Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Tick Tech Talks UG (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your personal data when you use our website, purchase tickets, or sign up for the newsletter.

Data Collection and Use

  1. No Data Collection
    We do not collect or process any personal data directly on our website. We do not use cookies, and we do not display any advertisements.
  2. Ticket Purchases
    When you purchase tickets for one of the tech conferences, you will be redirected to Stripe, a secure third-party payment processor. Stripe handles all payment transactions and processes your personal data, including payment information. We do not store or process your payment details on our servers.
    After the payment is completed, we receive your email address from Stripe to send you your tickets. This email address is temporarily stored for the sole purpose of sending your tickets and is deleted after the tickets have been sent.
    For more information on how Stripe handles your data, please refer to Stripe’s Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/en-de/privacy.
  3. Newsletter Sign-Up
    If you choose to sign up for our newsletter, you will be redirected to SubStack, a third-party platform that handles newsletter subscriptions and email communications. SubStack processes your personal data, including your email address, for the purpose of sending you our newsletters. We do not store or process your email address for the newsletter subscription on our servers. For more information on how SubStack handles your data, please refer to SubStack’s Privacy Policy: https://substack.com/privacy.
  4. Post-Purchase Survey and Email Communication
    After purchasing a ticket, you will receive a Google Form asking for your email and some general questions such as the size of your company, your continent, programming languages you use, etc. This information is used to create anonymized statistical charts. The data collected in the Google Form is anonymized and used solely for statistical purposes.
    Additionally, any emails sent to us will be stored on Gmail, a third-party email service provided by Google. This includes any responses the tickets emails or other communications.
    For more information on how Google handles your data, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
  5. Call for Papers
    Those who choose to submit a talk in the call for papers will be redirected to Sessionize. Everyone whose talk gets chosen receives an invite to fill out a Google Form confirming their participation, sent as a message over the Sessionize platform. Everyone else receives a rejection message over the Sessionize platform.
    For more information on how Sessionize handles your data, please refer to Sessionize’s Privacy Policy: https://sessionize.com/privacy-policy.

User Rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your data to another party in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have any concerns about your data, please contact us at team+privacy@gophercon.eu.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Tick Tech Talks UG, Danneckerstr. 14 10245 Berlin, Germany or team+privacy@gophercon.eu.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.

Last Updated: 10.07.2024