Privacy Policy

General Information

The following information provides a brief overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy provided at the end of this text.

Data Collection and Processing

When you visit our website, the date and duration of your visit, the individual pages you access, as well as details about the browser and operating system you use are stored in an access log file. These data are used solely for error and performance analyses and are automatically deleted after an appropriate period of time. Our website utilizes online forms to facilitate contact with us. Only the data necessary for an inquiry are required, and the corresponding fields are marked. Entering additional data that are not strictly necessary is entirely voluntary.

We use the collected data exclusively for internal purposes. The data are not transmitted or passed on to third parties (exceptions: obtaining continuing education credits with the Bavarian Medical Association (see below) as well as individually contractually agreed arrangements). We do not use the collected data for advertising purposes.

Legal Basis for Data Processing

We process personal data to fulfill contractual obligations pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR. This includes, in particular:

• Ensuring the operational security
• Processing orders, such as subscriptions, etc.
• Creating a user account
• Contacting you, insofar as there is or is intended to be an ongoing business relationship with you or your employer (business contacts).

In addition, we process your data to protect our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, for purposes such as:

• Creating statistics to improve products and services
• Preventing, investigating, and reporting criminal offenses, e.g. fraud, such as credit card fraud, identity deception, or obtaining special conditions or rates by deception
• Asserting legal claims, including debt collection and defense in legal disputes
• Auditing
• Advertising, provided that you have not objected to the use of your data
• Creating statistics to improve products and services. In individual cases, we form user groups based on order and usage data; these groups are immediately anonymized.

We process your data on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR for certain purposes, in particular:

• Creating statistics to improve products and services
• Personalized use of the website and personalized offers as well as optimization of the web offering
• Newsletter distribution with regular offers
• Market research
• Customer surveys
• Analytical purposes, in order to optimize our offering for you.

Consent can be revoked at any time in the data protection settings. The revocation of consent only affects future data processing and does not affect the lawfulness of data processing carried out until the revocation.

When cookies, device identifiers, or other information are stored or retrieved on your device for processing, the legal basis is the European Cookie or e-Privacy Directive in conjunction with the Telemedia Act (§ 12 ff. TMG) or the General Data Protection Regulation (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR and Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Obtaining Continuing Education Credits with the Bayerische Landesärztekammer (Bavarian Medical Association)

If you wish to receive continuing education credits from the Bavarian Medical Association (Bayerische Landesärztekammer, BLÄK) for an event or course organized by Trillium GmbH, we will transmit the following data to the BLÄK server (www.eiv-fobi.de) via an online form upon successful course completion:

Your personal physician number (EFN)
The course number (VNR)

To authorize this, you must enter your EFN in the registration form. Providing this information is voluntary, but if you choose not to submit your EFN, you will not receive continuing education credits from BLÄK.

Data Deletion and Storage Duration

We delete or anonymize your personal data as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or used.

However, we may need to store your data until the expiration of statutory retention periods imposed by law or regulatory authorities (which may arise from the Commercial Code, Tax Code, and Money Laundering Act – typically 6 to 10 years). Additionally, we may store your data until the expiration of legal limitation periods (typically 3 years, but in individual cases up to 30 years) insofar as this is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. Thereafter, the corresponding data are deleted.

Data Security and Protective Measures

We commit to protecting your privacy and treating your personal data confidentially. To prevent manipulation, loss, or misuse of your stored data, we implement extensive technical and organizational security measures that are regularly reviewed and updated in line with technological progress. These measures ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of your data. This includes the use of recognized encryption methods (SSL or TLS) and pseudonymization.

Please note, however, that due to the nature of the internet, it is possible that the data protection rules and the aforementioned security measures are not observed by others outside our sphere of responsibility. In particular, data that are transmitted unencrypted – for example, via email – can be intercepted by third parties. We have no control over this technically.

Detailed Data Processing

Processed Data	Purpose of Processing
Used Operating System	Analysis by devices to ensure the optimized display of the website
Information about the browser type and version used	Analysis of the browsers used to optimize our website accordingly
Internet Service Provider of the user	Analysis of Internet Service Providers
IP Address	Display of the website on the respective device
Date and Time of the Access	Ensuring the proper operation of the website
Manufacturer and model of the smartphone, tablet, or other devices	Analysis of device manufacturers and types of mobile devices for statistical purposes

Since this data is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and security – thereby providing protection against misuse – we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, with security ensured through state-of-the-art protective measures.

These data are stored in the log files of our system and are not combined with any other personal data of yours.

The data are anonymized after 7 days.

Since the collection of data for providing the website and storing data in log files is essential for the operation of the website, you have no right to object, and you cannot use our services otherwise.

Your data are passed on to our hosting service providers.

Contact Inquiries/Order Forms/Trillium Academy/MyTrillium

Additional personal data (e.g. name, email address, etc.) are transmitted on our website only if you expressly and knowingly provide them for specific purposes (e.g. by using the contact form or registering for MyTrillium).

If you send an email or any other communication (e.g. via the contact form or order form) to us, this message – along with any personal data contained therein or attached as attachments – will be stored in order to process the inquiry or answer questions.

MyTrillium

If you register for a personalized MyTrillium account at www.trillium.de, you can access:

a) protected content such as paid content behind a paywall or online subscriptions to magazines and newsletters, or
b) content restricted to specific professional groups, e.g. according to the HWG and UWG (information reserved for medical professionals and accessible only to them), and
c) various online and offline services offered by Medizinischer Fachverlag Trillium GmbH, such as using the closed user forum, participating in events of the Trillium Academy, or attending CME courses certified by the Bavarian Medical Association.

Your data will be compiled, managed, and permanently stored in your personal user profile until you revoke your consent. You can modify or delete your data at any time using the "Edit/Delete Profile" function on the website.

We only collect data that is strictly necessary for the user-friendly utilization of our services (e.g., email address as a username, password, first and last name for authorization and authentication processes, medical professional affiliation if applicable, delivery and billing address, and bank details for payment services). Additionally, we may collect data marked as "optional" (e.g., title and medical specialty), which allows for an improved user experience, such as the personalized provision of content based on areas of interest.

Online Events

For reasons related to personal rights, data protection, and copyright, the recording and distribution of (live) videos or screenshots from an online event (e.g., on-demand content, web conferences, e-learning sessions) is strictly prohibited.

If a (partially) public chat or feedback function is available during such an event, participants will be identified by their first and last names, and posts will be displayed under their real names within the public or closed group.

By registering for an event, you explicitly agree to these terms of use.

Use of data with respect to the ISOBM conference

Trillium is commissioned by the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM), a scientific non-profit organization, registered at 14 City Quay, Dundee, DDI 3JA, Scotland (office[at]isobm[dot]org) to organize and conduct the 47^th ISOBM Conference at Murnau, Germany, from 13^th to 16^th of October 2025.

Data you provide during the registration process such as name, address, profession, email etc. will be used for the organization of the Conference and will be transferred to the ISOBM for possible re-contacting you at a later time point and sending you information on the activities of the ISOBM. Your data will be stored on the ISOBM server and will not be transferred to any other third party.

During the conference, photos and videos will be recorded that can also show participants of the meeting. These photos and videos will also be stored on the ISOBM server and will be used for publications, online and printed promotion purposes. The participants will not be identified by name if not specifically asked for before.

Special lectures or interviews will be recorded, too, will be stored on the ISOBM server and used for training and education at a later time point. Speakers will be asked for their informed and explicit consent before making them publicly available either for the ISOBM membership or beyond. Submitted Abstracts and posters will be posted either on the Trillium or ISOBM website and remain there also after the conference.

You have the right to obtain information at any time about your stored personal data, and the purpose of its processing, as well as the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted.

If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR or on the basis of Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. e) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 21 GDPR.

If you object, we will cease processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Video Streaming and Data Traffic via Video-Stream-Hosting.de (Steinmann GbR)

Our website includes content such as the video player provided by Video-Stream-Hosting.de, Steinmann GbR, Am Sennehügel 20, 32052 Herford (see also https://www.video-stream-hosting.com/ (hereinafter VSH)). This video player and other offered data allow us to display content transmitted by VSH on our website.

When you watch streaming videos (data, player, etc.) transmitted by VSH on our website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the VSH server.

VSH collects your IP address and sends you the requested data. VSH processes your IP address and stores it only temporarily for transmission and for the technical and security-related provision of the service. For longer storage, the IP address is anonymized – making it impossible for VSH to trace it back to your connection (i.e. it is not personal data).

The use of Video-Stream-Hosting services is in our interest to ensure an interruption-free service and to optimize our offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Vimeo

We use Vimeo as our video provider. Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, LLC, headquartered at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011.

On some of our webpages, we use plugins provided by Vimeo. When you access pages on our website that include such a plugin, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established and the plugin is displayed. In doing so, information is transmitted to Vimeo’s server regarding which pages of our website you visited. If you are logged into Vimeo as a member, Vimeo associates this information with your personal account. If you interact with the plugin (e.g. by clicking the play button on a video), this information is also associated with your user account. You can prevent this association by logging out of your Vimeo account before using our website and deleting the corresponding Vimeo cookies.

For more information on data processing and data protection by Vimeo, please see https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Newsletter

You will receive newsletters from us with news and current messages from our editorial team as well as information about our product offerings if you explicitly subscribe to these newsletters via a “double-opt-in” process. That is, your email address is verified via a confirmation email. The processing of your personal data then takes place based on your consent pursuant to Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. By clicking “Submit,” you agree to receive the newsletter containing information about Trillium Diagnostics and/or Trillium Oncology and to its analysis by individually measuring, storing, and evaluating opening rates and click rates in recipient profiles for the purpose of designing future newsletters in accordance with the interests of our readers. Consent can be revoked for the future at any time.

rapidmail

We use rapidmail to send our newsletter. Your data is therefore transmitted to rapidmail GmbH. rapidmail GmbH is prohibited from using your data for any purpose other than sending the newsletter. rapidmail GmbH is not permitted to pass on or sell your data. rapidmail is a German, certified newsletter software provider that has been carefully selected in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

You can revoke your consent for the storage and use of your data for newsletter distribution at any time, e.g. via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

Data Analysis by rapidmail

With the help of rapidmail, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked. This enables us, among other things, to determine which links were clicked most frequently.

Furthermore, we can determine whether certain predefined actions (conversion rates) were carried out after opening or clicking the newsletter, for instance, whether you made a purchase after clicking the newsletter.

rapidmail also enables us to cluster newsletter recipients into different categories. For example, newsletter recipients can be segmented by age, gender, or place of residence. This way, newsletters can be better tailored to the respective target groups.

Detailed information on rapidmail’s functions can be found at: https://www.rapidmail.de/newsletter-marketing-dsgvo-und-datenschutz-konform.

Legal Basis

Data processing is based on your consent (Article 6(1) lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Storage Duration

The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter will be stored until you unsubscribe, and after unsubscribing, they will be deleted from our servers. Data stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected.

For further details, please refer to rapidmail’s data protection provisions at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datenschutz.

Analysis and Tracking Tools

We use cookies and tracking tools to provide you with an optimal experience when visiting our websites and using our apps and digital offerings. For this purpose, we use analysis and tracking tools for

• Ensuring functionality
• Usage analysis to optimize our products
• Market research to gain insights about target groups
• Advertising.

Profiling or automated decision-making only occurs where explicitly indicated below. Otherwise, no profiling or automated decision-making takes place.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable 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.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within EU member states or other contracting states of the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and then shortened. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide further services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website fully. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being transmitted to and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information on handling user data with Google Analytics, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Demographic Characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This enables the creation of reports that provide information on the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third parties. This data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can disable this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data as described under “Objection to Data Collection.”

Google Ad Manager

On our website, we use the Google Ad Manager service (formerly DoubleClick For Publishers), an offering from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This platform enables the placement, control, and optimization of advertisements on websites. For this purpose, cookies are used, which are stored on your device. In principle, conclusions about your person are excluded. The cookies stored by Google Ad Manager are deleted at the latest after 18 months. Google LLC is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement between the USA and the EU. For further information on data protection at Google, please visit: policies.google.com/privacy.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1) lit. f) GDPR.

You can disable the use of cookies by Google by installing the plugin available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.

Adform

This website uses the online marketing tool Adform from Adform A/S Denmark. Adform uses cookies to display relevant advertisements to users and to improve campaign performance reports. By means of a cookie ID, Adform also records which advertisements are displayed in which browser and can thereby prevent the same advertisement from being shown multiple times. In addition, Adform can record so-called conversions using cookie IDs that are related to advertisement requests – for instance, when a user sees an Adform advertisement and later visits the advertiser’s website with the same browser and makes a purchase. Adform cookies do not contain personal information such as email addresses, names, or addresses.

Due to the use of these marketing tools, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Adform’s server. Through the inclusion of the Adform cookie, Adform receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on one of our advertisements.

Adform uses this cookie to understand the content with which you interacted on our websites, so as to later serve you targeted advertising.

For more information on Adform, please visit https://site.adform.com as well as information on data protection by Adform A/S Denmark at https://site.adform.com/de/privacy-center/platform/datenschutzrichtlinie-fuer-produkte-und-services.

The legal basis is Article 6(1) a GDPR (consent).

You can prevent participation in this tracking procedure in various ways:

• By configuring your browser software, in particular by blocking third-party cookies, which may result in not receiving third-party advertisements
• By disabling Adform cookies via your browser at https://site.adform.com/de/privacy-center/platform/widerrufsrecht/
• By adjusting cookie settings so as not to grant consent for personalized advertising

The lifespan of the cookies is up to 120 days after the last interaction (this applies only to cookies set by this website).

ID5 Technology Ltd

ID5 uses cookies and/or other technologies such as local storage to store and/or retrieve information on a device. Different devices may be linked and device attributes exchanged for identification purposes.

For more information on ID5, please visit https://id5.io/privacy.

The legal basis is Article 6(1) a GDPR (consent).

You can prevent participation in this tracking procedure in various ways:

• By configuring your browser software accordingly
• By adjusting cookie settings to not grant consent for personalized advertising

The lifespan of the cookies is up to 90 days after the last interaction (this applies only to cookies set by this website).

Cookies and Their Legal Basis

Cookies are text files that contain data about visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the users’ computers. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or even after their visit to an online offering. Cookies can be set by us or by third parties.

To ensure the functionality of our digital offerings, we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) by:

• Storing and/or retrieving information on a device
• Ensuring security, preventing fraud, and troubleshooting errors
• Technically providing advertisements or content
• Automatically receiving and using device attributes for identification

For product optimization, we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) by:

• Measuring content performance
• Conducting market research to gain insights into target groups
• Developing and improving products

For personalization, we process your data with your consent (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR) by:

• Creating a personalized advertising profile
• Creating a personalized content profile
• Selecting personalized content
• Merging personalized content with offline data sources
• Linking various devices

To finance ourselves through advertising, we process your data with your consent (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR) by:

• Selecting simple advertisements
• Selecting personalized advertisements
• Measuring advertisement performance

We use precise location data only with your consent (Article 6(1) Sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR). We do not actively query device characteristics for identification (fingerprinting).

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Copyright, Disclaimer

The published content is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, translated, stored, or otherwise reproduced in any form without written permission, even in parts. Unless otherwise stated, the usage, exploitation, and ownership rights lie with the publisher.

Despite our utmost care in research and documentation, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information contained in the editorial part. No liability is assumed for unsolicited manuscripts.

Links to Other Websites

We provide links to websites of other providers or have integrated elements from them. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these websites – we have no influence over them and cannot ensure that others comply with applicable data protection regulations.

Note on the Responsible Entity

The data controller pursuant to Article 4 No. 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”) is:

Trillium GmbH
Medizinischer Fachverlag
Jesenwanger Straße 42 b
D-82284 Grafrath

Telephone: +49 (0)8144-93 90 5-0
Fax: +49 (0)8144-93 90 5-29

Email: info@trillium.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Right to Information, Deletion, and Blocking of Personal Data

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of its processing, as well as the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted.

Right to Object

In the case of direct advertising, you always have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. If you object to the processing for direct advertising purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for those purposes.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or adjust this Privacy Policy at any time in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.