PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE GAZPROM-FOOTBALL.COM WEBSITE
Data protection and data security are a high priority for our company, as we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Accordingly, we have carried out technical and organisational measures to ensure that the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are fulfilled.
Compliance with the data protection requirements relating to the use of our website gazprom-football.com (hereinafter referred to as “Website") is a central concern to us. When you visit and use our website, personal data shall be processed by us as the controller and stored for the duration necessary to fulfil the stated purposes and legal obligations. In the following, we shall inform you concerning the data, the way in which they are processed and the rights you are entitled to.
Personal data (hereinafter also "data" or "information") are pursuant to Article 4 no. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
1. Name and contact data of the controller and the company data protection officer
This privacy policy applies to the data processing on our website (gazprom-football.com) by the controller
GAZPROM Germania GmbH
Markgrafenstrasse 23
10117 Berlin
Germany
(hereinafter GAZPROM Football)
Telephone +49 (0)30 20195-0
Fax +49 (0)30 20195-313
Mail info@gazprom-football.com
You can also send us a message directly via the “Contact” page.
The data protection officer of GAZPROM Football can be contacted at the aforementioned address, FAO Data protection officer or at dataprivacy@gazprom-germania.de or +49 561 99858 7019.
You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time if you have any questions about data protection law or your data protection rights.
2. Processing of personal data and purposes of processing
a. When visiting the website
You can visit our website without disclosing information regarding your identity. In the context of any access to our website, however, it is essential that certain personal data are stored on the server of our provider in order to enable the connection to the website. This includes information such as:
- Your client IP address,
- the name and the URL of the file that has been requested,
- the website from which the access has been made,
- the name and the description of the internet browser you have used,
- the date and time of each access,
- the amount of data transmitted.
The information is stored in a so-called log file on the server of our website and is automatically deleted there after 4 weeks.
The IP address is processed for technical and administrative purposes of connection establishment and connection stability in order to ensure the security and functionality of our website and to be able to track any illegal attacks if necessary.
The information is also used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet usage for the purpose of market research and needs based website design.
The legal basis for processing the IP address and other information from the log file is Article 6 para.1 S.1 lit. f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest derives from the security interest mentioned and the need for a trouble-free and user-friendly provision of our website. From the processing of the IP address and other information in the log file, we can not draw any direct conclusions about your identity.
Only authorised personnel who are responsible for the management of the servers are authorised to access the data. As no personal assignment takes place, the data records for the statistical evaluation are only kept in anonymous form by deleting the last charcter block of the IP address.
Specific personal data, such as email addresses, first name, name, telephone number or address, are requested for separate services and activities. In particular, a request for personal data is considered when you register to access our website, when you request to use a special service and when you take part in a prize competition. This information is collected entirely on a voluntary basis. This information shall also be treated confidentially and shall not be passed on to any third parties.
Online services provided by our cooperating partners that are integrated into our website and which are referenced as such are excluded from the provisions stipulated in the preceding paragraph. These online offers are subject to separate technical and legal conditions. Please refer to the relevant information provided by our cooperating partners.
On the instructions of competent government authorities, we or our cooperating partners may be obligated in individual cases to hand over personal data if this is required to prevent danger, to provide protection against threats, for public prosecution purposes or for any other reasons regulated by law.
In all other respects, no collection, processing or use of your personal data shall take place, unless the following information indicates otherwise (see, for example, web analysis, remarketing or social networks).
b. Registration of a personal account
Certain functions and offers on our website are only accessible to registered users. The following personal data shall be requested as a result:
- Username and password,
- first name and surname,
- postal address,
- email address,
- telephone number.
The specification of a telephone number is voluntary. If you do not specify this, you will not incur any disadvantages. However, providing a telephone number makes it easier for us to contact you if you have any questions.
These data is collected to identify you as a user and to give you access to your own user account. The username and a password of your choice are also valid as access data to your user account, which you can also use later to log in. By means of your user account you can use the exclusive functions and offers of the website after successful registration.
We also process your data for the following purposes:
- to know who our contractual partner is,
- to substantiate, to define content related design, to manage and to amend the contractual relationship with you regarding the use of our website and the services provided therein,
- to verify the plausibility of the data that is provided,
- for any necessary contact with you in case of queries.
After your registration, you will receive a registration message via email, which you must confirm to verify your email address. This serves as proof that the registration was actually initiated by you.
The processing of the data provided during the registration takes place at your request and is pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b of the GDPR for the aforementioned purposes for the use of exclusive functions and offers and thus for the performance of the contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
Furthermore, we process your information for the purpose of direct marketing, insofar as this is admissible due to our legitimate interests in an application of our offers pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f of the GDPR or insofar as you expressly consent to use your data for the purpose of sending information pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. a of the GDPR. You may withdraw such consent at any time with effect for the future.
The storage of the data shall take place for the duration of the user relationship with you, insofar as you have not agreed to any further use.
c. Competitions
When you participate in one of our prize competitions on the website, we use your personal details (name, postal address, email address) from a previous registration to ascertain that you have taken part in the competition, to inform you in the event that you have won and to send you your prize (e.g. tickets) if you should win.
The processing of data in the context of a competition takes place at your request and is pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b of the GDPR for the purposes mentioned above for your participation in and the carrying out of competitions.
In the event that you receive a prize when participating in a competition, we will use your name and address to announce you as the winner of the competition on our corporate communication channels. Currently this concerns the following communication channels:
- https://www.gazprom-football.com/en,
- www.facebook.com/gazpromfootball,
- www.twitter.com/gazpromfootball,
- www.instagram.com/gazpromfootball
The processing of data for publication is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f of the GDPR to use competitions for marketing purposes as well as your corresponding obligation under the conditions of participation (Article 6 para. 1 S.1 lit. b of the GDPR).
The storage of the data shall take place for the duration of the user relationship with you, insofar as you have not agreed to any further use.
We conduct our competitions by means of the services of Lagardère Plus GmbH, Lindleystrasse 12, 60314 Frankfurt a.M, Germany, and brandung GmbH & Co. KG, Leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 Berlin, Germany. The participant data are therefore processed on our behalf by Lagardère Plus GmbH and brandung GmbH & Co. KG.
Lagardère Plus GmbH and brandung GmbH & Co. KG use this information for the processing of competitions on our behalf. We have concluded a job processing contract with Lagardère Plus GmbH and brandung GmbH & Co. KG for this purpose. By means of this contract, Lagardère Plus GmbH and brandung GmbH & Co. KG assure that they process the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.
Lagardère Plus GmbH and brandung GmbH & Co. KG assure that personal data shall be fully protected against unauthorised access. Lagardère Plus GmbH itself does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them nor does it pass the data on to third parties.
d. Newsletter
Insofar as you have expressly consented pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S.1 lit. a, we shall use your email address and name to send you our newsletter periodically, which will notify you of available tickets for your favourite club and concerning GAZPROM Football information and offers, and thereby to address you personally.
It is possible to unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time. Please use the relevant unsubscribe link that is found in each newsletter.
If you have unsubscribed, your data shall be deleted immediately from our newsletter mailing list. However, we shall continue to store your information as part of your user account.
We send our newsletter by means of the services of brandung GmbH & Co. KG, Leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 Berlin, Germany. The email addresses and names of our newsletter recipients are therefore processed on our behalf by brandung GmbH & Co. KG.
brandung GmbH & Co. KG uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. We have concluded a data processing agreement with brandung GmbH & Co. KG for this purpose. By means of this contract, brandung GmbH & Co. KG assure that they process the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.
brandung GmbH & Co. KG assures that personal data are fully protected against unauthorised access. brandung GmbH & Co. KG itself does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them nor does it pass on the data to third parties.
3. Disclosure of data
Except in the aforementioned cases of processing on behalf of us (newsletter sending and competitions), we shall pass your personal data to third parties only in the following cases:
a. Web hosting
For the provision of this website we use the services of Online Now! GmbH - Agency for digital communication, Kastanienallee 26, 14052 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter: “Online Now!”). Online Now! ensures on our behalf the storage of this website on servers (hosting). For the offer of a website the commissioning of a webhosting service is necessary and takes place according to Article 6 para. 1 S 1 lit. f of the GDPR for the purposes of the legitimate economic interests to make our offer available on this website.
In connection with the hosting, Online Now! processes on our behalf personal data resulting from the following actions of the user:
- When visiting the site in connection with the cookies placed, log files and web analytics services
- When registering as a user
We have concluded a data processing agreement for the use of hosting services with Online Now!. By means of this contract, Online Now! assure that they process the data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.
Further information concerning data protection at Online Now! can be found in their privacy policy www.online-now.de.
b. Other transfer
Otherwise, we shall only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
- you have given your express consent pursuant to Article 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit a of the GDPR;
- this is required pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b of the GDPR for the performance of a contract with you;
- the transfer is necessary pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. c of the GDPR for compliance with a legal obligation or
- in the other cases of the following paragraphs, insofar as described there.
The data transferred may only be used by the third party for pre-determined purposes.
A transfer of personal data to a third country (outside the EU) or an international organisation is excluded.
4. Cookies and Pixel Tags
We use cookies on our site. These are small files which your browser creates automatically and saves on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website. Cookies do not damage your device in any way, nor do they contain any viruses, trojans or other damaging software.
Information is stored in the cookie which is associated with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we receive direct information about your identity.
We use pixel tags (also called tracking pixel or pixel) in the context of our online services. Pixel are small graphics that are integrated via the HTML code of our page. The pixel itself does not cause any information to be stored or altered on your device, so pixel on your device do not cause any damage, contain no viruses, trojans or other malware.
The pixel send your IP address, the referrer URL of the website visited, the time at which the pixel was viewed, the browser used and previously set cookie information to a web server. This enables us to carry out range measurements and other statistical evaluations, which serve to optimise our offer.
On the one hand, cookies are used to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. Accordingly, we use “session cookies” to identify that you have already visited individual pages on our website.
In addition, we use temporary cookies to help optimise user friendliness, which are stored on your device for a certain period. If you visit our website again to make use of our services, the system will automatically recognise that you have already visited us, and which input and settings you activated, so that you do not have to enter these again.
We also use cookies to record the use of our website statistically, and to be able to evaluate this to help optimise our services for you (see paragraph 5). These cookies allow us to identify that you have already visited us when you visit our website again. These cookies are deleted automatically after a defined period in each case.
The data processed by cookies and pixel are necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third Parties in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f of the GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are saved on your computer, or that a warning always appears before a new cookie is placed. Full deactivation of cookies, however, can mean that you may not be able to use all the functions of our website. You can use appropriate tools or browser add-ons to prevent the use of pixels on our pages (e.g. the add-on "AdBlock" for the Firefox browser).
Further opt-out options can be found in the following information about the tools we use.