DATA PROTECTION / DATA PRIVACY SCOPE

Privacy Policy

Data Protection

Comprehensive privacy policy for data collection and processing by run.events GmbH

Last Updated: August 2025
GDPR Compliant

Privacy Protection Commitment

This privacy policy clarifies the use, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the controller run.events GmbH, Mainzer Str. 186, 55411 Bingen am Rhein, Germany.

Contact Information

info@runevents.eu | +49 6721 94924740

We take your privacy very seriously and will treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with the law.

HANDLING OF PERSONAL DATA

Legal Basis

We collect, use and transfer your personal data only if there is a legal basis to do so. Such legal basis may be an agreement between us, our legitimate interest, a legal obligation, or your consent.

Data Protection

We disclose personal information only to the extent necessary for fulfillment of purposes listed in this Privacy Policy. Data processors are not authorized to use shared data for any other purpose.

What is Personal Information?

Personal information means all information that is used to identify your person, and which can be traced back to you.

Name
Email
Phone
IP Address

International Data Transfers

We generally process your data in the European Union. However, some data may be transferred to third countries with appropriate safeguards ensuring your rights are not undermined.

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

When you visit our website, we may process some data about your access and server log files. Our website also uses cookies. Please find more information about these below.

When you register to an event via the website, we process the data which you provide to us in the registration form. Please find more information about these below.

When you contact us or post any content (comments, contributions), we process the contents of your input and any data associated with your request.

ACCESS DATA / SERVER LOG FILES

We collect data about website access based on our legitimate interest, including improving the user-friendliness and security of the website. The following data is logged:

Data Logged

  • User's last visit on website
  • Time of access
  • Used IP address
  • Error-Logs (error messages, accessing IP address and, depending on the error, the website accessed)

Retention Period

Generally, log files are kept for 6 months

Data may be retained longer for security reasons to clarify cases of abuse until incidents are resolved.

We use most of the log data only for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security, and optimization of the website. However, the log data is also processed if there is a reasonable suspicion of unlawful use.

REGISTRATION TO EVENTS

Required Registration Data

When you register to an event on our website, we ask for your basic personal data such as name and surname, country, email address, etc. This information will be used to identify you on site and will also be printed on your conference badge (commonly your name and name of the company you represent). As participation is possible only with a valid ticket, we will also ask for your billing data for the purpose of invoicing.

Important: Submitting the information requested in the registration form is a mandatory prerequisite for registering for the event. It is not possible to register for or participate in the event without providing the requested information.

Optional Profile Information

Once the user has been registered, the user can add additional optional information to the user's profile. For example, the user can add profile photo, biography, work information, field of industry, topics of interest, spoken languages, links to websites and social media profiles and other.

For the purpose of organizing the event, we may also ask for additional information such as your dietary requirement. We may also provide you with an option to introduce yourself and add information about your biography, fields of interest, how you got to know about the event, whether you have attended before, personal website and social media profiles, blog links etc – all of that on a voluntary basis (unless stated otherwise in the data collection form) and for networking purposes between event attendees.

Speakers

If you are a speaker at our event, we will ask for your profile pictures.

The data is processed for event-specific purposes only. The data will mostly be used for billing, statistics, distribution and marketing purposes. The run.events platform will be used as technical solutions for the ticket sale and other attendee/sponsor management features. run.events GmbH may process your data as a processor.

PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS

When you participate in our events as partner, sponsor or just attendee, we may process additional information about you. Personal data shall be stored in accordance with the need for their use and the time limits provided by law.

Session Data Collection

During the event, our systems will collect information about the session evaluations (for example, attendees can scan a QR code when entering a session room and then evaluate that session; session attendance, participation in gamification (via mobile apps, surveys, etc) – but none of that will be collected without the specific consent by the data subject on-site.

Sponsor Data Collection

During the event, our sponsors and partners may collect your information if you give them your consent. You can present your conference badge to them for scanning. Please note that the QR scan will provide to the sponsors and partners all the data that you have provided when registering to the event and/or on your user profile.

Photo, Video and Audio Recordings

Photo, video and audio recordings will be made at the event. The photo, video and audio materials are in the sole ownership of the Organizer. We process them on the basis of a legitimate interest (event management, customer management, security). The recording may be used also for promotional purposes.

REQUESTS, COMMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

If you contact us, your contact details and contents of the request will be stored so that they can be used to process and answer your request. This data will be processed based on your consent or our legitimate interest (customer communication, customer management, protection of our rights). Without your consent, this data will not be disclosed to third parties.

Data Retention

As the data is collected based on your consent, we will process the data as long as your consent is valid. We will also periodically review the data and delete any data that is obsolete and no longer necessary.

NEWSLETTERS

We inform you about our offers as well as updates about us through our newsletter. If you would like to receive the newsletter, we require a valid email address. We furthermore require information, which allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided or, should you not be the owner, that the owner of the email address agrees to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected.

Registration Data

By registering for the newsletter, we will store your IP address and the date of the registration. This storage serves solely as proof of your consent and also as proof in the event that a third party misuses an email address and registers for a newsletter without the consent of the person entitled to receive the newsletter.

Unsubscribe Options

You can revoke your consent to the processing of your data for the purpose of sending the newsletters at any time. The revocation can be confirmed through:

  • • Links included in our newsletters
  • • Updating preferences in your profile
  • • Contacting us directly

Service Provider

This data is only used for distributing the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties. Please note that our service providers as processors are not considered third parties. The newsletter is sent through the service provider Mailjet by Sinch, 112 E. Pecan Street – San Antonio, TX 78205, USA.

Information about the data protection regulations of the service provider is available at: https://mailjet.com/dpa

Important Notice

Please note that if you withdraw your consent to receive newsletters, we may still use your contact information to send you information about any of our events you have registered for.

COOKIES

This website uses cookies for the pseudonymized range measurement, which are transmitted either from our server or the third-party server to the user's browser. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

Your Cookie Rights

You have the right to choose whether to accept the use of cookies unless the cookie is necessary for the core functionalities of the website. We use cookies that are not necessary for the operation of the website only with your prior consent.

Cookie Opt-Out Options

Cookie opt-out page of the Network Advertising Initiative:

http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Cookie deactivation page on the US website:

http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/

Cookie deactivation page of the European website:

http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Browser Settings Warning

Popular browsers offer the preference option of not allowing cookies. However, please note that if you limit the use of functionally required cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our website. There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all the functions of this website without restrictions if you apply extensive browser based limiting settings.

YOUR RIGHTS

Right to Information

Access information about your personal data processing

Right to Correction

Correct inaccurate personal data

Right to Deletion

Request deletion of your personal data

Right to Object

Object to processing based on legitimate interest

Data Portability

Receive your data in a structured format

Withdraw Consent

Withdraw your consent at any time

Contact for Data Requests

For any data protection requests or questions, please contact us at:

info@runevents.eu

We will respond to your request within one month.

Policy Information

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 August 2025.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any changes.