Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. As far as on our sides personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses), this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and which your browser saves.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. After the end of your visit, you will be automatically deleted. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Social Media Buttons
On some pages social media buttons are integrated, which enable the sharing of contributions in the social networks. These buttons are not active until you click on them. Calling up a page with buttons alone does not transfer any data to third parties. When clicking on the buttons, information is transferred that contains at least the calling IP address and the referrer URL and can be used by the social networks for further profiling. These social networks are Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Diaspora.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- hostname of the accessing computer
- time of the server request
These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. These data are not combined with other data sources. We reserve the right to check these data subsequently if we become aware of concrete indications of an illegal use.
Contact form
If you send us an inquiry via contact form
, your information from the request form, including the information you entered there
contact details provided for processing the request and in case of follow-up questions
stored with us. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
OpenStreetMap
Some pages of our website include maps showing the location of the Kunstverein. These maps use data from OpenStreetMap, a free project with the purpose of collecting freely usable geodata and storing it in a database for use by everyone (Open Data). These services are operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom, for the OSM community. Information about the use of the OSM services is forwarded to OpenStreetMap so that the map can be displayed. In addition, a so-called session cookie is stored on the visitor’s computer. Please refer to the “Cookies” section for details. You can find out how OpenStreetMap stores your data on the data protection page of OpenStreetMap.
SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as a site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Contradiction advertising mails
We herewith object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.