Due to the purpose of its enterprise, ad pepper media International N.V. and its subsidiaries (collectively and singularly referred to as “ad pepper media”) are concerned with the ascertainment, processing and use of personal data.

Personal data are data on the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable individual natural person (“User”), such as his true name, address, age, e-mail address, telephone number or information on specific preferences, likes etc. On the other hand, information that cannot be associated with User’s genuine identity are not considered personal data: this includes, for example, the number of users of our website or comparable, summarized information.

Personal data are protected by the data protection directive of the EU and, regarding each ad pepper media subsidiary, by the national regulations of the countries where such subsidiary is located (for example in the United States of America CAN-SPAM Act of 2003). ad pepper media observe these regulations and thus respects the individual‘s right of personality and his/her right to protection of privacy. ad pepper media wants to justify the confidence the users have in its online services and makes the ascertainment, processing and use of personal data transparent for its Users by giving them the following information.

1. Whilst visiting our website(s)
You can visit our website without providing personal information.

As a standard procedure, our web servers temporarily record the connection data of the enquiring computer, which of our websites you visit, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system used as well as the website from which you reach us.

We may use tracking software to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our website. This software is not used to collect personal data or IP addresses. The data is used exclusively in anonymous and summarized form for statistical purposes and for the development of the website.

No other personal data – such as your name, your address, your telephone number or e-mail address – is collected, unless you provide this information voluntarily, e.g. within the scope of a survey or for the performance of an information enquiry.

We also collect further personal data if you conclude a contract with us and register via our website in this respect or in connection with any such contract. The personal data collected in this context can be seen from the registration form that we provide via our website.

2. Whilst interacting with an advertising managed by us.
In mere advertising contacts with the User (e. g. the flashing of marquees on a website) ad pepper media does not automatically collect or process any personal data. Only non-personal data – such as information on the server via which the User has logged on to the Internet, the browser which is used and if the User clicks on the marquee – all this is recorded anonymously. ad pepper media collects and processes personal data through various means of advertising (pop-ups, pop-unders, banners). The extent and the kind of data depend on the information which the User enters on a voluntary basis by filling in the respective input fields and transmits to ad pepper media by sending off this information. ad pepper media will process and use the personal data on the User which they have collected to fulfill their obligations towards the User, to such an extent which is necessary for this purpose.If, in collecting, processing and using the Users’ personal data, ad pepper media pursue any purposes beyond the implementation of the above obligations, this will only be done on the basis of an approval expressly declared by the User, and only to the extent specified in this approval. Such purposes are mainly marketing-oriented and include, among other things, the use of the collected data for market research, the soliciting of customers, sending commercial emails, product information or service development.In this process, ad pepper media deploys various techniques to make reasonably sure that the User and not somebody else enter the Users’ data and grant ad pepper media the permission to use them.The User can withdraw his/her consent or part of it at any time, using the same means by which he/she has given this consent.ad pepper media also collect, process and use personal data on behalf of business partners (e. g. website carriers, advertising customers, agencies), for example for the purpose of generating addresses for a newsletter subscription, product information, orders etc. If any data are collected by ad pepper media on behalf of any third party, the cooperation partner will be clearly identifiable at any time and is the owner of the collected personal data. In this case, the User can enforce his/her rights exclusively against the cooperation partner of ad pepper media, as ad pepper media will act as a simple technical supplier. If ad pepper media collect any personal data on behalf of any business partners and process and use these data, the business partner shall be responsible for the observance of data protection regulations. In this case, ad pepper media shall not assume any liability towards the User for the observance of data protection provisions on part of their business partners. No rights or obligations for ad pepper media shall result from any contracts or quasi-contractual relationships into which the User might enter with a business partner. ad pepper media cannot exercise any influence on such contracts, neither directly nor indirectly. In this case, ad pepper media are bound by the instructions of their business partner, however ad pepper media does not cooperate with such business partners who ad pepper knows be breaching of data protection regulations.

3. Cookies
ad pepper media use cookies to optimize the use of the Internet for their Users by a reduced repetition of advertising and an increased share of relevant contents. No personal data are collected by means of the cookies. Name, IP address or other information concerning Users’ real identity are not stored and ad pepper media do not create any individual profiles concerning Users’ use patterns. The use of cookies, however, is not indispensable to ad pepper media. Therefore, the User can deactivate the cookie function at any time by changing the preferences of his/her Internet browser. Under Tools/Internet Options in your respective browser you can deactivate the storing of cookies, limit this to specific websites or set your browser such that it informs you as soon as a cookie is sent. You also may login into the ad pepper network or log out of it via this link: http://ilead.itrack.it/privacy/

You can also delete cookies from the hard drive of your PC at any time (e.g. Firefox: Tools > Options > Privacy > Show Cookies > Remove Cookie / Remove All Cookies; Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Delete Browsing History / Cookies). Please note, however, that when so doing you must reckon with restricted presentation of the site and limited User guidance. If you need any help with this, please contact the address below.

4. Protection
ad pepper media are bound by law to take the technical and organizational measures which are necessary to guarantee the protection of the personal data, i. e. in particular to protect these data from unauthorized access and unauthorized processing. All data processing programs and facilities have password protection and operate using encoding technology which is present state of the art.

If ad pepper media use any external server or service provider for the storage of the User data, ad pepper media will make sure that they are committed to at least the same data protection standard as ad pepper media themselves. The employees of ad pepper media are obligated to preserve data secrecy and data protection. This obligation includes, among other things, the fact that the employees may only process and use the personal data to such an extent which is necessary within the scope of contractual or quasi-contractual relationships, or in so far as the User has given his consent to the use of his/her data for the respective purposes. Any personal data which are no longer needed for the fulfillment of contractual obligations by ad pepper media and/or for the processing and use of which there is no (more) consent from User, will be deleted in such a way that any abuse can be ruled out. In certain cases prescribed by law (e.g. statutory periods of keeping), Users’ data can be blocked instead of being deleted.

If you have any questions concerning our Data Privacy Policy, or if you want to exercise your right to information, deletion or locking, please do not hesitate to contact us at: dataprivacy(at)adpepper.com.

Social Media

1.) Use of Facebook social plug-ins
Our websites use social plug-ins (“plug-ins”) from the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). Plug-ins are labelled with the Facebook logo or the phrase ‘Facebook social plug-in’. If you visit one of our websites that contains this kind of plug-in, your browser will create a direct connection with Facebook’s servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser, and your browser then incorporates it into the website. Embedding the plug-in provides Facebook with information about which pages of our websites you are visiting. If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can correlate your visit with your Facebook account. For information about the purpose and extent of this data collection, the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights and the setting options available for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s data policy (Facebook Data Policy). We do not accept any liability for Facebook social plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

2.) Use of LinkedIn recommendation components
Our website employs components provided by the network LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time our website receives an access request equipped with a LinkedIn component, the component prompts your browser to download an image of this component from LinkedIn.
Through this process, LinkedIn is informed exactly which page of our website is being accessed. By clicking the LinkedIn “recommend button“ while logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link content from our website to your LinkedIn profile. This allows LinkedIn to associate your visit to our site with your LinkedIn account.
We have no control over the data that LinkedIn collects thereby, nor over the extent of the data that LinkedIn collects. Nor do we have any knowledge of the content of data transferred to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn as well as your rights in this regard and your browser setting options may be obtained from the LinkedIn data privacy policy, which may be accessed at: http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. We do not accept any liability for LinhedIn plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

3.) The functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our website.
Twitter is a social media portal of the company Twitter Inc.,795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, (USA).We use Twitter plugins. If you invoke a corresponding website that has such a plugin, the data is exchanged with the Twitter servers located in the USA. Even in case of interactions, which are possible with various Twitter plugins, the corresponding information about you is collected and transmitted to Twitter and stored there. Moreover, if you are a member of Twitter, and if you are logged in on Twitter during the period in which you use the plugin, the information collected about your website visit is linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users. If you do not wish that Twitter links and combines the information with the data of your Twitter account, you must log out from Twitter before visiting our website. Log on to https://twitter.com/privacy for more information on the collection and use of data through Twitter. We do not accept any liability for Twitter plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

4.) Use of Google+1 Plug-Ins:
Our pages use Google +1 features. Provider is the Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Gathering and sharing information: The Google + 1 button lets you publish information worldwide. The Google + 1 button gives you and other users personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for a content, as well as information about the page that you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1 can be displayed as clues along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results, your Google profile, or elsewhere on Web sites and ads on the Internet. Google records information about your +1 activities to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google + 1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace a different name that you used when sharing content through your Google Account. The identity of your Google profile can be displayed to users who know your e-mail address or have other identifying information from you. Use of the information collected: In addition to the uses outlined above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google Privacy Policy. Google may publish aggregated statistics on users’ + 1 activities, or pass them on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or related sites. We do not accept any liability for Google +1 plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

5.) Use of Instagram Plug-Ins:
On our pages, functions of the Instagram service are integrated. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as a provider of the pages we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram. For more information, see the Instagram Privacy Statement: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/. We do not accept any liability for Instagram plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

6.) Use of Xing Plug-Ins:
Our website uses functions of the XING network. Provider is the XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you visit one of our pages that contain Xing features, you will be connected to Xing servers. As far as we know, personal data are not stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or the usage behavior is evaluated. For more information about the privacy policy and the Xing Share button, please visit Xing’s Privacy Statement at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection. We do not accept any liability for Xing plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

7.) Use of YouTube Plug-Ins:
Our website uses plugins from Google’s YouTube site. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our YouTube-enabled sites, you will be connected to YouTube’s servers. The Youtube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. When you are logged in to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to map your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information about how to deal with user data, see the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. We do not accept any liability for YouTube plug-ins, and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

8.) Privacy Policy for using Google Maps:
This website uses Google Maps to display maps and create a route map. Google Maps is operated by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of the data collected automatically as well as the data entered by you, one of its representatives, or third parties. You can find the terms of use for Google Maps under Google Maps Terms of Service. You can find detailed details in the privacy center of google.com: transparency and choice as well as data protection regulations. Maps We do not accept any liability with regard to Google , and no legal claims can be derived in this regard.

9.) Information, correction, blocking and deletion of data
At all times, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us , as well as the right to correction, deletion and blocking of the same. Please contact us if required. You will find the contact details in our Legal Notice.

Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”) is used on this website. The use includes the “Universal Analytics” operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user’s activities across devices. This data protection notice is provided by www.intersoft-consulting.de.

Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended to include IP anonymisation in order to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

Purposes of the Processing
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and Internet use.

Legal Basis
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipients or Categories of Recipients
The recipient of the collected data is Google.

Transfer to Third Countries
Personal data will be transferred to the USA under the EU-US Privacy Shield on the basis of the European Commission’s adequacy decision. You can download the certificate here.

Duration of Data Storage
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user-identifiers (e.g. User-IDs) or advertising-identifiers are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Rights of the Persons affected
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by blocking the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functionalities of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser Add-on. Opt-out cookies will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: