Privacy policy

Data protection

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften e.V. (hereinafter referred to as the operator) is committed to protecting your personal data. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

You can normally use our website without having to provide personal data. In as far as personal data (e.g. name, address or e‑mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always carried out as far as possible on a voluntary basis. Such data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e‑mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to fully protect data against access by third parties.

Cookies

Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies cannot damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help us to make our service more user-friendly, more effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called ‘session cookies’. They are automatically deleted when you leave our website. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website. You can set your browser so that you are informed whenever cookies are set and to allow cookies in individual cases only, to accept cookies for certain cases or to generally exclude them and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, this may restrict the functionality of the website.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files which your browser automatically sends to us. Data collected:

• Browser type and version
• OS used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

This data will not be brought together with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

Contact form

If you send us queries using the contact form, we will store your details from the query form along with the contact data provided by you for the purpose of processing your query and in the event of any follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data to third parties without your consent.

Newsletter registration

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we will 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 other data will be collected.

We use this data exclusively to send you the requested information and we will not pass this data on to third parties. You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, e‑mail address and their use in order to send the newsletter at any time, for example, using the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter.

Matomo

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called ‘cookies’ which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your usage of the website to be analysed. For this purpose, the information about the use of this website provided by the cookie is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage.

The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser software. Please note, however, that you may then be unable to use all functions of this website.

If you do not agree with the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser to prevent Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. You will need to reactivate the opt-out the next time you visit our site. https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/#more-14727

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps, a product of Google Inc. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of automated data by Google Inc, its agents and third parties.

Google Maps Terms of Use can be found under ‘Google Maps Terms of Use’. https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de. Google also processes your personal data in the US and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

Tools for implementing the event

We use the following external tools to implement the event; these tools may use your registration data to implement the event. In this contest, we will obtain your express consent at the appropriate points. The data that you then enter will not be passed on to third parties;

Eventim – ticket sales

Paypal – ticket sales

Ticketmaster – ticket sales

Newsletter2go – newsletter

The addresses for sending the tickets ordered online by post are collected by the agency LoeschHundLiepold Kommunikation GmbH commissioned by LNDW e.V. which will also store and process this data on LNDW’s server.

SSL encryption

This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise 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 encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, erasure and blocking rights

You have the right to obtain at any time – and free of charge – information regarding your personal data stored, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking or erasure of this data. If you have any questions regarding this or the issue of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.