Privacy Policy for Attendees

SlideSync is a web-based platform that enables live events with a high number of attendees.
This data protection declaration is addressed to the attendees of these events. For organizers and other platform users, the separate Privacy Policy for Platform Users.

SlideSync is operated by MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG, Charlotte-Bamberg-Str. 6, 35578 Wetzlar, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Operator").
The organizer of the respective live event (hereinafter referred to as "Organizer") has advised MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG with the order data processing in the context of the live event. He is responsible for the content and is the responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Your Rights of Affected Persons

You can exercise the following rights at any time under the above contact details:

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can always contact your local regulatory authority with a complaint. Your competent supervisory authority depends on your state of residence, your work or the alleged infringement. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) and their addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/addresses_links-node.html.

Purposes of data processing by the controller and third parties

We process your personal data exclusively for the fulfilment of our contract with the organizer. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

Deletion or locking of data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for in the various storage periods provided for by law. After the respective purpose or expiry of these periods, the corresponding data will be blocked or deleted as a matter of routine and in accordance with statutory regulations.

Data collected

General information

When you access our website, general information is automatically collected. This information includes the type of web browser, the screen size, the operating system used, and the IP address used. This is exclusively information which does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the content you have requested from websites and is mandatory when using the Internet. They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest from the aforementioned purposes for data collection. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. The recipients of the data are only the responsible body and, if applicable, the contract processor.

Statistical evaluations based on aggregated, anonymous information are provided to the organizer and can also be used to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Registration of participants

The organizer can specify that personal data can be requested optionally or obligatory for participation or submission of questions. Usually name, company, location as well as contact and communication data such as telephone number and e-mail address are requested. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. We will be happy to correct or delete them at your request, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details given at the end of this data protection declaration.

Question & Answer functionality

If you submit questions or comments during or after the live event, your name (if given) or registration data (if given) as well as the time of question creation will be stored and forwarded to the organizer for use in the context of the event.

Usage statistics

The usage duration is measured and used for billing purposes between the operator and the organizer, as well as for monitoring the success of the event by the organizer.

Contact / Support

If you contact us by e-mail or contact form with questions of any kind, please give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting us. A valid e-mail address is required for this purpose. This is used to assign the request and then reply to it. The specification of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions. After your request has been processed, your personal data will be automatically deleted.

Use of cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our web pages.

Under no circumstances will the data collected by us be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Safety measures

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art security measures at administrative, physical and technical levels.

Change in our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply for your next visit.

Questions to the contact person for data protection

If you have questions about privacy, please get in touch with us.

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