Data Privacy

As you use this website, personal data about you will be processed by us as the data controller and stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. Below, we inform you about the types of data involved, how they are processed, and what rights you have in this regard.

Personal data, as defined in Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Scope

The Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom is maintained by the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine (MEVIS).

This privacy policy applies to the processing of personal data for which Fraunhofer acts as the data controller — in particular your registration data (e.g. name, email address, institution), usage data, and cookies.

The processing of data uploaded by you (e.g. medical imaging data) is not covered by this privacy policy. For such data, you remain the data controller and Fraunhofer acts as a data processor on your behalf. The terms governing that processing are set out in the Terms and Conditions (see Annex B).

Name and Contact Information of the Controller and the Corporate Data Protection Officer

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Applied Research e.V.

Hansastraße 27 c 80686 Munich

for its Fraunhofer Institute für digitale Medizin MEVIS

Max-von-Laue-Str. 228359 Bremen, Germany

(hereinafter MEVIS) E-Mail: empfang@mevis.fraunhofer.de Phone: +49 421 17879 2001

The data protection officer of Fraunhofer can be reached at the above address in Munich, for the attention of: Data Protection Officer or at datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de. You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with questions regarding data protection law or your rights as a data subject.

Alternatively, If you have any questions about Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us directly, Email us at: support@fraunhofer-mevis-showroom.de

Processing Personal Data and Purposes of Data Processing

Data collaction and usage

What data do we collect?

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom collects the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, institution, location, department, website)
  • IP address and user agent for quality of service purposes
How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Register online for any of our products or services.
  • Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

  • None
How will we use your data?

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom collects your data so that we can:

  • Manage your account.
  • Manage your User Data.
  • Offer services to you (e.g., running algorithms, viewing results).
  • Email you with relevant information on other products and services associated with Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom. You can opt-in or opt-out to emails at any time.

If you agree, Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.

  • Currently, no other organisations receive data from Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom.
How do we store your data?

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom securely stores your data encrypted in a database hosted by AWS.

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom will keep your account information for the duration that your account is open. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by removing it from the database.

Cookies

We use cookies on our site. Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not harm your device, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malicious software. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity as cookies are used to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technologies. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Keeping you signed in
  • Understanding how you use our website
  • Detecting fraud
What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

  • Functionality – Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
How to manage cookies

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or that you receive a notification before a new cookie is created (see allaboutcookies.org for further information). However, completely disabling cookies may result in you not being able to use all the features of our website. Your withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing activities we have carried out that are necessary to provide you with the website according to § 25 para. 2 TDDDG and Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

What are your data protection rights?

Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • According to Article 7(3) of the GDPR, withdraw your consent at any time. This means that we may no longer continue processing the data based on that consent in the future;
  • According to Article 15 of the GDPR, request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • According to Article 16 of the GDPR, request the immediate rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored with us;
  • According to Article 17 of the GDPR, request the erasure of your personal data stored with us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
  • According to Article 18 of the GDPR, request the restriction of processing of your personal data, as long as you contest the accuracy of the data, processing is unlawful, but you oppose erasure, and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have objected to processing according to Article 21 of the GDPR;
  • According to Article 20 of the GDPR, receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or request the transfer to another controller;
  • According to Article 77 of the GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In general, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence or workplace or our association's registered office for this purpose.

Information about your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) of the GDPR (processing in the public interest) and Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (processing based on legitimate interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision as per Article 4(4) of the GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your objection is directed against the processing of data for direct marketing purposes, we will cease processing immediately. In this case, it is not necessary to specify a particular situation. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you wish to exercise your right to object, it is sufficient to send an email to datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de or contact us at our email: support@fraunhofer-mevis-showroom.de. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Data Security

All your personal data are transmitted in encrypted format, using the widely used and secure TLS (Transport Layer Security) standard. TLS is a secure and proven standard that is also used, for instance, in online banking. You will recognize a secure TLS connection by the additional s after http (i.e., https://...) in the address bar of your browser or by the lock icon in the bottom part of your browser window.

In all other regards, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulations, partial or complete loss, destruction, or the unauthorized access of third parties. We continuously improve our security measures in accordance with the state of the art.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Transfer of Data

If we pass on personal data collected through the website to processors, we will inform you about this in this privacy notice for each data processing procedure, naming the specific recipient.

Otherwise, we will only share your personal data if

  • you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR;
  • this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR (for example, when passing on data to shipping companies for the purpose of delivering the goods you have ordered or when passing on payment data to payment service providers or credit institutions to carry out a payment transaction);
  • there is a legal obligation for the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

The data passed on may only be used by the recipients for the stated purposes.

Timeliness and Amendments to this Data Protection Information

The further development of this Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom and the products and services offered or changed due to statutory or regulatory requirements, respectively, may make it necessary to amend this data protection information: Fraunhofer MEVIS Showroom keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. You may access and print out the latest data protection information at any time from our website. This privacy policy was last updated on 11 May 2026.