EuroAds Privacy Policy
(last updated 15 May 2013)
Welcome to Euroads
We appreciate your interest in EuroAds and our state of the art technologies and services. Safeguarding your personal data is of extreme importance to us. Determined to make you feel safe when visiting our website and dealing with our technologies and services, this Privacy Policy provides information on how we handle your personal and non-personal data – whether you enter our website, whether we collect data from you as a EuroAds client (Advertiser, Publisher or Agency) or whether you are an individual user (visitor of our website or our clients’ website and platforms).
With this Privacy Policy we also provide information to our Publishers who, depending on local laws in the specific country they are active in, may be obliged to inform visitors of their website about cookies, also cookies placed by third parties other than the Publisher himself, e.g. by EuroAds and Advertisers.
Clients place their trust in us for effectively online marketing their online products and services, some of which are for free, to users and, as the case may be, for targeted advertising. By providing our technologies and services we may collect information about your device (a computer, mobile phone or any other device that you use to browse and enter a website), e.g. its IP address, operating system or browser. Learn more about our activities at www.euroads.com.
Highest standards of quality, transparency and openness are the reasons for our success. The integrity of internet users and in particular data protection are crucial to all our activities. EuroAds is a member of know industry associations, e.g. IAB Europe. More information about the IAB Europe is available at http://www.iabeurope.eu/. For more information on online behavioral advertising and online privacy please see http://www.youronlinechoices.com
1. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable data (also “personal data”) include individual information by which you as a natural person are or can be identified, e.g. your name, address, telephone number, email address or date of birth.
Non-personally identifiable data are information that cannot be connected to your real identity, e.g. the number of users visiting our website or any other kind of aggregated information.
2. Collection of Personally Identifiable and Other Data and Information
The way you get in touch with us or our technologies and services determines the scope of how we collect and process personally identifiable information on you or other information. With this Privacy Policy we want to keep you informed which personal and other kinds of data we receive. Data as a general term may include all kinds of information such as your name, your address or information on your device (e.g. its IP address).
This section provides information on how and which data we may collect from visitors of our websites www.EuroAds.dk (.com / .se / .no / .fi / .es / .de / .com.br).
You can visit our website(s) without providing information on yourself. Our webservers temporarily log traffic data provided by the device you use to enter our website, date and duration of your visit, data specifications of your browser and operating system, and the website you were referred from to our website.
We do not record any personal data (not your name, address, telephone number or email address) other than voluntarily provided by yourself, e.g. as part of a survey or when asking for a contractual offer.
2.1.1 Cookies
We use cookies on our website to optimize its usability. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our servers to your browser to be stored by your browser. In general, cookies help to improve and optimize the usability of websites and other online services, including our own and websites and online services of others. Our use of cookies is strictly compliant with applicable privacy legislation.
Cookies used on our website are listed below.
(.com / .se / .no / .fi / .es / .de / .com.br )
Website cookie:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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ASPSESSIONIDQABQTDBT
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To enable CMS/webpage to work
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Google Analytics:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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_utmz
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Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine they used, what link was clicked on, what keyword they used, and where in the world they are when they accessed the website.
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_utmv
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Stores information used within Analytics to identify user as part of a custom segmentation.
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_utmc
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Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site.
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_utmb
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Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor first visits the site.
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_utma
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This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred.
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Visiting and surfing on our website is possible without cookies. You may alter the security settings of your web browser in order to stop your device receiving and storing cookies, to allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites only, or to get notified before receiving cookies. Please note, however, that these settings may have negative effects on the usability and user guidance of websites and other online services. You may delete cookies stored in your browser at any time. Information stored in such cookies will be removed from your device.
2.1.2 Social Plugins
As EuroAds is participating in social networks, we use social plugins on our websites.
a. Facebook
www.facebook.com is a social network operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland („Facebook“). Facebook plugins on our website are usually marked with the Facebook logo which is a white “f” on a blue background. For a summary of all Facebook plugins please refer to http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
When you enter a page on our website that contains a Facebook plugin your browser will directly connect to Facebook’s servers where the plugin is loaded from. Facebook may be able to track your visit on our website and, where applicable, allocate your visit to your Facebook account, in particular if you are signed in at the moment of your visit or recently surfed on one of Facebook’s websites. If you are actively using a Facebook plugin (e.g. by clicking on the “Like”-button), Facebook may process even more data.
For more information on your rights and on how Facebook is recording and processing data please see Facebook’s Data Use Policy which is available at http://en-gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
If you do not want Facebook to record data about your visit of our website, you need to sign off from your Facebook account and probably delete cookies that have been stored to your browser by Face-book.
b. Google+
Google+ is the name of a social network operated by Google Inc. („Google”), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google+ plugins on our websites are usually marked with Google’s „+1“ logo.
When you enter a page on our website that contains a Google+ plugin your browser will directly con-nect to Google’s servers where the plugin is loaded from. Google may be able to track your visit on our website and, where applicable, allocate your visit to your Google or Google+ account, in particular if you are signed in at the moment of your visit or recently surfed on one of Google’s websites or other websites containing Google+ plugins. If you are actively using a Google+ plugin, Google may process even more data.
For more information on your rights and on how Google is recording and processing data please see Google’s Privacy Policy which is available at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
If you do not want Google to record data on your visit of our website, you need to sign off from your Google and Google+ accounts and probably delete cookies that have been stored to your browser by Google.
c. Twitter
Twitter is a microblogging service of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (“Twitter”). Twitter plugins on our websites are usually marked with Twitter’s logo which is a little bird.
When you enter a page on our website that contains a Twitter plugin your browser will directly connect to Twitter’s servers where the plugin is loaded from. Twitter may be able to track your visiting on our website. If you are actively using a Twitter plugin, Twitter may even process more data and publish content that you are entering into the dialogue box (“twittering”).
For more information on your rights and on how Twitter is recording and processing data please see Twitter’s Privacy Policy which is available at https://twitter.com/privacy.
2.1.3 Analysis
a. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics which is a web analyzing tool of Google Inc. (“Google“) on our website. Google Analytics works with cookies (small text files which are stored on your device and enable an analysis of your use of a website). Information stored in such cookies are usually transmitted to and stored on Google’s US servers. If, however, IP anonymization is activated, Google will truncate the IP address of your device within the European Union or the European Economic Area. The IP address of your device will be transmitted to one of Google’s US servers to be truncated there only in exceptional cases. We contracted Google to analyze your use of this website in order to produce reports on the activities on our website and provide more services connected to the use of our website and the internet in general. To our knowledge, Google does not collate your device’s IP address transmitted from your browser with other data stored by Google.
If you do not want Google to store cookies on your device, you may alter the security settings of your browser. Please note, however, that changing your settings may have negative effects on the usability of our website. You may stop Google recording and processing data on your use of our website (including your device’s IP address) and storing such information in a cookie by downloading and in-stalling a browser plugin from http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
2.2 When becoming our client or just before that
2.2.1 Registration in the EuroAds Network
You need to register in our Network in order to get access to our technologies and services as contractually agreed upon. If you enter into a contract with EuroAds and/or register in the EuroAds Network, we record all data, including personal data that have been provided by you such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. You can see from our online registration form which personal data in detail we record. We do not record any further personal data other than voluntarily provided by yourself (e.g. as part of a survey or a request for information).
We may also collect information on the device you are using to enter our User Interface pages such as your browser or the IP address of your device.
2.2.2 Cookies
We use cookies on our User Interface pages with the purpose of improving and optimizing usability for our clients.
Cookies used are listed below.
(.com / .se / .no / .fi / .es / .de / .com.br )
Website cookie:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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ASPSESSIONIDQABQTDBT
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To enable CMS/webpage to work
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Google Analytics:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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_utmz
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Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine they used, what link was clicked on, what keyword they used, and where in the world they are when they accessed the website.
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_utmv
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Stores information used within Analytics to identify user as part of a custom segmentation.
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_utmc
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Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site.
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_utmb
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Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor first visits the site.
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_utma
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This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred.
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General cookie:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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PHPSESSID
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A session cookie used when logging in and also to keep state between pages. Will be deleted when logged out or closing the browser.
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2.2.3 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics which is a web analyzing tool of Google Inc. on our User Interface pages.
2.3 When getting in touch with our technologies and services via websites and online services of our clients
2.3.1 EuroAds Tracking | Use of Cookies
We use cookies to provide our tracking services. Please find some general information on cookies here.
We store cookies on devices of users who are visiting websites and using online services of our clients in order to record business transactions (leads and sales such as signing up for a newsletter or placing an order in a web shop). The only purposes of our tracking cookies are to allocate one successful ad to a particular business transaction, and to perform corresponding billing services. Personally identifiable information on the user are neither collected nor processed nor used in tracking. Nothing but the information when and on which device a click on an ad occurred is stored in tracking cookies. We only store an individual sequence of figures that cannot be allocated to a particular user and contains information on
· the Advertiser’s partner program
· the Publisher
· the specific time of the user’s action (click or view)
While tracking we may also collect information on the device that is used to perform a business transaction such as the device’s IP address, operating system and browser.
If you are interested in our services and technologies, learn more about our activities www.euroads.com.
EuroAds tracking cookies are listed below
Domain used:
(.com / .se / .no / .fi / .es / .de / .com.br )
Tracking cookies:
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Cookie Name
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Purpose of the Cookie
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ea_users
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The GUID cookie which is used for server side storage of click events
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euroadstrack
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The GUID cookie which is used for server side storage of conversion events
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ea_reusers
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The GUID cookie which is used for retargeting
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euroadseatrackid-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadseatrackid-1544-1)
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Used to hold data about internal submedia to which works together with the conversion events.
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euroadslead-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadslead-1544-1)
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Used to track conversion events for campaigns.
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euroadspool-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadspool-1544-1)
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Used to hold data about which ad-pool the conversion events came from.
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euroadssurvey-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadssurvey-1200-1)
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Used to hold data about which Survey/ questionnaire the conversion events came from.
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euroadsclick-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadsclick-1200-1)
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Used to avoid doublet clicks on campaigns
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euroadscust-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadscust-1200-1)
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Used to hold data from the Publisher, which will be added to the conversion event.
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euroadsview-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadsview-1544-1)
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Used to avoid doublet impressions on campaigns.
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euroadsleadi-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadsleadi-1544-1)
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Used to track post view conversion events.
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euroadsfrequency-campaignid-countryid (e.g. euroadsfrequency-1544-1)
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Used to control frequency on ads being showed.
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opt_out
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Allow user to opt-out of EuroAds using cookies to track them.
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You may alter the security settings of your browser in order to limit the use of cookies on your device. You may choose to stop your device receiving and storing cookies at all, to allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites only, or to get notified before receiving cookies. Please note, however, that these settings may have negative effects on the usability and user guidance of websites and other online services. You may delete cookies stored to your browser at any time. Information stored in such cookies will be removed from your device.
As a Publisher you may be obliged – depending on the jurisdiction you are active in – to inform users of your website about cookies that are used on your website, including such placed by EuroAds. This obligation to provide information also includes information on the purpose of the cookie and how the user may prevent cookies being placed on his/her device. Depending of jurisdiction (e.g. European Union), a user must give his/her consent to the use of cookies on the Publisher’s website, before a cookie is placed, either by the Publisher or a third party. The Publisher who operates the website is responsible for receiving this consent which shall include the consent regarding cookies placed by EuroAds. Please see the list above for a description of cookies used for tracking purposes by EuroAds.
Here you can control if you want to turn off online behavioral advertising from EuroAds.
3. Processing and use of personal data
We use personal data provided by our clients only for administrating and providing our technologies and services, for responding to clients’ enquiries and, where applicable, executing the contract between a client and EuroAds. We store personal and any other kind of data strictly in compliance with applicable data protection and privacy legislation and our contractual duties, and will prevent unauthorized access to data to the best of our abilities.
Provided you have given your consent or have not objected – where legal provisions allow so – we may use your personal data for advertising and market research. By registering to our Network you give your consent that we may contact you via telephone, via mail and email in order to provide you with information on EuroAds offers. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
We may transmit your data to our subcontracted service providers, but only if we contractually assigned these to process data on our behalf and, both ourselves and the subcontracted service providers comply with all requirements of commissioned data processing regulations pursuant to the Danish law on data protection. Data are stored within the European Union and the European Economic Area. Data obtained in Latin America may be stored Brazil.
In order to fulfill our contractual obligations we may transmit your data to companies that we control or are controlled by and subsidiaries of such provided that these companies are subject to this Privacy Policy or privacy guidelines ensuring at least equal protection of your data.
We do not transmit data to other third parties unless you have given your consent thereto.
Newsletter
Provided you have given your consent we may use you email address and further information voluntarily provided by yourself to regularly send our newsletter to your email address. We only need your email address for sending our newsletter. You may voluntarily provide additional information on yourself which we can use to personalize the newsletter.
You may unsubscribe from your newsletter subscription by clicking the link at the bottom of the newsletter at any time. You may also unsubscribe by sending an email with your request to info@EuroAds.com
4. Data security
EuroAds takes all technical and organizational security measures required to protect your personal data from loss, unauthorized disclosure or other forms of misuse. Data are stored in a safe environment that is not open to public access. Your personal data may be encrypted before transmission in certain cases (e.g. processing your login data). This means that – support by your browser provided – communication between your device and our servers will include recognized encryption measures.
Our staff has been trained in privacy matters and is dealing with data and information which they gain access to in a responsible manner.
Please be aware that should you get in touch with us via email confidentiality of information therein may not be ensured. Third persons may have access to contents of emails.
5. Access, rectification, erasing and blocking
You have the right of access to your personal data at any time and may demand rectification.
In case you registered as a client on our website, you may access your client account and rectify some of your data yourself.
You may exercise your legal rights by contacting us via email to
info@EuroAds.com, or via mail to EuroAds, Nørre Voldgade 68, 3., 1358 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Whilst observing applicable privacy legislation we will erase your data without any action required by yourself, if retention of your data is no longer necessary for the purpose pursued or retention is no longer allowed for any legal reason. We may restrict processing instead of erasing your data where legally not allowed to erase (e.g. legal obligations to maintain your personal data).
6. Amendments
We may modify this Privacy Policy and our data security provisions from time to time, in particular if new laws and regulations need to be adopted or we regard amendments reasonable. The date of amendments will be posted below the heading of this Privacy Policy.
7. Questions / Contact
Please bring any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, requests for further information on how we process your data, suggestions and possible complaints to the attention of our Data Protection Officer via email: info@EuroAds.com, or via mail to EuroAds, Nørre Voldgade 68, 3., 1358 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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