Privacy policy
Status May 23, 2018
We are aware that the protection of your privacy when using our online offer is an important concern for you. We take the protection of personal data very seriously and have therefore taken the necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure that the statutory data protection regulations are complied with.
This privacy policy explains how the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V. (hereinafter: "BVL") and the Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA) (hereinafter: "VDA") handle personal data when using the online services (website and social media profiles of the BVL):
- Responsible persons
- name and address of the controller
The controller within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is
Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V.
Schlachte 31
28195 Bremen
info@bvl.de
Phone: 0421 / 173 84 0
E-mail: info@bvl.de
and the
Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) e.V.
Behrenstr. 35
10117 Berlin
info@vda.de
Phone: 030 / 897842 0
E-mail: info@vda.de
- General information
- scope of the processing of personal data
The use of our online offer is generally possible without prior registration and without providing personal data. We collect and use the personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. If this is not the case, personal data will only be used with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.
- Legal bases of the processing
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing. The legitimate interest of our company lies in the performance of our business activities.
- routine deletion and blocking of personal data
We process and store personal data of the data subject only for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose of storage. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. As soon as the storage purpose no longer applies or a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned regulations expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted.
- security of your data
We take all appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of your data. In addition, all web forms with which you transmit sensitive data to us are encrypted and thus protected against unauthorized reading in the best possible way. We would also like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) is regularly unsecured and can therefore have security gaps, meaning that data can be accessed or falsified by unauthorized persons.
- Usage data
- log files
Each time the website is accessed, we or the website provider collect data and information using an automated system. This data is stored in the server log files.
The following data can be collected:
Information about the browser type and version used
The user's operating system
The user's Internet service provider
The IP address of the user
Date and time of access
Websites from which the user's system accesses our website (referrer)
Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website
The processing of the data serves to deliver the content of our website, to ensure the functionality of our information technology systems and to optimize our website. The log file data is always stored separately from other personal user data.
- cookies
Cookies are used on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the cache of your Internet browser for the duration of your browser session (so-called session cookies) or for a fixed period (so-called permanent cookies) on your hard disk. Cookies make it possible to recognize your Internet browser so that you can be provided with content tailored to your needs and wishes more quickly and in a more targeted manner on future visits to our website. We therefore use cookies in order to be able to offer our legitimate interest in providing a website tailored to the wishes of visitors. The cookies do not store any personal data.
How can I prevent the storage of cookies?
You can set your browser to only accept the storage of cookies if you agree to this. You can delete existing cookies. However, deactivating cookies may limit the usability of our website. Information on how cookies can be deactivated can be found at the following link: wikihow.com.
- matomo
With your consent, we use the open source software Matomo to analyze and statistically evaluate the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose. The information obtained about website usage is transmitted exclusively to our servers and summarized in pseudonymous usage profiles. We use the data to evaluate the use of the website. The data collected is not passed on to third parties.
The IP addresses are anonymized (IP masking) so that they cannot be assigned to individual users.
The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. We thereby pursue a legitimate interest in the optimization of our website for our external presentation.
You can revoke your consent at any time by deleting the cookies in your browser or changing your data protection settings.
- Google AdWords
What happens to the data?
The Google Tag is used to present interest-based advertisements to visitors to our website as part of the Google Display Network and Google Search ("Google Advertising Network") and for conversion tracking. When you visit our website, a cookie is stored on your computer for this purpose. The cookie enables Google to recognize the visitor when he or she visits websites that belong to the Google advertising network. Our advertisements can then be displayed to the visitor on these pages ("remarketing").
In addition, Google uses the Google Tag to generate a list of anonymous persons for us, which we use for remarketing when displaying Google AdWords in Google Search. In the event that you search for certain search terms on Google and the cookie on your computer has been recognized by Google, our ad can be displayed to you in the search results.
Finally, we use Google Tag for conversion tracking to measure the success of our advertising campaign in the Google Display for the German Logistics Congress by implementing a JavaScript code snippet on the confirmation and thank you page, which is executed after your successful registration for the German Logistics Congress. If you click on one of our advertisements in the Google advertising network, a cookie with a limited validity period (90 days) will be stored on your computer or mobile device in order to statistically record your registration. When you complete the registration for the German Logistics Congress, this conversion is reported to Google via the code snippet based on the cookie, so that we can track how many conversions per ad are recorded in the statistics and reports provided by Google. This simplifies the optimization of the ads and enables us to evaluate our advertising campaign.
It is not possible for us to identify you as a user and thus as a specific or identifiable person on the basis of the knowledge gained with the Google Tag or the cookie, i.e. we cannot assign the conversion data to specific visitors, but only have access to the overall data for our ads and keywords. In particular, we do not link the data with personal data that we may have collected from you elsewhere. You remain completely anonymous to us.
Further information on Google conversion tracking can be found at https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1722022?hl=de
How can you object to data collection and processing?
If you do not want the Google Tag to track your activities, you can deactivate its use at https://www.google.com/settings/ads/. You can also object to the use of the Google Tag for the aforementioned purpose at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/ or at http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/. Alternatively, you can use your browser to delete all cookies or deactivate cookies in your browser to prevent the use of cookies to track your activities. To delete or deactivate cookies, please refer to the help section of your browser. Please note, however, that the use of our website and services may then only be possible to a limited extent and that deleting cookies does not prevent a new cookie from being stored when you visit our website again.
- Your personal data (inventory data)
- what is "personal data"?
Personal data is information about your person that allows conclusions to be drawn about your identity or relates directly or indirectly to your person, e.g. your name, your address or your telephone number. It does not include information that does not allow conclusions to be drawn about a specific or identifiable person.
- your registration with the BVL
If you use the option of registering for an event on the BVL and VDA website by providing personal data, the data in the respective input mask will be transmitted to the BVL and the VDA. The data will be stored exclusively for internal use by the BVL and the VDA. During registration, the user's IP address and the date and time of registration are stored in addition to the data specified below. This serves to prevent misuse of the services. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception is made if there is a legal obligation to pass on the data.
Registered persons have the option of having the stored data deleted or amended at any time. The data subject can obtain information about the personal data stored about them at any time.
Registration is based on our legitimate interests. With the option to register, we can offer our visitors the convenience of logging in again regularly and storing their data permanently.
As part of the registration process, we require certain information from you, such as your name, telephone number, e-mail address and address. The fields for data that are required for registration and must be entered are marked as mandatory fields in the registration menu. Further data (such as your cell phone number) is optional. The data you provide will be stored by us and used exclusively to provide the services you have requested and thus to fulfill our contracts with you, e.g. discounts for supra-regional events and BVL specialist forums, for participation in seminars and courses offered by BVL Seminare and DAV as well as for BVL studies and publications in the DVZ Shop. For this purpose, the data will - where necessary - be passed on to service providers and cooperation partners of the BVL and the VDA commissioned for this purpose.
- social plugins
Social plugins from social networks are used on this website so that you can also use the interactive features of the social networks you use on our website. Separate data protection and liability regulations apply to social networks and third-party websites in general. The storage and use of personal data by the respective site operator (service provider), which is generated when using their services, may exceed the scope of this privacy policy. The BVL and the VDA have no influence on what data an activated plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. The BVL and the VDA do not collect any personal data themselves by means of the social plugins or through their use.
In order to increase the protection of your data, the plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff solution" from c't). This integration ensures that no connection is established with the servers of the provider of the respective social network when the page containing such plugins is accessed. If you click on one of the buttons, a new window opens in your browser and calls up the page of the respective service provider, where you can click on the Like or Share button, for example (after entering your login data if necessary).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers on their pages as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in the providers' data protection notices.
Operator: Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Website: https://www.facebook.com
Data protection: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Operator: Twitter Inc, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland
Website: https://twitter.com
Data protection: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Google+
Operator: Google Ireland Limited; Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Website: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/learnmore/
Data protection: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
Operator: XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Website: https://www.xing.com
Data protection: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
YouTube
Operator: YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Website: https://www.youtube.com
Data protection: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Operator: LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Website: https://www.linkedin.com
Data protection: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Operator: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
Website: https://www.instagram.com
Data protection: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
- options for making contact
There is a contact form on the website https://www.forum-automobillogistik.de that can be used to contact us electronically. To use the contact form, enter your name, your e-mail address and your message so that we can process and respond to your request accordingly. The provision of a contact form serves our legitimate interests, as it gives us more opportunities to get in touch with you. Alternatively, you can contact us via the email addresses provided. If the data subject contacts the controller via one of these channels, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be stored automatically. The data is stored solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. The data is not passed on to third parties. The data is used on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR). We have an interest in providing our visitors with as many contact channels as possible and responding to them quickly.
- file sharing
When you use this service, we collect, process and use your files and related information, even if they contain personal data. Our service displays this data to other users when you share it. By sharing, you grant other users access to your information and files
- your rights as a data subject
You have the right:
- to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details. You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization; in this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer;
- in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, insofar as the aforementioned right is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing;
- in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR; if the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State and you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted;
- in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller, provided that this does not adversely affect the freedoms and rights of others. This right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
- in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future;
- not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR, unless the decision is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests or is based on your explicit consent. These decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests;
- to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted will inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.
- right of objection
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to info@bvl.de or info@vda.de