Privacy Policy

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Vereon AG takes the protection of your data very seriously. We process your data in accordance with the applicable legal regulations. Data will only be transmitted to third parties, if there is a need in the context of the contract. Third parties may be, for example, payment service providers or logistics companies. A further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to this.

Below we inform you about the type and extent of processing your data.

Responsible Body

The responsible data processing unit on this website is:

Vereon AG
- Datenschutz -
Hauptstrasse 54
8280 Kreuzlingen
Switzerland
Email: info@vereon.ch
Phone: +41 71 677 8700

Our contact point in the EU can also be reached by mail as follows:

Vereon AG
- Datenschutz -
Hussenstraße 30
78462 Konstanz
Germany

Information, Correction, Blocking, Deletion

You have the right at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions to provide free information about your stored personal data, source of the data, their recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct, block or delete this data.

Data Security

In order to protect your data against unintentional or unlawful deletion, disclosure, access or against their manipulation or loss as well as against other misuse, suitable technical and organizational measures are taken.

For your security, your data will be encrypted using the SSL website certificate (Secure Socket Layer). This is an encryption standard that for example is also used in online banking. You will see a secure SSL connection, including the attached s at the http (i.e. https: // ...) in the address bar of your browser or the lock icon at the bottom of your browser.

Processing Your Data

Your details, which you provide us with when you register for an event, we process first for the execution of the event and for invoicing (Art.6 Abs.1 b DSGVO). The communication of data marked as mandatory is required for your participation or invoicing. Your data from the participation in events and other orders as well as the corresponding documents are stored in accordance with the legal requirements even after the conclusion of the contract in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Data that we obtain in the course of your registration and participation in events, through your purchase of goods, the purchase of paid and free services and information materials (e. g. downloads) and by request via contact forms and e-mail, we process in the legally permissible scope. In some of our events, we distribute participant lists (paper or digital) with personal data (usually first name, surname, position, company, city, country) to all participants in order to mainly facilitate the desired professional exchange among each other. We process or store your data until we obtain a revocation of your consent or objection to the processing of your data for advertising purposes.

A processing of your data takes place, so that we can address you personally and as needed. We inform you by post and / or email about our products and services only if we are convinced that this information is relevant and interesting for you. For this purpose, the necessary data (usually company, zip code, street address, title, first name, name, position) are transmitted to external service providers in Germany and Switzerland (e. g. letter shops). The data are transmitted to them for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing the service and must be deleted there immediately after provision of the service. Furthermore, Vereon AG is commissioned by LHI AG, Chem-Academy (B2B-Events.net) and HICHERT+FAISST GmbH to carry out the administration and organization of their events. In this course, we may exchange data with each other.

Email Newsletter

To send our newsletter, we need an email address from you. Verification of the specified email address is necessary and the receipt of the newsletter is to be agreed. To obtain your consent to email advertising, we use the "double opt-in procedure". Your IP address will also be recorded and saved for documentation purposes. The data provided in your registration for the newsletter will be processed solely on the basis of your consent. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is an informal message by email to adressen@vereon.ch or you use the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of cancellation. If these data have been sent to us for other purposes and elsewhere, they will remain with us.

Server Log Files

In server log files, the website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

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

There is no merge of this data with other data sources.

YouTube

For integration and presentation of video content, our website uses plugins from YouTube. Provider of the video portal is the YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with an integrated YouTube plug-in, it will connect to YouTube's servers. YouTube will find out which of our sites you've visited. YouTube may associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile should you be logged into your YouTube account. By logging out beforehand you have the option to prevent this.

For details on how to handle user information, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Web analytics service provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses "cookies." These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and allow analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Server location is usually the US.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize our website and possibly also advertising.

IP anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. There may be exceptions where Google transmits and truncates the full IP address to a server in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to report on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. There is no merger of the Google Analytics transmitted IP address with other Google data.

Browser plugin
The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted. Likewise, you can prevent the collection of data relating to your website use, including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plug-in accessible via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opposition to data collection
For details on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract processing
To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a contract processing agreement with Google.

Demographics in Google Analytics
Our website uses the demographics feature of Google Analytics. It can be used to generate reports that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. An assignment of the data to a specific person is not possible. You can disable this feature at any time. This is possible through the ad settings in your Google Account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section "Objection to data collection".

Twitter

Our website uses features of the service Twitter. Provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States.

When using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. In doing so, data is transmitted to Twitter. We are not aware of the content of the transmitted data or the use of this data by Twitter. For details, see the privacy policy of Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings

LinkedIn

Our website uses features of the LinkedIn service. Provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043 United States. For privacy issues outside the United States, LinkedIn is responsible for Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Websites that have the plug-in built into them will cause your browser to download components from LinkedIn. This tells LinkedIn which specific subpage of our website you are visiting. If you are logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, this can be assigned to your LinkedIn account. If such an association with your LinkedIn account is not wanted, you can prevent this by logging out of your LinkedIn account before calling our website.

By clicking on the LinkedIn plug-in, the website you visit will be linked to your LinkedIn account and shared with other users.

We do not receive information about the data sent to LinkedIn. We have no knowledge of the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn. Privacy information can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. You also have the option of personalizing privacy settings in your LinkedIn account settings.

XING

Our website uses functions of the service XING. Provider is the XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany integrated.

Websites that use the "XING Share Button" feature will connect to XING servers via your browser at short notice.

The "XING Share Button" function is used in particular for calculating and displaying the counter value. To the best of our knowledge, XING does not store any personal data about you by accessing this website. In particular, XING does not store any IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behavior via the use of cookies. For information about Xing's privacy and the "XING Share Button" feature, please visit: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

We do not receive any information about the data sent to XING.

AddToAny

On this website we use the bookmark and share button service AddToAny (https://www.addtoany.com/). This service makes it easy to share content on social sites or networks without first sharing your information directly with other social networks.
Your click on the AddToAny button opens a selection window with various providers, which allow sharing of the visited page. Selecting one of these providers will allow you to interact with each provider. At the same time you give your consent to transmit data to the appropriate provider and achnowledge that information from your browser can now be transmitted directly to the provider and stored there. Data will only be collected if you use the AddToAny button yourself and, if applicable, at the same time log into your personal user account in the respective networks with your access data. When you first set up your account with the respective service, you have already given your consent to the respective privacy policy. If you are logged in to a social service and then use the Addtoany button to access a social network, you do so on your own responsibility and on the privacy policy of that social services / those networks of which you are a member, as recognized by you. Please note the privacy policy of AddToAny https://www.addtoany.com/privacy. By using the AddToAny button you agree to the data processing by AddToAny and the transmission of the data to AddToAny. Our website does not collect any data when using the AddToAny service and does not receive any data from AddToAny resulting from the use of the share button.

Revocation Of Your Consent To Data Processing

Only with your express consent are some processes of data processing possible. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation is sufficient an informal message by email to adressen@vereon.ch. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
After your objection to the processing of your personal data for advertising purposes or the revocation of your consent, we are required by data protection law, the data required for enforcement (company, name, address, email address) permanently in our internal block list, so a compliance of your advertising contradiction or the revocation of your consent can be permanently ensured.

Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract to be delivered to you or to third parties. The provision is made in a machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another person in charge, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Privacy Rights

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data by us, we will gladly provide you with information. If the legal prerequisites are met, they are entitled to a correction (Art. 16 DSGVO), cancellation (Art.17 DSGVO), limitation of processing (Art.18 DSGVO), opposition to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO) and the right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO). Please contact the responsible body mentioned at the beginning. In addition, you have the right to complain to a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Amendments

From time to time it is necessary to adapt the content of this privacy policy. We reserve the right to change them at any time. We will also publish the amended version of the privacy policy here.