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WEKA Industry Media GmbH

Thank you for taking the trouble to read through this document. We also had quite a bit of work to do with the following Privacy policy to create. To help you get started with this topic, we have created an abridged version.

 

Abstract

Who is responsible for data processing and whom can you contact?

WEKA Industry Media GmbH
Dresdner Street 43
1200 Vienna

Beatrice Schmidt
Patricia Schubirsch
E-mail: dsgvo@industriemedien.at
Telephone: +43-1-40410
Imprint: https://industriemedien.at/impressum

 

2. what does this privacy policy apply to?

The data protection declaration refers to all products of our publishing house. As of the current status of this declaration, these are websites, print media, newsletters and events.

 

What personal data do we process and for what purpose?

  • 3.1 IP addresses of visitors to our websites.
    We supplement our websites with content from social networks and third-party applications, and we also use Google Analytics to better understand the use of our offerings. When you access this content, your browser information, information about your surfing behaviour and your IP address are transmitted to the respective provider. With the help of cookies and similar technologies, we also try to show you personalised advertising.

This information is only stored and used if you have consented to this use (see cookie bar on our homepage).

  • 3.2 Data that you provide to us in the course of registering on our websites.

This is your e-mail address as well as information about your professional position, your name and your company. We use this data to send you our editorial newsletters and to provide you with offers on our company's own products and, very selectively, those of our partners. Newsletters are only sent if you have given us your consent to do so.

  • 3.3. data from public sources, such as the Austrian Company Register.
    We use this data on the one hand for our editorial work and on the other hand to send our print media and related offers to persons recorded in the company register.
  • 3.4. data of our customers who purchase products from our company.
    We use this data for order processing and to fulfil our contractual obligations. Furthermore, we use this data to make offers to our customers regarding our company's own products.

 

Long version of the privacy policy

We hereby inform you about the processing of your personal data and the data protection claims and rights to which you are entitled.

 

1. preamble

We, WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH, are an Austrian publishing house with our registered office in Vienna and our business address at Dresdner Strasse 45, 1200 Vienna, registered in the commercial register of the Vienna Commercial Court under FN 360567x. (hereinafter referred to as "WEKA") with a focus on B2B information. The changed information behaviour of readers has had an enormous impact on our company, as it has on the entire media industry. Whereas before the establishment of the internet the printed medium was the only information channel, today readers expect cross-media information that is available everywhere. We are responding to this trend very consistently and are making our journalistic content and editorial insights available digitally. We finance the production of this content predominantly with advertising and sponsoring, since such focused specialised information cannot be produced exclusively financed by readers in a small market like Austria. Therefore, it is indispensable for us to be able to reach our target groups.

Another consequence of the change in media is the financing of our content via thematically close B2B events about which we inform our readers, which we also make use of.

 

2. is responsible for the data processing:

WEKA Industry Media GmbH
Dresdner Street 43
1200 Vienna

Beatrice Schmidt
Patricia Schubirsch
E-mail: dsgvo@industriemedien.at
Telephone: +43-1-40410
Imprint: https://industriemedien.at/impressum

 

Scope of application

The privacy policy applies to the following products:

3.1 Print media

We are the media owner and publisher of the following regular publications (hereinafter collectively referred to as "regular publications"):

  • The Austrian industrial magazine
  • Autlook
  • Factory
  • Dispo
  • Technology Reports
  • Electronics Report
  • HLK
  • TGA
  • Solid
  • Punktum
  • Car service
  • Company car
  • Agenda
  • Waste Management World

Furthermore, the following publications associated with the print media appear once a year in our publishing house (hereinafter collectively referred to as "annual publications"):

  • Planner Yearbook (TGA)
  • Electrical Practice (Punktum)
  • KKL Business directory (HLK)
  • Transport Guide (Tractual)
  • Fleet guide (company car)
  • All Digital (WEKA Industry Media)

(regular publications and annual publications together hereinafter referred to as "print media")

3.2 Websites

We operate the following websites, which are closely related to the respective print media and address the same target groups (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Websites"):

  • industriemagazin.at (Industry Magazine)
  • factorynet.at (Factory)
  • autlook.at (Autlook)
  • dispo.cc (Dispo)
  • waste-management-world.com (Waste Management World)
  • hlk.co.at (HVAC)
  • tga.at (TGA)
  • elektropraxis.at (Punktum)
  • solidbau.at (Solid)
  • traktuell.at (tract)
  • firmenwagen.co.at (company car)
  • autoservice.co.at (car service)
  • Furthermore, we operate the cross-media search platform tecfindr.com - as well as our publishing website industriemedien.at & industriemedien.shop, on which the offers of our company are presented. Agency website b2impact.com
  • We usually set up our own event websites (e.g. industriekongress.com or instandhaltungskonferenz.at) to present our events.

3.3 Newsletter

We also offer newsletters for all websites with varying frequency and thematic depth. These can be ordered on the respective media websites (hereinafter referred to as "newsletter").

3.4 Events

We organise a large number of trade events that are closely related to our trade media. The most important events relating to the corresponding media are (in the following collectively referred to as the "events"):

  • Energy in hospitals (HVAC, TGA, Punktum)
  • Industry Congress (Industry Magazine, Factory)
  • SOLID Conference (Solid Magazine)
  • B2B Sales Congress (cross-media)
  • Industrial robotics (Industriemagazin, Factory)
  • B2B Marketing Congress (cross-media)
  • Power Pricing Conference (Industry Magazine)
  • TGA Conference (TGA)
  • E-mobility (company car, Punktum, industry magazine, Autlook)
  • Maintenance Conference (Factory, Industry Magazine)
  • EVA Award (cross-media)
  • LOZ (Dispo)
  • Fabrik20xx (Factory & Industry Magazine)
  • Spare Parts Conference ETT (Factory, Dispo, Autlook)
  • Success in Industry (Industry Magazine)
  • Car Test Day (Company Car, Traktuell, Autoservice, Industry Magazine)
  • Light4Work Lighting Conference (Punktum)
  • Air Conditioning Cooling Day (HVAC)

 

4. processing of data within the framework of our websites and other online services

4.1 Processing of data by means of cookies

In order to make our websites user-friendly and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on our websites. These are small text files that are stored on your terminal device and save certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser.

For our websites, we use both cookies that are deleted at the end of a browser session (session cookies) and cookies that are stored on your terminal device and enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

Please note that certain cookies are already set as soon as you enter our website and cookies may also contain personal data. When you first visit our websites, you have the option of rejecting or agreeing to certain cookies.

In addition, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Furthermore, you also have the option of deleting the stored cookies via your browser. Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if you do not accept cookies.

Below you will find information about the cookies we use:

  • Necessary cookies (without consent)

These are absolutely necessary for the operation of our website (session cookies).

  • Analytical cookies / performance cookies

With these cookies we have the possibility to collect data & information about the usage behaviour of the visitors of our websites, these serve exclusively to improve the functionality of the websites.

  • Functional cookies

These cookies are used for certain functionalities of our websites, e.g. to suggest a better navigation flow on our websites or to show you personalised and relevant information (e.g. "interest-based advertisements").

  • Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to tailor our websites and the advertising you see to your interests.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in the case of the necessary cookies is Art 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO (contract performance) and Art 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO (legitimate interests in the processing of data for the purpose of operating a website.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in the case of analytical, functional and targeting cookies is consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. This consent can be revoked at any time. Please send a revocation to the following e-mail address: dsgvo@industriemedien.at. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

The specific processing purpose and the respective storage period of the personal data used can be found in our Cookie Policy.

4.2 Processing of personal data in connection with our newsletter

We offer you the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter on our websites. With this newsletter we inform you about our offers at regular intervals. To receive our newsletter, you need a valid e-mail address. When you subscribe to our newsletter, we will save your IP address and the date and time of your subscription. This serves as a safeguard for us in the event that a third party misuses your e-mail address and subscribes to our newsletter without your knowledge. The data will only be used for the purpose of receiving our newsletter. It will not be passed on to third parties.

Registration for our newsletter takes place in a double opt-in process. After registering for the newsletter, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with a foreign e-mail address.

In order to register for the newsletter, it is necessary to provide an e-mail address. The specification of salutation as well as first name and surname only serves to personalise the newsletter. Furthermore, we ask you (also optional) to provide your date of birth, gender and the industry in which you work, as well as data on your company and position. We use this information to adapt the contents of the newsletter to your interests.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO or § 107 Telecommunications Act 2003. This consent can be revoked at any time. Please send a revocation to the following e-mail address: dsgvo@industriemedien.at. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

4.3 Processing of personal data in connection with the Hubspot service

We use the HubSpot service for various purposes on our websites. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, Phone: +353 1 5187500.
Hubspot is an integrated software solution that covers various aspects of our online marketing. These include, among others:
Email marketing, social media publishing & reporting, reporting, contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM) and contact forms.
Our sign-up service allows visitors to our website to learn more about our company, download content and provide their contact information and other demographic information. This information, as well as our website content, is stored on servers operated by our software partner HubSpot. It may be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company's services are of interest to them. All information we collect is subject to this privacy policy. We use all information collected exclusively to optimise our marketing measures. The following data may be collected and processed in this context:

- Geographical position
- Browser type
- Navigation information
- Reference URL
- Performance data
- Information about how often the application is used
- Mobile apps data
- Login information for the HubSpot subscription service
- Files displayed on site
- Domain names
- Pages viewed
- Aggregated use
- Operating system version
- Internet service provider
- IP address
- Device identifier
- Duration of the visit
- Where the application was downloaded from
- Operating system
- Events that occur within the application
- access times
- Clickstream data
- Device model and version

In addition, we also use Hubspot to provide contact forms.

The legal basis for the processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. If you do not want Hubspot to collect and process the aforementioned data, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

The personal data shall be kept for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose of the processing. The data shall be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose.

Within the scope of processing via HubSpot, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is ensured by so-called standard contractual clauses, which guarantee that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to ensure an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries.

Further information on data processing and data security at Hubspot can be found here (https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy).

4.4 Processing of personal data in connection with the AuthO Single Sing On service

We also use the Auth0 Single-Sign-On authentication service to log in to our website. The service provider is the American company Auth0 Inc, 10800 NE 8th Street, Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA. Auth0 also processes data in the USA, among other places.

The legal basis of the processing is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art 6 (1) f) DSGVO, especially as we have to organise the registration on our website and there are no conflicting interests in the protection of the data concerned.

Standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO) are used as the basis for data processing with recipients based in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular the USA) or a data transfer. These clauses oblige Auth0 to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data even outside the EU.

You can find out more about the data processed through the use of Auth0 in the privacy policy on https://auth0.com/de/privacy

4.5 Processing of personal data in connection with the WooCommerce service

We have integrated the open source shop system WooCommerce as a plugin on our website. This WooCommerce plugin is based on the WordPress content management system, which is a subsidiary of Automattic Inc. (60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA). The implemented functions send, store and process data to Automattic Inc.

We use this practical online shop solution to offer you our physical or digital products or services in the best possible way on our website. The aim is to provide you with simple and easy access to our offer, so that you can get to your desired products quickly and easily. With WooCommerce, we have found a good plugin that meets our requirements for an online shop.

Unless there is a legal obligation to keep data for a longer period of time, WooCommerce deletes the data when it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was stored. For example, server log files that contain technical data about your browser and IP address are deleted after about 30 days. Until then, Automattic uses the data to analyse the traffic on its own websites (for example, all WordPress pages) and to fix possible problems. The data is stored on Automattic's American servers.

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

WooCommerce also processes data in the USA, among other places. As a basis for data processing with recipients based in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, WooCommerce uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige WooCommerce to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data also outside the EU. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de

For more details on the privacy policy and what data is collected by WooCommerce and in what way, please refer to https://automattic.com/privacy/ and general information about WooCommerce on https://woocommerce.com/.

 

WooCommerce Privacy Policy Summary
👥 Parties concerned: Visitors to the website
🤝 Purpose: Optimisation of our service performance
📓 Processed data: Data such as IP address, browser information, default language settings, date and time of web access.
More details can be found below in this privacy policy.
Storage period: server log files, technical data and your IP address are deleted after about 30 days.
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent)

4.6 Processing of personal data in connection with the Vimeo service

We also use videos from the company Vimeo on our website. The video portal is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. With the help of a plug-in, we can show you interesting video material directly on our website.

When you visit a page on our website that has a Vimeo video embedded, your browser connects to the Vimeo servers. This results in a data transmission. This data is collected, stored and processed on the Vimeo servers. Regardless of whether you have a Vimeo account or not, Vimeo collects data about you. This includes your IP address, technical information about your browser type, operating system or very basic device information. Furthermore, Vimeo stores information about which website you use the Vimeo service and what actions (web activities) you perform on our website. These web activities include, for example, session duration, bounce rate or which button you clicked on our website with a built-in Vimeo function. Vimeo may track and store these actions using cookies and similar technologies. Vimeo uses this data, among other things, to improve its own service, to communicate with you and to set its own targeted advertising measures.

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Vimeo has its headquarters in White Plains in the state of New York (USA). However, the services are offered worldwide. The company uses computer systems, databases and servers in the USA and also in other countries. Your data can therefore also be stored and processed on servers in America. The data remains stored by Vimeo until the company no longer has an economic reason for storing it. Then the data is deleted or anonymised.

Vimeo also processes your data in the USA, among other places. Vimeo uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46 para. 2 and 3 DSGVO) as the basis for data processing for recipients based in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or for data transfer there. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data comply with European data protection standards even if they are transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Vimeo undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de

For more information on the standard contractual clauses at Vimeo, see https://vimeo.com/privacy#international_data_transfers_and_certain_user_rights

You can find out more about Vimeo's use of cookies at https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy , information on data protection at Vimeo can be found at https://vimeo.com/privacy read up.

Vimeo Privacy Policy Summary
👥 Parties concerned: Visitors to the website
🤝 Purpose: Optimisation of our service performance
📓 Data processed: Data such as contact details, user behaviour data, information about your device and your IP address may be stored.
More details can be found below in this privacy policy.
📅 Duration of storage: Data remain stored as long as they are necessary for the purpose of the service.
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent)

4.7 Processing of personal data in connection with the Google Ads (Google AdWords) conversion tracking service

We use Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) as an online marketing measure to promote our products and services. In this way, we want to draw more people's attention to the high quality of our offers on the internet. As part of our advertising measures through Google Ads, we use the conversion tracking of the company Google Inc. on our website. In Europe, however, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. With the help of this free tracking tool, we can better adapt our advertising offer to your interests and needs.

As soon as you complete an action on our website, Google recognises the cookie and saves your action as a so-called conversion. As long as you surf our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google recognise that you have found us via our Google Ads ad. The cookie is read and sent back to Google Ads with the conversion data. It is also possible that other cookies are used to measure conversions. The conversion tracking of Google Ads can be further refined and improved with the help of Google Analytics. For ads that Google displays in various locations on the web, cookies called "__gads" or "_gac" may be set under our domain. Since September 2017, various campaign information has been stored by analytics.js with the _gac cookie. The cookie stores this data as soon as you call up one of our pages for which the automatic tagging of Google Ads has been set up. Unlike cookies set for Google domains, Google can only read these conversion cookies when you are on our website. We do not collect or receive any personal data. We receive a report from Google with statistical evaluations. For example, we learn the total number of users who clicked on our ad and we see which advertising measures were well received.

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Google also processes your data in the USA, among other places. Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46 para. 2 and 3 DSGVO) as the basis for data processing for recipients based in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or for data transfer there. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data comply with European data protection standards even if they are transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Google undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de

The data processing terms for Google advertising products (Google Ads Controller Data Protection Terms), which correspond to the standard contractual clauses and are also applicable to Google Ads, can be found at https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/

If you would like to learn more about Google's privacy policy, we recommend that you read Google's general privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Ads (Google AdWords) Conversion Tracking Privacy Policy Summary
👥 Parties concerned: Visitors to the website
🤝 Purpose: economic success and the optimisation of our service performance.
📓 Data processed: Access statistics, which include data such as locations of accesses, device data, access duration and time, navigation behaviour, click behaviour and IP addresses. Personal data such as name or email address may also be processed.
📅 Storage period: Conversion cookies usually expire after 30 days and do not transmit any personal data.
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent)

 

4.8 Processing of personal data in connection with the Microsoft Clarity service 

We use Microsoft Clarity, a behavioural analytics service from Microsoft, to better understand how visitors interact with our website. This information helps us to improve the user experience and make our content more effective. 

Microsoft Clarity is an analytics tool that enables us to create heat maps and session recordings. These tools give us an insight into user behaviour on our website by showing how users use the website, which areas they view particularly frequently or which elements they interact with. 

In order to carry out these analyses, Microsoft Clarity places cookies on users' devices. These cookies enable Clarity to identify users across various subpages of our website. The following data can be collected: 

  • Clicks and interactions on the website 
  • Mouse movements and scrolling behaviour 
  • Screen size of the device, browser type and operating system 
  • IP address (anonymised) 

The data from the session recordings and heat maps are used to recognise patterns in user behaviour without personally identifying individual users. 

The use of Microsoft Clarity on our website is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You actively give this consent to the use of cookies and the collection of data by Microsoft Clarity by giving your consent in the cookie banner on our website. You can revoke your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie settings. Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if you do not give your consent or revoke them. 

If you would like to find out more about data protection at Microsoft, we recommend Microsoft's general privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement 

We would like to point out that some of the services we use may transfer data to the USA, including Google services. To ensure the security of your data and to provide an adequate level of protection that meets the high standards of EU data protection legislation, Google relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This new agreement between the European Union and the USA was developed specifically to meet European data protection standards and offers improved protection mechanisms for the transfer of personal data. You can find more information in the section "Protecting your data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework". 

Microsoft Clarity Privacy Policy Summary 

👥 Parties concerned: Visitors to the website
🤝 Purpose: Behavioural analysis on website to improve user experience and content
📓 Processed data: Clicks and interactions on the website, mouse movements and scrolling behaviour, screen size of the device, browser type and operating system, IP address (anonymised).
📅 Storage period: 30 days
⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) 

4.9 Embedded content

Third-party content may be integrated on our websites. In this case, it is possible that these third parties collect and process data about you. This is only the case when you have selected the respective button of the third-party provider by way of the two-click procedure. The following providers come into question:

4.9.1 YouTube

Our websites use the provider YouTube LLC , 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as "YouTube") for the integration of videos. In principle, when you call up a website with embedded videos, your IP address is already sent to YouTube and cookies are installed on your computer. However, our YouTube videos have been embedded with the extended data protection mode. This is due to the fact that YouTube contacts "DoubleClick", a service of Google, but according to its own information, personal data is not evaluated. As a result, YouTube no longer stores information about visitors unless embedded videos are started. When you click on the video, your IP address is transmitted to YouTube and YouTube learns that you have watched the video. If you are logged in to YouTube via a user account, this information is also assigned to the user account. This can be prevented by logging out of YouTube before viewing the video. We have no knowledge of and no influence on the possible collection and use of your data by YouTube. You can find more information on the processing of your data in YouTube's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

4.9.2 Instagram

Our websites use functions of the Instagram service, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Instagram"). The plugins used for the integration of the Instagram service are marked with an Instagram logo (camera). When you call up a website that includes functions from Instagram, your browser establishes a connection to the Instagram servers. The content provided by Instagram is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the website.

By providing content through Instagram, Instagram is informed which subpage of our website you have accessed, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. The information about the subpages of our websites that you visit, as well as your IP address, is transmitted by your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the content embedded by Instagram, for example by clicking the "Instagram" button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. This information may also be published on your Instagram account. We would like to point out that we, as operators of the websites, do not receive any knowledge of the content and scope of the transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram. For further information on data processing by Instagram, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy at help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and the general information at help.instagram.com.

4.9.3 PinPoll

We collect and analyse user data on our websites with the help of Pinpoll from Pinpoll GmbH, Hopfengasse 3, 4020 Linz. (hereinafter referred to as "Pinpoll"). Pinpoll processes personal data for the collection and analysis of user data within the framework of the provision of complete software solutions. Data is processed which is entered by you during voluntary voting on our websites. This may include in particular: first and last name, address, date of birth, e-mail address, gender, religious and philosophical conviction, political opinion or personal preferences. However, these data are only processed if they are provided by you. In addition, device-related information, location-related information and website-related information are automatically processed by Pinpoll. Pinpoll provides personal data to us in conjunction with data generated through voting behaviour and through Pinpoll's software. Pinpoll only discloses the personal data we collect to third parties in anonymised form.

The current version of the terms of use and the privacy policy of Pinpoll can be found at https://www.pinpoll.com/#data_protection_declaration retrievable. It is possible to revoke consent to the storage of cookies at any time via the link in point 4.2 of the Pinpoll privacy policy.

4.9.4 Facebook

Our websites use social plugins of the social network "facebook.com", which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Facebook Social Plugin".

When you visit one of our websites that contains a Facebook plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the Facebook plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the website by it.

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that you have visited one of our websites. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the Facebook plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" button or posting a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy (Facebook privacy policy: facebook.com/policy.php).

If you do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

4.9.5 Playbuzz

HTML codes from Playbuzz Ltd, 3 Aluf Kalman Magen St., Building A, 1st Floor, Tel Aviv, 6107075, Israel are embedded on our websites. When you call up a website on which such HTML code from Playbuzz is embedded, the browser connects you to the Playbuzz servers. In doing so, the content of the HTML code is transmitted directly from Playbuzz to the browser, which builds it on the accessed page, so that Playbuzz processes your data during this process. You can find out what data Playbuzz collects and for what purposes in Playbuzz's privacy policy at https://www.playbuzz.com/PrivacyPolicy

4.9.6 Twitter

Twitter plugins from Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Twitter") are used on our websites. These plugins are marked with a Twitter logo (blue "Twitter bird"). You can find an overview of the Twitter plugins and their appearance here: https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit

When you call up a subpage of one of our websites that contains a Twitter plugin, your browser establishes a connection to Twitter's servers. The content of the Twitter plugin is transmitted by Twitter directly to your browser and integrated into the website. Through the integration, Twitter receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding sub-page of one of our websites, even if you do not have a profile on Twitter or are not currently logged in to Twitter. The information about the subpages of our websites that you have visited, as well as your IP address, is transmitted by your browser directly to a Twitter server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Twitter, Twitter can directly assign your visit to the respective website to your Twitter account. If you interact with the Twitter plugins, for example by clicking the "Tweet" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information is also published on your Twitter account and displayed there to your contacts.

If you do not want Twitter to assign the data collected via our websites directly to your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Twitter plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript".

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

4.9.7 Zendesk

Plugins from Zendesk Inc., 1019 Market St San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Zendesk") are used on our websites. You can find out what data Zendesk collects and for what purposes in the Zendesk data protection information at https://www.zendesk.com/company/agreements-and-terms/privacy-notice/

4.9.8 SoundCloud

Plugins from SoundCloud Limited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Soundcloud") are used on our websites to operate podcasts. To find out which data Soundcloud collects and for what purposes, please refer to Soundcloud's privacy policy at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy

4.9.9 SurveyMonkey

To organise surveys with our readers and customers, we use plugins from SurveyMonkey Europe UC, 2nd Floor, 2 Shelbourne Buildings, Shelbourne Road, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Surveymonkey") on our websites. You can find out which data Surveymonkey collects and for what purposes in the Surveymonkey data protection information at https://surveymonkey.de/mp/legal/privacy-policy

4.9.10. DataWrapper

For the visualisation of data of journalistic content we use the tool Datawrapper of Datawrapper GmbH (Germany, EU - "Datawrapper"). By embedding Datawrapper, we integrate these visualisations into our website. You can find out which data Datawrapper GmbH collects for which purposes in their data protection information: https://www.datawrapper.de/privacy/

4.10. Utilisation analysis

Only if you give us your consent, we use applications and systems from the following providers to study the usage behaviour on our offers and to further develop the offers:

4.10.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, (hereinafter referred to as "Google") on our websites.

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of the server request, is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

We have also added the code "anonymizeIP" to Google Analytics on this website. 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.

In the course of processing, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is ensured by so-called standard contractual clauses, which guarantee that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to ensure an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries.

4.10.2. ÖWA BASIC

We use ÖWA BASIC from the ÖSTERREICHISCHE WEBANALYSE association (ZMR 935018357), 1010 Vienna, Köllnerhofgasse 2/8 (hereinafter referred to as "ÖWA") to analyse the reach of our websites.

For this purpose, your IP address is transmitted by us to ÖWA. ÖWA uses an anonymisation function so that your IP address is automatically shortened by the last octet on ÖWA's server.

For further information on data processing by ÖWA, please refer to ÖWA's privacy policy at oewa.at/datenschutzerklaerung.

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

4.10.3 Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager (Provider: Google Ireland Limited) is a tag management service that is triggered by a specific event that injects a third party script or sends data to a third party service. No cookies in the technical sense are set on the user's client, but technical and personal data such as the IP address are transmitted from the client to the service provider's server to enable the use of the service.

For further information on data processing by the provider Google Ireland Limited, please refer to its privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

In the course of processing, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is ensured by so-called standard contractual clauses, which guarantee that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to ensure an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

4.11. Advertising

We only use applications and systems from the following providers for advertising and marketing purposes if you give us your consent:

4.11.1 Doubleclick by Google

Doubleclick by Google is a service provided by Google (hereinafter referred to as "Doubleclick"). Doubleclick uses cookies to present you with advertisements that are relevant to you. In the process, a pseudonymous identification number (ID) is assigned to your browser in order to check which ads were displayed in your browser and which ads were called up.

The use of DoubleClick cookies only enables Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on previous visits to our website or other websites on the Internet. The information generated by the cookies is transferred by Google to a server in the USA for evaluation and stored there. A transfer of data by Google to third parties only takes place on the basis of legal regulations or within the framework of commissioned data processing. Under no circumstances will Google associate your data with other data collected by Google.

4.11.2 One by AOL

Our websites use the ONE by AOL service from Oath Inc, 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, VA 20166 (hereinafter referred to as "ObA"). ObA is a technical service for the delivery of advertising on our websites. For this purpose, ObA operates so-called ad servers, which are controlled with the help of Javascript. In the course of the ad serving process, ObA collects the following data on our behalf using a cookie: browser type, operating system as well as date and time at which a certain advertisement was delivered.

This data allows ObA to measure the delivery of advertising, for example the number of clicks on an advertisement or how often a particular advertisement was delivered to an individual user. ObA may make this data available to us. ObA aggregates the data obtained in the individual networks in some cases internally for statistical purposes.

Further information on ObA's data processing can be found here: policies.oath.com/ie/en/oath/privacy/index.html.

In the context of processing data for advertising purposes, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is ensured by so-called standard contractual clauses, which guarantee that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to ensure an adequate level of security, your consent pursuant to Article 49 (1) a) of the GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries.

The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO. If you do not want data to be collected and processed, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future (revocation takes place via the Cookie settings). The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

4.11.3 Real Cookie Banner

We use the consent tool "Real Cookie Banner" to manage the cookies and similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) used and the related consents. Details on how "Real Cookie Banner" works can be found at https://devowl.io/de/wissensdatenbank/real-cookie-banner-datenverarbeitung/

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DS-GVO and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.

The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

 

5. use of data within the framework of the contractual relationship

5.1 Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process your data when you register on our website (e-mail address, name, company and details of your professional position). We also use this data to send you our editorial newsletters and to send you offers for our company's products, provided you have given your consent to this (see also point 4.2).

In the event of a download of whitepapers, your data will also be passed on to our partners if you have given your consent for this.

In these cases, the legal basis is consent in accordance with Art 6 (1) a DSGVO. This consent can be revoked at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

If you have registered for one of our events, we use your data to process the order accordingly. The legal basis for this is the fulfilment of the contract in accordance with Art 6 Para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

In addition, we will provide you with information on similar event products of our own. We rely on the legitimate interest pursuant to Art 6 (1) f) DSGVO to provide advertising.

In the course of organising events, a list of participants is passed on to sponsors and exhibitors. We make this disclosure based on your active consent given in this regard in the course of registration (or at a later point in time) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO.

5.2 Type of data stored

The following data provided by you will be stored by us:

  • Your name, gender and academic titles to address you correctly
  • Your postal address, which is usually the address of the company where you are employed that you have given us
  • Your email address
  • Company demographic characteristics, such as industry and number of employees
  • Your position in the company and your area of responsibility, if you make this known to us
  • The history of purchases you have made of event tickets and media products, which we are also required to do by law.

5.3 Data transfers

We do not sell postal or e-mail distribution lists, nor do we pass on your details to other companies in return for payment. Data is only passed on in these cases:

  • To trustworthy order processors, such as printers and dispatch service providers (electronic and postal) or the Austrian Post for the purpose of postal delivery. For more information write to info@industriemedien.at.
  • To our partners in the event sector, if you have expressly agreed to this.
  • To our partners who provide so-called "white papers" free of charge and contact forms in advertorials ("QuestionLead"). Here, too, we clearly ask for your consent in the course of the download process.
  • To our payment service providers (Stripe) for the purpose of payment processing.

 

6. storage period

We delete data collected from contractual relationships upon termination of the business relationship after the end of the retention obligation or after expiry of the period for asserting or defending against warranty and damage compensation obligations.

We delete data that we process for marketing purposes as soon as you withdraw your consent to the processing.

Different storage periods are used when cookies are used. You can find these in our Cookie Policy.

 

7. data subject rights

Data protection law gives you, as a data subject, the following rights:

Right to informationUpon request, we will provide you with information free of charge about the scope, origin and recipient(s) of the stored data as well as the purpose of the storage. Please use the linked request for information. In the event of excessive requests for information (more than 4 times per year), we reserve the right to charge a fee.

Right of rectificationIf, despite our efforts to ensure that the data is correct and up to date, incorrect or incomplete information is stored, we will correct it at your request.

Right to erasureUnder certain circumstances, you have a right to deletion, for example in connection with an objection or if data was collected unlawfully. Provided that the legal requirements for deletion are met (i.e. no legal obligations or overriding interests conflict with this), we will immediately carry out the requested deletion.

Right of restriction of data processingYou can also request restriction of data processing for the reasons that justify a right to erasure - in this case, the stored data must remain stored (e.g. for purposes of preserving evidence), but may no longer be used for other purposes.

Objection / Right of revocationYou can object to data processing that we carry out on the basis of a legitimate interest - as far as data processing for direct advertising purposes is concerned, this right of objection is absolute. Consent given can be revoked at any time in writing and free of charge.

Right to transfer the data to third parties: If you wish to give the data you have disclosed to another data controller, we will provide it in an electronically transferable format.

Right of appeal to the data protection authorityWe also draw your attention to your right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority: you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the General Data Protection Regulation or other provisions of data protection law. However, you are also welcome to contact us directly at any time.

To exercise these rights, please use the contact information under point 1 and the data subject rights form available here. Please do not forget to include the documents specified in the form: We need to verify your identity to protect your data against unlawful processing (disclosure to unauthorised third parties).

 

8. amendment of this privacy policy

We will revise this privacy policy if the nature of the data processing changes. The use of your data is subject to the current version, which can be accessed at industriemedien.at/datenschutz. We will announce any changes to this privacy policy via the above-mentioned websites or by e-mail to the e-mail address linked to your user account with our media.

9. protection of your data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework 

The framework ensures that companies that participate and transfer data from the EU to the US must adhere to strict data protection requirements, which: 

  • Provide substantial guarantees for the protection of privacy and personal data of European citizens.
  • Ensure mechanisms for transparency and the enforcement of data protection rights through appropriate monitoring and review procedures.
  • Provide opportunities for EU citizens to lodge complaints and seek redress if they feel that their data has not been adequately protected. 

 

Possible risks and your rights 

Despite the improved protection provided by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, it cannot be completely ruled out that US authorities may have access to personal data on the basis of national laws. However, we would like to reassure you that Google is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your data and will only act in accordance with the established legal framework. 

As a user, you have the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about you, to have it corrected or deleted and to object to data processing. Further information on your rights and how you can exercise them can be found in our privacy policy. 

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