Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit our website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on our website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information Required by Law” on this website.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form.

Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. web browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access our website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified, blocked or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in section “Information Required by Law” on this website if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.

Moreover, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please consult the Data Protection Declaration under section “Right to Restriction of Data Processing.”

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically analysed when your visit our website. Such analyses are performed primarily with cookies and with what we refer to as analysis programmes. As a rule, the analyses of your browsing patterns are conducted anonymously; i.e. the browsing patterns cannot be traced back to you. You have the option to object to such analyses or you can prevent their performance by not using certain tools. For detailed information about this, please consult our Data Protection Declaration below.

You do have the option to object to such analyses. We will brief you on the objection options in this Data Protection Declaration.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e. through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V.
Steinlestraße 32
60596 Frankfurt

Phone: +49 (0)69 63 0006 – 0
E-mail: koeche@vkd.com

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

In the event that data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to at any time object to the processing of your personal data based on grounds arising from your unique situation. This also applies to any profiling based on these provisions. To determine the legal basis, on which any processing of data is based, please consult this Data Protection Declaration. If you log an objection, we will no longer process your affected personal data, unless we are in a position to present compelling protection worthy grounds for the processing of your data, that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or if the purpose of the processing is the claiming, exercising or defence of legal entitlements (objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is being processed in order to engage in direct advertising, you have the right to at any time object to the processing of your affected personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is affiliated with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 2 GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption programme. You can recognise an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information about, blockage, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified, blocked or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law.”

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law.” The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

3. Recording of data on our website

Cookies

In some instances, our website and its pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make our website more user friendly, effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your leave our site. Other cookies will remain archived on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can adjust the settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required for the performance of the electronic communications transaction or to provide certain functions you want to use (e.g. the shopping cart function), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error free and optimised provision of the operator’s services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your browsing patterns) should be stored, they are addressed separately in this Data Protection Declaration.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

• The type and version of browser used
• The used operating system
• Referrer URL
• The hostname of the accessing computer
• The time of the server inquiry
• The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Social media

Facebook plug-ins (Like & Share button)

We have integrated plug-ins of the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, on our website. You will be able to recognise Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. An overview of the Facebook plug-ins is available under the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

Whenever you visit our website and its pages, the plug-in will establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook will receive the information that you have visited our website with your plug-in. However, if you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website and its pages with your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook will be able to allocate the visit to our website and its pages to your Facebook user account. We have to point out, that we as the provider of the website do not have any knowledge of the transferred data and its use by Facebook. For more detailed information, please consult the Data Privacy Declaration of Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to allocate your visit to our website and its pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account while you are on our website.

The use of the Facebook plug-in is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in being as visible as possible on social media.

Instagram plug-in

We have integrated functions of the public media platform Instagram into our website. These functions are being offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you may click the Instagram button to link contents from our website to your Instagram profile. This enables Instagram to allocate your visit to our website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provider of the website and its pages do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transferred and its use by Instagram.

The use of the Instagram plug-in is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in being as visible as possible on social media.

For more information on this subject, please consult Instagram’s Data Privacy Declaration at: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

5. Analysis tools and advertising

Matomo (formerly called Piwik)

This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files that are stored on your computer and that make it possible to analyse your use of this website. In conjunction with this, the information about the use of this website generated by the cookie will be archived on our server. Prior to archiving, the IP address will first be anonymized.

Matomo cookies will remain on your device until you delete them.

The storage of Matomo cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user patterns, in order to optimize the operator’s web offerings and advertising.

The information generated by cookies concerning the use of this website shall not be shared with any third parties. You may prevent the storage of cookies at any time by making pertinent changes to your browser software settings; however, we have to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their fullest extent.

If you do not consent to the storage and use of your data, you have the option to deactivate the storage and use of such data here. In this case, an opt out cookie will be placed in our browser, which prevent the storage of usage data by Matomo. If you delete your cookies, this will also result in the deletion of the Matomo opt out cookie. Hence, you will have to reactivate the opt out when you return to visit our website.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we will need from you an e-mail address as well as information that allow us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and consent to the receipt of the newsletter. No further data shall be collected or shall be collected only on a voluntary basis. We shall use such data only for the sending of the requested information and shall not share such data with any third parties.

The processing of the information entered into the newsletter subscription form shall occur exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke the consent you have given to the archiving of data, the e-mail address and the use of this information for the sending of the newsletter at any time, for instance by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place to date.

The data you archive with us for the purpose of the newsletter subscription shall be archived by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Once you cancel your subscription to the newsletter, the data shall be deleted. This shall not affect data we have been archiving for other purposes.

Rapidmail

This website uses Rapidmail for the sending of newsletters. The provider is the rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany.

Rapidmail services can, among other things, be used to organize and analyse the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter are archived on Rapidmail servers in Germany.

If you do not want to permit an analysis by Rapidmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for you to do this in every newsletter message. Moreover, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter right on the website.

Data analysis by Rapidmail

For analytical purposes, e-mails sent via Rapidmail are tagged with a so-called “Tracking Pixel”, which connects to Rapidmail’s servers once the e-mail is opened. As a result, it is possible to determine whether a newsletter e-mail was actually opened.

With the assistance of Rapidmail we are also able to determine whether and which links in the newsletter message the recipient clicked. All links integrated into the e-mail are so-called Tracking Links that enable us to count your clicks.

For more details on the Rapidmail analysis functions, please follow this link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

Legal basis

The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR).  You may revoke any consent you have given at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.

Storage period

The data you archive with us for the purpose of the newsletter subscription shall be archived by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Once you cancel your subscription to the newsletter, the data shall be deleted from our servers as well as those of CleverElements. This shall not affect data we have been archiving for other purposes.

For more details, please consult the Data Protection Regulations of Rapidmail at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

7. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

Our website uses plug-ins of the YouTube platform, which is being operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. Nevertheless, this does not necessarily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube partners can be ruled out as a result of the expanded data protection mode. For instance, regardless of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always establish a connection with the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on our website, a connection to YouTube’s servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device. With the assistance of these cookies, YouTube will be able to obtain information about our website visitor. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud. These cookies will stay on your device until you delete them.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered after you have started to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, this is a legitimate interest.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Maps

Via an API, this website uses the mapping service Google Maps. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To enable the use of the Google Maps features, your IP address must be stored. As a rule, this information is transferred to one of Google’s servers in the United States, where it is archived. The operator of this website has no control over the data transfer.

We use Google Maps to present our online content in an appealing manner and to make the locations disclosed on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, please review Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter referred to as “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered on our websites (e.g. information entered into a contact form) is being provided by a human user or by an automated program. To determine this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitors based on a variety of parameters. This analysis is triggered automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the site. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of data (e.g. IP address, time the website visitor spent on the site or cursor movements initiated by the user). The data tracked during such analyses are forwarded to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not alerted that an analysis is underway.

The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. It is in the website operators legitimate interest, to protect the operator’s web content against misuse by automated industrial espionage systems and against SPAM.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and to review the Data Privacy Declaration of Google, please follow these links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

Photo and video notifications

for the IKA/Culinary Olympics, 2-7 February 2024, Stuttgart

1. Notifications regarding recordings of audio and images

During this event an appointed photographer/film team will make photo and video recordings containing image and audio of both the participants and visitors. The organizer reserves the right to make these photographs/video recordings available to the public for media and public relations purposes, to promote similar events and activities and to transmit them to third parties for journalistic purposes. Please find below further information in particular about you as a concerned party.

The organiser:

Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V.
Steinlestraße 32, 60596 Frankfurt, Germany
+49 69 (0)630006-0
koeche@vkd.com

2. Data protection information pursuant to Art. 13 EU GDPR

Data protection information for the processing of images of non-public events

Responsible party
Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V.
Steinlestraße 32, 60596 Frankfurt, Germany
+49 (0)69 630006-0
koeche@vkd.com

Data protection officer
Felizitas Laun
Steinlestraße 32, 60596 Frankfurt, Germany
+49 (0)69 630006-11
felizitas.laun@vkd.com

The purpose of the data processing is the making of photos, image and audio recordings of the event “IKA/Culinary Olympics Olympiade”, as well as the dissemination on websites, social media channels and print media of the German Chefs Association, Verband der Köche Deutschlands e.V. (VKD), and via direct channels of the IKA/Culinary Olympics for dissemination for editorial and journalistic purposes by third parties, for the purpose of media and public relations activities and the presentation of the activities of the VKD, to increase awareness of these activities and to promote a participation in similar events and activities.

Data processing takes place on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6, para. 1(f) EU GDPR as well as §§ 22, 23 KUG [German law regulating art and copyright questions]. The data will be erased after termination of their usage. In the event that, in individual cases, data are used for a longer period of time for the purpose of internal documentation, a corresponding limitation of the processing is activated by a blockage.

The categories of data recipients consist of the employees of the data protection officer and the VKD, who are concerned with sales & marketing issues or with media and public relations activities or those who necessarily have to receive the data within their data processing activities (e.g. IT department, other administrative units, event organisation). This also includes suppliers and external processors, who have contributed to the compilation of the recordings or publications or to their processing or dissemination, as well as sponsors, co-organisers and media and radio representatives, who report about the event and the activities of the VKD on their own behalf or for journalistic/editorial purposes. In addition, this applies to tax advisors, authorities and other parties who are involved by law if the necessity arises due to law enforcement purposes or for the defence against claims or in the context of judicial or administrative procedures, with the latter processing being legitimate also based on Art. 6, para. 1(c) and (e) EU GDPR.

Rights of concerned parties

To exercise the following rights, please contact the responsible party or the data protection officer.

Pursuant to Art. 15 EU GDPR, you are entitled to request information about your personal data which we process. This applies in particular to the purpose of processing, the category of the personal data, the categories of recipients to whom the data were or are disclosed, the planned period of storage, the right to ask their amendment, erasure, the restricting of or objecting to their processing, the right to complain, the origins of data, if they were not collected by us as well as the existence of an automated decision-making, including profiling and to request meaningful information regarding the details of the data stored;

Pursuant to Art. 16 EU GDPR, you are entitled to request the immediate correction or amendment of any incomplete personal data we have stored about you;

Pursuant to Art. 17 EU GDPR, you are entitled to request the erasure of your personal data which are stored in our systems, unless their processing is required to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, to comply with legal obligations, for reasons of public interest or to the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;

Pursuant to Art. 18 EU GDPR, you are entitled to request a restriction of the processing of your personal data, if you deny the correctness of your data, if the processing is unlawful, but you decline their erasure while we no longer require the data, because you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or if you have filed an objection against their processing pursuant to Art. 21 EU-GDPR;

Pursuant to Art. 20 EU-GDPR you are entitled to receive the personal data, which you have provided us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format or request their transmission to another responsible party;

Pursuant to Art. 7 Abs. 3 EU-GDPR you are entitled to withdraw the consent you have given us at any time. As a result, we will no longer be able to continue processing of data which was based on this consent, in the future;

And pursuant to Art. 77 EU-GDPR you are entitled to file a complaint with a supervisory authority. For this purpose, you can, in general, contact the supervisory authority of your regular place of residence or work or the association’s office in Frankfurt am Main.

Right to object

If the processing of your personal data is carried out for the purpose of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1(f)) EU-GDPR you are entitled to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 EU-GDPR, if there are grounds based on a particular situation or if the objection concerns direct marketing activities. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without requesting information regarding a particular situation.

If you would like to exercise your right to object or right of withdrawal, it is sufficient to send an e-mail to felizitas.laun@vkd.com.

Weighing the interests, however, it can be assumed that, generally speaking, the interest of the responsible party to make and use the photographs and recordings will not lead to an infringement of the rights and freedom of the party concerned, since the image and audio recordings were made in clear sight and during the event. You have been made aware of this before entering the area, where the event takes place. While making the visual and audio recordings, the crew will pay attention to not violating the legitimate interests of the persons in the recordings, i.e. that the rights of the freedom of expression and communication prevails.

In the event that, for particular reasons, in individual cases the rights and freedoms of the recorded person should outweigh the freedom of expression and communication, we will refrain from further processing in case of a justified objection of the concerned party. It is impossible to black out anything in print media which have already been distributed. A simple deletion of recordings in online media will take place to the extent that this is technically possible.

3. Further notifications

Through online and offline publication, these recordings will be distributed or made available for download to the general public. In this process, third parties may be entitled by law to assert usage rights of these data, such as usage rights of social media platforms or journalists based on Art. 5 GG (Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany), which may, in some cases, infringe the rights of the concerned party.

A transmission to recipients in countries outside the EU will take place. There will be no automated decision-making (profiling).

It is expressly pointed out that it will be possible to download the photos and video recordings published on the internet or via social media channels worldwide. It is therefore not possible to exclude a further use and/or amendment by third parties.

The responsible party and the other associations involved, cannot be held liable for the type of processing and usage of third parties, including for the downloading of photos and/or videos and their subsequent usage and/or alteration.

Declaration of Consent

Subject of this Declaration of Consent 

The subject of this declaration of consent is the publication of photographs submitted for this purpose by the person concerned to the Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V. (German Chefs Association, hereinafter: organizer). 

For the first time, private individuals may support the IKA/Culinary Olympics 2024, which will be held in Stuttgart from February 2 to 7, 2024. Such individuals may provide the Organizer with a photo of themselves, which will be posted and available on the digital “IKA Faces Wall” on the IKA website at www.culinary-olympics.com/faces. 

Sending a photo is voluntary. Publication is subject to the granting of consent. 

The sending is done by e-mail to presse@vkd.com. At the same time, the full name and country of origin of the sender must be stated. By sending the photo, the sender confirms that he or she is the person depicted in the photo.  

The photos will be published for the first time on February 2, 2023, from which date they will be visible on the IKA website and on-site at the IKA as part of the 2024 Culinary Olympics.  

The submitted photos will only be used by the organizer for the stated purpose; they will not be passed on to third parties – with the exception of the following provisions.  

The data protection information in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: GDPR) is presented below: 

Data Protection information according to Art. 13 GDPR 

1. Responsible Body

Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V. (German Chefs Association)
Steinlestraße 32, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49(0)69/630006-0
Fax: +49(0)69/630006-10
E-mail: koeche@vkd.com  

2. Contact Data Protection

Felizitas Laun
CEO Verband der Köche Deutschlands e. V.  (German Chefs Association)
Steinlestraße 32, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49(0)69/630006-11
Fax: +49(0)69/630006-10 
E-mail: felizitas.laun@vkd.com    

3. Purpose of the Photo Use

The purpose of the photo use is the publication of the same on the digital “IKA Faces Wall” on the IKA website (www.culinary-olympics.com) and on the IKA 2024 in the context of the IKA/Culinary Olympics 2024.  

No other use of the submitted photos or disclosure to third parties will take place, with the exception of the following provisions.  

4. Types of Data Processing 

The following types of data processing will take place:  

• Receiving and storing the submitted photo 

• Editing of the submitted photo 
• Copying of the submitted photos 
• Publishing the submitted photos  
• Archiving the submitted photos 
• Deleting the submitted photos 

5. Legal Basis of the Data Processing 

The legal basis for processing is primarily the consent given by the submitter.  

Further legal bases are the contractual agreements between the organizer and the data subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, as well as the legitimate interests of the organizer within the meaning of Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, and additionally §§ 22, 23 Art Copyright Act (KUG).  

6. Automated Decision-making, Profiling

Automated decision-making and profiling do not take place.  

7. Storage Period

The submitted photos, as well as the full name and country of origin of the sender will be stored until the end of the year 2024. After termination of use, the aforementioned data will be deleted. Should data be stored longer in individual cases for internal documentation purposes, the processing will be restricted accordingly by blocking.  

8. Categories of Recipients

The categories of recipients of the data consist of the employees of the organizer who are involved in marketing or press and public relations issues or who must necessarily receive the data as part of the processing (e.g. IT, other administrative units, event organization). In addition, also contractors and processors involved in the processing and dissemination. 

Data Subject Rights  

To exercise your rights as outlined below, please contact the data controller or the data protection officer.  

You have the right  

to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data, insofar as it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;  

in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;  

pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;  

pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;  

pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;  

in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future  

and  

complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or the headquarters of the responsible party for this purpose.  

Right of Objection  

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.  

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an e-mail to koeche@vkd.com.  

However, in weighing the interests, it can be assumed that regularly the interest of the responsible party in the use of the photos and other personal data provided by you does not excessively interfere with the rights and freedoms of a data subject, since the photos and other information are provided by you voluntarily.  

If, however, for special reasons in individual cases, the rights and freedoms of a person depicted should prevail, we will refrain from further processing in the event of a justified objection by the person concerned. A deletion of recordings in online media will be carried out within the scope of technical possibilities. 

Further Notes  

The data you submit (photo and personal details) will be disseminated or made available for retrieval by the specified type of presentation both online and offline to a general public. For legal reasons, it is possible that third parties may assert their own rights to use the data, for example journalists on the basis of Art. 5 of the German Constitution, which may conflict with the rights of the person concerned.  

It is expressly pointed out that photos published on the Internet can be found and retrieved worldwide via search engines. Further use and/or modification by third parties cannot be ruled out. Due to technical circumstances, it is not possible to completely delete photos once they have been published on the Internet. Possibly, in case of misuse of a photo outside the EU, there is only a limited, insufficient legal protection.  

Should inappropriate content be depicted (e.g. racist, sexist or political messages), the organizer reserves the right not to publish the corresponding photos.   

The organizer cannot be held liable for the use by third parties, such as downloading photos and their subsequent use and/or modification.