Privacy Policy

Status: Oktober 2024

Company: Zukunft Gas GmbH
Legal Representative: Dr Timm Kehler
Address: Neustädtische Kirchstr. 8, 10117 Berlin
Data Protection Coordinator: office(at)gas(dot)info

Zukunft Gas GmbH (hereinafter ‘Zukunft Gas’, ‘we’ or ‘us’) respects the privacy of the users (hereinafter ‘users’, ‘you’ or ‘they’) of its website and has made their protection a top priority in all activities on the Internet. This means: Zukunft Gas undertakes to treat the information provided by users with the utmost care and the greatest sense of responsibility at all times. This also applies in particular to co-operation with partners and third parties. However, Zukunft Gas accepts no liability for third parties unless this is stated separately.

To protect the personal data managed by Zukunft Gas against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons, Zukunft Gas uses state-of-the-art technical and organizational security measures that are continuously improved.

Collection, Processing and Use of Personal Data and Purpose Limitation
Zukunft Gas collects, stores and processes personal data exclusively in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions and insofar as this is necessary and required to fulfil the contractual relationship between Zukunft Gas and the user or to provide the requested offers.

Personal data is all data that can be assigned to a specific or identifiable person, such as the name of a person, the IP address, but also other information if a person can be identified from this.

If enquiries are sent to Zukunft Gas via the contact form implemented on the website, the data provided there will be stored. The data will not be used for any purposes other than processing and responding to your enquiry.

If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, for example, the data provided there will be stored. The data will not be used for any purposes other than processing and responding to the enquiry or in the case that follow-up questions arise.

Zukunft Gas would like to point out that persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to Zukunft Gas without the consent of their legal guardians. Such data from minors will not knowingly be requested, collected, passed on or used in any other way.

Right to Information and Objection
Upon request, Zukunft Gas will inform you in writing at any time whether and, if so, what personal data about you is stored by Zukunft Gas. You can request the deletion, blocking or correction of your personal data at any time.

You can object to the storage and use of the collected and stored data at any time without giving reasons by sending an e-mail to office(at)gas(dot)info or in writing to: Zukunft Gas GmbH, Neustädtische Kirchstraße 8, 10117 Berlin. However, this may mean that Zukunft Gas is no longer able to fulfil its contractual duties (enabling a user to exercise their rights, providing an offer, etc.).

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by contacting Zukunft Gas GmbH, Neustädtische Kirchstraße 8, 10117 Berlin, e-mail address: office(at)gas(dot)info.

Access Data
The website operator or site provider collects data about access to the site and stores it as ‘server log files’. The following data is logged in this way:

Website visited
Time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser and browser version used
Operating system used
IP address used

The data collected is only used for statistical analyses and to improve the website. However, the website operator reserves the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

Matomo
We use the web analysis service Matomo from InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand (‘Matomo’) to statistically analyze our website.

Matomo is an open source tool for web analysis. We host Matomo on our own server and operate it locally. The tracking codes have been deactivated for the use of Matomo, so we use it without the use of cookies. We use the anonymized data collected to analyze the use of our website and individual functions in order to continuously improve the user experience. By statistically evaluating user behavior, we improve our offering and make it more interesting for visitors.

The information collected in this way is stored exclusively on our server and automatically deleted on a regular basis. No data is passed on to third parties or transmitted to servers that are outside the control of Zukunft Gas. When you visit our website, your IP address is further processed in abbreviated form using the ‘Anonymize Visitors’ IP addresses’ setting (anonymization of 3 bytes). This excludes the possibility of direct personal identification and you as a user remain anonymous. The following data is collected:

anonymized IP address of the user's accessing system
the website accessed
the website from which the user accessed the website (referrer)
the subpages that are accessed from the accessed website
the time spent on the website
the frequency with which the website is accessed

Further information on Matomo can be found here.

Web Fonts
This site uses web fonts from Lineto GmbH, Lutherstrasse 32, CH-8004 Zurich for the standardized display of fonts. The web fonts used are installed locally on our web server. A connection to the provider's servers and thus a transmission of the IP address does not take place, but cannot be ruled out 100 per cent.

Cloudflare
We use the ‘Cloudflare’ service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc, 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cloudflare’). Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. The information transfer between your browser and our website is technically routed via the Cloudflare network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze the data traffic between your browser and our website and to serve as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious data traffic from the Internet. Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize Internet users, but these are used solely for the purpose described here. The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our website as error-free and secure as possible (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here. Further information on security and data protection at Cloudflare can be found here and on the Data Privacy Framework here. Cloudflare has also drawn up a voluntary commitment to comply with the European GDPR.

Zoho Campaigns
The e-mail addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as their other data described in this notice, are stored on Zoho's EU servers in Amsterdam and Dublin. Zoho uses this information to send and analyze the newsletter on our behalf. Furthermore, Zoho may, according to its own information, use this data to optimize or improve its own services, for example to technically optimize the sending and presentation of the newsletter or for economic purposes in order to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, Zoho does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass it on to third parties.

We trust in the reliability and IT and data security of Zoho and have concluded a ‘Data Processing Agreement’. This is a contract in which Zoho undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties. You can view Zoho's privacy policy here.

Registration Data
To register for a newsletter, it is sufficient to enter your e-mail address. Optionally, we ask you to enter your first name and surname. This information is only used to personalize the newsletter. 

Statistical Survey and Analyses
The newsletters contain a so-called ‘web-beacon’, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from the Zoho server when the newsletter is opened. As part of this retrieval, technical information such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval, is initially collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. The statistical surveys also include determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our endeavor nor that of Zoho to observe individual users. Rather, we use the analyses to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

Online Access and Data Management
There are cases in which we direct newsletter recipients to Zoho's websites. For example, our newsletters contain a link that newsletter recipients can use to access the newsletter online (e.g. in the event of display problems in the e-mail program). Furthermore, newsletter recipients can subsequently correct their data, such as their e-mail address. Zoho's privacy policy is also only available on their website. In this context, we would like to point out that cookies are used on Zoho's websites and therefore personal data is processed by Zoho, its partners and the service providers used (e.g. Google Analytics). We have no influence on this data collection. Further information can be found in Zoho's privacy policy. We would also like to draw your attention to the options for objecting to the collection of data for advertising purposes on the websites www.aboutads.info and www.youronlinechoices.com (for the European area).

Cancellation/Revocation
You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. You can also cancel your subscription at any time without giving reasons by sending an e-mail to office(at)gas(dot)info or in writing to: Zukunft Gas GmbH, Neustädtische Kirchstraße 8, 10117 Berlin. After cancellation, your data will be deleted except for the e-mail address. The e-mail address will be stored in a blacklist and will only be used to ensure that we do not send any further e-mails to your e-mail address.

Legal Basis DSGVO
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), we inform you that consent to the sending of e-mail addresses is obtained on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, 7 DSGVO and § 7 para. 2 no. 3 and para. 3 UWG.

The use of the mailing service provider Zoho, the implementation of statistical surveys and analyses as well as the logging of the registration process are based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We are interested in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and the expectations of users. We would also like to point out that you can object to the future processing of your personal data in accordance with the legal requirements pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO at any time. In particular, you may object to processing for direct marketing purposes.

Mynewsdesk
Zukunft Gas uses the Mynewsdesk service, which is provided by Mynewsdesk AB, Rosenlundsgatan 40, 118 53 Stockholm (hereinafter ‘Mynewsdesk’), to display the newsroom. Mynewsdesk uses cookies to track and simplify the use of the Mynewsdesk website and to optimize the website's functions. Cookies are also used to measure data traffic and for statistical purposes. Mynewsdesk also uses third-party cookies for market research purposes, to analyze traffic and to improve the functionality of the Mynewsdesk website.

When using Mynewsdesk's services, customers and users may provide personal data, either as individuals or as representatives of a company. Mynewsdesk acts as the controller of your personal data and its processing in accordance with the following Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about the privacy of Mynewsdesk's services, please contact Mynewsdesk directly at support(at)mynewsdesk(dot)com.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser:

However, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website and the services of Mynewsdesk may be fully functional.

Meltwater
Zukunft Gas uses services provided by Meltwater Deutschland GmbH, Rotherstraße 22, 10245 Berlin (hereinafter ‘Meltwater’). You can see which services these are and what impact they have on your personal data in the following sections. Meltwater uses SendGrid for the delivery of e-mails to persons specified by Zukunft Gas within the Meltwater application. SendGrid is committed to complying with European data protection regulations. Further information can be found here. Zukunft Gas uses Meltwater and SendGrid exclusively for sending the daily newsletter ‘Gas Digest’.

The following information explains the content of that newsletter, the registration and dispatch procedure and your rights of objection. By subscribing to ‘Gas Digest’, you agree to receive it and to the procedures described.

Newsletter Content
The daily newsletter ‘Gas Digest’ contains current articles from the press relevant to the gas industry on the topics of gas in general, member companies, the energy transition, mobility and the heating market. The newsletter also contains industry events and political events relevant to the gas industry. The newsletter is only sent out with the consent of the recipient. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described when registering for the newsletter, they are decisive for the user's consent.  

Registration and Registration Data
Registration for ‘Gas Digest’ takes place by sending an e-mail to the presse(at)gas(dot)info mailbox. The registration is made for the e-mail address from which the registration was sent.

Meltwater and SendGrid
The email addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as their other data described in this notice, are stored on SendGrid's servers in the United States. SendGrid uses this information to send the newsletter on our behalf. However, Meltwater and SendGrid do not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them themselves or pass it on to third parties.

We trust in the reliability and IT and data security of Meltwater and have concluded an ‘order processing agreement’. This is a contract in which Meltwater undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties. You can view Meltwater's data protection provisions here.

Statistical Survey and Analyses
The newsletters contain a so-called ‘web-beacon’, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from the Meltwater server when the newsletter is opened. As part of this retrieval, technical information such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval are initially collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. The statistical surveys also include determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our endeavor nor that of Meltwater to observe individual users. Rather, we use the analyses to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

Online Access and Data Management
There are cases in which we direct the recipients of the ‘Gas Digest’ newsletter to Meltwater's websites. For example, our newsletters contain a link with which newsletter recipients can unsubscribe from ‘Gas Digest’. Similarly, Meltwater's privacy policy is only available on their website. In this context, we would like to point out that cookies are used on Meltwater's websites and therefore personal data is processed by Meltwater, its partners and the service providers used (e.g. Google Analytics). We have no influence on this data collection. Further information can be found in Meltwater's privacy policy.

Cancellation/Revocation
You can cancel your subscription to the ‘Gas Digest’ newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. You can also unsubscribe at any time without giving reasons by sending an e-mail to presse(at)gas(dot)info or in writing to Zukunft Gas GmbH, Neustädtische Kirchstraße 8, 10117 Berlin. After cancellation, your data will be deleted except for the e-mail address. The e-mail address will be stored in a blacklist and will only be used to ensure that we do not send any further e-mails to your e-mail address.

Legal Basis DSGVO
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), we inform you that consent to the sending of email addresses is obtained on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, 7 DSGVO and Section 7 para. 2 no. 3 and para. 3 UWG.

The use of the mailing service provider Meltwater, the implementation of statistical surveys and analyses as well as the logging of the registration process are based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We are interested in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and the expectations of users. We would also like to point out that you can object to the future processing of your personal data in accordance with the legal requirements pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO at any time. In particular, you may object to processing for direct marketing purposes.

Use of the SalesViewer® Technology
This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH to collect and store data for marketing, market research and optimization purposes on the basis of the website operator's legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSVGO).

For this purpose, a javascript-based code is used to collect company-related data and the corresponding use. The data collected using this technology is encrypted using a non-reversible one-way function (known as hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymized and is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website. The data stored in the context of Salesviewer® is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by clicking on this link to prevent future collection by SalesViewer® within this website. An opt-out cookie for this website will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again.

Cookies
We use cookies to provide you with an optimized website experience. These include cookies that are necessary for the technical operation of the website, as well as cookies that are only used for anonymous statistical purposes. Some of our cookies are essential, while others help us to improve this website. You have the option of selecting which cookies you allow over and above those that are technically necessary.

Cookies are small text files used by websites to make the user experience more efficient.

By law, we can store cookies on your device if they are absolutely necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the cookie declaration on our website. Please provide your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

We would also like to point out that you can make settings in your web browser to prevent our cookies from being stored on your computer in future or to delete existing cookies: