This privacy policy statement applies to the processing of your personal for the subscriptionto the newsletter. Kowa Optimed Deutschland GmbH based in Düsseldorf (provider) is responsible for this data processing in the European Union. The address of the provider is: Bendemannstraße 9, 40210 Düsseldorf, Germany. The email address of the provider is scope@kowaoptimed.com. The data protection officer of the provider is: Christian Offermann. The full contact details and further information about the provider can be found in the legal notice.

Preliminary remarks
The provider takes the protection of your data seriously and complies with the relevant data protection regulations. Personal data refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (affected person). Such data will only be processed to the extent necessary for the respective purpose and indicated subsequently or in a separate consent form, ordered by the authorities or courts or otherwise provided for by law. Your data will only be processed by the provider or by contractors on behalf of the provider in the Member States of the European Union (EU). In particular, the Internet servers used by or for the provider for the purposes of data processing are located in the member states of the EU. Your data will only be transferred to third parties insofar as it is necessary for the respective purpose and indicated subsequently or in a separate consent form, ordered by the authorities or courts or otherwise provided for by law.

Newsletter
The provider offers you the opportunity to subscribe to their email newsletter.

Consent
By subscribing to this newsletter, you consent to receiving the newsletter and to the necessary data processing by the provider:
in order to receive the newsletter, the provider requires a valid email address and a name in order to be able to address you in the newsletter. The name can also be a pseudonym. The data entered during registration are encrypted and transmitted to the provider's servers.

In addition, the provider requires additional data in order to verify that you are the owner of the registered email address. For this purpose, the provider uses the so-called double opt-in procedure (DOI). This means that after registration, you will receive an email with an individual link via which you can confirm your registration (confirmation link). Only after successful confirmation will you receive the newsletter. In addition to your email address and your name, the time and IP address of the registration and confirmation as well as the confirmation link are processed for the DOI, its verification and the prevention of misuse. The provider also processes the area from which you originate. However, this is not an exact geographical location. The information is only used to assign you to the corresponding regional mailing list. The provider does not process other data in this respect.

The data collected will only be processed in order to be able to provide the newsletter and send it to you. If you do not confirm the registration, the data collected up to this point will be deleted after a period of two weeks, unless they are still necessary to prevent misuse; however, the processing of your data will be blocked. In principle, your data will not be transmitted to third parties. However, the provider may use a mail service provider which may process the data on behalf of the provider in accordance with statutory regulations and the provisions of this privacy policy statement and therefore does not constitute a third party. Furthermore, in order to receive the newsletter, you are required to provide your specified name and your email address to the provider of your email account (mail provider). The transmission is encrypted, provided that your mail provider supports such a process. Your consent is the legal basis for the processing of your data.
Revocation (Cancellation)

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until the revocation. You revoke your consent by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can use the corresponding link in one of the newsletters (unsubscribe link). In addition, you can also contact the provider directly, for example via the above-mentioned email address. Following the cancellation, you will not receive any further newsletters and your data will be deleted, unless they are still required for proof of the DOI; however, the processing of your data will be blocked.

Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct advertising purposes. In case of doubt, the objection shall also be regarded as a revocation of your consent to the subscription of the newsletter. In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. The provider will not process these data after this date, unless the provider can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that overrides the interests, rights and freedoms of the individual, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right of complaint
In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority at the registered office of the provider is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI), Kavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de The complete contact details and further information on the LDI can be found on the corresponding website at www.ldi.nrw.de Your right to lodge a complaint with another supervisory authority remains unaffected.

Additional rights
You also have the right to request confirmation from the provider whether your personal data are being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to receive information about these data. In addition, you can find further information, in particular regarding how and for what purpose your data are being processed, in this statement. The provider can also provide you with this information separately. The right to information includes the right to obtain a copy of your personal data undergoing processing.

You have the right to demand that the provider immediately rectify incorrect personal data. This also includes the right to rectify anyincomplete personal data.

You have the right to demand immediate deletion of your personal data by the provider, provided that the data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed, that you have revoked your consent and there is no other legal justification for the processing, that you have filed an objection against the processing and that there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or that the objection relates to the processing for direct advertising, your personal data have been processed illegally or that the provider is legally obliged to delete the data. The right to delete data does not exist, however, if the processing of data is still necessary to fulfil a legal obligation, to perform a task in the public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. However, you may request that your data be blocked, if necessary.

You have the right to demand from the provider the restriction (blocking) of the processing of the data concerning your person if you contest the correctness of the data for the duration required to verify the correctness, if the processing is illegal and if you demand the restriction of their use instead of deleting your data, if the provider no longer has a need for the personal data, but if you need the data for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or if you have lodged an objection against the processing and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons stated by the provider outweigh your personal interests. Following the blocking, the data relating to your person may still be saved, but may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another person, or for reasons of substantial public interest. The provider will inform you before such blocking is lifted.

You have the right to receive the personal data that you have made available to the provider in a structured, current and machine-readable format and to transfer this data to another provider without hindrance by the initial provider. Upon request, the provider will transmit the data directly to the other provider, insofar as this is technically feasible.
Assertion

In order to assert your rights vis-à-vis the provider, you can contact the provider at any time, for example by sending an email to the above-mentioned address.

Concluding remarks
The provider does not process your data beyond the scope outlined above. In particular, the provider processes your data only insofar as they were transferred from the newsletter registration to the provider's servers. If you process your data yourself or have them processed, the provider is not responsible for the data processing. You can access the contents of this declaration at any time via the link: http://www.kowasnextbigthing.com/privacy.html corresponding, save it and print it out if necessary via the functions of your operating system.