Thank you for your visit to our website and for your interest in our services. We take the protection of your personal information very seriously and want you to feel secure when you visit our website.
For this reason, we want to inform you of type and scope of information you provide when you use our website and the purpose and use of the information you provide.
I. What information is collected, and why is it collected?
The information provided to us depends on whether you merely visit our website or whether you send us a request.
1. Visit to the Website
When you visit our website at, you do not have to tell us who you are. We learn only:
- your IP address;
- the name of your Internet service provider;
- the pages that you visit on our website;
- the website from which you visit us;
- the browser that you use.
This information is collected for statistical purposes and to enable us to improve the convenience of our website for users. You, as user, remain anonymous.
2. Placing a Request
We collect personal information only when you provide it to us yourself, particularly when you use our contact form under the heading "Contact". Such personal information includes information on the basis of which you are identifiable.
If you place a request via our contact form, you must provide your last name, first name and e-mail address. You may also provide your address, telephone number and company name voluntarily. This information and the content of your request are forwarded to our staff members who are responsible for processing requests.
This information makes it possible for us to process your request and to contact you so that we can respond to your request. If your consent is required for this, we request this from you separately.
II. What happens to the information?
We collect and process the information in compliance with statutory regulations. This information is not disclosed to third parties, and particularly not to third parties outside the European Union. An exception to this rule is the anonymous information collected with the assistance of Google Analytics for statistical purposes (see below).
We use the personal information you provide when you contact us only to respond to your request. Your information is used further or transmitted to a third party only if you have consented to this specifically or if GC Orthodontics Europe GmbH is obligated by law to do so.
The websites of GC Orthodontic Europe GmbH use Google Analytics, a website analysis service
provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so called "cookies" pieces of text data that are stored on your computer and enable your use of our website to be analyzed.
The information provided by the cookie concerning your use of our website is regularly transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Because the IP address is rendered anonymous on our websites, however, your IP address is abbreviated by Google before transmission within the Member States of the European Union and to other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the complete IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there.
III. Google Analytics
Google will use this information on our behalf to analyze your use of the website in order to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services to us relating to the use of the website and the Internet.
The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data. You can disable the cookies by changing the settings of your browser software accordingly.
You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie regarding your use of the website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available through the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
More detailed information on this is available under http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or under http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and privacy). We point out to you that, on our websites, the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" has been integrated in Google Analytics to ensure that IP addresses are recorded in anonymous form (so-called IP masking).
IV. Additional Important Information
If you would like to ask what information has been stored by us or to correct, change or delete your information, you can send an e-mail to this e-mail address: info.gco.germany@gc.dental
With due regard to data privacy protection regulations, we will delete the stored personal
information pertaining to you without you having to doing anything when the information is no
longer needed for the purpose for which it was stored or when storing it is impermissible for other legal reasons. In some cases, provided for by statutory law (e.g. if there are statutory retention obligations), your information may be blocked instead of being deleted.
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with due regard to the data privacy regulations as amended from time to time.
Cookies
We collect certain categories of cookies. GC EUROPE always uses cookies in accordance with the Belgian Law on electronic communications of June 13, 2005 (hereinafter “Communications Law”) which implemented the European E-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC.
“Cookies” are small text files that are placed on your computer in order to identify your Web browser and the activities of your computer on our websites and other websites. Cookies are used to detect possible errors and/or personalize your experience on our websites (such as dynamically generating content on web pages specifically designed for you), to assist you in using our websites (such as saving time by not having to re-enter your choice of language or country upon each visit to our websites), and to allow us to statistically monitor how you are using our websites to help us improve our online offerings. We also may use cookies to target certain advertisements to your browser which may be of interest to you or to determine the popularity of certain content.You do not have to accept cookies to use our websites. Although most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, you may reset your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to reject cookies generally. Most browsers offer instructions on how to do so in the “Help” section of the toolbar. While you are not required to accept our cookies to access our websites, be aware that if you reject cookies, certain products, offerings, features, visuals or resources of our websites may not work properly and you may experience some loss of convenience.
Below, you can find an overview of the cookies we currently use to optimize your experience on our websites :
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
This list of cookies may prove to be incomplete at any given time. We aim to consistently update the list included in this Cookie Policy, but should you realize that a cookie which is used by our websites does not appear on the list, please do not hesitate to contact us by email on DataprotectionCommittee.gce@gc.dental, to help us update this Cookie Policy accordingly.