Privacy Policy

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (hereafter “Boehringer Ingelheim”) takes the protection of your personal data seriously. This privacy statement describes what personal data are collected by this website and how these data are processed. The nature, extent and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data depend on the actions of the user during the visit of this website. In any event, collection and processing of personal data will only take place conformable to the applicable law.

Login to Password Protected Areas

When you login to a protected area of the website or when you order information material, Boehringer Ingelheim may ask you to provide personal data (in particular full name, email address, and – where required e.g. for the purpose of the area you login to – postal address, profession and other information). Where providing such data is not mandatory for the login or order, this is indicated.

Where necessary, you can modify the data entered by editing your account/profile (in case of a password-protected area) or by sending an email to info@boehringer-ingelheim.com asking to have your account data modified.

Log data

When using the website, temporarily certain data, including data sent by your browser (IP address, cookies, referring web page, time and date, content viewed) will be stored. As far as such data is personal data, Boehringer Ingelheim will, unless you have otherwise given your consent, only use such data where required for the use of the website (including for maintenance reasons such as preventing attacks), for statistical purposes and/or to fulfil a contract with you.

Boehringer Ingelheim will also use this information in pseudonymic form in order to design and improve the website in a needs-based manner. You can find more information regarding this in the “Cookies” section.

Data Transfer to Third Parties

Boehringer Ingelheim only transfers personal data to third parties when you have expressly given your consent, when required to deliver services that you want to use, or when the data transfer is otherwise justified under the applicable law and it is made sure that your legitimate interests are observed. Boehringer Ingelheim undertakes to provide an adequate protection of personal data transferred outside of the European Union, regardless whether such data is processed by other Boehringer Ingelheim group companies or other third parties.

Information Requests; Right to Withdraw Consent

On your request, we will inform you in writing or electronically whether and what data relating to you Boehringer Ingelheim has stored and will review any requests you may have to delete, correct or block personal data. Please send your request to:

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
– Data Protection Officer –
Binger Straße 173
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein
Germany

Email: datenschutz@boehringer-ingelheim.com

The same applies if you want to withdraw a consent you may have given to the collection and/or processing of your personal data. Such consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future by mail or email to the above addresses.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file, downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to recognize your device on subsequent visits to provide information to the owners of the site.

If you do not want cookies on your computer (or other device), you can deactivate them in your browser settings. However, deactivating cookies may affect the usability and functionality of this website.

This website uses the following categories of cookies:

I. Essential cookies

Essential Cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Such Cookies make a website usable by providing basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website or language settings. Due to their importance for the website’s functioning, you cannot opt-out from this kind of Cookies. We base the related processing of personal data on Art. 6 (1) b GDPR, the contractual provision of our services.  Essential Cookies we use to provide this website include Cookies, which

  • detect whether a user uses Java Script, 
  • allow a visitor to receive site content from one out of multiple servers as the user browses the site,
  • determine whether a user has accepted which category in the Cookie banner,
  • maintain the status of the user for all page requests.

The lifetime of essential Cookies we use extends from the respective session up to one year.

II. Analytics

These cookies help us analyzing use of our website and identify options for improvement:

Adobe Analytics (Omniture)

This website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited (“Adobe”). Adobe Analytics uses cookies in order to analyze overall traffic and usage patterns through this website on behalf of Boehringer Ingelheim. The IP address collected by the cookie is anonymized before geo-localization is performed. Adobe will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Adobe. You can prevent Adobe’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html (link is external).

Exclusion of Liability

Content of the online offer

The author assumes no liability for the relevance, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Claims for liability on behalf of the author, which are based on material or immaterial damage resulting from the use or non-use of the information presented herein and/or the use of faulty or incomplete information, have been excluded by principle, unless the author is found liable willfully or by negligence. The author reserves all rights to alter, amend, delete or withdraw temporarily or definitively the publication of any part of the web site or the entire offer requiring no period of notification.

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