POIbase - Data protection

Data protection statement

We are pleased that you visit our site and know that the careful handling of your personal information is important.

POIbase attaches great importance to the protection of your personal information. Since both the protection of privacy and the protection of our business clients are of particular importance to us, we will handle your personal information confidentially and in accordance with the current privacy regulations.

Your personal details will neither be published nor passed on to third parties. They serve to help us keep you informed about our activities in your areas of interest.

We use the web analytics service Google Analytics to evaluate and collect data about the use of our website (see below).

This document indicates to you the various information that we receive from you, how we handle it and how you can modify it to keep it up to date.

Data collection
Every web server automatically registers the number of hits on websites. When you visit our website, for security purposes, our web server temporarily registers the domain name or the IP address of the computer accessing the site, as well as the access date, the file name and the URL you have accessed, the HTTP response code and the referring website from which you gained access to our pages, and the number of bytes transferred during the connection. All of this information is saved anonymously. Conclusions about your person or individual behaviour are not possible.
Additional personal information is not collected, unless you expressly provide this information yourself, in the context of, for example, an online registration or order form. We handle your data responsibly and in accordance with your statutory rights.

Data use
Computer-related data are collected by us in order to record trends and compile statistics. These saved data also serve the purpose of identifying and tracking unauthorised attempts to gain access to our web server. We create profile information about the use of our website only on an anonymous basis and only for the purposes of improving user guidance and optimising our deliverance of offers which match the user’s interests. No personal profiles are collected or processed.
We collect, store and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the processing of your requests or orders. To facilitate this, we may share your details with those third parties involved in the fulfilment of your request or order. Furthermore, we will not share your personal information with third parties unless we are obliged to do so due to mandatory legal regulations or if you have requested that we do so.
We like to inform you about or products and services and would also like to consult you on these. Subject to your objection, we create user profiles under pseudonyms for the purpose of market research, advertisement, or for creating custom designed services.

The personal data that you submit to us (e.g. your name, address or email address) are only used by us for postal correspondence with you, or for the purposes for which you have provide the data. Your address will be used to notify you occasionally about our products, services and innovations. We may also use the data you have submitted to us in the context of customer satisfaction surveys, for market research and advertising purposes, and to contact you electronically. You can, of course, end any electronic or postal contact to you at any time by emailing or writing to us.

Cookies
In order to tailor our website to your needs and to collect certain information, we use various technologies, including so-called “cookies”. Cookies are used to facilitate internet use and communication.
Cookies are small text files (max. 4KB in size) that our website sends to your browser and that are stored on your computer to be used as anonymous identification tags. The purpose of these cookies is, for example, to improve the control of the connection during your visit to our website and to provide effective support when you return to our website. Without this temporary intermediate, the re-entry of data your have given already would be required by some applications. A cookie only contains the data issued by a server and/or the user upon request (example of the structure of a cookie: Domain name, path, expiration date, cookie name and value). Therefore, they contain purely technical information; no names or similar personal data are stored in them. A cookie cannot spy on your hard drive.
If you wish, you can restrict your web browser’s storage of cookies or have it request your permission to store them. The rejection of cookies, however, may have the consequence that some pages may no longer be displayed correctly.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer that allow us to analyse the use of our website. The information saved in these cookies about your use of our website (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the USA and saved there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other use of the website and Internet services. Google will transmit this information to third parties within the limits of the law or to third parties processing this data on Google's behalf. Google will under no circumstances link your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the saving of cookies by changing the appropriate setting within your Internet browser; we would like to point out, however, that you will not be able to make full use of the website and its features, should you do this. By using this website, you are agreeing to the processing of data gathered from you by Google in the methods described above, and with the purposes to which those data are put.

GOOGLE Inc.'s Google Analytics privacy policy, along with deactivation advice, can be found here:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html

Detailed information about GOOGLE Inc.'s general privacy policy can be found here:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html

Agreement
By using our website, you consent to the described storage and use of your data. By entering your personal information, you consent to the described processing of the data and their use.


Your rights as a user and customer

You can request for us to correct, block or delete the personal data we have stored about you at any time and at no cost.
You can object to the use of personal data for advertising purposes at any time.

The responsible office in terms of upholding data protection laws is the provider, which can be reached at the following address, fax number and e-mail address:

POICON GmbH & Co. KG
Lilienstraße 11
20095 Hamburg.
Fax:    + 49 (0) 40 2846 371 99
E-mail:   support@poibase.com

All requests for the access, correction, blocking, and removal of data, as well as the objection to the pseudonymous use, collection and processing of data should be directed to this address.



Validity / Links
This privacy statement is applicable to all websites that are the responsibility of POIbase. Our websites may contain links to websites of other companies. These links have been added to our website because we think these pages may be of interest to you. The design and content of these websites are beyond our influence and cannot control how the providers of the linked websites handle your information. Therefore, our privacy statement and responsibilities do not extend to their websites. Should you have any questions about this, please contact these companies directly.

Currentness of this Privacy Statement
This privacy statement is current as of 15th July 2009.
When POIbase introduces new products and services, or changes its internet or computer security procedures, an updated privacy statement will be published in the place of this one, and will be valid from the date of publication. You can view previous privacy statements for their respective period by clicking on the link below (Privacy Statements Archive).