With this privacy statement, we inform you how personal data is collected, process and used when you apply, register for, and attend the Project A Data Days 2025 and how we use the data in connection with the event and afterwards.
For information on the data processing in connection with the Project A website (www.project-a.com), please refer to the Project A website privacy policy.
The person responsible within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the collection, processing and use of personal data of event participants (hereinafter “you”) in connection with the registration, execution, and documentation of the Project A Data Days 2025 (hereinafter "Data Days") is Project A Services GmbH & Co. KG, Julie-Wolfthorn-Straße 1, 10115 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter: "Project A" or "we"). If you have any questions regarding the registration and execution of the event, including the relevant data processing, please contact dataprotection@project-a.com at any time.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please do not hesitate to contact us. You are welcome to address your data protection concerns by e-mail to our data protection team at dataprotection@project-a.com. You can find our complete contact details at https://www.project-a.com/imprint.
To apply and register for the Project A Data Days, we collect various personal data. Usually, these are first name, last name, country, company, job title as well as contact data (e.g. e-mail address) and event data, e.g. days of participation, which track, interest in the networking event. This data is referred to in the following as "participant data". We collect the participant data as part of the application process. Mandatory data are marked as such. We use your participant data to plan and organize the event (e.g. to the expected number of participants), invite you and to contact you in the course of communication if necessary. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. We also collect information regarding your interest in networking at the Project A Data Days to understand what participants will expect from this year’s Project A Data Days, improve the overall efficiency and experience of networking at the event. We store the above-mentioned data in our contact database for future contact maintenance (see also Section 2.6 and 2.7) in connection with your existing data, if applicable.
We will give the Data Days speakers access to the list of attendees to facilitate networking and to tailor the presentations and workshops to the audience. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
During the Project A Data Days, we may use your participant data for organizational reasons (to determine your attendance or to contact you). The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Recordings (photo and video) will be made during the event. We would like to ensure the possibility of documenting the event for internal purposes or the purpose of external presentations.
We would like to use the images and recordings taken in the context of our external presentation on our website and in our social media profiles (Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube) in connection with the documentation of the Project A Data Days. To do this, we first want to edit individual recordings (e.g. by selecting the image cut) and upload the edited recordings to the websites. The respective websites are freely accessible on the Internet and can therefore be accessed worldwide. The subpages of these websites, including any recordings, can be found via search engines. The providers of social media platforms process and use data that is posted on the platforms for their purposes if necessary. As soon as the content has been posted on the platforms, third parties (e.g. users of the platforms) can view, share, or download the content. In principle, recordings of speakers in the sessions will be published.
You can contact us using the contact details given in section 1 and inform us that you wish to object to the use of the recordings on which you can be identified. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the documentation and advertising of our event as well as our external presentation. The recordings are usually published within a period of up to 48 months after the event.
We will also use your participant data to provide you with further information on workshops, documents, or presentations from us or our speakers or further information on the Project A Data Days. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
We store the fact that you attended the Project A Data Days this year in our contact database so that we can inform you by email about similar future events and the next Project A Data Days.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, based on our interest in advertising our future events. We store this data for the duration of our business relationship. If you do not wish to be contacted again, you have the right to object to this use of your data at any time. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time using the contact details listed in section 1. You will also always find a link to unsubscribe in the emails.
We will pass on the data raised by us in the context of the registration or the event in principle only if:
- you have given your express consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR,
- the disclosure according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to believe that there is an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing the data,
- we are legally obliged to disclose such information according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR or
- this is legally permissible and, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, necessary for the execution of contractual relationships with you or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures which are taken at your request,
- insofar as this is stated in these data protection notices (in particular concerning the publication of photo and video recordings on the social media platforms).
Also, the data may be passed on in connection with official inquiries, court orders, and legal proceedings if this is necessary for legal prosecution or enforcement.
Some of the data processing described in these data protection notices may be carried out by our service providers. In addition to the service providers mentioned in this Privacy Policy, this may include, in particular, data centers that store our databases, IT service providers that maintain our systems, and consulting firms. If we pass on data to our service providers, they may only use the data to fulfil their tasks. The service providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us. They are contractually bound to our instructions, have suitable technical and organizational measures at their disposal to protect the rights of the persons concerned, guarantee an appropriate level of data protection, and are carefully monitored by us. Some of our service providers may process your personal data outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. In these cases, we protect your personal data by ensuring the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled.
If you provide your consent during registration, we will share your participant data—including name, email, LinkedIn profile, company, and seniority—with our event sponsor, Snowflake Inc. Snowflake may use this information to:
- Facilitate networking opportunities with you during Data Days 2025
- Invite you to relevant events
- Inform you via email about job opportunities, products, and services tailored for founders and businesses
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Snowflake will handle your data in accordance with their Privacy Policy, ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at dataprotection@project-a.com.
You have the right to request information about the processing of your personal data by us at any time. We will explain the data processing to you in the context of the provision of information and provide you with an overview of the data stored about your person. If data stored by us is incorrect or no longer up to date, you have the right to have this data corrected. You may also request that your data be deleted. Should deletion not be possible in exceptional cases due to other legal provisions, the data will be blocked so that it is only available for this legal purpose. You can also have the processing of your data restricted, e.g. if you believe that the data stored by us is not correct. You also have the right to data transferability, i.e. we can send you a digital copy of the personal data you have provided on request.
To exercise the rights described here, you can contact us at any time using the contact details listed in section 1 above. This also applies if you wish to receive copies of guarantees proving an adequate level of data protection.
Finally, you have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us. You may exercise this right with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your residence, workplace, or alleged infringement. The competent supervisory authority is in Berlin: Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Friedrichstr. 219, 10969 Berlin.
According to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we will no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent up to the revocation.
If we process your data based on legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right according to Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing of your data and to give us reasons which arise from your particular situation and which, in your opinion, indicate that your interests worthy of protection prevail. If you wish to object to data processing for direct marketing, you have a general right of objection, which we will also implement without stating reasons. Also, you will always find an unsubscribe link in our information emails on future events. Concerning the preparation of the photo and video recordings, you can also contact the photographer or cameraman at any time and inform them that you do not want any recordings of yourself. If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an informal message to the contact details listed above.
April 24, 2025