Privacy Policy - Blankenheim Events

1. Privacy at a glance
General information

The following information gives you a brief overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. You can find more detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration below this text.

Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the website-owner in the “Data controller” section of this privacy statement.

How do we collect your information?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include information that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website, in particular technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of access). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your information for?

Some information is collected in order to ensure the correct operation of the website. Other information may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of the personal data stored about you. You also have the right to request that these data be corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time for this purpose as well as for any other questions regarding data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Hetzner

The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter referred to as Hetzner).

Please refer to Hetzner’s data protection declaration for details: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz.

The use by Hetzner takes place on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Abs. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal equipment (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent may be revoked at any time.

Contract processing

We have concluded a contract on data processing for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which guarantees that the personal data of our website visitors will only be processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and compulsory information
Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions as well as this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transfer on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. It is not possible to provide complete protection against access by third parties.

Information about the responsible body

The responsible body for the data processing on this website is

Velia Blankenheim

blankenheim event consulting
Schwalbacher Strasse 92
60326 Frankfurt, Germany

Phone: +491621308444
E-mail: post@blankenheim.events

The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Retention period

Insofar as no specific retention period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which the data was processed has ceased to exist. If you make a justified deletion request or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons cease to apply.

General information on the legal basis of data processing on this website

Insofar as you have consented to the processing of your data, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 par. 2 lit. a DSGVO, as far as special data categories according to Art. 9 Abs. 1 DSGVO are processed. In the event of an express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 par. 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or the access to information in your terminal (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent is revocable at any time. If your data is required for the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Des Weiteren we process your data, as far as these are necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO. The data processing may also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. You will be informed about the relevant legal basis in each case in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the course of our business, we work with various external parties. Dabei kann es erforderlich sein, dass wir diesen externen Stellen personenbezogene Daten übermitteln. We only transfer personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. data transfer to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in doing so in accordance with Art. Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO in the transfer or another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using contractors, we only disclose personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement will be concluded.

Withdrawal of consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation shall not be affected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases as well as direct marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F OF THE DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE GROUNDS OF YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING, WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IF IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of a breach of the GDPR, data subjects shall have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place where the alleged breach took place. The right of appeal is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, delivered to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another data controller, this will only be done to the extent that this is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the personal data stored about you, its origin and recipient, as well as the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. You can contact us at any time for this purpose as well as for any other questions regarding personal data.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time. The right to restrict the processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data held by us, we will usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data has taken place/is taking place unlawfully, you may request that the processing be restricted instead of being deleted.
If we no longer require your personal data, but you need them for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the deletion.
If you object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not been determined whose interests override, you have the right to request the limitation of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims or for the purpose of protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries, which you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise a secure connection by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the information you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website
Consent with Usercentrics

This website uses Usercentrics’ consent technology to obtain and document your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or the use of certain technologies. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Strasse 7, 80331 Munich, Germany, website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter referred to as “Usercentrics”).

When you visit our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:

Your consent(s) or revocation of your consent(s)
Your IP address
Information about your browser
Information about your device
the time of your visit to the website

In addition, Usercentrics will place a cookie on your browser in order to be able to associate you with the consent you have given or withdrawn. The data collected in this way will be stored until you instruct us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or until the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

The Usercentrics banner on this website was configured with the help of eRecht24. You can recognise this by the fact that the logo of eRecht24 appears in the banner. In order to display the eRecht24 logo in the banner, a connection to the eRecht24 image server is established. During this process, the IP address is also transmitted, but only in anonymous form in the server logs. The image server of eRecht24 is located in Germany with a German provider. The banner itself is provided exclusively by Usercentrics.

Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

Server log files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are

Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of server request
IP address

A combination of this data with other data sources is not undertaken.

The collection of these data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically correct presentation and optimisation of its website – the server log files must be collected for this purpose.

Contact Form

If you send us an enquiry using the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you provide, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for any subsequent enquiries you may have. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of these data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b DSGVO, as far as your inquiry is connected with the execution of a contract or is necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), if this has been requested; the consent is revocable at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been dealt with). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your enquiry, including any resulting personal data (name, enquiry), for the purpose of processing your enquiry. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of these data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b DSGVO, as far as your inquiry is connected with the execution of a contract or necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), insofar as this has been requested; the consent is revocable at any time.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, you revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.