Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 14, 2020

PEDCO AG (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates http://www.pedco.eu  (the “Site”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

It is a matter of course for us to respect your personal rights. This also applies to the handling of personal data when you visit and use this website. We, therefore, act in accordance with the data protection regulations of the European Union. In the following, you will learn how we handle your personal data and in particular which data we collect, process and use for what purposes.

Information Collection And Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name (“Personal Information”).

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”).

This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this.

Your personal data will not be passed on, sold or otherwise transmitted to third parties. Something else only applies if this is necessary for the processing of the communicated or agreed purposes (e.g. transfer of event participant data to licensing partners, printers, hotels or logistics companies) and is permitted without consent in accordance with applicable data protection law or you have given your express consent. For every event that PEDCO AG holds, PEDCO AG creates a list of participants, in which the first name, last name, company and location of the registered participants are printed. The list of participants will be made available to all participants of the relevant event as part of the event documents.

Communications

If you contact us via the contact form, you agree that your message with your specified contact details may be processed and used by us for the purpose of answering and contacting you.

We will only process and use the data transmitted to process your message and respond to you. There is no transmission to third parties.

If you consent to the transmission of your data via the contact form, you have given the following consent: “Yes, my data entered above and my message may be processed and used by PEDCO AG for the purpose of processing, contacting and answering. In this regard, I agree to the privacy policy. I can revoke this consent at any time with future effect. ”

You can revoke your consent at any time within the framework of the statutory provisions. Your data will then be stored for as long and as long as we are obliged to do so within the scope of the statutory retention requirements or as long as we still need your data to carry out or process an existing contractual relationship. Your data will be blocked for other purposes during this time.

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

As a citizen, you have the right to decide whether a website can place cookies on your device. One of the options you have is to configure your web browser accordingly. For example, you can choose not to receive cookies from any website.

You can also delete cookies or change your cookie settings using the instructions available for the most common web browsers:

• Internet Explorer cookie settings.
• Firefox cookie settings.
• Google Chrome cookie settings.
• Cookie settings for Safari.

If you want more control, you can install programs or browser extensions, also known as “Do Not Track”. This allows you to select cookies that you accept or do not accept, and we recommend that you use services that specialize in privacy, such as ghostery.com or aboutcookies.org.

Google Analytics

The PEDCO AG website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. ( “Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on the PEDCO AG website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of the PEDCO AG website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de ) Download and install the available browser plug-in.

You can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting the data that you generate on our websites and that is stored in the cookie by activating the link below. An opt-out cookie will then be saved on your computer, which prevents your data from being collected in the future when you visit the PEDCO websites (however, this does not apply to other websites that you visit and other browsers that you use on the same computer). : Deactivate Google Analytics, This alternative is particularly suitable for mobile devices. If you want to use this protective function, do not delete the opt-out cookie. Otherwise, you will lose the protection that this opt-out cookie provides until you reinstall it.

Google Analytics has been expanded on the PEDCO AG website with the code “anonymizeIp”. The use of this code leads to an anonymous collection of your IP address through the so-called IP masking. The last octet of your IP address is set to zero. For IPv6 addresses, this affects the last 80 of the 128 bits. This happens in the working memory before the data is written to the hard disk (see also https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052 ).

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy on their websites. The following websites are known to us in this regard:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7124332?hl=en
http: // www .google.com / analytics / terms /

NextRoll

The PEDCO AG website uses NextRoll, Inc. (formerly AdRoll, Inc.) s a technology company that provides intelligent, data-driven marketing and advertising services and solutions to help big and small companies accelerate their growth.

For further information on the purpose and scope of data collection by NextRoll, Inc. please visit: https://www.nextroll.com/privacy 

Opt-Out of Interest Based Advertising

If you would see which participating NAI members may be engaging in Interest-Based Advertising on this browser and choose which members’ IBA activities you wish to opt-out of please go here:  https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 

Find out more information about cookies and how they work, you can also manage your preferences for your browser here: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 14, 2020, and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at pedco@pedco.eu.