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TECHNICALLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are always active and cannot be deactivated. However, no personal or pseudonymised data is collected, only your settings for our tracking functions are saved. Additionally, your language settings will be saved when visiting our blog.
SERVER LOG FILES
These are data that are automatically transmitted to us, no cookie is placed on your computer. This data is stored exclusively on pressrelations' servers in Düsseldorf and is not merged with other data sources.
Google Cookies
In our Google Tag Manager we collect information about Google Analytics, Audiences and Google Double Click.
With these cookies we can track how you use our website and what you click on, so we can improve our website and advertising. The collected data is anonymized, i.e. no personal data is collected, this data is sent to Google LLC in the USA.
Also part of our Google Tag Manager integration is Leadinfo. Leadinfo places two first party cookies which exclusively provide pressrelations insights into the behavior on the website. These cookies will not be shared with other parties.
Hotjar
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Facebook Pixel
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LinkedIn Pixel
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Twitter Pixel
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NewsRadar® Data protection and privacy

At pressrelations we attach great importance to the protection of your personal data and therefore adhere strictly to the regulations of the Data Protection Basic Regulation and the Telemedia Act. With this declaration we therefore inform you which data is collected and used by us for which purpose.

pressrelations collects your personal data such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax number exclusively for the purpose for which you provide your data (e.g. for processing information requests or sending newsletters). We use this data to provide and constantly improve information and services in accordance with your wishes. Your personal data will only be used within pressrelations GmbH. Basically it is our claim that your personal data is collected, processed and used in accordance with the legal data protection regulations.

Information according to GDPR

We process the data on our website on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 a), b) and f) of the GDPR:

a) (…) "the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes; (…)

b) (…) „processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract; (…)

f) (...) "processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. " (...)

Competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link will take you to the responsible data protection officer and his contact details: 

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Adressen/LfD/NordrheinWestfalen.html?nn=5217144

Right to information as well as correction, deletion and blocking of data

If you have any questions regarding data protection or requests for correction, blocking or deletion of your personal data, please address them directly to one of the contact options listed in the imprint.

Right to data transferability

You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The information is provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible person, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.

Changes to our data protection regulations

The data protection information will be adapted to the extent necessary in order to reflect data protection-relevant changes to our services in the data protection information, e.g. when introducing new services or in order to comply with current legal requirements.

Please check this page from time to time to keep up to date. Please refer to the top of this page for the current status of the terms of use.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line of your browser and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

Server Log Files

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

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

These data are not merged with other data sources. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Information on Cookies

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or terminal device when you use our websites.

There are basically two types of cookies:

Temporary Cookies
Such cookies are temporarily stored on your computer or terminal during your visit to our website and then deleted.

Persistent cookies
These cookies remain on your computer for a long time.

How we use cookies

In general, pressrelations uses various Internet technologies (e.g. cookies, Java script) only to make it easier for you to use pressrelations Internet applications and to optimise them on the basis of anonymised, stored user data. This means:

  • To remind us of your language choice during the session, so that you can navigate more easily on our pages
  • For data analysis, e.g. the evaluation of visitor numbers of our web pages or the most frequently visited web pages. We use the analysis results for optimization purposes of our website. This website uses web analysis services from Google. More information about the use of Google's web analytics services can be found below.

Management of cookies

In the menu of most browsers you will find setting options for the use of cookies. Usually a browser has the following setting options:

  • View cookies
  • Allow cookies
  • Disable all or certain cookies
  • Disable all cookies when you close your browser
  • Block Cookies
  • Notify when a cookie is to be set
  • Contradiction to tracking web analysis (opt-out)

Note: If you block our cookies in your browser settings, you will not be able to use certain areas of our website or some functions will not be guaranteed. This may adversely affect your surfing experience. If you set your browser to "delete all cookies," your browser preferences will be deleted when you close your browser. If you do not prevent the setting of cookies in your browser settings, our system sends cookies as soon as you visit one of our websites.

In general, the common definition of cookies and their use, such as defined by the IETF Community, applies.

Google Analytics und Google Analytics Audiences

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, by activating IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it will be shortened. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

With the help of Google Analytics, pressrelations uses non-personalized information about the IP address, date of the website visit as well as the duration on the respective subpages. These data are evaluated by us for statistical purposes in order to continuously improve our offer. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser software.

Opposition to tracking web analysis (opt-out) and further information

You can always use the tracking web analysis for the future. You can download and install the extension for your browser on the corresponding Google websites. If you're using multiple devices or browsers, you'll need to opt out again on each of your devices or browsers.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout . You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent your data from being collected in the future when you visit this website.

For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=en. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" in order to guarantee anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

In the NewsBoard – Social Media Channels

In our portal, contents of the social network Facebook are integrated: Provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on content from Facebook, Facebook can associate visiting these pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook.

More Information: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications and https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign visits to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log off from your Facebook user account.

The contents of the Instagram service are integrated in our portal. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you click on Instagram content while logged into your Instagram account, Instagram can associate visiting these pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the site provider, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. For more information, please refer to Instagram's Privacy Policy: instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

The contents of the Twitter service are integrated in our portal. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. If you click on Twitter content while logged into your account, data will be transmitted to Twitter and your visit to these pages may be associated with your account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in the account settings at twitter.com/account/settings.

Our portal provides content from the Google operated site, YouTube. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you are logged in to your YouTube account and click on the uploaded content, you can enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

You can find more information about the handling of user data in YouTube's Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy

 

Our portal uses YouTube API Services. Data obtained from the YouTube API Services is subject to the Google Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions regarding the treatment of data by pressrelations GmbH, please contact our data protection officer at any time:

GCS – Geno Corporate Services GmbH
Mr. Frank Gundlach
Türkenstrasse 22 - 24
80333 München

Phone: +49 89 28685180
Email: fgundlach@geno-cs.de