Data protection
1) Information regarding the collection of personal data and contact details of the data controller
1.1 We are delighted you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we explain how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data in this respect refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally.
1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is the West Brandenburg Economic Region, c/o LOKATION:S Partnerschaft für Standortentwicklung Liepe+Wiemken Dipl.-Ingenieure, Sanderstraße 29/30 , 12047 Berlin, Germany, tel.: +49 30 – 499 05 180, fax: +49 30 – 69 81 58 81, e-mail: mail@loaktion-s.de. The controller responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries sent to the data controllers), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when you visit our website
When using our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access 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 came to the site
– Browser used
– Operating system used
– IP address used (in anonymised form where applicable)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate 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 subsequently check the server log files if there are any specific indications of illegal use.
3) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website a pleasant experience and to enable the use of certain functions, we use “cookies” on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted at the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies (cookies from third parties) to recognise your browser during your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are placed, they collect and process certain user information, such as browser, location data and IP address values, to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are deleted automatically upon expiration of a preset period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, it is processed in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design for the site visit.
We may work with advertising partners who help us make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive (cookies from third parties) when you visit our website. If we work with the aforementioned advertising partners, you will be informed individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the information collected in each case within the following paragraphs.
Please note that you can set your browser to notify you about the placement of cookies and you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept the cookies or only accept them in certain cases or generally not accept cookies. Each browser varies in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the Help menu of each browser, which explains how to change your cookie settings. This can be found under the following links for each of the respective browsers:
Internet Explorer: windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
4) Contacting us
Personal data will be collected when you contact us (e.g. via the contact form or by e-mail). The respective contact form indicates what data is collected in the form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of answering your enquiry or for making contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your enquiry in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and providing there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.
5) Registering for the portal or forum
You can register for the Specialist portal on our website by entering personal data. What personal data is processed for registration is determined by the input mask that is used for registration. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, which means your registration is not completed until you have confirmed your registration by clicking on the link contained in a confirmation e-mail sent to you for this purpose. If your confirmation is not received within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. Provision of the aforementioned data is mandatory, but you can provide all other information voluntarily by using our portal.
When you use our Specialist portal, we store your data as required to fulfil the contract until you permanently delete your access. Furthermore, we store the voluntary data you provide for the duration of your use of the Specialist portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and amend all the data in the protected customer area. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
In addition, we store all content published by you (such as, for example, company profile, job description, contact details, etc.) in order to operate the website. We have a legitimate interest in providing the website with the full user-generated content and the legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. If you delete your account, this data will be automatically deleted in its entirety.
6) Use of your data for direct marketing
Registering for our e-mail newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about current activities, offers and events of the of the West Brandenburg Economic Region and its partners. The only information we need to send you the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing any other data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will not send you an e-mail newsletter until you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to us sending you the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you want to receive the newsletter in future by clicking on a corresponding link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration so that we can trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later time. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for the purposes of advertising by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the dedicated link in the newsletter or by sending a message to this effect to info@wirtschaftsregionwestbrandenburg.de. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our newsletter mailing list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we have reserved the right to use data beyond this, as permitted by law, and about which we inform you in this statement.
7) Use of social media: Videos
Use of YouTube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play back videos offered by the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
In this respect, the extended data protection mode is used, which, according to the provider’s information, only stores user information once the video(s) is/are played back. If playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about the user’s behaviour. According to information provided by “YouTube”, this is used, among other things, to record video statistics, which improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged into Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your data to be assigned to your YouTube profile, you must log out before pressing the button. Google saves your data (even for users not logged in) as usage profiles and analyses these. Such analysis is carried out in particular pursuant to Art. 6 Para 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interest in showing personalised advertising, market research and/or designing its website in line with requirements. You have the right to object to these user profiles being created, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.
Regardless of whether the embedded video is played back, every time this website is visited, a connection to the Google network “DoubleClick” is established, which can trigger further data processing procedures beyond our control.
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy statement at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
8) Web analysis services
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
Data is collected and stored on this website using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service of InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. To this end, cookies may be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the site visitor’s Internet browser. The cookies allow, among other things, the Internet browser to be recognised. The data collected with the Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers.
The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the holder of the pseudonym.
If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data arising from your visit, you can object to the subsequent storage and use at any time by mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note, if your cookies are completely deleted, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and you may have to activate it again.
9) Tools and miscellaneous
9.1 Google web fonts
This site uses web fonts provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) to uniformly display fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
To do this, the browser you are using must have a connection to Google’s servers. In this way, Google will be informed that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google web fonts are used for the purpose of a uniform and attractive presentation of our on-line content. This represents our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer.
Google LLC, based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
You can find further information about Google web fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy statement: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
10) Rights of the data subject
10.1 The applicable data protection laws grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, details of which are provided below:
– Right of information according to Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have the right to be informed about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has 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, where applicable, relevant information about the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees provided for in Art. 46 GDPR in the event of transfer of your data to third countries;
– Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have a right to immediate correction of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of any incomplete data about you stored with us;
– Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request your personal data be erased if the requirements of Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
– Right to restrict the processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to demand the processing of your personal data be restricted as long as the accuracy of your data which you dispute is checked, if you refuse to have your data erased due to unlawful data processing and demand instead the restriction of the processing of your data, if you require your data for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer require this 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 according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the data controller, the data controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has 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 about these recipients.
– Right to data transferability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, current and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another responsible person, provided this is technically feasible;
– Right to revoke consents granted according to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke previously granted consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will immediately erase the data concerned, unless further processing can be supported by a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation;
Right to complain according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you is in breach of the GDPR, 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.
10.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION
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 PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE 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 IS PROCESSED BY US 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 RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
Please contact us in this respect by e-mail to info@wirtschaftsregionwestbrandenburg.de, by telephone on +49 (0)3381-26 800 30 or by post.
11) Duration of storage of personal data
We will retain your personal data until the West Brandenburg Economic Region cooperation project has ended and we will delete it thereafter. The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods) or the retention periods associated with funding grants. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted.
12) Disclaimer
The content of these pages is provided for information purposes only and has been compiled to the best of our knowledge and belief. We assume no liability for ensuring the content is complete, up-to-date and accurate. The content of other websites to which this website refers with hyperlinks is beyond the control and responsibility of the operator of this site. If you follow these links, you do so at your own risk.