Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Responsible Party

1.1 We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

1.2 The person responsible for the data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is 740 Art&Event UG (limited liability), Burgstr. 12, 49808 Lingen (Ems), Germany, tel: 01753779628, e-mail: info@dietattooexpo.de. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

 

2. Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 In the case of merely informational use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect such data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server logfiles"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to show you the website:

  • Our visited website

  • Date and time of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/reference from which you came to the page

  • Browser used

  • Operating system used

  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server logfiles if specific indications point to an unlawful use.

2.2. For security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or requests to the controller), this website uses an SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL- or SSL-. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock icon in your browser bar.

 

3. Hosting and Content Delivery Network

Wix

For the hosting of our website and the display of the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Data is also transferred to: Wix Inc., 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco, California 94158, USA

All data collected on our website is processed on the servers of the provider.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

When data is transferred to the provider location, an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

 

4. Cookies

In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), some of these cookies remain longer on your device and enable the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can see the storage duration of the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data are also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with art. 6 par. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of a given consent or in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance or the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally excluded.

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

 

5. Contact details

As part of contacting us (e.g. by contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, there is an additional legal basis for the processing art. 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the affected facts have been finally clarified and if no statutory storage obligations conflict.

 

6. Use of customer data for direct marketing

6.1 Subscription to our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. Mandatory information for sending the newsletter is only your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail, with which you will be asked to confirm by clicking on a corresponding link that you want to receive the newsletter in the future.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of the registration in order to be able to trace a possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for the purposes of advertising in the form of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by corresponding message to the responsible person mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately in our newsletter distributor, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve a further use of data, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

6.2 Advertising by letter post
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct marketing, we reserve the right to use your first and last name, your postal address and – to the extent that we have received this additional information from you within the framework of the contractual relationship – your title, academic degree, your year of birth and your professional, industry or business title in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR and to use it for sending interesting offers and information about our products by letter post.
You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time.

 

7. Side functionalities

7.1 Facebook plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are first deactivated by means of a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution integrated into the page.

This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is called up, no connection with the provider's servers is established.

Only when you activate the plugins and thus according to art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO grant your consent to the data transmission, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the provider. Here, regardless of a login into an existing user profile, information about your used device (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider to a certain extent and, if necessary, further processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions made via the plugins is also published there and displayed to your contacts.
You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking again. However, the revocation has no influence on the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data can also be transferred to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7.2 Instagram plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.

In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are first deactivated by means of a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution integrated into the page.

This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is called up, no connection with the provider's servers is established.

Only when you activate the plugins and thus according to art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO grant your consent to the data transmission, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the provider. Here, regardless of a login into an existing user profile, information about your used device (including your IP address), your browser and your page history is transmitted to the provider to a certain extent and, if necessary, further processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions made via the plugins is also published there and displayed to your contacts.
You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin by clicking again. However, the revocation has no influence on the data that has already been transferred to the provider.

Data can also be transferred: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7.3 Google Maps

This website uses an online map service provided by the following provider: Google Maps (API) of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (country) maps to visually display geographical information. Via the use of this service, our location is displayed to you and a possible journey is facilitated.

Already when accessing those subpages in which the map of Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to servers of Google and stored there, this may also lead to a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is a user account. When you are logged in to Google, your data is directly associated with your account. If you do not want to assign your profile to Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for unlogged users) as usage profiles and evaluates them.

The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interest in the insertion of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the formation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google for its exercise. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google as part of the use of Google Maps, it is also possible to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot be used.

As far as legally necessary, we have your consent for the above-described processing of your data in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described possibility to object.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7.4 Google Translate

This site uses the translation service "Google Translate" provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") via API integration. In order for the translation to be displayed automatically according to your choice of a national language, the browser you use connects to Google’s servers. Google uses the so-called "Gig". "Cookies" are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a server of Google and stored there, this may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

If personal data are processed, this is done in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in an accessible and universal accessibility of our Internet presence.

As far as legally necessary, we have your consent for the above-described processing of your data in accordance with art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, you deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European data protection level on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

 

8. Rights of the person concerned

8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (information and intervention rights) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, reference being made to the legal basis stated for the respective exercise requirements:

  • right of access in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;

  • Right to correction in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;

  • right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;

  • right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;

  • right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR;

  • the right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;

  • Right of revocation of consents granted in accordance with Art. 7 para 3 GDPR;

  • Right to complain pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

8.2 RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL

When we process your personal data in the context of an interest balance based on our overriding legitimate interest, you have to invoke the right of every time, for reasons resulting from your particular situation, against this processing with effect for the future.

Make use of your right of objection, let us stop processing the data in question. A further processing is reserved, however, if we can prove foreseeable protective reasons for processing that override your interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms, or if processing serves the purpose of exercising, exercising or defending legal claims.

WHEN THEIR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE PROCESSED BY US TO DIRECT ADVERTISE, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INVEST THE PROCESSING OF ANY PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING THE PROCESSING OF THAT ADVERTISEMENT.

Make use of your right of objection, we will stop the processing of the data concerned.

 

9. Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, on the processing purpose and – if applicable – additionally on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO, the affected data will be stored until you revoke your consent.

There are statutory retention periods for data collected under legal or similar obligations on the basis of art. 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR, these data are routinely deleted after expiry of the storage periods, provided they are no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or initiation of the contract and/or no legitimate interest in the further storage continues on our part.

When processing personal data on the basis of art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data will be stored until your right of objection according to art. 21, par. 1 GDPR, unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data will be stored until your right of objection according to art. 21 para 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data shall be erased if they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.