Privacy

Protecting personal data is very important to KogeneBiotech. The following Privacy Policy explains how KogeneBiotech processes your personal data and describes your associated rights.

Controller

KogeneBiotech ("Kogene" or "we") mentioned in the imprint of this website will process your personal data as the data controller in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable laws on the protection of personal data.

Processing of your personal data

Kogene processes your personal data as part of your use of our websites and online services as described in the following:

Use of the websites

When using our websites, Kogene processes information which is technically necessary for communication to take place and which may also be automatically sent to us by your browser or device, e.g. IP address, device type, browser type, pages visited, date and time of the request.

We process this information in order to enable you to visit the websites, to improve and accelerate the presentation of the websites, to adapt and prepare the information offered for specific target groups and to design the websites according to user preferences.

In addition, we process this information to ensure compliance with our Terms of Use, to exercise or defend ourselves against legal claims, and to prevent and counter fraudulent and similar actions, including attacks on our IT infrastructure.

The legal basis for the processing is the safeguarding of the legitimate interests of Kogene as website operator (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Use of contact forms

You can contact us directly via contact forms on our website and in particular provide your contact details. Kogene processes the contact information you provide, such as your first and last name, e-mail address or telephone number, as well as information you provide in a support request, in order to respond to and clarify your contact or request.

The legal basis for the processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). If your request is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the legal basis for the processing is the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Online Services

On our websites you can register for various Kogene Online Services by providing your personal data, for example to access technical documents of our products or to exchange information in user forums.

Kogene processes the personal data that you have entered when using the Kogene Online Services for example when registering or logging in, such as your first and last name, e-mail address, contact number and so on.

Kogene processes your personal data,

• • to provide the services and features of the Online Services and to manage your use; or to enable you to use the services and features of the Online Services;
• • to verify your identity and enable user authentication;
• • to ensure compliance with our Terms of Use, establish or defend against legal claims, and prevent fraudulent or similar acts, including attacks on our IT infrastructure.

The legal basis for the processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) or the safeguarding of the legitimate interests of Kogene as the provider of online services (Art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR).

Processing of personal data related to your business relationship with Kogene

In the context of a business relationship with Kogene, we process personal data of contact persons at customers, interested parties, sales partners, suppliers and partners ("business partners"). For further information, please refer to the Kogene Privacy Policy for Business Partners at the bottom of the page under "Downloads".

Cookies

We use cookies on this website. You can find further information regarding cookies in our Cookie Policy. It also describes how you can object to the use of cookies.

Links to other websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to Kogene websites and not to third party websites and applications.

Storage duration

Kogene will only process your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose of the processing (e.g. until the matter you have contacted us with is completely clarified) or until you revoke your consent or object to the processing and there is no other legal basis or overriding legitimate reasons for the processing. 
To the extent that Kogene needs to process your personal data in order to fulfil a legal obligation or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, Kogene stores your personal data until the legal obligation is fulfilled or the legal claims have been asserted.

Your rights

According to the data privacy law applicable, you have the right – provided that the respective legal requirements are fulfilled – to:

obtain confirmation as to whether Kogene processes personal data about you and, where that is the case, obtain access to your personal data processed by Kogene as well as other information,

obtain the rectification of your inaccurate personal data processed by Kogene,

obtain from Kogene the erasure of your personal data processed by Kogene,

obtain from Kogene restriction of processing of your personal data,

btain your personal information that you have provided to Kogene in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request that your personal information be transmitted to another recipient,

object to the processing of your personal data by Kogene and, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of your personal data insofar as the processing of your personal data is based on legitimate interests.

If you have given Kogene your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, i.e. your withdrawal does not affect the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent prior to the withdrawal. After withdrawal, Kogene may only process your personal data to the extent that Kogene can base the processing on another legal basis.

If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact the Kogene Data Privacy Organization (see contact information under "Contact").

Contact for questions and complaints, data protection officer

The Data Protection Officer of Kogene and the Kogene Data Privacy Organization provide support in all questions relating to data privacy as well as questions, comments, concerns or complaints. The Data Protection Officer and the Kogene Data Privacy Organization can be contacted at info@kogene.co.kr.

The Kogene Data Protection Officer and the Kogene Data Privacy Organization will always use best efforts to address and remedy your request or complaint. In addition to contacting the Data Protection Officer of Kogene and the Kogene Data Privacy Organization, you also have the possibility at any time to contact the competent data protection supervisory authority with your enquiry or complaint. An overview of the national and international data protection authorities is available here.

This Privacy Policy is updated from time to time. The date of the last update can be found at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you visit this page regularly to check for any updates that may have been made.