Privacy Policy

1. Scope of Processing of Personal Data

We process personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our services. Processing generally takes place only with the user's consent. An exception applies where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

2. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

The processing of personal data is based on the following provisions of the GDPR:

• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – processing based on consent
• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – processing necessary for the performance of a contract
• Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR – processing necessary to comply with a legal obligation
• Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR – processing necessary to protect vital interests
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – processing necessary for legitimate interests

3. Data Deletion and Storage Period

Personal data is deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may continue where this is required by European or national legislation. Data is also blocked or deleted when a prescribed storage period expires, unless further storage is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects the following data and information from the computer system of the accessing device:

• Information about the browser type and version used
• The user's operating system
• The user's internet service provider
• The user's IP address
• Date and time of access
• Websites from which the user's system reaches our website
• Websites accessed by the user's system via our website

This data is also stored in the log files of our system. These may contain IP addresses or other data that allow assignment to a user. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to deliver the website to the user's computer for the duration of the session. Storage in log files ensures the functionality of the website, helps optimise it and ensures the security of our information technology systems. These purposes are also our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

4. Duration of Storage

Data collected to provide the website is deleted when the respective session ends. Data stored in log files is deleted after seven days at the latest; any longer storage takes place only after users' IP addresses have been deleted or altered so that the accessing client can no longer be identified.

5. Possibility of Objection and Removal

Where processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, users have the right to object under Art. 21 GDPR. As the collection of data for the provision of the website and its storage in log files is essential for operating the website, the user can only prevent it by not using the site.

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Our website contains a contact form that can be used to get in touch with us electronically. The following data is collected:

• Salutation
• Organization
• Last name and first name
• Email address
• Date and time of contact

2. Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for processing data submitted through the contact form is the user's consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The legal basis for processing data transmitted by email is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the contact aims at concluding a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR is an additional legal basis.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

We process the data only to handle the contact request, to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. Where necessary, data may be shared with third parties such as references, event hosts and service providers.

4. Duration of Storage

The data is deleted as soon as the conversation with the user has ended, i.e. when the circumstances indicate that the matter has been conclusively resolved. Additional personal data collected during the sending process is deleted after seven days at the latest.

5. Possibility of Objection and Removal

Users can revoke their consent or object to the storage of their personal data at any time, in writing or by email. In this case the conversation cannot be continued, and all personal data stored in the course of the contact will be deleted.

1. Right to Information

You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing takes place, you may request the following information from the controller:

• the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
• the categories of personal data being processed;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
• the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
• the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR and — at least in these cases — meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

This right to information may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of research or statistical purposes, and the limitation is necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.

2. Right to Rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the correction without delay. Your right to rectification may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of research or statistical purposes, and the limitation is necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you:

• if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
• the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
• if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet certain whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may — apart from storage — only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted according to the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to Deletion

a) Deletion obligation

You may request the controller to delete the personal data concerning you without delay, and the controller is obliged to delete such data without delay, if one of the following reasons applies:

• The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
• You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
• The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public (e.g. via YouTube or LinkedIn) and is obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR, it shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to deletion does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary:

• to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
• to fulfil a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
• for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) GDPR;
• for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or
• for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

5. Right to Information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, deletion or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right vis-à-vis the controller to be informed about these recipients.

6. Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right to Object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

8. Right to Revoke Consent Declaration

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

9. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.