Legal Notice and Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Responsible body

The following data protection declaration applies to the use of the website. This website is an offer of the ZVEI e. V. , Lyoner Strasse 9, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (hereinafter: "ZVEI").

2. Automatic data collection and processing by your browser

Like every website, our server automatically and temporarily collects and saves the following information in the server logfiles, which is transmitted by your browser unless you have deactivated this function:

  • IP address of the querying computer,
  • file enquiry by the client,
  • the http response code,
  • the internet site, from which you are visiting us (referrer URL),
  • date and time of access,
  • browser type and version, and
  • operating system used on the querying computer.

A person-specific evaluation of the server logfile is not performed. At no time are we able to attribute this data to specific or identifiable individuals. This data is not merged or combined with other data sources.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO.

3. Collection and processing of voluntarily provided data

All data will only be processed on the basis of and within the scope of your consent.

If you provide us with personal data by e-mail and/or contact form (in particular name, e-mail address or telephone number), this is generally on a purely voluntary basis.

These data are used exclusively for specific purposes, such as the necessary communication, for processing your enquiries, processing the contractual relationship or your orders, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 a,b DSGVO. There will be no further use. 

The passive use of our offer is anonymously possible.

ZVEI membership

If you provide us with data online or offline as part of your membership, this will only be used to fulfill the specific statutory purpose as part of your membership. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 a, b DSGVO. 

MyZVEI 

Insofar as you wish to use the MyZVEI function, you must register via the separate login page using an e-mail address.

This address will only be used for the following purposes: Login, addressing by mail and display in the header on the personalized page. The personal filter settings are also stored in the profile: topics, professional associations, keywords. 

Unsubscribing is done via a separate unsubscribe button. 

No further use is made of the data. All data processing takes place only on the basis of and within the scope of your consent. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 a, b DSGVO.

Newsletter

With your consent according to art. 6 para. 1 a DSGVO you can subscribe to our newsletter, with which we inform you about our current offers. 

For the registration to our newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after your registration we will send you an e-mail to the specified e-mail address in which we ask you to confirm that you would like the newsletter to be sent. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month.

In addition, we store your IP addresses and the time of registration and confirmation. The purpose of the procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data.

Only your name and e-mail address are required for sending the newsletter. The indication of further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. After your confirmation we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 a DSGVO.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time free of charge via the link provided in the newsletter.

Committee portal ZVEIconnects

As part of the registration and use of our committee portal, it is necessary for you to provide us with certain personal data (in particular name, email address, company, member number company, function). 

You can also optionally provide us with certain data (e.g. photos). The same applies to documents that may be uploaded by you and made available to others. 

We use the data only within the framework of the terms of use, i.e. to ensure the functionality of the portal, such as for contacting or exchanging data between contacts and members.

No further use is made of the data. All data processing takes place only on the basis of and within the scope of your consent. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 a, b DSGVO.

When using MS Teams and MS 365, data (name, professional email address, company) is encrypted and sent to Microsoft Ireland Operations, Ltd. (MOL) One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521. 

There is no access on the part of MOL to the data itself. In addition, a DPA (Data Privacy Agreement) has been concluded with MOL, which regulates the rights of ZVEI as the client and the rights of the data subjects. 

The storage of data takes place exclusively in servers within the EU. 
In addition, the following data is collected as a matter of system necessity when using MS Teams: 

  • IP address
  • Diagnostic data (data on the use of the software and services)
  • Functional data (e.g. log data)
  • Device data with which you use the services of Microsoft 365 (e.g. browser, operating system, virus protection).

The operation of MS Teams requires that the processing of certain diagnostic or telemetry data is also provided outside the respective Geo, for example in the USA. 
Microsoft has stated that it uses diagnostic or telemetric data to provide and improve Microsoft services, to update the service, and to ensure and improve security. The above-mentioned data will be anonymized by Microsoft immediately. Processing for purposes of profiling, data analysis, market research or advertising does not take place.
For such commissioned processing outside Europe, the standard contractual clauses of 2021 implemented by Microsoft apply.

Registration for events
If you register via this website or partner sites, we collect and process your data exclusively for the organisation of the event. Further details are specified in the data protection declaration of the event. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 a,b DSGVO.

Application process 
We process personal data about you for the purpose of your application for employment to the extent necessary in order to decide whether to enter into an employment relationship with us. The legal basis is § 26 para. 1 BDSG.

Furthermore, we may process personal data about you to the extent necessary to defend against legal claims asserted against us in the application process. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO; the legitimate interest is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz - AGG).

If we wish to store your personal data in order to take you into account for future positions you may be interested in, we will obtain your separate consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 a DSGVO.

Your data will only be passed on within the ZVEI and only to persons who are directly involved with the application. Your data will not be passed on to persons or positions outside the ZVEI.

If an employment relationship is not established between you and us, the application documents will be deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision. If the storage is based on your consent, we will store your personal data until you revoke your consent.

4. Recipient of data

Your data will not be passed on to external third parties without separate consent.

If service providers are used in individual cases, we ensure through contracts and controls that the data security and data protection of the service providers are guaranteed.

These include the following categories of contractors: Identification service providers, software developers, server hosters, newsletter senders, customer support, web analytics services.

5. Cookies and web analytics

When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. These cookies are necessary to ensure the operation of the website. 

If you additionally register for certain functionalities (MyZVEI, ZVEIconnects), additional cookies are set that store your login data (e-mail address and password) on your computer to ensure the specific functionality. 

In addition, we only set cookies with your consent via the upstream cookie banner. Once you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time via the "Cookie settings". 

LinkedIn Insight Tag

Our website uses the Insight tag from LinkedIn. The provider of this service for Europe is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The Insight Tag is a conversion tracking and retargeting service. With its help, we receive information about our website users and thus enable us to display personalized advertisements to these users on LinkedIn. We also receive pseudonymized reports on the performance of the advertisements and information on website interaction. The LinkedIn Insight tag establishes a connection to the LinkedIn server when you visit our website. If you visit this website and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, it is clear to LinkedIn who you are. If you wish to prevent this, you must log out of LinkedIn before accessing the website. If you are logged in to LinkedIn, you can deactivate data collection at any time by clicking on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising.

The following data is collected using the Insight Tag:

Device information, cookies and web analysis

  • IP address,
  • referrer URL,
  • timestamp,
  • time zone,
  • Browser information,
  • Visibility of ads,
  • clicks on ads conversion tracking,
  • user network,
  • user agent,
  • language and
  • website visited.

The IP addresses are shortened or (if they are used to reach LinkedIn members across devices) hashed (pseudonymized). LinkedIn uses the data as part of its own advertising measures. Details can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices-oblig.

The data is deleted after 90 days. The identifiers of LinkedIn members are deleted by LinkedIn after seven days.

The recipient of the data is:

  • LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland,
  • LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

LinkedIn stores the personal data collected on its servers in the USA. On July 10, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US data protection framework. LinkedIn Corporation is not yet certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. A transfer to Singapore is possible. The legal basis for the transfer is the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC).

The use of the LinkedIn Insight Tag is based on your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings and changing your selection there. The legality of the data processing until the revocation remains unaffected.

If you are logged in to LinkedIn, you can deactivate data collection at any time by clicking on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising

Matomo

This website uses the web analysis service Matomo to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.

Cookies are stored on your computer for this analysis. You can set the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and preventing the storage of cookies. 

This website uses Matomo with the extension "AnonymizeIP". This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form, which means that they cannot be directly linked to a specific person. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Matomo will not be merged with other data collected by us.

The Matomo program is an open source project of InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, NZBN 6106769. Information from the third-party provider on data protection is available at https://matomo.org/privacy/.

User Journey 

Through our User Journey, we offer an enhanced user experience. Users are shown an individual selection of further content that might be of interest to them, according to their surfing behavior on www.zvei.org. The content suggestions are displayed on the website in the "This might also interest you" section.

For this purpose, a cookie is set as soon as the user enters the page. This cookie does not store any personal data, but generates a random hash value that does not contain any personal information for us.

You can delete this cookie at any time via your browser settings.

The legal basis for the use of Matomo, etracker and User Journey is Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO.

YouTube

This website embeds videos from our YouTube channel. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode, so that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they have activated the video separately. Thus, YouTube - regardless of whether you watch a video - establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network. A separate cookie is set for this purpose, provided that you have consented to this.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
 

6. Social Networks

Links to our social media pages

On our website you will find links to the social media services of Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.

You can recognize links to the websites of the social media services by the respective company logo. If you follow these links, you will reach the ZVEI website on the respective social media service. When you click on a link to a social media service, a connection is established to the servers of the social media service. This transmits to the servers of the social media service that you have visited our website. In addition, further data is transmitted to the provider of the social media service. These are, for example:

  • Address of the website on which the activated link is located
  • Date and time when the website was called up or the link was activated
  • Information about the browser and operating system used
  • IP address

If you are already logged in to the corresponding social media service at the time the link is activated, the provider of the social media service may be able to determine your user name and possibly even your real name from the transmitted data and assign this information to your personal user account with the social media service. You can exclude this possibility of assignment to your personal user account if you log out of your user account beforehand.

The servers of the social media services Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube are located in the USA and other countries outside the European Union. The data may therefore also be processed by the provider of the social media service in countries outside the European Union.

Please note that companies in these countries are subject to data protection laws that do not generally protect personal data to the same extent as they do in the member states of the European Union. Please note that we have no influence on the scope, type and purpose of the data processing by the provider of the social media service. For more information on the use of your data by the social media services integrated on our website, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective social media service.

Embedded YouTube videos
On some of our websites we embed YouTube videos. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode, so that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they have activated the video separately. Thus, YouTube - regardless of whether you watch a video - establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on the website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. Cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about data protection at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Our channels on social networks
We operate channels on various social platforms in order to communicate directly with our customers and inform them about interesting news from our organization. 

We process the data of the visitors of our channels, in particular information about user interactions (e.g. likes, comments, retweets), demographic and statistical data as well as the data transmitted to us in the context of news and comments. 

We would like to point out that when using these social networks, the respective providers also have access to your data. This data can be used for market research and advertising purposes. We have no further knowledge of the data processing by the providers of the relevant social platforms. 

The processing of personal data of visitors to our online presence is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring communication with our customers and informing them about news related to our products.

Insofar as data is processed outside the EU/EEA and there is no level of data protection corresponding to the European standard, we have concluded EU standard contractual clauses with the service provider to establish an appropriate level of data protection. In addition, further protective measures (e.g., encryption and additional contractual provisions) are taken - where necessary - to ensure an adequate level of protection for your personal data.

You can access the EU standard contractual clauses used via the URL https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32010D0087.
 

For a comprehensive representation of the respective data processing and opt-out possibilities we refer to the following pages of the providers:

The data provided to us by the social media network operators is processed by us in the social media management software "Hootsuite", HootSuite Media Inc, 37 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6A 3A3. Hootsuite makes it possible to manage social media channels, schedule, publish and analyze posts. In doing so, we use the data uploaded by users on social media channels or shared and made public by sharing and liking posts. The processing of personal data of visitors to our online presences is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest).

Further information as well as the currently applicable privacy policy of Hootsuite can be found at https://hootsuite.com/en/legal/privacy and at https://hootsuite.com/en/legal/general-data-protection-regulation.

7. No data transmission outside the EU / Secure data transmission

The data we collect outside our social media channels is stored exclusively on servers in Germany. No data is transmitted to companies outside the European Union. This also applies to service providers commissioned by us to process data.

Your personal data is transmitted securely by encryption. This applies to the login and use of the portal. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system. No one can guarantee absolute protection. However, we protect our websites and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.

OpenStreetMap

This site uses the open source mapping tool "OpenStreetMap" (OSM) via an API. The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom. In order to use the functions of OpenStreetMap, it is necessary to establish a connection to a server of OpenStreetMap and for this purpose your IP address as well as further data for the display of the contents are transmitted. The servers are located in the Netherlands and in the UK (there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission on this). We as the provider of the site have no influence on this data transmission. The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. More information on the handling of user data can be found on the OpenStreetMap data protection page and here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ.

8. Duration of data storage / deletion of data

We store your data within the permissible duration of use and with your consent. 

You have the possibility at any time to object to the use of the data and to request its deletion.

9. Rights and complaints

You have the following rights towards us regarding the data concerning you:

  • Right to information,
  • Right to correction or deletion,
  • right to limitation of processing,
  • Right to revoke your consent,
  • Right to data transferability.


If we process your data on the basis of a legitimate interest or in the case of direct advertising, you have the right to object to the processing of your data if the legal requirements pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO are met.

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You can assert all these rights by contacting our data protection officer:

personal/confidential
data protection officer
ZVEI e. V.
Lyoner Straße 9
60528 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
 

or

datenschutz(at)zvei.org
 

You also have the right to complain to the competent data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data. (www.datenschutz.hessen.de)


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