Privacy Policy

Morressier GmbH, www.morressier.com (hereinafter “Privacy Policy”)

We take the protection of our users’ (hereinafter the “User/you/your”) Personal Data very seriously and strictly comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations. Below we provide you with an overview of what data we collect for what purpose and how we ensure the protection of the data.

The responsible authority according to the German Federal Data Protection Act, (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG) is Morressier GmbH, Invalidenstrasse 5, 10115 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter “Morressier” or “we/us/our”).

We offer a platform (hereinafter “Morressier-Platform”) which provides Users with certain services related to the organization of a conference, and/or to the contribution of content related to the conferences.

Please read the following information regarding the privacy policy carefully. In case you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at support@morressier.com.

Collection, Storage and Use of Personal Data

“Personal Data” is individual information about personal or factual affairs of a certain natural person (for instance name or address).

The use of our Website is generally possible without the disclosure of personal data. If personal data (such as name, address or email address) are collected on our Website there are not transferred to third parties without your explicit consent.

We may point out that the data transfer on the internet (e.g. communication via email) may cause safety issues. A complete protection of the data from third parties is not possible.

Server-Log-Files

If you search and browse the website www.morressier.com (the “Website”) the provider of the Website collects and stores information automatically in so-called Server-Log-Files that your browser transfers to us. These are:

type/version of the browser, system software used, referrer URL, hostname of the computer/device, time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to particular persons. A match of these data with other data sources does not happen. We hereby reserve the right to check these data afterwards if particular indications for an illegal use become apparent to us.

Registration

In order to fully use the Morressier services on the Morressier-Platform, you will need to register and thereby submit the following Personal Data:

email address, username, password, affiliation

We will collect, store and use this Personal Data as described below.

We will use the double-opt-in process to verify your registration. That means immediately after your registration, we will send you an email containing a link, which you will need to open in order to confirm your registration. After successful confirmation we may use your email address for our notification services, until you opt out of the notification or terminate the use of the Morressier services.

Use of Services

For the further use of the Morressier-Platform on the Website you submit more data depending on the way of use of our services, such as your telephone number, details for conferences etc.

We use the information collected, including your Personal Data, in order to (i) provide and improve our services on the Website; (ii) to ensure the technical functionality of our services and to analyse your use of our services; (iii) to contact you in matters regarding our services, also by means of emails and messaging; (iv) to implement this Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions available at www.morressier.com/terms (hereinafter “Terms”); and (v) as otherwise explained in this Privacy Policy.

After registration for the Morressier services we may contact you via email, if your Content possibly contains or is alleged to contain any prohibited content as set out in section 6 of the Terms.

Display of your Data to other Users

Once you created an account on the Website you may join closed groups relating to conferences and/or events. If you become a member of a group created for a certain conference and/or event, your user name may be visible to other Users who also joined the same event.

Newsletter

If you order Morressier’s newsletter , you agree to Morressier sending you a newsletter. At any time, you may opt-out of receiving the newsletter by using the unsubscribe-link contained in each newsletter.

Any further use of your Personal Data requires your explicit consent, whereby your consent or refusal will be documented. At any time, you may revoke your consent to the future use of your Personal Data by informing us at support@morressier.com.

After you end the use of the Morressier services, your Personal Data will be blocked for further use and deleted after the mandatory storage periods as defined in the applicable laws and regulations have expired.

Data Transfer to Third Parties

We will transfer your Personal Data to a third party only within the scope of legal provisions, i.e. if we are obliged to transfer the data due to a government or court order, or if applicable legal provisions authorize the transfer.

Cookies

In order to offer you a convenient online service featuring numerous functions, our Website uses text files (“Cookies”) containing information to identify returning visitors for the time of their visit to the Website. Cookies are usually saved on the hard disk of your computer and do not cause any harm. Cookies facilitate the transfer of specific content, such as entering data, which has already been supplied, and help us identify popular sections of our Website.

When we use Cookies no personally identifiable information will be collected.

You can deactivate the use of Cookies in the settings of your internet browser at any time. To find out how to change the settings, please consult the help function of your internet browser.

Google Analytics

The service offered here uses Google Analytics a web analytics tool offered by Google Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA (“Google“). This analysis service uses cookies. For analysis, text files will be stored on your device. The information stored in the corresponding files about the use of this website are generally transmitted and stored in Google server in the USA. This information will be used to evaluate anonymized your use of the services offered here and enables to analyse your website activity and provide other services associated with the website service. The IP address transmitted from your browser, as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. Adjusting the settings of your browser software can prevent the use of cookies. In this case, it may be possible that the functions of the service offered here cannot be used in its entirety. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent the acquisition and processing of data generated by the cookies in relation to the use of this website, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Social Plugins

The Website is connected to social networks, as Facebook and Twitter, via “Social Plugins“. You can share content via those Social Plugins.

Without any action by you as user the Social Plugins are deactivated and therefore no data are transferred. If you wish to share for example a content you have to click the respective button first. Only with the click of the respective button a connection to the respective social network will be set up and data transferred thereto. In the event you are already logged in your user profile within the social network, your visit of the Website is tracked instantly. In any case you can deactivate this function anytime.

If you do not want any collection of data through the Website by the social networks you need to log out from the social network every time you visit the Website. However, with every visit of the Website (a) Cookie(s) with an identification is/are set if the Social Plugin buttons are/were activated via clicking. Therefore through this function data might be collected and a profile might be created, which could be tracked back to the individual person. If you do not want this you can either deactivate the Social Plugin on the Website via clicking the button or you can change your browser settings accordingly and exclude the acceptance of any Cookies; we hereby inform you that in this event the functionality of this Website could be restricted.

Facebook

The Website uses the Social Plugin for the social network facebook under facebook.com by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook“).

The data policy of Facebook can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Twitter

The Website uses the Social Plugin for the social network twitter in twitter.com by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (“Twitter“).

The data policy of Twitter can be found here: https://twitter.com/privacy

Data Security

We have installed technical and organizational measures in order to safeguard our Website against loss, destruction, access, changes or the distribution of your data by unauthorised persons. However we cannot guarantee a complete protection for data transmitted to us against all dangers at all times, because information via the internet is not completely secure.

The access to your user account is possible only after entering your username and password. You shall treat your access information confidentially and close the browser window, once you have ended your communication with us, particularly if you share the use of the computer with others.

Morressier will store your data on servers, which are located in the EU.

Morressier is based in Germany. The applicable German law and European directives govern the information we collect.

Access and Changes to Data Protection Regulations

This Privacy Policy is assessable under [www.morressier.com/privacy-policy] and may be downloaded and printed anytime.

We reserve the right to change the regulations of this Privacy Policy at any time, taking into account currently applicable data protection provisions. In case of any changes, you will be notified and you will have to agree to the modified data protection regulations.

Duration of Use; Revocation

You have the right to revoke your consent in regard to the use, processing and transfer of your personal data anytime via notice in writing or email. In the event of revocation we will delete your data stored without hesitation. However this does not apply if these data are necessary to process your request. We are allowed to process and/or use your data despite your revocation if this happens in the area of the purpose of a legal obligation or quasi-legal relation of trust (eg. for processing your request), and/or for protection of our legitimate interests and after considering a balance of interests there is no reason to believe that your legitimate interest in the exclusion of the processing and/or use predominates.

Information, Deletion, Blockage, Contact

You have the right to information free of charge at any time about your personal data stored by us, their source and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as the right to correct, block or delete these data.

For your own security, please understand that in the event of a request for information or a change we have to verify your data.

For this and additional questions about the issue of personal data you can contact Morressier GmbH, Invalidenstrasse 5, 10115 Berlin, Germany, email: support@morressier.com at any time.