Publicitas in Germany

Introduction

Publicitas is mainly concerned about offering you an excellent quality, personalised service. In order to do so we collect data that concerns you, in a general way.

We are committed to respecting your privacy, but we are aware that you may ask yourself how your personal data is protected. The reason we are publishing this statement is to inform you about how we operate.

Collection and use of personal data

Personal data is data that allows you to be identified.

Your personal data is used to enable us to establish how to provide a better service to registered users and to improve the content, navigation and localisation aspects of the site. We are committed to:

• Legally collecting this data,
• Only collecting data that is necessary to achieve previously specified purposes (e.g. creation of a user account, etc.),
• Using this data only when necessary.

Transmission of personal data to third parties

Your personal data is intended for Publicitas and is not to be transmitted to third parties other than a Publicitas entity. Such entities are located in Switzerland, the European Union, the United States and other countries; some of these countries may have a data protection legislation which is different from the one you are used to in your home jurisdiction. By registering your profile on our website you consent to the transfer of your data to these entities at their respective locations.


Use of cookies

A cookie is a character string emitted by a Web server for the attention of a browser, the latter re-emits this when a request is made to the site. The cookie enables the site to recognise the browsers of users who have already consulted the site. You can control how websites use cookies by configuring the privacy settings within your browser (please refer to your browser help function to learn more about cookie controls). Note that if you disable cookies entirely, some websites and applications may not function properly.

We and the companies that help us run our business use cookies in several ways, such as:

• to recognise registered users and to grant them easy access to full factsheets and full news;
• to measure usage of various pages on our website and to help us make our information more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access;
• to provide you the services you requested;
• to allow us to personalise the content of our website, to tailor our website and online services to your likely interests and to provide you with offers you may be interested in;
• to allow us to monitor whether your use of our website complies with the applicable Terms of Use.

Although the information provided is free of charge and available to any registered user, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to deny access in case of abuse.


Use of IP addresses

An IP address is a code attributed to computers connected to the Internet, which use the TCP/IP protocol. It works in the same way as a phone number and it enables computers to be distinguished from one another. When visiting our website, the IP address used to access the website will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use.   


Protection of data transmission and storage

In order to ensure maximum security for your data, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures. Moreover, we try continually to improve our data protection systems.


Data access and modification

You can access and modify your personal data on our web site at any time. If you want to remove your data, please contact us at the following address: webmaster(at)publicitas.com


Modification of this statement

We reserve the right to modify or update this statement at any time and without notice.

Accordingly, we encourage you to read it regularly.

Last modified: 25.2.2013


Contact

If you have any questions about this statement, please contact: webmaster(at)publicitas.com