We, European Athletics Association (EA), an association established under Swiss law with its domicile at Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet 16 in 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland, use cookies to provide you with more purposeful information. With cookies, we collect, store and process limited personal information when you visit our Website or use one of our Apps (in general "services"), in particular to ensure the proper functioning of these services as well as for analytics and for marketing communication purposes.
1. What are Cookies and what data do we collect with them?
Cookies are small text files stored on a computer or mobile device when someone visits our website or uses one of our Apps. When the website is re-visited or the app re-opened, we can then recognize you, even if we do not know who you are. With cookies, we temporarily save information concerning your access to our services. The saved data contains the IP address, the date and time of the access (including time zone), the name and the URL of the accessed documents, sites and products, search terms, the website from which our website was accessed from, the browser (including version) used, the device source, the operating system (including version) of the device used as well as the name of your access provider and how you interact with our website.
Session and permanent cookies
We use both permanent and session cookies for our services.
Session Cookies
Session cookies store your actions as you navigate from page to page within our website or across our App. Session cookies are only stored temporarily and are deleted when you close the browser or App.
Permanent Cookies
Permanent cookies enable us to store your preferences and settings so that these are available when you next visit our website or use our app. Permanent cookies are deleted after a specific period.
Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.
Types of Cookies
For our websites and Apps we use different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages. Descriptions of the different cookie types can be found below.
Technical Cookies and Cookies used for statistical purposes.
Necessary Cookies: Cookies that are necessary for the functionality of the service
For our services we use cookies to store your sessions and carry out other activities that are essential for the operation of our service. Necessary cookies make our services usable by enabling core functionalities such as navigation and access to secure areas of the website or App. Without these cookies, our services cannot function correctly.
Preference and statistics cookies: Storage of settings, optimization and statistics for relevant activities
For our services we use preference cookies to store browser or App settings and optimize your usage experience.
Preference cookies enable us to remember information that changes how our service behaves or looks. These cookies include those used for language and currency settings and those connected to the management of first party statistics, operated directly by the website provider.
Statistics cookies help us understand how visitors and users interact with our services by collecting and reporting anonymized information.
Other Cookie types or Cookies installed by third parties
Third-party cookie statistics: Third-party cookies that generate statistics
If the tools listed below include third-party services, these can be used by us to track your browsing und App usage habits – in addition to the information specified here and without the knowledge of the provider.
- Analytics
- Heat mapping and session recording
- Remarketing and behavioural targeting
- Tag management
Marketing Cookies: Third-party Cookies to show Users personalized advertising
We use marketing cookies to analyze your use of our services, including your preferences, and to develop it further. The intention is to show adverts that are relevant and appealing to you and are therefore more valuable for publishers and advertising third parties.
Information and consent via Usercentrics
Our services uses the consent technology of Usercentrics to inform you about the use and purpose of certain cookies and to obtain your consent to the storage of these cookies on your device or for the use of specific technologies, and to document the former in a data protection compliant manner. The party offering this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 München, Germany, website: https://usercentrics.com/ (hereinafter referred to as “Usercentrics”).
Whenever you visit our website or use one of our apps, the following personal data will be transferred to Usercentrics:
- Your declaration(s) of consent or your revocation of your declaration(s) of consent
- Your IP address
- Information about your browser
- Information about your device
- The date and time you visited our website
- Geolocation
Moreover, Usercentrics shall store a cookie on your device to be able to allocate your declaration(s) of consent or any revocations of the former. The data that are recorded in this manner shall be stored until you ask us to eradicate them, delete the Usercentrics cookie or until the purpose for archiving the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal retention periods.
Usercentrics uses cookies to obtain the declarations of consent mandated by law. The legal basis for the use of specific technologies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
To review or adjust your consent preferences for this website, please follow this link to your Privacy Settings.
Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Clicky
Our services use functions of the web analysis service Clicky. The provider of this service is Roxr Software Ltd., 10883 SE Main St, #201, Milwauki, OR, 97222, USA ("Roxr").
Clicky allows us to anonymously analyse the usage behaviour of our website visitors and to create statistics on this in order to optimise our website and its content.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time.
Google (all services)
We use various services made available by Google. The provider of these services is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
For general information on the privacy policies please consult the following website: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Google Tag Manager
The Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies in our services. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not carry out any independent analyses. It only manages and runs the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.
The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The service operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and administration of various tools on his website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR . This consent can be revoked at any time.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics enables us to analyze the behavior patterns of Website visitors and App users. To that end, we receive a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user’s origin. This data is assigned to the respective end device of the user. An assignment to a user-ID does not take place.
Furthermore, Google Analytics allows us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to augment the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing the user behavior patterns (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The Website use information recorded by Google is, as a rule transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time.
IP anonymization
Google Analytics IP anonymization is active. As a result, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to the United States. The full IP address will be transmitted to one of Google’s servers in the United States and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this information to analyze your use of this website to generate reports on website activities and to render other services to the operator of this website that are related to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted in conjunction with Google Analytics from your browser shall not be merged with other data in Google’s possession.
Browser plug-in
You can prevent the recording and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
For more information about the handling of user data by Google Analytics, please consult Google’s Data Privacy Policy.
Google Ads (DoubleClick Ad)
Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites, if the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targeting). It is also possible to place targeted ads based on the user data Google has in its possession (e.g., location data and interests; target group targeting). As the website or App operator, we can analyze these data quantitatively, for instance by analyzing which search terms resulted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to respective clicks.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1, lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time.
Google AdSense (not personalized)
We use Google AdSense in the “non-personalized” mode. Contrary to the personalized mode, the ads are not based on your previous user patterns and the service does not generate a user profile for you. Instead, the service uses so-called “context information” to choose the ads that are posted for you to view. The selected ads are thus based e.g., on your location, the content of the website or section of the App you are visiting at the time, or the search terms you are using.
Please keep in mind that if Google Adsense is used in the non-personalized mode, it is possible that cookies are stored or comparable recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) are used.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. You may revoke your consent at any time.
You have the option to autonomously adjust the advertising settings in your user account. To do so, please click on the link provided below and log in: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
For more information about Google’s advertising technologies, please click here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Google Conversion-Tracking
With the assistance of Google Conversion Tracking, we are in a position to recognize whether the user has completed certain actions. For instance, we can analyze the how frequently which buttons on our website or in our App have been clicked and which products are reviewed or purchased with particular frequency. The purpose of this information is to compile conversion statistics. We learn how many users have clicked on our ads and which actions they have completed. We do not receive any information that would allow us to personally identify the users. Google as such uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies for identification purposes.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time.
Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel)
To measure conversion rates, this website uses the visitor activity pixel of Facebook/Meta. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The Meta Pixel allows us the tracking of page visitors after they have been linked to on of our services after clicking on a Meta/Facebook ad. This makes it possible to analyze the effectiveness of Meta/Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and to optimize future advertising campaigns.
For us as the operators of the services, the collected data is anonymous. We are not in a position to arrive at any conclusions as to the identity of users. However, Meta/Facebook archives the information and processes it, so that it is possible to make a connection to the respective user profile and Facebook is in a position to use the data for its own promotional purposes in compliance with the Meta/Facebook Data Usage Policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
Insofar as personal data is collected by our services with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Meta we and Meta are jointly responsible for this data processing. The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the onward transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The wording of the agreement can be found under: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.
The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time.