Data Protection Policy
This data protection policy informs you about the use of your personal data on the KW Institute for Contemporary Art’s website.
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art
KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V.
Auguststraße 69
10117 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 243459-0
Fax +49 30 243459-99
info@kw-berlin.de
Director: Krist Gruijthuijsen
Newsletter
Our newsletter is sent by the email service provider Sendinblue GmbH (formerly Newsletter2Go), Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin. After you have registered for our newsletter, your e-mail address will be sent to Sendinblue.
Sendinblue is prohibited from selling or using your e-mail address for any purpose other than sending newsletters. Sendinblue is a German, certified provider—their data protection regulations and further information can be found here: https://www.sendinblue.com/information-for-newsletter-recipients/.The e-mail address you use to sign up for the newsletter will only be forwarded to Sendinblue and no other third parties.
The newsletter is sent on the basis of your consent. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, i.e. withdraw your consent. A link to unsubscribe from the newsletter can be found at the end of every newsletter. In accordance with legal requirements, your e-mail address will be deleted when you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Usage of data and analysis
Our website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo (formerly Piwik), 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
Matomo uses “cookies.” These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of how you use the website. To do this, information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before saving.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties. You can prevent the storage of cookies by changing your browser settings; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website.
If you do not consent to your data being stored and used, you can disable this here. In this instance, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser which prevents Matomo from saving usage data. Deleting your cookies will also result in the deletion of the Matomo opt-out cookie. The opt-out cookie must be reactivated by revisiting our site. For more information about Matomo’s data protection regulations, please visit https://matomo.org/privacy/.
Plug-ins
When embedding, displaying, and broadcasting video content, our website uses plug-ins from Vimeo, YouTube, and Twitch. The use of Vimeo, YouTube, and Twitch aims at improving our online appearance and our online content. This represents a legitimate interest referring to art. 6, para. 1 lit. f GDPR. To protect our website visitors in the best possible way, the integrated plug-ins function by means of the so-called “two-click method”. The responsibility for data protection is guaranteed by the respective provider.
Our website uses plug-ins from Vimeo, a video portal provided by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, US.
When engaging with a Vimeo plug-in on one of our webpages, you will automatically be connected to the Vimeo server. As part of this process, the Vimeo server collects information on which of our webpages you visited. Vimeo also acquires your IP address, also if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. You can find more information on the handling of user data in Vimeo’s data privacy policy through this link: https://vimeo.com/privacy/.
Our website also uses YouTube plug-ins to embed and display video content. The site is provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, US.
When engaging with a YouTube plug-in on one of our webpages, you will automatically be connected to the YouTube server. As part of this process, the YouTube server collects information on which of our webpages you visited. If you are logged into your YouTube and/or Google account then you further enable YouTube to link information on your browsing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube and Google account. You can find more information on the handling of user data in YouTube’s data privacy policy through this link: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Our website uses plug-ins from Twitch to present and broadcast live events. This site is provided by Twitch Interactive, Inc., 350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, US.
When engaging with a Twitch plug-in on one of our webpages, you will automatically be connected to the Twitch server. As part of this process, the Twitch server collects information on which of our webpages you visited. Twitch also acquires your IP address and collects, uses and stores your data; also if you are not logged in to Twitch or do not have a Twitch account. You can find more information on the handling of user data in Twitch’s data privacy policy through this link: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en-gb/legal/privacy-notice/.
Cookies
The website uses cookies in some instances. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our site more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your browsing session. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies and can only enable cookies in one-off instances, refuse to accept cookies in certain cases or in general, as well as activating the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Links to other websites
Our site contains links to external third party websites whose contents we cannot control. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the site is always responsible for the contents of the link. The links were checked for possible legal violations at the time the link was added and no illegal content was not identified at this time. However, it is not reasonable to have permanent content control of links without concrete evidence of a legal violation. We will remove such links immediately upon notification of any infringement.
Your rights as a data subject
Where your personal data is collected during your visit to our website, you have the following rights as the “data subject” under the GDPR:
– Right to revoke consent (Article 7 GDPR)
– Right of access by the data subject (Article 15 GDPR)
– Right to rectification (Article 16 of the GDPR)
– Right to erasure “Right to be forgotten” (Article 17 GDPR)
– Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
– Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
– Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
– Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
– Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR)
If you would like to exercise your rights, please send an e-mail to our data protection officer: datenschutz@kw-berlin.de.
Data protection policy last updated: August 3, 2020