The emerging Common European Energy Data Space - state of play and next steps

1. Overview of data protection

General

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator's contact details can be found in the website's required legal notice.

How do we collect your data?

Some data are collected when you provide it to us by signing up for an event.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Personal data provided to register for an event will only be processed for purposes regarding the event you registered for and based on your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Your personal data will be processed confidentially and exclusively for the purpose of carrying out the respective event and for the documentation of this event within the scope of the respective project or contract. After completion of the project or contract and, if applicable, its economic evaluation, we will delete your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 1 a.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Note on image, sound and film recordings at events

If indicated at registration, images, film and sound recordings will be made during events, which may be created, processed and distributed as part of the public relations work of B.A.U.M. Consult GmbH and the respective project(s). By registering for the event, participants agree that the images, sound and film recordings made in connection with the event may be used by B.A.U.M. Consult GmbH for the purpose of public relations without entitlement to remuneration and may be disseminated in print media, our project websites and social media channels for the purpose of documentation and reporting.

If you do not wish to appear in the recording, please leave your image and sound transmission deactivated.

Third-party tools

For the events we will be using one or several of the following digital applications:

Zoom Video Communications (https://zoom.us/privacy), Cisco Systems (https://www.cisco.com/c/de_de/about/legal/privacy-full.html), Miro (https://miro.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
Despite careful evaluation and selection of digital applications and tools, we cannot guarantee that third-party providers fully comply with the DSGVO. Please also note that the name you use to enter the event will be visible to all participants.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

B.A.U.M. Consult GmbH

Gotzinger Straße 48-50

81371 Munich

Phone: +49 89 189 35 0

E-mail: info@baumgroup.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal e-mail making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state, in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

3. Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Christoph Gieseke (Address as above)

Phone: +49 89 189 35 0

E-mail: datenschutz@baumgroup.de

4. Data collection on our website

Some of our webpages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files". These are:

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.