2. International Dental Manufacturers e.V.(IDM) c/o FIDE

You can generally use our website without entering any personal data. Entering your personal data is voluntary.

Personal data includes all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). A person is regarded as identifiable when they can be identified directly or indirectly, particularly by linking them to identifiers such as name, ID number, location data, online ID or one or several special characteristics that are an expression of the identity of this natural person.

The data is processed for the purpose of operating this website with information on our service portfolio as well as contact and online application options.

Personal data is only collected on our website if this is necessary for

• using the website (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. a) and/or Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. b) of the General data Protection Regulation (GDPR)),
• maintaining our interest to improve the user experience and secure use (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. f) GDPR),
• using the services provided on the website as well as pre-contractual measures, particularly such as for information entered in forms (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. a) and/or Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. b) GDPR), or
• concluding and performing contracts (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. a) and lit. b) GDPR).

For further details on the processing of data, refer to the relevant sections below:

3. Access data / server logfiles

When you visit our website, the servers automatically store the information sent by your browser, so-called server logfiles. This information includes

• Name of the accessed website,
• File,
• Date and time of access,
• Report of successful access,
• Browser type and version,
• User operating system,
• Referrer URL,
• Provider

This data is not consolidated with other data sources. In accordance with Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. f) GDPR, the information is used exclusively for analysing and maintaining the technical operation of server and network.

4. Cookies

Our website stores cookies. Cookies are small files that make it possible to store device-specific information on the device used by the user for access (PC, smartphone, etc.). They make websites more user-friendly (e.g. saving login data). They also help to collect the statistical website use data so that it can be analysed for improving the website and its content. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

You, the user, can control the use of cookies. Most browsers have an option to limit or block the storing of cookies. However, it is pointed out that using the website without cookies limits its use and particularly its user-friendliness.

You can manage many online advertising cookies used by companies through the US website
https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.

5. Email contact

When you email us your enquiries, we store your information provided in these emails, including any contact details provided by you therein, for the purpose of processing your enquiry and any subsequent enquiries in accordance with Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

We never transfer this data without your consent. We treat the data voluntarily provided by you in strictest confidence. We store and use personal data voluntarily disclosed by you insofar as this is necessary for continuing our correspondence with you.

6. Contact form

When you email us your enquiries, we store your information provided in these emails, including any contact details provided by you therein, for the purpose of processing your enquiry and any subsequent enquiries in accordance with Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

We never transfer this data without your consent. We treat the data voluntarily provided by you in strictest confidence.

We store and use personal data voluntarily disclosed by you insofar as this is necessary for continuing our correspondence with you.

7. Recipient of personal data

We disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients:

 Our employees and website host. The host is

Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG
Königsberger Strasse 4-6
32339 Espelkamp.

Other than that, your personal data is not transferred to third parties without your explicit consent, unless we are obliged by law to do so within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. c) GDPR or the data transfer is crucial for performing a contractual relationship in accordance with Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Please note that data transfer via the internet (e.g. when communicating via email) may have security gaps. It is impossible to entirely protect data against third-party access.

8. Storage period

We delete your personal data as soon as its purpose has been fulfilled. For example, we store the data from your emails and contact form until your enquiry has been fully processed and completed. The data is then deleted as a general rule.

We also check once a year if we are able to delete your personal data.

We automatically delete session cookies once you leave our website. Access data and server logfiles are deleted after one week.

Please note that certain data must be stored for a minimum of six (Section 257 of the German Commercial Code (Handeslgesetzbuch – HGB)) or 10 (Section 147 of the German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung – AO)) years in accordance with commercial and tax laws.

9. Rights of the data subject

You are not obligated by law to provide your personal data. However, doing so may be necessary for concluding a contract or for certain website functions. If you fail to provide your personal data, it may be impossible to provide a contract or website function.

The website does not include automated decision-making processes and no profiling takes place.

The rights of data subjects are specifically stated in Art. 15 to 23 and Art. 77 GDPR as well as Sections 32 to 37 of the new German Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG).

You have the following rights regarding your personal data when dealing with us:

• Right to be informed, 15 GDPR
• Right of rectification, 16 GDPR
• Right to erasure, 17 GDPR
• Right to restrict processing, 18 GDPR
• Right to data portability, 20 GDPR.

If you have consented to the processing of personal data, you have the right to

• withdraw consent, Art. 7 GDPR

with future effect.

You further have the right to

• object to the processing of personal data, Art. 21 GDPR.

1. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your specific situation, based on Art. 6 (1) s. 1 lit. f) GDPR (data processing based on weighing up of interests).If you object, your personal data will no longer be processed, unless we have proof of mandatory and protectable reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, execute or defend legal claims.

2. In individual cases, we process personal data for direct marketing purposes. If this applies to you, you have the right to object at any time against the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising.If you object to the processing for the purpose of direct advertising, we will no longer use your personal data for these purposes.

   An objection can be formless and should ideally be sent to us, see Section 1 above

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates data protection laws, you have the

         • right to complain

at any time to the relevant authority, see Art. 77 GDPR. Notwithstanding any other legal remedy under administrative law or before a court, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state where you have your residence, place of work or where the violation occurred, if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

You can find the contact details for the data protection officers in the federal states, government supervisory authorities, broadcasting sector, churches, in Europe and the rest of the world, as well as the virtual data protection office at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

The supervisory authority responsible for us is

Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestrasse 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf.