Privacy Policy

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Below you will find information about how we handle your data that is collected through your use of our website. Your data will be processed in accordance with the legal data protection regulations.

 

Controller within the meaning of data protection law

REALIZE GmbH
Managing Directors: Gabriele von Zychlinski, Harald Paquin

Balanstraße 73, House 24
D-81541 Munich, Germany

Phone.: +49 89 6607990
Fax: +49 89 660799777
E-Mail: kontakt@realize-events.de

Register Court: Amtsgericht München
Registration number: HRB 134403

 

Our Data Protection Officer

PROLIANCE GmbH
www.datenschutzexperte.de
Leopoldstraße 21
D-80802 Munich
datenschutzbeauftragter@datenschutzexperte.de

 

Definitions

Our privacy policy should be simple and understandable for everyone. For this reason, our privacy policy generally uses the official terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The official definitions are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.

 

Server-Logfiles

Once you visit our website, it is technically necessary that data is transmitted to our web server via your internet browser. The following data is recorded during an active connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server. The data is deleted after 3 days. The following data is stored:
• Date and time of the request
• Name of the requested file
• Page from which the file was requested
• Access status
• Web browser used and operating system used
• (Full) IP address of the requesting computer
• Transmitted amount of data

We collect the listed data in order to guarantee a frictionless connection establishment and to enable a comfortable use of our website by the users. The log file also serves for evaluating system security and stability as well as administrative purposes. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data or log files is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
For reasons of technical security, in particular to prevent attempts to attack our web server, we may temporarily store this data. It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual persons on the basis of this data. After 3 days at the latest, the data is made anonymous by shortening the IP address at domain level, so that it is no longer possible to establish a reference to the individual user.

 

Web Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster JWeiland Net). This website is hosted in the Germany. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, web page accesses and other data generated by a website.
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with the provider in accordance with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR, in which we commit him to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.

 

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are either temporarily stored on your end device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or an automatic solution is provided by your web browser.
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or language settings). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.
Technically necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized presentation of our services. Other cookies are only stored with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. This consent can be withdrawn at any time for the future. The legal basis may also result from Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.
Insofar as cookies are used for analysis purposes, we will inform you of this separately within the framework of this privacy policy and obtain your consent.
You can set your browser to

  • be informed about the setting of cookies,
  • only allow cookies in individual cases,
  • exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally,
  • activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed.

The cookie settings can be managed under the following links for each browser:

You can also manage cookies of many companies and functions used for advertising individually. To do this, use the appropriate user tools, available at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.
Most browsers also offer a so-called “do-not-track function”. When this feature is enabled, the browser tells ad networks, websites, and applications that you do not want to be “tracked” for behavioral advertising and the like.
For information and instructions on how to edit this feature, please refer to the links below, depending on your browser provider:

Additionally, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. “NoScript” allows the execution of JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins only at trusted domains of your choice. Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from the provider of your browser (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ ).
Please note that if you disable cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

Change cookie settings

Click here “Change cookies” to change your cookie consents.

eTracker

No cookies are set in the chosen mode of etracker Analytics. Only website data from web servers is used, as well as certain information that the web browser transmits to the web server for the retrieval of web pages. This information makes it possible to link individual page views and interactions into coherent sessions. Encryption together with a time stamp prevents the creation or linking of user profiles.

Links to other websites

This website also contains links to other websites. The guidelines and procedures described here do not apply for these linked websites. May we ask you to visit those websites directly to obtain information regarding data protection, safety, the collection of data and the provisions relating to data transmission. REALIZE may not be held liable for any actions taken from, or the contents of, those websites.

Contact form and contact by e-mail

If you send us requests via our contact form or email, your details from the contact form or email, including the contact data you have provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and in the event of follow-up questions. You are required to provide an email address to contact us. Your name and telephone number are optional. Under no circumstances will we pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and, if applicable, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is aimed at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time in the case of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Data Transfer and Recipients

Your personal data is not transferred to third parties, unless

  • we have explicitly pointed this out in the description of the respective data processing.
  • you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR,
  • the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and our legitimate interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • there is a legal obligation to transfer data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR, and
  • required by Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you.

In addition, we use external service providers for the processing of our services, whom we have carefully selected and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Required data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are concluded before the commission. In particular, these contracts concern web hosting services, the dispatch of emails and IT updates and maintenance. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties by our service providers.

Google Maps

Our homepage uses the online map service provider Google Maps via an interface. Provider of the map service is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and makes it easy for you to use the map function. To use the functionalities of Google Maps it is necessary to save your IP address. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your given consent according to Art. 6 (1) 1 lit. a GDPR.
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Opt-out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).
The purpose of Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA is to verify whether data entry on our website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA analyses the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA evaluates various information, e.g.

  • IP address
  • length of time the website visitor spends on the website
  • mouse movements made by the user

The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA analyses might run in the background. Website visitors might not be made aware that an analysis is taking place. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have a legitimate interest in protecting our website from abusive automated spying, DDoS-attacs or similar kinds of unauthorized access and from unwanted automated mailings (spam).
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
We do not store any personal data from the use of Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA. In general, personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies.
Further information about Google (Invisible) reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found under the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/v3beta.html

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
Within the framework of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across AdWords customers’ websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted into conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
More information about Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Google Tag Manager

This website uses the Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags through one interface. The tool itself, which implements the tags, is a cookie-less domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool takes care of triggering other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

YouTube

On our website we embed videos from “YouTube”, a social media platform of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your given consent according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
If the display of the embedded YouTube videos is started by your consent, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour. According to information from “YouTube”, these serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your information is associated directly with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your profile to be associated with YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores this data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) for the purpose of presenting need-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. Please contact Google directly.
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, Google uses standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
Further information on data protection and data use by Google can be found on the following Google website: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Adobe Fonts (former „Typekit“)

This site uses so called web fonts, provided by Adobe Fonts, for the consistent display of fonts. Adobe Fonts is a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Adobe’s servers in the U.S. This allows Adobe Fonts to know that your IP address is being used to access our website.
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
Adobe Fonts are used in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information about Adobe Fonts can be found at https://typekit.com/ and in the Adobe Fonts privacy policy: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

Newsletter Cleverreach

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website with regular information about our offers and products, we need your email address as mandatory information.
Additional data is provided in order to address you personally in the newsletter and/or to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.
For the dispatch of the newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in. This means that we will only send you our newsletter via email, if you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive newsletters. In the first step, you will receive an email with a link to confirm that you, as the owner of the corresponding email address, wish to receive newsletters in the future. With the confirmation you give us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR that we may use your personal data for the purpose of the desired newsletter dispatch.
When you register for the newsletter, in addition to the email address required for sending the newsletter, we store the IP address by which you registered for the newsletter as well as the date and time of registration and confirmation in order to be able to trace possible misuse at a later point in time.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking on the link included in each newsletter or by sending an email to the controller as described above. Once you have cancelled your subscription, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to the continued use of the data collected.
Our email newsletters are sent via a technical service provider to whom we pass on the data you provide when you register for the newsletter. We have concluded a data processing agreement with our e-mail service provider in which we bind him to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
Service provider: CleverReach
Address: CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Deutschland
Privacy Policy: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/
Safeguard: not necessary; processing of personal data exclusively within the EEA

Our provider uses this information for the dispatch and statistical evaluation of the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation the sent emails contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files stored on our website. In this way it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on, if applicable. Conversion tracking can also be used to analyse whether a predefined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) was carried out after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Technical information is also recorded (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected pseudonymously and is not linked to your other personal data, a direct personal reference is excluded. These data are used exclusively for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients. The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you give in the course of the newsletter registration.
If you wish to revoke your consent to data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

Vimeo

On our website we embed videos from “Vimeo”. “Vimeo” is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA.
If you have given us your consent, the processing is carried out for the optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The integrated videos from “Vimeo” automatically include the tracking tool Google Analytics. We have no influence on the tracking settings and the analysis results collected via this tool and cannot view them. In addition, web beacons are set for website visitors by embedding “Vimeo” videos.
In order to prevent Google Analytics tracking cookies from being set, you can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Since a transfer of personal data to the U.S. takes place, further appropriate safeguards are required to ensure the level of data protection under the GDPR. To guarantee this, we have concluded standard contractual clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR. These oblige the recipient of the data in the U.S. to process the data according to the level of protection in Europe. In cases in which this cannot be guaranteed even by this contractual extension, we endeavour to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the U.S.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by the providers, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the “Vimeo” privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Data security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying probability and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content.

Storage period

The period for which the personal data will be stored is determined by the relevant statutory storage periods (e.g. from commercial law and tax law). The corresponding data is deleted routinely upon expiry of the respective period. If data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or contract initiation, or if we have a legitimate interest in further storage, the data will be deleted if they are no longer required for these purposes or if you make use of your right of withdrawal or objection.

 

Your Rights

In the following, you will find information about your data subject rights, which the current data protection law grants you against the controller concerning the processing of personal data:
The right, pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to obtain information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data concerned, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period for which the data will be stored, the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure or personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or to object such processing, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of your data, if these have not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences.
The right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
The right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
The right, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure and we no longer need the data for the purposes of processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have filed an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR.
The right, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in in a commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to transmit those data to another controller.
The right to withdraw your given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR with effect in the future at any time.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work.
The right to withdraw your given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR: You have the right to withdraw your given consent concerning the processing of your personal data with effect for the future at any time. In the event of withdrawal, we will delete the data concerned without delay, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal

Right to object

If your personal data is processed by us based on legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. If the objection is directed against the processing of personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have a general right of objection without the requirement of stating a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal, objection or any of your other rights, simply send an e-mail to kontakt@realize-events.de

Necessity of providing personal data

The provision of personal data for the decision on the conclusion of a contract, the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures is voluntary. However, we can only make the decision in the context of contractual measures if you provide such personal data that is required for the conclusion of the contract, the fulfilment of the contract or pre-contractual measures.

Automated decision making

Automated decision making or profiling according to Art. 22 GDPR does not take place.

Subject to change

We reserve the right to adapt or update this privacy policy, if necessary, in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. In this way, we can adapt it to the current legal requirements and take account of changes to our services, e.g. the introduction of new services. The most current version applies to your visit.

Status of this privacy policy: 02.12.2021

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