Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform the users of this website about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator.

The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and will treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with the law. As changes to this Privacy Policy may be made through new technologies and the continued evolution of this Site, we encourage you to review the Privacy Policy periodically.

We, the website operator or website provider, due to our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 (1) lit. DSGVO) currently do collect following data about access to the website and will store these as described below.

Data we collect

We collect information about you in three ways: (1) from your submissions through our web forms, badge scanners, app forms and other mechanisms, (2) third-party providers, and (3) automated technologies.

Data you provide us

The categories of personal information we collect directly from you depend on how you interact with us and the service, and may include:

Contact information such as name, e-mail address, mailing address, social media handle and telephone number;

Credentials such as usernames and passwords, password hints, and similar security information;

Other account or event logins and profile information, such as: Educational, employment and professional background, nutrition and accessibility requirements and photo;

Payment information, such as. Eg credit or debit card number;

Comments, feedback, and other information you provide to us, including information that you send to Customer Support and any news, schedules, and other information we provide to our exhibitors, visitors, partners, and others and / or

Interests and communication preferences, including My Show / My Event Matchmaking, event planning and network selection, and preferred language.

Data from other sources

We may also receive personal information about you from our affiliates and other third parties, including:

Service providers who help us identify a location based on your IP address to tailor certain products to your location;

Partners with whom we offer co-branding services or conduct joint marketing activities and / or

publicly available sources and data providers from whom we receive data to validate or supplement our information.

Data from the use of services

Our service can automatically collect information about how you and your device use the service, and this information may include:

Computer, device and connection information such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system, platform and other software installed on your device, unique device ID and other technical identifiers, bug reports and performance data;

Usage data, such as For example, the features you use, the settings you choose, your URL click stream data, including date and time stamps, referral and end pages, and pages you visited on the service, and / or

For location-based services: your location, e.g. For example, where you are at the event space.

We collect this information through our servers as well as through the use of cookies and other techniques. You can control cookies through the settings of your browser and other tools. However, if you block certain cookies, you may not be able to register, log in or access specific parts or use the Service to the full. For more information, see the cookie notification of the service.

How we use your data

Depending on how you interact with us and the service, we use your personal information for:

Providing, activating and managing your access to and use of the Service;

Processing and fulfilling a request, order, download or other transaction;

Providing technical, product and other support and assistance in maintaining the operation, security and protection of the service;

Expanding and improving the service and our other products and services, as well as developing new products, services and benefits;

Providing tailor-made content and other personalization to make the service more relevant to your interests and geography;

Answering your requests, inquiries, comments and concerns;

To notify you of changes, updates and other announcements related to the Service and our other products and services;

Providing targeted advertising, advertising messages, communications and other information relating to the service and your interests;

Advertising messages and other information about products, events and services from us, our partners and third parties, such as: As exhibitors, sponsors and media partners to send;

Invite you to participate in user tests and surveys, as well as sweepstakes, competitions and similar promotions;

Identify usage trends and develop data analytics, including for research, audit, reporting and other business purposes, including determining the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and evaluating our business results and / or to fulfill our legal obligations to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Disclosure of your data

Our service providers

Depending on the service provided, we will continue to provide personal information:

Our affiliates, trade names and divisions within our company group and companies worldwide (these are being developed) to certain companies of third parties (will be announced by emergence) that provide technology, customer service and other shared services functions and / or

Our service providers, suppliers, agents and agents, including, but not limited to, payment processors, on-site service providers, customer support, e-mail service providers, IT service providers, mail order companies and freight forwarders, to process the information as necessary to provide the service, complete a transaction or fulfill your request, or otherwise execute on our behalf, based on our instructions and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

Your selection

We share your personal information with our partners and with exhibitors, sponsors, media partners, joint venture partners, and other third parties, including companies for which we operate as agents, licensees, or promoters who wish to send you information about their products and services that might be of interest to you, depending on how you manage your communication preferences and other preferences.

The service may allow you to post and share personal information, comments, materials and other content. Any information you publicly post or publicly disclose may be collected and used by others, may be indexed by search engines, and may not be removed. Please be careful when disclosing personal information in these public areas.

Legal reasons

We will disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary for the following purposes:

Compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, legal procedures or other legal obligations;

Detect, Investigate and Prevent Security, Fraud or Technical Problems and / or to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, employees or others; and in the context of a corporate transaction, such as a transfer of assets or a merger with another company or a takeover by another company.

Your communication preferences

You may adjust and manage your communication preferences and other settings when you register with the Service by updating your account properties and settings, using the opt-out or opt-out mechanism or other means provided in the communications received, or contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of any changes or updates to the Service, if necessary.

Access and update your data

Your account

The service may allow registered users to directly access the account information they provide and to make corrections or updates at any time. Updating this information is the sole responsibility of the user. Registered users can also close their account directly through the service or customer support of the service.

Your rights

You have the right to apply for free of charge, as applicable, under European and certain other privacy laws, if applicable:

Information and correction or deletion of your personal data;

Restriction of our processing of your personal data or objection to our processing and

Transferability of your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law. To protect your privacy and security, we may require you to prove your identity.

Data storage

We store your personal information for as long as is necessary for the provision of the service and the fulfillment of the transactions you request, or for other essential purposes such as the observance of our legal obligations, the conduct of business and financial records, the resolution of disputes , maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements.

Privacy of children

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 or target minors under the age of 13.

Data security

We take precautions to protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate technical and organizational measures.

Locations of processing

Your personal information may be stored and processed in your region or other country in which our subsidiaries and their service providers maintain servers and facilities, including Australia, Austria, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore , the United Kingdom and the United States. We take action, including through contracts, to ensure that information remains protected wherever it is, in a manner that meets the standards of applicable law.

When personal data is transferred from the European Economic Area („EEA“) or Switzerland to a country that has not received an adequacy decision from the European Commission, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, when submitting the data and the EU-US as well as the Swiss-American Privacy Shield Framework.

Reasons for the processing

When we collect personal information from you under the European Data Protection Act, we do so:

if required, to perform the service, to execute a transaction or otherwise to fulfill a contract with you or at your request prior to the conclusion of the contract;

to the extent necessary for compliance with applicable law or other legal obligations;

if necessary with your consent and / or

as necessary, to operate our business, to protect the security of our systems, customers and users, to detect or prevent fraud, to enable our customers to comply with legal obligations or to meet our other legitimate interests, as in the above clauses „Information We Collect,“ „How We Use Your Information,“ and „Disclosure of Your Information,“ except when our interests are overruled by your privacy rights.

If we rely on your consent to the processing of personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and if we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object to our processing.

Amendements

We will update this privacy policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we will disclose this through the Service or otherwise.