Privacy Policy

according to Article 13 GDPR

We appreciate your interest in our website. The trust of all visitors and clients, the security of your data, and the protection of your privacy are of central importance to us.

Your personal data will therefore be processed by us in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Personal data is information that can be used to ascertain your identity. Typical personal data includes your first name, last name, address, telephone number, IP address, cookies, and email address.

When you access and use our website or otherwise explicitly provide us with information, we process the data automatically transmitted to us with each request from your browser (for more information, please refer to the “Log Data” section). If you voluntarily provide us with personal data, processing will take place exclusively in connection with the purpose of the inquiry or the respective order. We point out that data transmission over the internet can never be completely protected from access by third parties.

In the following sections, we would like to explain in more detail which data we process, when, and for what purpose. It will be explained how our services work and how the protection of your personal data is ensured.

Name and Address of the Responsible Person(s)

The responsible entity in the sense of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and other data protection regulations is:

HLN-Genetik GmbH
Ortliebgasse 25
1170 Vienna
Austria
office@hln-genetik.at

Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

As a provider, we may only process personal data of website visitors if one of the conditions explained below serves as a legal basis:

If we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.

For the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.

If the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, and where such interests are not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for data processing.

Deletion of Data and Storage Period

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply.

Further storage may occur if this is provided for by the European legislator or regulator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned regulations expires, unless further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone, or social media), your information will be processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR (so-called pre-contractual measure).

We delete inquiries when they are no longer required. We review this necessity every two years. In addition, statutory archiving obligations apply.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for the processing of this data is so-called pre-contractual measures according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Log Data

The provider of the internet service (provider) automatically collects “log data” in server log files.

Log data includes the following information:

Date and time of the respective request
Internet address (URL) that was requested
URL that the visitor previously visited immediately (referrer)
Browser and language used
Operating system used
IP address and hostname of the visitor
Access status / http status code
Amount of data transferred in each case
The transmission of this data to us occurs automatically, and this data cannot be assigned to your person with reasonable effort.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Logging serves to control access and monitor technical processes and their optimization. Furthermore, this data is used in accordance with § 76 BDSG for controlling processing operations from a data protection perspective.

Data will not be disclosed to third parties, except to law enforcement authorities by court order in the event of an incident.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection or after the expiry of the legally prescribed deletion period.

Therefore, the user has no right to object.

Your Rights

You have a right to free information about your personal data stored by us and, if applicable, a right to rectification, restriction of processing, or deletion of this data. You also have the right to data portability. Finally, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

Right to Object

We would also like to inform you that you can object to the future processing of your personal data at any time in accordance with the legal provisions of Art. 21 GDPR. The objection can be made, in particular, against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Right to Information

For questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, for information, rectification, blocking, or deletion of data, as well as for the revocation of granted consents or objection to a specific data use, please contact the following email address:

investor.relations@novogenia.com

Encryption by SSL / TLS

For security reasons, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This protects the transmitted data and prevents it from being read by third parties. You can recognize successful encryption by the protocol name in your browser’s status bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and a closed padlock symbol appearing there.

Webhosting via netcup

We use the services of netcup GmbH, Daimlerstr. 25, 78185 Karlsruhe, Germany, for web hosting our websites and have concluded a data processing agreement with netcup GmbH for this purpose in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. Further information can be found in netcup GmbH’s privacy policy at https://www.netcup.de/kontakt/datenschutzerklaerung.php.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in the operation and maintenance of the operational security of these websites in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Google Web Fonts

We use Google Web Fonts. All fonts are loaded locally. When using the aforementioned fonts, no personal data is transmitted to third parties.

Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device and save certain information for exchange with our system.

Cookie Types

First-party cookies – Required cookies

These are generated by our website and are necessary for the application to function correctly. These cookies are also known as session cookies or transient cookies and are automatically deleted after the browser session ends, i.e., after closing the browser.

Without these cookies, the correct functioning of the website is not guaranteed.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Third-party cookies

These are set by various services (e.g., analytics services or Facebook) and store a unique identifier that recognizes your device on your next visit (persistent cookies).

These cookies remain on your device for a predefined period. This duration is variable.

Deactivating Cookies

Please note that certain cookies are already set as soon as you enter our website.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases, especially third-party cookies, or generally.

If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited for you.

This website does not use third-party cookies.