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Data protection

Privacy policy

The WFG appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our offers and services. The protection of your personal data (hereinafter: "data") during use is an important concern for us and we want you to feel secure when visiting our website. Compliance with the statutory data protection regulations is a matter of course for us.

In principle, it is possible to use our website without having to provide us with your data. Below we explain whether and what information we collect on our website during your visit and how it is used.

This privacy policy (as of September 2024) applies to the website www.wfgmyk.ftdev.de

1. IDENTITY OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE

Responsible for data processing within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) is the

Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft am Mittelrhein mbH (WFG)

Bahnhofstraße 9
56068 Koblenz

can be reached by phone: 0261 108-795, fax: 0261 108-237, e-mail info@wfg-myk.de.

2. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

The WFG has effectively appointed a data protection officer at

3rd Mind Business Consulting GmbH

Langer Weg 60
65760 Eschborn

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact Mr. Frank Giebel at datenschutz@wdf-myk.de.

Please note that if you contact us by standard e-mail, the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be guaranteed due to the (technical) nature of e-mail transmission. We therefore recommend that you send confidential information by post.

3. PERSONAL DATA

This is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"); an identifiable natural person (human being) is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

This basically means all direct or indirect information that leads to your identity. This includes information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, account details, credit/debit card details, but also fingerprints, photos, etc.

4. PROCESSING PURPOSES AND LEGAL BASES

If you provide us with your data, the use by us is regularly based on the contract concluded with you or pre-contractual negotiations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR or on your voluntary consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, e.g. to process your inquiries, use our web forms or similar.

Furthermore, as a public body, we may process data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e GDPR in conjunction with Section 3 LDSG RP (Rhineland-Palatinate State Data Protection Act) if this is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

Web forms:

If we use web forms, your consent is required for the transmission and processing of the information provided therein. The consent text is available for you directly under the respective form.

Your request will then be transmitted to our systems and stored for the purpose of executing a contract or an information request until the process is completed and / or for the duration of the business relationship. Data will only be stored for longer if there is a legal obligation to retain it (e.g. due to tax law requirements).

The data you enter there yourself is regular:

  • Your first and last name (for identification, reservation, registration, etc.)

  • Your postal address (for the postal delivery of requested information material)
  • Your e-mail address (for electronic contact / electronic reservation / registration)
  • Your desired booking period, if applicable with details of the number of persons (for coordination purposes)
    Telephone numbers for quicker coordination of appointments etc.
  • Your request itself (free text)

The specific processing purposes, options for revocation/objection and other (also participation) conditions are specified in the texts under the respective forms. Please take note of this information before submitting your data from the respective forms.

Automatically collected data when you visit our websites:

In log files ("server log files"), via search engines and/or forms, data is automatically collected when you use our websites, which your web browser / provider automatically transmits to our provider. When you visit our websites, our web servers temporarily store the following data by default

  • the web pages you visit on our site and the date, time and duration of your visit
  • the type of browser you are using, its version and the operating system you are using
  • the search engine possibly used
  • the names of any downloaded files
  • the (anonymized) IP address at the time of access
  • the type of device used
  • the website from which you visit us ("referrer URL").

If we analyze this technical data, this is done anonymously and to ensure a smooth connection setup of the website, to ensure a comfortable use of our website, to evaluate and improve system security and stability as well as for other administrative purposes on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e GDPR in conjunction with. § 3 LDSG RLP.

This data is not merged with other data sources. However, we reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

E-mail newsletter:

If we offer a newsletter service on our website and you register for this, we require your e-mail address for delivery. You can provide further information on a voluntary basis. By submitting your data entered in the newsletter registration form, you agree that we may process it exclusively for the purpose of sending our newsletter to your e-mail address and documenting your consent. Your data will not be passed on to third parties. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You will first receive an automated email containing a link that you should click on in order to receive the newsletter. In this way, we prevent misuse of your email address and can ensure that you have actually registered yourself. We will not send you any newsletters if you do not complete this so-called "double opt-in procedure".

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future: either via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter, an unsubscribe form or by sending us an informal declaration by e-mail.

Other purposes:

Data processing may also be necessary on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e GDPR in conjunction with Art. 3 LDSG RLP. § Section 3 LDSG RLP for the establishment, assertion or defense of legal claims in these contexts.

5. RECIPIENTS OR CATEGORIES

We host our websites exclusively in data centers in Germany and the EU.

Your data will not be passed on or otherwise transferred to third parties unless this is permissible and necessary for the above-mentioned purposes or you have expressly consented to this. Otherwise, data is processed on our behalf on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR (order processing), e.g. for external services or for the operation of our IT infrastructure.

In addition, data processing and its transmission to state institutions and authorities entitled to receive information will only take place within the framework of the relevant laws or if we are obliged to do so by a court decision (see Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR).

6. AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING / PROFILING

Automated decision-making / profiling or scoring within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR does not take place.

7. CRITERIA FOR STORAGE DURATION AND DELETION

The storage period of your data depends on the processing purposes (see above) or the statutory retention, limitation and deletion periods. As a rule, they are stored for the duration of the business relationship with us. Longer (access-protected) storage only takes place in accordance with the relevant statutory retention obligations (e.g. for tax purposes) or for the exercise / defense of legal claims in these contexts.

If your data is no longer required for the aforementioned purposes, including statutory retention obligations, it will be deleted within the statutory periods.

For technical reasons, data may be duplicated in data backup files and mirror copies. Such copies may also only be deleted with a time delay for technical reasons.

8. COOKIES

A cookie is a small data package in the form of a text file that is transmitted from your device to your browser when you visit a website and stored on your computer. Cookies do not regularly cause any damage to your computer, nor do they contain viruses or personal data. Cookies are primarily used to ensure basic technical functions of the website, such as navigation or shopping cart and booking functions, as well as to store user information during or after visiting a website. This includes, for example, language settings for multilingual websites, a login status or the point up to which a video was viewed so that it can be played at the same point on the next visit. It can also include related technologies with the same function, which store pseudonymized user data in so-called "user IDs", for example.

Some cookies, especially from third-party providers, transfer their content and other information about visitors to the respective locations, including to third countries, which is why your consent is required.

This website uses the following cookies:
  • Strictly necessary or "essential" (session) cookies for the proper technical operation of this website and for reasons of information security. These cannot be "deselected" to ensure the functionality and security of this website (e.g. to store your cookie preferences, booking functions, etc.). They are regularly deleted after the browser is closed.
  • Statistics and other cookies: Your consent via our cookie consent box is required for the use of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, as this would require data to be regularly transferred to the USA.
  • External media: Your consent is required for the integration and display of Google Maps (directly on the page), as this would regularly require data to be transferred to the USA.
    Legal basis for setting cookies

In principle, we do not process any personal data with the help of cookies, unless this would be necessary for a function of this website for the fulfillment of the contract, e.g. for bookings (see Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (see Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). In any other cases, we process purely technical data without personal reference on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e GDPR in conjunction with § 3 LDSG RLP for the purposes of a properly functioning website, its economic and secure operation and the optimization of our online offer.

Effective submission and withdrawal of consent to cookies

Before a cookie is set on the legal basis of consent, we ask you for your consent directly for this function via an active click or via a "cookie consent box" (CCB). You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future by closing the browser or via this CCB. If this is not the case, only the technically absolutely necessary cookies are set, the use of which is based on our interest and the interest of the user in the expected functionality of our website.

Basic settings via your browser

Irrespective of the respective legal basis for setting cookies (see above) and the technology used (cookie banner, cookie box), you can basically define the management of cookies via the browser you use; these then apply regularly to all websites, in that your browser

  • You are generally informed about the setting of cookies,
  • allows cookies only in individual cases, excludes cookies for certain cases or in general, or
  • Cookies - regardless of which ones - are automatically deleted from your computer when you close your browser.
    To do this, please follow the instructions in your browser manual.

Cookie block from online services (regularly not secure)

You can also object to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes online via third-party services, in the case of "tracking" via http://optout.aboutads.info (in English) and www.youronlinechoices.com/ (also in German).

Cookie management via our Cookie Consent Box (CCB)

You can give your consent(activation of cookies) and withdraw your consent (de-activation of cookies) elegantly via our "cookie box", which automatically appears on your screen the first time you visit our website. You can access the "cookie box" at any time via the corresponding symbol in the footer of the page. De-activation is just as easy as activation (consent): by setting or deselecting the corresponding checkmark. As already mentioned, the only exceptions are cookies that are technically absolutely necessary ("essential") for the proper and secure functioning of our website (see above).

Please note that deactivating cookies may restrict certain functions of our website.

9. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

(reach measurement etc.)
This website uses the web analytics service "Google Analytics", provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: "Google"), on the basis of order processing (see Art. 28 GDPR). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent via our "cookie consent box", which regularly appears when you first visit our website (see "Cookies" above) on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. This data transfer to a third country is legitimized by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission in conjunction with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the US company is certified accordingly according to the US Department of Commerce, see https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/data-protection-authorities). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (e.g. browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL (the page you previously visited), host name of the accessing computer or router (IP address), date and time of the server request) is regularly transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website on behalf of the operator of this website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the website operator. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

IP anonymization is active on this website, i.e. the Google tracking codes on this website use the "_anonymizeIp()" function, which means that IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to prevent them from being directly linked to individuals. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly or by refusing or revoking your consent to the activation in our cookie consent box (see below under "Cookies"); 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 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 here. This will place an "opt-out cookie" on your system with reference to your browser and our website in order to activate the aforementioned function. Please note that if you change your system and/or browser or delete this cookie, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again in the aforementioned manner.

10. USE OF GOOGLE MAPS

This website uses the product "Google Maps" from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") to show you our locations as conveniently as possible so that you can find them quickly and easily and is based on your voluntary consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. This data transfer to a third country is legitimized by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission in conjunction with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the US company is certified accordingly according to the US Department of Commerce, see https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/data-protection-authorities).

It is technically possible that Google could identify at least individual users on the basis of the data received. It is possible that data and personality profiles of users of this website could be processed by Google for other purposes over which we have and can have no influence.

You can find the terms of use of Google Maps under"Terms of use of Google Maps".

Deactivation of data traffic to Google:

You have the option of deactivating the Google Maps service in a simple manner and thus preventing the transfer of data to Google: To do this, deactivate JavaScript in your browser. Please refer to your browser manufacturer's instructions to find out how this works in detail. However, we would like to point out that you will not be able to use the map display in this case.

By using this service, you expressly declare that you are aware of the data protection issues and that you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purpose stated above.

11. embedding YouTube videos

We integrate videos from YouTube (part of Google, see above) on our websites via corresponding plug-ins in our online offer on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. This data transfer to a third country is legitimized by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission in conjunction with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the US company is certified accordingly according to the US Department of Commerce, see https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/data-protection-authorities). The videos are or are regularly stored on www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website. These are primarily integrated in "extended data protection mode", i.e. no data about you as a user is transferred to YouTube before you play the videos. Only when you play the videos will the data mentioned in the following paragraph be transmitted. We have no influence on this data transfer.

You give your consent either by clicking on a corresponding link (please note a corresponding note below) or by using the so-called "double-click" solution, i.e. as long as you do not click on a YouTube video marked accordingly, it will neither be played nor will data be transmitted to the YouTube servers. Only when you explicitly click on the video (again) will the streaming service start. A connection to the YouTube servers in the USA is then established and YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account that you are logged into or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to YouTube / Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out of your account before activating the video. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube or Google to exercise this right.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in their privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy under the current link www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

12. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Persons under the age of 18 should only transmit their personal data on the Internet with the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request such information from children and young people, nor do we collect it, let alone pass it on to third parties. Exceptions are, for example, educational support programs, where the information is voluntary and required for participation purposes.

13. technical data protection

We have taken technical and organizational security measures to protect your data from loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access and in particular to protect confidentiality, availability and (data) integrity, e.g. by storing it in data centers only in Germany or the EU. All employees and all persons involved in data processing (including contracted service providers) have been obliged by us to maintain confidentiality, to comply with data protection regulations and to handle personal data with care.

To protect security during transmission, we encrypt your data using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) where possible to prevent misuse by third parties.

Our security measures are continuously adapted in line with technological developments.

14. YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

As a data subject, authorized or otherwise entitled person, you have the possibility to assert the following rights against us at any time in writing, by fax or by e-mail, provided that there are no contractual or legal provisions to the contrary or the processing is necessary for other reasons.

Please use the contact options at the beginning of this document.

Right to information: You can obtain information about your personal data stored by us at any time. Please submit requests for information only in writing (letter) or in text form (e-mail). No information will be provided by telephone due to a lack of identification options and for data protection reasons.

Right to rectification: If we process your personal data directly and you discover incorrect information or a need to update it, you are welcome to inform us of this for correction purposes. In the event of significant changes, please enclose appropriate evidence with your application (e.g. in the event of name changes due to marriage or similar).

Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data at any time. Please note that we are legally obliged to retain certain data in accordance with the statutory retention obligations. We will then inform you of these data categories.

Right to restriction: You can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data at any time.

Right to data portability (data export): As you do not generally provide us with any personal data when you visit our websites, we cannot offer you a classic data export function for this purpose. In any case, we will check your request in accordance with the legal provisions and technical feasibility and will contact you immediately regarding implementation.

Right to OBJECT / WITHDRAWAL: You can object to the processing of your personal data by us at any time or withdraw your consent with effect for the future.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authorities: You have the right to lodge a complaint with your competent state data protection supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that our processing of your data violates the General Data Protection Regulation. You can find the address on the website of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin.

15. COMPETENT DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

The following supervisory authority is responsible for the WFG:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rhineland-Palatinate
Hintere Bleiche 34
55116 Mainz

16. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

If you use links to external websites that are offered on our website, this data protection declaration does not extend to these external websites.

At the time the links were created, we were able to satisfy ourselves of the correctness of the linked website(s) in terms of content and security and we check this regularly. However, we have no influence on the continued compliance with data protection and security regulations of other providers or changes to content.

If you click on links to external websites that are displayed on our website, these external websites may collect user data if you click on these links or otherwise follow the instructions of these external websites. We have no control over the data that is collected voluntarily or involuntarily via third-party advertisements or websites. Therefore, for your own safety, please also inform yourself about the data protection declarations provided on the websites of the other providers.

If you become aware of an "unsafe" link from our website, please inform us immediately so that we can investigate the matter. Thank you very much.

17. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Insofar as this is necessary due to the legal situation and technical developments, we will adapt the security and data protection measures. In such cases, this document will also be updated. Please therefore note the version status at the beginning of this document.

18. FURTHER INFORMATION

If you would like further information that is not provided in this data protection notice or if you require further information on a specific point, please contact our data protection officer directly at www.wfgmyk.ftdev.de.