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Privacy Policy

The following data protection information informs you about the nature and extent of our processing of so-called personal data in accordance with the information requirements of Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter "GDPR"). Personal data is information that can be directly or indirectly attributed to you or can be attributed to you. If you have any questions or comments about this data protection information, you can send them at any time to the e-mail address given in section 2. 

1. Controllers according to Art. 4(7) GDPR

Jointly responsible within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR for the processing within the framework of this website are

SBI North America
201 Penn Center Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15235A
Phone: 412-230-8463
Email: insights@scientificbio.com

aquila biolabs GmbH
Arnold-Sommerfeld-Ring 2
52499 Baesweiler, Germany
Phone: +49 2401 8049708
Email: info@aquila-biolabs.de

2. Data protection officer of the responsible party

You can reach our data protection officer at datenschutz@aquila-biolabs.de.

3. Legal basis

We may process your data on the basis of the following legal grounds:

  • Your consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR
  • For the fulfillment of a contract (incl. pre-contractual measures) according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR
  • The fulfillment of a legal obligation according to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR
  • The performance of a public task according to Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR
  • A legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

4. Rights of the data subject

In the following, we will inform you about your data subject rights.

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
    You have the right to request information from us at any time as to whether and which of your personal data is being processed by us. This also includes information about the purposes of processing, if applicable, about recipients to whom we have disclosed your data, the planned storage period and, if applicable, information about the origin of this data if we have not collected it directly from you.
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
    You have the right to request us to correct any inaccurate data we have stored about you. This also includes the right to have incomplete personal data completed.
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
    You have the right to request us to delete data that we have stored about you. Provided that there are no reasons against further processing, we will comply with your request.
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
    You have the right to request the restriction of personal data processed about you in one of the following circumstances:
    • Contestation of the accuracy of your personal data held by the data controller pending verification.
    • To provide evidence of unlawful processing.
    • To assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
    • For the examination of an objection lodged.
  • Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
    Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1)(f), you may object to the processing.
  • Right to withdraw consent under data protection law (Art. 7 GDPR)
    If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR with effect for the future.
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
    You have the right to receive from us personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format for the purpose of transferring it to another controller, provided that the processing is based on your consent or on a contract.
  • Right of appeal to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
    You have the right to complain at any time to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of data relating to you. The relevant supervisory authority can be reached at Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, Germany.

5. Data deletion and storage duration

The personal data of the data subject shall be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the processing ceases to apply.

Processing may also take place if we are required by law to retain the data.

Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

6. External Hosting & CDN

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website. Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and follow our instructions in relation to that data.

We also use a Content Delivery Network ("CDN") service provider. A CDN is an online service that is used to deliver large media files in particular (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the internet. The use of the CDN helps us to optimise the loading speeds of our website.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest to optimize the loading speeds of our website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with these service providers in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

7. Server log files

In the case of simple informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The following data is collected in any case when you visit our website.

We temporarily store this data, which is technically necessary for us, such as your IP address, in order to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security. This forms our legitimate interest and constitutes the legal basis for the processing.

8. Use of cookies

Cookies are small files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the Internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective.

The storage of technically unnecessary cookies or the use of comparable technical functions is based on the legal basis of consent pursuant to § 25(1) German Telecommunication Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG).

The possible further processing of your data with the help of a cookie is also based on your consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

The storage of technically necessary cookies takes place according to § 25(2)(2) TTDSG.

The settings you make using the cookie banner are stored in a cookie. The legal basis for this processing is the legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR for cookies and third-party services to obtain your consent.

The following data is processed for the purpose of consent management:

  • Consent data (ID, Status, Date, Time, Language, Region/Country)
  • User agent
  • IP address

We use the services of an external consent management platform on our website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with this service provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Detailed information about the cookies we use:

9. Other forms of use of our website

9.1. Contact forms

Our website contains various forms that you can use to contact us. When using the forms, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. The mandatory fields are marked. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of the request are stored.

In addition, it is possible to contact us via e-mail addresses provided by us. In this case, your personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored and processed by us in order to process your inquiry or the reason for your contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing your request.

We process the data within the scope of contacting you exclusively for the purposes specified in the respective form.

The legal basis for the processing of your data in the context of your contact request is our legitimate interest to process your request and contact you according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR or for the execution of (pre-)contractual measures according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

9.2. Job Application

If you apply for a job offer or send us a job application for an unadvertised position, we process the data you provide in order to process your application. As a rule, your documents contain special categories of personal data (e.g. information on marital status; information on health; a photo that allows conclusions to be drawn about your ethnic origin and, if applicable, sight and/or religion; similarly sensitive data within the meaning of Art. 9 GDPR).

The legal basis for the processing of applicant data is Art. 88(1) GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, as the processing is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship.

If your application is unsuccessful, you have the option of having your personal data that was provided during the entire application process (e.g. in cover letters, resumes, references, applicant questionnaires, applicant interviews) stored beyond the end of the specific application process. This gives us the opportunity to contact you at a later date for positions that may come up in the future. The legal basis for this would be your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.

Otherwise, in the event of a rejection, your data will be deleted 6 months after the end of an unsuccessful application process.

10. Third-party services

10.1. Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google LLC, represented in Europe by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to embed tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies and does not perform any independent analyses. It only serves to manage and play out the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager collects your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google's parent company in the United States.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.2. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google") represented in Europe by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. In this regard, we have concluded an agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

IP addresses are shortened or masked as soon as the data is received by Google Analytics and before it is stored or processed. The data is deleted after 14 months.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.3. YouTube

We use YouTube, a service of Google LLC ("Google)", represented in Europe by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, to display video content to you. To protect your privacy, we have activated the extended data protection mode . YouTube also uses cookies to collect information about visitors to its website. YouTube uses these, among other things, to collect video statistics, to prevent fraud and to improve user-friendliness. In the process, calling up a video usually also leads to a connection being established with the Google Ads network. When you start the video, this could trigger further data processing operations, especially if you are already logged into YouTube. We have no influence on this.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

For more information about privacy at YouTube, please see their privacy policy: https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube .

10.4. Google Marketing Platform (formerly DoubleClick)

We use the following Google Marketing Platform products on our website:

  • Google Search Console
  • Google Ads

The provider is Google LLC, represented in Europe by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

As part of this, cookies are set to present you with advertisements that are relevant to you. In the process, a pseudonymous identification number is assigned to your browser in order to check which ads were displayed in your browser and which ads were called up. The cookies do not contain any personal information. The use of cookies only enables Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on previous visits to our website or other websites on the Internet. The information generated by the cookies is transmitted and stored by Google for analysis. A transfer of data by Google to third parties only takes place due to legal regulations or in the context of order processing. Google will not merge your data with other data collected by Google.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

10.5. Google Maps

Our website uses Google Maps, a service of Google LLC, represented in Europe by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, to show you locations of the responsible party and, if necessary, to enable route planning. When Google Maps is called up on this website, data (e.g. your IP address, the address entered as part of the route planning) is thus transmitted to Google.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

10.6. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

We use "LinkedIn Marketing Solutions" on our website, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as: "LinkedIn"). LinkedIn Marketing Solutions stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. For this purpose, both the LinkedIn Insight Tag and cookies are used, which enable an analysis of user behavior on our website.

In this regard, we have concluded a data processing agreement with LinkedIn in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

We use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to serve ads and to analyze the effectiveness of ads we serve. We measure how often our ad is clicked and seen. Also, with the LinkedIn Insight Tag, we measure how often a desired action was performed on our website by users who arrived on our website because of the advertisement.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.7. Google Ads (formerly known as Google AdWords)

Google Ads is an online advertising system developed by Google LLC, represented in Europe by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. It allows us to advertise our products, services and websites through ads in Google's search results, on websites in the Google Display Network and on YouTube.

The Google Display Network is a huge advertising network operated by Google. It consists of a variety of websites, mobile apps and videos on which advertisers can place ads. These websites and apps are partners of Google and have chosen to display ads through the network.

With Google Ads, we serve targeted ads to reach potential customers when they search for specific keywords or browse websites relevant to their interests. The ads are presented in a variety of formats, including text ads, image ads, video ads and interactive ads.

To track what actions a person has taken on the website after clicking on an ad, we use conversion tracking. Cookies are used for this purpose, among other things. In addition, the Google Click Identifier (GLID) is used. The GCLID is a parameter that is passed in the URL for ad clicks. This allows the campaign and other attributes of the click related to the ad to be determined in order to record ads and assign them to campaigns.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

Google processes this data as a data controller. For this purpose, we have concluded data processing terms and conditions with Google between data controllers for Google advertising products. You can view the conditions at https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/. You can find more information about Google's data processing at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

10.8. Google ReCAPTCHA

Our website uses reCAPTCHA, a service of Google LLC, represented in Europe by Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which is intended to distinguish between intentional data entry by a natural person and automated or abusive data entry. The IP address and any other data required by Google for the service will be forwarded to Google. The data is processed in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to determine whether a request actually originates from a natural person and needs to be processed, and thus to avoid unnecessary sorting out of spam mails.

The recipient of the data is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

10.9. Hotjar

We use Hotjar, Dragonara Business Centre 5th Floor, Dragonara Road, Paceville St Julian's STJ 3141 Malta, in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.

Hotjar processes this data for us as a data processor. We concluded a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR with Hotjar.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.10. HubSpot Analytics

We use HubSpot Analytics from HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA, as an analysis service for the statistical evaluation of our online offering. This includes, for example, the number of times our online offer is called up, pages visited and the length of time visitors spend on the site. HubSpot Analytics uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior and recognize users.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

This information is used, among other things, to compile reports on website activity.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.11. HubSpot CDN

We use HubSpot CDN to properly deliver the content on our website. HubSpot CDN is a service of HubSpot, Inc, 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA, which acts as a content delivery network (CDN) on our website to ensure the functionality of other HubSpot services. For said services, you will find a separate section in this Privacy Policy. This section is only about the use of the CDN.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

A CDN helps to provide content of our online offer, especially files such as graphics or scripts, faster with the help of regionally or internationally distributed servers. When you access this content, you establish a connection to HubSpot servers, whereby your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed solely for the above purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of HubSpot CDN.

HubSpot Chat is used on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a GDPR and Art. 49 (1) a GDPR. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.12. HubSpot Pixel

We use HubSpot Pixel from HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA, to create so-called Custom Audiences, i.e. to segment visitor groups of our online offer, to determine conversion rates and to subsequently optimize them. This happens in particular when you interact with advertisements that we have placed with HubSpot.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.13. HubSpot LeadFlow

We have integrated HubSpot LeadFlow on our website. HubSpot LeadFlow is a service of HubSpot, Inc, 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA, which identifies anonymous website visitors, provides complete contact information and insights into the visit history.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

HubSpot LeadFlow uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior and recognize users.

Among other things, HubSpot LeadFlow shows us which companies have visited our website, determines the history of your visit, including all pages you have visited and viewed, and the length of your stay on this website.

HubSpot LeadFlow collects and processes data about companies such as company name, phone number, address, web address, industry, company profile, revenue, and key people on LinkedIn.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

10.14. Hubspot Newsletter

When sending our electronic newsletter, to which you can subscribe, we process the data you enter. Mandatory fields are marked with a *.

We process your e-mail address in order to contact you for the purpose of sending you our electronic newsletter, to inform you about current events as well as current developments, if applicable, and to maintain our contractual relationship with you. In addition, we use this data for advertising messages by e-mail and, if we have received your e-mail address in connection with our products and services, for advertising measures about our own similar products and services.

We use the service provider HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA for the mind of the newsletter. We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.

The so-called web beacon, which is included in all newsletters, is a pixel-sized file that the HubSpot server automatically retrieves when the newsletter is opened. Technical information, e.g. on the browser and system, your IP address and the time of the retrieval, is created in the process. This information is used for technical service optimization and is used with the help of technical data or the target groups and your reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. The indications of whether and when the newsletters are opened and which links are clicked are also the content of the statistical collection. An allocation to individual newsletter recipients is thus possible. However, a related observation of individual users is neither our intention nor that of the service provider. We merely pursue the purpose of learning more about the reading habits of our users and to adjust our content accordingly or to publish different content according to interest.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by clicking on the link provided in each newsletter email or by contacting us.

The registration process for our newsletter is called double opt-in. This means that you will receive an e-mail from us directly after your newsletter registration, in which we ask you once again for confirmation of registration. In this way, we ensure that only persons who actually have access to the listed e-mail address register for the newsletter. The newsletter registrations are logged by us including the storage of registration and confirmation time and with your IP address as proof that the registration process complies with the legal requirements. Changes to your stored data with the newsletter service provider are also recorded in the log.

10.15. LinkedIn Widget

Our site uses functions from the LinkedIn network. The service is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn features is accessed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages from your IP address. If you use the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by LinkedIn.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.

More information can be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

10.16. Wistia

This website uses the video player provide by Wistia, Inc., 120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 USA to power its medias. Wistia tracks with the use of cookies how you interact with the medias on this site: how much of a media you play, at what points in a media you pause or rewind, etc. Wistia aggregates and anonymizes the data collected through the medias here and provides it to us. We use this data to evaluate the performance of our medias.

Wistia processes this data for us as a data processor. We concluded a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR with Wistia.

We use this tool only after we have obtained your consent. You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future in the cookie banner.