Effective May 1, 2018.

 

This Online Privacy Notice (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Arum Europe GmbH and its Affiliates ("Arum Europe GmbH", “Arum Europe GmbH”, “Arum Dental Shop”) handle the Personal Data provided to them on websites, mobile sites, mobile applications, email applications and other digital services and products controlled by Arum Europe GmbH, that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “Arum Europe GmbH Sites”). Arum Europe GmbH is the data controller for the processing of Personal Data under applicable law.

This Privacy Notice does not apply to Arum Europe GmbH Sites that do not link to this Privacy Policy or to third-party Web sites to which Arum Europe GmbH Sites may link.

 

 

THE BASES ON WHICH WE PROCESS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

Our policy complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We take seriously the protection for your privacy and confidentiality. We understand that all visitors to our website are entitled to know that their personal data will not be used for any purpose unintended by them, and will not accidentally fall into the hands of a third party.

 

The law requires us to determine under which of six defined bases we process different categories of your personal information, and to notify you of the basis for each category.

If a basis on which we process your personal information is no longer relevant then we shall immediately stop processing your data.

If the basis changes then if required by law we shall notify you of the change and of any new basis under which we have determined that we can continue to process your information.

Except as set out below, we do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any information collected through our website.

 

 

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT ONLINE

The types of Personal Data that we may collect while you use the Arum Europe GmbH Sites are described in this section and include both information that you provide to us and information that we collect automatically when you use the Arum Europe GmbH Sites.

For purposes of this Privacy Notice, “Personal Data” means information that identifies you or that could reasonably be used to identify you. Examples of Personal Data include name, address, telephone number, and email address.

 

Information You Provide

You generally do not have to register for a service or program to receive much of the information available through Arum Europe GmbH Sites. However, some of our content is available only to registered or identified users and will require you to set up a profile or provide specific information about yourself in order to provide you the service, for example to access Arum Europe GmbH’s Online Store.

 

Personal Data You Provide When Visiting Arum Europe GmbH Sites

Arum Europe GmbH collects Personal Data that you provide on Arum Europe GmbH Sites, for example, when purchasing a product, to receive marketing products and information, contact Arum Europe GmbH customer service, or respond to Arum Europe GmbH questionnaires or surveys. This could include:

  • Contact Information such as your name, address, phone number, or email address
  • Registration Information such as your username and password.
  • Employment, education and other background information when you inquire about employment with Arum Europe GmbH.
  • Payment information (such as banking information, payment card number, expiration date, delivery address, and billing address).
  • Content you may provide (for example, when you complete our Online Contact Form or submit other information).

 

Personal Data You Share During Other Interactions with Arum Europe GmbH

You may contact Arum Europe GmbH to ask questions, discuss your concerns, or report issues regarding our products. If you communicate with or request information from Arum Europe GmbH, you may be prompted to provide your contact information as well as any Personal Data that is relevant to your request.

 

 

INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

When you use the Arum Europe GmbH Sites, we also may collect certain usage and device information automatically as described below.

 

IP Address

We may record the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of your computer or other electronic device when you visit the Arum Europe GmbH Sites. An IP address identifies the electronic device you use to access the Sites, which allows us to maintain communication with your computer as you move about Arum Europe GmbH Sites and to customize content.

 

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We also collect information about your use of Arum Europe GmbH Sites through tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons. A “cookie” is a unique numeric code that is transferred to your computer to track your interests and preferences and to recognize you as a return visitor. A “Web beacon” is a transparent graphic image placed on a Web site, e-mail or advertisement that enables the monitoring of things such as user activity and site traffic. These technologies help remember your preferences and allow us to bring you the content and features that are likely to be of greatest interest to you on the basis of “clickstream” data that shows your previous activities on Arum Europe GmbH Sites.

 

We utilize Google Display Advertising (such as Retargeting with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting) to (1) show you our ads on other websites based on your prior visits to Arum Europe GmbH Sites, and (2) better understand our ad impressions and use of ad services. In connection with the Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting service, we may use data from Google's interest-based advertising or third-party audience data (such as age, gender and interests) with Google Analytics to understand and improve our marketing campaigns and Site content. 

 

Some of our online advertising takes place through Google Display Advertising. As part of this program, we use Google Analytics features such as Retargeting. In connection with that feature and others offered by ad networks, we and the operators of ad networks, including Google, may use third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) – and in some cases first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) – to inform, optimize and serve ads across the Internet, based on a user's past visits to Arum Europe GmbH Sites. We also may show you ads from some of our affiliated companies when you visit Arum Europe GmbH Sites. 

 

You can opt out of Google Ads by visiting http://www.google.com/ads/preferences. If you do not want your data used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at the Google Analytics opt-out page.

This Site is not designed to respond to "do not track" signals received from browsers.

To learn more about cookies and other tracking technologies, including how to disable them, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Please note that some cookies are essential to the functioning of our Sites and deleting or disabling them will reduce the site’s functionality.

 

Mobile Tracking

Some Arum Europe GmbH Sites are available either as mobile applications or mobile sites that you can use on your mobile device. If you use a mobile device to access and use the Arum Europe GmbH Sites, we may collect the following mobile-specific information in addition to the other information described above: device or advertising ID, device type, hardware type, media access control (“MAC”) address, international mobile equipment identity (“IMEI”), the version of your mobile operating system, the platform used to access or download the Arum Europe GmbH Site (e.g., Apple, Google, Amazon, Windows), location information and usage information about your device and your use of the Arum Europe GmbH Sites.

 

Information Collected from Other Sources

We may combine information about you from a visit to one Arum Europe GmbH Site with information about you from visits to other Arum Europe GmbH Sites. We may also combine information about you that is collected through the Arum Europe GmbH Sites with information that we have collected offline, as well as with information provided to us by third parties.

 

 

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your Personal Data to provide you the product and services you request, communicate with you, improve your experience on the Arum Europe GmbH Sites, generally improve our products and services and for other internal business purposes. These uses may also include the recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of Personal Data. The Personal Data we collect about you may be stored, and later on archived, only for so long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out above, in accordance with applicable laws.

 

Providing Product and Services You Request

If you choose to purchase a product or receive our services, we use the Personal Data that you provide through Arum Europe GmbH Sites to manage your orders and invoices, to process payments, to respond to your questions, provide you the services you request and offer an optimal customer experience.

 

Marketing

You may also receive marketing information from Arum Europe GmbH and related affiliates, such as offers regarding Arum Europe GmbH related products or services, invitations to participate in surveys about our products, or notifications about special promotions. In such cases, we will use your contact and other Personal Data to send you marketing information.

 

Customized User Experiences

The Personal Data that you provide may be used to create customized offers, information, or services tailored to your interests and preferences. Also, we may use your IP address and the data that we obtain automatically through the use of cookies or similar tracking technologies to make our Arum Europe GmbH Sites easier to use and navigate as well as to personalize the content provided on Arum Europe GmbH Sites by anticipating the information and services that may be of interest to you.

 

Business and Product Improvement

In order to discover new facts that could help Arum Europe GmbH better understand customer needs and help improve, develop, and evaluate product, services, materials, and programs. Arum Europe GmbH analyzes the information that you have provided. For these purposes Arum Europe GmbH does not use information that can directly identify you.

 

Site Analytics and Improvement

We may use the information that you provide and the information we collect automatically about your use of the Arum Europe GmbH Sites to monitor user traffic patterns and preferences for site improvement, analytics and optimization.

 

Registration of products

We may offer the possibility to register your products through our Site, depending on your local Site.

 

Process queries and generally communicate with you

We generally process your Personal Data when you contact us, send us a queries, and to follow up on your requests and questions.

 

Legal Basis for Processing

Under European data protection laws, Arum Europe GmbH must have a legal basis to process your Personal Data. The legal basis that applies in an instance will depend on for which of the specific purposes described above Arum Europe GmbH is processing your Personal Data:

 

In certain cases, Arum Europe GmbH may ask for your consent to collect and process your Personal Data. Should you choose to provide your consent, you may later withdraw your consent by contacting us as described in the “Your Privacy Choices” section.  Please note that the withdrawal of consent will not affect processing which has already occurred.

 

In other instances, the processing of your Personal Data may be necessary in order to comply with an applicable law or regulation or for the performance of a contract to which you are subject. You may not be able to opt-out of this processing, or your choice to opt-out may impact our ability to perform a contractual obligation otherwise owed to you.

 

In still other instances, Arum Europe GmbH may process your Personal Data based on Arum Europe GmbH’s legitimate interests in communicating with you about our products and services, and about scientific research and educational opportunities.  You have the right to opt-out of all such processing of your Personal Data.  You may do so by contacting us as described in the “Your Privacy Choices” section.

 

 

INFORMATION WE SHARE

We only share your Personal Data with third parties as described below. We do not sell or rent Personal Data to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

 

Third-Party Advertising and Online Behavioral Advertising

You may be provided with online advertisements of Arum Europe GmbH products and services on third-party websites and mobile services that are tailored to you, for example, on the basis of information that you provide to Arum Europe GmbH or a third-party website you are visiting, or of your browsing activity, purchases, or interests. These types of tailored online advertisements may come through several sources, such as the following:

 

  •  We may share with our advertising service providers your non-identifying information that we have obtained from cookies and other tracking technologies on our Arum Europe GmbH Sites.
  • Some Web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to Web sites with which the browser communicates. As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Notice, an industry standard has not yet been established on how to respond to these signals. Therefore, Arum Europe GmbH does not currently respond to these signals.

 

Affiliates, Vendors and Suppliers

We have relationships with suppliers and affiliated companies, who help us operate our business and for whom it may be necessary to have access to your Personal Data in the course of providing services to Arum Europe GmbH. We will not authorize these parties to use your Personal Data for any purpose that is not related to Arum Europe GmbH and its related affiliates business operation, and we do not share Personal Data from countries that require consent, unless consent has been obtain in advance to sharing with related affiliates. We require them to handle your Personal Data collected in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 

Co-branded Sites

We may partner with other companies to provide you with content or services on a joint or “co-branded” basis. At a co‑branded site, you will see both the Arum Europe GmbH logo and the logo of the co-branding partner displayed on your screen. You should read the individual privacy policies of our co-branding partners, as they may differ in some respects from ours. Reading these policies will help you to make an informed decision about whether to provide your information to a given site.

 

Product Reports

If you contact Arum Europe GmbH regarding your experience in using one of our products, we may use the information that you provide in submitting reports to the designated government regulatory authority, as required of us by law.

 

Legal Rights and Obligations

In certain limited circumstances, Arum Europe GmbH may need to disclose your Personal Data in order to comply with a legal obligation or demand, such as to comply with reporting obligations to our governing regulatory authorities regarding the safety of our products, or in connection with the sale or transfer of one of our product lines or divisions, which includes the services provided through one or more of the Arum Europe GmbH Sites. In such instances, we will take measures to protect your Personal Data to the extent possible. We also reserve the right to use Personal Data to investigate and prosecute users who violate our rules or who engage in behavior that is illegal or harmful to others or to others’ property.

 

Change in Organization

In the event Arum Europe GmbH decides to reorganize or divest our business through sale, merger, or acquisition, Arum Europe GmbH may share Personal Data about you with actual or prospective purchasers.  We will require any actual or prospective purchasers to treat this Personal Data in a manner consistent with this notice.

 

 

YOUR POLICY CHOICE

You have the right to see and get a copy of Personal Data about you that we maintain as well as to ask us to make corrections to inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data about you.  You have the right to receive data you have provided to us in a machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller. You may also request the erasure of your Personal Data or the restriction of its processing, or object to the processing of Personal Data about you. To seek access to Personal Data about you, to file a concern, complaint, or request for correction, or to opt-out of particular programs, please contact our Privacy Office by emailing us at admin@arumeurope.com. You may also send a letter to the following address:

 

ARUM EUROPE GmbH
Am Kronberger Hang 2
Schwalbach am Taunus
65824
Germany

 

The law requires us to tell you about your rights and our obligations to you in regards to the processing and control of your personal data. We do this now, by requesting that you read the information provided at http://www.knowyourprivacyrights.org/

For more information about your privacy rights, or if you are not able to resolve a problem directly with us and wish to make a complaint, contact your local Data Protection Authority.

 

In all communications to Arum Europe GmbH, please include your email address, the Web site address, mobile application, and/or the specific Arum Europe GmbH product to which you provided Personal Data (e.g., Arum Europe GmbH.com), and a detailed explanation of your request. If you would like to delete, amend, or correct your Personal Data and are contacting us by email, please put “Deletion Request” or “Amendment/Correction Request” in the subject line of the email. We will respond to all reasonable requests in a timely manner and may need to further confirm your identity in order to process certain requests.

 

 

DATA SECURITY

Arum Europe GmbH maintains reasonable technical, administrative and physical controls to secure any Personal Data collected through the Arum Europe GmbH Sites. However, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party could intercept an Internet transmission, or that someone will find a way to thwart our security systems. We urge you to exercise caution when transmitting Personal Data over the Internet, especially your financial-related information. Arum Europe GmbH cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not gain access to your Personal Data; therefore, when submitting Personal Data to Arum Europe GmbH Sites, you must weigh both the benefits and the risks.

 

 

THIRD PARTY SITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG-INS

This Privacy Notice does not apply to Arum Europe GmbH Sites that do not link to this Privacy Notice, or to third-party Web sites to which Arum Europe GmbH Sites may link. Arum Europe GmbH Sites may use social media plug-ins (e.g., the Facebook “Like” button, “Share to Twitter” button) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit Arum Europe GmbH Sites, the operator of the social plug-in can place a cookie on your computer or other electronic device that enables that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our Site. If you are logged into the social media Web site (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) while browsing on our Arum Europe GmbH Site, the social media plug-in allows that social media Web site to receive information that you have visited our Arum Europe GmbH Site. The social media plug-in also allows the social media Web site to share information about your activities on our Arum Europe GmbH Site with other users of their social media Web site. These sharing settings are managed by the social media Web site and governed by its privacy policy.

 

Accessing Our Sites Globally

This site is owned and operated by Arum Europe GmbH, but the information you provide may be accessible to our affiliates, vendors, and suppliers in other countries in accordance with this policy. Furthermore, if you are visiting this site from a different country, your communication with us will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international borders. The level of legal protection for Personal Data is not the same in all countries; however, we will take the security measures described in this Privacy Notice in an effort to keep your information secure. By using this site, you understand that your Personal Data will be stored and processed in the United States and in any country to which we may transfer your information in the course of our business operations.

 

 

CHANGE TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We will only use Personal Data in the manner described in this Privacy Policy in effect when the information was collected from you or as authorized by you. However, and subject to any applicable consent requirements, we reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page with a new effective date. Arum Europe GmbH encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Any Personal Data collected upon your continued use of Arum Europe GmbH Sites will be handled in accordance with the currently-posted Privacy Policy.

 

 

CONTACT DETAILS

If you would like to get in touch with us with regards to your personal data, please e-mail us at admin@arumeurope.com or contact us at:

ARUM EUROPE GmbH
Am Kronberger Hang 2
Schwalbach am Taunus
65824
Germany

 

List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

COOKIE name

COOKIE Description

CART

The association with your shopping cart.

CATEGORY_INFO

Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.

COMPARE

The items that you have in the Compare Products list.

CURRENCY

Your preferred currency

CUSTOMER

An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.

CUSTOMER_AUTH

An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.

CUSTOMER_INFO

An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.

CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS

Stores the Customer Segment ID

EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE

A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.

FRONTEND

You sesssion ID on the server.

GUEST-VIEW

Allows guests to edit their orders.

LAST_CATEGORY

The last category you visited.

LAST_PRODUCT

The most recent product you have viewed.

NEWMESSAGE

Indicates whether a new message has been received.

NO_CACHE

Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.

PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART

A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.

POLL

The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.

POLLN

Information on what polls you have voted on.

RECENTLYCOMPARED

The items that you have recently compared.

STF

Information on products you have emailed to friends.

STORE

The store view or language you have selected.

USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE

Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.

VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS

The products that you have recently viewed.

WISHLIST

An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.

WISHLIST_CNT

The number of items in your Wishlist.