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Legal notice (Instagram)

The social media platform https://www.instagram.com/visitberlin is operated by:

Berlin Tourismus & Kongress Gmbh
Schöneberger Straße 15
10963 Berlin (Germany)

Tel. +49 30/ 25 00 25

Fax: +49 30/ 25 00 24 24

Email: info@visitberlin.de

Managing Directors: Burkhard Kieker and Sabine Wendt
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Oliver Schuhmacher
Commercial register:Charlottenburg District Court HRB 48652
VAT ID: DE 160 475 096

Provider within the definition of German State Treaty § 5 TMG:

Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH
Schöneberger Straße 15
10963 Berlin
Germany
Tel. 030/ 25 00 23 33
Fax: 030/ 25 00 24 24
email: info@visitBerlin.de

Managing Director: Burkhard Kieker
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Oliver Schumacher
Companies register: District Court of Berlin Charlottenburg HRB 48652
VAT ID: DE 160 475 096

Responsible party within the definition of German State Treaty § 18 Abs. 2 MStV:

Director Communications: Susanne Schreiber
susanne.schreiber@visitBerlin.de

Address:
Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH
Director Communications
Schöneberger Straße 15
10963 Berlin 
Germany
Tel: 030/ 25 00 23 33
Fax: 030/ 25 00 24 24
email: info@visitBerlin.de

Copyright

All copyrighted content and works on this platform, in particular photographs, images and logos, are subject to German copyright law. Text and image content on https://www.instagram.com/visitberlin © Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH (hereinafter referred to as visitBerlin) is not in the public domain, but merely provided within the Instagram platform. All rights remain with visitBerlin, even when sharing by means of hashtags (#) or when embed. Works that have not been created by visitBerlin itself but by third parties (e.g. freelance authors, photographers) on behalf of visitBerlin, designate the respective author separately in addition to the licensee visitBerlin. These contents (works) may not be used for commercial purposes without previously obtaining a license from visitBerlin. User generated content: As a user of our platform, you guarantee that the photos, images, texts, etc. you post are free from the rights of third parties and do not contain any insulting, racist, immoral, politically extremist or otherwise illegal content. By posting your photos, images and texts, you grant the operator of the platform https://www.instagram.com/visitberlin a right of use in accordance with instagram’s terms of use applicable at the time your work is posted, in particular the right to make your work available via the platform and to make it accessible to third parties by sharing it with hashtags (#) or by embedding it.

Important note: The use of the contact data in the legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby expressly prohibited. visitBerlin and all legal and natural persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data. Legal steps are expressly reserved in the case of unsolicited sending of advertising materials, such as spam emails.

Privacy statement (Instagram)

1) Information on collecting personal data and contact details of the responsible person
1.1 Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
Please check carefully which personal data you share with us through Instagram. Instagram is part of the Facebook group of companies and shares the infrastructure, systems and technology with Facebook and other Facebook companies (https://www.facebook.com/help/111814505650678?ref=dp). We expressly point out that Facebook stores the data of those using its services (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use them for business purposes. For more information about Facebook data processing at Instagram, see Instagram’s privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content.

We have no influence on the data collection and further processing by Facebook. Furthermore, it is not clear to us to what extent, at what location and for how long the data will be stored, to what extent Facebook will comply with existing deletion obligations, which evaluations and links will be made with the data and to whom the data will be forwarded. If you would like to avoid Facebook processing any personal information you provide to us, please contact us by other means. You can find our complete contact details on our legal notice on Instagram.

1.2 Data processor under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH
Schöneberger Straße 15
10963 Berlin (Germany)

Tel.: 030/ 25 00 23 33 Fax: 030/ 25 00 24 24
Email: hallo@visitBerlin.de,

insofar as we process the data you transmit to us via Instagram exclusively ourselves. Insofar as the data you send us via Instagram is also or exclusively processed by Facebook, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland, is also responsible for data processing as laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in addition to us.
The data processor is the natural or legal person that determines alone or jointly with others the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data protection officer
You can reach our data protection officer as follows:

AMD TÜV Arbeitsmedizinische Dienste GmbH
Herr Oliver Gröger
Alboinstraße 56
12103 Berlin

datenschutz@visitBerlin.de

You can contact the Facebook data protection officer via the online contact form provided by Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970.

3) Data processing when contacting us
We ourselves collect personal data when you contact us, e.g. via contact form or messenger. You can see which data we collect when you contact us via the contact form from the relevant contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request, unless there are any legal obligations to store it. We assume that the matter will be dealt with conclusively if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been conclusively clarified.

4) Rights of data subjects
4.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights with respect to the entity responsible for processing your personal data (rights of access and intervention) about which we inform you below:

  • Right to information as per Article 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification as per Article 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure as per Article 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing as per Article 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification as per Article 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability as per Article 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consents granted as per Article 7 para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint as per Article 77 GDPR.

4.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF AS PART OF THE BALANCING OF INTERESTS WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREVAILING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO SUBMIT AN OBJECTION TO SUCH PROCESSING WITH FUTURE EFFECT FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING WORTHY OF PROTECTION WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US IN ORDER TO CONDUCT DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING.

5) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured on the basis of the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and - if relevant - also on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When personal data is processed on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes his or her consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal obligations or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in continuing to store it.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 of the GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 of the GDPR.
Unless stated otherwise in the other information in this statement about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed.

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Version:  February 2024