Preamble

Hereinafter we inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of your personal data when visiting our Facebook page at Kultur Mitte. Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.

We operate this Facebook page as part of our statutory mission, which is to provide public education in the field of art and culture in the Mitte district. One of our tasks is to provide information about the wide range of offers and projects in the cultural sector, and in particular to make our information easily accessible to all interested parties.

1. Controllers, Data Protection Officers

(1) The person responsible (“Controller”) within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the natural or legal person which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

(2) Controller within the meaning of the GDPR for the personal data processed by ourselves when you visit our Facebook page is Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin, Fachbereich Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Rathaus Tiergarten, Mathilde-Jacob-Platz 1, 10551 Berlin, (hereinafter “we”).

(3) Our Data Protection Officer is Ms Sandra Müller, Rathaus Tiergarten, Mathilde-Jacob-Platz 1, 10551 Berlin, .

(4) Besides us, the provider of the “Facebook” platform also processes personal data of its visitors. Platform provider and insofar responsible within the meaning of the GDPR is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter “Facebook”). You can find Facebook’s privacy policy at facebook.com/policy.php.

(5) You can contact Facebook’s Data Protection Officer following the instructions on facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970.

2. Statistical evaluation of page visits (“Insights”)

(1) When you visit our Facebook page, personal information about you (e.g. age, gender, language and location) and your activities on our page (e.g. which posts you have read, commented on or rated as “Like”) will contribute to statistical reports we are provided with by Facebook. Facebook calls these statistics “Insights”. From these statistics we can read, for example, for which age groups which of our posts are particularly interesting. However, from “Insights” we cannot draw any conclusions about individual persons. In particular, we cannot identify the people who have visited our Facebook page. The data processing is based on our statutory purpose to provide information about our educational work. The “Insights” help us to better understand our visitors’ interests and adapt our online content accordingly (task in the public interest pursuant to Article 6 (1) e GDPR).

(2) More information on what data is processed in which way by Facebook to generate the “Insights” Facebook has published at facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

(3) The document referred to in paragraph 2 also contains the agreement between us and Facebook as to who is responsible for fulfilling what obligations under the GDPR (“Page Insights Addendum regarding the Responsible Person”).

(4) We ourselves have no influence on the compilation of the “Insights” and the associated data processing by Facebook. We neither have access to the raw data the „Insights“ are compiled from.

3. Cookies

Facebook uses various cookies. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your device when you visit the Facebook platform and which enable Facebook and certain service providers co-operating with Facebook to recognise your device on your next visit, as far as your internet browser permits this according to your preferences in your browser’s settings. Facebook explains how these cookies work and which purposes they serve in detail at facebook.com/policy/cookies/printable. We – as the provider of the individual Facebook page – do not have access to the cookies nor to the data associated with them.

4. Contacting us

(1) When you contact us via Facebook, Facebook will forward the message you have entered to us together with your contact details and other personal data (e.g. name, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth) that you have stored in your Facebook account, to the extent that you have authorised this data to be forwarded.

(2) If you send us a message by e-mail, we will save your message along with the sender details (your name and e-mail address) in order to be able to answer it and also to respond to possible subsequent questions. For reception, storage and sending of e-mails, we use processing services of all-inkl.com (René Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf) in accordance with Article 28 GDPR.

(3) This data processing is based on our statutory mission to keep in touch with people interested in our educational work, so we will read and answer your message and handle possible follow-up requests from you (Article 6 (1) e GDPR). We will erase the information collected from your message no later than at the end of the calendar year that follows upon the last communication with you on your request, subject to the provision in the following paragraph.

(4) If you send us a message with information legally relevant for a contractual relationship, the legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) b GDPR, regardless of how you transmitted your message to us. In such a case, we will erase the data related to your message as soon as all mutual claims arising from the contractual relationship have been completely settled and the commercial and fiscal retention periods have expired.

5. Your Rights

With regard to your personal data we process, you have the following rights:

(1) You have the right to obtain a confirmation from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you. If this is the case, we will inform you about the personal data stored about you and the further information in accordance with Article 15 (1) and (2) GDPR.

(2) You have the right to have your inaccurate personal data rectified without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of processing, you also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

(3) You can demand the erasure of your personal data concerning you under the conditions of Article 17 (1) GDPR without undue delay, as far as their processing is not necessary according to Article 17 (3) GDPR.

(4) You may demand that we restrict the processing of your data if one of the requirements of Article 18 (1) GDPR applies. In particular, you can request the restriction instead of an erasure.

(5) We will communicate any rectification or erasure of your personal data and a restriction of processing to all recipients to whom we have disclosed your personal data, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. We will also inform you about these recipients if you request it.

(6) You have the right to receive the personal data which you provide to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You may also request that we transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where technically feasible.

(7) As far as a data processing is based on your given consent, you have the right to, withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

(8) ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, YOU MAY, AT ANY TIME, OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; this right applies to a processing, according to Article 6 (1) f GDPR, necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process the personal data in question unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override the interests, rights and freedoms of you, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

(9) IN CASE WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (E.G. NEWSLETTER), YOU MAY, AT ANY TIME, OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING, WITH THE RESULT THAT WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA FOR THESE PURPOSES.

(10) If you believe that the processing of your personal data is in breach of the GDPR, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. This does not exclude other administrative or judicial remedies.