Privacy Policy

RhineGene (“we” or “us”) is committed to processing personal data of website visitors in accordance with the data protection legislations. We also want to inform you that we use cookies on our website.

The purpose of this Website Data Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is to inform you about the data processing activities, and types and purposes of cookies obtained through your visits to www.rhinegene.com (“Site”).

Newsletter Subscription

We do not prefer to collect personal data via the Site. Only channel on the Site to collect data is newsletter subscription form. If you fill this form, we will add the e-mail address you send us to the mailing lists. The address will not be used Except this activity or transferred to the third parties.

While sending you newsletters we depend on your consent. You can use the privacy settings not to accept newsletter more at any time.

Cookie Activities

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files consisting of mostly letters and numbers that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies can sometimes enable the website to recognize your IP address and obtain certain data. In such cases, tracking the activities on websites and managing user perception pose risks to the fundamental rights of the visitors.

How are Cookies Collected and Processed?

When you visit our website, we process certain data through necessary, functional, and analytical cookies. Necessary cookies are related to the configuration of the cookie management tool encountered during your visit to our website. During this process, we do not process any personal data; we only see data related to whether the visitor has given consent on a specific date by accessing a masked numerical value. Functional cookies pertain to the user’s language preference on the site and are directly set up by our Company. The processing of data obtained through functional cookies requires the consent of the visitor. Analytical cookies are collected through visitor consent by means of the Google Analytics technology.

Types of Cookies Used on the Site:

Our website uses both first-party cookies (placed by the site you visit) and third-party cookies (placed by servers other than the site you visit). Below are the different types of cookies used on our Site:

Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the proper functioning of the site and for you to benefit from its features and services. For example, authentication cookies that come into effect when you log in to our site enable your session to continue from one page to another. Disabling these cookies may make some services and features unusable.

Functional and Analytical Cookies: These cookies are used to determine how you use the Site, including where you connected to the Site and what content you viewed during your visit, and the duration of your visit.

Purposes of Using Cookies:

We process your personal data through cookies for various purposes, strictly in accordance with the applicable legislation and limited to the purposes stated below:

  • Managing cookie settings by visitors
  • Performing essential functions for the operation of the Site
  • Analyzing the Site and improving its performance, such as integrating different servers operating on the Site, determining the number of visitors to the Site and making performance adjustments accordingly, or facilitating visitors in finding what they are looking for.

To Whom and for What Purposes Cookies May Be Transferred?

In the activities forming the subject of the Policy, we provide technical experts, who we receive support from as an external service, access to cookie data. We also have limited responsibility regarding the data obtained through the cookie processing technology called Google Analytics. Developers and owners of this solution may be collecting other data beyond what they provided us. You can find Google’s current Privacy Statements at https://policies.google.com/privacy .

We would like to inform you that Google Analytics servers may be located abroad from your country, and if you give your consent to Analytical Cookies, your data may be transferred abroad.

How Can You Control Cookie Usage?

Using cookies is not mandatory to use our Site. Unless you give your consent to cookies, we will not collect any cookie data based on the default settings of the Site. You can update your cookie settings through the cookie management tool. Additionally, you have the option to personalize your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings.

Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?locale=tr TR

Your Rights as a Data Subject:

You can send all kinds of opinions, suggestions, and requests regarding this Policy to gdpr@rhinegene.com.

We as RhineGene Bulgaria EOOD (“Company”) respect to the right of privacy. This Privacy Notice further provides information on your rights under applicable data protection laws, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)

  1. Who is the data controller?

We process your personal data as the data controller. Our contact information is in the table below.

Data Controller RhineGene Bulgaria EOOD
Address Sofia Tech Park 111B Tsarigradsko shosse Blvd., District Mladost, Sofia
BULGARIA
E-mail info@rhinegene.bg
  1. What type of personal data do we process?

This Privacy Notice pertains to the personal data of Logistic specialists and customer.

Personal data and categories of personal data to be processed within the scope of the purposes and legal grounds stated in this Privacy Notice in accordance with GDPR and other related legislation, are as follows

Communication > Phone number, Email address, Social media applications (viber, whatsapp), On-site meetings

Identity > Name Surname

  • What is our legal basis and purpose for processing personal data about you?

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes and based on the specified legal basis.

Purpose of processing Legal basis
·         To increase sales

·         To raise brand and product awareness

·         To build solid customer relationships

·         To distribute products

 Art. 6-1 (a) GDPR: The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes

 
·         Communication activities

·         Troubleshooting

·         Customer support

·         Interpretation learning

·         Execution of Activities for Customer Satisfaction

·         Execution of application activities for internal company purposes

·         Execution of application activities for proper analysis management

·         Application trainings

·         Product aquaintance

·         Molecular biology aquaintance

·         Application trainings

·         Execution of logistics management processes

 Art. 6-1 (b) GDPR: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
  1. What are our methods of collecting your personal data?

Your personal data will be collected verbally and in writing (through the sharing of business cards and the organization of on-site meetings) and electronically (via emails, on-site meetings, phone calls, providing digital access to the data – TeamViewer, and communication through social media applications), either directly from the individuals themselves or through logistic companies, social media, and the customer’s computer system.

  1. How and to whom do we transfer your personal data and for what purposes?

Your personal data will be shared with HQ (ANATOLİA TANI VE BİYOTEKNOLOJİ ÜRÜNLERİ AR-GE SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.) for the purpose of providing optimal customer support, follow-up of experiments, executing logistics management and conducting sales and marketing processes.

  1. What are the criteria we use to determine the retention period of your personal data?

If a period is provided in the legislation for the storage of the personal data, this period is complied with. Data retention period depends on the processing purposes. However, the maximum retention period of personal data which is subject of this Notice is 10 years  in context of legal necessities.

  1. What are the data subject’s rights?

Under the GDPR you are entitled to the following rights. These rights are:

  • Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 GDPR)
  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If you would like to exercise your legal rights, please contact us via info@rhinegene.bg or by coming to our Company at the address Sofia Tech Park 111B Tsarigradsko shosse Blvd., District Mladost, Sofia
BULGARIA

  1. Changes and Updates

The Privacy Notice has been prepared in compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and other relevant regulations. Changes may be made to compliance when any legislative change comes into force and/or personal data processing purposes and policies.