1. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
   

2. Processing: any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
   

3. "Restriction of processing" means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
   

4. "Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning their performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements;
   

5. Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;
   

6. The controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
   

7. A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
   

8. "Recipient" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. 2However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those authorities shall be carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
   

9. Third party: any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data;
   

10. Consent of the data subject: Any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
    

In accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Tegus Medical GmbH (hereinafter referred to as "Tegus" and/or "we" and/or "us"), Hoheluftchaussee 18, 20253 Hamburg, Germany, is responsible for the processing of your personal data as the data subject.

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about our privacy policy or other data protection provisions, please contact us:

Tegus Medical GmbH
Hoheluftchaussee 18
20253 Hamburg
Phone: Germany +49 (0)40 76122571, United Kingdom +44 151 947 0224
Email: sarinfo@tegusmedical.com
Website: www.tegusmedical.com

The Tegus website can be used without providing personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use specific services via our website, the processing of personal data may be necessary.

1. Categories of personal data
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   1. Contact details: name, email address, telephone number
      

   2. General personal data: IP address, browser version, browser language
      

   3. Communication and use of our website: Data collected via cookies and other tracking technologies
      

2. Processing of personal data
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   ‍We only process your data if this is permitted by applicable law. Such regulations include, for example:
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   1. Consent:
      We only process certain data on the basis of your express and voluntary consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
      

   2. Fulfillment of pre-contractual and contractual measures:
      We need access to certain data in order to initiate and/or execute your contract with us.
      

   3. Fulfillment of a legal obligation:
      We are subject to a number of legal requirements. In order to comply with these requirements, we must process certain data to the extent necessary.
      

   4. Safeguarding legitimate interests:
      We process certain data to protect our legitimate interests or the interests of third parties. However, this only applies if your interests do not outweigh ours in individual cases.
      

3. Security and data storage
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   We make reasonable efforts to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk associated with the processing of personal data. Tegus has therefore implemented numerous organizational, technical, and administrative measures to ensure the best possible protection of the personal data we control.
   
   Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please notify us immediately if you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure.
   
   We only store your data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which we process your personal data. We also store it to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations (such as tax, accounting, and financial reporting obligations). We may also store your personal data to support our fraud monitoring, detection, and prevention activities.
   
   In all cases where we store your personal data, we do so in accordance with the limitation periods and retention requirements prescribed by applicable law.
   

As a data subject, you have the following rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you:

1. Right to withdraw your previously given consent (Article 7 GDPR)
   If the processing of your personal data is based on your previously given consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
   

2. Right of access (Article 15 GDPR)
   You have the right to request confirmation as to whether Tegus processes personal data about you and, if so, to request a copy of that personal data.
   

3. Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
   You have the right to request that Tegus correct or update your personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date.
   

4. Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
   You have the right to request that Tegus erase your personal data under certain circumstances.
   

5. Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
   You have the right to request that Tegus restrict the use of your personal data under certain circumstances.
   

6. Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
   To the extent technically possible, you have the right to request that Tegus export your personal data stored by us to another company.
   

7. Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
   You may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
   

Cookies are text files containing small packets of data that are used to identify your computer or other device when you visit a website. Cookies can track, personalize, and store information about each user's session. The next time you open a website with the same user device, the cookie and the information stored in it will either be sent back to the website that created it (first-party cookie) or sent to another website to which it belongs (third-party cookie). Cookies store, for example, your preferences and how you use a website, and tailor the offers displayed to your personal interests and needs. Therefore, these small text files can help improve the user experience when you open a website that you have visited several times before.

You can prevent our website from setting cookies at any time by adjusting your internet browser settings accordingly and thus permanently rejecting the setting of cookies. Cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via your internet browser or other software programs. If you deactivate the storage of cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.

Tegus uses the social plugin of the social network X (formerly Twitter).

Data processing by the social plugin:
Our website uses a social plugin from X, a service provided by X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the X servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from X to your browser and integrated into the website. Through this integration, X receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an X profile or are currently logged out of X.

Storage of data:
This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an X server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged into X, X can directly associate your visit to our website with your X account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Retweet" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to an X server and stored there. The information is also published on your X profile and displayed to your contacts.

Purpose and scope of data collection
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by X, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of X: https://x.com/de/privacy

Opt-out option:
If you do not want X to assign the data collected via our website directly to your X account, you must log out of X before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the X plugins from loading by using add-ons for your browser, e.g., a script blocker. In addition, you should not activate the X plugin when visiting our website.