Privacy

1. DVV Media Group GmbH and DVV Media GmbH (hereinafter referred to as DVV Media), Heidenkampsweg 73-79, 20097 Hamburg, e-mail address: info@dvvmedia.com take the protection of your personal data as a user of the services of DVV Media (this includes https://www.eurailpress.de/, https://eurailpress-archiv.de/; hereinafter referred to as services) seriously as a service provider and responsible body. In the following, you will be informed about the collection, processing and use of your data as well as the rights to which you are entitled.

2. The data protection officer can be contacted as follows:

   DVV Media Group GmbH
   Data protection officer
   Heidenkampsweg 73-79
   20097 Hamburg

   E-Mail: datenschutznoSpam@noSpamdvvmedia.com

   Phone: +49 (0)40/23714-100

Personal data is individual information about your personal or factual circumstances, i.e. data that identifies you or that can be used to establish your identity. This includes, for example, your correct name, address, telephone number or date of birth. Personal data also includes data that can be related to a person, i.e. data without a direct reference from which a person can be derived, such as the IP address.

Personal data includes data that is generated in connection with the retrieval of eurailpress.de and stored in so-called log files on the servers of DVV Media and its technical service providers.

Server log files are stored for security reasons (e.g. for the clarification of abuse or fraud) for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until final clarification of the respective incident. Server log files are stored for security reasons (e.g. to clarify acts of abuse or fraud) for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes are excluded from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.

During your visits to the pages of DVV Media, personal data is also processed automatically in anonymous form. This includes usage data such as the beginning and end of your visit, the pages you call up or the time you spend on the portal. A person-related utilization of these data does not take place.

We take organizational and technical security measures in accordance with the state of the art to ensure that the provisions of data protection laws are complied with and thus to protect the data processed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorized persons.

When contacting us (via contact form or e-mail), the user's details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing pursuant to Art. 6 para.1 lit. f GDPR.

DVV uses the Single Sign-On (SSO for short) procedure. SSO procedure means that every user can use various offers and services after a one-time registration with his access data without having to register and log in again. This saves the user from having to repeatedly enter data manually.

During registration, we collect and store the following data: E-mail address, password. This inventory data is used for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services in accordance with § 25 Abs.2 Nr.2 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para.1 lit. b GDPR processed.

1. On our website, you can register for regularly published, editorial newsletters as well as consent to the use of your personal data for information purposes on our own behalf by DVV Media. These newsletters inform you at regular intervals about news from the railroad industry. In addition, irregular information e-mails inform you about offers for books and subscriptions, content/company licenses, advertisements, events, customer surveys and competitions. The newsletter is sent via Inxmail GmbH, Wentzingerstr. 17 79106 Freiburg. This consent is voluntary and is not related to your ability to use the services.
    

2. After registering for the newsletter, you will receive a confirmation email from us.
    

3. The registration only becomes effective when you have clicked on the link in the confirmation mail. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with foreign e-mail addresses. The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address.
    

4. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via a unique link contained in all newsletters. Your e-mail address will then be deleted from the distribution system immediately.  Any processing of the data that has taken place until then remains lawful.

Cookies are small amounts of data that are transmitted from the Internet to your computer together with the data actually requested. This data is stored there and kept ready for later retrieval. DVV Media uses the following types of cookies for eurailpress.de:

1. Session Cookies:
   These are cookies that are only stored on your computer for the duration of an Internet session. These cookies are deleted after the session ends, i.e. after you leave the website or when you close the browser window.
    

2. Login Cookies:
   In addition, a cookie is also used for user authentication. Different cookies can be used for this purpose: By default, cookies are used that are generated only for the respective session. They store information about the user name, user rights and the validity of the session.  
    

3. Google-Re/Marketing Services:
   We use the marketing and remarketing services (hereinafter "Google Marketing Services") of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter "Google"). The legal basis for the processing is § 25 para.1 TTDSG.
   The Google Marketing Services allow us to display advertisements for and on our website in a more targeted manner in order to present users only with ads that potentially match their interests. If, for example, a user is shown ads for products he or she was interested in on other websites, this is referred to as "remarketing". For these purposes, when our website and other websites on which Google Marketing Services are active are called up, a code is executed directly by Google and so-called (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also referred to as "web beacons") are integrated into the website. With their help, an individual cookie, i.e. a small file, is stored on the user's device (comparable technologies can also be used instead of cookies). The cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googleadservices.com. This file records which websites the user has visited, which content he is interested in and which offers he has clicked on, as well as technical information on the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information on the use of the online offer. The IP address of the user is also recorded, whereby we inform Google Analytics that the IP address is shortened within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases is transferred in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address is not merged with the user's data within other Google offerings. The aforementioned information may also be linked on the part of Google with such information from other sources. If the user subsequently visits other websites, he can be shown ads tailored to his interests.
   The user's data is processed pseudonymously within the framework of Google Marketing Services. This means that Google does not store and process the name or e-mail address of the user, for example, but processes the relevant data on a cookie basis within pseudonymous user profiles. This means that from Google's point of view, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie holder regardless of who this cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has explicitly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymization. The data collected by Google Marketing Services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers in the USA.
   We can integrate third-party advertisements on the basis of the Google Marketing Services Google Ad Manager. Google Ad Manager uses cookies that enable Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on users' visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.
   We may include third-party advertisements based on Google's "AdSense" marketing services. AdSense uses cookies to enable Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on users' visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.
   We may also use Google Tag Manager to integrate and manage Google's analytics and marketing services on our websites.
   For more information about Google's use of data for marketing purposes, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en, and Google's privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. If you wish to object to interest-based advertising by Google Marketing Services, you can use the settings and opt-out options provided by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated?hl=en).
    

4. Google Analytics cookies (data collection for optimization purposes):
   We use Google Analytics, a function of Google Analytics, including Google signals and the User ID function, after you have given your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time in the cookie settings. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") and uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The legal basis for the processing is § 25 para.1 TTDSG.
   The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, since we have activated IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and only shortened there.
   Google will use this information on our behalf 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. This website uses the Google Analytics reports on demographic characteristics, in which data from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers (e.g. age, gender and interests) are used. This data can be deactivated at any time via the ad settings. Users' personal data is deleted or anonymized after 14 months.
   You can find out more information about data use by Google on the Google websites: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en, https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en, https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated?hl=en

In general, you also have the option of deleting cookies via the corresponding browser function and setting there how your browser should proceed with cookies. However, it should be noted that the use of the services may be impaired if cookies are generally rejected.

1. DVV Media within the meaning of Art. 6 para.1 lit. f GDPR the share button of Facebook as well as the Twitter button. In this way, you can conveniently share/tweet articles and your friends/contacts will be informed about this. If you click on one of the buttons, you will be prompted to log in to the corresponding social network in a new window. In this case, a cookie of the social network will also be placed on your computer. If you do not click the button or are not logged into the social network, no cookie of the social network will be placed on your computer. If you are a user of the social network and logged in and click on the button, this information is transmitted to your corresponding user profile. Other users can then see that you share/tweet this article. Exactly which users receive this information depends on the privacy settings you have made on your user profile. If you visit a page with a button, the IP address is transmitted. For data protection reasons, however, this is anonymized so that no conclusions can be drawn about the computer or its user.
    

2. This website integrates a "YouTube plugin" into information offers. This YouTube software uses cookies for data collection and statistical data analysis. YouTube uses cookies, among other things, to collect reliable video statistics, prevent fraud and improve user experience. The operator of the website receives through the YouTube cookies statistical values on the retrieval of individual videos embedded in the website without a reference to the respective user. The legal basis for this is § 25 para.1 TTDSG. The embedded videos from YouTube are used within the permitted use by YouTube, which all users must accept. If you see copyrights violated, please report this directly to YouTube.
    

3. We use embedded YouTube videos in extended privacy mode. This means that YouTube does not store cookies for a user who views a website with an embedded YouTube video player, but does not click on the video to start playback. If the YouTube video player is clicked, YouTube may store cookies on the user's computer, but no personal cookie information is stored for playbacks of embedded videos. (Source: YouTube "Enabling Enhanced Privacy Mode for Embedded Videos") For more details, please refer to YouTube's general privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy). We do not collect any personal data as part of the embedding of YouTube videos.
    

4. We use the provider Vimeo for the integration of videos. Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, LLC with headquarters at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011.
   We use plugins of the provider Vimeo on www.eurailpress.de. When you call up the Internet pages of our website that are provided with such a plugin, a connection is established to the Vimeo servers and the plugin is displayed. This transmits to the Vimeo server which of our Internet pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of Vimeo, Vimeo assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plugin, such as clicking on the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your Vimeo user account before using our website and deleting the corresponding cookies from Vimeo.
   Further information on data processing and notes on data protection by Vimeo can be found at https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Your participation in opinion surveys is purely voluntary. During the survey, your answers will be evaluated and published for statistical purposes; the individual user remains anonymous. We use the software solutions of the external provider SurveyMonkey, (Momentive Europe UC, 2nd Floor, 2 Shelbourne Buildings, Shelbourne Road, Dublin, Ireland), which enables us to create, conduct and evaluate secure online surveys. Anonymous surveys ensure that your data is not linked in any way to your answers or shared with third parties. Participation is on a voluntary basis.

For more information, please refer to the relevant passages in SurveyMonkey's privacy policy (https://www.surveymonkey.de/mp/legal/privacy/ as well as at https://www.surveymonkey.de/mp/privacy/).

The legal basis for the processing is § 25 para.1 TTDSG.

We use a map section of OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.de/) on our website to display the route to our company for you and to make it easier for you to plan your journey.

OpenStreetMap is an open source mapping tool. In order for the map to be displayed to you, your IP address is forwarded to OpenStreetMap. You can see how OpenStreetMap stores your data on OpenStreetMap's privacy page (https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy and https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/FAQ).

The advertising spaces on this website are marketed by ourselves. Some of the advertising on this portal is optimized for you by anonymously collecting and processing your usage behavior based on predicted interests. Cookies are stored on your computer for this purpose. So-called "ad servers" are used to deliver those advertising materials that are booked by advertisers on the publisher media.

For this purpose, the ad servers use cookies, through which certain parameters for measuring success, such as display of the ads or clicks by users, can be measured. In order to optimize advertising for you based on your usage interests, we have permitted the following companies (among others) to collect usage data:
 

• Google Ireland Limited (google.de), Gordon House, Barrow St Dublin 4, Irland, („Google") provides an ad server. If you do not want Google to display personalized advertising to you, please click on the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. This opt-out cookie will delete the previously stored information and prevent further collection of information.

• Taboola Germany GmbH, Alt-Moabit 2, 10557 Berlin; Opt-Out: You can deactivate the tracking at any time under the link https://www.taboola.com/policies/privacy-policy in the section "User Choices". Once you have opted out, you will no longer be shown any user-specific content.

• B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH, Bahnhofstraße 5, 91245 Simmelsdorf (near Nuremberg). Further information at: https://www.b2bmg.com/en/data-privacy

• The Trade Desk, Inc., 2 N. Chestnut Street, Ventura, CA 93001, USA. Further information at: https://www.thetradedesk.com/us/privacy

• The ADEX, Torstr. 19, 10119 Berlin. Further information at: https://theadexcom.softgarden.io/en/data-security?2

We use the services of B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH, a provider of web analysis and target group marketing. B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH uses so-called cookies, a text file that is stored in the computer's browser and collects/contains anonymous usage data. From this data, usage profiles can be created under a pseudonym. However, no personal data is collected without the consent of the person concerned. If IP addresses are collected, they are stored anonymously by deleting the last block of digits and are not merged with the cookies. The cookies are either cookies of B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH or cookies of service providers who are also obligated to comply with the data protection laws used by B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH, such as krux digital Inc, Google Inc, etc. You can delete cookies directly in your browser at any time. B2B Media Group EMEA GmbH uses this data to evaluate the use of the website by visitors and for purposes of usage-based online advertising (OBA). 

The legal basis for the processing is § 25 para.1 TTDSG.

You can also permanently agree to the display of embedded content from third-party providers. The selection will then be permanently stored in your internet browser. The consent can be revoked here at any time.

1. Content from Twitter: Via the Tweet plugin, DVV Media integrates content from its own Twitter presences or those of other providers into the Internet offering. To the data protection information of Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
    

2.  Contents from Facebook: Via the Facebook plugin, DVV Media integrates content from its own Facebook presences or those of other providers into the Internet offering. To the data protection information of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
    

3. Contents from YouTube: With the YouTube player, DVV Media integrates its own videos from its YouTube channels or videos from other providers into the Internet offering. To the data protection information of Google: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801895?hl=en

Remarketing tags of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated on our pages. The legal basis for the processing is § 25 TTDSG para.1. After granting your consent, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the remarketing tags. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We can use the information obtained in this way to display Facebook Ads. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. You can revoke your consent at any time in the cookie settings. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). If you do not wish to have data collected via Custom Audiences, you can deactivate Custom Audiences here (https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/).

We operate a Facebook Fanpage/s within the social network Facebook in order to be able to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our articles or services there.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for the users because, for example, the enforcement of the rights of the users could be made more difficult.

Furthermore, user data is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created from the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users. The usage profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users' computers, in which the usage behavior and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data may also be stored in the usage profiles regardless of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

The processing of the users' personal data is carried out in accordance with Section 25 (1) TTDSG. If the users are asked by the respective providers of the platforms for consent, e.g. by means of a checkbox in the data processing, the legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a., Art. 7 GDPR.

For a detailed presentation of the respective processing and the possibilities to object (opt-out), we refer to the information of the providers linked below.

Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of user rights, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users' data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.
Opt-out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or https://www.youronlinechoices.com/

For the implementation of webinars, DVV Media uses the software GoToWebinar of the provider LogMeIn Ireland Limited (order processor). In the course of registration on the infrastructure of LogMeIn (Bloodstone Building Block C70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay Dublin 2, Ireland), personal data is collected/stored. In particular, this involves the surname, first name, company, function, industry, address and e-mail address. The legal basis for data processing is § 25 para.2 no.2 TTDSG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para.1 lit. b GDPR. 

The processing of the data by the company LogMeIn (as processor) is based on Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation. The data is processed to the extent permitted by law in Germany, the European Union and the USA. For data processing in the USA, an appropriate level of protection has been established by agreeing to the EU standard contractual clauses. In this context, please also note the data protection regulations of LogMeIn: https://www.goto.com/de/company/trust.

The deletion of the data is carried out in accordance with the statutory retention periods. 

A use of the data for a purpose other than the aforementioned contract fulfillment purpose or a transfer to other third parties will only take place on the part of DVV Media if this is legally permissible or the user has expressly consented.

In order to ensure sufficient data security when submitting forms, we use in certain cases the service reCAPTCHA of the company Google Inc. This serves primarily to distinguish whether the input is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. This is absolutely necessary information for the operation of our website in the sense of § 25 para.2 no. 2 TTDSG. The deviating data protection regulations of Google Inc. apply here. Further information on the data protection guidelines of Google Inc. can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

You have the right, upon request and free of charge, to receive information about the personal data that we have stored about you.

In addition, you have the right to correct incorrect data, restrict processing and object to the processing and deletion of their personal data, and to assert your rights to data portability in accordance with Article 20 GDPR and, in the event of the assumption of unlawful data processing, to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Likewise, you can revoke consents, in principle with effect for the future.

We process inventory data as well as contractual data for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services, Art. 6 para.1 lit. b GDPR.

For subscription customers, the following data are processed as inventory data: ID, password, name (business, if applicable), address (business, if applicable), e-mail address (business, if applicable), subscription start date and end date, if applicable, payment frequency, payment method and account details. This data is necessary for the processing of the subscription contract.

For subscription customers, the following data are also processed as inventory data (personal data): Identifier, password, name (business, if applicable), e-mail address (business, if applicable), start date and end date of the subscription, if applicable. These data are necessary for the processing of the subscription contract.

The following non-personal data is processed via Google Analytics: Usage behavior of the app as well as calling up individual issues and articles.

During registration, we collect and store the following data: Company, name, postal address, email, telephone, industry, position/function. This inventory data is processed for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services in accordance with Art. 6 para.1 lit. b GDPR.