use all features of this website in this case. You can also prevent the recording of data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension '_anonymizeIp ()'. Through this, IP addresses are further processed in shortened form. A personal reference can be excluded. Insofar as the data collected about you is assigned a personal reference, it will be immediately excluded and the personal data will be deleted immediately.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. With these statistics we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the US, Google is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, lit. f GDPR.

(6) Third-party service provider information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. User conditions: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, data protection overview: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the data protection statement: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

[(7) This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows conducted using a user ID. You can disable the cross-device analysis of your use in your customer account under 'My Data', 'Personal Data'.]

§ 9 Inclusion of YouTube videos

(1) We have included YouTube videos in our online offerings, which are stored on http://www.YouTube.com and are directly playable from our website. [These are all included in the 'extended data protection mode', i.e. you do not transfer data about yourself as a user to YouTube if you do not play the videos. The data mentioned in paragraph 2 is only transmitted when you play the videos. We have no influence on this data transfer.]

(2) By visiting the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned under Sec. 3 of this Statement will be transmitted. This happens regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to associate with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an analysis is carried out in particular (even for non-logged-in users) for the provision of needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the creation of these user profiles. To exercise this right, you must contact YouTube.

(3) Further information on the purpose and extent of the data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the Data Protection Statement. There you will also find further information about your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Facebook Custom Audiences

(1) The website also uses the remarketing feature 'Custom Audiences' of Facebook Inc. ('Facebook'). This allows users of the website to be shown interest-based advertisements ('Facebook Ads') during their visit to the social network Facebook or other websites that also use the process. We do this in pursuit of our interest in showing you advertisements that are of interest to you in order to make our website more interesting.

(2) Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Facebook server. We have no control over the extent and the further use of the data, which is collected through the use of this tool by Facebook, and inform you therefore according to our knowledge level: By incorporating Facebook Custom Audiences, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website or have clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a service of Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or are not logged in, there is a chance that the provider will find and store your IP address and further identification characteristics.

(3) Disabling the 'Facebook Custom Audiences' feature is possible for logged-in users at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#, or here:

The tracking pixel is currently: active | deactivate

(4) The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, lit. f GDPR. For more information about data processing by Facebook, please visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

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