Privacy Policy
Last updated August 5, 2021
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Custom Surgical GmbH ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at support@customsurgical.co
When you visit our website https://customsurgical.co (the "Website"), and more generally, use any of our services (the "Services", which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously.
In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it, carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
Collection and usage
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as by posting messages or comments in our online chats, activating warranty, or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the products and features you use.
- Personal data:
- Why do we use it:
We don’t store your payment card details and we process payments through Stripe.
You also have the choices to send us your resume and/or CV (Curriculum vitæ) in case you are looking for a job and want to cooperate with us. By sending us a resume and/or CV you agree to give us your personal data, such as your education and scientific degrees, work experience, professional and other skills, your photo, etc. You don’t have to provide any additional information in your resume or in any other way.
We do not have any requirements to resumes or CVs that might be sent to us. We should inform you that it is your personal choice to add your sensitive personal data (racial or ethnic origin, beliefs; trade-union membership; genetic data, biometric data; health-related data; data concerning your sex life or sexual orientation) on your resume or CV, as well as to send this information to us.
We kindly ask you not to add any personal data you do not want to be publicly available to your resume or CV.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate. Please, notify us about any changes in your personal data, because in another case we'll not be able to provide to you our services in a timely and proper manner.
We may use your personal data for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving our Website, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end-users and does not include personal information.
Anyway, we will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.
Third-party services
Our Service may contain links to and from third parties’ websites, apps or other services (including social media). If you follow a link to any of them, please note that those websites have their own privacy practices. We shall not be liable for those respective policies and any collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Data in accordance thereto. Please check the third parties’ privacy policies before you submit any Personal Data to their services.
By general rule, we don’t disclose or sell your personal information unless otherwise is not specified in this Privacy Policy. We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
- We may use some or all of the following services that may collect aggregated information or ask you to log in with them (in case of login or registration on any of those services, we don’t have responsibility for your experience with them):
We may use information necessary to ensure our services and share it with service providers, such as logistics, shipping, and fulfillment partners or to respond to legal requests and vital interests. We may share or transfer your information in connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
"Cookies" and automatically collected data
We use some third-party services that may collect some aggregated user information. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us support@customsurgical.co or just don’t give cookie consent when you visit the website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website and other technical information.
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
- The information we collect includes:
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
Data storage, security and cross-border transfer
We will use all reasonable measures to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or removal. The Service is equipped with the means of security and protection of your Personal Data.
Immediate access to your Personal Data is allowed only to us and persons authorized by us and involved in the maintenance of the Service. Such persons will strictly keep the confidentiality of and prevent unauthorized third-party access to your Personal Data.
Please remember that our Service may be hosted on a server outside your home country. By supplying us with your Personal Data, you permit its transfer outside the country, within the bounds of use of such Personal Data in accordance with the applicable law.
We emphasize that none of the existing ways of data transfer can be absolutely safe. The Company does not guarantee the absolute security of data in case of unauthorized access of third parties.
We shall not be responsible for unlawful acts of third parties, hackers, intruders, and other offenders of the applicable legislation that may violate the provisions of this Privacy Policy and try to collect, either fully or in part, your Personal Data and to use it for personal advantage.
As a general rule, the time limit for personal data processing and storage in our services is 7 (seven) years from the date of your last activity or deletion of your account, which is ordinarily necessary to comply with applicable tax/revenue laws, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Children's privacy
We do not collect, use or share the Personal Data of children (under the age of majority per the applicable law). You must be a legal adult to access our Service under the applicable law and the law of the country where you are located.
Your privacy rights
In accordance with General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
Right to Access Personal Data - the right to access your personal data collected by us.
Right to Rectification - to request modification of your data, including the correction or errors and the updating of incomplete information.
Right to Erasure – also referred to as the right to deletion or the right to be forgotten – allows you to stop all processing of their data and request their personal data be erased.
Right to Restrict Data Processing - under certain circumstances, you can request that all processing of their personal data be stopped.
Right to be Notified - you have to be informed about the uses of your personal data in a clear manner.
Right to Data Portability - you can request that your personal data file be sent electronically to a third party.
Right to Object - if a request to stop data processing is rejected, you have the right to object.
Right to Reject Automated Individual Decision-Making - you have the right to refuse the automated processing of your personal data to make decisions about them if that significantly affects the data subject or produces legal effects (profiling).
To make such a relevant request for exercising your right(s), please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
California consumers’ rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
Other Provisions
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Disputes related to the fulfillment of this Privacy Policy shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation of Germany.
Updates to Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Contact information
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support@customsurgical.co or by post to: Custom Surgical GmbH AtelierstraRe, 29, Munchen, 81671 Germany.