This privacy policy informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online offering"). Regarding the terminology used, such as "processing" or "controller," we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
DS Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH
Mercedesstraße 2
74366 Kirchheim/N
Email: info@ds-veranstaltung.de
Managing Directors:
Michael Fein / Thorsten Tscharf
Imprint: https://www.ds-veranstaltungstechnik.de/en/legal/imprint
Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter we also refer to the data subjects collectively as "users").
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.
"Controller" 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.
In accordance with Article 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases for our data processing. Unless the legal basis is stated in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and carrying out contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If processing of personal data is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is done only on the basis of a legal permission (e.g., if a transfer of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required for contract fulfillment according to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR), you have given your consent, a legal obligation provides for this, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).
If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called "processing agreement," this is done on the basis of Article 28 GDPR.
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this occurs in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure, or transfer of data to third parties, this is only done if it is necessary for the fulfillment of our (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, due to a legal obligation, or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Articles 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection equivalent 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").
You have the right to withdraw consents granted pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR with effect for the future.
You may object to the future processing of data concerning you at any time in accordance with Article 21 GDPR. The objection may in particular be made against processing for direct marketing purposes.
"Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' devices. Various information can be stored within cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies," are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. For example, the content of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status can be stored in such a cookie. "Permanent" or "persistent" cookies are those that remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved if users visit the site after several days. Likewise, users' interests can be stored in such a cookie, which is used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. "Third-party cookies" are cookies offered by providers other than the controller who operates the online offering (otherwise, if it is only their cookies, they are referred to as "first-party cookies").
We may use temporary and permanent cookies and inform you about this in our privacy policy.
If users do not want cookies to be stored on their device, they are asked to disable the corresponding option in their browser's system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser's system settings. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offering.
A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for many services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site aboutads.info/choices or the EU site youronlinechoices.com. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that not all functions of this online offering may then be usable.
The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, 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 retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.
According to legal requirements in Germany, retention is in particular for 6 years pursuant to Section 257(1) HGB (commercial books, inventories, opening balances, annual financial statements, commercial letters, accounting records, etc.) and for 10 years pursuant to Section 147(1) AO (books, records, management reports, accounting records, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.).
According to legal requirements in Austria, retention is in particular for 7 years pursuant to Section 132(1) BAO (accounting documents, receipts/invoices, accounts, records, business papers, statement of income and expenses, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate, and for 10 years for documents related to electronically supplied services, telecommunications, radio, and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.
We, or our hosting provider, collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The access data includes the name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider.
Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone, or social media), the user's details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. User information may be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System ("CRM System") or comparable inquiry organization.
We delete the inquiries if they are no longer necessary. We review necessity every two years; the statutory archiving obligations also apply.
The following information informs you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch, and statistical evaluation procedures and your rights of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the described procedures.
Newsletter Content: We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications with promotional information (hereinafter "newsletter") only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described as part of a registration, they are decisive for the user's consent. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.
Double-Opt-In and Logging: Registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means you will receive an email after registration asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with someone else's email address. Newsletter registrations are logged to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored with the mailing service provider are also logged.
Registration Data: To register for the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we ask you to provide a name for personal address in the newsletter.
Germany: The newsletter is sent and its success measured on the basis of the recipients' consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a), Article 7 GDPR in conjunction with Section 7(2) No. 3 UWG or on the basis of legal permission pursuant to Section 7(3) UWG.
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our interest is in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests, meets users' expectations, and also allows us to prove consent.
Cancellation/Withdrawal: You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e., withdraw your consent. A link to unsubscribe from the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. We may store unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them for newsletter dispatch purposes, to be able to prove previously given consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time.
The newsletter is sent using the mailing service provider "MailChimp," a newsletter distribution platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The privacy policy of the mailing service provider can be viewed here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection standards (Privacy Shield). The mailing service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and a processing agreement pursuant to Article 28(3) sentence 1 GDPR.
The mailing service provider may use the data of the recipients in pseudonymous form, i.e., without assignment to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g., for technical optimization of the dispatch and presentation of the newsletter or for statistical purposes. However, the mailing service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass the data on to third parties.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about users' use of the online offering is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (Privacy Shield).
Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering by users, to compile reports on activities within this online offering, and to provide us with other services related to the use of this online offering and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offering by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Further information on data use by Google, settings, and objection options can be found on Google's websites: Data use by Google when you use our partners' websites or apps, Data use for advertising purposes, Manage information Google uses to show you ads.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use social plugins ("plugins") of the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). The plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g., videos, graphics, or text contributions) and are recognizable by one of the Facebook logos (white "f" on a blue tile, the terms "Like," "Gefällt mir," or a "thumbs up" sign) or are marked with the addition "Facebook Social Plugin." The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (Privacy Shield).
When a user calls up a function of this online offering that contains such a plugin, their device establishes a direct connection to Facebook's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user's device and integrated into the online offering. In the process, user profiles can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and inform users according to our level of knowledge.
By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the online offering. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to their Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from their device directly to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, there is still the possibility that Facebook will learn and store their IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is stored in Germany.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as the related rights and settings options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about them via this online offering and link it to their Facebook member data, they must log out of Facebook and delete their cookies before using our online offering. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or via the US site aboutads.info/choices or the EU site youronlinechoices.com. The settings are platform-independent, i.e., they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
Within our online offering, based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), we use content or service offerings from third-party providers to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").
This always requires that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users, as they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is thus required for the display of this content. We endeavor to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the users' device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visit time, as well as other information about the use of our online offering, and may also be linked to such information from other sources.
YouTube
We integrate videos from the "YouTube" platform of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Google Maps
We integrate maps from the "Google Maps" service of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Google Fonts
We integrate the fonts ("Google Fonts") of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
