Privacy Policy

§ 1 Information Regarding the Collection of Personal Data

(1) The following provides information regarding the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be personally identified to you, e.g., name, address, email addresses, user behavior.

(2) The controller pursuant to Article 4(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Metropolitan Region of Munich e.V., Kardinal-Döpfner-Straße 8, 80333 Munich. You can contact the controller at info@metropolregion-muenchen.eu.

(3) When you contact us via email or through a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, and, if applicable, your name and phone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete any data collected in this context once storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if statutory retention obligations apply.

If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form—including the contact details you enter there—will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data with third parties. We ensure the highest possible protection of your personal data and, accordingly, use only the most secure systems available to store your personal data.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. To do so, simply send us an informal email. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.”

(4) If we use contracted service providers for specific functions of our website or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. In doing so, we will also specify the criteria for the retention period.

§ 2 Your Rights

(1) You have the following rights with respect to us regarding your personal data:

– Right of access,

– Right to rectification or erasure,

– Right to restriction of processing,

– Right to object to processing,

– Right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

§ 3 Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

(1) When you use the website for informational purposes only—that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information—we collect only the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR):

– IP address,

– Date and time of the request,

– Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),

– Content of the request (specific page),

– Access status/HTTP status code,

– Amount of data transferred,

– Website from which the request originates,

– Browser,

– Operating system and its interface,

– Language and version of the browser software.

(2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and associated with the browser you are using, and through which certain information is transmitted to the entity that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.

(3) Use of Cookies:

a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

– Transient cookies (see b),

– Persistent cookies (see c),

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. This enables your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all features of this website.

e) We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit.

§ 4 Additional Features and Services on Our Website

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you generally need to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.

(3) Furthermore, we may share your personal data with third parties if we offer promotional campaigns, contests, contract conclusions, or similar services in collaboration with partners. You can obtain further information when providing your personal data or in the description of the offer below.

(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the implications of this in the description of the offer.

§ 5 Objection or Withdrawal of Consent to the Processing of Your Data

(1) If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time. Such a revocation affects the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data after you have notified us of it.

(2) To the extent that we base the processing of your personal data on a balancing of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case, in particular, if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which we will explain in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask that you state the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have been doing. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either cease or adjust the data processing, or explain to you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

(3) Of course, you may object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You may inform us of your objection to advertising using the following contact information: info@metropolregion-muenchen.eu

§ 6 Newsletter

(1) With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, through which we will inform you about our current interesting offers. The advertised services are listed in the consent form.

(2) We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for subscribing to our newsletter. This means that after you sign up, we will send an email to the provided email address asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your subscription, your information will be automatically deleted. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of your registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to verify your registration and, if necessary, to investigate any potential misuse of your personal data.

(3) The only mandatory information required to receive the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional, separately marked data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we store your email address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

(4) You may revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You may revoke your consent by clicking the link provided in every newsletter email, by sending an email to info@metropolregion-muenchen.eu, or by sending a message to the contact details listed in the legal notice.

§ 7 Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is enabled on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

(3) You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; 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 the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

(4) You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics

For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

(5) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “-ANONYMIZEIp()!”. This truncates IP addresses during processing, thereby preventing any personal identification. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, such identification is immediately ruled out, and the personal data is promptly deleted.

(6) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. In the exceptional cases where personal data is transferred to the United States, Google has committed to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, https://www.privacy-shield-gov/EU-US-framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

(7) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gorden on House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 4361001. Terms of Use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Privacy Overview: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, and the Privacy Policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

§ 8 Use of Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence over this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing manner and ensuring that the locations listed on our website are easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.