General notice and mandatory information.

Designation of the responsible body.

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

NS-Documentation Center of the City of Cologne
Department [m²] / Documentation of anti-Semitic incidents
Daniel Vymyslicky
Appellhofplatz 23 – 25
50667 Cologne

E-mail: daniel.vymyslicky@stadt-koeln.de

The responsible body decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, contact details or similar).

Revocation of your consent to data processing.

Only with your explicit consent are some operations of data processing possible. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal communication by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority.

As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company’s registered office is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability.

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion.

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, origin of the data, their recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. In this regard, and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time via the contact options listed in the imprint.

SSL or TLS encryption.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Server log files.

In server log files, the provider of the website automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Page visited on our domain
  • The date and time of the server request
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • IP address

There is no merging of this data with other data sources. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

You can see on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research which data your internet browser transmits to our server https://www.bmbf.de/_inc/browserinfo.php.

Reporting form.

If you decide to report an anti-Semitic incident using the form on the home page, your personal data will be transmitted to employees of the department [m²]. The transmission of your personal data is encrypted.

The data entered will be stored in order to process your report or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent. The data entered will not be stored permanently on the server of the website provider.

In addition to the data you enter, this information (hereinafter referred to as metadata) is also automatically transmitted to us with each message:

  • Page visited on our domain
  • Date and time of server request
  • Browser used
  • Browser version
  • Operating system and operating system version
  • IP address

A use of the data: IP address, Visited page on our domain, Used browser, browser version, operating system and operating system version is made with the purpose in case of hate speech, cyberattacks or other unlawful use of the form if necessary to enable legal or criminal prosecution. This metadata is deleted immediately as soon as it is no longer required for this purpose.

The processing of the data entered in the registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal communication by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the registration form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Contact form

Data transmitted via contact form will be stored, including your contact data, in order to be able to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal communication by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or there is no longer any need to store it. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Statify.

Our website uses the web analytics service Stafity to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. Through the statistics obtained, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of Statify is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Statify only counts page views and not visitors. The plugin does not process or store any personal data such as IP addresses. The plugin is an open source project. For more information from the third-party provider on data protection, please visit https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/statify.

Twitter Plugin.

Our website uses functions of the service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

When using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. In the process, data is transmitted to Twitter. About the content of the transmitted
We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and the use of this data by Twitter. Details can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings.

YouTube.

For integration and display of video content, our website uses plugins from YouTube. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When a page with an integrated YouTube plugin is called up, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. YouTube thereby learns which of our pages you have accessed.

YouTube can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. By logging out beforehand, you have the option to prevent this.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Details on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo.

For integration and display of video content, our website uses plugins from Vimeo. The provider of the video portal is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin is called up, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. Vimeo thereby learns which of our pages you have accessed. Vimeo learns your IP address, even if you are not logged in to the video portal
or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to servers of the video portal in the USA.

Vimeo can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out beforehand.

Details on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Source: Privacy Configurator from mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de.