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The following detailed privacy policy explains the data that is collected on our website and the data that we process and use and in what way.

Data protection is important to us, and we take it very seriously. We rely on trustworthy co-operation with you and make every effort to fully satisfy you - this naturally also applies to the handling of your personal data. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you as to how your personal data is processed. Therefore, please take the following information into consideration. Our privacy policy supplements the Terms of Use of B. Braun websites.

As we continue to develop our website and implement new legal requirements, new technologies, or to improve our service for you, changes to this privacy policy may become necessary. We recommend that you read this privacy policy occasionally.

You can print this document by using the normal functionality of your Internet service program (= browser: there mostly “file” > “print”).

 

The operator of this website and the responsible controller in terms of data protection is: 

B. Braun Medical Ltd
Unit 8, Brookdale Rd.
Sheffield
S35 2PW

Contact
Data Protection Officer: Donna Gold, at the following email address: dataprotection.uk@bbraun.com

This privacy policy applies to data about you, including personal data, collected by B. Braun. Personal data is data or a combination of individual data by means of which you can be identified. We process your personal data in compliance with the data protection laws of England and Wales and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”). In no case will we forward your personal data to third parties outside of the B. Braun group for advertising or marketing purposes without your consent.

As an international company, we work together with external service providers. To the extent that processed information contains personal information, corresponding contractual agreements and organisational measures have been enacted according to applicable law which ensure the security of your personal data. Our external service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored. In our company, compliance is monitored by our data protection officers.  Our employees are trained to handle personal data and have committed to comply with the respective data protection regulations.

As a general rule, our website can be used without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or email addresses) are collected, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may involve gaps in security. We try to protect your data from unauthorised access by third parties by taking precautions such as pseudonymisation, data economy, observing deletion periods and taking into account the current state of technology. Despite these protective measures, however, we cannot completely rule out unlawful processing by third parties.

When you visit our websites, our web servers save each access temporarily in a log file. The following data is captured and processed until automated deletion:

  • Anonymised IP address of the requesting computer  
  • Date and time of access
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Access status / http status code
  • Volume of data transferred in each case Operating system and its interface
  • Identification data of the browser and operating system used
  • Language and version of browser software
  • Name and URL of the retrieved data, content of request
  • Report whether the retrieval was successful
  • Website from which the access takes place
  • Name of your Internet service provider

 

When this website is used purely for informational purposes, B. Braun collects only the personal data that is technically required in order to display the website (establishment of connection), for system security and stability, for the technical administration of the network infrastructure and to optimise the website. The legal basis for this is a legitimate interest on the part of B. Braun (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).

You may object to this data processing. If you object to the use of the data, please note that you may only be able to use our services to a limited extent.

This personal information is not processed beyond the cases indicated above unless you expressly consent to further processing. (For further information, please see the Privacy Policy under the following section 5, “Consent”).

In accordance with the principle of data avoidance and data minimisation set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”), we only process personal data on our website if it is necessary for the purpose you have requested, if we are obligated to do so due to legal regulations or a contract, if we have a legitimate interest and/or if you voluntarily provide the information to us.  When entering personal or business data (e.g. email address, name, address), the disclosure of your data is performed on an expressly voluntary basis.

We process your contact and business relevant data based on statutory regulations in connection with existing or pending business relationships. In addition, with your input, you declare your consent for the personal data entered to be processed for the purpose designated by you. We process the provided data only as long as required for the intended purpose and delete it after fulfilling the purpose or after expiration of the respective storage periods. Processing does not occur for any other purpose. If you object to the processing of your data, please note you may only be able to use our services to a limited extent. In order to provide you with a comprehensive range of services, your data will be transferred and used within the B. Braun Group (for information on the B. Braun Group, click here.)

The following are possible ways we may use the data:

Due to legal regulations:

  • Execution of our General Terms and Conditions
  • Management of our business
  • Protection from or identification of possible fraudulent transactions

 

Due to contractual purposes:

  • Payment processing for purchases and other services
  • Processing your application documents

 

Based on our legitimate interest:

  • Determining the effectiveness of our advertising
  • Development of new products and services
  • Analysis of the use of our products, services and websites
  • Knowledge of how you reached our website
  • Website stability and security

Your consent to processing of your personal data can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. Your consent may be required in various cases:

  • to receive newsletters (see section 17 for further information), 
  • sending of samples, bonuses, products and information,
  • signing up for prize competitions, programs or offers at your request,
  • delivery of other services which we have offered to you, 
  • surveys on our websites,
  • development and provision of advertising tailored to your interests, or
  • making contact via our contact form (see section 15 for further information).

Your data is stored by B. Braun for as long as required for certain purposes. Consequently, your data is erased by B. Braun if and when:

  • the relevant legal basis for the processing of your data no longer exists, 
  • the purpose of processing of your data no longer exists,
  • you withdraw your consent to the processing of your data,
  • a legal obligation makes it necessary to erase them, or
  • you have objected to the processing of your personal data.

 

Unless storage periods stipulated by law apply. B. Braun may only delete your data when these retention periods have elapsed.

This does not apply to data whose erasure would involve disproportionate effort. In cases like these, B. Braun is deemed to have a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR in storing your data.

We do not use fully automated decision-making pursuant to Article 22 UK GDPR to establish and implement the business relationship. Should we use these methods in individual cases, we will inform you thereof separately when required by law.

We use automated methods to process your data in part, with the objective of evaluating certain personal aspects (profiling). For example, we use profiling to provide products that may interest you on a targeted basis.

Within the scope of our business relationship, you are required to provide the personal data that is necessary in order to commence and implement the relevant business relationship and fulfil the contractual obligations associated with it or that we are required by law to collect. Without this data, we will generally not be able to enter into the business relationship with you and fulfil the obligations that arise from it.

The websites of B. Braun contain links to third-party websites over whose content B. Braun has no influence. After clicking on a link, you leave the sphere of responsibility of B. Braun. Processing of data therefore no longer takes place within our influence.

Children and people under the age of 18 normally do not transmit personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from minors and we confirm that we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors, use it in any way or disclose it to third parties without authorisation.

The Internet is a globally open platform. Due to the Internet's inherent mode of operation and the systemic risks involved, any data transmissions are made at your own risk. For your security we exclusively offer our services via encrypted transmission.

We transfer your data to countries inside and outside the European Economic Area (“third countries”) only to the extent that:

  • it is necessary in order to fulfil your orders, 
  • it is required by law, or
  • you have given us your consent.

 

To the extent that we transfer your data to a third country or an international organisation, this takes place in accordance with the UK GDPR. Beyond that, we only transfer the strict minimum amount of data necessary, in line with the principle of data minimisation.

In some cases, we use service providers whose corporate headquarters, parent company or subcontractors are based in a third country. Your data is only transferred if the European Commission has decided that an adequate level of protection exists in the third country (Article 45 UK GDPR), appropriate safeguards are provided (e.g. standard contractual clauses issued by the European Commission) and enforceable rights and effective remedies are available to you as a data subject. We have contractually regulated compliance with the UK GDPR and its requirements with the service providers.

Our websites also use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. They do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Some cookies (so-called "functional cookies," e.g. for language settings and ordering processes) are those that are absolutely necessary in order to ensure essential functions of the website. Without these, the website cannot be used as intended.

There are two different types of cookies:

  • Transient cookies: Most of the cookies we use are “transient cookies,” in particular “session cookies.” These cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. They enable us to recognize your browser when you return to our website within the same session.
  • Persistent cookies: Other cookies, so called “persistent cookies”, are automatically deleted from your end device after a predefined period of time (which varies according to the type of cookie).

 

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude cookies as well as activate the automatic deletion of the cookies when closing the browser. If you refuse the use of cookies (a possible setting in your browser) the use of our website is still possible (restricted under certain circumstances).  Further information about the third party tools we are using and detailed cookie information about them can be found in our "Cookie Settings" in the footer of this website (you can see it when you scroll down to the end of this page). With the cookie settings, you are also able to edit your personal settings in terms of cookie storage.

We have taken extensive precautions to protect the security of your data. Your data which you have entered e.g. in HTML websites (contact forms) are transferred in an encrypted form (SSL - Secure Socket Layer) via the public data network to B. Braun.

This website uses an SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect  the transmission of confidential content, for example, the inquiries that you send us as the website provider. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If the SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, we store your information, including the contact information you provide there, in order to process your inquiry and in the event of any follow-up inquiries. We do not share this data without your consent. The data that arises in this context is deleted once storage is no longer necessary, or processing is restricted if there are statutory storage obligations.

By giving us your consent when contacting us via our form, you have opted to be informed about future offers and products (e.g. newsletters, forms, etc.) from B. Braun. In this context your data may be transferred to the United States, to a contractually bound and carefully selected service provider. The level of data protection in the United States cannot be compared with European standards, which is why adequate data protection cannot be guaranteed at all times. In order to guarantee the security of your data as well as possible B. Braun takes the necessary protective measures. For example, your data is transferred to the United States in accordance with the principle of purpose limitation and data minimisation, with the result that only the information that is absolutely necessary and has been provided by you is stored.

Use of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud

We use the remarketing functions of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud of the service provider salesforce.com, Inc. The Landmark @ One Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA (“Salesforce”). If you have given your consent to receive our newsletters and visit our website via a newsletter, web beacons are used. This enables us to track the effectiveness of our newsletters, e.g. whether you have opened an e-mail or which part of the newsletter was particularly interesting.

For this purpose we use e.g. the tracking methods “Email Open Tracking” and “Email-Link Tracking”.

Email Open Tracking: Here we track whether you have opened the newsletter via the 1x1 pixel in the HTML template described below.

Email-Link Tracking: This is tracked when a link was clicked within the e-mail (click-through). For this purpose the links are converted into trackable links by the Marketing Cloud.

Salesforce uses so-called “web beacons” in the majority of the e-mails sent. Web beacons (also called “ClearGIFs” or “tracking pixels”) are small graphics (GIF files with a size of approx. 1×1) that are used on websites or in HTML e-mails, amongst other things. Web beacons fulfil similar functions as cookies, but are not noticed by the user. In particular web beacons can be used to obtain information about whether the e-mail has been opened and whether the user system is capable of receiving HTML e- mails. No personal data is collected via the web beacon.

If you would not like to receive any e-mail messages with web beacons, you can alternatively receive your e-mails in text form (not in the HTML format) by changing the appropriate settings within your e-mail client and by blocking the receipt of HTML format e-mails.

Your personal data will not be forwarded to third parties (i.e. outside the B. Braun Group), unless you have given us your prior consent. Excluded from this provision is the forwarding to service partners, such as for example parcel service providers or freight forwarders, if the transmission is necessary for order processing or delivery of the goods.

The logistics service providers receive the data required for the delivery for their own use. We limit the transferred data to the necessary extent.

In addition, other service providers are involved such as IT service providers or the hosting service provider for the website. These companies work for B. Braun within the framework of processing on behalf of B. Braun and may only use the personal data in accordance with our instructions.

B. Braun has obligated these service providers to the UK General Data Protection Regulation as per a contract and monitors these companies.

Further excluded is the transfer of data for the management of the delivery of goods or services and for accounting purposes within the B. Braun Group.  To transfer the data it may be stored in the cloud application salesforce.com, Inc. The Landmark @ One Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA (“Salesforce”), (see section 15).   Beyond this, no data is transferred to third parties without your consent.

In all cases, the data is transferred in accordance with the applicable national and European data protection provisions; the scope of the data transferred is limited to the necessary minimum.

By signing up to receive a newsletter that is offered, you are consenting to the processing of your name and e-mail address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided. You are also confirming that you agree to receive the newsletter.

In the case of mailing, your address is also required. Your data is processed exclusively for the requested newsletter; your data is not used for any other purpose. Your data is not passed on to third parties. Our registration system ensures that you only receive the selected newsletter by sending you a registration email with a confirmation link (known as the “double opt-in” procedure).

You can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link.

If you order the newsletter via our contact form, we process your request in our Salesforce Marketing Cloud (see section 15).

Whitepaper / Gated Content

When you register to receive free information (e.g. download a white paper, or video content), you give your consent to the processing of your name and email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. It is optional for you to give your consent for the use of your data for marketing purposes. For this purpose, we process your request in our Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Sales Cloud (see section 15).

Your data is processed exclusively for the requested information, your data is not used for any other purpose. Your data may be  passed on to third parties. Our registration system ensures that you only receive the selected information by sending you a registration e-mail with a confirmation link (known as “double opt-in” procedure). You can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the whitepaper/gated content at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the email.

If you order the whitepaper/gated content via our contact form, we process your request in our Salesforce Marketing Cloud (see section 15).

This website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited ("Adobe"). Adobe Analytics uses cookies. If the information regarding use of the website that is generated by the cookie is transferred to an Adobe server, then the settings ensure that the IP address is anonymised before geolocalisation and replaced by a generic IP address before storage. Adobe utilises this information on behalf of the operator of this website in order to evaluate usage of this website by the user, to compile reports on website activity for the website operator and to perform additional services connected with use of the website and the Internet in respect of the website operator. The IP address transferred by your browser as part of Adobe Analytics is not combined with other data from Adobe. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Adobe and the processing of this data by Adobe by following the instructions here.

We have concluded a data processing contract with and fully implement the strict requirements of the UK data protection authorities when using Adobe Analytics.

To protect forms on our website from spam and misuse, we use the "Friendly Captcha" service from Friendly Captcha GmbH (Germany). By using this service, it is possible to distinguish whether the corresponding input is of human origin or is abusive due to automated machine processing.

The tool prevents automated and abusive requests by so-called "bots". As part of this process, your IP address is captured by Friendly Captcha in order to send a cryptographic task to your device. This task is solved in the background and as soon as it is solved, a confirmation is sent by Friendly Captcha to the server that this is a natural person.

In this regard, Friendly Captcha processes and stores the following data:

  • IP address of the requesting computer (anonymised via one-way hashing).
  • Information about the browser and operating system used
  • Anonymised counter per IP address to control the cryptographic tasks
  • Website from which the access took place (referrer URL)

 

For more information on this data processing, please visit the Friendly Captcha website: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/

This website uses Lead Forensics, a B2B sales and marketing enablement tool. It is operated by Lead Forensics, UK Headquarters, Communication House, 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ, UK.

The Lead Forensics tool uses a tracking code for identifying companies visiting our websites by their business IP addresses. This is not the same as cookies. The Lead Forensics tracking code only provides information that is readily available in the public domain. It does not, and cannot, provide individual, personal or sensitive data regarding who has visited our website. Under no circumstances will the data be used to personally identify individual visitors. If IP addresses are collected, they are anonymised immediately after collection. The information generated by the Lead Forensics tracking code is transferred to the Lead Forensics tool and processed and stored in the UK in a secure environment.

The Lead Forensics tool does not provide us with IP addresses. It provides us with information about which companies have visited our website, the date and duration of their visit, and the web pages they visit. This information allows us to analyse the use of our website and eventually contact those companies about their experience or for sales purposes. As an international company, to be able to guarantee you the best service, we transfer this information to our subsidiaries and distributors as necessary. Beyond this purpose, no transmission of personal data is passed on to third parties.

For more information, please visit https://www.leadforensics.com/

This website uses Adobe Target, a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited (“Adobe”), to analyse and optimize the website.

With Adobe Target, so-called A/B tests or multivariate tests can be performed on the website. The software thereby controls a variant which is modified in comparison to the original version of the website (different design or content). In this way, the visitor’s preferred variant can be found out and the website can be optimised according to the visitors' needs. In these cases, the variants can also be controlled permanently for certain visitor segments.

Adobe Target does not collect any IP addresses or personal information for this purpose. IP addresses are only used by Adobe Target for the duration of the session (in memory, never persistently). User behaviour is evaluated on the basis of quantitative methods. 

Tests and variants are also controlled with the help of cookies. For further information on cookies and the opt-out options of our Cookie Consent function, please refer to our cookie policies

You also have the option of manually deactivating Adobe Target by opting out cookies via this link: https://bbraunmelsungenag.tt.omtrdc.net/optout

However, there is no documentation of your decision in this way and the opt-out cookie may conflict with your decision that you may have made when accessing our website via our Cookie Consent function.

For more information about Adobe's privacy policy and the privacy statement, please visit https://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html

Facebook conversion tracking

Within our website we use the "Facebook pixel" of Meta Platforms Inc. (USA). This allows users' behaviour to be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimise advertising measures.

The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not give us any indication of the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage policy. You can enable Facebook as well as its partners to connect advertising ads to Facebook including external websites. A cookie can also be stored on your computer for these purposes. To generally object to the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your internet browser to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer in the future or to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, objecting to all cookies can result in some functions on our websites no longer being executed.

LinkedIn Insight Conversion Tracking

We use the LinkedIn Insight Conversion Tool, of LinkedIn Inc. (USA) which allows us to obtain information about the use of our website and to present advertising content that is tailored to your interests on other websites. For this purpose, a cookie with a validity of 120 days is set in your browser, which allows LinkedIn to recognize you when you visit a website. LinkedIn uses this information to create anonymous ad activity reports and information about how you interact with our website.

You can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight Conversion Tool as well as the interest-based advertising by opt-out under the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

For more information on LinkedIn privacy, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Twitter conversion tracking

We use the universal website tag from Twitter Inc. (Ireland), which allows us to obtain information about how visitors use our website and use this information to present personalised Twitter advertising content tailored to their interests. For this purpose, a cookie is set in your browser that allows Twitter to recognise you when you visit a website. It also enables us to identify users who have used their mobile device to view our advertising on Twitter and later visit our website on a desktop computer. Twitter’s Conversion Tracking allows us to assign conversions such as link clicks, retweets or “likes”. The collected data is always in aggregated and anonymous form.

You can deactivate Twitter's interest-based advertising via several opt out functions that are explained here: https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/privacy-controls-for-tailored-ads

We have agreed to the terms of Twitter conversion tracking program: https://legal.twitter.com/ads-terms/us.html#twitterconversiontrackingprogramt%26cs

You can find more information on data protection on Twitter at https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Google Ads & Conversion Tracking

We place Google Ads advertisements to draw attention to our products. In the scope of this activity, we use “Google Conversion Tracking”, a service provided by Google, Inc. (USA). These ads are displayed when users enter search queries on the websites of the Google advertising network. We have the option of combining our ads with certain search terms. We use cookies to place advertisements based on the users’ previous visits to our website.

When a user clicks on an ad, a cookie is set on the user’s computer by Google. Further information on the cookie technology can also be found in Google’s information on website statistics and privacy policy.

With the help of this technology, Google and B. Braun are notified when a user clicks on an advertisement and is redirected to our websites. The information obtained in this context is exclusively used for statistical analysis to optimise the ads. We do not receive any information that personally identifies a user. The statistics provided to us by Google include the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and, if applicable, whether they were redirected to a page on our website that was tagged with a conversion tag. These statistics allow us to understand which search terms led to the most frequent clicks on our ads and which advertisements resulted in a user filling out the contact form.

You can prevent the storage of the cookie required for these technologies, for example via the settings of your browser. In this case, your visit will not be reflected in the user statistics.

You also have the option of selecting the types of Google ads or deactivating interest-based ads on Google via the ad setting. Alternatively, you can object to the use of cookies by third parties by accessing the Network Advertising Initiative’s disabling tool.

See: 

https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/

However, B. Braun and Google will still receive statistical information about how many users have visited this website and when. If you do not wish to be included in these statistics, you can prevent this by using additional programs for your browser (e.g. the Ghostery add-on).

Funnelytics

We use Funnelytics by Funnelytics Inc (Canada). This is a technology service that helps us better understand our users' experiences (how they navigate websites, how they react to different websites, what content they like and dislike, etc.). This allows us to build and maintain our service with feedback from users. Funnelytics uses cookies to collect data about user behaviour and devices used.

The data collected by Funnelytics are IP address (captured and stored in anonymised form only), device type (unique device identifiers), browser information and geographical location (country only).

For more information about Funnelytics' privacy policy and compliance with the GDPR, visit: https://funnelytics.io/terms-of-service/gdpr/

B. Braun maintains its own sites on various social networks in order to enable an exchange with interested users or clients and be able to inform these groups about the B. Braun product portfolio. B. Braun does not process any user data in social networks itself and can only analyse and use the data that have been anonymised by Facebook. In the process, user data may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. Furthermore, the user data collected are processed for marketing purposes, for example to define target groups and then display advertising material to them on the respective social media platform. To make this possible, the social network/the relevant provider of the social network frequently stores cookies that contain the users’ online behaviour, interests and similar. User profiles on the relevant platforms can also contain data that is stored irrespective of the end device. The legal basis for this kind of data processing is the legitimate interest of B. Braun in functional and stable communication with users via the respective online presence.

The social media providers may request your consent to the relevant data processing. In this case, the legal basis for the data processing would be that specific consent.

As a data subject affected by the processing, you can assert various rights against the controller (for more information, see section 28). Please note, however, that as a basic principle, exercising these rights as a data subject makes the most sense if you do so directly with the platform provider. As a general rule, only the platform providers have direct access to the data processed, and are the only ones that can take appropriate measures. 

In order to provide you with as much relevant information as possible regarding data processing in social networks, we also refer you to the data protection and privacy statements of the individual platform providers.

Facebook (Meta): https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Third-party content may be used within the B. Braun website (so-called “plugins”). These can appear in the form of YouTube videos, RSS Feeds or graphics of other websites or also by social media pushbuttons, such as the Facebook share button.

If you are on a B. Braun website, on which content of third parties is integrated a connection will be set up with the respective social network. This means that the content of the buttons can be transferred to your browser and integrated into the website by it. This means that the respective provider always receives the information that you have opened on the B. Braun website. It is irrelevant whether you are a member of a social network or not logged into such a network. Furthermore, irrespective of whether you interact with the embedded content, information is automatically collected by the social network. The following data may be transferred hereby: IP address, browser information and operating systems, screen resolution, installed browser plugins (e.g. Adobe Flash Player), origin of visitors (if you followed a link) and the URL of the current website.

If you are logged into one of the social networks while using the B. Braun website the information about your visit to the website will be linked to your member data and stored. If you are a member of a social network and do not wish this data to be transferred you must log out of the social network before visiting the B. Braun website.

B. Braun has no influence over the scope of the data collected by the social networks. For information on the nature, scope and purpose of data processing, the further processing of the data and your rights and possible settings to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective social network.  You also have the option of blocking social media plug-ins by means of add-ons in your browser and thus preventing data transfer. 

Facebook (Meta) plugins

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Meta Platforms Inc (USA),  are integrated on our websites.  You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

When you visit our websites, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. Facebook can hereby allocate the visit to our website to your user
account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the sites, have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data or the processing by Facebook.


For further information on this, please see the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not wish Facebook to associate the visit to our websites with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.


Twitter plugins

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated onto our websites. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, (USA). By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visited are linked with your Twitter account and announced to other users. In this context data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we as the provider of the websites neither receive any knowledge of the content of the transferred data, or the processing by Twitter.

You can find further information on this in Twitter’s privacy policy:  https://twitter.com/en/privacy

You can change your Twitter privacy settings in your account settings at: https://twitter.com/settings/account

Privacy policy for the use of LinkedIn

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. A connection to servers of LinkedIn will be set up with each call of one of our websites, which contains functions of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our websites with your IP address. If you click the "recommend button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your account at LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to allocate your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that we as the provider of the sites neither have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data, nor their use by LinkedIn.

You can find further information in this respect in the privacy policy of LinkedIn under: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

XING plugin

Our website uses functions of the network XING. The provider is XING AG (Germany). Each time you access one of our pages that contains XING functions, a connection is established to the servers of XING. To our knowledge, processing of personal data does not take place in this process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored, nor is user behavior analysed.

You can find further information relating to data protection and the XING share button in the privacy policy of XING under https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

YouTube plugin

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website operated by Google. The operator of the websites is YouTube, LLC (USA). When you visit one of our websites fitted with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. It communicates to the Youtube server which of our websites you visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your behaviour to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Maps

In order to show you interactive maps directly on the website and to make comfortable use of the map function possible, we integrate Google Maps from their service provider Google LLC (USA) on our websites.  In order to use these services, the IP address of the user is transferred to Google. The IP address is required for the display of this content but is only used to deliver the content. Your location data will not be collected by Google without your consent (usually part of your device settings).

You can access the Google Privacy Policy below: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Whatsapp

We use the sharing button of the messenger service WhatsApp from the provider Meta Platforms Inc (USA). The sharing buttons allow you to share a post or website using WhatsApp. The WhatsApp sharing button is merely a link to the provider WhatsApp. Therefore, no data flows to WhatsApp simply by calling up our website.

If you actively use the WhatsApp button, a direct connection is established between your browser and the WhatsApp server via the plugin. WhatsApp thereby receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the WhatsApp button while you are logged into your WhatsApp account, you can share the content of our website via your WhatsApp profile. This enables WhatsApp to link your visit to our website with your WhatsApp profile. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the website, neither have any knowledge of the content of the transferred data, or the processing by WhatsApp. If you do not want WhatsApp to be able to associate your visit to our website with your WhatsApp profile, please log out of your WhatsApp account.

For more information, please see WhatsApp's privacy policy at: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy

B. Braun uses the ad format "Lead Gen Forms" on LinkedIn and so-called "Lead Ads" on Facebook. Lead Gen Forms and Lead Ads are forms that have already been partially pre-filled with LinkedIn/Facebook profile data, with which users can register for a B. Braun event or request contact depending on the content of the form. Users who have filled out and sent such a form on LinkedIn or Facebook are considered data subjects of the processing and can assert various rights against the controllers (more information see section 29). Since the form can only be sent if the user consents to the processing and the transfer of the data to B. Braun, the legal basis is the user’s consent.

We use the "Sales Navigator" and "Sales Insights" services of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company ("LinkedIn Ireland") to address, manage and expand our contacts and leads. Information on LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Sales Insights and their functions can be found here: 

https://business.linkedin.com/de-de/sales-solutions/sales-navigator

https://business.linkedin.com/de-de/sales-solutions/sales-insights

LinkedIn's privacy policy with further information on data processing can be found here: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Purpose of data processing: We use the LinkedIn tools to find suitable contacts for us and our products and services and to contact them directly via the integrated messaging function on LinkedIn with the intention of presenting our products and services. We also use the LinkedIn tools to update our customer data in our Salesforce CRM system or to transfer new potential contacts to our Salesforce CRM system as leads and process them there.

Legal basis for data processing: Data processing is carried out on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest in addressing suitable contacts for advertising and marketing purposes. This enables us to draw attention to our services and offer our services in a specific and targeted manner. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Possibility of objection and removal: If a person contacted by us via LinkedIn does not wish this type of data processing, there is the possibility of objection in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

On our website, we use the services of Qualtrics LLC, 333 W. River Park Drive, Provo UT 84604, USA to conduct customer, product, and brand satisfaction surveys.

We conduct the surveys in order to continuously develop and improve our products and services. When you participate in a satisfaction survey, only so-called "log data" (date and time stamp / information about your browser and your browser settings / information about your terminal device / usage data) are processed. Participation in a satisfaction survey is voluntary. If you do not wish to participate in a satisfaction survey, you can simply close the survey pop-up.

Cookies are also used as part of the Qualtrics services, in particular to maintain the current satisfaction survey during your browsing session.

The cookies set by Qualtrics have the purpose of excluding users from multiple participations within a certain period of time. The cookies have a duration of up to 12 months

Participation in surveys is voluntary. Surveys are generally anonymous. If a personal survey is conducted, this is done on the basis of consent or conscious participation by the survey participant.

For more information about Qualtrics LLC and the processing of personal data by Qualtrics, please visit https://www.qualtrics.com/privacy-statement/.

For internal surveys we use the software "Forms" from Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. The data is stored on Microsoft's servers within the EU and processed by us as data controller.

When you use our extranet, you must enter some personal data that we process to orientate our offered range of service to your needs based upon this. You can manage your personal data at any time under “My Profile”. For the deletion of your profile please inform us via our address mybbraun@bbraun.com, as with the deletion of your personal data also the access to the extranet will be withdrawn.

Interaction with experts

Via the extranet you can exchange and network with employees of B. Braun. You will receive new information within the framework of your business network with B. Braun employees by e-mail to the address provided by you.

Log files

Please note that in addition to the data you enter, the IP address from which you visit our extranet is also stored and may be used to secure claims and for evidentiary purposes. Further processing of the IP address data does not take place; instead, logging occurs exclusively within the scope of preventive measures. In the process, it is also ensured that it is not possible to draw any conclusions regarding a specific extranet user.

Access to information and e-mail notifications

After successful identification and registration, you will receive access at My B. Braun to various information, documents and applications.

Free e-mail messages will be offered to you in the My B. Braun. For this purpose you must specify an e-mail address solely used by you or an e-mail address allocated to you personally for your sole use for the receipt of these e-mails. Specifying other e-mail addresses, particularly those of third parties, is not permitted. By entering this e-mail address you declare that you agree with the processing of these data. A respective de-activation will be made available in order to cancel the e-mail services. In the event of technical or other problems technical support with the deactivation is available to the users under the address mybbraun@bbraun.com.

Deletion of your data

We process your data as long as is necessary or permissible according to the statutory provisions and/or within the scope of the business relationship. Subsequently your personal data is deleted, provided that there are no statutory storage periods that conflict with the deletion.

Online shop

We provide an online shop on our website. To handle your order, we need your personal data to implement the contract:

  • Form of address/title; 
  • company name or last name, first name; 
  • mailing address; 
  • e-mail address; 
  •  optional: delivery address (if different). 

 

The legal basis for the processing of data as part of handling your order is Article 6(1)(b) UK GDPR.

You have the right to the following at any time:

  • free information on the personal data concerning you that is stored, the origin and recipients thereof and the purpose of data processing, and
  • restriction of processing of data,
  • rectification,
  • blockage,
  • erasure of these data,
  • receipt of your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (right to data portability),
  • withdrawal of your consent to the processing of your personal data,
  • lodging a complaint with the supervisory authority (contact details see section 31).

Objection to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time if this is carried out by B. Braun on the basis of a legitimate interest (pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) UK GDPR). As a result, the processing of your data will cease, unless B. Braun can show that there are statutory provisions concerning this or that it has grounds to continue processing the data based on legitimate interests. This is the case, for example, if data is still required in order to be able to assert legal claims where applicable.

Objection to processing for direct marketing purposes

You can object to the processing of your personal data for purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time (“advertising objection”). 

On this point and for further questions concerning personal data, you can contact us here or by using the contact information under section 31, “Your contact person(s) for data privacy matters.” Upon request, we will inform you in writing if and which personal information we process about you, in accordance with applicable law.

The national data opt-out is an NHS Digital service which enables patients receiving NHS funded care to opt-out from the use of their data for anything other than their individual care or treatment, for example research or planning purposes. All healthcare providers (including B. Braun) are required to be compliant with the national data opt-out programme. We comply with this requirement by applying our NHS funded patients' national data opt-outs. You can view or change your national data opt-out choice at any time by using the online service at www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters or by calling 0300 303 5678. Further information on the national data opt-out programme can be found at https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-data-opt-out-programme.

If you have questions regarding the processing of your personal information, you can contact our data privacy officer and his/her team directly. They are also available for information requests, inquiries or complaints:

Data Protection Officer
B. Braun Medical Limited
Thorncliffe Park
Sheffield
S35 2PW

To contact us, please send an email to dataprotection.uk@bbraun.com

If you wish to exercise your right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority with jurisdiction, please contact:

The Information Commissioner’s Office and report a concern at https://ico.org.uk/concerns
 

You can retrieve and print these data privacy policies from any B. Braun website using the link "Privacy Policy."

Status 07/04/2024