privacy policy

The city administration of Bad Salzungen, hereinafter referred to as the city administration, respects the privacy of every person who visits its website. Below we inform you about the categories of personal data that the Municipality collects and how they are processed. You will also learn how to exercise your rights.

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this website. This enables you to find out at any time what data we collect and how we use it.

This privacy policy applies to our website www.badsalzungen.de. It is hosted by brain-SCC GmbH from Merseburg in computer centres in Germany and technically supported by employees of brain-SCC GmbH. The content management system used here is the brain-GeoCMS® 5.1.

I.       Name and contact details of the responsible body

Responsible in the sense of the privacy basic regulation (DSGVO) and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection-juridical regulations is:

Stadtverwaltung Bad Salzungen
Ratsstraße 2
36433 Bad Salzungen

Phone: 03695 / 671-0
E-mail: datenschutz@badsalzungen.de
Website: www.badsalzungen.de

II.      Name and contact details of the privacy commissioner

The operational privacy commissioner is:

Mr. Tobias Kister
E-mail: datenschutz@badsalzungen.de
Website: www.badsalzungen.de

III.     Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

a)       when visiting the website

When you visit our website www.badsalzungen.de, the browser used on your terminal device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting end device
• date and time of the access
• name and URL of the retrieved file
• website, from which access is made (Referrer-URL)
• browser and operating system of your device, aswell as the name of your access-provider
• the submitted status-code
• keywords that have been entered in the search form

The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:

• to ensure a smooth connection to the website
• to ensure a comfortable usage of our website
• evaluation of system safety and stability
• for other administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for the collection of data. These data (log files) are automatically deleted after 90 days and are used exclusively to ward off possible attacks by hackers on the system and for error analysis. Our ISO 9001:2008 system administrators have access to log files. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed information on this under points V and VI of this privacy policy.

b)       when using our contact form

If you have any questions, we offer you the possibility to contact us via a form provided on the website. A valid e-mail address must be provided so that we know who sent the request and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO on the basis of your voluntary consent.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after you have completed your request.

IV.     Disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your explicit permission to do so in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO
• the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on data in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. c DSGVO
• this is legally permissible and required for the execution of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

V.       Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your terminal device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

The cookie is used to store information that arises in connection with the specific end device used. This does not mean, however, that we will immediately become aware of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to make use of our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see Section VI). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our site when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed with cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. The complete deactivation of cookies may, however, result in you not being able to use all the functions of our website.

VI.     Tracking-Tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed in line with requirements and continuously optimised. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Use of Matomo

We use the open source software Matomo for the analysis and statistical evaluation of the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose (see V). The information generated by the cookie about website usage is transferred to our servers and summarised in pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable us to tailor our website to meet your needs. The information will not be passed on to third parties.

Under no circumstances will the IP address be associated with other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an allocation is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to its storage and use at any time by simply clicking on the mouse. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note, however, that if you delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and may need to be reactivated by you on a subsequent visit to this website.

Contradiction: Here you can decide whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser in order to enable brain-GeoCMS to collect and analyse various statistical data. If you wish to opt out, click on the following link to save the Matomo deactivation cookie in your browser.

Your visit to this website is currently recorded by Matomo Web Analytics.

VII.    Embedded YouTube videos

On some of our websites we embed YouTube videos. YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, is the operator of the corresponding plug-ins. When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, it connects to YouTube servers. This will tell YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can personally associate your browsing behavior with you. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies which collect information about the usage behaviour. If you have deactivated the saving of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect any such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you wish to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

For more information about YouTube's privacy practices, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

VIII.   Concerned's rights

You have the right to:

• request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you may request information on the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right of rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data, unless it has been collected from us, as well as the existence of an automated decision-making process including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information on its details
• immediately request the correction of incorrect personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us, in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO
• demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, excersise or defence of legal claims
• demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO
• receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another responsible person in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO
• revoke your consent once given to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future
• complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose

IX.     Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right, in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for doing so which arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without stating a particular situation.

If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to datenschutz@badsalzungen.de.

X.      Data security

We use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the address or status bar of your browser.

We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.