Privacy Statement
Data Privacy Declaration
Thank you for your interest in the website(s) of Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Strasse 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Merck", "us" or "we"). We take data protection and privacy issues very seriously and comply with the applicable national and European data protection regulations. Therefore, we would like to inform you with this declaration about data protection measures and which data we may store and how we use this data.
1. Cookies, analytics tools, social plugins and advertising
1.1 Cookies
We use cookies in order to enable and facilitate the use of our websites (e.g. to optimize the presentation or display of country-specific content). "Cookies" are small text files that enable our websites to store information on your computer and retrieve it later (e.g. when you visit our website again later). The use of cookies, for example, enables our websites to "remember" the language in which we are allowed to present our content to you.
The following categories of cookies are concerned:
- Cookies that optimize the presentation or display of country-specific content (e.g. the presentation of the website in your national language and corresponding country-specific product availability and pricing)
- Cookies that help us to remember your settings
- Web audience cookies
You can disable or block cookies in your browser software; however, this may result in restrictions regarding the usability of our websites. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR, whereby we are authorized from the fact that, on the one hand, we have an interest in evaluating the website data for purposes of website optimization and, on the other hand, a concerned person can reasonably foresee at the time when the personal data is collected and in view of the circumstances under which it is carried out that it will possibly be processed for this purpose.
1.2 Analytics Tools
We use various web analytics tools to improve our website and services. These tools help us understand how visitors interact with our site, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve the user experience.
2. Contact Information
For any questions regarding data privacy, please contact us at:
Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
Email: service@merckgroup.com