2. Categories of data, purpose and legal basis of processing
Of course, you can visit our website without providing any information about yourself. The privacy statement can be accessed via the link at the bottom of each page.
Personal data are individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. When visiting our website, we only use your personal information for the purpose of operating and optimising our website. For this purpose, the IP address, various technical data of the terminals (the operating system, the browser used, etc., for example) and data on the use of our website are recorded. We do not store these data beyond the legal retention periods or the fulfillment of the purpose. Processing of these data is necessary to ensure the operation of the website. If you do not agree with this processing, we are not in a position to provide you with our online offer. We statistically evaluate this information in order to make the use of our website even more enjoyable for all visitors. A link with any personal data already stored with us, will not take place. The data generated during the use of the website will be deleted after 14 months at the latest. The storage of the data may be extended on a case-by-case basis to enforce legal claims, to defend against possible legal claims or by legal obligations.
The processing of personal data for the purpose of operating the website as well as network and information security is based on Art. 6 para. 1 b) and f) DSGVO. Accordingly, it is allowed to process personal data if required for the fullfilment of a contract to which the person concerned is the contracting party or to perform pre-contractual actions being effected at the request of the person concerned and for the processing with respect to the legitimate interests of the person responsible or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms requiring the protection of personal data of the person concerned predominate. There is no legal or contractual obligation on your part to provide data as part of the use of our website. However, a commissioning of the website is not possible without processing your data. As part of your registration as a visitor of the house4kitchen, the processing of your data will be made easier for you to facilitate the registration on-site and to reduce waiting times. Other purposes are the evaluation of visitor numbers, the documentation of individual activities in the house4kitchen, the promotion of the products and services of the exhibitors of the house4kitchen and the invitation of participants to follow-up events. In the run-up to the house4kitchen, the person in charge forwards the data of the registered visitors to the exhibitors in order to facilitate the collection of visitor information at the exhibition stands of the exhibitors. If you decide to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your information solely for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. We exclude a transmission of your data or use of your data for other purposes. The processing of your data is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO i. V. m. Art. 7 DSGVO.
We use session cookies on our website. Cookies are short bits of text that we store on your computer. Cookies do not execute commands on your computer, so they do not pose a security risk. Session cookies store certain information as you browse our website and are not stored permanently but are deleted when you leave our website. The use of session cookies is based on Article 6 para. 1 f). Accordingly, it is permissible to process personal data in the legitimate interest. The operation of the website is in the legitimate interest of the person responsible. You can use the cookies in your browser, refuse cookies or configurate your browser in such a way that cookies will be deleted automatically. For this you want to find sufficient information on the Internet.