As a user of our website, you will receive all the necessary information in this privacy policy about how, to what extent, and for what purpose we or third-party providers collect data from you and use it. The collection and use of your data are strictly in accordance with the provisions 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 work strictly within the limits set by legal requirements. The collection of these personal data occurs on a voluntary basis, whenever possible. We also pass on this data to third parties only with your express consent. We always ensure high security by using SSL encryption.

1. Access, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right to free information about your personal data stored by us at any time, as well as its origin, the recipient, and the purpose of data collection and processing. Additionally, you have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of your data. This excludes data that is kept due to legal obligations or is necessary for proper business transactions. To ensure that data can be blocked at any time, data is kept for control purposes in a block file. If data is not subject to a statutory retention obligation, we will delete your data upon your request. If the retention obligation applies, we will block your data. For all questions and concerns about the correction, blocking, or deletion of personal data, please contact our data protection officer using the contact details in this privacy policy or the address mentioned in the legal notice.

2. Server Log Files

Server log files are data collected when you access our website. This information is technically indispensable for the delivery and presentation 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. The collected data is stored for a maximum of 1 year.

The data is stored for security reasons, for example, to be able to clarify cases of abuse. If data must be retained for evidentiary reasons, it is exempt from deletion until the incident has been definitively resolved.

3. Cookies

This website complies with the obligation to inform about the use of cookies. Cookies make internet pages more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Text files with information points based on user activities are temporarily stored in the user’s browser. Visiting preferences and website settings can thus be defined and stored. The stored cookies can be viewed and managed for each website:

Chrome: Click on the lock (for SSL-certified pages) or the information symbol (i) next to the address bar. Select ‘Cookies’ for display and management.

Firefox: Click on the icon to the left of the web address at the top left. Follow the click field to the right and select “More Information.” Cookie management is under “Privacy & History.”

Internet Explorer: Select the “Tools” button > “Internet Options” behind the gear icon. Click the “Privacy” tab. Under Settings, you will find the “Advanced” point with the management options for cookies.

By storing cookies, this homepage allows for content and structural adaptation to the individual visitor needs. Website settings are temporarily stored and retrieved on a subsequent visit. With the application of the GDPR 2018, webmasters are obliged to comply with the published regulation at //eu-datenschutz.org/ and to inform their users accordingly about the collection and analysis of data. The legality of processing is justified in Chapter 2, Article 6 of the GDPR.

4. SSL Encryption

Our website uses SSL encryption when it comes to the transmission of confidential or personal content of our users. This encryption is activated, for example, for inquiries that you send to us via our website. Please make sure that the SSL encryption is activated from your side during such activities. The use of encryption is easy to recognize: The display in your browser line changes from “//” to “//”. Data encrypted via SSL is not readable by third parties. Transmit your confidential information only with activated SSL encryption and contact us in case of doubt.

5. Use of 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 deactivated when you visit our website. Only when you actively consent, your usage behavior is recorded anonymously. Cookies are used for this purpose. The information generated by the cookie about the website usage is summarized in pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable a needs-based design of our website.

Matomo records the following information by default: user IP address, date and time of the request, title of the visited page, URL of the visited page, URL of the page visited before the current page, used screen resolution, time in the user’s local timezone, files that were clicked and downloaded, links to an external domain that were clicked, page generation time, user’s location: country, region, city, approximate geographic latitude and longitude, main language of the browser used, user agent of the browser used.

The information is not passed on to third parties. In no case is the IP address linked with other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). More information on Matomo’s terms of use and privacy regulations can be found at: //matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy/.

6. Contact Forms

Our website has contact forms. Through them, you can send us messages or request information. Your entries are technically sent as an email to us.

The personal data that you provide to us in the context of this inquiry are used for the provision of the requested file and the delivery of relevant information about products and services by ppi Media or for contact and are used for the associated technical administration. There is no transfer to third parties. Long-term storage only occurs within the framework of initiating a business relationship.

Our website uses SSL encryption when it comes to the transmission of confidential or personal content of our users.

7. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact:

Data Protection Officer

Dirk Behrsing
+49 431 5353 297
Deliusstraße. 10, 24114 Kiel
datenschutz@ppimedia.de