Privacy
1. Data Protection at a Glance: General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy below this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the website’s legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly when you provide it to us, for example, by entering data into a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter our website.
Why do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, or if you have further questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting our website, your browsing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is mainly done using cookies and analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is typically anonymous and cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information is available in the following Privacy Policy.
2. General Information and Mandatory Details: Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is information that can personally identify you. This Privacy Policy explains which data we collect and for what purposes. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against third-party access is not possible.
Information about the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Worpsweder Museumsverbund e.V.
Lindenallee 5a
27726 Worpswede
Phone: +49 (0) 4792 9550590
Email: info@worpswede-museen.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revoking Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent at any time by sending us an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of data protection violations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state where our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done where technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address bar changing from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit cannot be read by third parties.
Access, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on personal data, you can contact us anytime at the address provided in the legal notice.
Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website: Cookies
Our website uses cookies in some areas. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser upon your next visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies required for electronic communication processes or the provision of certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart functionality) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Any other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) will be treated separately in this Privacy Policy.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not combined with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for fulfilling a contract or pre-contractual measures.
4. Analytics Tools and Advertising: Google Analytics
This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP Anonymization
We have activated IP anonymization on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. Additionally, you can prevent the collection of data generated by cookies related to your website usage (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Contract Data Processing
We have entered into a contract with Google for data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
5. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. The operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit a page on our website that contains a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information on handling user data can be found in YouTube’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, your browser connects to Google’s servers, informing Google that your IP address accessed our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use Google Maps features, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and easy location of the places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
More information on handling user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.