Privacy Agreement

We attach particular importance to the protection of your personal data, and therefore we process your personal data solely in compliance with the applicable personal data protection legislation.
Our website can in general be used without disclosure of any personal information. Gathering of personal data like name, address or e-mail, only happens with your voluntary action.
We point out that the data transfer via the internet (e.g. Sending of mails) can have security flaws. A flawless protection of data against the access of third parties is not possible.



Data handling on this website

We automatically gather and save log files which your browser is sending to us. These contain the browser type and version, the operating system used, referral URL and time of the server request. This data cannot be matched to any specific person. This data is not combined with other data in any way.



Data input

If the possibility to enter personal information arises on this website (E-mail, name, address etc.), the disclosure of this data is entirely voluntary from the user. The use and payment of all services provided is also possible without entering your information or using anonymized information or pseudonyms as long as it is technically possible and feasible. Using data from the legal notice or similiar information like address, phone, fax and e-mail address by third parties to send non-requested information is not permitted. We reserve the right to start legal actions against the sender of spam mails and all that break this prohibition.
No personal data is saved upon visit of this website except for the information you provided, that are important for contacting you. The companies of the DDI-Group save your personal data and use it to send invitation for events, provide entry tickets, send other information or contact you. Without your explicit agreement, no personal information will be sent to third parties by the companies of the DDI-group. External service provider that process information in our name (e.g. hotels, airlines etc.) are bound by contract in accordance to the Federal Data Protection Act and are therefore not qualified as third parties in terms of privacy. These service providers are explicitly prohibited from using your data in any other way then the original purpose.
The companies of the DDI-Group are obligated to treat your personal information or pseudonyms safely and to enact appropriate security measures to protect them from loss, misuse or falsification.
It is your choice how the companies of the DDI-Group handle your information. You may object to using your saved personal or pseudonym information at any time, request information about stored personal or pseudonym data or receive a copy. You may correct your stored information or update them, block or delete them.
If you have any questions, critique or comments about privacy, especially regarding insight into them, correcting or deleting personal data, please contact us through the Contact form. We will find appropiate steps to make you happy.



Liability for Links

Our offer includes links to external third party websites. We have no influence on the contents of those websites, therefore we cannot guarantee for those contents. Providers or administrators of linked websites are always responsible for their own contents. The linked websites had been checked for possible violations of law at the time of the establishment of the link. Illegal contents were not detected at the time of the linking. A permanent monitoring of the contents of linked websites cannot be imposed without reasonable indications that there has been a violation of law. Illegal links will be removed immediately at the time we get knowledge of them.



Newsletter

We need your e-mail address if you want to receive the newsletter we provide. You can cancel your subscription at any time free of charge by using the link the newsletter.



Right of Access

We are happy to provide details about if and which personal information we might have stored about you. By the requirements of the GDPR you have a right to correct, lock or delete this data. Upon request we can provide access to our public procedure index in which we have gathered all required information according to § 4e BDSG.



Copyright law

Contents and compilations published on these websites by the providers are subject to German copyright laws. Reproduction, editing, distribution as well as the use of any kind outside the scope of the copyright law require a written permission of the author or originator. Downloads and copies of these websites are permitted for private use only. The commercial use of our contents without permission of the originator is prohibited.
Copyright laws of third parties are respected as long as the contents on these websites do not originate from the provider. Contributions of third parties on this site are indicated as such. However, if you notice any violations of copyright law, please inform us. Such contents will be removed immediately.



Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transfered to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP-address that your Browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser. (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) You can opt-out from Google Analytics on this site by clicking the following link. A cookie will be set to prevent googly analytics from activating in the future. Disable Google Analytics
For further information please visit: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html
We point out that google analytics uses "anonymize zip" on this page to mask your ip address.



SSL Encryption

This website uses SSL encryption for safety and to protect the transfer of confidential information like request you send to our server. You can recognize an encrypted connection when the address bar of your browser starts with "https://" instead of "http://" and a lock symbol appears in the same place. The SSL encryption prevents third parties from reading information you transmit to us.



Use of cookies

a) Our website uses the following types of cookies. Below, please find a description of the extent of use and functionality of these cookies:


b)Transient cookies are deleted automatically every time you close the browser. This includes, in particular, session cookies. These cookies store a so-called session ID that can be used to assign various requests from your browser during the shared session. This will allow to recognise your computer, whenever you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted every time you close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time period, which may differ according to each cookie. You are entitled to delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
d) You can adjust your browser settings according to your requirements, and, for example, object to the use of cookies in general. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programmes. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the web browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
e) Our website uses Cookies for the following purposes: