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Datenschutzerklärung

Privacy policy: what data this website processes and your rights under the GDPR.

In short

  • This website sets no cookies of its own and uses no analytics or tracking.
  • It loads nothing from other providers, unless you click to load our sponsorship deck from Google Slides (see below). Only then does your browser connect to Google.
  • Our hosting provider logs your IP address when you visit, for security.
  • If you sign up for the newsletter, we store your email address with Google Forms until you unsubscribe.

Controller

The controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

BDG e. V.
Voltairestraße 11
10179 Berlin
Email: devfest-berlin-2026@googlegroups.com

See the Impressum for the full provider details.

Hosting

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages, a service of GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you open a page, your browser sends technical data to GitHub's servers, including your IP address, the requested page, the time and your browser's user agent. GitHub logs the IP address for security purposes, even if you do not have a GitHub account. We cannot see these logs and have no influence on how long GitHub keeps them.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in delivering this website securely and reliably. GitHub is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which covers the transfer to the USA (Art. 45 GDPR). Details: GitHub General Privacy Statement.

Newsletter

When you sign up on the home page, we store the email address you enter. We use it only to tell you about DevFest Berlin: for example when tickets go on sale, the Call for Speakers opens, or speakers are announced.

The sign-up form sends your address to Google Forms, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The addresses are stored in a Google spreadsheet that only the organizers can access. Google may also process the data in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45 GDPR). Details: Google Privacy Policy.

Legal basis: your consent, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future: reply to any of our emails or write to devfest-berlin-2026@googlegroups.com, and we will delete your address. We delete the whole list at the latest 12 months after the event.

Contacting us by email

If you email us, we use your address and message only to answer you. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your message relates to taking part in the event, otherwise Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We delete the correspondence when it is no longer needed.

Code of Conduct reports

If you report a concern under the Berlin Code of Conduct, we record what you tell us, your contact details if you give them, and the names of the people involved. We use this only to deal with the report. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in a safe event for everyone.

Only the organizers handling the report see it. Where needed to act, we may share the necessary details with venue security, the police, or Google's community team, which runs the Google Developer Groups program. We delete report records at the latest 12 months after the event, unless we need them longer to resolve a case.

Tickets, talk submissions and other platforms

Links to the ticket shop, the Call for Speakers and our social media profiles lead to other providers. Nothing is sent to them until you click a link. From then on, their privacy policies apply.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

  • access the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15)
  • have it corrected (Art. 16) or deleted (Art. 17)
  • restrict its processing (Art. 18)
  • receive it in a portable format (Art. 20)
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21)
  • withdraw your consent at any time (Art. 7 (3))

To use any of these rights, write to devfest-berlin-2026@googlegroups.com.

You can also complain to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The authority responsible for us is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Alt-Moabit 59-61, 10555 Berlin, datenschutz-berlin.de.

Last updated: 3 October 2026

Sponsorship deck (Google Slides)

On the Sponsors page you can load our sponsorship deck, which is hosted on Google Slides. The deck is only loaded after you click the button. When you do, your browser connects to Google, which receives your IP address and technical browser data and may set cookies. The legal basis is your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, given by clicking the button. See Google's privacy policy.