Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or after your consent. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order inquiries.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right, at any time and free of charge, to obtain information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done with so-called analytics programs.
Detailed information on these analytics programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Hetzner
The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter Hetzner).
For details, please refer to Hetzner’s Privacy Policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.
The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Order Processing
We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this party processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are 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 happens.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.
Information on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Landesverband Baden-Württemberg für Hundewesen e.V.
1st Chairman: Nicolas Jäger
Schanzenweg 6
54331 Pellingen
Phone: + 49 151 41935484
Email: info@vdh-bw.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been mentioned within this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data, if it is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the respective applicable legal bases in individual cases is provided in the following paragraphs of this Privacy Policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only transfer personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using processors, we only transfer personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists irrespective of any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
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 common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, Correction, and 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 data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this and other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses 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. 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.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Consent with Borlabs Cookie
Our website uses Borlabs Cookie’s consent technology to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser or for using certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Hamburger Str. 11, 22083 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).
When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.
The collected data will be stored until you request its deletion or delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or until the purpose for data storage ceases to apply. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. Details on Borlabs Cookie’s data processing can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
The use of Borlabs Cookie consent technology is for obtaining the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use it to integrate analysis and marketing services on our website. The Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not set cookies, and does not evaluate anything; it only loads the services for which you have given your consent. When loading, your IP address is transmitted to Google; transmission to Google LLC in the USA is also possible. The Tag Manager is only loaded after your consent in the “Statistics” category (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG). Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Google Analytics 4
We use Google Analytics 4 from Google Ireland Limited (address see above) to understand how our website is used and to improve it. For example, pages viewed, duration of stay, approximate origin, device and browser, the referring page, scroll depth, and clicks on buttons and links—such as for ticket booking, dog registration, or exhibitor registration, to email and phone, to partner sites, and for downloading forms—are recorded. The data is assigned to a device, not to you personally. Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses. Instead, the cookies _ga and _ga_ESTR8TZVJV are set with a duration of up to two years; we store event data for 14 months. Google Analytics is only used with your consent in the “Statistics” category (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG). Data may be transmitted to Google LLC in the USA, which is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Meta Pixel (Facebook and Instagram)
We use the Meta Pixel from Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland, to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram and to re-address visitors to our website there with advertising for TIERisch gut. The pixel transmits to Meta which pages you visit and whether you perform certain actions, such as clicking on ticket booking, dog registration, or exhibitor registration, on email and phone, or downloading a form. For us, this data is pseudonymous. However, Meta can assign it to your account if you are logged into Facebook or Instagram and also use it for its own purposes. The pixel sets the _fbp cookie with a duration of 90 days and is only loaded with your consent in the “Marketing” category (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG). We are jointly responsible with Meta for the collection and transmission of data to Meta (Art. 26 GDPR, agreement at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum); Meta is solely responsible for further processing. Data may be transmitted to Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA, which is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Revocation
You can change or revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future via the symbol at the bottom left of every page.
Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax
If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
