1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 What is Personal Data
Personal data is information that reveals or can reveal the identity of a user. This website follows the principle of data avoidance. As far as possible, the collection of personal data is avoided.
1.2 Handling of Personal Data
The processing of your personal data is carried out exclusively to the extent that you have given your consent (Art. 6 I p. 1 a GDPR) or, if the processing of such data is necessary for our legitimate interests and if the weighing of interests shows that there are no overriding interests, basic rights or fundamental freedoms on your part that conflict with this (Art. 6 I p. 1 f GDPR). This website may use contract processors to process your personal data, but will not pass on your personal data to third parties. Your personal data will be processed partly within the EU and the US.
1.3 Usage Data
General technical information is collected when visiting the website, such like IP address, time, duration of the visit, browser type and, if applicable, the originating page. This data is registered in a log file for technical reasons and can be used and stored for the purpose of statistical evaluation of this website. There is no link between this usage data and your other personal data.
1.4 Duration of Data Storage
We store your personal data after the end of the purpose for which the data was collected, only as long as this is necessary due to legal regulations (especially for tax purposes).
2. YOUR RIGHTS
2.1 Information
You can demand from the website owner information as to whether personal data is processed. If this is the case, you have the right to request a record of your collected personal data as well as further information mentioned in Art. 15 GDPR.
2.2 Right of Rectification
You have the right to have incorrect personal data concerning you corrected and, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you may request the completion of incomplete personal data.
2.3 Right of Cancellation
You have the right to demand from the website owner that the personal data concerning you be deleted immediately. The website owner is obliged to delete this data immediately, especially if one of the following reasons applies:
- Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
- You revoke your consent on which the processing of your data was based and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- Your data has been processed unlawfully.
The right to deletion does not exist insofar as your personal data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of the website owner’s legal claims.
2.4 Right of Limit Data Processing
You have the right to request the processing of your personal data be limited if
- you dispute the accuracy of the data and the website owner, therefore, conducts and accuracy check,
- the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the data, instead request the data usage to be restricted,
- we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims,
- you have objected to the processing of your data while it is yet unclear whether our legitimate reasons.
2.5 Right of Data Transferability
You have the right to receive the personal data that you have provided within a structured, common and machine-readable format and you have the right to transfer this data to another person in charge without hindrance, provided that the processing is based on consent or a contract and that the processing is carried out by the website owner using automated procedures.
2.6 Right of Withdrawal
If the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time.
2.7 General and Right of Complaint
The exercise of your aforementioned rights is basically free of charge. You have the right to contact the supervisory authority (State Data Protection Commissioner) directly in the event of complaints.
3. DATA SECURITY
3.1 Data Security
All data on this website is protected by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification and distribution.
3.2 Sessions and Cookies
For the operation of this website, cookies or server-side sessions are used in which data can be stored. It is ensured that no personal data is taken over from sessions or through cookies without your express consent and that cookies are only used if technically necessary for the website (e.g., spam protection for contact form)and thus the weighing shows that no predominant interests on your part are opposed (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR) or express consent on your part is present. With your express consent, cookies are used to personalize content and to analyze traffic on this website. With your consent, information about your usage of this website can be passed onto our partners for social media, advertising and analysis. Our partners may be able to merge this information with other data about you they already have available. Below you will find the domain, name and duration of the cookies used only with your consent:
Site Cookieswww.littleculturalthings.com
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Third-party Cookies
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4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
4.1 Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps, a Google service operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google’). When using Google Maps, website visitors’ data on the use of the maps functions also collected, processed and used. No user interests are affected here, which outweigh the technical necessity of integrating these interactive maps (Art. 6 I p. 1 f GDPR). Google data protection information can be viewed at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Additional usage instructions for Google Maps can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
4.2 Google Web Fonts
This website uses Google web fonts, issued by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google) to display a uniform font. These are automatically stored in your browser cache when you call up one of our pages to enable the desired display. If your browser does not support these Google web fonts, a standard font of your computer may be used. This does not affect any user interests outweighing this technical necessity (Art. 6 I p. 1 f GDPR). You can view Google’s privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.
4.3 Jetpack
We use “Jetpack” (formerly ‘WordPress.com Stats’), a web analytics service provided by Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Automattic’). The entity responsible for processing the information collected by Automattic is Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland, Ltd, Business Centre, No.1 Lower Mayor Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. Jetpack uses, among others, cookies which are small text files stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device allowing an analysis of your use of this website. The information collected is stored on a US-based server. This website uses Jetpack with an extension through which IP addresses are processed in an abbreviated form immediately after their collection in order to exclude any possibility of personal reference. This website uses Jetpack for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular, to analyze the use of the website and to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as user experience. By statistically evaluating user behavior, this website can improve its functionality and make it more interesting for you as a user. Jetpack is also used to protect the security of this website, for example, to detect attacks or viruses. Consequently, the processing of afore mentioned data by the third-party provider is in the legitimate interest of the website owner. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDPR. You can avoid the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and deactivating cookie storage in the settings of your web browser. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. It is also possible to prevent cookie storage by clicking on ‘Click here to Opt-out’ on https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out. In order to oblige Automattic to process the transmitted data only in accordance with the website owner’s instructions and to comply with the applicable data protection regulations, a data processing agreement (DPA) with Automattic has been signed. Automattic’s privacy policy can be viewed here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.You can read about Jetpack cookies instructions here: https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/.
4.4 Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google and operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (‘Google’), and collects and stores data via this web analytics service from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These user profiles created in this way are used to evaluate site visitor behavior in order to design and improve the services presented on this website in line with requirements. Google Analytics uses ‘cookies’ which are small text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how site visitors use the site. The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a US-based server and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the ‘Agreement on the European Economic Area’. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. The user profiles maintained under a pseudonym are also not merged with personal user data without the express and separately declared consent of the user. Thus, the weighing of interests shows that there are no conflicting overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 I p. 1 f GDPR). You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). You can further prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics. You can view Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code ‘anonymizeIp’ in order to guarantee an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
4.5 AKISMET
Our website uses the Akismet plugin from Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA. The entity responsible for processing the information collected by Automattic is Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd, Business Centre, No.1 Lower Mayor Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. This plugin is used to distinguish real human comments from spam comments. To do this, all comments are sent to a server in the US where they are analyzed and stored for four days for comparison purposes. If a comment is classified as spam, the data is stored beyond this time. This information includes the name entered, the email address, the IP address, the comment content, the referrer, information about the browser and computer system used as well as time of entry. It is also necessary that you – before you make a data entry on this website – agree to an opt-in field that this personal data will be transferred to the US. Furthermore, as a user, you can use pseudonyms or refrain from entering your name or email address. You can completely bypass data transmission if you do not use our contact form. You can also object to the use of your data in future at support@wordpress.com, subject ‘Deletion of Data stored by Akismet’ under specification/description of stored data.
4.6 Jetpack Image CDN (formerly Photon)
Our website uses so-called Content Delivery Networks (CDN). CDNs reduce the loading time of common JavaScript libraries, fonts or images because the files are transferred from fast, near-location or under-utilized servers of external service providers. We have incorporated Jetpack Image CDN (formerly ‘Photon’) of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Automattic’) to reduce the loading time of image files. The entity responsible for processing the information collected by Automattic is Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland, Ltd, Business Centre, No.1 Lower Mayor Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. The images on this website are cached by Jetpack. The images displayed on this website are not loaded from Automattic’s servers but are delivered directly from the cache of Jetpack Image CDN. As a result, your IP address may also be transmitted to Jetpack. This process is done in order to shorten the loading time of this website which is in the legitimate interest of the website owner in the sense of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f. GDPR.
For further information on how Jetpack Image CDN works and on data protection, please visit https://jetpack.com/support/photon/.
5. CONTACT
To contact the website owner regarding data protection, please use the following contact options. Responsible in terms of GDPR:
Elgin Blueher
c/o RA Matutis
Berliner Straße 57
D-14476 Potsdam
GERMANY
Email: LittleCulturalThings@gmx.net
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