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Kai Megerle, MD, PhD
DE

Privacy Policy

Transparency and security for your data

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section "Information about the responsible party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This data is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view).

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.


2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

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 privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected.

Information about the responsible party (Data Controller)

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Kai Megerle, MD, PhD
Schön Klinik München Harlaching
Harlachinger Str. 51
81547 Munich
Germany

Phone: 089-6211-2061
Email: info@nervenchirurgie.com

Your Rights (Revocation, Information, Deletion)

You have the right to request information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have a right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.


3. Data Collection on this Website

Hosting

We host the content of our website on a private server. The provider of the server storage space (web host) is: all-inkl.com, Friedersdorf, Germany.

When you visit our website, our host automatically collects various log files including your IP addresses. The collection of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable depiction and security of our website.

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Cookies and Cookie Consent Technology

Our website uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device.

We use a cookie consent technology to obtain your consent for the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of specific technologies, and to document this in a privacy-compliant manner. Technically necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. Optional cookies (e.g., for analytical purposes) are only set with your explicit consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR); the consent can be revoked at any time.

Contact Form (Local Processing)

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. The data processing takes place directly on our own server; no third-party providers are used for form processing.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.


4. Plugins and Tools

Local Hosting of Fonts (Fontsource)

This site uses web fonts for a uniform presentation of typography. These fonts are hosted locally on our own servers. No connection to servers of third-party providers (such as Google) takes place. Thus, your IP address is not transmitted to third parties, which ensures maximum protection of your privacy.

Use of Cloudflare Turnstile

We use the Cloudflare Turnstile service on our website, provided by Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Cloudflare").

Purpose of Processing
Turnstile is used to ensure the security of our website and to protect our forms (e.g., the contact form) from abusive automated submissions (spam and bots). This ensures that our communication channels remain open and secure for genuine patient inquiries.

Processed Data
To verify whether the data entered on our website is entered by a human or by an automated program, Turnstile analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the visitor accesses the website or form. For the analysis, Turnstile evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, browser and operating system used, time spent on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Cloudflare. According to the provider, Cloudflare Turnstile does not use cookies to identify users or track behavior across different websites.

Legal Basis
The storage and analysis of this data are based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web infrastructure from abusive automated crawling and spam.

Data Transfer to Third Countries
Insofar as data is transferred to the US, Cloudflare relies on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission as well as the adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), under which Cloudflare is certified.

For more information on Cloudflare's privacy policy, please visit: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/