Data Protection
GHM develops, prepares and organises successful trade fairs for all sectors involving skilled crafts and SMEs. The company is the leading provider in Germany in its field. GHM attaches great importance to the protection of privacy and complies with the statutory data protection regulations. In the following, we would like to explain to you how we handle your personal data.
This Privacy Statement shall apply to all websites operated by GHM.
The specific data processed in each case and the manner in which they are used shall be subject primarily to the services requested and/or agreed and the GHM websites visited. Therefore, not all parts of this information may apply to you. The relevant information is indicated with the specific processing activities conducted.
1. Who is the controller as defined in Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR?
For our websites, the controller (responsible entity/person) within the meaning of data protection law is
GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH
Paul-Wassermann-Str. 5
81829 München (Munich)
T +49 89 189 149 0
F +49 89 189 149 239
Email: datenschutz@ghm.de
Management Board
Dieter Dohr (Management Board Chairman )
Klaus Plaschka
Klaus Dittrich
Munich commercial register HRB 40217
VAT ID: DE 129358691
As data protection officer, we have appointed:
Data Protection Officer of GHM
c/o activeMind AG
Telephone: +49 89 418 560 170
Email: datenschutz@ghm.de
2. Which processing activities are performed?
Visiting our website |
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Purpose, data categories, legal basis | When our websites are visited, GHM receives access data, which are stored for back-up purposes:
The data are stored in the log files of our system for a short period. Such data are not stored together with other personal data of the user. Processing occurs on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It is our interest to guarantee the integrity, confidentiality and availability of the data processed via our websites. | |
Recipients of the data | We host your data on servers in Germany. Once the use of the website has ended, the data will be erased, unless there is a legal basis for their further use as may be the case in connection with incorrect login attempts to guarantee the integrity, confidentiality and availability of our websites. | |
Provision mandatory or required | The provision of your personal data is made on a voluntary basis by visiting our websites. | |
Objection | The collection of data to make the website available and the storage of data in log files is essential for operating the website. Accordingly, the user has no right to object. You have a right to object to additional cookies or tracking technologies. To find out more, please consult: Information on your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR as well as our Information on cookies, social plug-ins and tracking technologies used. | |
Contact form, |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | As to your personal data which you enter in the contact form on a web page or in contacting us via email, we will store and process such data for the purpose of individual communications with you. Such data include, but are not limited to, the first and last name, address, company name, email address, telephone number and facsimile number. | |
Recipients of the Data |
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Storage duration | GHM will process your data for responding to your requests and/or for performing the additional service. Of course, GHM will erase your data once they are no longer required for the purpose of their use or, as applicable, all contractual regulations with our customers or statutory periods have ceased to apply. | |
Provision mandatory or required | The provision of your personal data is made on a voluntary basis. However, we can only process your request if you let us know your data and the subject of your request. | |
Objection and withdrawal of consent | If your requests are processed pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) GDPR (i.e. this shall not apply to orders for additional services, as in such cases we are required to store your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 b) GDPR), you are entitled to a right of objection. For information in this regard, please consult: | |
Web analysis, re-marketing and use of tracking tools |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | So-called tracking, re-marketing and/or web analysis tools are used on our website. We use those tools to receive information on visitor behaviour on our website, e.g. on the origin of visitors or viewing duration. Based on such information, we can detect flaws on the website and improve its efficiency. | |
Recipients of the data | The following providers of tracking, re-marketing and/or web analysis tools process access data on our behalf for the purpose of user analysis and statistical editing. To this end, we have entered into appropriate order processing agreements with those providers. | |
Storage duration | GHM as well as the service providers involved will erase your data once they are no longer required for the purpose of their use, if you withdraw your consent with effect for the future or, as applicable, if all contractual regulations with our customers or statutory periods have ceased to apply. For more information, please also consult our Information on the cookies, social plug-ins and tracking technologies used. | |
Transfer to third countries | The information generated regarding your use of this website is also transferred to third countries and stored there. We may only transfer data to service providers in a third country if appropriate guarantees have been provided (standard data protection clauses adopted by the Commission or the supervisory authorities in a defined procedure) and enforceable rights and effective legal remedies are available. For further information, particularly on the place and duration of storage, please consult our Information on the cookies, social plug-ins and tracking technologies used. | |
Provision mandatory or required | The provision of your personal data is made in a voluntary manner solely based on your consent. Without such consent, you cannot use our websites. | |
Profiling | Using the web analysis, re-marketing and tracking tools, we can assess the behaviour of visitors to the website and analyse their interests. In this connection, we prepare a pseudonymous user profile. | |
Withdrawal of the consent | For details of the opt-out options applied as part of the web analysis and tracking tools, please consult our information on cookies and tracking technologies used. | |
Social media plug-ins |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | We would like to offer this option to those visitors of our website who prefer using social media plug-ins. Please note that in using social media services, the social media services may determine and further process data including but not limited to:
If you are logged in to the social media service, there is the possibility that the provider may find out your user name and perhaps also your real name from such data. The data determined by the provider may also be processed outside the European Union. The trade fair company has no impact on the purpose, the type and the scope of the processing of such data by the social media service provider. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that the data enable the provider of the social media service to prepare both pseudonymised and personalised user profiles. | |
Recipients of the data | For more details on the technical functioning of the plug-ins used and information on how you can prevent the data transfer, please consult our information on the cookies, social media plug-ins and tracking technologies used.
Not all providers are activated on each web page of GHM. You can identify activated providers by their logo on our web pages and/or if a Google Map has been integrated on the page. | |
Storage duration | For details on the storage duration of the technologies used in connection with such plug-ins, please consult our information on the cookies, social media plug-ins and tracking technologies used. | |
Transfer to third countries | As a rule, the information generated regarding your use of this website is transferred to a server of the relevant provider in the USA and stored there. We may only transfer data to service providers in a third country if appropriate guarantees have been provided (standard data protection clauses adopted by the Commission or the supervisory authorities in a defined procedure) and enforceable rights and effective legal remedies are available. For details please consult our information on the cookies, social media plug-ins and tracking technologies used. | |
Provision mandatory or required | The provision of your personal data is made in a voluntary manner solely based on your consent. Without such consent, you cannot use our websites. | |
Profiling | In using some plug-ins, we can assess the behaviour of visitors to the website and analyse their interests. In this connection, we prepare a pseudonymous user profile. | |
Withdrawal of the consent | For details of the opt-out options, please consult our information on cookies and tracking technologies used. | |
Registration for the online purchase of trade fair tickets or redemption of a voucher and the following visitor mailing |
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Purpose, data categories, legal basis | Visitor registration is voluntary. If you do not wish to register, you may purchase your tickets without providing your personal data. | |
Recipients of the data | We host your data on our own servers.
GHM will not transfer any other information to third parties, e.g. information on main areas of interest provided voluntarily. To governmental institutions and authorities, personal data will be transferred only as required under legal obligations or court orders. | |
Transfer to third countries | Due to the high level of international attendance of our trade fairs, data (especially in the case of voucher use) regarding the payment of costs for a fair visitor will be transferred from the relevant country of a GHM agency abroad in cooperation with Messe München, as well as to exhibitors also from countries outside the EU and the EEA. Here you can find a list of the agencies abroad. | |
Data Security | For the purpose of data security, GHM uses state-of-the-art data processing technologies. Your data will be stored in a visitor database with an external service provider. | |
Storage duration | GHM uses your data to issue a ticket and promote our events in visitor mailings. Of course, GHM will erase your data once they are no longer required for the purpose of their use, if you objected to the processing and/or all contractual regulations with our customers or statutory periods have ceased to apply. | |
Provision mandatory or required | The provision of your personal data is made on a voluntary basis. It is required to complete the online registration of the ticket. | |
Withdrawal of consent | You may withdraw your consent to the receipt of visitor mailings at any time. Please send us your notice of withdrawal in text form (“Textform” as defined in the German Civil Code) to the following email address: datenschutz@ghm.de or use the link indicated in each visitor mailing to opt out. | |
Category: |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | The description of this processing activity shall only apply to the website of the following fair: Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM). | |
Recipients of the data | Any transfer of your data will only be made subject to defined conditions and for very specific purposes as described in more detail below:
GHM will not transfer any other information to third parties, e.g. information on main areas of interest provided voluntarily. To governmental institutions and authorities, personal data will be transferred only as required under legal obligations or court orders. | |
Storage duration | GHM uses your data for your participation in the competition. Of course, GHM will erase your data once they are no longer required for the purpose of their use, if you withdraw your consent and/or all contractual regulations with our customers or statutory periods have ceased to apply. | |
Data security | For GHM, the security of your data and transactions has top priority. Therefore, we encrypt all information transferred during a session by 2048-bit SSL encryption. | |
Provision mandatory or required | You provide your personal data in a voluntary manner solely based on your consent. Without your consent, however, you cannot take part in the competition. | |
Withdrawal of consent | You may withdraw your consent with effect for the future at any time. | |
Registration as exhibitor (online exhibitor directory, incl. areas with restricted access) |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | In the following, we describe which personal data we collect and the purposes for which we use them whenever you use our exhibitor booking portal. | |
Recipients of the data | Any transfer of your data will only be made subject to defined conditions and for very specific purposes as described in more detail below: | |
Storage duration | GHM and our service providers, respectively, will use your data for the purposes of the booking portal only. Of course, GHM will erase your data if you withdraw your consent, once they are no longer required for the purpose of their use and/or all contractual regulations with our customers or statutory periods have ceased to apply. | |
Provision mandatory or required | You provide your personal data on a voluntary basis. They are required to register you as exhibitor in our portals and to carry out bookings. | |
Withdrawal of consent | You may withdraw your consent to the participation in customer surveys with effect for the future at any time. | |
Press accreditation |
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Purpose, data categories and legal basis | As a member of the press, you may obtain your accreditation from us as defined in our accreditation policy. To this end, we save your first name and last name, your company, as well as your contact data (incl. email address) in our press database. As an accredited press member, you will receive a press ticket as well as access to our press centre and press car park. | |
Recipients of the data | Any transfer of your data will only be made subject to defined conditions and for very specific purposes as described in more detail below:
GHM will not transfer any other information to third parties, e.g. information on main areas of interest provided voluntarily. To governmental institutions and authorities, personal data will be transferred only as required under legal obligations or court orders. | |
Storage duration |
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Provision mandatory or required | You provide your personal data in a voluntary manner solely based on your press accreditation. Without such data, you cannot obtain accreditation. | |
Withdrawal of consent | You may withdraw your consent to receiving further press information with effect for the future at any time. |
3. Which are your data protection rights?
Each data subject has the right to:
- obtain information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
- rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
- erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
- restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
- object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, as well as
- data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR.
The right to obtain information and the right to rectification are subject to the restrictions defined in sec. 34 and sec. 35 BDSG (German Federal Data Protection Act).
You may withdraw any consent given to us for the processing of personal data at any time. This also applies to the withdrawal of declarations of consent given to us prior to the application of the General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. prior to 25 May 2018. Please note that the withdrawal will be effective for the future only. Any processing conducted prior to the withdrawal will not be affected.
Moreover, there is a right to complain with a competent data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with sec. 19 BDSG). A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with addresses is available at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
4. Information on data security
We only handle personal data to the extent possible under data protection provisions. In doing so, we also endeavour to take all required technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data in an appropriate manner against unauthorised access and abuse at any time.
Where we store or process personal data, this will occur within our own computing centre. To protect the security of your data when they are transferred, we use encryption techniques (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS. Our servers are protected by a firewall and anti-virus software. Back-ups as well as role concepts and authorisation concepts are a matter of course to us.
Our employees are subject to the commitment to observe the regulations of the GDPR and the BDSG in handling data.
5. Modifications of our data protection provisions
We reserve our right to bring this Privacy Statement into line with the current legal requirements as applicable from time to time or to reflect modifications of our services in the Privacy Statement, e.g. on the occasion of launching new services. The new Privacy Statement will then apply to your next visit.
6. Links
The websites of GHM contain links to other websites. We check such direct links with reasonable care. GHM is not responsible for the contents of websites accessible via links on our website. Moreover, GHM is not responsible for the contents of websites referring to us.
As at: 23 May 2018
Information on your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Right to object in the individual case
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR (data processing based on weighing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 (4) GDPR.
If you lodge an objection, we will discontinue the processing of your personal data, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for such processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or unless such processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
The objection may be made informally indicating “Objection” as the subject and your name, address and email address and should be addressed to:
GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH
Paul-Wassermann-Str. 5
81829 München
T +49 89 189 149 0
F +49 89 189 149 239
Email: datenschutz@ghm.de
Information on the cookies, social plug-ins and tracking technologies used
Hereafter we inform you about which web analysis, re-marketing- and tracking tools we use on our websites (web tracking, advertising, cookies, plug-ins, etc.), how they work and how you can object to the processing of your personal data in detail or, as the case may be, how you can erase the personal data collected in the process. For more information, please consult our Privacy Statement.
I. Use of cookies
In some parts, “cookies” are used on our websites. This standard technology is based on small text files which are stored on the device you use, helping to make your visit to a website more convenient or more secure, among other things. Cookies may also have the function to better adapt the offer on a website to the interests of the visitors or to improve it in general terms based on statistical evaluations.
You may decide yourself whether the browser you use should or should not allow cookies. Please note that the functionality of websites may be reduced or even disabled if cookies are not allowed.
Deletion of cookies
You may delete individual or all cookies by way of your browser settings. Moreover, you can obtain information and instructions on how to delete such cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you can find the required information at the following links:
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE
List of cookies
If you allow us to use cookies by way of your browser settings or your consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Overview of the cookies on the relevant website
Name | Purpose | Expiry | Recipient country | Website | Recipient |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
_gali | Analysis | End of session | Germany | dach-holz.com | GHM |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
_pk_id# | Analysis | 1 year | Germany | dach-holz.com | Piwik |
_pk_ses# | Analysis | End of session | Germany | dach-holz.com | Piwik |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
NID | Analysis | 6 months | Netherlands | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
r/collect | Advertising | End of session | United States | dach-holz.com | Google LLC |
cookieconsent_dismissed | Content | 1 year |
| dach-holz.com | GHM |
piwik.php | Analysis | End of session | Germany | dach-holz.com | Piwik |
test | Analysis | End of session | Germany | dach-holz.com | Piwik |
fe_typo_user | Content | End of session | Germany | eltec.info | GHM |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
_ga | Advertising | 2 years | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
_gid | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
collect | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
IDE | Advertising | 2 years | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
r/collect | Advertising | End of session | United States | eltec.info | Google LLC |
test_cookie | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
stg_externalReferrer | Advertising | 99 years | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
stg_last_interaction | Advertising | 99 years | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
stg_returning_visitor | Advertising | 99 years |
| eltec.info | Google LLC |
stg_traffic_source_priority | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | eltec.info | Google LLC |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
NID | Analysis | 6 months | Netherlands | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
r/collect | Analysis | End of session | United States | faf-messe.de | Google LLC |
cookieconsent_dismissed | Content | 1 year |
| faf-messe.de | GHM |
PHPSESSID | Preserves the user’s states in all cases of page requests | End of session | Germany | faf-messe.de | GHM |
fe_typo_user | Analysis | End of session | Germany | ghm.de | GHM |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ghm.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | ghm.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ghm.de | Google LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ghm.de | Google LLC |
r/collect | Analysis | End of session | United States | ghm.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
ads/user-lists/# | Advertising | End of session | United States | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
IDE | Advertising | 2 years | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
NID | Analysis | 6 months | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
test_cookie | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
r/collect | Analysis | End of session | United States | ihm.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | ihm.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
test_cookie | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
IDE | Advertising | 2 years | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
cookieconsent_dismissed | Content | 1 year |
| ihm.de | GHM |
fr | Advertising | 3 months | United States | ihm.de | Facebook Inc. |
tr | Advertising | End of session | United States | ihm.de | Facebook Inc. |
bmp | Advertising | 13 days | Germany | ihm.de | ngn |
currentLocale | Advertising | End of session | Germany | ihm.de | ngn |
rid | Advertising | End of session | Germany | ihm.de | ngn |
_gac_UA-# | Advertising | 3 months | Netherlands | ihm.de | Google LLC |
uid | Advertising | 29 days | Germany | ihm.de | ngn |
ads/user-lists/# | Advertising | End of session | United States | ifh-intherm.de | Google LLC |
fe_typo_user | Content | End of session | Germany | opti.de | GHM |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | opti.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | opti.de | Google LLC |
_gali | Content | End of session | Germany | opti.de | GHM |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | opti.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | opti.de | Google LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | opti.de | Google LLC |
NID | Analysis | 6 months | Netherlands | opti.de | Google LLC |
r/collect | Analysis | End of session | United States | opti.de | Google LLC |
fe_typo_user | Content | End of session | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | GHM |
uid | Advertising | 29 days | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | ngn |
@@History/@@scroll|# | Advertising | Permanent | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | ngn |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | heim-handwerk.de | Google LLC |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | heim-handwerk.de | Google LLC |
_gac_UA-# | Analysis | 3 months | Netherlands | heim-handwerk.de | Google LLC |
ads/ga-audiences | Analysis | End of session | United States | heim-handwerk.de | Google LLC |
bmp | Advertising | 13 days | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | ngn |
cookieconsent_dismissed | Content | 1 year |
| heim-handwerk.de | GHM |
currentLocale | Advertising | End of session | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | ngn |
rid | Advertising | End of session | Germany | heim-handwerk.de | ngn |
fe_typo_user | Content | End of session | Germany | iba.de | GHM |
uid | Advertising | 29 days | Germany | iba.de | ngn |
@@History/@@scroll|# | Content | Permanent | Germany | iba.de | GHM |
_dc_gtm_UA-# | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
_ga | Analysis | 2 years | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
_gali | Content | End of session | Germany | iba.de | GHM |
_gat | Analysis | End of session | Germany | iba.de | Google LLC |
_gid | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
_kuid_ | Advertising | 179 days | Ireland | iba.de | Perfect Privacy LLC |
collect | Analysis | End of session | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
IDE | Advertising | 2 years | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
mako_uid | Advertising | 1 year | Singapore | iba.de | Eyeota |
match/bounce | Advertising | End of session | Germany | iba.de | Eyeota |
NID | Advertising | 6 months | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
ONPLFTRH | Advertising | End of session | Germany | iba.de | Eyeota |
r/collect | Advertising | End of session | United States | iba.de | Google LLC |
TDCPM | Advertising | 1 year | United States | iba.de | Trade Desk Inc |
TDID | Advertising | 1 year | United States | iba.de | Trade Desk Inc |
test_cookie | Advertising | End of session | Netherlands | iba.de | Google LLC |
uid | Advertising | 2 months | Denmark | iba.de | AdForm Germany GmbH |
UserID1 | Advertising | 179 days | Germany | iba.de | ADITION technologies AG |
uuid2 | Advertising | 3 months | Denmark | iba.de | AppNexus Inc. |
vdnaWidgetMC | Advertising | 3 months | Ireland | iba.de | Imagini Europe Ltd |
bmp | Advertising | 13 days | Germany | iba.de | ngn |
conversion | Advertising | End of session | Ireland | iba.de | Imagini Europe Ltd |
currentLocale | Advertising | End of session | Germany | iba.de | ngn |
rid | Advertising | End of session | Germany | iba.de | ngn |
wfivefivec | Advertising | 13 months | Germany | iba.de | DataXu |
II. Use of tracking, re-marketing and web analysis technologies
Adform
On our website, we use a web tracking service of Adform Germany GmbH, Gr. Burstah 50-52, 20457 Hamburg, DE (hereinafter: Adform). As part of its web tracking, Adform uses cookies that are stored on your computer, enabling us to analyse the use of our website and your surfing behaviour (so-called “tracking”). We conduct this analysis based on the tracking service of Adform so as to continue optimising our Internet offer and improve its availability. When our website is used, data including in particular your IP address and your user activities are therefore transferred to the servers of Adform and processed and stored within the European Union. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the Adform privacy policy: https://site.adform.com/privacy-policy-opt-out/. You may prevent the collection and transfer of personal data (particularly your IP address) as well as the processing of such data by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com) or by activating the “Do Not Track” setting of your browser.
AppNexus/Adnxs.com
On our website, we use a web tracking service of AppNexus Inc., 28 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, USA (hereinafter: AppNexus/Adnxs.com). As part of its web tracking, AppNexus/Adnxs.com uses cookies that are stored on your computer, enabling us to analyse the use of our website and your surfing behaviour (so-called “tracking”). We conduct this analysis based on the tracking service of AppNexus/Adnxs.com so as to continue optimising our Internet offer and improve its availability. When our website is used, data including in particular your IP address and your user activities are therefore transferred to the servers of AppNexus/Adnxs.com and processed and stored within the European Union. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of AppNexus/Adnxs.com: https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy. You may prevent the collection and transfer of personal data (particularly your IP address) as well as the processing of such data by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com) or by activating the “Do Not Track” setting of your browser.
DataXu- w55c.net
The services of DataXu GmbH (www.dataxu.com) are designed to collect statistical data on the use of the web offer in order to optimise advertising for you accordingly. To do so, anonymised browser data are collected in the form of Internet cookies and analysed. The collection of any personal data which could identify the visitor as an individual is expressly refrained from. For more information on the use and processing of data, please consult the privacy policy of DataXu GmbH at https://www.dataxu.com/about-us/privacy
You may object to the collection and storage of data by DataXu GmbH with effect for the future at http://www.youronlinechoices.com at any time.
DoubleClick
A web service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, CA 94043 Mountain View, USA (hereinafter: DoubleClick) is downloaded to our website. We use those data to ensure the full functionality of our website. In this connection, your browser will transfer personal data to DoubleClick, if applicable. DoubleClick has obtained its own certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (cf. https://www.privacyshield.gov/list). The data will be erased once the purpose of their collection has been achieved. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of DoubleClick: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You may prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by DoubleClick by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com)
Eyeota
Eyeota is provided by Eyeota Pte Ltd, 1 Primrose St, London EC2A 2EX, GB.
This tool allows you to object to the collection and/or evaluation of your data by downloading or setting and storing the opt-out cookie available at the following link: http://www.eyeota.com/privacy-policy/
Facebook Re-marketing/Re-targeting
Re-marketing tags of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated on our websites. When you visit our website, the re-marketing tags establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. In this manner, Facebook receives information that you visited our website with your IP address. This allows Facebook to allocate the visit to our websites to your user account. We can use the information so obtained for the display of Facebook ads. Please note that we as the providers of the websites have no knowledge of the contents of the data transferred or their use by Facebook. For further information, please consult the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not wish data to be collected via Custom Audience, you may deactivate Custom Audiences here.
Conversion measurement with the visitor action pixel of Facebook
With your consent, we use the “visitor action pixel” of Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) on our website. It helps us to track user actions once they have seen or clicked a Facebook advertisement. In doing so, we can record the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical purposes and market research purposes. The data so recorded are anonymous to us, i.e. we cannot see the personal data of individual users. Those data, however, are stored and processed by Facebook, of which we inform you as far as we have knowledge thereof. Facebook may also link such data to your Facebook account and use them for its own advertising purposes in conformity with the data usage policy of Facebook https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You may enable Facebook and its partners to show advertisements inside and outside of Facebook. Moreover, a cookie may be stored on your computer for this purpose.
Only users aged 13 or older may give such consent. If you are younger, kindly ask your parent or legal guardian for advice.
Please click here if you wish to withdraw your consent.
A web service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, CA 94043 Mountain View, USA (hereinafter: Google) is downloaded to our website. We use those data to ensure the full functionality of our website. In this connection, your browser will transfer personal data to Google, if applicable. Google has obtained its own certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (cf. https://www.privacyshield.gov/list). The data will be erased once the purpose of their collection has been achieved. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You may prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
Googletagmanager.com
A web service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, CA 94043 Mountain View, USA (hereinafter: Googletagmanager.com) is downloaded to our website. We use those data to ensure the full functionality of our website. In this connection, your browser will transfer personal data to Googletagmanager.com, if applicable. Googletagmanager.com has obtained its own certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (cf. https://www.privacyshield.gov/list). The data will be erased once the purpose of their collection has been achieved.
For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of Googletagmanager.com: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You may prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by Googletagmanager.com by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices
A web service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, CA 94043 Mountain View, USA (hereinafter: Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices) is downloaded to our website. We use those data to ensure the full functionality of our website. In this connection, your browser will transfer personal data to Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices, if applicable. Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices has obtained its own certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (cf. https://www.privacyshield.gov/list). The data will be erased once the purpose of their collection has been achieved. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You may prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by Googletagmanager.com/Googletagservices by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
gstatic
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies”, i.e. text files stored on your computer, enabling the analysis of your use of the website. As a rule, the information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. On our website, IP addresses are generally anonymised automatically by Google by way of truncation. Only in exceptional cases will IP addresses be transferred to Google servers in the USA where they are anonymised by way of truncation. On the instruction of the operator of this website, Google will use such information to evaluate your use of the website, prepare reports about website activities, and provide further services to the website operator associated with the use of the website and of the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in applying Google Analytics will not be combined with other data of Google. You may prevent the storing of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; nevertheless, please note that in such a case you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Moreover, you may prevent the recording of data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and their processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.
As an alternative to the browser add-on described above or in browsers on mobile devices, you may stop tracking by Google Analytics on our websites by clicking this link. This will entail the storing of an opt-out cookie on your device. It will prevent the future data collection by Google Analytics on this website or in this browser for as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
Krxd.net
A web service of Perfect Privacy, LLC., 12808 Gran Bay Parkway West, FL 32258 Jacksonville, USA (hereinafter: Krxd.net) is downloaded to our website. If you have activated JavaScript in your browser and no JavaScript blocker has been installed, your browser will transfer personal data to Krxd.net, if applicable. For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of Krxd.net: https://assets.web.com/legal/English/PrivacyPolicy.pdf. You may prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by Krxd.net by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
We use our order processor for the websites specified in the Privacy Statement to analyse the use of and to continue improving our website. By way of the statistics obtained, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as user.
For such evaluation, cookies will be stored on your computer. The service provider of GHM will store information so collected exclusively on a server within the EU.
You can prevent the evaluation by activating the “Do Not Track” setting in your browser and by deleting existing cookies.
If you prevent the storing of cookies, please note that as a result, you may not be able to fully use our websites.
IP addresses are processed in a truncated condition, which means that such addresses can in no event be directly associated with a person. The IP address transferred by your browser using Matomo will not be combined with other data collected by our service provider.
Matomo is an open-source project. For privacy information of the third-party provider, please consult https://matomo.org/privacy-policy.
The Trade Desk
This website uses a technology of The Trade Desk Inc., 42 N. Chestnut St, Ventura, CA 93001, USA. Information on the surfing behaviour of the website visitors are collected in a purely anonymised form for marketing purposes. To this end, cookies are set. In doing so, no personal data are collected or stored. You may object at any time to the processing of the cookie data generated by The Trade Desk at www.adsrvr.org/opt-out.html. For further information of The Trade Desk on data privacy, please consult www.thetradedesk.com/general/privacy-policy.
VisualDNA
On our website, we use a web tracking service of Imagini Europe Ltd, 54 – 56 Camden Lock Place, NW1 8AF London, GB (hereinafter: VisualDNA). As part of its web tracking, VisualDNA uses cookies that are stored on your computer, enabling the analysis of the use of our website and your surfing behaviour (so-called tracking). We conduct this analysis based on the tracking services of VisualDNA to continue optimising our Internet offer and improve its availability. When our website is used, data including in particular your IP address and your user activities are therefore transferred to the servers of VisualDNA and processed and stored within the European Union. The data will be erased once the purpose of their collection has been achieved. For further information on the handling of the transferred data, please consult the privacy policy of VisualDNA: https://www.visualdna.com/privacy-policy/. You may prevent the collection and transfer of personal data (particularly your IP address) as well as the processing of such data by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, installing a script blocker in your browser (this is available from e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com) or by activating the „Do Not Track“ setting of your browser.
Use of social media applications
Social plug-ins of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Xing etc.
For those visitors of our website who intend to use social media plug-ins, we would like to offer this option. Please note that when you use social media services, the following data may be gathered and further processed by such social media services, e.g.:
- the address of the website where the activated social media plug-in is located
- the date and time of access to the website or, as applicable, activation of the social media plug-in
- your current IP address
- information on the browser and the operating system used
If you are logged in to the social media service, there is the possibility that the provider may find out your user name and perhaps also your real name from such data. The data determined by the provider may also be processed outside the European Union. The trade fair company has no impact on the purpose, the type and the scope of the processing of such data by the social media service provider. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that the data enable the provider of the social media service to prepare both pseudonymised and personalised user profiles.
On our websites, we offer the option of using so-called “SocialPlug-ins” of the following companies:
- Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA;
- “Tweet” button of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA;
- “+1” button of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;
- “Recommended-Button” of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;
- “Share-Button” of XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany;
- Instagram of Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
To protect your data, we rely on the “Shariff” solution in the implementation of such plug-ins. Its purpose is to show the plug-ins on the website only as graphics containing a link to the respective website of the plug-in provider. By clicking on the graphics, you will be redirected to the relevant services of the providers. Only then will your data be sent to the appropriate services. If you do not click on the graphics, there will be no exchange between you and any of the aforementioned social networks.
For information on the collection and the use of your data in social networks, please consult the applicable terms of use of the respective provider. Here you can find more information on the Shariff solution.
Not all providers are activated on each web page of GHM. You can identify activated providers by their logo on our web pages and/or if a Google Map has been integrated on the page.
Integration of Vimeo and YouTube videos
(1) We have integrated YouTube videos on some of our web pages; these videos are stored on https://www.youtube.com and can be viewed directly from our website.
(2) As a result of the visit to the web page, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed a sub-page of our website. Moreover, the data referred to in paragraph (3) are transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account you can use to log in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly linked to the account. If you do not wish the link to your YouTube profile, you will need to log out prior to activating the button. YouTube saves your data as user profiles for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the adaptation of the website in line with demand by way of Google DoubleClick. You have the right to object to the creation of user profiles, which you have to exercise vis-à-vis YouTube.
(3) For more information on the purpose and the scope of data collection and processing of such data by YouTube, please consult the privacy policies of the provider. There you will also find more information on your rights and setting options in this respect to protect your privacy. https//:www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google processes your data in the USA and has committed itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield. https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
On some of our websites, we also use the video provider Vimeo, Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. The use of the data of your browser is required to provide the video service. In this respect, we refer to the privacy policies of Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
Vimeo guarantees that it will comply with the Privacy Shield requirements. You can find more information here.
Use of Google Maps
On this website, we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Through this application, we can show you interactive maps directly on the website, offering you the convenient use of the map function.
As a result of the visit to the web page, Google receives the information that you have accessed a sub-page of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account you can use to log in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly linked to your account. If you do not wish the link to your Google profile, you will need to log out from Google prior to activating the button. Google saves your data as user profiles for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the adaptation of its website. Such an analysis is made particularly (even for users that are not logged in) to provide personalised advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right to object to the creation of such user profiles, which you have to exercise vis-à-vis Google.
If you do not wish Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you may deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In such a case, however, you cannot or not fully use our websites.
For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing of such data by the plug-in provider, please consult the privacy policies of the provider. There you will also find more information on your rights and setting options in this respect to protect your privacy. http:www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google processes your data in the USA and has committed itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
As at: 23 May 2018 - The information is subject to changes.