Privacy Policy

1. General information

Bio4Business is a private, non-commercial website providing information on scientific and technological developments and related publications.

The protection of personal data and transparency about the processing of information when visiting this website are important to the website operator.

Personal data are processed only to the extent necessary for the technical operation and security of the website or where processing is based on the visitor’s consent.

The person responsible for this website and the relevant contact details can be found in the Imprint.

2. Hosting and server log files

When this website is accessed, technical information may automatically be transmitted by the visitor’s browser to the web server. This may include the IP address, date and time of access, the requested page or file, browser type and version, operating system, referring website and other technical information necessary for communication between browser and server.

Such information may be processed insofar as this is necessary to provide the website, maintain its technical security and identify errors or misuse.

Server log files are not used by the website operator to create personal profiles or for advertising purposes.

3. Cookies and consent management

This website uses Complianz for cookie and consent management. Complianz informs visitors about cookies and other technologies used on the website and, where required, obtains their consent before the corresponding services are activated.

Non-essential services requiring consent are intended to remain inactive until the visitor has given the corresponding consent.

Visitors can change or withdraw their consent through the cookie settings provided on the website.

4. Website statistics

Technical or statistical information may be used to understand, in aggregated form, how the website and its individual pages are used and to improve the content and structure of the website.

Such information is not intended to be used for advertising, commercial tracking or the creation of individual marketing profiles.

5. Embedded websites and external content

Bio4Business contains links to external websites and also provides previews of the websites Window-to-China and Window-to-Japan through embedded content (iFrames).

Embedded content may technically involve communication between the visitor’s browser and the server providing the embedded website. Where consent is required for such communication, the applicable consent settings should be respected.

When visitors follow a link to another website, they leave Bio4Business. From that point onwards, data processing is governed by the privacy provisions of the respective external website. Bio4Business has no control over the processing of personal data by external providers.

6. Use of artificial intelligence

Artificial-intelligence tools may be used to assist in the preparation of content. Such assistance may include research support, language editing, translation, structuring and summarising information, as well as the preparation or editing of illustrations.

AI-assisted material is subject to editorial review before publication. The selection of sources, verification of information and responsibility for the final content remain with the website operator.

Personal data provided by visitors through this website are not intentionally submitted to generative AI services for analysis or processing.

7. Contact by email and external services

If visitors contact the website operator by email, the information transmitted with the message is processed for the purpose of responding to the enquiry.

The website may also contain links to social networks or other external services. When such links are followed, the privacy provisions of the respective provider apply.

8. Rights concerning personal data

Where personal data relating to an identifiable individual are processed, applicable data-protection law may provide rights including access, rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to processing.

Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

Questions concerning privacy or the processing of personal data can be addressed to the website operator using the contact details provided in the Imprint.

Individuals also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority where the applicable legal requirements are met.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the technical operation of the website, the services used on it or the applicable legal requirements change.

Last updated: August 2026

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rolf.d.schmid@bio4business.eu