Data protection
Patient information of the Gamma Knife Center Krefeld and Hanover regarding data protection pursuant to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of May 25, 2018
Data recording and archiving
Pursuant to Article 630f of the German Civil Code (BGB), the MVZ Gamma Knife Center Krefeld and the MVZ Gamma Knife Center Hanover are obligated to document treatments administered to patients.
This may be in the form of hard copies or electronic patient files.
Statutory regulations such as the Radiation Protection Ordinance or the X-Ray Ordinance also prescribe different documentation retention periods.
Your patient file is therefore retained for up to 30 years for liability reasons.
The use of electronic data processing is also prescribed in relation to health insurance companies on a statutory basis, e.g. German Social Security Code (SGB V) Article 291a.
Under Article 6 of the GDPR , as a patient, processing of your data is always lawful if you have either consented to such processing or processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
The latter is always the case whenever the MVZ acts in a medical capacity.
Your rights regarding the processing of patient-related data.
You have the right to access data stored in the MVZ that relates to you. (Art. 15 GDPR). As data is stored and processed solely for the purposes of diagnosis and therapy, a legal storage obligation exists (see above). In this respect, your right to data erasure under Art. 17 GDPR is usually restricted.
You have additional rights arising out of the GDPR.
However, please note that the GDPR was essentially enacted to combat unauthorized data use and forwarding on the Internet and not to prevent the expedient use of electronic data processing in medical diagnostics and therapy.
Therefore, most rights arising out of the GDPR are limited by law in relation to medical diagnostics and therapy.
The MVZ Gamma Knife Center Krefeld and the MVZ Gamma Knife Center Hanover are responsible for processing your data.
If you have any questions or would like to exercise your right to object, where applicable, do not hesitate to contact the data protection officer of the clinic:
Mr.
Derik Stalder, Tel.
+ 49 (0)2151-825600 or stalder@gamma-knife.de or Gamma Knife Center Krefeld, Seyffardtstrasse 27, 47805 Krefeld, Germany
You can also lodge complaints regarding data protection violations with our competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data is unlawful:
State Data Protection and Freedom-of-Information Officer North Rhine-Westphalia Kavalleriestrasse 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany, Tel.
+49 (0)211 384240 www.ldi.NRW.de
Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that allows you to be identified personally. Our data protection statement below provides detailed information on data protection.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The website operator processes data on this website. Contact details are included in the publication details of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide us with it This may include data that you enter in a contact form.
Our IT systems also automatically collect other data when you visit our website. This includes in particular technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system, or time of the page view). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you visit our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is recorded to guarantee fault-free website services. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive at no charge information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to ask us to rectify, block, or erase this data. You can contact us at any time using the address stated in the publication details regarding this and any other data-protection questions. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analysis tools and tools of third-party providers
We can statistically evaluate your surfing behavior each time you visit our website. Cookies and analysis programs are used in particular for this purpose. Your surfing behavior is normally analyzed anonymously; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. The data protection statement below provides detailed information.
You can object to this analysis. Our data protection statement explains your options for objecting.
General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially in line with statutory data protection regulations and this data protection statement.
Whenever you use this website, various types of personal data is recorded. Personal data is any data that allows you to be identified personally. This data protection statement explains which data we record and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose we do so.
Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information regarding the controller
The controller for processing data on this website is:
MVZ Gamma Knife Center Krefeld
Drs.
med. G. A. Horstmann, A. T. C. J. van Eck, O. Bundschuh and D. Skutta
Seyffardtstr.
27
47805 Krefeld, Germany
Phone: + 49 (0)2151 82 560-0
Email: krefeld@gamma-knife.de
The controller is the natural or legal person, that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, or similar).
Withdrawal of consent regarding data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw this consent at any time. To do so, you simply need to notify us informally of your intention via e-mail. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In case of data protection violations, the data subject has a right to complain to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Privacy Officer of the federal state where our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and contact details can be found under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive yourself or have a third party receive in a commonly used, machine-readable format, data that we process by automated means on the basis of your consent or for performance of a contract. If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this is done only where technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
To enhance security and protect transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can tell the connection is encrypted by the “http://” changing to “https://” in the browser address bar and the lock symbol icon in the address bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, third parties cannot read the data you transfer to us.
Access, blocking, erasure
As part of applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to access your stored personal data free of charge, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, where applicable, a right to rectify, block, or erase this data. You can contact us at any time using the address stated in the publication details regarding this and any other data-protection questions.
Objection to promotional emails
Use of the contact details, which are included under our obligation to provide publication details, to forward advertising that has not been expressly requested and informational material is hereby rejected. The operators of the sites expressly reserve the right to take legal action where non-solicited advertising is forwarded, such as through spam emails.
Data collection on our website
Cookies
The websites use cookies in some cases. Cookies do not damage your computer or contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offering more user-friendly, more effective, and more secure. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your computer.
Most of the cookies we use are session cookies. These are automatically erased once you leave our website. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set up your browser to inform you of the use of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, reject cookies for certain cases or generally, and automatically erase cookies when you close your browser. The functionality of this website may be impaired if you disable cookies.
Cookies required for electronic communication or for the provision of certain functions required by you (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technical fault-free, optimized provisioning of its services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, they are discussed separately in this data protection statement.
Server log files
The provider of the sites collects and stores information automatically in server log files that your browser automatically transfers to us. These include:
- Browser type and version
- Used operating system
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the basis for processing data and allows data processing for the performance of a contract or prior to entering into a contract.
Contact form
If you forward inquiries to us using the contact form, we store your details from the inquiry form including your entered contact details so we can process the inquiry and address any follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The data entered into the contact form is therefore processed solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1) (a)GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time. To do so, you simply need to notify us informally of your intention via e-mail. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing operations based on consent before its withdrawal.
We retain the data entered in the contact form until you ask for it to be erased, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. once your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – are unaffected.
Analysis tools and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow Google to analyze how you use the website. The information created by the cookie about your usage of this website is normally sent to a Google server in the United States and stored there.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.
IP anonymization
We have enabled the IP anonymization function on this website. Google shortens your IP address in European Union member states or countries which are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transfer to the United States. Only in exceptional instances is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your usage of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide the website operator with other services associated with website usage and Internet usage. The IP address transferred from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Browser plug-in
You can prevent cookies from being stored by changing the settings in your browser software. However, you might not be able to use the full functionality of this website when doing so. You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to data recording
You can prevent Google Analytics from recording your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents your data from being collected during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.
The Google data protection statement provides more information on how Google Analytics handles user data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Contract data processing
We have concluded a contract data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the stringent requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Plug-ins and tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses web fonts provided by Google to display fonts uniformly. When you call up a site, your browser loads the necessary web fonts in your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.
To do so, the browser you use must set up a connection to the Google servers. As a result, Google is aware that your IP address called up our website. The use of Google Web Fonts aims to give our website a uniform, eye-catching look and feel. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, your computer will use a standard font.
Further information on Google Web Fonts is available at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faqand in the Google data protection statement: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
To use the Google Maps functions, your IP address needs to be stored. This information is normally sent to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer.
Google Maps is used to enhance the appeal of our website and to make it easy for users to find locations we mention on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
The Google data protection statement provides more information on how it handles user data: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
