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Privacy policy

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 this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found at in our privacy policy listed below this text.

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details can be found in the section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.

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. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. B. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

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 REGARDING YOUR DATA?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your personal data stored at at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of data protection.

ANALYSIS TOOLS AND TOOLS FROM THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done at primarily with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

 

2. HOSTING

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

EXTERNAL HOSTING

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hoster(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We use the following hoster(s):

Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co KG
Königsberger Strasse 4-6
32339 Espelkamp

ORDER PROCESSING

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service . This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that it will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. 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 does this and for what purpose.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) 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:

K8 Institute for Strategic Aesthetics gGmbH
Business address
Keplerstr. 3-5 | 66117 Saarbrücken

Production office Fill in – International Jazz Festival Saar
Am Neumarkt 15 (in co:hub66) | 66117 Saarbrücken

Phone: 0681 387 53 540
E-mail: info@k8.design

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, email addresses, etc.) .

STORAGE PERIOD

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, will retain your personal data until the purpose for which it was processed no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, will be erased once these reasons no longer apply.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING ON THIS WEBSITE

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR take place. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

NOTE ON DATA TRANSFER TO THE USA AND OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that these countries cannot guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU. For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given to at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE COLLECTION OF DATA IN SPECIAL CASES AND TO DIRECT MARKETING (ART. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO , YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION AT , AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS . THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED, CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.  IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

 IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING, . IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

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 be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

INFORMATION, DELETION AND CORRECTION

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time from about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time at if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

      • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

      • If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.

      • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the deletion.

      • If you file an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh ‘s, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data .

      • If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – from Apart from their storage – only with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union, or of a Member State.

    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 requests 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.

    OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING E-MAILS

    We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

    4. DATA COLLECTION ON THIS WEBSITE

    COOKIES

    Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device on . They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
    Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
    Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. B. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes .
    Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide with certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
    You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The functionality of this website may be restricted if cookies are deactivated at .
    You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

    CONTACT FORM

    If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
    This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures  In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time .
    We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion , revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

    REQUEST BY E-MAIL, TELEPHONE OR FAX

    If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your request, including all personal data (name, request), for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
    This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures  In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time .
    We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion , revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

    COMMENT FUNCTION ON THIS WEBSITE

    For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your e-mail address and, if you are not posting anonymously, the user name you have chosen will be stored.

    SUBSCRIBE TO COMMENTS

    As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info mails. The data entered when subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case; however, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. newsletter subscription), this data will remain with us. Storage duration of comments The comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this website, until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

    LEGAL BASIS

    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 message by e-mail to . The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation .

    5. ANALYSIS TOOLS AND ADVERTISING

    Statify

    This website uses the open source web analysis service Statify to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to 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. Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found at https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/statify/.

    We host Statify exclusively on our own servers so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

    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 at and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

    The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place 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 already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

    The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter at and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter at or after the purpose has ceased to exist. We reserve the right to delete e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to delete or block it.

    Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

    After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is only used for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

    7. PLUGINS AND TOOLS

    YOUTUBE WITH EXTENDED DATA PROTECTION

    This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

    We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video . The transfer of data to YouTube partners is enabled by the extended data protection mode
    on the other hand, cannot necessarily be ruled out. YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you are watching a video .

    As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the servers of YouTube is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

    Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.

    After the start of a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.

    The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR represent. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at:
    https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de