Privacy
Data protection
The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
Karolinenplatz 4
80333 Munich, Germany
Managing Director: Manfred Rauhmeier
Your rights as a data subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:
Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. with the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or with the authority responsible for us as the controller.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.
Collection of general information when you visit our website
Type and purpose of processing:
When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar.
It is processed in particular for the following purposes:
Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
evaluation of system security and stability, and
to optimize our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in anonymized form in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage period:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.
If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.
Provision is prescribed or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use the newsletter service providers described below to process the newsletter.
Brevo
This website uses Brevo to send newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Brevo is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on the servers of Sendinblue GmbH in Germany.
Data analysis by Brevo
With the help of Brevo, we are able to analyse our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links were clicked on particularly often.
We can also recognise whether certain previously defined actions were carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can recognise whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.
Brevo also enables us to recognise newsletter recipients based on various categories to subdivide (“cluster”). Newsletter recipients can be categorised by age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better customised to the respective target groups.
If you do not wish to be analysed by Brevo, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.
Detailed information on the functions of Brevo can be found at the following link: https://www.brevo.com/de/newsletter-software/.
Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
Storage period
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
For more information, please refer to Brevo’s privacy policy at: https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/ and https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/.
Order processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Cookies
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE
Storage duration and cookies used:
If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website.
Borlabs Cookie
| Name | Borlabs Cookie |
|---|---|
| Provider | Eigentümer dieser Website, Imprint |
| Purpose | Speichert die Einstellungen der Besucher, die in der Cookie Box von Borlabs Cookie ausgewählt wurden. |
| Cookie name | borlabs-cookie |
| Cookie runtime | 1 Jahr |
Polylang
| Name | Polylang |
|---|---|
| Provider | Owner of this website |
| Purpose | Saves the current language. |
| Cookie name | pll_language |
| Cookie runtime | 1 Jahr |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website.
Matomo
| Name | Matomo |
|---|---|
| Provider | Mission KI |
| Purpose | Cookie from Matomo for website analyses. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Privacy policy | https://mission-ki.de/en/privacy/ |
| Cookie name | _pk_*.* |
| Cookie runtime | 13 Monate |
Technically necessary cookies
Type and purpose of processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognised even after a page change.
We require cookies for the following applications:
Adoption of language settings
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.
Objection
Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.
Cookies that are not technically necessary
We also use cookies in order to better customise the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical analyses.
To find out which providers set cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Legal basis:
The legal basis for this processing is your consent in each case, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Third country transfer:
For information on this, please refer to the listings of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.
Provision prescribed or required:
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).
Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Revocation of consent:
You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.
Profiling:
To what extent we analyse the behaviour of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Contact form
Nature and purpose of processing:
Types of data that are collected:
– General contact form: Name, e-mail address
– Contact form for the transmission of use cases: Company name, e-mail address
– Contact form for registering for matchmaking for SMEs: Name, company name, telephone number, e-mail address
– Contact form for registering for matchmaking for AI start-ups: name, name of the start-up, location, telephone number, email address
– Contact form for binding registration for matchmaking: names of the participants, name of the startup/company, telephone number, e-mail addresses of the participants
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of personalised communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address, your name or company name and, in the case of the contact forms for registering for matchmaking and the contact form for binding registration, a telephone number. This serves to allocate the enquiry and subsequently answer it. The query of the company location in the contact forms for registering for matchmaking only serves to confirm that the applicants are German companies / start-ups.
Legal basis:
The data entered in the contact forms is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
By providing the contact forms, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Transfer of data to cooperation partners:
We may pass on certain data provided by you via our contact form for submitting use cases and our contact form for registering for matchmaking to our cooperation partners in order to respond to your enquiry.
This includes the following cooperation partners:
1. contact form for submitting use cases:
AI Quality & Testing Hub GmbH, Bessie-Coleman-Strasse 7, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems, Schloss Birlinghoven 1, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Bernhard-Wicki-Straße 8, 80636 Munich, Germany
TÜV AI Lab, Friedrichstraße 136, 10117 Berlin
VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies, Merianstraße 28, 63069 Offenbach am Main
CertifAI GmbH, Am Sandtorkai 27, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
2. contact form for registration for matchmaking:
Heidelberg Technology Park, Im Neuenheimer Feld 582, 69120 Heidelberg
appliedAI Institute for Europe gGmbH, Lichtenbergstr. 6, 85748 Garching near Munich
Your data will only be passed on for the stated purposes and is based on your consent.
We ensure that our co-operation partners have implemented appropriate security measures to protect your data and that they only use your data in accordance with our instructions and the applicable data protection laws.
Sharing data with participating companies and start-ups:
The company names you provide in the contact form for the binding registration will be passed on to the other participating companies and startups in order to give them the opportunity to find out about the field of participants in the run-up to the event.
The forwarding of company names is exclusively for this purpose and is based on your consent.
Other personal data will not be passed on without the express consent of the person concerned.
If you wish to withdraw your consent to the disclosure of your data, you can contact us at mission-ki@acatech.de.
Storage period:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the enquiry has been processed.
If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision is mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the enquiry.
Use of Matomo
If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for the statistical analysis of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
Matomo places a cookie (a text file) on your end device with which your browser can be recognised. When subpages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored
the user’s IP address, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymised)
the subpage accessed and the time of access
the page from which the user came to our website (referrer)
which browser with which plugins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used
the time spent on the website
the pages that are accessed from the accessed subpage
Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This enables us to find out how the website is used and to constantly optimise our offering.
By anonymising the IP address by six digits, we take account of the website visitor’s interest in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the user of the website and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties.
You can find more information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
You can also prevent the use 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.
SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR
Right to object in individual cases
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
National Academy of Science and Engineering
Karolinenplatz 4, 80333 Munich
E-mail: datenschutz(at)acatech.de
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
Questions for the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
Data Protection Officer of acatech
c/o activeMind AG
Management and Technology Consulting
Potsdamer Straße 3
80802 Munich
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 91 92 94-900
E-mail: datenschutz@acatech.de
The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).