DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY POLICY

As operators of this site, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection and Privacy Policy.

Responsible for this site, according to Article 4 (7) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is THORASYS Thoracic Medical Systems Inc., 6560 de l’Esplanade, Suite 103. Montreal, Quebec H2V 4L5 Canada, info@thorasys.com, compare Imprint. Our data protection officer can be reached at datasecurity@thorasys.com or by regular mail at our postal address, addressed to the attention of “The Data Protection Officer”.

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal information. Where personal data (such as name, address or E-Mail addresses) are collected, this information is provided by the site user on a voluntary basis. Such data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent.

Please note that transmission of data over the Internet (for example, when communicating via e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

In the case of merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise voluntarily provide further information, we collect only data that your browser transmits to our server, and that are technically required to display the site and ensure stability and security (as permitted by article 6 (1), sentence 1 of the GDPR):

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Time Zone Difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (i.e. the specific page content to be viewed)
• Access status / HTTP status code
• Transmitted amount of data
• Website from which the request originated
• Browser used
• Operating system
• Language and version of the browser

Some of our internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, efficient and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, unconditionally reject certain types of cookies, or automatically delete all cookies when closing the browser. Note that disabling all cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

If you send us inquiries via a contact form or chat box, any details entered, including the contact details you provide, will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and, in the event of follow-up questions, until your request has been completed. We do not share any such information with third parties without your consent.

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• the right of access;
• the right to correction or erasure;
• the right to restrict use and processing;
• the right to object to the use and processing; and
• the right to data portability.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our use and processing of your personal data.

This website uses Google Analytics web analytics services provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies stored on your computer to allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened before transmission to Google from within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection and transmission of data related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpag...

We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. Using the statistics obtained through Google Analytics, we can improve our offerings and make them more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which Personal Information is transferred from Europe to the US, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/... Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 of GDPR.

Third-party information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/analyti..., Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en...

QUEBEC ACT RESPECTING THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARTICLE 3.1

Per the Quebec Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector, Article 3.1, Thorasys has appointed a Person in Charge of the Protection of Personal Information. The Person in Charge of the Protection of Personal Information can be reached at datasecurity@thorasys.com or by regular mail at our postal address, addressed to the attention of “The Data Protection Officer”.