This data protection declaration explains to you the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offer and the associated websites, functions and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter jointly referred to as “online offer”). In individual cases, we also refer to the processing of data outside of our online offer in this data protection declaration. We will make specific reference to this at the relevant point in this data protection declaration. All information provided and all instructions issued in this data protection declaration apply accordingly – where applicable – to the processing of data outside of our online offering.

With regard to the related terminology, such as “personal data” or “processing”, we refer to the relevant definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Person responsible:

Name/Company: Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe GmbH

Street no.: Strobelallee 45

Postcode, town, country: 44139 Dortmund

Commercial register/no.: District Court of Dortmund, HRB 2522

Chief Executive Officer: Sabine Loos

Telephone number: 0231 1204 0

Email address: medien@westfalenhallen.de

Data protection officer:

Christian Volkmer

Projekt 29 GmbH & Co. KG

Ostengasse 14

93047 Regensburg

Telephone number: 0231 1204 368

Email address: datenschutz@westfalenhallen.de
 

Types of data processed:

Inventory data (e.g. title, first and last name, title, home address, country, company address, date of birth if applicable, full legal capacity, industry, professional position/title, scope of decision-making, areas of responsibility, areas of interest)

Contact details (e-mail address and telephone number landline/mobile, fax number)

Content data (e.g. text entries contact form, photographs, videos)

Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category, username)

Payment data (e.g. bank details, account data, credit card data, payment history)

Usage data (e.g. websites visited, use of services, interest in content, access times)

Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses, browser type)

Health data (severely disabled status)

Processing of special categories of data (Art. 9 para. 1 DS-GVO):

We process – as far as necessary in the specific case – health data (query severe disability). Beyond that, we do not process any special categories of data, unless you supply them for processing, e.g. by entering them in contact forms.

Categories of persons affected by the processing:

Customers / prospects / suppliers / partners

visitors and users of our online services. In the following, we will refer to you as the data subject collectively as “user”.

Purpose of the processing:

Provision of the online services, its contents and functions

Provision of contractual services (e.g. ticketing)

Service and customer care.

Responding to contact requests and communication

Marketing, advertising and market research

Security measures

As of: September 13, 2024

1. Relevant legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we will inform you of the legal basis for our data processing. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the data protection declaration, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR as well as Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for the processing for the fulfillment of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as the response to inquiries is Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the fulfillment of our legal obligations is Article 6 (1) (c) of the GDPR, and the legal basis for processing for the protection of our legitimate interests is Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. d of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

2. amendments and updates to the data protection declaration

We ask you to regularly review the content of our data protection declaration. We will amend the data protection declaration as soon as changes to the data processing we carry out make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or any other individual notification.

3. Security measures

3.1 In accordance with Art. 32 of the GDPR, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons. The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as the access, input, disclosure, safeguarding of availability and its separation. Furthermore, we have set up procedures to ensure that the rights of data subjects are respected, that data is deleted and that we respond to data breaches. In addition, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and processes, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings (Art. 25 DS-GVO).

3.2 The security measures include, in particular, the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server.

4. Cooperation with processors and third parties

4.1 If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transfer it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of legal permission (e.g. if a transfer of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR is necessary for the performance of a contract), you have given your consent, a legal obligation requires it or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

4.2 Insofar as we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “order processing contract”, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.

5. Transfers to third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosure or transfer of data to third parties, this will only take place if it occurs in order to fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process the data or have the data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. DS-GVO. This means that the processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection corresponding to that of the EU (e.g. for the USA through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).

6. Rights of the persons concerned

6.1 You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to request information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.

6.2 In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.

6.3 In accordance with Art. 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the relevant data be deleted immediately or, alternatively, to request a restriction on the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 18 of the GDPR.

6.4 You have the right to request that you receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with Art. 20 of the GDPR and to request that it be transferred to other responsible parties.

6.5. Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DS-GVO.

7. Right of revocation

You have the right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DS-GVO with effect for the future.

8. Right of objection

You can object to the future processing of data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. In particular, you can object to the processing of data for direct marketing purposes.

9. Collection of access data and log files

9.1 Based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, we collect data about every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the path of the retrieved website, associated files, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider, as well as other browser header data.

9.2 Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g. to investigate abusive or fraudulent activities) for a period of 6 months and then deleted. Data that needs to be stored for longer for evidential purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been definitively clarified. This data is not passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR.

10. Analysis, tracking, optimization

We mainly describe in our cookie policy the technologies that we or third parties use that are not only used to provide a function within our online offering, but also serve exclusively or additionally to analyze user behavior, for tracking, to optimize our marketing activities or for other purposes.

11. Cookies

You can find information about the cookies we use mainly in our cookie policy.

12. Deletion, anonymization and storage of data

12.1. The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with Art. 17 DS-GVO. Unless expressly stated in this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements. If the data is not deleted because it is necessary for other and legally permissible purposes, the processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

12.2 Instead of deleting your data, we may anonymize it in such a way that the possibility of personal references being restored is irreversibly excluded for the future.

12.3 In accordance with legal requirements, data is stored for a period of six years in accordance with § 257 (1) HGB (German Commercial Code) (trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual financial statements, commercial letters, accounting vouchers, etc.) and for a period of ten years in accordance with § 147 (1) AO (German Fiscal Code) (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.).

13. Provision of contractual services

13.1 We process inventory data (e.g. title, first and last name, title, residential or business address) as well as contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, username or payment information) for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. The information marked as mandatory in online forms is required for the conclusion of the contract.

13.2. We generally create user accounts as part of the provision of our contractual obligations and services – in particular as part of ticketing. The user accounts enable you, in particular, to view the orders you have placed. During registration, you will be informed of the required mandatory information. The user accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. When you delete your user account (see no. 13.3 below), we will irretrievably remove all data stored by you or us during the term of the contract from all systems. It is therefore your responsibility to back up your data when you terminate the contract or before the three-year period has expired.

13.3. Your user account, along with all the data it contains (e.g. order data), will be deleted in principle three years after registration or at any time after you have given notice of termination, unless there are legal obligations to retain it, in particular under commercial or tax law, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR.

13.4 As part of the registration and renewed logins as well as the use of our online services, we store your IP address and the respective time of the action for 6 months. The storage of this data is based on our and your legitimate interests in proving the respective action and protecting against misuse and other unauthorized use. After 6 months, we delete this data. Should further storage of this data be required for evidence purposes, this data is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been definitively clarified. This data is not passed on to third parties unless it is necessary for the pursuit of our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR.

14. Trade fair or event attendance, monitoring of premises, recordings (outside of the online offer)

14.1. Film, television and photo recordings are usually made at trade fairs and other events. The data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR (public relations/marketing purposes). The recordings may be published on our websites, in social media channels and/or in print media to present our activities. We will provide you with further information on the respective processing – as far as necessary – on the respective day of the trade fair or event or, in individual cases, in advance.

14.2. At trade fairs and other events, we usually use surveillance cameras with a recording function on the premises. We store the recordings made. The recordings are only stored for as long as they are needed for the purposes stated below. In the present case, the data is deleted after a period of 72 hours – after 3 days. The processing is carried out in accordance with § 4 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 and 3 BDSG or, if applicable, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO within the scope of exercising our domestic authority or to safeguard our legitimate interests or insofar as it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject (see Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR, e.g. to secure evidence). Processing in accordance with § 4 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 and 3 BDSG is carried out in accordance with § 4 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 1 BDSG for the protection of life, health or the freedom of persons (visitors) on the premises. Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in deterring potential criminals and securing evidence in the event of an attempted or completed crime against us or against a visitor. We therefore have a legitimate interest in preventing and, if necessary, prosecuting criminal offenses. We will provide you with further information on the respective processing – as far as necessary – on the respective day of the trade fair or event or, in individual cases, in advance.

14.3 We always have several surveillance cameras with recording capability on the premises. The image data from the recordings are transmitted in real time to a monitor in the fire control center (camera monitor principle) and recorded. The recordings are only stored for as long as they are needed for the purposes listed below. In the present case, the data is deleted after a period of 96 hours – after 4 days. The processing is carried out in accordance with Section 4 (1) sentence 1 no. 2 and 3 BDSG or, if applicable, in accordance with Article 6 (1) point f) GDPR in the context of exercising our domestic authority or to safeguard our legitimate interests or insofar as it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject (see Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR, e.g. to secure evidence). Processing in accordance with § 4 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 and 3 BDSG is carried out in accordance with § 4 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 1 BDSG for the protection of life, health or the freedom of persons (visitors) on the premises. Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in deterring potential criminals and securing evidence in the event of an attempted or completed crime against us or against a visitor. We therefore have a legitimate interest in preventing and, if necessary, prosecuting criminal offenses. We will provide you with further information on the respective processing – as far as necessary – on the respective day of the trade fair or event or, in individual cases, in advance.

15. Contact

15.1. When you contact us (via contact form, telephone, fax, post or email), your data will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR for the purpose of processing your request. The information marked as mandatory in the contact form is required for processing your request.

15.2 We usually delete requests three months after their receipt, but no later than when they have been answered. In the event of statutory retention requirements, the deletion will take place after their expiration (six years under commercial law / ten years under tax law).

15.3 You can object to the use of your personal data for advertising purposes at any time, either in general or for individual measures, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs at the basic rates.

We are entitled under the statutory requirements of Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) to use the e-mail address that you provided when concluding the contract for direct advertising for our own similar goods or services. You will receive these product recommendations from us regardless of whether you have subscribed to a newsletter.

If you do not wish to receive such recommendations by email from us, you can object to the use of your address for this purpose at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs at the basic rates. A message in text form is sufficient for this. Of course, every email also contains an unsubscribe link.

16. Integration of share buttons for sharing content in social networks

We do not use any social plug-ins from social networks that collect data on our websites. To enable the uncomplicated sharing of content on our websites in social media, we use the so-called Shariff solution for our share buttons (for more information, see: ).

This prevents our users' data from being passed on to social networks without their knowledge when they visit our websites. The share buttons based on the Shariff solution only establish a link to the corresponding social network when requested – i.e. only after the user has clicked on a share button. Provided that they are logged into the corresponding social network, the user can then share the content of our websites with other users. This process is slightly different for each social network. After clicking on the share button, the content to be shared, the IP address and the general header information of the user's browser are transmitted to the respective social network. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the (personal) data transmitted in the further course or its use by the social networks.

The share buttons described above are offered for the following social networks in accordance with the Shariff solution:

Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out:

Provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland

Privacy policy:

Opt-out:

Provider: LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out:

Provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany Data protection declaration:

17. Online presence in social media

17.1 We maintain an online presence within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with customers, interested parties and users who are active there and to provide information about our services. When accessing social networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of the respective operator apply.

17.2 Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process your data if you communicate it within social networks and platforms, e.g. by writing posts on our online presences or sending us messages.

17.3 We would like to point out that your data may also be processed by the respective operator outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. As a result, risks may arise for you, in particular, it may be more difficult to enforce your rights. With regard to US-American operators that are certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, we would also like to point out that they have thus committed themselves to complying with EU data protection standards.

17.4 If you click on the button of the respective operator, you will be redirected to our respective online presence in a separate browser window and can – provided you are logged into your user account – share or subscribe to our news, among other things. The button establishes a direct connection between your browser and the server of the respective operator. The respective operator thereby receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. The respective operator can collect further data as soon as you use their offers. In addition, it is then possible for the respective operator to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account, provided that you are logged into your user account.

17.5 In addition, your data is usually processed for market research and advertising. This means that profiles can be created from your usage behavior and the preferences and interests derived from it. Such profiles can be used, for example, to place suitable advertisements within our online presence or on other online presences or websites based on the interests identified. In doing so, cookies are stored on your device and stored, with the help of which data on usage behavior can be collected and bundled for further processing – to determine your interests. The collection and bundling of this data can also be realized across several end devices used by you, especially if you are logged into your user account.

17.6 The processing of data is based on our legitimate interest in the effective information and direct communication with you related to our online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

17.7 If you wish to request information or exercise any of your other rights, we ask that you first contact the respective operator directly. The reason for this is that only the respective operators have access to your data and can provide you with the relevant information and take further action if necessary. However, if you require assistance in exercising your rights, you can also contact us at any time.

17.8 You can find a description of the data processing carried out by the respective operator and the requirements for lodging an objection (opt-out) in the information provided by the respective operator:

Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out:

Provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out:

Provider: LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out:

Provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

Privacy Policy:

Provider: YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

Privacy Policy:

Provider: (Instagram) Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Provider: Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Opt-Out: https://help.pinterest.com/de/articles/notifications#Web

18. Links

We do not use any social plug-ins from social networks that collect data on our websites. Unless we use the Shariff solution, we only set links to social networks on our websites. This prevents our users' data from being passed on to social networks without their knowledge when they visit our websites. The links only establish a connection to our online presence on the respective social network when requested – therefore only after the user clicks on a link. After clicking on the link, the user's IP address and general browser header information are transmitted to the respective social network. The respective social network can collect further data as soon as you use its services. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the (personal) data transmitted in the further course or its use by the social networks.

The links described above are used for the following social networks:

Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland

Privacy Policy:

Provider: LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Privacy Policy:

Provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany Privacy Policy:

Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy Policy: .

19. Newsletter

19.1 The following information is to inform you about the contents of our newsletter, as well as the registration, delivery and statistical evaluation procedures, and your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the procedures described.

19.2 Newsletter content: We send e-mails and other (electronic) notifications containing advertising information (hereinafter referred to as “newsletters”) only with your consent or on the basis of legal permission. If the contents of a newsletter are specifically described in the context of registration, they are decisive for consent. In addition, our newsletters contain information about our products, offers, promotions and our company.

19.3 Recording of double opt-in and changes: Registration for our newsletter takes place via a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with third-party e-mail addresses. Registrations for the newsletter are recorded in order to be able to prove that the registration process meets the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time, as well as the IP address. Likewise, changes to your data stored with the shipping service provider are logged.

19.4 Shipping service provider: The newsletter is sent by rapidmail GmbH Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, hereinafter referred to as “shipping service provider”.

19.5 If you subscribe to the newsletter of the shipping service provider, the data in the respective input mask will be transmitted to the controller. The registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that after registration you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses. When registering for the newsletter, the user's IP address and the date and time of registration are stored. This is to prevent misuse of the services or the e-mail address of the person concerned. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception is made if there is a legal obligation to pass on the data. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. The subscription to the newsletter can be terminated by the person concerned at any time. Likewise, consent to the storage of personal data can be revoked at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in each newsletter. The legal basis for the processing of data after registration for the newsletter by the user is the consent of the user Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is § 7 Abs. 3 UWG.

19.6 Use of rapidmail

Description and purpose: We use rapidmail to send newsletters. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. rapidmail is used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you enter to subscribe to our newsletter is stored on rapidmail servers in Germany. If you do not want rapidmail to analyze your usage, you have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website. For the purpose of analysis, e-mails sent with rapidmail contain a tracking pixel that connects to the rapidmail servers when the e-mail is opened. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened. Furthermore, we can use rapidmail to determine whether and which links in the newsletter message are clicked. All links in the email are so-called tracking links that can be used to count your clicks.

Legal basis: The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR.

Recipient: The recipient of the data is rapidmail GmbH.

Transfer to third countries: Data is not transmitted to third countries.

Duration: The data stored by us for the purpose of the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of rapidmail after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the members area) remain unaffected.

Right of withdrawal: You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time with effect for the future. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Further data protection information: For more details, please refer to the data security information from rapidmail at: . For more information about the analysis functions of rapidmail, please refer to the following link:

19.7 Revocation: You can revoke your consent to receive our newsletter at any time. You will find a link to revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. Your data will be deleted in the event of revocation.

20. Integration of services and content from third parties

20.1 We use content or service offers from third-party providers within our online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests (interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO). This means that we integrate content and services from third-party providers, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”). The prerequisite for this is that the third-party providers recognize your IP address, since they would not be able to send the content to your browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of content. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. “Pixel tags” can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on your device and may include, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit times and other information about the use of our online services, and may be linked to such information from other sources.

20.2 In the following, we have compiled an overview of third-party providers together with the content they offer and links to their data protection declarations, which may contain further information on the processing of data and information on how to object. Please note that we have listed further third-party providers in our cookie policy.

- Payment services, provided by TeleCash GmbH & Co. KG

Privacy Policy:

- External code of the JavaScript framework “jQuery”, provided by the JS Foundation

- Integration of event apps (web apps that can be accessed via a URL in the browser of a smartphone), provided by LINEUPR GmbH

Adform Conversion Pixel

To improve the convenience and quality of our service, we use conversion tracking and retargeting technology, both web services provided by Adform ApS, Wildersgade 10B, 1, 1408 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Conversion tracking: This website uses Adform's conversion tracking. The temporary conversion tracking cookie is set when a user comes into contact with an ad placed by Adform.

Users who do not wish to participate in tracking can disable the Adform or Google cookie via their web browser or object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future here. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer in the browser you are using or by deleting temporary websites.

Retargeting: This website uses retargeting technology from Adform. This makes it possible to use our partners' websites to target those internet users who have already shown an interest in our website and our products with advertising. The display of advertising material in retargeting is based on a cookie-based analysis of previous user behavior. This is a temporary cookie that expires after 60 days. If you do not want to see interest-based advertising from Adform, you can opt out of data collection and storage at any time for the future here. For more information about Adform's privacy policy, please visit

Seeding Conversion Tracking

This site uses a so-called conversion tracking service provided by Seeding Alliance (Seeding Alliance GmbH, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 74b 50968 Cologne, Germany). This service uses a cookie to determine whether the visitor has reached the target page via a Seeding Alliance ad. Otherwise, the visitor's data is not stored, and each conversion per visitor is only recorded once. Under no circumstances is the visitor's personal data recorded.

Further information on Seeding Alliance GmbH's data protection and the use of cookies, including the option of opting out, can be found at

Ligatus Conversion Pixel

This site uses Behavioral Targeting of Ligatus GmbH (Christophstraße 19, D-50670 Cologne, Germany). Ligatus GmbH strictly adheres to the legal requirements for data protection, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the provisions of the Telemedia Act and the Federal Data Protection Act. Further information on the cookies used by Ligatus and data protection at Ligatus, as well as an opt-out option, can be found at . You can revoke your consent here: .

Outbrain Conversion Pixel

Our website uses technology from the provider Outbrain to alert our users to further content within our website and on third-party websites that may also be of interest to them. The further reading recommendations integrated by Outbrain, for example below an article, are determined on the basis of the content previously read by the user on a purely pseudonymous basis. Further information on Outbrain's data protection can be found at . You can opt out of tracking to display interest-based recommendations at any time by clicking on the “Opt-out” button below the Outbrain privacy policy, available at .

Plista Conversion Pixel

Our website is supported by a fully automated recommendation technology from plista GmbH, Torstraße 33, 10119 Berlin. With the help of this technology, we would like to improve the user-friendliness of our website by recommending articles and advertisements to you, our visitors, that are tailored to your individual interests (so-called usage-based advertising). In order to provide you with personalized advertising, plista uses cookies on all websites in the plista partner network to collect information about the usage behavior of website visitors (so-called usage data) and combines this with a random identifier (so-called cookie ID) assigned by plista to create usage profiles. For more information about this and plista's privacy policy, please visit .

Of course, you are free to disable usage-based advertising from plista at any time by opting out at the bottom of the page at .

LinkedIn Conversion Pixel

We use conversion tracking components from the LinkedIn network on our site. LinkedIn is a service of the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This allows us to show you relevant advertising based on your interests. We also receive aggregated and anonymous reports from LinkedIn about ad activity and information about how you interact with our website.

For details about LinkedIn's data collection practices, rights and preferences, please see LinkedIn's privacy policy. This information can be found at

You can object to the analysis of your usage behavior by LinkedIn and to the display of interest-based recommendations (“opt-out”); to do so, click on the “Decline on LinkedIn” (for LinkedIn members) or “Decline” (for other users) field at the following link: .

Taboola

Taboola Inc., London (Oneustonsq, 40 Melton Street, 13th Floor, London, NW1 2FD) uses cookies to determine which websites you visit frequently and how you navigate our website. To do this, device-related data and protocol data are collected and user profiles are generated when pseudonyms are used. These user profiles are not merged with data about the bearer of the pseudonym and do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your personal data. For example, your IP address is shortened and transferred to Taboola.

You can deactivate tracking at any time by clicking on the above link and going to the “User Choices” section.

Trade Desk Pixel

This site uses a technology from The Trade Desk Inc., 42 N Chestnut St, Ventura, California, CA – 9300, USA. Information about the surfing behavior of website visitors is collected in a purely anonymous form for marketing purposes and cookies are set for this purpose. No personal data is collected or stored in this process.

You can object to the processing of the cookie data generated by The Trade Desk at any time at . Further information on data protection at The Trade Desk can be found at .

Twitter Conversion Pixel

Functions of the Twitter service have been integrated into our pages. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In doing so, data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter.

With the help of the “Twitter pixel” set on our pages, we can in particular track user actions after they have seen or clicked on a Twitter ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Twitter ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help optimize future advertising efforts. The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Twitter so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Twitter can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Twitter privacy policy. They can enable Twitter and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Twitter. Furthermore, a cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes. You can find more information about this in Twitter's privacy policy at . Please click here if you want to prevent the function described above: Opt-Out.

Chatbot

Our website uses the chatbot to provide answers to customer or employee inquiries. The provider is Kauz GmbH, Erasmusstraße 15, 40223 Düsseldorf.

We have carefully selected the provider Kauz GmbH and it does not collect or process personal data for behavior analysis. Usage data such as chat duration, message timestamps, number of dialogues and approximate user location are only stored anonymously for statistical purposes.

We process your data exclusively for the purpose of processing your request and for internal purposes (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Leadinfo

We use the lead generation service of Leadinfo B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands. This service recognizes visits by companies to our website based on IP addresses and shows us publicly available information, such as company names or addresses. In addition, Leadinfo sets two first-party cookies to evaluate user behavior on our website and processes domains from form entries (e.g. “leadinfo.com”) in order to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve services. Further information can be found at www.leadinfo.com. On this page: www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out you have an opt-out option. If you opt out, your data will no longer be collected by Leadinfo.

Social media competitions

If you register with us for a competition (participate), we will use your personal data for the processing and realisation of the competition. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 b GDPR. We will provide you with further information on the competitions in the conditions of participation, which you must accept if you wish to take part in the competition.