Data Protection Declaration / Privacy Policy
Website “showtech.me” / “showtech.dthg.de”

Dear visitors, we are pleased that you have visited our website. We want you to feel safe and comfortable while doing so. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. The following data protection provisions are intended to inform you about how we handle the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

Inglese:

Dear visitors, we are delighted that you are visiting our website. We want you to feel safe and comfortable here. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. The following data protection provisions are intended to inform you about our handling of the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

You can find the English translation of the German original here.

1. Person responsible for data processing

Responsible for the processing of personal data within the meaning of the GDPR is:

DTHG Service GmbH
Representative: Christof Heinz
Email: gmbh@dthg.de
Management: Wiebke Pohl & Viktoria Ebel
Address: Am Hof ​​28 | 50667 Cologne

2. Collection and storage of personal data and type and purpose of processing

We collect and process personal data from you when you use our website or use services. This includes:

  • Name, email, address, IP address and cookies: This data is collected when you purchase tickets, register for events or register for our newsletter.
  • contact form, registration form and newsletter subscription: If you register using our forms or contact us, your data will be used to process your request and for further communication.

Purposes of Processing:

  • Contacting and answering inquiries
  • Sending newsletters and information about the event
  • Marketing and analysis of statistics to optimize our offers
  • Creation of personalized ticket badges for events
  • Provision of the services you have requested by us or our partners

exhibitor and speaker service platform (profairs)

We collect and process further personal and confidential information from you when you work with us as an exhibitor or interested party. We use the external service platform profairs, which is operated by our partner web://contact GmbH, to work with exhibitors and interested parties. All personal and confidential information within the service platform is used for the purpose of communication and implementation of our trade fair offers and extended services and is processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH.

Some of the information you provide as a speaker or exhibitor will be published by us as part of trade fair and event communication on our website and on DTHG platforms and profiles and will be further processed as part of any other media such as print products for visitor information. The information in question is identified as such within the platform and is used to present you and/or your company. Examples include your public company profile, industry classification, product presentation and visitor information on the event and congress program.

Ticket sales for our events (pretix)

Within our event offering, functions and content of the pretix service, offered by rami.io GmbH, Berthold-Mogel-Straße 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany, are integrated. This includes the ticket shop, which is integrated via a JavaScript widget. When you buy a ticket, pretix uses a technically necessary cookie to enable the ordering process and to remember which shopping cart belongs to you. The cookie is set as soon as you interact with the widget. pretix does not store IP addresses, browser information or other unnecessary metadata beyond the duration of your request. You can find more information about data protection at pretix here: https://pretix.eu/about/de/privacy

3. Transfer of data to third parties

Personal data will only be passed on to third parties if:

  • this is necessary to fulfil a contract (e.g. service providers for ticketing or shipping),
  • you have given your express consent,
  • or we are legally obliged to do so.

We offer the opportunity to receive information about new developments on our website via newsletter. The data for the Newsletter dispatch (name, email address, company if applicable) will be sent to short , the email marketing service provider we use. Brevo ensures that our newsletters are sent securely and in compliance with the GDPR.[Brevo Privacy Policy].

We use the external service platform profairs to work with exhibitors and interested parties. For this purpose, your IP address is transferred to the provider web://contact GmbH (Waldblumenstraße 48, 75334 Straubenhardt, Germany). All personal and confidential information within the service platform is only used for the purpose of communication and implementation of our trade fair offers and is further processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH. In this sense, web://contact GmbH guarantees a secure data infrastructure for our customer communication through profairs.

We use a service from profairs to display the trade fair and congress program and the exhibitor directory. For this purpose, your IP address is transferred to the provider web://contact GmbH (Waldblumenstraße 48, 75334 Straubenhardt, Germany). Further processing and use of this data only takes place within the scope of providing this service. If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of this personal data, please contact the provider at info@webcontact.de.

How to Order
The following data may be collected during the ordering process:
Name, address, bank details. These data are used exclusively to process the order and are transferred and stored in accordance with legal requirements to the companies involved in the payment process (banks, PayPal, etc.). The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).
We offer you the following payment methods: credit card, PayPal, direct debit. To execute the payment, the payment data is transmitted to the relevant payment service provider. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).
This website contains buttons from the payment service Stripe, which is operated by the company
Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, Block 4, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Road, Dublin (Ireland).
When you visit this website, a connection is established with Stripe's servers. Your payment details are stored by Stripe for billing purposes and transmitted to the credit card companies. You can find more information about how Stripe processes your data at https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contractual obligation) and the user’s consent Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

To sell our tickets for events, we use the pretix service, offered by rami.io GmbH, Berthold-Mogel-Straße 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany. If you purchase a ticket from us, personal data about the buyer and the user of the ticket is required. The former information may be exchanged with the selected payment service providers, the latter information is required to personalize the ticket and, if necessary, for exchange with other trade fair or event participants.

We use the internal shop system of the external service platform profairs to offer additional services to our exhibitors and interested parties. In this sense, web://contact GmbH guarantees a secure data infrastructure through profairs for the processing of the additional services offered. Orders within the service platform are processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH.

Contact form
You can contact us at any time with questions or suggestions using a contact form. In order to answer your questions or send you feedback, we need the following information: last name, first name and email address. We use this data exclusively for the purposes stated above. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted when using the contact form or sending an email is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If the e-mail contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

analysis programs
Burst statistics

This website uses the Burst Statistics plugin. This plugin can be used to statistically evaluate the access to this site and is GDPR compliant. It uses so-called "cookies" (text files that are stored on the user's computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on, but remains on the German server on which this website is operated. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. More information about the plugin used here.

The installation of cookies can be prevented by setting your browser software. However, this may mean that you cannot use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising, and thus also serves the purpose of financing and customer-oriented use, adaptation and updating of the website.

4. Legal basis for data processing

Your personal data is processed on the following legal basis in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 GDPR:

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR): If you give us your consent to process your data, e.g. by subscribing to a newsletter.
  • contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR): To fulfill a contract, e.g. when purchasing tickets or registering for our events.
  • Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR): To protect our legitimate interests, such as statistical evaluations or marketing measures.
  • Fulfillment of legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR): To fulfill legal retention obligations.

5. Cookies and tracking technologies

Our website uses cookies to optimize your experience. You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, if you do this you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

We use a cookie consent tool (via the Bethlehem) to obtain and manage your consent to the use of cookies.

6. Duration of storage

Your personal data will only be stored for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the respective purposes. After that, it will be deleted unless statutory retention periods require longer storage.

7. English website content: translation with gTranslate

We use the gTranslate plugin, which uses Google Translate technology to translate parts of the content of our website into English.
If you use the website in English, the browser you use will establish a connection to the servers of gTranslate.io gTranslate also uses Google's servers for translation. The use of gTranslate and thus Google's technology is in the interest of an international orientation of our international trade fair presence. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
During the translation, your IP address is saved in addition to the language. It is generally used for purposes such as security, troubleshooting and improving the service. The time of access and the address of the website are also recorded. This information is usually transferred to the nearest gTranslate and Google server. If you are in the EU, servers within the EU are usually used. However, it cannot be technically ruled out that the information will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there to provide the translation. We, as the provider of this website, have no influence on this data transfer.
Google's privacy policy applies to the use of the gTranslate service. Please read Google's privacy policy to learn more about their data protection practices. If you actively transmit personal data to us by using our service, it cannot be completely ruled out that this data will be transmitted to Google servers in the USA for the purpose of translation; there will be no further use or long-term storage of this data. Google is an active participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data from EU citizens to the USA. This gives Google the guarantee of compliance with European data protection law. https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search.

In addition, Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses within the meaning of Art. 46 (2) and (3) GDPR. Standard contractual clauses are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to and stored in third countries. Through the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the standard contractual clauses, Google undertakes to comply with European data protection standards when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de.
Use of gTranslate is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
If you have any further questions or concerns regarding your data in connection with Google Translate, you can contact us using the contact details provided in our privacy policy.
For more information on the handling of user data, please review Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under:  https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ , as well as in the privacy policy of gtranslate.io https://de.gtranslate.io/Bedingungen

8. Data subject rights

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data stored by us,
  • to request the rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing of your data,
  • to withdraw your consent to data processing,
  • to object to the processing of your personal data,
  • and the right to data portability.

9. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain to the competent data protection authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

10. data security

We use technical and organizational measures to protect your data from loss, misuse or unauthorized access.

11. Up-to-dateness and changes to this data protection declaration

This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated October 2024. Due to the further development of our website or due to changed legal requirements, an adjustment of this privacy policy may become necessary.

 

#english version

1. person responsible for data processing

Responsible for the processing of personal data within the meaning of the GDPR

DTHG Service GmbH
Authorized representative: Christof Heinz
E-mail: gmbh@dthg.de
Management: Wiebke Pohl & Viktoria Ebel
Address: Am Hof ​​28 | 50667 Cologne

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of processing

We collect and process your personal data when you use our website or make use of our services. This includes:

  • Name, email, address, IP address and cookies: this data is collected when you purchase tickets, register for events or register for our newsletter.
  • Contact form, registration form and newsletter subscription: If you register via our forms or contact us, your data will be used to process the request and for further communication.

Purposes of processing:

  • Making contact and responding to inquiries
  • Sending newsletters and information about the event
  • Marketing and analysis of statistics to optimize our offers
  • Creation of personalized ticket badges for events
  • Provision of the commission services provided by you by us or our partners

Exhibitor and speaker service platform (profairs)

We collect and process further personal and confidential information from you if you work with us as an exhibitor or interested party. We use the external service platform profairs, which is operated by our partner web://contact GmbH, for cooperation with exhibitors and interested parties. All personal and confidential information within the service platform is used for the purpose of communication and realization of our trade fair offers and extended services and is processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH.

Some of the information provided by you as a speaker or exhibitor will be published by us on our website and DTHG platforms and profiles as part of our trade fair and event communication and processed further in any other media such as print products for visitor information. The information in question is identified as such within the platform and is used to present you and/or your company. Examples include your public company profile, industry classification, product presentation and visitor information on the event and congress program.

Ticket sales for our events (pretix)

Functions and content of the service pretix, offered by rami.io GmbH, Berthold-Mogel-Straße 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany, are integrated into our event offer. This includes the ticket store, which is integrated via a JavaScript widget. When you buy a ticket, pretix uses a technically necessary cookie to enable the order process and to remember which shopping cart belongs to you. The cookie is set as soon as you interact with the widget. pretix does not store any IP addresses, browser information or other unnecessary metadata beyond the duration of your request. You can find more information about data protection at pretix here: https://pretix.eu/about/de/privacy

3. disclosure of data to third parties

Personal data will only be passed on to third parties if

this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract (eg service providers for ticketing or shipping),
you have given your express consent,
or we are legally obliged to do so.

We offer the option of receiving information about new features on our website through newsletter. The data for sending the newsletter (name, e-mail address, company if applicable) is passed on to Brevo, the service provider we use for e-mail marketing. Brevo ensures that our newsletters are sent securely and in compliance with the GDPR [Brevo privacy policy].

To sell our tickets for events, we use the service pretix, offered by rami.io GmbH, Berthold-Mogel-Straße 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany. When you purchase a ticket from us, personal data about the purchaser and the user of the ticket is required. The former information may be exchanged with the selected payment service providers, the latter information is required to personalize the ticket and, if necessary, for the exchange with other trade fair or event participants.

We use the external service platform profairs for cooperation with exhibitors and interested parties. For this purpose, your IP address is transmitted to the provider web://contact GmbH (Waldblumenstraße 48, 75334 Straubenhardt, Germany). All personal and confidential information within the service platform will only be used for the purpose of communication and realization of our trade fair offers and further processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH. In this sense, web://contact GmbH guarantees a secure data infrastructure for our customer communication through profairs.

Ordering process

The following data may be collected as part of the ordering process:
Name, address, bank details. This data is used exclusively for processing the order and is transmitted to and stored by the companies involved in the payment process (banks, PayPal, etc.) in accordance with legal requirements. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).

We offer the following payment methods: Credit card, Paypal, direct debit. The payment data is transmitted to the relevant payment service providers to execute the payment. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).
The buttons of the payment service Stripe are integrated into this website, which is operated by the company Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, Block 4, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Road, Dublin (Ireland).

The following data may be collected as part of the ordering process:
Name, address, bank details. This data is used exclusively for processing the order and is transmitted to and stored by the companies involved in the payment process (banks, PayPal, etc.) in accordance with legal requirements. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).

We offer the following payment methods: Credit card, Paypal, direct debit. The payment data is transmitted to the relevant payment service providers to execute the payment. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b GDPR (contractual obligation).
The buttons of the payment service Stripe are integrated into this website, which is operated by the company Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, Block 4, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Road, Dublin (Ireland). When you access this website, a connection is established with the Stripe servers. Your payment data is stored by Stripe for billing purposes and transmitted to the credit card companies. You can find more information about the processing of your data by Stripe at https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contractual obligation) and the user's consent Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

To sell our tickets for events, we use the service pretix, offered by rami.io GmbH, Berthold-Mogel-Straße 1, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany. When you purchase a ticket from us, personal data about the purchaser and the user of the ticket is required. The former information may be exchanged with the selected payment service providers, the latter information is required to personalize the ticket and, if necessary, for the exchange with other trade fair or event participants.

We use the internal store system of the external service platform profairs to offer additional services to our exhibitors and interested parties. Through profairs, web://contact GmbH guarantees a secure data infrastructure for the processing of the additional services offered. Orders within the service platform are processed by employees of DTHG Service GmbH.

Contact form

You can contact us at any time with questions or suggestions using the contact form. In order to answer your questions or send you feedback, we need the following information: Surname, first name and e-mail address. We use this data exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of using the contact form or sending an email is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If the e-mail contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Analysis programs

Burst statistics

This website uses the Burst Statistics plugin. With this plugin, access to this site can be statistically analyzed and it is GDPR compliant. So-called “cookies” are used (text files that are stored on the user's computer and enable the use of the website to be analyzed). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on, but remains on the German server on which this website is operated. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. You can find more information about the plugin used here.

The installation of cookies can be prevented by a setting in the browser software. However, this may mean that not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent.
Cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising and thus also serves the financing and customer-oriented use, adaptation and updating of the website.

4. Legal basis for data processing

Your personal data is processed on the following legal bases in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR:

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR): If you give us your consent to process your data, eg by subscribing to a newsletter.
  • Performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR): To fulfill a contract, eg when purchasing tickets or registering for our events.
  • Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR): To safeguard our legitimate interests, such as statistical evaluations or marketing measures.
  • Fulfillment of legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR): For the fulfillment of legal retention obligations.

5. cookies and tracking technologies

Our website uses cookies to optimize its use for you. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly, but then you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
We use a cookie consent tool (via the Betheme) to obtain and manage your consent to the use of cookies.

6. duration of storage

Your personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary to fulfill the respective purposes. It will then be deleted unless statutory retention periods require longer storage.

7. English translation: Use of gTranslate

We use the gTranslate plugin, which uses Google Translate technology to translate parts of the content of our website into English.
When you use the website in English, the browser you use establishes a connection to the gTranslate.io servers via our website. gTranslate also uses Google's servers for translation. The use of gTranslate and thus Google's technology is in the interest of an international orientation of our international trade fair presence. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

In addition to the language, your IP address is also stored in the course of the translation. It is generally used for purposes such as security, troubleshooting and improving the service. The time of access and the address of the website are also recorded. This information is usually transmitted to the nearest gTranslate and Google server. If you are located in the EU, servers within the EU are generally used. However, it cannot be technically ruled out that the information will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there for the provision of the translation. As the provider of this website, we have no influence on this data transfer.

Google's privacy policy applies to the use of the gTranslate service. Please read Google's privacy policy to learn more about their privacy practices. If you actively transmit personal data to us by using our service, it cannot be completely ruled out that this data will be transmitted to Google servers in the USA for the purpose of translation; no further long-term storage of this data will take place. Google is an active participant in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data from EU citizens to the USA. As a result, Google offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search.

In addition, Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses within the meaning of Art 46 (2) and (3) GDPR. Standard contractual clauses are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to and stored in third countries. Through the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the standard contractual clauses, Google undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de.

The use of gTranslate is subject to Google's privacy policy and terms of use. These can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

If you have any further questions or concerns regarding your data in connection with Google Translate, you can contact us using the contact details provided in our privacy policy. You can find more information on the handling of user data connected to the translation technology we're using in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ , as well as in the privacy policy of gtranslate.io https://de.gtranslate.io/Bedingungen

8. rights of data subjects

You have the right

  • to request information about your personal data stored by us,
  • to request the rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing of your data
  • to withdraw your consent to data processing,
  • to object to the processing of your personal data,
  • and the right to data portability.

9. right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

10. data security

We use technical and organizational measures to protect your data from loss, misuse or unauthorized access.

11. topicality and changes to this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated October 2024. Due to the further development of our website or due to changed legal requirements, it may become necessary to adapt this privacy policy.

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