Your molecular profile
Questionnaire
Introduction
Welcome to your MOLEQLAR Analytics report!
Welcome to your MOLEQLAR Analytics report!, Your body is made up of many different molecules that work together and react dynamically to environmental influences. The composition of the different molecules is crucial for the proper functioning of your body and affects your lifespan, physical abilities and overall well-being.
The index of aging displays the measure that quantifies how quickly your body ages compared to your chronological age. Score around 1 or below indicates slower pace and suggests better health and a longer lifespan while score above 1 indicates a faster pace.
We invite you to explore your report and dive into the molecular connections.
Your body is made up of many different molecules that work together and react dynamically to environmental influences. The composition of the different molecules is crucial for the proper functioning of your body and affects your lifespan, physical abilities and overall well-being.
We invite you to explore your report and dive into the molecular connections.
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This report provides you with the results of your questionnaire and your molecular sample. Both types of results are separated by tabs and can be compared to each other via the respective scoring data.
We provide you with results for the categories nutrition and sports behaviour. For each category, you find an additional scientific explanation button, that provides you with background information and a confidence score of the molecular assessment.
While DNA remains largely unchanged throughout our life, this is not the case with our proteins. Proteins perform key functions in our cells and reflect how our daily life choices and environment impact the way our genes are expressed. The result can be read from the total number of proteins in a cell, our proteome. Proteomic changes thus lead to individual differences in the organism’s development, physical appearance, and even behaviour. The good news is that these changes are reversible if we modify our lifestyle!
The MOLEQLAR Analytics team is an international team of biochemists, bioinformaticians and experts in the field of lifestyle, medicine and data analysis. We are eager to provide a clear and insightful report about your molecular-me. In particular, we aim to motivate you to live a healthy life and gain as many healthy living years as possible. Therefore, we have created the MOLEQLAR Analytics platform to offer you a way of non- invasive molecular analysis and guidance on this way. Our team is striving for new endeavours, and we are looking forward to hearing your feedback and comments about this report.
Proteins are extracted from buccal swab cells and prepared for mass spectrometry measurement via optimized and automated processes. The subsequent mass spectrometric measurement is being performed at a Thermo Fisher Exploris mass spectrometer which also involves several quality control measurements throughout. Proprietary bioinformatics algorithms are used to perform biological classification and functional analysis of the proteomic data. Results are reported to our customers in the context of functional lifestyle categories communicated as scores derived largely from proprietary pathway content and analytics methodology. Each score is built to account for molecular pathway topology and strength of literature evidence, manually curated by translational science experts in molecular biology.
Results and recommendations of this report are based on our ability to identify and quantify thousands of human proteins. While the test has been validated in several cohorts and shows high precision, it also has some limitations. As the presence of proteins nears the limits of detection, the ability of the test to accurately detect them is diminished. This is simply due to the uneven distribution of molecules in biological samples, causing small random changes in the protein concentrations. Scores rely on detection of identified proteins, as well as their levels of abundance against the reference population cohort. Hence, certain sample results may be affected by any skewing or sampling biases of the reference cohort, as opposed to solely the biology of the given customer.
Scores also are limited by our current understanding of actionable or biologically meaningful insights and literature coverage to date. As our reference population expands and current knowledge grows, these limitations become more negligible.
Privacy policy
Preface
We, MOLEQLAR Analytics GmbH (hereinafter “the company”, “we” or “us”), prepare this report for visualization purposes and take the protection of your personal data seriously and would like to inform you at this point about data protection in our company. Within the scope of our responsibility under data protection law, additional obligations have been imposed on us by the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679; hereinafter: “GDPR”) in order to ensure the protection of personal data of the person affected by a processing operation (we also address you as a data subject hereinafter with “you”, “you” or “data subject”). Insofar as we decide either alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of data processing, this includes above all the obligation to inform you transparently about the nature, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing (cf. Articles 13 and 14 DSGVO). With this statement (hereinafter: “Privacy Notice”), we inform you about the manner in which your personal data is processed by us. If you have any questions about your data or about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at info@moleqlaranalytics.com
A. General
(1) Definitions
Following the model of Art. 4 DSGVO, these data protection notices are based on the following definitions:
-“Personal data” (Art. 4 No. 1 DSGVO) means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). A person is identifiable if he or she can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, an online identifier, location data or by means of information relating to his or her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity characteristics. The identifiability can also be given by means of a linkage of such information or other additional knowledge. The origin, form or embodiment of the information is irrelevant (photographs, video or audio recordings may also contain personal data). Processing” (Art. 4 No. 2 GDPR) means any operation which involves the handling of personal data, whether or not by automated (i.e. technology-based) means. This includes, in particular, the collection (i.e., acquisition), recording, organization, arrangement, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of personal data, as well as the change of a purpose or intended purpose on which a data processing was originally based.
-“Controller” (Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR) means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
-“Third Party” (Art. 4 No. 10 GDPR) means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor, are authorized to process the personal data; this also includes other group-affiliated legal entities.
-“Processor” (Art. 4 No. 8 DSGVO) means a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller, in particular in accordance with the controller’s instructions (e.g. IT service provider). In terms of data protection law, a processor is in particular not a third party.
-“Consent” (Art. 4 No. 11 DSGVO) of the data subject means any freely given, informed and unambiguous expression of will in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that he or she consents to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
(2) Name and address of the controller
The controller of your personal data within the meaning of Article 4 No. 7 DSGVO is us MOLEQLAR Analytics GmbH, Rosenheimer Straße 141h, 81671 Munich, Germany, E-Mail: info@moleqlaranalytics.com. Further information about our company can be found in the imprint details on our website at www.moleqlaranalytics.com.
(3) Contact details of the data protection officer
For all questions and as a contact person on the subject of data protection at our company, our company data protection officer is available to you at any time. His contact details are: Dr. Moritz Völker-Albert, Rosenheimer Straße 141h, 81671 München, Germany.
(4) Legal basis for data processing
By law, in principle, any processing of personal data is prohibited and only permitted if the data processing falls under one of the following justifications:
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO (“consent”): If the data subject has voluntarily, in an informed manner and unambiguously indicated by a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act that he or she consents to the processing of personal data relating to him or her for one or more specific purposes;
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b DSGVO: If the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, or for the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request;
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c DSGVO: If the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (e.g., a legal obligation to preserve records);
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. d DSGVO: If the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person;
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. e DSGVO: If the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; or
-Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO (“Legitimate Interests”): If the processing is necessary to protect the legitimate (in particular legal or economic) interests of the controller or a third party, unless the conflicting interests or rights of the data subject override (in particular if the data subject is a minor). Storing information in the end user’s terminal equipment or accessing information already stored in the terminal equipment is only permitted if it is covered by one of the following justifications:
Section 25 (1) of the Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG): if the end user has consented on the basis of clear and comprehensive information. Consent must be given in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO;
Section 25 (2) no. 1 TTDSG: If the sole purpose is to carry out the transmission of a message via a public telecommunications network; or
Section 25 (2) no. 2 TTDSG: If the storage or access is absolutely necessary for the provider of a telemedia service to provide a telemedia service expressly requested by the user. For the processing operations carried out by us, we indicate below the applicable legal basis in each case. A processing operation may also be based on several legal bases.
(5) Data deletion and storage period
For the processing operations carried out by us, we indicate below in each case how long the data will be stored by us and when it will be deleted or blocked. If no explicit storage period is specified below, your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose or legal basis for the storage no longer applies. In principle, your data will only be stored on our servers in Germany, subject to any transfer that may take place in accordance with the regulations in A.(7) and A.(8). However, storage may take place beyond the specified time in the event of a (threatened) legal dispute with you or other legal proceedings, or if storage is required by legal regulations to which we are subject as the responsible party (e.g. § 257 HGB, § 147 AO). If the storage period prescribed by the legal regulations expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted unless further storage by us is necessary and there is a legal basis for this.
(6) Data security
We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties (e.g. TSL encryption for our website), taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs and the nature, scope, context and purpose of the processing, as well as the existing risks of a data breach (including its probability and impact) for the data subject. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. We will be happy to provide you with more detailed information on request. Please contact our data protection officer (see under A.(3)).
(7) Cooperation with processors
As with any larger company, we use external domestic and foreign service providers to process our business transactions (e.g. for IT, logistics, telecommunications, sales and marketing). They will only act on our instructions and have been contractually obligated to comply with the data protection provisions of Art. 28 DSGVO. If personal data from you is passed on by us to our subsidiaries or is passed on to us by our subsidiaries (e.g. for advertising purposes), this is done on the basis of existing order processing relationships.
(8) Conditions for the transfer of personal data to third countries
In the course of our business relationships, your personal data may be passed on or disclosed to third party companies. These may also be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), i.e. in third countries. Such processing is carried out exclusively for the fulfillment of contractual and business obligations and to maintain your business relationship with us. We will inform you about the respective details of the transfer below at the relevant points. Some third countries are certified by the European Commission through so-called adequacy decisions to have data protection comparable to the EEA standard (a list of these countries as well as a copy of the adequacy decisions can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/international-transfers/adequacy/index_en.html. However, in other third countries to which personal data may be transferred, there may not be a consistently high level of data protection due to a lack of legal provisions. If this is the case, we ensure that data protection is adequately guaranteed. This is possible via binding company regulations, standard contractual clauses of the European Commission for the protection of personal data in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 1, 2 lit. c DSGVO (the 2021 standard contractual clauses are available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021D0915&locale-en, certificates or recognized codes of conduct. Please contact our data protection officer (see under A.(3)) if you would like more information on this.
(9) No automated decision making (including profiling)
We do not intend to use any personal data collected from you for any automated decision making process (including profiling).
(10) No obligation to provide personal data
We do not make the conclusion of contracts with us dependent on you providing us with personal data in advance. In principle, there is also no legal or contractual obligation for you to provide us with your personal data; however, it may be that we can only provide certain offers to a limited extent or not at all if you do not provide the data required for this. If this should exceptionally be the case in the context of the products we offer presented below, you will be informed of this separately.
(11) Legal obligation to transfer certain data
We may, under certain circumstances, be subject to a specific legal or statutory obligation to provide the lawfully processed personal data to third parties, in particular public bodies (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DSGVO).
(12) Your rights
You may assert your rights as a data subject regarding your processed personal data at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided at the beginning of A.(2). As a data subject, you have the right:
-request information about your data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data, if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
-in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, to demand the correction of incorrect or the completion of your data stored by us without delay;
-in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, to request the deletion of your data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;
-According to Art. 18 DSGVO, to request the restriction of the processing of your data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you or the processing is unlawful;
-According to Art. 20 DSGVO, to receive your data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller (“data portability”);
-to object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, provided that the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. e or lit. f DSGVO. This is particularly the case if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you. Unless it is an objection to direct marketing, when exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the merits of the case and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.
-According to Art. 7 (3) DSGVO, to revoke your consent given once (also before the applicability of the DSGVO, i.e. before 25.5.2018) - i.e. your voluntary will, made understandable in an informed manner and unambiguously by a declaration or other unambiguous confirming act, that you agree to the processing of the personal data in question for one or more specific purposes - at any time vis-à-vis us, if you have given such consent. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
-in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data in our company, such as the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us: Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
(13) Changes to data protection information
In the context of the further development of data protection law as well as technological or organizational changes, our data protection information is regularly reviewed to determine whether it needs to be adapted or supplemented. This data protection notice is current as of January 2024.