Privacy Statement

Introduction

With this Privacy Policy, we would like to inform you about the processing of personal data when you use this website.

Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is:

Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, vertreten durch die Generaldirektorin

Erthaler Hof, Schillerstraße 44
55116 Mainz
Germany

Tel.: 06131 2016-0
E-mail: willkommen@gdke.rlp.de
Website: www.gdke.rlp.de

Project Management

Andreas Hawner and Ann-Kathrin Grube

How to contact the data protection officer

You can contact the controller’s data protection officer at: datenschutz@gdke.rlp.de

We have help with the technology

This website is technically operated by the company Satelles as a service provider. The processing of usage data there is carried out on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Editorial responsibility lies with Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate).

We collect the following personal data

When you visit this platform, the following data is processed by us:

• IP address of the requesting computer (without last number)
• Date and time of retrieval
• Browser type
• Language and version of the browser software.
• Operating system of the requesting computer
• Name of the retrieved file
• Amount of data transferred
• Referring URL

The IP address will be deleted from all systems after 14 days at the latest.
Subsequently, a personal reference is no longer possible.

Purpose of data processing

We only use the personal data actively provided by you for the agreed purpose and only to the extent necessary.
We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection setup
• Ensuring convenient use of our platform
• Evaluation of system security and stability

Legal basis for data processing

In the context of this platform, we process personal data on the basis of the following legal bases:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
• for the performance of contracts (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
• to fulfil a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR)
• on the basis of a balancing of interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)

The legal basis to which we refer in individual cases can be found in the reference to the respective processing.

If you have given your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time with future effect.

If we process data on the basis of a balancing of interests, you as the data subject have the right to object to the processing in accordance with the provisions of Art. 21 GDPR.

Recipients or categories of recipients

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• You have given your express consent to this
• the disclosure is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure, and
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Transfer to a third country or an international organization

A transfer to a third country or a transfer to an international organization does not actively take place. Exceptions to this rule can be found in the data protection information of the integrated third-party providers listed below.

Storage duration

We generally delete your data when there is no longer a need to store it. This is particularly the case if the data is required to fulfil a contractual service or to be able to grant or defend against warranty or guarantee claims.

Contact form and e-mail contact

There is a contact form on our website which can be used to contact us electronically. If users accept this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. This data comprises: 

(1) Name
(2) E-mail address 
(3) Your message

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the submission process and reference is made to this Privacy Policy.

In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be used exclusively to process the conversation.

Connected services

YouTube

We use YouTube videos on our website. The operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

A connection to YouTube's servers is only established once you have consented to data processing by clicking on the preview image (2-click solution). YouTube is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

This data is processed on the basis of consent. You can withdraw this at any time (see above).

Further information on the use of data by YouTube, setting and objection options, can be found here:: https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/2803240?hl=de&ref_topic=6151248

Purpose of data processing Integration of video content

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

Statistics service Matomo

This website uses the web analysis service Matomo. Information on this can be found at https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/

Matomo, which we host ourselves, uses cookies to analyse the use of the website. This information is only stored by us on a server in Germany. The IP addresses are anonymized before storage. The information collected will not be passed on to third parties.

Our legitimate interest in data processing is the optimization of our website.

If you do not want your visit to our website to be analysed by Matomo, please click on the following link:

https://matomo.satelles.biz/index.php?module=CoreAdminHome&action=optOut&language=de

This will store a cookie on your computer that will prevent future data collection by Matomo.

Purpose of data processing Evaluation of statistics to optimize the website.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

Google Fonts

We integrate the fonts ("Google Fonts") of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Further information on the use of data by Google, settings and objection options can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

Cookies

When you visit the platform, small text files (cookies) are stored on your computer. Some cookies are deleted at the end of your visit (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. This makes it possible to recognize the user in order to personalize the website. You can use your web browser to customize the use of cookies as you wish. Under certain circumstances, this can lead to our website only being usable to a limited extent.

The use of cookies is based on a balancing of interests. As the operator of our website, we have a legitimate interest in the use of cookies to ensure a user-friendly visit.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

The following first-party cookies are stored:

• PHPSESSID, PreocessWire session identifier (lifespan: session)
• PHPSESSID_challenge, ProcessWire session cookie to verify the validity of the session (lifespan: 30 days)
• _pk_id, Matomo cookie for storing a user ID (lifespan: 13 months)
• _pf_ses, Matomo session cookie (lifespan: 30 minutes)
• MATOMO_SESSID, Matomo session cookie (lifespan: session)
• matomo_ignore, Matomo cookie to store the user's opt-out (lifespan: 30 years)

Your rights

If a user's personal data is processed, the user is a "data subject" within the meaning of the GDPR. You have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller:

• Right to information
• Right to rectification or erasure
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to the processing

To exercise the rights listed, please contact the data protection contact person at: datenschutz@gdke.rlp.de

Complaint to a supervisory authority

If you believe that the processing of data concerning you violates data protection regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Amendment of this data protection notice

This data protection notice will be updated regularly if necessary. The current version can be found on our website.