Cookies

We use so-called cookies on our websites. Cookies are small amounts of data in the form of text information that the web server sends to your browser. These are only stored on your hard drive. Cookies can only be read by the server that previously stored them. Cookies do not store any personal information, such as your name. The data stored in the cookies is not linked to your personal data (name, address, etc.).

a) Transient and persistent cookies
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

We use transient cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data, for example, is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

1. Browser settings related to cookies (whether they are enabled or not).

2. Language settings of the user

3. Log-in information

We also use persistent cookies on our website that enable an analysis of the user's surfing behaviour. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predefined period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. In this way, the click behaviour of users on our websites can be recorded and evaluated (recorded data are e.g. - browser data, click frequency, bounce rate, etc.).

The data collected via persistent cookies are pseudonymised by technical precautions, so it is no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

b) Tracking/web bugs
Some of our services also use so-called tracking or web bugs or tracking pixels. These are usually code snippets measuring only 1x1 pixel, which are able to identify and recognise your browser type via the browser ID - the individual fingerprint of your browser. This allows the service provider to see when and how many users have called up the pixel, or whether and when an email was opened or a website visited.

To prevent web bugs on our websites, you can use tools such as webwasher, bugnosys or AdBlock. To prevent web bugs in our newsletter, please set your mail programme so that no HTML is displayed in messages. Web bugs are also prevented if you read your emails offline. Without your explicit consent, we will not use web bugs to collect unnoticed personal data about you or to transmit such data to third-party providers and marketing platforms.

c) Local Storage
In order to adapt our services to your needs and to be able to present you with individual offers, we also use so-called local storage technology in addition to cookies. With this technology, certain data is stored in the local cache of your browser. This data is retained even after you have closed the browser and can be retrieved and read by us the next time you access our pages.

Local storage allows us to store your preferences when you use our websites. The data from the local storage is used on our websites, for example, so that you do not have to make certain selections again after the first entry (Jobcenter/FAQ), so that your selection for certain formats on our websites is retained on a repeat visit or so that you are already shown a pre-selection of interesting articles.

d) Legal basis for the use of cookies, web bugs, tracking pixels etc.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

The purpose of using technically essential cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

The right to object is excluded for technically absolutely necessary cookies, as these are absolutely necessary to be able to display our website and its contents to you and to provide you with the functionalities of the website.

The user data collected through technically essential cookies are not used to create user profiles.

The use of technologies to increase functionality as well as for analysis and marketing purposes is for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimise our offer. Processing, in particular on your terminal device, which is based on cookies or other identifiers (e.g. browser fingerprints, pixels, local storage) (hereinafter "cookies") and which is not technically necessary for the function of our websites, is only carried out with your consent, which you can give via our cookie banner when you visit our websites for the first time. The legal basis for this cookie-based processing is Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO in conjunction with Section 12 (1) TMG, Article 5 (3) ePrivacy Directive. Until you have given your consent, such cookies that are not necessary for the function of our websites will not be set.

e) Revocation of consent given for the use of cookies, web bugs, tracking pixels etc.
You can revoke the consent you have given for the collection of data through cookies at any time. The following steps are required for this:

• Open the settings for cookies on our websites via the "Cookies" footer.

• In the window that then opens, you have the option of revoking the data processing for individual categories of cookies and comparable technologies (e.g. data storage in local storage).

Furthermore, you can also delete cookies at any time or adjust the corresponding cookie settings of the browser you are using. For more information on how to delete and/or manage cookies via your browser settings, please visit the help pages of the respective browser. Data from the local storage can also be removed by emptying the local storage of the browser you are using.

f) List of the first-party cookies used

 

Processing of data collected via analytics cookies by us and third-party providers

We use the Google Analytics analysis tool for the statistical and analytical evaluation of certain data. The data collected by the service is always recorded in pseudonymised form and used exclusively for statistical evaluations.

We only process the data collected by the analysis tool with your prior consent and in order to keep the services and offers provided on our website available to our customers and to continuously improve them.

Google Analytics

On our websites we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site, as described in the section on cookies above. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We use IP anonymisation on this website for the transmission of data to Google. In this case, your IP address is shortened by Google before transmission to the USA and thus anonymised. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. 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 (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

You can find more information on how Google Analytics works and on the relevant terms of use and data protection provisions for this service at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. We would also like to point out once again that Google Analytics with the anonymizeIP extension is used on our websites and that IP addresses are therefore only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude any personal reference.

If you have consented to this, we use so-called "cross-device tracking" to evaluate your usage behaviour on our websites. This means that we can recognise you as a registered user of our website across different devices. For this purpose, an ID is assigned to you when you register on our site. This ID is recognised by Google Analytics when you log in to our websites from different devices (e.g. mobile phone, tablet). The data collected about you will be summarised by Google under the corresponding ID, stored there exclusively pseudonymised on the basis of the assigned ID and made accessible to us. We use these pseudonymised usage profiles to tailor your shopping experience on our websites even more personally and individually to you.

Google Ireland Ltd. is a subsidiary of Google LLC based in the USA. It cannot be ruled out that your data collected by Google will also be transmitted to the USA.

Revocation of consent

You can also prevent the collection of data relating to your use of the website (including your anonymised 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=de).

 

Hubspot Analytics

 

VirtualShow
We use the "VirtualShow" service of Expocloud GmbH (Eupener Strasse. 332, 552076 Aachen, Germany; hereinafter "VirtualShow") on our website.

Scope and purposes of processing
We use this service to provide virtual rooms.

VirtualShow uses the cookie [virtual_show_user-id] to allow the user to move around the room and to monitor the performance of the room. The interaction with content objects is statistically recorded. The information generated by cookies is only transferred to the Expocloud server in Germany and is not shared with other third parties.

Further information
For more information on how Expocloud processes your data, click here.

Legal Notice
Expocloud GmbH provides this section only as a template without any warranty and/or liability! Cookie policies must be created by an appropriate service provider to the individual requirements of the website operator. Your data protection officer can advise you on this.