Generally, information about users of the Business Community and the Federal Union of the Franchise Industry (hereinafter referred to as BFW) website is particularly worthy of protection and is used confidentially and only in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
Responsible office
BC Business Community International
Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 1
85356 Freising
Phone: +49 8161 936843 0
E-mail: info(at)benchmarkday.de
Personal data
Personal data is information about the identity of a person and the company, such as company name, surname, first name, function, address, e-mail address and telephone/mobile phone number. Such data is requested when registering for the German Entrepreneur Benchmarkday.
Collection, processing and use of personal data
If name, telephone numbers, e-mail address or other personal data are collected, processed and used for special campaigns, you will be informed of this at the appropriate point. If personal data are collected, processed and used on the pages of the Business Community / BFW, the data protection regulations are observed. In particular, the data is treated confidentially and only used by the person responsible. Personal data will not be passed on to third parties, unless there is an explicit agreement or there is an obligation to surrender this data, for example due to a court order or official directive.
Special services
If you use services that require the entry of personal data, only the data that is required to provide you with these services will be collected, processed and used.
Data security
The Business Community / BFW is committed to the security and protection of your data. Appropriate technical and organizational procedures have been put in place to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to ensure the accuracy of the data and to ensure the authorized use of the data. Nevertheless, the Business Community / BFW cannot assume any responsibility or liability for the disclosure of your data due to errors in data transmission and/or unauthorized access by third parties.
SSL Encryption
The pages of the Business Community / BFW use SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to the Business Community / BFW as site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you send to the Business Community / BFW cannot be read by third parties.
Cookies
The pages of the Business Community / BFW sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to store your registration data and to make the offer more user-friendly, effective and safe. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies used by the Business Community / BFW are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable the Business Community / BFW to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website is limited.
The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Rights of data subjects
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to rectification, blocking, data transfer or erasure of this data at any time. You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) GDPR and to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of personal data with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection.
You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
Contradiction advertising mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material not expressly requested. The operators of the pages of the Business Community / BFW expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
Change of the privacy guidelines
We reserve the right to change this privacy guidelines at any time in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.
Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data
We process and store your personal data only for the period of time required to achieve the purpose of storage or if this has been provided for by the legal provisions to which our company is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. Once this period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract.
Ticket Shop
Within the Business Community / BFW event offer, functions and contents of the service pretix, offered by rami.io Softwareentwicklung, Raphael Michel, Römerstraße 245, 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 further information on data protection at pretix at https://pretix.eu/about/de/privacy.
Newsletter
The registration for the event is linked to the sending of the newsletter regarding event details before and after the event to the email address provided.
This is an integral part of our service; the processing takes place in accordance with the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. You can revoke the processing of your personal data at any time. There is a corresponding link in all mailings. You can also revoke your consent using the contact options provided. The declaration of cancellation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out so far.
The Business Community / BFW uses Mailchimp from The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA (Mailchimp) to send the newsletter. This enables the Business Community / BFW to contact event participants directly.
The following data is transmitted to Mailchimp when registering for the event and stored by Mailchimp: first name, surname and email address. The emails contain a link that you can use to update your personal data.
Mailchimp is the recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us as far as the dispatch of our newsletter is concerned. The processing of the data specified in this section is neither legally nor contractually required.
In addition, Mailchimp collects the following personal data using cookies and other tracking methods: Information about your end device (IP address, device information, operating system, browser ID, information about the application you use to read your emails and other information about hardware and internet connection. In addition, usage data such as date and time, when you opened the email / campaign and browser activities (e.g. which emails / websites were opened) are collected. Mailchimp requires this data to ensure the security and reliability of the systems, compliance with the terms of use and the prevention of misuse. This corresponds to the legitimate interest of Mailchimp (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) and serves the fulfilment of the contract (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Mailchimp also analyses performance data, such as email delivery statistics and other communication data. This information is used to compile usage and performance statistics for the services.
Mailchimp also collects information about you from other sources. In an unspecified period and scope, personal data is collected via social media and other third-party data providers. We have no influence on this process.
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Mailchimp can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Mailchimp has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities where Mailchimp processes personal data of natural persons in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Further information can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/
Web analysis
This website uses Matomo, an open source web analysis tool, to collect and store data for optimization purposes. The information is stored on the provider's server in Germany. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is saved. The information about the use of this website is not passed on to third parties. Tracking cookies are not used for web analysis. The data is not used for purposes other than optimisation. Visitors are not tracked across multiple websites. A user cannot be tracked over several days within the same website.