As of: January 1, 2021
Data protection
Provider and responsible body within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

SchUM-Städte e.V.
Synagogenplatz 2
67547 Worms
The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and will treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with the law. Keep in mind that data transmission on the Internet can generally be subject to security vulnerabilities.

Area of Application
With this privacy policy, users receive information about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of their data collected and used by the responsible provider.
The legal framework for data protection is the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG) as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Collecting general information
With each access to this offer, the web space provider or we automatically collect information. This information, also known as server log files, is general in nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn to you as a person.
Recorded are: name of the website, file, date, amount of data, web browser and web browser version, operating system, the domain name of your Internet provider, the so-called Referrer URL (the page from which you accessed our offer) and the IP address.
Without this data, it would not be technically possible to deliver and display the contents of the website. In this respect, the collection of data is imperative. In addition, we use the anonymous information for statistical purposes. They help us to optimize the offer and the technology. In addition, we reserve the right to subsequently inspect the log files in case of suspected illegal use of our offer.

Newsletter
The newsletter is available on the website and can currently not automatically be subscribed. Therefore, no further data as said before is collected as you can read and download the newsletter through the Website.

Contact form
If you contact us by e-mail, we will store the information you have provided in order to answer your request and to ask possible follow-up questions. No personal data is stored.

Integration of services and contents of third parties
Our offer sometimes includes content, services and services of other providers. These are for example videos from YouTube. In order for these data to be accessed and displayed in the user's browser, the transmission of the IP address is absolutely necessary. The providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party provider") thus perceive the IP address of the respective user.
Although we endeavor to use only third-party providers who only need the IP address to deliver content, we have no control over whether the IP address may be stored. This process is used in the case, inter alia, statistical purposes. If we are aware that the IP address is being stored, we will inform our users.
The videos embedded in the website of the You Tube channel of the SchUM-Städte e.V. did not set any cookies as long as the video is not being played!

Cookies
This website uses so-called cookies. These text files are stored on your computer from the server. They contain information about the browser, the IP address, the operating system and the Internet connection. We do not disclose this information to third parties or link it to personal data without their consent.
Cookies fulfill two main tasks. They help us to facilitate the navigation through our offer and enable the correct presentation of the website. They are not used to inject viruses or launch programs.
Users have the opportunity to access our offer without cookies. For this purpose, the corresponding settings has to be changed in the browser. Please refer to the help function of your browser, how cookies are deactivated. However, please be aware that this may interfere with some features of this website and reduce its ease of use.

Use of Google Analytics
This website does not use Google Analytics.

Use of Piwik
This website does not use Piwik in any way.

Data minimization
Personal data is stored according to the principles of data avoidance and data economy only as long as required or required by law (legal storage period). If the purpose of the information collected, for example, after ordering in the online shop, we delete your data.

Orders in the online shop
In order to be able to place orders via this offer, customers use either our e-mail address or the order form. No user account is created. All data, which is typed in by the customer within the scope of an order processing, are stored up to the conclusion of the order and the payment by the orderer. This includes:
• Name and first Name
• Address
• E-mail address
No data that is absolutely necessary for delivery or order processing is forwarded to third party service providers. The order is processed internally. As the storage of your data is no longer required or required by law, they are deleted. There is no credit card payment possible and we have no possibility of direct debit or Paypal or any other service, so we are not affiliated with third parties regarding your data.

Use of social media plugins
This website currently uses (May 2018) no social plugins, because the SchUM-Städte e.V. currently do not serve such accounts.

Change of our privacy policy
In order to ensure that our privacy policy always complies with current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the privacy policy has to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services. The new privacy policy will then take effect on your next visit to our offer.