As a user of our website, you will receive all the necessary information in this privacy statement about how, to what extent and for what purpose we or third parties collect and use data from you. Your data is collected and used in strict accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We are particularly committed to the confidentiality of your personal data and therefore operate strictly within the limits set by law. Personal data is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. We only pass this information on to third parties with your express consent. We always ensure a high level of security by using SSL encryption.
1.Information, deletion, locking
You will receive free information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time, as well as on the origin, recipient and the purpose of data collection and processing. You also have the right to ask for your data to be corrected, locked or deleted. This excludes data that is stored due to legal regulations or is required for the proper conduct of business. To be able to lock data at any time, it is always stored in a lock file for control purposes. We delete data that does not fall under any statutory archiving obligation if requested by you. If an archiving obligation applies, we will lock your data. For all questions and concerns regarding the correction, locking or deletion of personal data, please contact our data protection officer or the data protection coordinator as stated in the contact details of this data protection statement or the address given in the imprint.
2. Server log files
Server log files are data that are collected when you access our website. For technical reasons, this information is indispensable for the delivery and display of our content.
The following data is logged for all our websites: Date and time of access, the amount of data, the browser used for access and its version, the operating system used and your IP address.
For the URL https://ppimedia.de, the IP address is stored in anonymized form as well as all other collected data for a maximum of 7 days.
For the URLs https://dal-ppimedia.com/, https://webinar.ppimedia.com/, https://content-x.de/, https://tohoop.de/, https://cxepaper.de/, https://ppidays.de/ and https://cxlayouttools.com to which these data protection provisions also apply, the data collected will be stored for a maximum of 1 year.
The data is stored for security reasons, e.g. to be able to clarify cases of misuse. If data must be retained for evidentiary reasons, it is exempt from deletion until the incident has been finally clarified.
3. Cookies
This website complies with the obligation to notify users of the use of cookies. Using cookies makes web pages more user-friendly, effective and secure. Text files with information points based on user activities are stored in the user’s browser temporarily. Website preferences and settings can thus be defined and saved. The saved cookies can be viewed and managed for each individual website:
Chrome: Click on the lock next to the address bar at the top (for SSL certified pages) or the information icon (i). Select cookies to delete or block the used cookies.
Firefox: Click on the icon in the upper left corner next to the web address. Follow the field to the right and click on “Further information”. You can find the cookie management under “Data Protection & History”.
Internet Explorer: Behind the cogwheel icon, click on “Extras” > “Internet Options”. Click on the “Data Protection” tab. You will find the options to manage cookies under “Settings > Advanced”.
By saving cookies you allow this homepage to adapt its content and structure to the individual needs of users. Website settings are stored for a limited time and are retrieved when you access the website again. With the application of the GDPR 2018, webmasters are obliged to follow the basic regulation published under https://eu-datenschutz.org/ and to inform their users accordingly about the collection and evaluation of data. The lawfulness of the processing is described in Chapter 2, Art.6 of the GDPR.
4. SSL encryption
Our website uses SSL encryption whenever confidential or personal information of our users is transmitted. For example, this encryption is activated when processing payments and for requests that you make to us through our website. Please make sure that SSL encryption is activated from your end in these situations. The use of encryption is easy to recognize: The display in your browser line changes from “http://” to “https://”. SSL encrypted data cannot be read by third parties. Only submit your confidential information when the SSL encryption is activated and contact us in case of any doubt.
5. Using Matomo
We use Matomo for web analysis and statistical evaluation of the use of the website, a service of InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, NZBN 6106769, (“Matomo”) using cookie technology. Matomo is disabled when you visit our website. Only if you actively agree, your usage behavior will be recorded anonymously. Cookies are used for this purpose.
Matomo will by default track the following information: User IP address, date and time of the request, title of the page being viewed, URL of the page being viewed, URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page, screen resolution being used, time in local user’s timezone, files that were clicked and downloaded, links to an outside domain that were clicked, pages generation time, location of the user: country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude, main language of the browser being used, user agent of the browser being used.
The information generated by the cookie about website usage is summarized in pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable us to design our website to meet your needs. The information will not be passed on to third parties. Under no circumstances is the IP address associated with other user-related data. The IP addresses are made anonymous, so that an assignment is not possible (IP-Masking). Further information about the Matomo terms of use and the data protection regulations can be found at: https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy/.
6. Contact forms
Our website has contact forms. You can use them to send us messages or request information. Your input is technically sent to us as an e-mail.
The personal data that you provide in the context of this request is used for the provision of the requested file and the delivery of relevant information on products and services by ppi Media or for contacting you and is used for the related technical administration. Data will not be passed on to third parties. Long-term storage only takes place in the context of an initiating business relationship.
Our website uses SSL encryption when transmitting confidential or personal content of our users.
7. Newsletter
To send our newsletter we use the software Newsletter2Go. Your data will be transmitted to Newsletter2Go GmbH. Newsletter2Go is not allowed to sell your data or use it for other purposes than for sending newsletters. Newsletter2Go is a German, certified provider, which was selected according to the requirements of the Data Protection Basic Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act Further information can be found here: https://www.newsletter2go.de/informationen-newsletter-empfaenger/Die You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. via the “unsubscribe”-link in the newsletter The data protection measures are always subject to technical innovations for this reason we ask you to inform yourself about our data protection measures at regular intervals by consulting our privacy policy.
8. Online applications
If you send us an online application, your application documents will be transferred to us in a secure manner, saved on our internal application system and not passed on to third parties. Applications submitted via e-mail are deleted after 5 months of storage time.
9. Contact
If you have any questions regarding this privacy statement, please contact:
Data Protection Officer
Dirk Behrsing
+49 431 5353 297
datenschutz@ppimedia.de