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Privacy policy

Notes on Data Protection at Vogel Business Media

At Vogel Business Media GmbH & Co. KG we take your privacy very seriously, which is why we go to great lengths to protect your personal data. In order to clarify to what extent and for what reasons we collect, process and use personal data from visitors of our Web sites, we have provided the following information to clarify how your data are treated.

1. What data are collected?
You generally have the option of visiting our Web sites without having to submit any personal data.
Some services on our Web sites, however, do require registration involving the specification of your name, e-mail address and so on.
Here, mandatory fields must be completed in order to provide and charge for the service. Voluntary fields are correspondingly marked.
These data are referred to as inventory data.

Whenever possible, we give you the opportunity to freely decide if you want to submit data to us or not. Some data are automatically collected, such as your computer’s IP address, the browser you use and the time at which you visit our Web sites. These data are known as usage data.

2. What are cookies?
Some of our offers also make use of so-called “cookies�?.
Cookies are small text files that are used to customize content as much as possible. When a user accesses such a Web site, the provider’s server saves the cookie on the user’s computer if their browser is appropriately configured.

Cookies are simple text files. As such, they cannot “penetrate�? the user’s system and cause any damage. You also have the option of configuring your browser to restrict how cookies are used. For example, you can give only the page that set a particular cookie on your computer permission to access this file from your hard drive. Cookies work as follows: The server of a selected Web site saves a cookie to your computer. The next time you visit this site, your browser returns this cookie to the server, which can then provide you updated information on topics of interest to you.

If you do not want to take advantage of cookies, you can simply delete them and deactivate the cookie function in your browser. Please keep in mind that if you do this, you will not be able to use a number of the services offered by our Web site. For more information, please refer to your browser’s help menu.

3. Why is information collected and saved?
Data that you submit during registration are used to provide and charge for the services for which you register.

If we would like to use your data for any other purpose, we will always ask you for your express permission to do so in advance.

Cookies are frequently used for the distribution of advertising and for counting hits. We can also create pseudonymized usage profiles for advertising and market research purposes or to tailor our services to meet specific needs. This allows us to check the popularity of our services so that we can continuously improve them.
Likewise, anonymized usage statistics are employed to describe our services to potential partners, advertising customers and other business partners.

You can object to your usage data being accessed for pseudonymized usage profiles at any time. In this case, please also be sure to deactivate cookies in your browser.

4. No liability for partner pages
We would like to point out that VIM partners and other Internet sites and services that can be accessed from VIM sites have their own data protection policies, which are independent of our policy. We therefore do not assume any responsibility or liability for such guidelines and practices, none of which are affiliated with our offers.

5. Can the use of personal data or the way in which this data protection policy is applied change?
We always use personal data in compliance with all respective data protection laws and make corrections when and if necessary. Please read our data protection policy at regular intervals, as this will provide you the latest information on how we treat personal information. Any amendments that we make will be listed here

6. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.