1. Data privacy at a glance

General notes

The following information provides a quick overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data privacy can be found in our privacy policy provided below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is handled by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

For what purpose do we use your data?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

At any time, you have the right to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, locking or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. You also have the right to file a complaint with the responsible regulatory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually carried out anonymously; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can choose to object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.

You may object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this privacy policy.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This data privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

state of DESIGN GmbH
Kolonnenstraße 8
10827 Berlin

info@berlindesignweek.com

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to file a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Commissioner for Data Protection (Landesdatenschutzbeauftragte) of the federal state in which our company is registered. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right of data transferability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a customary, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another body, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL-encrypted connection or a TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, locking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, locking or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the mandatory imprint for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of the internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

Required cookies

WPML is a multilingual system for WordPress websites. The cookies store the user’s language and can redirect the user to the version of the website that matches the language of the user’s browser.

Wordfence protects this website from attacks of various kinds. Cookies are used to check the user’s permissions before accessing WordPress, to notify administrators when a user logs in with a new device or at a new location, and to bypass certain country restrictions through specially prepared links.

Elementor is software that is used to create the layout of this website. Cookies are used to store the number of page views and active sessions of the user. The data collected is not used for analysis purposes, but only to ensure that, for example, hidden elements are not displayed again during several active sessions.

Real Cookie Banner asks website visitors for their consent to the setting of cookies and the processing of personal data. For this purpose, each website visitor is assigned a UUID (pseudonymous identification of the user), which is valid until the cookie expires in order to save the consent. Cookies are used to test whether cookies can be set, to store the reference to a documented consent, to store for which services from which service groups the visitor has given consent and, in the case of consent under the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF), to store consent in TCF partners, purposes, special purposes, functions and special functions. As part of the disclosure obligation under GDPR, the consent obtained is fully documented. In addition to the services and service groups to which the visitor has consented and, if consent was obtained according to the TCF standard, to which TCF partners, purposes and characteristics the visitor has consented, this includes all cookie banner settings at the time of consent as well as the technical circumstances (e.g. size of the displayed area at the time of consent) and the user interactions (e.g. clicking on buttons) that led to consent. Consent is collected once per language.

Functional cookies

Vimeo enables content published on vimeo.com to be embedded directly into websites. The cookies are used to collect visited websites and detailed statistics on user behavior. This data can be linked to the data of users registered on vimeo.com.

Font Awesome is a service that downloads a custom icon font that is not installed on the user’s client device and embeds it into the website. No cookies in the technical sense are set on the user’s client, but technical and personal data such as the IP address are transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server to enable the use of the service.

Adobe Fonts (Typekit) is a service that downloads fonts that are not installed on the user’s client device and embeds them in the website. No cookies in the technical sense are set on the user’s client, but technical and personal data such as the IP address are transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server in order to enable the use of the service.

Gravatar is a service where people can link their e-mail address to an avatar image that can be loaded in the comments section, for example. wird. No cookies in the technical sense are set on the user’s client, but technical and personal data such as the IP address are transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server in order to enable the use of the service.

Google Fonts is a service that downloads fonts that are not installed on the user’s client device and embeds them in the website. No cookies in the technical sense are set on the user’s client, but technical and personal data such as the IP address are transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server in order to enable the use of the service.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

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

This data is not brought together with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. Sie brauchen uns nur eine formlose Mitteilung per E-Mail zu schicken. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

We will hold the data you enter in the contact form until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

CleverElements

This website uses CleverElements to send newsletters. The provider is CleverElements GmbH, Prinzessinnenstr. 19-20, 10969 Berlin (Germany).

CleverElements is a service that can be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on CleverElements’ servers in Germany.

If you do not want CleverElements to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

Data analysis by CleverElements

With the help of CleverElements, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine which links have been clicked on particularly often.

CleverElements also allows us to subdivide newsletter recipients according to different recipient categories (e.g. place of residence). In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.

Detailed information on the functions of CleverElements can be found at the following link: https://cleverelements.com/product.

Legal foundation

The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR). Sie können diese Zustimmung jederzeit widerrufen. The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Storage period

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the CleverElements servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Daten, die wir zu anderen Zwecken speichern (z.B. E-Mail-Adressen für den Mitgliederbereich), bleiben hiervon unberührt.

Conclusion of a contract for commissioned data processing

We have concluded a contract with CleverElements in which we oblige CleverElements to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties.

For more information, please refer to CleverElements’ privacy policy at: https://cleverelements.com/imprint.