The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below this text.

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

Collecting your data

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us due the registration form.

Other data is automatically collected by the webserver when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page call). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website and is not personal.

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website can be provided without errors. We do not analyse your user behaviour.

Your rights regarding your data

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.

Storage duration

The fact that we only store personal data for as long as is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services and products is a general criterion for us. This means that we delete personal data as soon as the reason for the data processing no longer exists. In some cases, we are legally obliged to store certain data even after the original purpose has ceased to exist, for example for accounting purposes. If you wish your data to be deleted or revoke your consent to data processing, the data will be deleted as quickly as possible and provided there is no obligation to store it.

Data transfer to third countries

We only transfer or process data to countries outside the EU (third countries) if you agree to this processing, this is required by law or contractually necessary and in any case only to the extent that this is generally permitted, but in particular for the organizational processing of the event in Izmir , Turkey.

In most cases, your consent is the most important reason that we have data processed in third countries. The processing of personal data in third countries such as the USA, where many software manufacturers offer services and have their server locations, may mean that personal data is processed and stored in unexpected ways.

We expressly point out that, according to the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for data transfer to the USA. Data processing by US services (such as Google Analytics) may result in data not being processed and stored anonymously. In addition, US government authorities may have access to individual data. In addition, it may happen that collected data is linked to data from other services from the same provider, provided you have a corresponding user account. If possible, we try to use server locations within the EU, if this is offered.

Encryption with https (TLS)

We use HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to transmit data securely on the Internet. The protection of confidential data can be ensured by using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet. You can recognize that the data transmission is secured by the small lock symbol on the left in front of the Internet address (e.g. www.domain.com) and the use of https instead of http at the beginning of the Internet address.

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website to register for an event, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This 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. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible authority

For person responsible for data processing on this website please refer to contact details in the imprint of this website.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. For this purpose an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which we are based: https://www.kvkk.gov.tr/en/

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, transferred to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible person, this will only take place as far as it is technically feasible.

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct, block or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Data Collection on our Website

Cookies

The Internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. 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 end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the settings of cookies and allow cookies only 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 you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of his services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.

How can I delete cookies:

You decide for yourself how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option of deleting or deactivating cookies or only partially allowing them. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

If you want to find out which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this in your browser settings.

Facebook Social Plugins Privacy Policy

So-called social plug-ins from Meta Platforms Inc. are installed on our website. You can recognize these buttons by the classic Facebook logo, such as the “Like” button (the hand with the thumb raised) or by a clear “Facebook plug-in” label. A social plugin is a small piece of Facebook that is integrated into our site. Each plugin has its own function. The most used features are the familiar “Like” and “Share” buttons.

The following social plug-ins are offered by Facebook:

• “Save” button
• Like button, share, send and quote
• Page Plugin
• Comments
• Messenger plugin
• Embedded posts and video player
• Groups plugin

Visit https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins for more information on how the individual plug-ins are used. We use the social plug-ins on the one hand to offer you a better user experience on our site and on the other hand because Facebook can use them to optimize our advertisements.

If you have a Facebook account or have already visited https://www.facebook.com/, Facebook has already set at least one cookie in your browser. In this case, your browser sends information to Facebook via this cookie as soon as you visit our site or interact with social plug-ins (e.g. the “Like” button).

The information received will be deleted or made anonymous within 90 days. According to Facebook, this data includes your IP address, which website you visited, the date, time and other information relating to your browser.

To prevent Facebook from collecting a lot of data during your visit to our website and connecting it to Facebook data, you must log out of Facebook while you are visiting the website (log out).

If you are not logged into Facebook or do not have a Facebook account, your browser will send less information to Facebook because you have fewer Facebook cookies. Nevertheless, data such as your IP address or which website you visit can be transmitted to Facebook. We would like to expressly point out that we do not know the exact content of the data. We try but you according to our current

Instagram Privacy Policy

We have integrated Instagram functions on our website. Instagram is a social media platform operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA.

When you come across one of our pages that has Instagram features (such as Instagram images or plugins) built in, your browser automatically connects to Instagram’s servers. Data is sent to Instagram, stored and processed. This is regardless of whether you have an Instagram account or not. This includes information about our website, about your computer, about purchases made, about advertisements that you see and how you use our offer. Furthermore, the date and time of your interaction with Instagram are also saved. If you have an Instagram account or are logged in, Instagram stores significantly more data about you.

We assume that data processing works the same on Instagram as on Facebook. This means: if you have an Instagram account or have visited www.instagram.com, Instagram has set at least one cookie. If this is the case, your browser sends information to Instagram via the cookie as soon as you come into contact with an Instagram function. This data will be deleted or made anonymous again after 90 days at the latest (after comparison). We do not know exactly what data Instagram collects and stores.

YouTube Privacy Policy

We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you call up a page on our website that has an embedded YouTube video, your browser automatically connects to the YouTube or Google servers. Various data are transmitted (depending on the settings). Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in Europe.

The data that YouTube receives from you and processes is stored on the Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. At https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de you can see exactly where the Google data centers are located.

In principle, you can delete data in the Google account manually. With the automatic deletion of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information is stored for either 3 or 18 months and then deleted, depending on your decision.

Regardless of whether you have a Google account or not, you can configure your browser in such a way that Google cookies are deleted or deactivated. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. Under the “Cookies” section you will find the relevant links to the relevant instructions for the most popular browsers.

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.

Google Fonts Privacy Policy

We use Google Fonts on our website. These are the “Google fonts” from Google Inc. The company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe.

When you visit our website, the fonts are reloaded via a Google server. This external call transmits data to the Google servers. This is how Google recognizes that your IP address is visiting our website. Google Fonts securely stores CSS and font requests on Google and is therefore protected. Through the collected usage figures, Google can determine how often the individual fonts are used. With each Google Font request, information such as language settings, IP address, browser version, browser screen resolution and browser name are automatically transmitted to the Google servers. Whether this data is also stored cannot be clearly determined and is not clearly communicated by Google. You can find more about Google Fonts and other questions at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=112002802. There, Google deals with matters relevant to data protection, really detailed information about data storage is not included. It is difficult to get precise information about stored data from Google.

Google Maps Privacy Policy

We use Google Maps from Google Inc. on our website. The company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe. With Google Maps we can better show the location of our events and how to get there and thus adapt our service to your needs. By using Google Maps, data is transmitted to Google and stored on the Google servers.

In order for Google Maps to be able to offer its full service, Google must collect and store data from you. This includes the search terms entered, your IP address and also the latitude and longitude coordinates, etc. If you use the route planner function, the start address entered will also be saved. However, this data storage happens on the Google Maps website. We can only inform you about this, but have no influence. Since we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google sets at least one cookie (NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behavior. Google uses this data primarily to optimize its own services and to provide you with individual, personalized advertising.

Google servers are distributed in data centers around the world, mostly in the USA. For this reason, your data is also increasingly stored in the USA. Google stores some data for a specified period of time, you can only delete other data manually. The company also anonymizes information (e.g. advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.

Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Policy

reCAPTCHA allows us to determine if you’re really a real flesh-and-blood human and not a robot or other spam software, especially when you fill out a form on our website. Google reCAPTCHA is from Google Inc. The company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe.

reCAPTCHA collects personal data from users to determine whether the actions on our website really come from people. The IP address and other data that Google needs for the reCAPTCHA service can therefore be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always shortened within the member states of the EU or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before the data ends up on a server in the USA. The IP address is not combined with other data from Google unless you are logged in with your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube, Gmail, etc.) are already placed on your browser. Then reCAPTCHA sets an additional cookie in your browser and captures a snapshot of your browser window.

It is undisputed that Google uses and analyzes this data even before you click on the “I’m not a robot” tick. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don’t even have to check the box and the whole recognition process runs in the background. Google does not tell you in detail how much and what data Google stores.

If you do not want any data about you and your behavior to be transmitted to Google, you must log out of Google completely and delete all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is automatically transmitted to Google as soon as you access our site. To delete this data again, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=112002802.

So if you use our website, you agree that Google LLC and its representatives automatically collect, process and use data.

Die grundsätzliche Verwendung von Daten bei Google finden Sie in der hauseigenen Datenschutzerklärung auf https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Polylang (WordPress PlugIn)

This PlugIn provides the multilingual capabilities oft this website. Polylang uses a cookie to remember the language selected by the user when he comes back to visit again the website. This cookie is also used to get the language information when not available in another way. Examples are ajax requests or the login page.This plugins do not collect personal data.

WPForms (WordPress PlugIn)

We use this PlugIn to manage the registrations for our event. The options for user tracking cookies and to store the user IP as well as browser informations are disabled. So no user tracking data is stored.

Analytic Tools

We do not use analytic tools like google analytics or Matomo.

Hosting

We use World4You for our website, including a web hosting provider. Service provider is the Austrian company World4You Internet Services GmbH, Hafenstrasse 35, 4020 Linz, Austria. You can find out more about the data processed by using World4You in the data protection declaration at https://www.world4you.com/de/unternehmen/datenschutzerklaerung.html.

The web servers generate log files when the website is accessed. They are used for operational security, the creation of access statistics or to correct errors with the help of error log files. According to World4You’s data protection declaration (see above), these log files are treated in compliance with the GDPR.

 They contain the following information:

•  the called page (URL)
• the browser or the browser version
• the operating system used
• the referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Host name and IP address of the accessing computer
• the time of the server request

A log file is a file in which system processes and events are saved. The log files are stored for two weeks in accordance with the GDPR.

Contact

You can contact us by e-mail (see imprint). In this case, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the contact. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.