Privacy Statement

This privacy notice is addressed to all visitors and users of our websites and apps ("user" or "you") of the Merck Group ("Merck", "us").

This privacy policy describes how Merck will use the personal data of the users within the scope of the operation of our websites and/or apps (“services”). "Personal Data" in this document means all information that relates to a natural person and with which this person can be directly or indirectly identified.

Should you have questions or queries regarding the processing of your personal data by Merck, please feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer [Group Data Privacy Officer] via privacy@merckgroup.com or the other contact details provided below.

This section informs you who is the controller of the processing of your personal data, how you may contact the controller and which rights you have as a data subject in this context.

2.1 Controller

The data controller means the person who determines the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data. For the processing activities described of in this privacy notice, the controller is

Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72-0
Telefax: +49 6151 72-2000
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2.2 Data Protection Officer

Merck has appointed a Data Protection Officer. You may reach him/her as follows:

privacy@merckgroup.com
Phone: +49 6151 72-0
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt, Germany

This section explains the different data processing activities in which we process your personal data.

5.0. Your Data Protection Rights

Regarding the data processing in the European Union, you have the following data protection rights:

Right of access: You have the right to obtain information on the processing of your personal data and to receive a copy these data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to correct or complete your personal data to the extent they prove to be wrong and/or incomplete.
Right to erasure: Under certain circumstances, you have the right to ask us to delete your personal data.
Right to restriction of processing: You may also have the right to ask us to limit the processing of your personal data.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and request that these data are transferred to another data controller.
Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by us, in particular if the processing of your personal data is based on (i) the necessity of the performance of a task in the public interest, or (ii) legitimate interests. We will then stop the processing of your personal data unless we remain legally authorized to do so.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority against the processing of your personal data if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection regulations.