Scope of application
This privacy policy clarifies users about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the responsible provider
Treasure Chamber of Thuringia
c\o Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha
Friedenstein Castle
Schlossplatz 1, 99867 Gotha
Telefon: +49 3621 / 82 34 0
Telefax: +49 3621 / 82 34-290
E-Mail: service@stiftung-friedenstein.de
Website: www.stiftung-friedenstein.de
on this website. The Friedenstein Foundation Gotha is a foundation under civil law.
1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.
Andere Daten werden automatisch beim Besuch der Website durch unsere IT-Systeme erfasst. Das sind vor allem technische Daten (z.B. Internetbrowser, Betriebssystem oder Uhrzeit des Seitenaufrufs). Die Erfassung dieser Daten erfolgt automatisch, sobald Sie unsere Website betreten.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.
a. It may happen that third-party content, such as videos from YouTube, maps from Google Maps, RSS feeds or graphics from other websites are integrated on this website.
b. This always presupposes that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) are aware of the IP address of the user. This is because without the IP address, they would not be able to send the content to the respective user's browser. The IP address is therefore required to display this content.
c. Die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha bemüht sich nur solche Inhalte zu verwenden, deren jeweilige Anbieter die IP-Adresse lediglich zur Auslieferung der Inhalte verwenden. Jedoch hat die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha keinen Einfluss darauf, falls die Dritt-Anbieter die IP-Adresse z.B. für statistische Zwecke speichern. Soweit dies der Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha bekannt ist, klärt diese die Nutzer in den nachfolgenden Abschnitten darüber auf.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.
2. General notes and mandatory information
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 privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible body
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Friedenstein Foundation Gotha
Authorized representative: Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke, Foundation Director
Civil Law Foundation
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Telefon: +49 3621 / 82 34 0
E-Mail: service@stiftung-friedenstein.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Collection and use of personal data
a. Personenbezogene Daten werden von der Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha nur dann erhoben und genutzt, wenn dies gesetzlich erlaubt ist oder die Nutzer in die Datenerhebung einwilligen. In der Regel ist es für die Nutzer bei der Nutzung des Dienstes erkennbar, welche Daten gespeichert werden, so zum Beispiel Name, Emailadresse und Nachricht bei der Nutzung des Kontaktformulars.
b. Bei der Kontaktaufnahme mit der Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha (per Kontaktformular oder E-Mail) werden die Angaben des Nutzers zwecks Bearbeitung der Anfrage sowie für den Fall, dass Anschlussfragen entstehen, gespeichert.
Information material, competitions and surveys
a. In the case of requests for information material, contact persons or similar by post or e-mail, the user data provided will be used and processed solely for the purpose of sending the information material or responding to the request.
b. In the context of competitions, contests and similar promotions, the data of the participants will only be processed and used to carry out and process the promotions, notify the winners or deliver the prizes. In the event of any other use, e.g. sending information material, the participants in the promotions will be asked for their consent.
c. The collection of data in the context of surveys is anonymous. Cookies are used to store the interim status of a survey (e.g. in the event of an unwanted browser crash). These cookies are only used to continue the survey, are deleted promptly and are not analyzed as part of the surveys.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: 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 fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the 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 or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact details published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, such as spam emails.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
a. Die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha setzt im Rahmen ihres Angebotes „Cookies“ ein. Cookies sind kleine Dateien, die auf dem Computer des Nutzers abgelegt werden und Informationen für die Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein speichern können. Temporäre Cookies werden nach dem Schließen des Browsers gelöscht, permanente Cookies bleiben für einen vorgegebenen Zeitraum erhalten und können beim erneuten Aufruf des Angebotes die gespeicherten Informationen zur Verfügung stellen.
b. Cookies are used, on the one hand, to make the service easier to use. A cookie saves a user's login status so that they don't have to log in again every time.
c. Cookies werden auch zu statistischen oder Marketingzwecken eingesetzt, um zu erfassen, wie das Angebot genutzt wird. Diese Erfassung erfolgt anonym oder pseudonym, was bedeutet, dass die Daten ohne Zuordnung zu einem bestimmten Nutzer gespeichert werden. Diese Cookies werden von der Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha selbst, aber auch von Dritten (z.B. Werbepartnern) gestellt. Der Nutzer kann dieser Nutzung seiner Daten jederzeit an eine der am Ende der Datenschutzerklärung angegebenen Kontaktmöglichkeit widersprechen.
d. Der Nutzer kann auf den Einsatz der Cookies Einfluss nehmen. Die meisten Browser verfügen über eine Option, mit der das Speichern von Cookies eingeschränkt oder komplett verhindert wird. Die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha bemüht sich das Angebot so zu gestalten, dass der Einsatz von Cookies nicht notwendig ist. Allerdings wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Nutzung und insbesondere der Nutzungskomfort ohne Cookies eingeschränkt werden.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies in order to provide its services in a technically error-free and optimized manner. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.
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 browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of server request
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha verwendet die Protokolldaten ohne Zuordnung zur Person des Nutzers oder sonstiger Profilerstellung entsprechend den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen nur für statistische Auswertungen zum Zweck des Betriebs, der Sicherheit und der Optimierung des Angebotes. Die Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha behält sich jedoch vor, die Protokolldaten nachträglich zu überprüfen, wenn aufgrund konkreter Anhaltspunkte der berechtigte Verdacht einer rechtswidrigen Nutzung besteht.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us in order to process the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The data entered into the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
Registration on this website
You can register on our website in order to use additional functions on the site. We will only use the data you enter for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration. In the event of important changes, for example to the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way. The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
The data entered during registration is used for the purposes of using the offer. Users can be informed by e-mail about information relevant to the offer or registration, such as changes to the scope of the offer or technical circumstances. The data collected can be seen from the input screen during registration. This includes title, first name, surname, e-mail address and interest.
Comment function on this website
a. The data entered by users in the forums and blog comments, such as name, e-mail address, homepage and the content of the post, will only be used for the purposes of the forum discussion and blog comments.
b. If you write a forum post or a comment in the blog, your IP address will be saved. This is done for our security in case someone writes illegal content in comments (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, we ourselves could be prosecuted for the comment and are therefore interested in the identity of the author of the comment.
c. You can subscribe to the follow-up comments. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address you entered. You can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time. The confirmation email will contain instructions on how to do this.
Storage duration of the comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).
Comment subscriptions
Users can subscribe to the follow-up comments. Users will receive a confirmation email to verify that they are the owner of the email address entered. Users can unsubscribe from ongoing comment subscriptions at any time. The confirmation email will contain instructions on how to do this.
Legal foundation
The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
4. Social Media
Social media plugins with Shariff
Plugins from social media are used on our pages (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr). You can usually recognize the plugins by the respective social media logos. To ensure data protection on our website, we only use these plugins together with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the plugins integrated on our website from transferring data to the respective provider the first time you enter the site. Only when you activate the respective plugin by clicking the corresponding button will a direct connection to the provider's server be established (consent). As soon as you activate the plugin, the respective provider receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account (e.g. Facebook) at the same time, the respective provider can assign the visit to our pages to your user account. Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.
5. Analysis tools and advertising
GoogleTagManager
This website uses GoogleTagManager. GoogleTagManager is a solution with which website tags can be managed via an interface. GoogleTagManager itself, which is used to implement the tags, is a cookie-free domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. GoogleTagManager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags that are implemented with GoogleTagManager.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that 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 being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website 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 to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the “No, I do not agree” button in the cookie notice. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this website.
You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Order data processing
We have concluded a contract with Google for commissioned data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to data collection”.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.
a. Our newsletter provides you with all the information you need about the world of castles in Thüringia.
b. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.
c. Your data will only be used for sending the newsletter.
d. Apart from the e-mail address, all details are optional. They are only used by us to address you personally and to adapt the content of our newsletter to the needs of its recipients.
7. Plugins and tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy/ .
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
8. Integration of third-party services and content
It may happen that third-party content, such as videos from YouTube, maps from Google Maps, RSS feeds or graphics from other websites are integrated into this online offering. This always assumes that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) are aware of the user's IP address. This is because without the IP address, they would not be able to send the content to the respective user's browser. The IP address is therefore required to display this content. We endeavor to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. However, we have no influence on whether the third-party providers store the IP address, e.g. for statistical purposes. Insofar as we are aware of this, we will inform users accordingly.
9. Revocation, amendments, corrections and updates
The user has the right, upon request and free of charge, to receive information about the personal data that has been stored about him. In addition, the user has the right to correct incorrect data, block and delete their personal data, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligation.