[The following text has been translated electronically. The German original version is legally binding.]

1. General

Thank you for your interest in our homepage and in the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele. The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing and use on the occasion of your visit to our homepage is an important an important concern. Your data will be protected in accordance with the legal regulations. In the following you will find information about which data is collected during your visit to the homepage and how it is used.

1.1 Name and address of the responsible person

Ludwigsburg Castle Festival gGmbH
International Festival Baden-Württemberg
Marstallstraße 5, 71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (07141) 939 635
E-mail: datenschutz@schlossfestspiele.de

1.2 Name and address of the external Data Protection Officer

Wolfgang Matzke
KLW GmbH
Edison Street 23
74076 Heilbronn
Germany
Phone +49 (0)706291591-0
E-Mail: datenschutz@klw.de
Home: www.klw.de

1.3 Rights of the data subject

It is important to us to make our data processing procedures transparent. This also includes your data subject rights, which you are entitled, depending on the reason and type of of the processing of your personal data. Your data subject rights are standardized in Art. 15- 22 DSGVO. You are entitled to the following rights:

- Your right to information, Art. 15 DSGVO

- Your right to rectification, Art. 16 DSGVO

- Your right to deletion, Art. 17 DSGVO

- Your right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 DSGVO

- Your right to object to processing, Art. 21 DSGVO

- Your right to data portability, Art. 20 DSGVO

- Your right to revoke your Declaration of Consent

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent.

To assert your rights, please contact us by e-mail at: datenschutz@schlossfestspiele.de

To identify yourself, we ask you to provide us with your first name, last name and postal address. Should you send us a copy of your ID card, we ask you to leave out the first name, surname and surname and postal address, please black out all further data.

The processing is carried out according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

In all cases or if you have problems with the revocation on this website, you can contact the data protection officer.

Furthermore you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 in conjunction with. § 19 BDSG.

The supervisory authority responsible for Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele gGmbH is:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and
Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg
PO Box 10 29 32
70025 Stuttgart
Tel.: 0711/615541-0
Fax: 0711/615541-15
www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de

Please note the following special feature in connection with your right of objection: You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Your personal data will no longer be processed by the controller, unless compelling reasons for the processing that are worthy of protection can be demonstrated that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms. This also applies if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If the personal data relating to you is processed for the purpose of direct you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. personal data relating to you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to the profiling, insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising.

If you object to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the possibility, in connection with the use of services of the Information Society Services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures involving the use of technical specifications are used.

1.4 Purposes and legal basis of the processing

We process the personal data of our users only to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. Legal bases for the data processing arise in particular from Art. 6 DSGVO. Your personal data is regularly processed for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, as well as for the implementation of a contractual relationship, strengthening of the customer relationship, which also include analyses for marketing purposes, customer satisfaction surveys and direct advertising.

Also the declaration of consent represents a data protection law permission provision which, as explained under »Right of the data subject,« can also be revoked. Should the consent also refer to the processing of special categories of data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) of the GDPR, this shall only take place if this is required by legal regulations and there is no reason to assume your legitimate interest in the exclusion of the processing.

Please note that information on special processing situations may also be provided separately in a suitable place.

1.5 Data transfer

If you provide us with your personal data, these will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the contractual relationship or another legal reason legitimizes this transfer. Under certain circumstances, we are required by law to disclose personal data and to share it with third parties.

Within our company, we ensure that only those employees receive your data who also need them to fulfill their contractual or legal obligations. In some cases, we procure services from processors. We have carefully selected these service providers and taken appropriate measures to protect your personal data.

1.6 Third country transfer

A transfer of your data to a third country will only take place if it is required by law, or you have given us your consent or if this is necessary for the implementation of the contractual relationship.

1.7 Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject shall be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Data may be stored beyond this if this is required by the European or national legislator in regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject to. A blocking or deletion of the data also takes place when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned norms, unless there is a need for the further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract. 

1.8 Data security

We make use of appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

1.9 Information for children

Our company does not provide services directly to children or proactively process their personal data. Persons under the age of 16 without the consent of a parent or guardian may not transmit personal data to us or provide a declaration of consent without the consent of their legal guardians.

1.10. Up-to-dateness and change of this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy if necessary and to publish it here. Please check this page regularly. The updated statement will be effective upon publication.

The current privacy policy can be found and printed out at any time on our website www.schlossfestspiele.de.

2. Hosting and log files

With each website access, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer, which your browser transmits to our server and which is technically necessary for the presentation of our website and the and ensuring stability and security, based on the legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

The following data are collected:

- Information about the browser type and version used

- The operating system of the user

- The Internet service provider of the user

- The IP address of the user

- Date and time of access

- Web pages from which the user’s system accessed our website our website

- Websites that are accessed by the user’s system via our website are called up

The data are also stored in the log files of our system. Storage of this data  together with other personal data of the user does not take place.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case when the respective session has ended, but at the latest however, after 14 days.

3. Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called »cookies«. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Partially cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your end device, when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable the use of certain services of the third party company (e.g. Cookies for the processing of payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies that carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions desired by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or for the optimization of the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) are required and stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless a different legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is relevant cookies exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

Tracking and analysis cookies are only activated if consent is given by the website visitor within the cookie banner (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG).

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only cookies on a case-by-case basis, to refuse the use of cookies for certain cases or in general, as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. With the deactivation of cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

When calling up our website, users will be informed by an information banner about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and are referred to this privacy policy. The use of cookies for analysis purposes only takes place with the Consent of the user according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG by consent in the cookie banner. You can withdraw your consent by changing your settings at any time on our website in the «Cookie settings«.

4. contact form

On our website there is a contact form which can be used to contact us electronically. If a user makes use of this option the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.

The following data is also stored at the time the message is sent:

- The IP address of the user

- Date and time of registration

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained and reference is made to this data protection declaration. Alternatively, it is possible to contact via the e-mail address provided. In this case the personal data of the user transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for processing the conversation.

4.1 Purpose of data processing and legal basis

The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Legal basis for the processing of the data is, if the user has given his or her consent Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

4.2 Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected and there is no legal retention period to the opposes this. For the personal data sent by e-mail or by the contact form, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is terminated when circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of 14 days at the latest.

4.3 Possibility of objection and removal

The user has the possibility to revoke his/her consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail he/she can object to the storage of his/her personal data at any time. In such case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

4.4 Passing on of data

A transmission of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place.

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

- You have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG

- in the event that the disclosure is required pursuant to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. c DSGVO

- this is legally permissible and in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

5. E-mail contact

On our Internet site there is the possibility of contacting us by e-mail. In this the personal data of the user transmitted by e-mail will be stored. In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for the processing of the conversation.

5.1 Purpose of data processing and legal basis

The processing of personal data serves us solely for the processing of the establishment of contact. In the case of contacting us by e-mail, this is also the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.

Legal basis for the processing of the data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

5.2 Duration of storage

The data deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected and and there is no legal retention period that opposes this. For the personal data sent by e-mail this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be seen from the circumstances that the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additionally collected during the sending process will be deleted at the latest after a period of 14 days at the latest.

5.3 Possibility of objection and removal

If the contact with us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted.

5.4 Passing on of data

A transmission of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place.

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

- You have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG

- in the event that the disclosure is required pursuant to Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. c DSGVO, as well as

- this is legally permissible and in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the processing of contractual relationships with you. 

6. data protection information for applicants

Our handling with your data and your rights information according to Art. 13, 14 of the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO)

6.1 Scope and purpose of data processing

We process data that you provide us with when you apply for an advertised position or send us an unsolicited application (personal data, contact data, Data on education, data on previous professional career, cover letter, curriculum vitae, portrait photo, certificates).

We need this data to be able to carry out your application procedure.

6.2 Legal basis of processing

6.2.1 Data processing for the purpose of the employment relationship – §

26 BDSG

Your personal data is processed for the purpose of personnel selection to fill open positions, i.e. for the initiation of an employment contract. The necessity and scope of the data collection depends, among other things, on the position to be position to be filled. If your intended position involves the performance of particularly confidential tasks, increased personnel and / or financial responsibilities, or is linked to certain physical and health requirements more extensive data collection may be necessary. The legal basis is Section 26 (1) Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

6.2.2 Consent – Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, § 26 Para. 2 BDSG

If you give us a voluntary consent to the processing of certain personal data, then this consent forms the legal basis for the processing of this data.

In the following cases, we process your personal data on the basis of a consent granted by you:

- Inclusion in the applicant pool, i.e. we store the application documents and other data about you created in the course of the current application process for consideration in subsequent application processes.

Insofar as data processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation if possible by e-mail to datenschutz@schlossfestspiele.de. The lawfulness of the processing of your data up to the time of the revocation remains unaffected. 

6.2.3 Data processing based on legitimate interest - Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO

In certain cases, we process your data for the protection of a legitimate interest of us or of third parties, provided that your interests or fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms prevail. A legitimate interest exists for example if your data is required for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims in the context of the application process (e.g. claims under the General Equal Treatment Act). In the event of a legal dispute, we have a legitimate interest in processing the data for evidence purposes.

6.2.4 Recipients of the personal data

Your data will only be passed on to the employees in the HR department who are responsible for the application process in the personnel department, as well as the employees of the the respective departments, insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the the establishment of the employment relationship.

Your data will not be transferred to countries outside the European Union / the European Economic Area.

6.2.5 Storage period

We store your data only as long as we need them for the application process. If you have not given your consent to the further processing of your data (e.g. for the applicant pool), your application data will be stored for a period of the application process for an advertised position for six months and then deleted.

If no employment relationship is established, but you have given us your consent for the further storage of your data («applicant pool«), we will store your data until you revoke your consent, but for a maximum of 12 months.

6.2.6 Automated decision-making; profiling

Your personal data will not be used for automated decision-making or profiling.

6.2.7 Your rights as a data subject

You can request information about whether we have stored personal data about you. If you wish, we will tell you what data is involved, for what purposes the data is processed, to whom the data is disclosed, how long the data will be stored and what other rights you are entitled to in relation to this data.

In addition, you have the right to have your data corrected or deleted. You also have the right to request that we store all personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format either to you or to a person or company of your choice.

Within the scope of the application process, we do not use any automated processing procedures including profiling for decision-making purposes.

You have also the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to them which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e DSGVO (data processing in the public interest) or on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (data processing for the protection of a legitimate interest), this also applies to a profile based on this provision.

In the event of your objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which are in override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

In addition, there is a right of appeal to the competent data protection supervisory.

To exercise your rights, you can contact us by e-mail at datenschutz@schlossfestspiele.de.

7. Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. The happens mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs and other third-party providers can be found in this section. you will find in this section.

7.1 Shariff solution

In order to increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plug-ins are not unrestricted, but only using an HTML link (so-called »Shariff solution«). This integration ensures that when you call up a page of our website, which contains such plug-ins, no connection is established with the servers of the respective provider. If you click on one of the buttons, a new window of your browser opens and calls up the page of the respective service provider, on which you can (if necessary after entering your login data), for example, click the Like or Share button. Purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers on their pages, as well as your rights in this respect and settings to protect your privacy can be found in the data protection privacy policy of the providers.

7.2 Google Analytics

For the purpose of continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as »Google«.

Legal basis for this is your consent in the cookie banner according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. You can revoke your consent under «Cookie Policy«, by changing your settings, at any time.

In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see under point 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

- browser type/version

- operating system used

- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)

- Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)

- time of the server request

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile  reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website use and internet use for the purposes of market research and to tailor the design of these web pages to the needs of provide. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. In no case will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses will be anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent.

You can also find the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found for example in the Google Analytics help

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

7.3 YouTube with enhanced data protection

This website embeds videos of YouTube. 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, YouTube does not store any information about the visitors to this website before they watch the video. The transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended privacy mode. Thus, YouTube – regardless of whether you are watching a video – establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network. Therefore the videos were additionally prevented by an image file preceding the video from the direct data transmission to YouTube. This means that no data about users is transmitted to YouTube as long as videos are not played. Only when the video is played, data is transmitted to YouTube.

As soon as you view YouTube videos on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. In the process, the YouTube server is informed 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 save various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user experience, and prevent fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

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

YouTube is used 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 DSGVO. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG; the consent can be revoked at any time by changing your settings in the upper area of this website under »Cookies settings«.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

7.4 Vimeo

Through the integration of a plug-in, we place videos on our website from the Video portal Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, 10011, USA. When visiting our website that contains videos from Vimeo, no connection to the Vimeo server is established. As soon as visitors to our website start a Vimeo video, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. The connection to the Vimeo server transmits which website you have visited. If you are registered and logged in to the video portal Vimeo, Vimeo can assign this information to your user profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account before accessing the website. Even if you do not have a Vimeo account, a data transfer takes place.

If you are registered in the video portal Vimeo, you can also manage the cookies used for data transmission.

The use of Vimeo takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our web presence. Nevertheless, we use the embedded Vimeo elements only, if you have consented. If you have consented to your data being processed by Vimeo elements used can be processed, this consent is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Further information on data processing and notes on data protection by Vimeo can be found at https://vimeo.com/privacy.

7.5 Facebook Pixel

On our website we use the so-called »Facebook Pixel« of the Provider Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. The Facebook pixel enables us to analyze and evaluate user behavior by establishing a direct connection with the Facebook server. By clicking on a Facebook ad and subsequently being redirected to the website, user behavior can be tracked. This allows the users of our website to be sent interest-based advertisements («ads«) when they visit the Facebook social network. Facebook ads can be displayed to users of our website during their visit. Through the integration of the Facebook pixel Facebook receives the information that you have clicked on one of our ads or that you have accessed the corresponding website of our Internet presence. If you are registered with this Facebook service, Facebook can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider can find out your IP address and other and other identifying features and stores them.

Facebook Pixel is only used if you have given your consent to this. The legal basis for the data processing is therefore your consent from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG and can be revoked at any time.

The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing.

7.6 Facebook plugin

Our offerings use social media plugins («plugins«) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. («Facebook«).

The Facebook plugin is deactivated when you call it up on our website; this tool is only activated with your consent. Thus, the legal basis here is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Your consent is revocable at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

The plugins are recognizable by one of the Facebook logos (white »f« on blue tile, the terms »Like« or a »thumbs up« sign) or are marked with the addition »Facebook Social Plugin«. The list and the appearance of the Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When a user calls up a website of this offer that contains such a plugin, his browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated by it into the website. The provider therefore has no influence the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore informs users according to its level of knowledge: By integrating the plugins Facebook receives the information that a user has called up the corresponding page of the offer.

If the user is logged in on Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his*her Facebook account. When users interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or post a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from their browser directly to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, it is still possible that Facebook learns of his*her IP address and stores it. According to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is stored in Germany. Purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as the related rights and settings to protect the privacy of users, can be found in the Facebook privacy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him*her via this offer and link it to his*her membership data stored on Facebook, he*she must log out of Facebook before visiting the website. Further settings and objections regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

7.7 SoundCloud

Our website integrates audio tracks of the platform SoundCloud. The operator of the platform is SoundCloud Limited Global &. Co KG, Rheinsberger Str. 76/76 10115 Berlin. The display and playback of Soundcloud audio tracks with a data forwarding to the servers of SoundCloud only takes place if you consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. consent. Thus, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and §25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG. You can control and revoke this consent via our cookies settings at the top of our website. Already when you display a Soundcloud display, a connection to the servers of Soundcloud is established. In the process, the Soundcloud server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your Soundcloud account, you allow Soundcloud to associate your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Soundcloud account.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to the Soundcloud privacy policy at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy#datennutzung.

We only record the extent to which you access the Soundcloud audio tracks embedded in our website and delete this data after one year.

7.8 SWR / Arte

Our Website embeds videos from public service media such as SWR and Arte. The operators of the platform are the respective state broadcasting corporations Südwestrundfunk, institution under public law, Neckarstraße 230, 70190 Stuttgart and ARTE GEIE, 4 quai du Chanoine Winterer, 67000 Strasbourg - France. The display and playback of the videos with a possible setting of cookies and the associated forwarding of data to the servers of the platforms only happens if you consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO and § 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG consent to this. This consent is voluntary and can be given via our cookie settings in the upper area of our website control at any time.
When you display a video, a connection to the servers of the public media is established.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found, among other things, in the SWR privacy policy at https://www.swr.de/datenschutz/index.html and the Arte privacy policy at https://www.arte.tv/sites/corporate/de/arte-und-ihre-privatsphaere-im-internet/#welche-daten. We only record the extent to which the videos integrated into our website are accessed and delete this data after one year.

7.9 Komoot

Our website uses the map service Komoot. The provider is Komoot GmbH, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Boelcke-Straße 2, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. This enables you to comfortable use of the map function and enables us to display interactive maps for the purpose of an appealing presentation of our online offers as well as easy to find our locations, directly on the website. Processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users.

The map service only loads when you have given your consent. The legal basis for data processing by Komoot GmbH is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Abs. 1 TTDSG your consent within the cookie banner. You can revoke your consent at any time by changing your settings in the upper area of our website under »Cookies settings«. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

For more information about Komoot and its handling with your data can be found in the privacy policy (https://www.komoot.de/privacy) of Komoot.

7.10. Issuu

On our website an application of the company Issuu Inc, 131 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA, which allows you to call up and read publications as an E-paper / PDF. Issuu uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. Issuu collects and stores personal personal data such as the IP address and information about the time and duration of use. The transmission only takes place if you have consented to this in advance. This consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time in the upper area of our website in the Cookies settings. The legal basis for the data processing is according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG your consent. Further information on the terms of use and data protection of Issuu can be found at http://issuu.com/legal/privacy.

8. Social media presences

For the operation of our Facebook pages, we use the the technical platform and the services of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 («Facebook«); for the operation of our Instagram pages, we rely on the technical platform and services provided by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, («Instagram«).

Since the operation of our Facebook pages is a joint responsibility (Art. 26 DSGVO) between Facebook and us a corresponding agreement has been concluded with Facebook Ireland Ltd. which you can view under the following link. can:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

We would like to point out that you can visit our Facebook and Instagram pages and their functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating).

We receive anonymous statistics from Facebook and Instagram on the use and usage of our pages. The following information is provided here, for example:

- Followers: number of people who follow us, including increases and development over a defined time frame.

- Reach: Number of people who see a specific post. Number of interactions on a post. From this it is possible to tell for example which content is better received by users than others.

- Ad performance: What does a click cost us? How many people have seen an ad?

- Demographics: Average age of visitors, gender, location, language.

For more information, Facebook provides the following link: https: //www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights

Corresponding information from Instagram can be found at this link: https://help.instagram.com/788388387972460?helpref=related

These statistics, from which we cannot draw any conclusions individual users, we use to constantly improve our offering on Facebook and Instagram and to better respond to the interests of our users. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 We cannot link the statistical data with the profile data of our fans. You can decide via your Facebook or Instagram settings to decide in which form targeted advertising is displayed to you.

If you are registered with Facebook or Instagram you can send us a message using the »Message« function. Such messages are not visible to other Facebook or Instagram users. We process the personal data contained in a message you send to us exclusively in order to answer your inquiry. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The message will be deleted when your request has been answered and no other reason entitles or obliges us to retain the message.

In which way Facebook or Instagram uses the data from visits to Facebook or Instagram pages, to what extent activities on Facebook or Instagram pages are assigned to individual users, how long Facebook or Instagram store this data, and whether data from a visit to Facebook or Instagram pages is passed on to third parties is not conclusively and clearly stated by Facebook and Instagram and is not known to us.

When you visit our pages, Facebook and Instagram collect your IP address as well as other information that is transferred to on your terminal device to Facebook or Instagram. This information is used, among other things, to provide us, as the operators of the Facebook Instagram pages, with statistical information about the use of our pages. More detailed information on this is provided by Facebook provides more detailed information on this at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights

The cookie policy of Facebook can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

Information about the use of cookies at Instagram can be found here:

https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig

The data collected about you in this connection will be will be processed by Facebook or Instagram and, if necessary, transferred to Countries outside the European Union. Which information Facebook receives and how it is used is described by Facebook in its «Data Policy.« The »Data Policy« is available at the following link: http://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy

Instagram’s »data policy« can be found here:

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

9. Newsletter registration

On our website there is the possibility to subscribe to a free newsletter. When registering for the newsletter, the data from the Input  mask will be sent to us. These data are:

- E-mail address

In addition following data is collected during registration:

- The IP address of the user

- Date and time of registration

For the your consent is obtained during the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy.

It takes place in in connection with the processing of data for the dispatch of newsletters. transfer of data to third parties except for shipping purposes. The data will be passed on to software service provider kulturkurier.de of the data kulturlink ag (Berlin) for purposes of dispatch. The data is used exclusively for the dispatch of the newsletter.

Privacy policy about this system can be found at https://kulturkurier.info/kulturnewsletter/.

Legal basis for the processing of data after registration for the newsletter by the user is, with the consent of the user, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

The collection of the user’s e-mail address serves to deliver the newsletter. The collection of other personal data in the context of the registration process serves to prevent misuse of the services or the e-mail address used.

The data deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected. The e-mail address of the user is therefore stored as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active.

The other personal data collected during the registration process is usually deleted after a period of seven days. 

The consent to the storage of your data as well as the use of your address for sending the newsletter can be revoked via the »unsubscribe link« at the end of each newsletter. This also constitutes a revocation of consent to the storage of personal data collected during the registration process.

10. Lottery

By participating in the competition, the participant expressly agrees that Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele gGmbH may use the personal data required for the execution of the competition within the framework of the data protection regulations until the end of the competition.

Information requirements according to Article 13 DSGVO, legal basis for data processing: Art. 6 para. 1a DSGVO

The organizer will store the personal data of the participants until the awarding of the prize. The data will be deleted after the execution of the competition.

The personal data of the winners will be stored as long as required by law (tax law). After this period the data will be deleted.

Further data protection information

You can find the data protection information for our ticket store here

The data protection information for public relations can be found here

The data protection information for business partners can be found here