Privacy Policy
1. General information on data processing and its purpose and legal basis
This Data Protection and Privacy Statement is to inform you of how Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH collects, manages and processes your personal data that you have provided to us by using our online services on our website : www.buchmesse.de/en(opens in a new window) and other related websites, and/or via the functions and contents of these Websites (in the following jointly referred to as “online services” or “website“).
a – Name of the controller of the data file according to data protection law
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
b – Managing director and head of data processing
Juergen Boos
c – Data protection officer of the operation
Tatjana Walter, privacy@buchmesse.de
d – Address of the controller of the data file according to data protection law
Braubachstraße 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
e – Purpose of collecting, processing or using the data
The purpose of the company is organising the Frankfurter Buchmesse, promoting the book and publishing industry by organising book fairs and events abroad, organising congresses, conferences, seminars and similar events on a national and international level, as well as providing information on the book and publishing industry in the form of online databases. All data are collected processed and used solely in pursuit of the declared objectives of the company, in particular for the purpose of:
- Handling the respective business process
- market and opinion research
- enabling the event organiser or a service provider commissioned by the organiser to send out event-related offers
- providing information before and after the event
- supporting networking within the industry
- advertising
- for tests and the development of the customer portal and website
- communicating and updating our portfolio of exhibitors and sharing selected data with individual service providers in fulfilment of a contract.
f - Description of the groups of data subjects and of the associated data or data categories
In pursuit of the purposes mentioned in clause e, the following personal data of each of the different groups of individuals is collected, processed and/or used:
| Group of individuals (data subjects) | Data collected, processed and/or used | Purpose | Legal basis according to Article 6 – EU-GDPR |
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| Representatives of exhibiting companies (exhibitors) | Company details including addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information on branch of business, product data as well as contractual, payment and accounting data, website access data, login data, IP-address, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Representatives of exhibiting companies (trade visitors) | Addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information on branch of business, product data, as well as contractual and accounting data, website access data, login data, IP-address, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Visitors of events without limitations applying to trade visitors | Name, address, communication data, payment and accounting data, product data, website access data, login data, IP-address, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Interested parties | Company details including addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information on branch of business, product interests |
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| Users of visa services | Company details including addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, passport number, website access data, login data, IP-address | Drawing up letters of invitation for the purpose of applying for a visa to visit the Frankfurter Buchmesse |
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| Registered journalists and bloggers | Company details including addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information on branch of business, product interests, website access data, login data, IP-address, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Point of contact for suppliers, service providers and other business partners | Company details or data of institutions including addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information of services provided as well as contractual and accounting data |
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| Website users | Access data, IP-addresses |
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| Users of the platform Frankfurt-Connect | Company and personal data with addresses, contact and communication data, images, videos, industry affiliation information, interests, topics, favourites, product data, interaction data, meeting information, event data, contract, payment and billing figures, access data, cookies, authentication data, IP address |
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| Users of the Frankfurt Connect App | Technical information, including the type of mobile device (model, manufacturer and library version), a unique device identifier (e.g. the IMEI number of the device, the MAC address of the device's wireless network interface), information about the mobile network, the mobile operating system, the type of mobile browser, the time zone setting (device information); the country. |
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| Users of the platform Frankfurt Rights | Company data with addresses, contact names and communication data, industry affiliation information, interests, topics, favourites, product data, rights and licence information, contract, payment and billing data, access data when logging in to the website, IP address |
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| Recipient of e-mail communication | Addresses, names of contact persons and communication data |
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| Participants in conferences | Addresses, names of contact persons and communication data, information on branch of business, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Applicants for Masterclasses | Addresses, contact names and communication data, company and industry details |
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| Participants in digital events | Addresses, contact names and communication data, company and industry details, content of the surveys. Technical data (devices, log data, browser data IP address), cookies. Recording of imagery and sound at the event. When purchasing a ticket: additional billing address. |
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| Staff members | Personal data, if applicable photographs and videos during Frankfurter Buchmesse for PR and marketing |
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| Applicants | Personal data | Recruiting management |
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g - Recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data can be provided
- responsible sales and service partners
- data processers processing personal data on behalf of the controller
- customers (in fulfilment of the purposes listed under clause e)
- public agencies (only when overriding legal provisions exist)
- exhibitors (electronic use of visitor data, when the visitor permits the exhibitor to scan the barcode on their ticket).
h – Retention, vesting and deletion periods:
The data mentioned under clause f, will be deleted when the purposes for which they were collected, cease to apply, unless other statutory storage periods are provided by law. The data retained due to statutory storage periods will be deleted upon expiry of the legally prescribed storage periods. To be able to promptly comply with an objection to use personal data that has been collected for advertising purposes, it is necessary to keep the data of persons filing an objection in a block list on a continuous basis.
i - Transfer of data to countries outside of the EU territory
To be able to fulfil the purposes listed under clauses e and f, it is necessary to exchange the data between affiliated companies and responsible sales and service partners within Germany, within the EU and across EU boundaries and such exchange is stipulated by contract. The data of interested parties, exhibitors, visitors, journalists or users of the website is therefore transferred to service partners within Germany, within the EU and across EU boundaries. Data are only transferred to countries outside EU boundaries, if these countries have a corresponding data protection agreement to that effect that this agreement ensures a data protection level similar to that within the EU (e.g. EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the Binding Corporate Rules). If a visitor permits an exhibitor to scan the barcode on their ticket, the visitor's registration details may be shared with that exhibitor, irregardless of whether the exhibitor is from Germany, another EU country or elsewhere in the world.
2. General information on the website
Some of our websites may have links to the websites of other companies and organisations. In view of the fact that we have no responsibility for these sites, we recommend that you read the information about data protection at these sites in detail.
Online ordering
When you use our online ordering system, we obtain the data from you that are necessary to process your order and to provide the agreed services. Mandatory data fields that are used to collect the required data are always clearly marked with an asterisk.
To ensure the secure transmission of your data, encrypting systems are used. This means that the communication between your browser and our ordering system is illegible for all other participants on the internet.
SSL encryption
This website uses SSL encryption for the secure and safe transmission of sensitive contents, e.g. for the registration in My Book Fair. You can recognise an encrypted connection when the address field of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and when the padlock icon appears in your browser line. When the SSL encryption is enabled your data cannot be read by third parties during the transmission.
Cookies
The websites of Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Cookies make it possible to recognise the users of the website. The purpose of this tracking is to facilitate the use of our website for the users. The users can always block cookies by adjusting the browser settings and thus object to the setting of cookies on a permanent basis. In addition, users can use the delete function of the browser or other software programmes to delete cookies that were already installed. This adjustment can be made with all standard internet browsers. However, if you disable the possibility to set cookies, you may not be able to fully use all functions of our website.
Friendly Captcha
We use Friendly Captcha (hereinafter referred to as "Friendly Captcha") on our website. The provider is Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3-5, 82237 Woerthsee, Germany.
Friendly Captcha is used to check whether the data input on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated programme. For this purpose, Friendly Captcha analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. Friendly Captcha evaluates various information for the analysis (e.g. anonymised IP address, referrer, visit time, etc.). You can find further information on this at
https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/(opens in a new window).
The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and SPAM.
ReCaptcha
To protect our databases and to distinguish human individuals from automated bots, we include Google LLC(opens in a new window)'s reCaptcha service in some online forms. Among other things, Google collects the IP address, sets a cookie and may process other personal data in order to track users across websites. Information on the collection and processing of personal data by Google can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en(opens in a new window)
Data logging and log files
With each user access, the website of Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH collects a series of general data and information. This data and information are stored in the log files of the server. The following information can be collected:
(1) the types and versions of browsers used; (2) the operating system used by the system that accesses the website; (3) the website from which an accessing system is directed to our website (so-called referrer); (4) the sub-websites that are called-up by a system accessing our website; (5) the date and time when the access to our website took place; (6) an internet protocol address (IP address); (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system; and (8) other related data and information that are relevant to avert danger in the case of attacks on our information technology systems.
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH does not use the collected data to identify the respective individual. This information is rather needed (1) to present the contents of our website in a correct way, (2) to optimise the contents of our website as well as the advertising of our website, (3) to ensure the operability of our information technology systems and of the technology of our website on a permanent basis and (4) to provide the law enforcement authorities with the necessary information for prosecution in the case of a cyberattack.
3. Web analytics services
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies” – text files that are stored on your computer in order to enable an analysis of the use of the website that is accessed by you. The cookies-generated information about your use of the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the United States of America and stored there. If the IP anonymization on this website is activated, your IP address will be truncated within member states of the EU or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, your full IP address will be transferred to a Google server in the United States of America and shortened there. Upon request of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website to compile reports on website activities to the website operator and to provide other services relating to the use of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Google Analytics will not be amalgamated with other data of Google. You have the possibility to prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings correspondingly; please note that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website if you block the storage of cookies. A further possibility to prevent that the data relating to your use of the website (including their IP address) are collected and processed by Google via the cookie, is to install the browser plugin that can be downloaded at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en(opens in a new window).
You can prevent that your data are captured by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. This click will create an opt-out cookie that enables you to block this website from capturing your data when you visit this website in the future: deactivate Google Analytics Google Analytics is deactivated
More information on the terms of use and privacy policy can be found on https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html(opens in a new window) or on https://policies.google.com/?hl=en-GB(opens in a new window). On this website, Google Analytics was extended by the code “anonymizeIp” that prevents the anonymised capturing of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Matomo
This website uses the open source web analytics application Matomo. Matomo uses so-called “cookies”. These cookies are text files that are stored on your computer in order to track and analyse your online visits to this website. For this purpose, the cookie-generated data relating to your visit to our website are stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised before the data is stored.
The cookie-generated data of your visit to our website are not disclosed to third parties. You have the possibility to prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings correspondingly; please note that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website if you block the storage of cookies. If you want to object to the storage and use of your data, you can disable the storage and use functions by clicking on the following link(opens in a new window). Clicking on this link will create an opt-out cookie in your browser that blocks the ability of Matomo to store user data. Deleting your cookies will include the deletion of the Matomo opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie must be reactivated when you visit our website again.
4. Other external services
Google Tag Manager
Our website uses the Google Tag Manager for the provision of all tags (Google Analytics) or banner ads or for other targeting measures.
Tags are small code elements on the website that help measuring the traffic and the visitor behaviour, capturing the impact of online advertising and of social channels, using remarketing and orientation towards target groups and testing and optimising the website.
Google Tag Manager tracks a series of tags and firing triggers that are defining when these tags are to be applied on the website. When a user visits the website, the current tag configuration is sent to the browser of the user. It contains instructions which tags are to be activated: Click here to read more about how Google Tag Manager works.
Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows the marketers to manage website tags via a user interface. The tool Tag Manager itself (that implements the tags) is a cookie-free domain. The tool ensures that other tags are activated that will gather data, if necessary. Google Tag Manager does not access these data. Deactivating tags on domain level or cookie level, will implement this deactivation for all tracking tags that are implemented with the Google Tag Manager.
Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps API for the visual representation of geographical information. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you are using Google Maps, Google will also gather, process and use data on the usage of Maps features by visitors accessing the websites. For more detailed information on data processing by Google, please read the Privacy Policy of Google.
YouTube (Video-Embedding)
Our website uses plugins of YouTube that is operated by Google. The operator of the websites is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our websites that has an integrated YouTube-Plugin, a connection to the servers of YouTube is established. In this process, the YouTube server receives notification which of our pages you have accessed. If you are logged in to your Youtube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour with your personal profile. You can avoid this by logging out of your YouTube-Account. If you wish to read more about how YouTube handles user data, please go to the privacy policy of YouTube(opens in a new window).
Vimeo (Video-Embedding)
Videos from the company Vimeo, Vimeo.com, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, may be embedded on our website. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited and your IP address is transmitted to Vimeo. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.
If you wish to purchase a video of one of our events, e.g. the Frankfurt Conference, we will redirect you to the page of Vimeo on Demand, a service of Vimeo.com, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. There you have the option to register and purchase the video.
For more information on privacy at Vimeo please see https://vimeo.com/privacy(opens in a new window).
Our pages contain integrated plugins of the social network Facebook that is provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognise these Facebook plugins when you see the Facebook logo or the “like-button” on our internet pages. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/products/social-plugins/?locale=en_US(opens in a new window).
If you visit our website, a direct connection will be established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook receives notification that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you are logged in to your Facebook account and you click on the “like button”, you can link the contents of our website with your Facebook profile. In this way, Facebook is able to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of these websites, are not informed of the contents of the transmitted data and their usage by Facebook. For more information, please refer to the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php(opens in a new window)
If you wish to block Facebook’s ability to associate your visit to our website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
The Frankfurter Buchmesse company page on Facebook
The company page is jointly operated by Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH and Facebook Ireland Ltd. are jointly responsible for ensuring Art. 4 No. 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). When you visit our Facebook fan page, personal data is processed by the responsible parties (first responsible party: Facebook, second responsible party: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH). Below you can read more on what data is involved, how it is processed, and what rights you have in this respect.
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH has reached an agreement with Facebook on joint responsibility under data protection law with regard to the processing of personal data. Data is processed in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR, which you can view here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum(opens in a new window).
In this agreement, Facebook acknowledges its joint responsibility with regard to so-called Insights data and assumes obligations under data protection law to inform affected persons about data security or reporting data protection violations. In addition, the agreement stipulates that Facebook is the primary contact for protecting personal rights (Art. 15-22 GDPR). As the provider of the social network, Facebook alone has direct access to the necessary information and can also immediately take any necessary measures and provide information.
To operate the Facebook fan page, we use Facebook's Insights function to obtain anonymous statistical data on the users of our Facebook fan page. Facebook provides information on the Insights function and on Facebook pages in its Data Policy(opens in a new window).
The information stored in cookies is received, recorded and processed by Facebook. You can find more information about the use of cookies by Facebook in their Cookies Policy.(opens in a new window)
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH as the operator of the fan page does not make any decisions regarding the processing of Insights data. The visitor statistics compiled are transmitted to Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH in anonymous form only. We have no access to the underlying data.
On Facebook’s Ad Preferences(opens in a new window) page, users can influence the extent to which their user behaviour can be recorded when visiting our Facebook fan page. Further options are offered in the Facebook Settings(opens in a new window) and the Form for Submitting Objections.(opens in a new window)
You can prevent Facebook from processing your data via cookies by setting the preferences of your own browser to prevent cookies from third parties or to prevent cookies from Facebook.
We use the information collected by Facebook and provided via Facebook Insights, such as demographic and geographic analyses, to better understand how our Facebook fan page can better reach our fans and provide content relevant to them.
We maintain this Facebook fan page to communicate with Facebook users and visitors to our fan page. In accordance with the balancing of interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our overwhelmingly justifiable interests in the presentation of our offering and in effective communication with customers and interested parties.
Inquiries regarding the rights of those affected should be addressed directly to Facebook. Please use the form provided by Facebook for inquiries: https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhelp%2Fcontact%2F308592359910928(opens in a new window)
Should you make inquiries to us, these will be transmitted to Facebook as the primary data controller.
Facebook Pixels
Our website uses a “Facebook Pixel” from Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, that creates a direct link to Facebook servers. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our website. Facebook links this information to your personal Facebook user account, if you have one and if you are logged in. If you visit other websites that use “Facebook Pixels”, that information will also be linked to your Facebook account. We, however, will not be informed of the other websites you visit.
To find out more information on how to protect your privacy on Facebook, please see the Facebook privacy policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/(opens in a new window). The help area of Facebook provides further details on Facebook Pixels and their function: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616(opens in a new window).
TikTok Pixel
Our website uses a "Tiktok Pixel" by Tiktok (for EU: TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, One London Wall, 6th Floor, London, EC2Y 5EB, England, and TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland). This is a code that allows us to understand and track the activities of users of our website. The Tiktok Pixel collects and processes information about users or the devices they use. In addition, the TikTok Pixel also uses cookies to store information on the device you are using. The storage of information by the TikTok Pixel or access to information that is already stored in your device only takes place with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time via our Cookie Consent Management Tool.
Personal data such as IP address and e-mail address as well as other information such as device ID, device type and operating system may also be transferred to TikTok. TikTok uses this information to identify users of our website, to associate their actions with a user account, to display advertisements, and to create interest-based profiles. The collected data is anonymous and not visible to us and is only used to measure the effectiveness of our ad placements.
This collection and transfer of data is done by us and TikTok as joint data controllers. We have concluded a joint controller processing agreement with TikTok that defines the allocation of data protection duties between us and TikTok: https://ads.tiktok.com/i18n/official/policy/jurisdiction-specific-terms(opens in a new window). For more information on TikTok's privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/new-privacy-policy?lang=en(opens in a new window)
Our websites have integrated features of the service Twitter that is provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Using Twitter and the feature “Re-Tweet”, will link the websites visited by you with your Twitter account and announced to other users. During this process, data are also sent to Twitter. Please note that we, as the provider of these websites, are not informed of the contents of the transmitted data and their usage by Twitter. If you wish to read more about Twitter’s privacy policy, please go to https://twitter.com/privacy(opens in a new window).
Your privacy settings of your Twitter account can be changed by clicking on this link:
https://twitter.com/settings/account(opens in a new window).
Our websites have integrated features of the service provider Instagram that is provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you are able to link the contents of our websites with your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. In this way, Instagram is able to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of these websites, are not informed of the contents of the transmitted data and their usage by Instagram.
If you wish to read more about Instagram’s privacy policy, please go to
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content(opens in a new window).
Our website uses features of the network LinkedIn that is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access one of our websites containing features of LinkedIn, a connection to the servers of LinkedIn is established. LinkedIn receives notification that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you are logged in to your LinkedIn account, and click on the LinkedIn “recommend button”, LinkedIn will be able to attribute your visit to our internet page to your profile and your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of these internet pages, are not informed of the contents of the transmitted data and their usage by LinkedIn.
If you wish to read more about LinkedIn’s privacy policy, please go to
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy(opens in a new window).
LinkedIn “Insight Tag”
Our website uses “Insight Tags”, a product of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). The “Insight Tag” is a pixel provided by LinkedIn that creates a direct link to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our website. LinkedIn connects this information to a unique ID that is either saved on your device as a cookie or provided by your end device (smartphone “Ad ID”) and links it to your LinkedIn account if you are logged in. If you visit other websites that use “Insight Tags”, that information will also be linked to your Facebook account. We, however, will not be informed of the other websites you visit.
To find out more information on how to protect your privacy on LinkedIn, please see the LinkedIn privacy policy(opens in a new window).
You can log into LinkedIn and deactivate data collection at any time by following this link(opens in a new window).
Our website uses features of the network XING that is provided by XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of our websites containing features of XING, a connection to the servers of XING is established. To our knowledge, personal data are not stored when you access XING. In particular, no IP addresses are stored and no usage behaviour is analysed.
If you want to read more about XING’s privacy policy and the XING share button, please go to https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy(opens in a new window).
SoundCloud
Our websites may contain integrated plugins of the social network SoundCloud that is provided by SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, UK. You can recognise the SoundCloud plugins when you see the SoundCloud logo on the websites. If you visit our website, a direct connection will be established between your browser and the SoundCloud server when the plugin has been activated. SoundCloud receives notification that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you are logged in to your SoundCloud user account and click on the “like button” or the “share button”, you can link and/or share the contents of our websites with your SoundCloud profile. This enables SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of these websites, are not informed of the contents of the transmitted data and their usage by SoundCloud.
If you wish to read more about SoundCloud’s privacy policy, please go to https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy(opens in a new window)
If you wish to block SoundCloud’s ability to associate your visit to our website with your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account before you activate the contents of the SoundCloud plugin.
5. Services of the digital book fair
Zoom
For the organisation of digital events, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH uses the services of Zoom Video Communications, Inc., 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, USA. To participate in an event, it is required to first register with Zoom at https://zoom.us/signup(opens in a new window). Participation without registration is not possible. First name, last name and email address are collected as part of the registration process. Zoom's data protection information can be found at https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/privacy/(opens in a new window); the terms of use can be found at https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/(opens in a new window).
Eventbrite
To process ticket sales for digital events, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH uses the services of Eventbrite, Inc., a company registered in 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA . The following personal data is collected and processed during ticket sales: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Company Name, Sales Tax/VAT ID, Billing Address. Ticket buyers have the option to create an account with Eventbrite, but it is not required to purchase a ticket. Information about data protection at Eventbrite can be found at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/help/en-gb/articles/460838/eventbrite-privacy-policy/(opens in a new window).
As the organiser, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH has access to the above-mentioned data of the participants in an event. The data is used to prepare for and follow-up after the event.
Streaming
No personal data are collected in connection with using the streaming services integrated on the website of the Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH.
Recordings
Digital events of Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH can be recorded. Participants will be informed about the recording at the beginning of and during an event. The recordings are used for documentation, media coverage and promotion of the events organised by Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH.
It is possible that you as a participant are visible or audible in a recording, possibly only in the background. If you do not want this, you have the option to deactivate your camera and microphone.
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH processes the recordings made for media coverage of the event for subsequent reporting and for advertising other similar events in both print and online media.
6. Information and newsletter services
Subscribing to and unsubscribing from (objection) our newsletter and information services
The website of Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH offers its visitors the possibility to subscribe to the information and newsletter services of our company. The volume and nature of personal data transmitted during the subscription process to the particular information or newsletter service depends on the input mask you use.
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH informs its customers and business partners about the offers of the company in regular intervals by means of information and newsletter services. The information and newsletter services of our company can generally be received by the interested parties only if (1) they have a valid e-mail account and (2) they have registered for information or newsletter services. We rely on the “double opt-in” process. For legal reasons, a confirmation is sent to the e-mail address that was entered by the person registering for the first time for the information or newsletter service. This confirmation e-mail is sent out to confirm that the owner of the e-mail address, as the data subject, has authorised the receipt of the information and/or newsletter service.
If you register for the information and/or newsletter services, we will also store the IP address that the internet service provider (ISP) has assigned to the computer system that was used by you at the time of the registration, including the date and the time of the log-in. It is necessary to collect these data to be able to track any possible abuse of your e-mail address at a later point of time and thus serves the legal protection of those responsible for the processing of the data.
The personal data gathered during the subscription of the information and newsletter services are used only for providing our informations and newsletter services. Furthermore, subscribers of information and newsletter services can be notified by e-mail if this should be necessary for the operation of the information and/or newsletter service or if a registration is required, e.g. in the case of changes to the information and newsletter services or changes of the technology. The personal data that is gathered within the scope of the information and newsletter services will not be disclosed to third parties. The data subject may at any time cancel the subscription to our information and newsletter services. He or she may at any time withdraw the consent to the storage of personal data that was given for the purpose of using the information and newsletter services. Each information and newsletter service offers a link specifically for the withdrawal of the consent.
Newsletter-Tracking
The information and newsletter services offered by Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in e-mails that are sent in the HTML format and it permits log file recording and log file analysis. This enables the statistical interpretation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. By means of the embedded tracking pixel, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH can identify if an e-mail was opened by a user and when it was opened and which of the links contained in the e-mail were accessed by the user.
The data gathered by means of these tracking pixels that are contained in the information and newsletter services are stored and analysed by us in order to optimise the mailings and to better adapt the content of future information and newsletter services to the preferences of the client. These personal data are not conveyed to third parties. The data subjects may at any time withdraw the consent that they have given separately by means of the “double opt-in” process. Following the revocation, these personal data are deleted. Unsubscribing from the information and newsletter services will be treated automatically as revocation by Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH.
7. Rights of the data subject
Possibilities to raise objections
- Any data subject has the possibility to object to the use of his or her data for advertising purposes. Please send your objection to privacy@buchmesse.de or to: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH, Datenschutzbeauftragte, Braubachstr. 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main.
- Each data subject has the right to object to the processing of his or her personal data, unless the storage of data is a legal obligation in connection with the business processes. Please send your objection in writing to privacy@buchmesse.de or to: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH, Datenschutzbeauftragte, Braubachstr. 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main.
In addition, each individual (data subject) has the following rights:
- the right to be informed if and what kind of the individual’s personal data are collected and retained by us;
- the right to make a request for immediate rectification and/or completion if personal data are incorrect or incomplete and the right to receive a supplementary explanation;
- the right to make a request for erasure of the personal data;
- the right to make a request for restriction of processing of the data;
- the right to obtain his or her personal data in a structured, conventional and machine-readable format.
Please send your request in writing to privacy@buchmesse.de or to: Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH, Datenschutzbeauftragte, Braubachstr. 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- In addition, each data subject whose personal data are subject to processing has the right to an effective judicial remedy before a court or to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Last updated: October 2024