PRIVACY STATEMENT

1. DATA PROTECTION

The operators of these pages take protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data in confidence and in compliance with applicable statutory data protection regulations and this privacy statement.

It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. To the extent that personal data are requested on our pages (name, address, or email addresses) this always takes place on a voluntary basis as far as possible.

We would like to point out that data transfer in the Internet (e.g. in email communication) can involve security risks. It is not possible to protect private data completely against access by third parties.


2. DETAILS OF RESPONSIBLE OPERATOR

Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
Klosterstraße 68
10179 Berlin-Mitte

CEO: Moritz van Dülmen

Head of the Press and Public Relations Department: Susanne Galle
Contact: pr@kulturprojekte.berlin


3. DETAILS OF DATA PRIVACY OFFICER

Dr. Michael Funke

JBB Rechtsanwälte
Jaschinski Biere Brexl Partnerschaft mbB
Christinenstrasse 18/19
10119 Berlin

Contact: datenschutz@kulturprojekte.berlin
+49 (0)30 443 765-0


4. DATA PROCESSING ON THIS WEBSITE

The Press and Public Relations department automatically collects and stores on its server log files with information transmitted to it by your browser. These include:

• > browser type and version
• > operating system used
• > referrer URL (the site previously visited)
• > host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
• > time of server request

These data cannot be traced back to individuals by the Press and Public Relations department. We do not combine this data with other data sources. We reserve the right to examine these data subsequently if we have grounds to suspect illegal use. Your IP address will be anonymised immediately once the connection is ended.

On this website you have the opportunity to register for our press mailing list. For this purpose, we collect your first and last name, your e-mail address, your activity and the medium or company you work for, as well as your telephone number if any.


4.A CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

• > Press and media representatives, business and co-operation partners, interested parties to be included in our press mailing list:
  
  First and last name, company or medium, e-mail address, field of activity (if any), address (if any), telephone number (if any), mobile number (if any), gender (if any), date of birth (if any)

• > Participants in visitor surveys:
  
  First name, last name, e-mail address

• > Users of the Websites:
  
  IP address

We, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH as operator of the website, take the protection of your personal data very seriously and comply strictly with data protection regulations under applicable laws. Personal data are collected on this website only to the extent necessary for technical reasons.


5. PURPOSES FOR WHICH DATA ARE PROCESSED

The data are processed for press and publicity purposes, for the purpose of organising and implementing press events and for sending press releases, press information and invitations and to improve our offerings (visitor surveys) and to optimise the user friendliness of our Websites.


6. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING OF DATA

We process our data for press and publicity purposes, for the purpose of organising and implementing press events and for sending press releases, press information and invitations on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in providing information to media representatives, business and project partners as well as interested parties about the activities of Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, a state-owned non-profit organisation of the State of Berlin.

The legal basis for processing data for the purpose of visitor surveys is Art. 6 (1) (a). Data are processed only with the prior consent of the subject as indicated by ticking a box on the survey form and with reference to this data protection statement before the survey begins.

The processing of data for the purpose of using our Websites is based on Art. 6 (1) f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in improving the user-friendliness of our Internet sites.


7. DURATION OF STORAGE

The Apache logfiles are cleared daily at 1.05 am. AWStats evaluates these data and stores the evaluations permanently. However, this is done using anonymised data.

We will store your personal data until and unless you revoke your consent.

Should the Press and Public Relations department of Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH intends to use your data for other purposes, this will only be with your consent.


8. RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT AND RESPONSIBLE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

You have the right to lodge a complaint at any time with the responsible supervisory authority. To do this, please contact:

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information)
Friedrichstraße 219
10969 Berlin


9. SECURITY OF DATA

The personal data you provide to us will be secured using all technical and organisational security means to ensure that they are not accessible to unauthorised third parties. If you wish to send us data or information that is very sensitive, you should send it by post, since complete data security by email cannot be guaranteed.


10. COOKIES

Some of the Websites use cookies. Their purpose is to make our internet offering more user friendly and effective. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically erased when you finish your visit. Other cookies stay stored on your end device until you erase them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser next time you visit us.

You may adjust your browser settings to let you know when cookies are being placed and only to allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, to block the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally or to activate deletion of cookies automatically when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies you may restrict the availability of the functions of this website. Personal data are processed in this connection on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in offering you the best possible user experience.

You may block the storage of cookies in your browser settings. We would point out, however, that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website. You may also block the transfer of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of our website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout


10.A COOKIES BANNER

We place a cookies banner on our Websites to indicate that we are using cookies. When you click on the OK button, this also places a cookie so that the cookies banner no longer appears next time you visit our website or is not displayed again for at least 365 days. This cookie will be stored for a period of 365 days. You can remove the cookie using the ‘clear cache‘ function on your web browser or use the method described in Point 10 (Cookies) to remove cookies or prevent them being placed.


11. TRANSFER OF USER DATA TO THIRD PARTIES
(CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS)

To implement and constantly improve the service we offer we work together with various service providers (processors) who support us in making this service possible. These include

• > technical agencies, which are responsible for programming the site,  hosting and operating the servers
• > providers of e-mail delivery tools
• > providers of online analysis tools
• > providers of online survey tools

We would point out to our users that all data disclosed by you in the Internet can also be seen by third parties and will be available to them to use as they please. Although we have taken technical precautions to block mass export of data by third parties, we would draw the attention of our users to the slight remaining risk.

Data provided by users will not be used by the operators for target marketing or similar.


12. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guarantees you certain rights which you can assert against us, provided that the statutory requirements are met.

• > Art. 15 GDPR – Right of access by the data subject: You have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed, and, where that is the case, what data and detailed information on the data processing.

• > Art. 16 GDPR – Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

• > Art. 17 GDPR – Right to erasure: You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay.
  
  
• > Art. 18 GDPR – Right to restriction of processing: You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing.

• > Art. 20 GDPR – Right to data portability: You have the right, if data is being processed on the basis of consent or for the fulfilment of a contract, to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us or to have the personal data transmitted directly to the other controller, where technically feasible.

• > Art. 21 GDPR – Right to object: You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to our processing of personal data concerning you which is based on a legitimate interest on our part or in performance of a task which is necessary for reasons of public interest or is carried out in exercise of public authority.
  
  If you object, we shall no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  
  Where your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. Where you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data shall no longer be processed for such purposes.

• > Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with Section 19 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG –Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes applicable law.
  
  

13. OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE DATA

You are under no contractual or legal obligation to provide us with personal data. However, we will not be able to offer you our services without the data provided by you.


14. EXISTENCE OF AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING 
(INCLUDING PROFILING)

We do not use automated decision-making processes which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.


15. SEARCH ENGINE FINDABILITY

In your privacy settings you can at any time state which of your data should be visible and which not and whether your profile should be displayed at all. The findability of your profile within the website and in the whole of the Internet depends on these settings.


16. AMENDMENT OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We will update this policy for the protection of your personal data from time to time. You should read this policy once in a while to keep yourself up to date on how we protect your data and are constantly improving the content of our website. If we make any significant changes to the collection, use and/or transfer of the personal data you have provided to us, we will draw your attention to this with an unambiguous and clearly visible notice on our website. If you have any questions about this privacy policy you are welcome to contact the above-mentioned contact person.


17. FURTHER INFORMATION

Your trust is important to us. So we would like to answer any questions you may have about the processing of your personal data at any time. If you have any questions that have not been answered by this privacy statement or if you would like more information on any point, you are welcome to contact Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH at any time.


18. PRIVACY STATEMENT, USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics, provider address: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is generally transferred to a server of Google in the United States and stored there.

For more information on the use of Google Analytics, see Google’s privacy statement:
http://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

We process your data on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in the purpose set out above. You may prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
An opt-out cookie will be placed that will block your data from being collected when you visit our website in future: deactivate Google Analytics.

19. PRIVACY STATEMENT, USE OF FACEBOOK BUTTONS (LINKAGE)

When you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages with your Facebook profile by clicking the Facebook button. In this way, Facebook can co-ordinate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as operators of these pages we have no awareness of the content of the data transfer or its use by Facebook. For more information, read Facebook’s own privacy statement:
http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php and developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

If you do not want Facebook to register a visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, log out of your Facebook user account.


20. PRIVACY STATEMENT, USE OF INSTAGRAM BUTTTONS (LINKAGE)

When you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages with your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. In this way, Instagram can co-ordinate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as operators of these pages we have no awareness of the content of the data transfer or its use by Instagram. For more information you can read Instagram’s privacy statement:
http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

If you do not want Instagram to register a visit to our pages with your Instagram user account, log out of your Instagram user account.


21. PRIVACY STATEMENT, USE OF TWITTER (LINKAGE)

When you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages with your Twitter profile by clicking the Twitter button. In this way, Twitter can co-ordinate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as providers of these pages we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Twitter. For more information you can read Twitter’s privacy statement:
twitter.com/privacy

If you do not want Twitter to register a visit to our pages with your Twitter user account, log out of your Twitter user account. To change privacy settings in your Twitter account, go to twitter.com/account/settings.