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Privacy policy

The Niedersächsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve Administration takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We want you to know when we collect which data and how we use it. We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the regulations on data protection are observed both by us and by external service providers.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on May 25, 2018, obliges us to provide you with comprehensive information about the processing of your personal data.

Name and address of the person responsible

Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
Lower Saxony Elbe Valley Biosphere Reserve Administration, Am Markt 1, 29456 Hitzacker (Elbe)

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact the head of the authority Dirk Janzen at info@elbtalaue.niedersachsen.de and at the above postal address.

What data do we collect from you?

When you visit our website:

No personal data is stored when the website is accessed. It is therefore not possible to trace which user has accessed which data.

How do we collect your data?

You can use all generally accessible pages without cookies being set. Only when you access pages that require you to log in will a session cookie be set that stores the identity of the browser session on your computer and is deleted from your computer at the end of the browser session. This information is no longer available in subsequent browser sessions. A reference to the person of the user is excluded.

What do we use your data for?

- Exclusively for the provision, optimization and security of our website

We also use your data

  • not for profiling
  • not for advertising
  • generally not for disclosure to third parties, except:
    • To pursue legal interests, in particular if the data is related to an attack on our IT structures

Your rights as a data subject

We process personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide and optimize a functional website and our content and services.

Every data subject has the following rights:

  • a right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • a right to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • a right to erasure or a right to be "forgotten" (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • a right to restriction of the processing of personal data (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • a right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time without giving reasons.

In addition, you also have a general right to object (see Art. 21 (1) GDPR). In this case, the objection to data processing must be justified.

If the data processing is based on consent, this consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

To exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact info@elbtalaue.niedersachsen.de

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