Privacy Policy
DATA PRIVACY
DECLARATION
The issue of data protection and confidentiality is a topic we take very seriously and we follow the applicable national and European data protection regulations.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
We take data protection and privacy issues very seriously and comply with the applicable national and European data protection regulations. Therefore, we would like to inform you with this declaration about data protection measures and which data we may store and how we use this data.
WHICH COOKIES ARE USED?
We use cookies on our website. If you do not want to take advantage of our cookies, you can find out in the help function of your browser how to set your browser to prevent it from accepting new cookies or deleting existing cookies. There you will also learn how to block your browser for all new cookies or which settings you should make to receive a notification of new cookies.
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR, whereby our authorization arises from the fact that, on the one hand, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has an interest in evaluating the website data for purposes of website optimization and, on the other hand, a concerned person can reasonably foresee at the time when the personal data is collected and in view of the circumstances under which it is carried out (in particular the above-mentioned measures) that it will possibly be processed for this purpose.
Please see the following table for cookies that we currently use on our website:
COOKIE LIST (03/2019)
Name of Cookie | 1st or 3rd party Cookie? If 3rd party: Who is setting it? | Purpose of the Cookie? | What data holds the Cookie? | Is it a session or persistent Cookie? | If persistent, how long is its lifespan? |
___utmvc | 3rd party – mwfs.merckgroup.com | persistent | 23 seconds | ||
__sharethis_cookie_test__ | 1st party | session | |||
__stid | 3rd party – .sharethis.com | Used to monitor “click-stream” activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. | persistent | 1 year | |
__unam | 1st party | Used to monitor “click-stream” activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. | persistent | 9 months | |
_fbp | 3rd party – .facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products on Facebook. | persistent | 3 months | |
_ga | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to distinguish users. | different values | persistent | 2 years |
_gat | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to throttle request rate. | different values | persistent | 10 minutes |
_gid | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to throttle request rate against Google Analytics. | Stores the number of requests against Google Analytics. | persistent | 1 minute |
_pk_id… | 1st party | persistent | 1 year | ||
_pk_ses… | 1st party | persistent | 30 minutes | ||
_utma | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | different values | persistent | 2 years from set/update |
_utmb | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | different values | persistent | 30 mins from set/update |
_utmt | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to throttle request rate. | different values | persistent | 10 minutes |
_utmv | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVarmethod. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | different values | persistent | 2 years from set/update |
_utmz | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | different values | persistent | 6 months from set/update |
ACOOKIE | 3rd party – sdc01.merck.de | persistent | 10 years | ||
ADRUM_BT | 3rd party – pub.s7.exacttarget.com | Used to give real-time insight into application performance. | persistent | 32 seconds | |
AKA_A2 | 1st party | persistent | 1 hour | ||
AMCV S_… | 1st party | session | |||
AMCV_… | 1st party | Used to identify a unique visitor. | persistent | 2 years | |
AMP_TOKEN | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | different values | persistent | 30 seconds to 1 year |
ASP.NET_SessionId | 3rd party – sitetours.merckgroup.com | Used to keep the user’s status for all page requests. | session | ||
AWSALB | 3rd party – qfx.tools.investis.com | Used to deliver the provider´s service seamlessly from multiple services using a load balancer, so the cookie simply records which server cluster is serving you. | persistent | 7 days | |
AWSELB | 3rd party – irs.tools.investis.com | Used to map the session to the instance. | session | ||
demdex | 3rd party – .demdex.net | Used to assign a unique ID to a site visitor. | persistent | 6 months | |
dpm | 3rd party – .dpm.demdex.net | persistent | 6 months | ||
dtCookie | 1st party | Tracks a visit across multiple requests. | session | ||
dtLatC | 1st party | Measures server latency for performance monitoring. | session | ||
dtPC | 1st party | Required to identify proper endpoints for beacon transmission; includes session ID for correlation. | session | ||
dtSa | 1st party | Intermediate store for page-spanning actions. | session | ||
ev_sync_dd | 3rd party – .everesttech.net | Used to record the date when synchronization will be performed. | persistent | 1 month | |
everest_g_v2 | 3rd party – .everesttech.net | Used to map clicks to other events on the client’s website. | persistent | 2 years | |
everest_session_v2 | 3rd party – .everesttech.net | session | |||
FORMASSEMBLY | 3rd party – advenio.tfaforms.net | Used to provide our users with online forms. User´s session will be stored within a cookie. | persistent | 25 years | |
fr | 3rd party – .facebook.com | Used to display a range of advertising products, such as real-time bids from third party advertisers. | persistent | 3 months | |
gac_<property-id> | 3rd party – google-analytics.com | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | different values | persistent | 90 days |
GPS | 3rd party – .youtube.com | Used to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location (mobile devices). | persistent | 30 minutes | |
has_js | 1st party | Used to indicate whether or not the visitor´s browser has JavaScript enabled. | session | ||
IDE | 3rd party – .doubleclick.net | Used to register and report the user’s actions on the website after viewing or clicking on one of the provider’s ads. | persistent | 1 year | |
igodigitalst | 3rd party – .igodigital.com | Used to capture customer behavior to improve the quality of the experience of our online customers, including enhanced browsing experiences. | session | ||
igodigitaltc2 | 3rd party – .igodigital.com | Used to capture customer behavior to improve the quality of the experience of our online customers, including enhanced browsing experiences. | persistent | 10 years | |
incap_ses_… | 3rd party – .tools.investis.com | Used for visitor recognition. | session | ||
JSESSIONID | 1st party | Session ID needed for e.g. Registration | SESSION ID | session | |
loglevel | 1st party | session | |||
m_survey… | 3rd party – .myaudience.de | persistent | 1 year | ||
mbox | 1st party | Used to collect user identification information and individual browser settings. | persistent | 2 years | |
merck_survey… | 3rd party – mafo1.myaudience.de | different values | persistent | 1 year | |
muser | 1st party | Used to detect if the user is a Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, employee based on their IP address | different values | persistent | 30 days |
nlbi_… | 3rd party – .tools.investis.com | Used for visitor recognition. | session | ||
OldSearchTerm | 1st party | session | |||
personalization_id | 3rd party – .twitter.com | Allows users to share posts. | persistent | 2 years | |
PHPSESSID | 1st party | Identify the current browser session | SESSION ID | session | The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed |
PREF | 3rd party – .youtube.com | Used to keep statistics on how visitors use YouTube videos on various websites. | persistent | 8 months | |
RT | 1st party | Used to interface with LinkedIn. | persistent | 7 days | |
rxVisitor | 1st party | Used to monitor site performance, analyze website usage and to track user behavior. | Visitor ID | session | |
s_cc | 1st party | Set and read by the JavaScript code to determine if cookies are enabled. | session | ||
s_getNewRepeat | 1st party | persistent | 1 year | ||
search | 1st party | session | |||
st_shares_… | 1st party | session | |||
TAFSessionId | 1st party | SESSION ID | session | ||
TAFTrackingId | 1st party | persistent | 90 years | ||
UID | 3rd party – .scorecardresearch.com | Used to monitor “click-stream” activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. | persistent | 2 years | |
visid_incap_… | 3rd party – .tools.investis.com | Used for visitor recognition. | persistent | 1 year | |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 3rd party – .youtube.com | Used to estimate user bandwidth on pages with built-in YouTube videos. | persistent | 6 months | |
water-webgl-open-ids | 1st party | Used for animated pages. | session | ||
WT_FPC | 3rd party – Webtrends | Used to distinguish users | different values | persistent | 2 years |
YSC | 3rd party – .youtube.com | Used to register a unique ID to keep statistics of YouTube videos that the user has seen. | session |