Data Protection Policy & Liability
This website is operated by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Adolphsplatz 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. At this point we are informing you according to §13 Telemediengesetz about the type, extent, purpose of the collection and use of personal data, as well as about any processing of data in third countries outside the European Union.
Personal information
As a public body, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce is subject to the regulations of the Hamburg Data Protection Act (HmbDSG). According to the HmbDSG personal data are individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a certain or identifiable natural person. Our website allows you to enter the following personal data so that you can contact us:
- Data for a correct salutation, e.g. form of address and title
- Personal data, e.g. first and last name
- Address information, e.g. street, postcode and city
- Communication data, e.g. telephone number, fax number or email address
- Further information, e.g. company
- Thematic interest, e.g. newsletters or events
The following additional information is required in the protected login area for member companies:
- Username
- Password
Purpose of collection, processing and use
The personal data mentioned are processed exclusively for the following purposes:
- Establishing contact
- Subscription to a newsletter on various topics and dates
- Enabling our range of services and the necessary communication with you, e.g. booking of an event
- Processing of your enquiry and any further advice you request
- In the protected member area, your personal data will also be used for the following purposes:
- Provision of protected documents relevant to training, for example: for content- and time-based organisation and regulation
- Online processing of training and retraining contracts
- Documents for the general assembly and the presidium
We would like to point out that you can revoke the consent you give to us at any time with effect for the future.
System operator
Our website is hosted by IHK Gesellschaft für Informationsverarbeitung mbH, Hörder Hafenstrasse 5, 44263 Dortmund, Germany. This service provider collects and stores the following information for us, which your terminal automatically transmits:
- Browser type/version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
- IP address of your terminal
- Time of the server request
We use this information exclusively for optimisation and error analysis. A comparison with other data stocks or a passing on to third parties, also in excerpts, does not take place. We reserve the right to subsequently check these data in the event of suspicion of illegal use of our website and to pass them on to authorised third parties. The data will be deleted automatically after 30 days at the latest.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to offer you a convenient and feature-rich online service and to verify your authorisation to use the service. Cookies are text files that contain information to identify returning visitors solely for the duration of their visit to the website. Cookies are stored on the hard disk of your computer and do not cause any damage there.
The website cookies contain personal data. Cookies save you the multiple entry of data, facilitate the transmission of specific content and help us to identify particularly popular areas of our Internet presence. They thereby enable us to continuously improve the structure and content of our website.
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce uses so-called session cookies, which are immediately deleted when the browser is closed. We use these ‘session cookies’ to improve our services for our visitors and to facilitate surfing on our pages. Deleting or blocking these cookies does not affect the use of our site or its functions.
In addition, we also use cookies that are used after the session (‘cross-session cookies’). These cookies serve the purpose of making our website user-friendly, more effective and safer.
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Function
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Storage time
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Functional cookies
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Cookieinfo_click
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The cookie controls the display of the notice about the use of cookies on our website. The cookie stores the user’s consent to the cookie policy.
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After one year
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Session cookies
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JSESSIONID
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We use ‘session cookies’ to improve our services for our visitors and to facilitate surfing on our pages. Deleting or blocking these cookies does not affect the use of our site or its functions.
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Will be deleted after closing your browser.
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Functional cookies
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IHK24_PROD-xxxxx
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We use a load balancer to distribute the load. This cookie identifies the server to which you are first directed. This ensures that no server change takes place during the session.
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< 12 hours
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Webtracking cookies (etracker)
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etcnt_[xxxxx]
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We use ‘etracker’ to gain an insight into how our users interact with the services offered and the website. A cookie is stored in order to collect this data and to generate usage statistics from it. The information collected is not personaland does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the individual person.
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30 days
28 days |
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Cntcookie
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Opt-out cookie from etracker (objection to the collection, processing and use of your visitor data)
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4 years
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Host only
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et_id
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This cookie is used for visitor recognition when the campaign control module is used.
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2 years |
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BT_ctst
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Serves to check whether cookies can be set on the visitor’s computer.
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Current session
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BT_pdc
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Collects visitor history data (visitor is customer, visitor has subscribed to newsletter, etc.).
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1 year
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BT_sdc
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Contains data for personalisation (referrer, number of PIs, session duration).
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Current session
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noWS
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Used to differentiate whether functionalities need to be provided for the etracker optimiser.
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Current session
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isSdEnabl
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Checks whether personalisation is switched on
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24 hours
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You have the option of deactivating the acceptance of cookies on your terminal device in your browser. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that all functions of our website will be available in that case.
Third-party services
Our website uses content and services of third parties. These include, for example, tools for sending newsletters, analysing user behaviour and displaying geographical maps and videos. In order for the services to be made available, it is imperative that the IP address be transmitted from your terminal to the third-party provider. Wherever possible, we have chosen a configuration that conforms to data protection regulations. However, we have no influence on whether the IP address may be stored. The third-party vendors are listed below.
Sending of email newsletters
Our website uses the service provider ODAV AG, Ernst-Heinkel-Strasse 11, 94315 Straubing, Germany, for sending email newsletters. Your voluntarily provided personal data will be passed on to this service provider so that the email newsletters you have requested can be sent.
We use the double-opt-in procedure for registration. This means that we will not send you newsletters until you confirm your registration via an email from us and a link contained therein after you have provided us with your email address.
The registration and the confirmation are then logged. This is to ensure that only you can register for the newsletter service as a user of the specified email address. Your confirmation must be received promptly after we send you the email. Until you confirm your registration, our newsletter service will not accept any further registrations under this email address. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. You can either send us an email or cancel your subscription via a link at the end of the newsletter.
etracker website analysis
Our website uses the analysis service etracker (etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstrasse 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany).
The provider of this website uses services of etracker GmbH from Hamburg, Germany https://www.etracker.com to analyse usage data. Cookies are used that enable a statistical analysis of the use of this website by its visitors as well as the display of use-related content and advertising. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user’s terminal device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that enables a user to be identified.
The data generated with etracker is processed and stored by etracker exclusively in Germany on behalf of the provider of this website and is thus subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. In this respect, etracker was independently audited, certified and awarded the https://www.eprivacy.eu/kunden/vergebene-siegel/firma/etracker-gmbh/ data protection seal of approval.
Data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 (f) (legitimate interest) of the EU Basic Regulation on Data Protection (EU GDPR). Our legitimate interest is the optimisation of our online offer and our web presence. Since the privacy of our visitors is particularly important to us, the IP address at etracker is anonymised as early as possible, and login and device IDs at etracker are converted into a unique key that is not assigned to a person. etracker does not use it for any other purpose, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.
You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time, as far as it is personal. Your objection has no detrimental consequences for you.
Widerspruch
Further information about data privacy protection at etracker can be found at https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/.
iFrame integration of the Twitter feed
The Twitter feed (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) is integrated into our website. Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for the processing of data of persons living outside the United States.
Twitter uses Twitter buttons or widgets integrated into websites and cookies to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Twitter profile. On the basis of this data, content and advertising can be tailored and offered to you. Because Twitter Inc. is a non-European provider with a European subsidiary only in Ireland, it is not bound by German data protection regulations in its own reading. This concerns, for instance, your rights to information, blocking or deletion of data and the possibility of objecting to the use of data for advertising purposes.
Google Maps map service
On our website we use Google Maps (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) in various places to display maps and to create route maps. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the data collected automatically and the data you have entered by Google, one of its representatives or third-party providers.
The terms of use for Google Maps can be found under Terms of Use for Google Maps and the privacy policy under Data Privacy Protection for Google.
Google may transfer the information obtained by Google Maps to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. It cannot be ruled out that Google may associate your IP address with other Google data. It is technically possible that Google could use the data obtained to identify at least individual users. We have no influence on the processing of personal data or personality profiles of users of the Google website for other purposes. You can easily deactivate the Google Maps service to prevent data transfer to Google. To do this, deactivate JavaScript in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use the map display. By integrating GoogleMaps into our website, Google Maps can also set cookies.
Display of YouTube videos
We have included videos from YouTube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc. based in 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
We have embedded our videos in the ‘extended data protection mode’ to enable you to view them in a data protection-friendly manner. When you play the videos, a connection to a YouTube server is established. This will transmit to YouTube which of our websites you have visited. If you are logged in as a YouTube member, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the service, such as clicking the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your YouTube user account and other user accounts of YouTube LLC and Google Inc. and deleting the corresponding cookies of the companies before using our website. For more information on data processing and YouTube’s data privacy policy, please visit www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
By integrating YouTube videos into our website, YouTube can also set cookies.
Social bookmarks
As far as IHK24 is concerned, no social media plug-ins are set, but rather so-called social bookmarks. These are only included on an IHK24 website as a link to the corresponding services. After clicking on the integrated graphic, the user is forwarded to the page of the respective provider. In addition, if an Internet page is forwarded via the ‘Share this content’ button, it is possible that that Internet page will become visible on Twitter, Facebook, etc. and can be viewed there as an activity in the user’s profile.
Social media services
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce uses the technical platform and services of Twitter Inc. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, for the short message service offered here. Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland, is responsible for the processing of data of persons living outside the United States.
We would like to point out that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions under your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. sharing, rating).
Information on what data is processed by Twitter and for what purposes can be found in the Twitter privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
Twitter Inc. is committed to the principles of the EU-US Privacy Shield. More information can be found at: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active.
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce has no influence on the type and scope of data processed by Twitter, the type of processing and use, or the passing on of this data to third parties. Nor does it have any effective means of control in this respect. By using Twitter, your personal information is collected, transmitted, stored, disclosed and used by Twitter Inc. and is transferred to, stored and used in the United States, Ireland and any other country in which Twitter Inc. does business, regardless of where you live. On the one hand, Twitter thereby processes your voluntarily entered data such as name and username, email address, telephone number or the contacts in your address book when you upload or synchronise it. On the other hand, Twitter also evaluates the content you share to determine what topics you are interested in, stores and processes confidential messages that you send directly to other users and can determine your location using GPS data, wireless network information or your IP address to send you advertising or other content.
Twitter Inc. may use analysis tools such as Twitter and Google Analytics for analysis. The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce has no influence on the use of such tools by Twitter Inc. and has not been informed about such potential use. If tools of this kind are used by Twitter Inc. for the account of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce has not commissioned, approved or supported this in any other way. Nor are the data obtained during the analysis made available to us. Only certain, non-personal information about the tweet activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks through a specific tweet, can be viewed by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce via its account. Furthermore, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce has no way to prevent or disable the use of such tools on its Twitter account.
Finally, Twitter also receives information if you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account. This so-called log information may include the IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the previously accessed website and pages, your location, your mobile operator, the terminal you are using (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you are using and cookie information.
You can restrict the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account and under ‘Privacy and security’. In addition, you can restrict Twitter access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) in the settings options there. However, this depends on the operating system used. More information on these issues can be found on the following Twitter support pages:
You can find out more about the possibility of viewing your own data on Twitter here:
Information on Twitter’s conclusions about you can be found here:
Information on the available personalisation and data protection settings can be found here (with further references):
You also have the option of requesting information via the Twitter data protection form or the archive requirements:
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce also processes your data. It does not collect any data about your Twitter account. However, the data you enter on Twitter, in particular your username and the content published on your account, will be processed by us in so far as we retweet or reply to your tweets or create tweets ourselves that refer to your account. The data freely published and distributed by you on Twitter will thus be included in our offer and made accessible to our followers.
Our website contains a ‘Share this content’ button from Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. Facebook is a social network. The respective ‘Share’ button can be recognised by its Facebook logo.
Please note that you use this Facebook page and its functions under your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating).
When you visit our Facebook page, Facebook collects your IP address and other information available on your computer in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us as the operator of the Facebook page with statistical information about the use of the Facebook page. Facebook provides more information on this via the following link:
The data collected about you in this context will be processed by Facebook Ltd. and, if necessary, transferred to countries outside the European Union. Facebook describes in general terms what information it receives and how it is used in its data usage guidelines. There you will also find information on how to contact Facebook and how to set up advertisements.
The data use guidelines are available via the following link:
The complete data guidelines of Facebook can be found here:
The manner in which Facebook uses the data from visiting Facebook pages for its own purposes, the extent to which activities on the Facebook page are assigned to individual users, how long Facebook stores this data and whether data from a visit to the Facebook page is passed on to third parties is not conclusively or clearly named by Facebook and is not known to us.
When you access a Facebook page, the IP address assigned to your device is transmitted to Facebook. According to Facebook, this IP address is made anonymous (for ‘German’ IP addresses) and deleted after 90 days. Facebook also stores information about its users’ end devices (e.g. as part of the ‘Login notification’ function); Facebook may thus be able to assign IP addresses to individual users.
If you are currently logged in to Facebook as a user, there is a cookie with your Facebook ID on your device. This enables Facebook to understand that you visited this page and how you used it. This also applies to all other Facebook pages. Facebook buttons integrated into websites allow Facebook to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Facebook profile. On the basis of this data, content and advertising can be tailored and offered to you.
To prevent this, you should log out of Facebook or disable the ‘Stay signed in’ feature, delete the cookies present on your device and exit and restart your browser. Doing this will delete Facebook information that can immediately identify you. This allows you to use our Facebook page without revealing your Facebook account. When you access interactive features on the site (liking, commenting, sharing, news, etc.), a Facebook login screen appears. Once you have logged in, Facebook will recognise you as a specific user again.
For information about how to manage or delete existing information about you, please visit the following Facebook support pages:
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce also processes your data. It does not collect any data about your Facebook account. However, the data you enter on Facebook, in particular your username and the content published on your account, will be processed by us in so far as we comment on your posts or reply to them or create posts ourselves that refer to your account. The data freely published and distributed by you on Facebook is thus included in our offer and made accessible to other users.
This website uses a ‘Share this content’ button created by XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. According to XING, XING does not store any personal data about you when you access this website. According to XING, no IP addresses are stored. Neither will your usage behaviour be evaluated. The latest information on data protection can be read at
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce does not collect or process any personal data via XING.
Our website contains a ‘Share this content’ button from LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social network and online platform for professionals and managers. According to the company itself, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, will store information about the content you have clicked on and information about your visit to the website. The latest information on data protection can be read at
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce does not collect or process any personal data via LinkedIn.
This website uses a ‘Share this content’ button for Instagram (Instagram LLC, represented by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA). Instagram is a free online service forsharing photos and videos that belong to Facebook. The app’s default settings are public. If non-public use is desired, you must actively adjust the settings under ‘Edit profile’.
We point out that it is the user’s responsibility to pay attention to the content sent. Contacts and followers have the ability to copy and redistribute uploaded images so that you no longer have control over the shared content.
The latest information on Instagram’s privacy policy can be found at
Data security
Unfortunately, the transmission of information on the Internet is not completely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of the data transmitted to our website via the Internet. We protect our website and other IT systems against the loss of availability, integrity and confidentiality through appropriate technical and organisational measures. Your personal data is transmitted in encrypted form on our website. You can recognise the secure connection by the fact that the displayed address starts with ‘https://...’ instead of ‘http://...’ and a closed padlock is displayed on your browser. For more information about our SSL certificate, click on the padlock.
Your rights and contact information
You can request information at any time about the personal data about you stored by us and, if necessary, its correction and/or deletion and/or blocking. For this purpose and/or for further information, please contact the address given in the Imprint.
If you have any questions, comments or enquiries regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data by us, please also contact us using the contact details provided. We would like to point out that you can revoke any consent given to us at any time with effect for the future.
Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. The latest version is available on our website. Please visit our website regularly and find out about the applicable data protection regulations.
Liability
Legal information
The website, overview pages and collection of contributions in this offer are protected by copyright. These pages may only be duplicated for personal use, changes may not be made, and duplicated copies may neither be disseminated nor used for public consumption. The individual contributions are also subject to copyright.
We cannot guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the offer. We bear no liability for damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of the website and the information it contains. Liability for intent or gross negligence is excluded from this clause.
The same applies to the content of our company database. This content is obtained from voluntary information transferred to us by the respective companies. Here, too, we assume no liability for damage that may arise directly or indirectly from the use of the information obtained, unless this damage is caused by intent or gross negligence.
The same applies to the content of our company database. This content is obtained from voluntary information transferred to us by the respective companies. Here, too, we assume no liability for damage that may arise directly or indirectly from the use of the information obtained, unless this damage is caused by intent or gross negligence.
We furthermore assume no liability for the content of other websites that you can visit via hyperlinks from the HK Hamburg website. These are external offers on whose content the HK Hamburg has no influence. These hyperlinks are a service provided by the HK Hamburg. However, the HK Hamburg is not responsible for the content. If you become aware of illegal content of websites of other providers that you can visit from our website via a hyperlink, we request that you inform us, so that we can remove the reference to the corresponding site.
You are welcome to contact us if you have any further questions relating to liability.