PRIVACY POLICY
1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the responsible person
We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
1.1 Person responsible for data processing
The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is Joanna A. Stotko, Bessemerstraße 82 – 10. OG Süd, 12103 Berlin, Email: info@kulturarchiveuropa.de.
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
1.2 SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or requests to the person responsible). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
During the mere informational use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A combination of this data with other data sources is not made. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
3) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your terminal device. In some cases, these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), in other cases, these cookies remain on your end device for a longer period of time and allow you to save page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) Contacting us
If you send us inquiries by e-mail, the information you provide in the e-mail, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of data transmitted via e-mail is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you send us by e-mail will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
5) Plugins and tools
5.1 Google Fonts on local server
This site uses so-called Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts, these are securely hosted on our local server using the plugin “Local Google Fonts” and are explicitly not loaded from external servers (e.g. Google servers). The “Local Google Fonts” plugin does not collect or store any visitor data.
5.2 Google Maps
In order to continue to protect your privacy as much as possible, we no longer offer a Google Maps service on our site.
5.3 Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when they call up the page, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking the appropriate box. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by setting a check mark. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective user’s end device if consent has been granted.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
Further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. As the responsible party, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
6) Page functionalities
6.1 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with Facebook’s servers. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
6.2 LinkedIn plugin as Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the online service LinkedIn, which is operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not fully integrated into the page as plugins, but only using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with the servers of LinkedIn. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the LinkedIn page on which you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
6.3 Pinterest plugin as shariff solution
On the Seller’s pages, so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Pinterest are used, which is operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd, Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Pinterest”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with the servers of Pinterest. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Pinterest page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary, after entering your login data).
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Pinterest data protection information:
https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
6.4 Twitter plugin as Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) of the microblogging service Twitter, which is operated by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street
Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland (“Twitter”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, these buttons are not unrestricted plugins, but are only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website that contains such buttons, no connection is yet established with the servers of Twitter. When you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Twitter page, where you can interact with the plugins there (if necessary, after entering your login data). Please note that when you interact with the plugin, information collected (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a server of Twitter Inc. in the USA and stored there.
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy:
7) Embedded content
7.1 YouTube
Our website embeds videos that are hosted on Youtube. For this purpose, we use the extended data protection function. This means that when you connect to YouTube’s servers, your browser data is only transmitted to YouTube when you press the play button to watch the video. This also tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you want to avoid this, do not press any of the buttons of the embedded YouTube videos.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
7.2 Featured video on home page
On the home page of our website, a short clip of a music video is played in the header (our “featured video”). This is loaded from YouTube and played automatically as soon as the visitor calls up the home page of our website. For this purpose, a theme-internal function is used, which feeds an excerpt of the video without transmitting the browser data to YouTube (so-called “private mode”).
7.3 Bandcamp
Plugins of the music service Bandcamp (Bandcamp Inc., 178 Castro St., San Francisco, California 94114, USA) are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Bandcamp plugins by the Bandcamp logo.
When you visit our pages, a direct connection between your browser and the Bandcamp server is established via the plugin. Bandcamp thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you use the Bandcamp player while you are logged into your Bandcamp account, Bandcamp can assign the visit to our pages to your user account.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Bandcamp. For more information, please see the privacy policy of Bandcamp at:
If you do not want Bandcamp to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Bandcamp user account, please log out of your Bandcamp user account.
7.4 SoundCloud
Plugins of the social network SoundCloud (SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, United Kingdom) are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the SoundCloud plugins by the SoundCloud logo.
When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server after the plugin is activated. SoundCloud thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the “Like button” or “Share button” while logged into your SoundCloud user account, you can link and/or share the content of our pages with your SoundCloud profile. This allows SoundCloud to associate your user account with your visit to our pages. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by SoundCloud. For more information, please see the privacy policy of SoundCloud at:
https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy
If you do not want SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud user account before activating any content of the SoundCloud plugin.
7.5 Spotify
Our website uses plugins from “Spotify” an audio streaming platform operated by Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the Spotify logo. An overview of Spotify plugins can be found at:
https://developer.spotify.com.
We use Spotify by embedding individual audio files, albums or playlists from the platform on our website as a so-called iFrame, so that they can be played directly on our website as a stream. When you visit a subpage of our website on which a Spotify plugin is embedded, a connection to the Spotify servers is established and the plugin is displayed within our website. This transmits to Spotify which website you have visited. If applicable, your IP address will also be transmitted to Spotify. If you play an embedded audio file, album or playlist, this information is also transmitted to Spotify.
If you are logged in as a Spotify user, Spotify assigns this data to your user account. If you do not want Spotify to associate your visit to our pages with your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account. For more information about Spotify’s data protection, please visit
https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy.
8) Rights of the data subject
8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the Controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the indicated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:
Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO;
Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 DSGVO;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO;
Right to withdraw consent given pursuant to Art. 7(3) DSGVO;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO.
8.2. RIGHT OF OBJECTION
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
9) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his or her consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part to continue storing it.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) DSGVO, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Article 21 (2) DSGVO.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement about specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Status: 12.07.2022
