Terms and conditions of participation

These are the official conditions of participation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Conditions’) for the give-away associated with the Scheer Digital Congress (hereinafter referred to as ‘the give-away’).

The give-away is organized by

Scheer Business Services GmbH Scheer Tower Uni-Campus Nord 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

E-Mail: info@scheer-group.com Telephone number: +49 681 96777-0 HRB 110773

(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Organizer’).

By participating in the give-away, the participants explicitly accept these Conditions including the privacy policy.

This give-away is not affiliated with LinkedIn and is in no way sponsored or organized by LinkedIn.

All natural people, who are at least 18 years of age are eligible to participate.

Employees of the Organizer and their respective subsidiaries or affiliated companies according to Art. 15 ff. Aktiengesetz (German Stock Corporation Act) and employees of the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute for digital products and processes gGmbH are excluded from participation.

The Organizer reserves the right to exclude participants who violate LinkedIn's community guidelines or otherwise engage in misconduct from participating in the give-away.

The give-away starts on 15 September 2025 at the time of posting and ends on 22 September 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CEST.

Entry to the give-away is only possible within this period of time.

To participate, follow the Scheer Group account and tag someone who might also be interested in the post.

The participation is free of charge.

The Winners will be determined by a random draw.

By participating, the Winners consent to the Organizer contacting them via LinkedIn direct message to inform them about their win and information concerning the event.

They (the Winners) must confirm their prize within fourteen days of notification. Otherwise, the Organizer reserves the right to draw a new winner.

Three tickets for the congress will be given away in the prize draw (one ticket per winner).

Cash payment instead of prizes and exchange of prizes are excluded.

The Tickets will be made available for the Winners in the form of Online-Tickets.

The Organizer is not liable for any damage that may arise from errors, delays or interruptions in transmission, technical equipment and service malfunctions, incorrect content, loss or deletion of data, viruses or in any other way during participation in the give-away, unless such damage is due to gross negligence or intent on the part of the Organizer.

Legal recourse is excluded with regard to the selection of winners.

Should individual provisions of these Conditions of participation be invalid or unenforceable or become invalid or unenforceable after participation has begun, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining Conditions of participation. The invalid or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by appropriate provisions that come as close as possible to the purpose of the invalid or unenforceable provisions.

Scheer Business Services GmbH
Uni-Campus Nord
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact our data protection officer:

Scheer Business Services GmbH
c/o Privacy Team
Uni-Campus Nord
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany

E-Mail: datenschutz@scheer-group.com

The following table summarises the types of data processed, the purposes for which they are processed and the concerned data subjects.

• Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).
• Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).

to the extent that they are necessary for the implementation of the give-away.

 

Categories of Data Subjects

• Users (e.g. website visitors, LinkedIn user).

Purposes of Processing

• Conducting the give-away, determining the winner and distributing the win

 

Legal Bases for the Processing

In the following we inform you about the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that, in addition to the regulations of the GDPR, the national data protection regulations may apply in your country or in our country of residence or domicile. If, in addition, more specific legal bases are applicable in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

• Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) - The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) - Performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national regulations apply to data protection in Germany. This includes in particular the Law on Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special provisions on the right to access, the right to erase, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated individual decision-making, including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (§ 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, execution or termination of employment relationships as well as the consent of employees. Furthermore, data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access to, input, transmission, securing and separation of the data. In addition, we have established procedures to ensure that data subjects' rights are respected, that data is erased, and that we are prepared to respond to data threats rapidly. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and service providers, in accordance with the principle of privacy by design and privacy by default.

SSL encryption (https): In order to protect your data transmitted via our online services in the best possible way, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address bar of your browser.

In the context of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to other places, companies or people or that it is disclosed to them. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are embedded in a website. In such a case, the legal requirements will be respected and in particular corresponding contracts or agreements, which serve the protection of your data, will be concluded with the recipients of your data.

Data Transmission within the Group of Companies: We may transfer personal data to other companies within our group of companies or otherwise grant them access to this data. Insofar as this disclosure is for administrative purposes, the disclosure of the data is based on our legitimate business and economic interests or otherwise, if it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or if the consent of the data subjects or otherwise a legal permission is present.

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third party services or disclosure or transfer of data to other people, bodies or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we process or have processed the data only in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, on the basis of special guarantees, such as a contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission or if certifications or binding internal data protection regulations justify the processing (Article 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission).

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may entail risks for users, e.g. by making it more difficult to enforce users' rights.

For a detailed description of the respective processing operations and the opt-out options, please refer to the respective data protection declarations and information provided by the providers of the respective networks.

Also in the case of requests for information and the exercise of rights of data subjects, we point out that these can be most effectively pursued with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Services and service providers being used:

• LinkedIn: Social network; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Website: https://www.linkedin.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

The data processed by us will be erased in accordance with the statutory provisions as soon as their processing is revoked or other permissions no longer apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data no longer applies or they are not required for the purpose).

If the data is not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing is limited to these purposes. This means that the data will be restricted and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be stored for commercial or tax reasons or for which storage is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

Further information on the erasure of personal data can also be found in the individual data protection notices of this privacy policy.

As data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 21 of the GDPR:

• Right to Object: You have the right, on grounds arising from your particular situations, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on letter (e) or (f) of Article 6 (1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
• Right of withdrawal for consents: You have the right to revoke consents at any time.
• Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question will be processed and to be informed of this data and to receive further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the provisions of the law.
• Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the law, to request the completion of the data concerning you or the rectification of the incorrect data concerning you.
• Right to Erasure and Right to Restriction of Processing: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you have the right to demand that the relevant data be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements, or to request its transmission to another controller.
• Complaint to the supervisory authority: You also have the right, under the conditions laid down by law, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.