Effective Date: June 24, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how your Personal Data is collected, used, and disclosed when you visit and use biocomm.eu (the “Website”).
We operate within the European Union and process personal data in strict compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) as well as the Danish Data Protection Act (Databeskyttelsesloven).
The entity responsible for processing your personal data (the “Data Controller”) under this policy is:
1. Data Controller
- Name: Harry (Harald) Teicher (Independent Consultant)
- Address: Drosselvej 3, 7680 Thyborøn, Denmark
- Email: teicher@biocomm.eu
2. Personal Data We Collect & Why We Process It
A. Technical & Server Log Data
When you visit the Website, servers managed by our hosting provider automatically log certain technical information sent by your browser.
- Data collected: IP address, date and time of access, specific pages visited, browser type/version, and operating system.
- Purpose: To ensure stable website performance, monitor system security, and troubleshoot technical errors.
- Legal Basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest). The legitimate interest lies in maintaining a secure and functional web infrastructure.
- Retention: This data is automatically deleted or anonymized by our host after standard retention periods (typically within 30 days).
B. Contact Form & Inquiry Data
If you contact us via a form on the Website, the information is processed to manage your request and is received via our email infrastructure.
- Data collected: Name, email address, corporate/institutional affiliation, telephone number (if provided), and the content of your message.
- Purpose: To respond to your professional inquiries, discuss prospective consulting or strategic advisory engagements, and manage ongoing business communications.
- Legal Basis: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (Performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract) if your inquiry relates to prospective strategic services; otherwise, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest) to effectively manage professional and corporate communications.
- Retention: We retain this data for the duration of our professional relationship or until you request its deletion, subject to statutory record-keeping obligations under Danish corporate and tax law.
C. Analytics and Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyze web traffic.
- Data collected: Device identifiers, truncated (anonymized) IP addresses, and user behavior patterns (e.g., pages viewed, time spent on site).
- Purpose: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the site so we can optimize our content and web layout.
- Legal Basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (Consent). Non-essential tracking cookies are only activated if you explicitly grant your consent via our website’s cookie banner.
- Retention: Google Analytics data is set to automatically expire and delete after 14 months.
3. Sharing and Transfer of Personal Data
We do not sell, rent, or distribute your personal data. To run our website and communication channels efficiently, we share data with the following trusted service providers acting as Data Processors:
- One.com Group AB: Our web hosting provider, which hosts the Website’s files and processes server logs within the EU/EEA.
- Google LLC (Gmail & Google Analytics): Google acts as our email provider and web analytics processor.
International Data Transfers
Because we use Google services (Gmail and Google Analytics), your data may be transferred to, or accessed from, servers located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), primarily in the United States.
To ensure your data remains protected, we rely on the following safeguards:
- EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which the European Commission has recognized as providing an adequate level of data protection.
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs): Where applicable, we ensure that Google’s data processing terms incorporate the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses to protect data transfers.
4. Your Rights Under the GDPR
As a data subject, you possess comprehensive rights regarding your personal data under Articles 15-21 GDPR. You can exercise these at any time by contacting us via the email listed in Section 1:
- Right of Access: You can request confirmation of whether your data is being processed and receive a copy of that data.
- Right to Rectification: You can request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request the deletion of your data, provided no legal retention obligations override your request.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we process your data under certain legal conditions.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of the data you provided to us in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If processing is based on your consent (such as analytics cookies), you can withdraw it at any time via the cookie banner or by clearing your browser cache.
5. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe our processing of your personal data infringes upon the GDPR, you have the right to lodge an official complaint with a national supervisory authority. In Denmark, this is:
Datatilsynet
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
2500 Valby
Denmark
Email: dt@datatilsynet.dk
Website: www.datatilsynet.dk
6. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website architecture, service providers, or legal requirements.