Data Privacy Declaration LCD-Explorer App

The EMD Electronics App is an application that is operated by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The EMD Electronics App is installed by the technical providers iTunes and Google Play Store according to their conditions.

No data of your contacts or telephone connections are collected.

There is no access to your photos/videos or other device data.

No data of your location will be collected.

You can use the EMD Electronics App without having to provide any personal information. 

We collect and process your personal data only if you request certain services and we need your data for this purpose or if you have voluntarily given us your express consent. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b GDPR and Art. 6 Para. 1 a GDPR.

You can do this, for example, by completing a registration form or sending us an email, ordering products or services, submitting inquiries to us, requesting materials or registering. Unless otherwise required by law, we will only use your personal data for the purposes for which you have given your consent.

For special services such as newsletters, sweepstakes, etc. the respective special data protection provisions apply.

The EMD Electronics App uses no web analysis tools.

We use no cookies on our EMD Electronics App.

We use no social media plugins on our EMD Electronics App.

At Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, those bodies within Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, receive your data that are
required to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. Some data must be disclosed under strict contractual and legal requirements:

• Due to legal obligation:

In certain cases, we are required by law to transfer data to a requesting public authority.

Upon submission of a court order, we are obliged pursuant to § 101 of the German Copyright Act to provide owners of copyright and ancillary copyrights with information about customers who are alleged to have offered copyright-protected works on internet file-sharing sites. In these cases, our information contains the user ID of an IP address allocated at the time requested and, if known, the name and address of the customer.

In other respects, personal data will only be transferred to state institutions and public authorities within the framework of mandatory national legal provisions or if disclosure is necessary in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure for legal or criminal prosecution. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 c GDPR or § 24 Para. 2 No. 1 German Federal Data Protection Act.

• To external service providers for data processing:

When service providers get access to our customers' personal data, this usually takes place in the course of so-called order processing of personal data. This is expressly provided for by law. In this case, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, remains responsible for the protection of your data – in addition, the processor may also be responsible. The service provider works strictly in accordance with our instructions, which we ensure by means of strict contractual regulations, technical and organizational measures and supplementary controls.

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, works with service suppliers as processors. These are subsidiary companies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and service providers for IT services (e. g. for technical-administrative tasks and for usage analysis), telecommunications, consulting and advisory services as well as sales and marketing.

The data protection regulations for instruction-bound order processing of personal data are complied with.

• To subsidiary companies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany:

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Grmany, may transfer your personal data to the subsidiary companies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in order to carry out a business relationship with you or for the purposes of legitimate interests.

If data are transferred abroad, they are based within the EU or the EEA or in a country which, according to the decision of the EU Commission, has an appropriate level of data protection. In the case of data transfers to subsidiary companies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany domiciled in other countries, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany, ensures by way of guarantees that the data-importing subsidiary company of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has been obligated to an appropriate level of data protection.

Beyond this, we do not transfer data to third parties unless you have given your express consent, the transfer is obviously necessary for the provision of an offer or service requested by you or this is provided for by law. We also do not intend to transfer your data beyond this to a third country or international organization.

We store data for as long as it is legally necessary or necessary for the provision of the service requested by you, or as long as it has been agreed upon in a declaration of consent.

The EMD Electronics App uses no push notifications.

What other rights do I have with regard to my stored data?

You may at any time and free of charge request information about the scope, origin and recipients of the stored data as well as the purpose of the storage; in addition, you have the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing of your data in accordance with data protection regulations, a right to object to the processing as well as a right to data portability. Please note that there is a right of appeal to a supervisory authority.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your data at any time. Just send a message to the below contact address.

The data processing performed on the basis of your consent is legal until the time of withdrawal.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the Group Data Protection Officer of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany at any time:

Group Data Protection Officer
privacy@emdgroup.com

This data privacy declaration is up-to-date and dates from February 2018. We reserve the right to amend the data privacy declaration at any time with effect for the future, in particular to adapt it to a further development of the website or the implementation of new technologies.