Privacy policy

1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we will inform
you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data are all data with which you
can be perso­nally identi­fied.
1.2 The person respon­sible for data proces­sing on this website within the meaning of the Basic Data Protec­tion Regula­tion (DSGVO) is Otmar Böhmer, Kunst­mu­seum Wolfsburg, Holler­platz 1, 38440 Wolfsburg, Germany, Tel.: (0)536126690, EMail: info@kunstmuseum.de. The person respon­sible for proces­sing personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of proces­sing personal data.
1.3 The Controller has appointed a data protec­tion officer, who can be contacted as follows: “Dr. Manfred Müller, Holler­platz 1, 38440 Wolfsburg, (0) 536126690, datenschutzbeauftragter@kunstmuseum.de”.
1.4 For security reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of personal data and other confi­den­tial content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the respon­sible person), this website uses SSL or TLS encryp­tion. You can recognize an encrypted connec­tion by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

When using our website for infor­ma­tional purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with infor­ma­tion, we only collect the data that your browser sends to our server (socalled “server log files”). When you call up our website, we collect the following data, which are techni­cally necessary for us to display the website:

• Our visited website
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you reached the site
• Used Browser
• Operating system in use
• IP address used (if necessary: in anony­mised form)

Proces­sing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO on the basis of our justified interest in improving the stability and functio­n­a­lity of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subse­quently if there are concrete indica­tions of illegal use.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attrac­tive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use socalled cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (socalled session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal device and enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit us (socalled persis­tent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user infor­ma­tion to an indivi­dual extent, such as browser and location data and IP address values. Persis­tent cookies are automa­ti­cally deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. The duration of the respec­tive cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remem­be­ring the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). Insofar as personal data are also processed by indivi­dual cookies used by us, proces­sing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a  SGVO in the case of a granted consent or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO to safeguard our legiti­mate interests in the best possible functio­n­a­lity of the website and a custo­merfriendly and effective design of the site visit.

Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide indivi­du­ally whether to accept them or to exclude the accep­t­ance of cookies for certain cases or generally. Each
browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for each browser under the following links:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/dede/help/17442/windowsinternetexplorerdeletemanagecookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookieserlaubenundablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/dede/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/webpreferences/#cookies

Please note that the functio­n­a­lity of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

4) Contact us

Personal data is collected when conta­c­ting us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respec­tive contact form. These data are stored and used exclu­si­vely for the purpose of answering your request or for conta­c­ting you and the associated technical adminis­tra­tion. The legal basis for the proces­sing of this data is our legiti­mate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at the conclu­sion of a contract, an additional legal basis for the proces­sing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after final proces­sing of your request. This is the case if it can be deduced from the circum­s­tances that the matter in question has been conclu­si­vely clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obliga­tions to the contrary.

5) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide us with this infor­ma­tion for the purpose of executing a contract or opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respec­tive input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above mentioned address of the person respon­sible. We store and use the data you provide us with to process the contract. After complete proces­sing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commer­cial law retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by us.

6) Use of customer data for direct advertising

Regis­tra­tion for our email newsletter
If you register for our email newsletter, we will send you regular infor­ma­tion about our offers. Your email address is the only mandatory infor­ma­tion for sending the newsletter. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you perso­nally. We use the socalled
double optin procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that
we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive newslet­ters.
We will then send you a confir­ma­tion email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future by clicking on a corre­spon­ding link.
By activating the confir­ma­tion link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. When you register for the newsletter, we save your IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of regis­tra­tion in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when regis­tering for the newsletter will be used exclu­si­vely for the purpose of adver­ti­sing in the newsletter. You can unsub­scribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person respon­sible mentioned above. After you have cancelled your subscrip­tion, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distri­bu­tion list immedia­tely, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes that are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

7) Data processing for order processing

7.1 In order to process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be trans­mitted to these service providers in accordance with the following infor­ma­tion.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commis­sioned with the delivery within the scope of contract proces­sing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the assigned credit institute within the scope of the payment proces­sing, as far as this is necessary for the payment proces­sing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you expli­citly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

7.2 Use of special service providers for order proces­sing and handling
DHL Fulfill­ment
The order is processed by the service provider DHL Home Delivery GmbH, Sträß­chensweg 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany, as part of the “Shipping by DHL Fulfill­ment”. Your personal data will be passed on to DHL Fulfill­ment exclu­si­vely for the purpose of proces­sing the online order in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b DSGVO.

7.3 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
Paypal
In the case of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or if offered “purchase on account” or “payment by instalm­ents” via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et
Cie, S.C.A., 2224 Boulevard Royal, L2449 Luxem­bourg (herein­after “PayPal”) within the framework of the payment proces­sing. The data will be passed on in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and only to the extent necessary for the proces­sing of payments.

PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or if offered “purchase on account” or “payment by instalm­ents” via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of PayPal’s legiti­mate interest in deter­mi­ning your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit assess­ment with regard to the statis­tical proba­bi­lity of nonpay­ment to decide on the provision of the respec­tive payment method. The credit report may contain proba­bi­lity values (socalled score values). If score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scien­ti­fi­cally recognized mathe­ma­ti­cal­sta­tis­tical procedure. The calcu­la­tion of score values includes, but is not limited to, address data.
For further infor­ma­tion on data protec­tion, including the credit agencies used, please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacyfull You can object to this proces­sing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary to process your payment in accordance with the contract.

8) Use of social media: videos

Use of Youtube videos
This website uses the Youtube embedding feature to display and play videos from the provider “Youtube”, which is part of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
This uses the enhanced privacy mode, which, according to the provider, does not initiate the storage of user infor­ma­tion until the video(s) is played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect infor­ma­tion about user behavior. According to infor­ma­tion from “Youtube”, these serve, among other things, to collect video statis­tics, improve userfriend­li­ness and prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your infor­ma­tion is associated directly with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your profile to be associated with YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as user profiles and evaluates
them. Such evalua­tion is carried out in parti­cular in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO on the basis of Google’s legiti­mate interests in the display of perso­na­lised adver­ti­sing, market research and/or the needs­based design of its website. You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. In the course of using YouTube, personal data may also be trans­mitted to the
servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Irrespec­tive of any playback of the embedded videos, each time this website is accessed, a connec­tion to the Google network is estab­lished, which may trigger further data proces­sing opera­tions without our influence.
For more infor­ma­tion about YouTube’s privacy practices, please see the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent for the proces­sing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revoca­tion, please follow the above­men­tioned option to make an objection.

9) Web analysis services

Google (Universal) Analytics
Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google (Universal) Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The infor­ma­tion generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including the abbre­viated IP address) is usually trans­ferred to a Google server and stored there, and may also be trans­ferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclu­si­vely with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”, which ensures anony­miz­a­tion of the IP address by shortening it and excludes any direct personal reference. Through the extension, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contrac­ting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in excep­tional cases will the full IP address be trans­ferred to a server of Google LLC.in the USA and shortened there. In these excep­tional cases,
this proces­sing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f  DSGVO on the basis of our justified interest in the statis­tical analysis of user behaviour for optimi­sa­tion and marketing purposes.
On our behalf, Google will use this infor­ma­tion to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activi­ties and to provide us with further services related to website and internet use. The IP address trans­mitted by your browser within the framework of Google (Universal) Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accord­ingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case 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) to Google and the proces­sing of this data by Google by downloading and instal­ling the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de As an alter­na­tive to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an optout cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collec­ting data within this website in the future (this optout cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you will need to click this link again): <a onclick=“alert(‘Google Analytics has been disabled’);“href=“javascript:gaOptout() “>Disable Google Analytics</a> Further infor­ma­tion about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?
hl=de&gl=de
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent for the proces­sing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revoca­tion, please follow the above­men­tioned option to make an objection.

10) Tools and others

DATEV
We use the cloud­based accoun­ting software of DATEV eG, Paumgart­nerstr. 614, 90429 Nuremberg (“DATEV”)
for the handling of accoun­ting.
DATEV processes incoming and outgoing invoices as well as, if necessary, the bank movements of our company in order to automa­ti­cally enter invoices, match them to transac­tions and, in a partially automated process, create the financial accoun­ting.
Insofar as personal data are also processed in this process, the proces­sing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO on the basis of our justified interest in the efficient organi­sa­tion and documen­ta­tion of our business transac­tions.
You can find more infor­ma­tion on DATEV, the automated proces­sing of data and the data protec­tion regula­tions at https://www.datev.de/web/de/m/ueberdatev/datenschutz/

11) Rights of the data subject

11.1 The appli­cable data protec­tion law grants you compre­hen­sive data subject rights (rights of infor­ma­tion and inter­ven­tion) visàvis
the data controller with regard to the proces­sing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:
Right of access in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO: In parti­cular, you have a right of access to your personal data processed by us, the proces­sing purposes, the catego­ries of personal data processed, the recipi­ents or catego­ries of recipi­ents to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for deter­mi­ning the storage period, the existence of a right of recti­fi­ca­tion, erasure, restric­tion of proces­sing, opposi­tion to proces­sing, complaint to a super­vi­sory authority, the origin of your data if it has not been collected from you by us, the existence of automated decision making including profiling and, if appli­cable, meaningful infor­ma­tion on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such proces­sing on you, as well as your right to be informed of the guaran­tees provided under Art. 46 DPA when your data is trans­ferred to third countries;
Right of recti­fi­ca­tion under Art. 16 DPA: You have the right to have incorrect data relating to you corrected without delay and/or to have your incom­plete data stored by us completed;
Right of deletion in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the condi­tions of Art. 17 para. 1 DSGVO are met. However, this right does not apply in parti­cular if the proces­sing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expres­sion and infor­ma­tion, to fulfil a legal obliga­tion, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
Right to limit proces­sing in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO: You have the right to demand that the proces­sing of your personal data be limited, as long as the accuracy of your data which you dispute is verified, if you refuse to delete your data because of unaut­ho­rised data proces­sing and demand instead that the proces­sing of your data be limited, if you require your data for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer require these data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons relating to your parti­cular situation, as long as it has not yet been estab­lished whether our justified reasons outweigh the objection;
Right to infor­ma­tion in accordance with Art. 19 DSGVO: If you have asserted the right to recti­fi­ca­tion, erasure or restric­tion of proces­sing visàvis the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipi­ents to whom the personal data concer­ning you have been disclosed of this recti­fi­ca­tion, erasure or restric­tion of proces­sing, unless this proves impos­sible or involves a dispro­por­tio­nate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipi­ents.
Right to data trans­fe­ra­bi­lity in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a struc­tured, common and machine­read­able format or to request that it be trans­ferred to another person respon­sible, insofar as this is techni­cally feasible;
Right to revoke consents granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO: You have the right to revoke at any time with effect for the future any consent to the proces­sing of data once granted. In the event of revoca­tion, we will immedia­tely delete the data concerned, unless further proces­sing cannot be based on a legal basis for proces­sing without consent. The revoca­tion of consent does not affect the lawful­ness of the proces­sing carried out on the basis of the consent until revoca­tion;
Right of appeal under Art. 77 DSGVO: If you believe that the proces­sing of personal data relating to you is in breach of the DPA, you have the right without prejudice to any other adminis­tra­tive or judicial remedy to
lodge a complaint with a super­vi­sory authority, in parti­cular in the Member State in which you are resident, your place of work or the place where the alleged breach occurs.

11.2 RIGHT OF APPEAL
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION,
WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING WORTHY OF PROTECTION WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

12) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is deter­mined by the respec­tive legal basis, the purpose of proces­sing and if relevant additio­nally
by the respec­tive legal retention period (e.g. retention periods under commer­cial and tax law).
When personal data are processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DSGVO, these data are stored until the person concerned revokes his or her consent.
If there are legal retention periods for data which are processed within the framework of legal or similar obliga­tions based on Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b DSGVO, these data are routinely deleted after the retention periods have
expired, provided that they are no longer required for the fulfilment or initia­tion of a contract and/or we have no justified interest in their further storage.
When personal data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO, these data are stored until the person concerned exercises his or her right to object in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 DSGVO, unless we can prove compel­ling reasons for proces­sing worthy of protec­tion which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the person concerned, or the proces­sing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When personal data are processed for the purpose of direct adver­ti­sing on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f DSGVO, these data are stored until the data subject exercises his or her right of objection under Art. 21 Para. 2
DSGVO.
Unless otherwise stated in the other infor­ma­tion in this decla­ra­tion on specific proces­sing situa­tions, stored personal data will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or
otherwise processed.