Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website. Below we inform you about the handling of your data in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Responsibility

The office named in the imprint is responsible for the data processing described below.

Usage data

When you visit our website, so-called usage data is temporarily processed on our web server in order to deliver the content of our website. In addition, we process the usage data for statistical purposes to ensure the quality of our websites. This data set consists of

the name and address of the requested content
the date and time of the request
the amount of data transferred
the access status (content transferred; content not found)
the description of the web browser and operating system used
the referral link, which indicates the page from which you came to our site
the IP address of the requesting computer

Storage of the IP address for security purposes

In addition, we store the complete IP address transmitted by your web browser for a strictly limited period of four weeks in the interest of being able to recognise, limit and eliminate attacks on our websites. After this period, we delete the IP address. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data security

In order to protect your data from unwanted access as comprehensively as possible, we take technical and organisational measures. We use an encryption process on our websites. Your data is transferred from your computer to our server and vice versa via the internet using TLS encryption. You can usually recognise this by the fact that the lock symbol is closed in the status bar of your browser and the address line begins with https://.

Visitor measurement (Google Analytics)

We use the web analysis tool "Google Analytics" to design our websites in line with requirements. Google Analytics creates usage profiles based on pseudonyms. For this purpose, permanent cookies are stored on your end device and read by us. In this way, we are able to recognise returning visitors and count them as such.

Google Analytics is provided to us by Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC (USA) as processors within the meaning of Art. 28 DSGVO. The data processing may also take place outside the EU or the EEA. With regard to Google LLC, an adequate level of data protection cannot be assumed due to processing in the USA. There is a risk that authorities may access the data for security and monitoring purposes without informing you or allowing you to seek redress. Please bear this in mind if you decide to give your consent to our use of Google Analytics.

Data processing is based on your consent, provided you have given your consent via our banner. The transfer to a third country takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time. To do so, please follow this link and make the appropriate settings via our banner.

Tracking Matomo

To adapt our website to your needs, we create pseudonymous usage profiles using Matomo, a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, NZBN 6106769, ("Matomo"). For this purpose, Matamo processes permanent cookies stored on your device, which we use to identify and count returning visitors on our website Additionally, the use of cookies enables us to analyse your use of our website. Matomo evaluates your use of the website for us and compiles reports on website activity. Your IP address is only processed in an anonymised form.

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 lit. a EU-GDPR, provided you have given your consent via our cookie banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by following the button below and making the appropriate settings.

Necessary cookies

We use cookies on our websites, which are necessary for the use of our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device and can be read. A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted again as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. We do not use the cookies necessary for the operation of our websites for analysis, tracking or advertising purposes.

Necessary cookies may contain information about certain settings on the website. They may also be necessary to enable user navigation, security and implementation of the site. We use these cookies on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

You can set your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies. This makes the use of cookies transparent for you. You can also delete cookies at any time via the corresponding browser setting and prevent the setting of new cookies. Please note that our websites may then not be displayed, and some functions may no longer be technically available.

Contact form

You have the option of contacting us via our contact form. To use our contact form, we first need the data marked as mandatory fields from you. We use this data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to answer your enquiry.

In addition, you can decide for yourself whether you would like to provide us with further information. This information is provided voluntarily and is not required for contacting us. We process your voluntary information on the basis of your consent.

Your data will only be processed to answer your enquiry. We delete your data if it is no longer required and there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

Embedded videos

We embed videos on our websites that are not stored on our servers. When you call up our pages with embedded videos, the content of the third-party provider that provides the videos is reloaded. This provides the third-party provider with the information that you have accessed our site as well as the usage data technically required in this context.

We have no influence on the further data processing by the third-party provider. However, when embedding the videos, we made sure to activate the extended data protection mode offered by the third-party provider. The extended data protection mode means that the third-party provider does not set any cookies.

The embedding is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the interest of making our site as appealing and informative as possible.

Provider	Adequate level of data protection	Withdrawal of consent
Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC (YouTube )	No adequate level of data protection	If you wish to object to the embedding, please stop using our site.

You can order a newsletter on our website. Please note that we require certain data (at least your e-mail address) to subscribe to the newsletter.

The newsletter will only be sent if you have given us your express consent. After you have placed an order on our websites, you will receive a confirmation e-mail at the e-mail address you have provided (so-called double opt-in). You can revoke your consent at any time. You can easily revoke your consent, for example, by clicking on the unsubscribe link in every newsletter.

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we store further data in addition to the data already mentioned, insofar as this is necessary for us to be able to prove that you have subscribed to our newsletter. This may include storing the full IP address at the time of ordering or confirming the newsletter, as well as a copy of the confirmation email we send. This data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the interest of being able to account for the lawfulness of the newsletter dispatch.

We use the e-mail address you provide in connection with event registration for direct advertising for our own similar event formats. You will receive these event recommendations regardless of whether you have subscribed to our newsletter. In this way, we want to send you information about events and topics that might interest you based on your previous registrations for our events. If you do not wish to receive these event recommendations, you can object to this at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the prime rates. An informal message to the address datenschutz@bitkom.org is sufficient. Alternatively, you can also use the unsubscribe link contained in every e-mail. The legal basis for the described data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (balancing of interests, based on our interest in providing advertising to existing customers) and Section 7 para. 3 of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) (processing of your e-mail address for direct advertising).

Mapping services

We embed map services on our websites that are not stored on our servers. When you call up our pages with embedded map services, the content of the third-party provider that provides the map services is reloaded. This provides the third-party provider with the information that you have accessed our site as well as the usage data technically required in this context. We have no influence on the further data processing by the third-party provider.

The embedding is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the interest of enabling you to use map services.

Provider	Adequate level of data protection	Withdrawal of consent
OpenStreetMap	Processing within EU/EEA	If you wish to object to the processing, please stop using our site.

Storage duration

Unless we have already informed you in detail about the storage period, we delete personal data when they are no longer required for the aforementioned processing purposes and legal retention obligations do not prevent deletion.

Other processors
We pass on your data to service providers who support us in the operation of our websites and the associated processes as part of commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. These are, for example, hosting service providers. Our service providers are strictly bound by instructions to us and are contractually obligated accordingly.

In the following, we will name the processors with whom we work, if we have not already done so in the preceding text of the data protection notice. If data is transferred outside the EU or EEA in this context, we provide information on the appropriate level of data protection.

Processor	Purpose	Adequate level of data protection
uvensys GmbH	Web hosting and support	Processing within EU/EEA
cathexis	Web development and support	Processing within EU/EEA

Your rights as an affected person

When processing your personal data, the GDPR grants you certain rights as a data subject.

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to be informed about these personal data and to receive the information listed in detail in Article 15 of the GDPR.

Right of rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data concerning you be corrected without delay and, if necessary, that incomplete data be completed.

Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
You have the right to request that personal data concerning you be erased without delay, provided that one of the reasons listed in detail in Art. 17 GDPR applies.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
You have the right to request the restriction of processing if one of the conditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR applies, e.g. if you have objected to the processing, for the duration of the review by the controller.

Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
In certain cases, which are listed in detail in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of this data to a third party.

Right of withdrawal (Art. 7 GDPR)
If the processing of data is based on your consent, you are entitled to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. Please note that the revocation only takes effect for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected.

Right of objection (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing for the protection of legitimate interests) or on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. e GDPR (data processing for the protection of public interest or in the exercise of official authority), you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process the personal data unless there are demonstrably compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that the processing of data concerning you violates data protection provisions. In particular, the right of complaint may be asserted before a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

Assertion of your rights
Unless otherwise described above, please contact the office named in the imprint to assert your data subject rights.

Contact details of the data protection officer

Our external data protection officer will be happy to provide you with information on the subject of data protection under the following contact details:

datenschutz nord GmbH
Niederlassung Berlin
Kurfürstendamm 212
10719 Berlin
E-Mail: office@datenschutz-nord.de

If you contact our data protection officer, please indicate the responsible person named in the imprint.