PRIVACY STATEMENT

Sportcast GmbH, Kaltenbornweg 2, D-50679 Cologne (“Sportcast") collects, processes and uses personal data which has been captured from visits to the Customer Service Tool being technically operated by Sportcast at cst.sportcast.de (the “CST") in compliance with the applicable data privacy provisions in the Federal Republic of Germany. This Privacy Statement sets out which data of the visitor (“User") is captured on the CST and how this information is processed and used.

The data privacy provisions regarding the conduction of the accreditation procedure for the matches of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, as well as the Supercup match which is carried out by Sportcast as a processor within the meaning of Art. 28 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR") for DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V. can be viewed via the following link.

1. Personal data
Personal data are all information which relate to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. This includes, for example, the name, personalized email addresses, the residential address, the telephone number or the date of birth.

2. Data collection, processing and use when accessing the CST
Each time a User accesses the CST, the User’s Internet browser, for technical reasons, automatically supplies the following data to Sportcast’s web server:

  • IP address of the end device
  • date and time of access
  • name and URL of accessed page
  • transferred data volume
  • access status (data file transmitted, data file not found, etc.)
  • recognition data of the used browser and operating system of the User's end device
  • name of the User’s Internet service provider
  • website from which the access was made

The collection, processing and use of these data occur for the purposes of enabling the use of the CST (connection set-up), system security and technical administration of the network infrastructure. A comparison with other data sets or a transmission to third parties, even in excerpts, does not take place.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 b) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

3. DFL B2B Single Sign On
Sportcast uses the DFL Single Sign On („B2B SSO“) for the login to the CST. The B2B SSO is offered in joint control (Art. 26 GDPR) by Sportcast and DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V. as well as DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH. The privacy statement of the B2B SSO which can be viewed hereapplies.

4. Limited purpose for processing and using personal data
All processing or use of personal data of the User occurs only for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Statement and to the extent necessary to achieve the respective purpose.

Personal data are not published by Sportcast or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Transmissions of personal data to government agencies and public authorities occur only in accordance with mandatory national provisions in the law or if the disclosure is necessary in the case of attacks on the network infrastructure in order to pursue rights and for purposes of criminal prosecution. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 c) GDPR in conjunction with § 24 para. 1 no. 1 b) German Data Protection Act [Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, "BDSG"].

5. Storage and deletion of personal data
All stored personal data and pseudonymized usage data are deleted immediately and permanently as soon as the data are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were collected or the User demands this unless Sportcast is required by law to do preserve the data. If Sportcast is required on the basis of provisions in the law to preserve the data, the stored personal data and pseudonymized usage data will be permanently deleted upon expiration of the time periods for preserving data required by law.

6. Security
Sportcast uses technical and organizational security measures in order to protect the personal data of the Users against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. The security measures are continuously adapted in accordance with technological developments.

7. Links to other websites
The CST may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Statement applies solely to the CST Sportcast has no influence over, and does not control whether other providers comply with applicable data privacy provisions.

8. Rights of the User
The User has a right to information with regard to the stored personal data of the User. The User also has a right to have incorrect data corrected and to restriction of the processing and to have data deleted, as well as a right to object against the processing and the right for data transferability.

The User can contact Sportcast by email at info@sportcast.de. The data privacy officer of Sportcast can be contacted at dataprivacy@sportcast.de. Please note that only data privacy-related messages will be answered at this email address. For all other inquiries please use the email address info@sportcast.de.

It is pointed out that there is a right to file an objection with the supervisory authority.

9. Validity and timeliness of the Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement is current valid and is dated as of 1 July 2018. Sportcast reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time as needed with effect for the future, especially for the purposes of adaption to a further development of the MST or the implementation of new technologies.