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Privacy Policy

Status: Sept 2026

1. Responsible Party

The responsible party for the processing of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

MEMSlab GmbH

Universitätsstraße 150

44801 Bochum

Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 234 3228073

E-Mail: info@mems-lab.com

2. General Information

The protection of your personal data is an important concern for us. We process personal data exclusively in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

3. Provision of the Website

When you access our website, information is automatically transmitted by your browser to the servers of our website. This includes, in particular:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • accessed pages
  • HTTP status code
  • transferred data volume

This information is processed in server log files to ensure the secure and stable operation of the website, to analyze errors, and to detect and fend off attacks on our IT systems.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Server log data is only stored as long as necessary for security and operational purposes. They are then deleted unless there are legal retention obligations or security-related events that require longer storage.

4. Hosting via Odoo Online

Our website is operated through the cloud platform Odoo Online .

The technical provision of the website is carried out by Odoo. As part of the hosting, personal data may be processed as far as necessary for the operation of the website.

As far as legally required, processing is based on a contract for data processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Contacting Us

If you contact us via the contact form or by email, we process the data you provide (e.g., name, email address, phone number, and the content of your message) to handle your request and communicate with you.

Processing is carried out

  • in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is aimed at the conclusion or execution of a contract,
  • otherwise in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in efficiently processing your request.

Your data will be deleted after final processing, unless there are legal retention obligations or legitimate interests that oppose deletion.

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies.

Technically necessary cookies are essential to ensure the secure operation and basic functions of the website.

In addition, optional cookies may be used. These are processed only on the basis of your consent, provided that consent is legally required.

You can change or revoke your consent at any time through the cookie settings of the website.

Legal bases

  • technically necessary cookies: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR
  • optional cookies: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR

7. Embedded YouTube Videos

Our website contains videos from the YouTube platform.

When you access a page with an embedded YouTube video, a connection to YouTube's servers may be established. In this process, your IP address, information about your device, and details about your visit to our website may be processed. If you are logged into a Google or YouTube account, YouTube may associate the visit with your user account.

Please note that this may involve the processing of personal data by YouTube or Google. We have no influence over this data processing.

If cookies or similar technologies are used for embedding or playing the videos, this is done solely on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

For more information on data processing by YouTube, please refer to Google's privacy policy.

8. Recipients of personal data

We use external service providers as far as necessary for the operation of our website or the processing of your inquiries.

As far as we process this personal data on our behalf, this is done exclusively on the basis of a contract for data processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Disclosure to other recipients only occurs if

  • you have consented,
  • there is a legal obligation, or
  • this is necessary for the performance of a contract.

9. Data transfer to third countries

In the context of using individual services, a transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area may occur.

As far as such a transfer takes place, it is done exclusively in compliance with the legal requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.

10. Storage duration

We generally store personal data only as long as necessary for the respective purposes.

In addition, storage occurs as long as there are legal retention obligations or legitimate interests require it.

After the purpose has ceased, personal data will be deleted or anonymized.

11. Your rights

You have the following rights in particular:

  • Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR
  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR
  • Right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR
  • Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR
  • Right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR
  • Withdrawal of consent given with effect for the future according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR

To exercise your rights, a message to the contact details mentioned above is sufficient.

12. Right to complain

You have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data.

The responsible authority for our company is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia.

13. Data security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR to protect personal data against loss, manipulation, unauthorized access, and other unlawful processing.

Our security measures are regularly reviewed and adapted to the state of the art.

14. Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy in the event of changes in the legal situation or our internet offering.

The current version published on our website applies.