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Data Privacy Statement

VMZ respects your privacy

The website VIZ is operated by the VMZ Berlin Betreibergesellschaft mbH (VMZ). For the purpose of this Data Protection Declaration, the VMZ complies with the obligation to inform the website users on type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of data.

Personal data is information which relates to an identifiable living person. This may be information such as your name, address, email address and other personal details. Personal data are held on the web server only to the extent that is technically necessary. Data processing is subject to applicable data protection regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

This privacy notice provides you with information about how the VMZ processes personal data. This includes personal data we will collect about you when you use our websites, or when you use or are a recipient of our services, as well as some information which we obtain from other sources.

I. Contact

VMZ Berlin Betreibergesellschaft mbH
Ullsteinstraße 120 Turm C
12109 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 81453-0
E-Mail: office@vmzberlin.com

II. Data Privacy Contact

VMZ’s data privacy officer can be contacted at the following address:

Data Privacy Office
VMZ Berlin Betreibergesellschaft mbH
Ullsteinstraße 120 Turm C
12109 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 81453-0
E-Mail: datenschutz@vmzberlin.com

III. Cookie Policy

This Website uses cookies in order to make it easier to use and to support the provision of relevant information and functionality to you. Cookies also provide us with information about how this Website is used so we can keep it is as up to date, relevant and error free as possible. Further information about the types of cookies in use on this Website is set out below.

By using this Website you agree to the use of cookies. Please note that certain cookies may be set the moment you start visiting this Website. You can choose to manage the cookies we use on this Website through your browser settings at any time.

Please note that preventing cookies is likely to impact the functionality or performance of this Website, or prevent you from using certain services provided through it. If you choose to prevent cookies, we cannot guarantee access to the services provided through this Website or be sure how this Website will perform during your visit. Preventing cookies will also affect our ability to update this Website to cater for user preferences and improve its performance.

The types of cookies are set out below.

Performance Cookies
Performance cookies allow us to update this Website to cater for Website user preferences and improve performance. They collect information about how this Website is used, e.g. which pages users visit most often and where error messages are delivered. These cookies don't collect information that identifies individuals. All information is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow this Website to remember choices you make, e.g. your user name, log in details and language preferences and any customisations you make to Website pages during your visit. They are necessary to provide features and services specific to individual users.

This Website use functional cookies to:

  • Identify you as having consented to use of cookies by this Website
  • Remember settings you've applied (such as layout, text size, preferences and colours)
  • Remember selections you have made (such as search functions and results, and goods and services)
  • Apply customised content segments to individual users
  • Apply users' individual service specifications (such as usage or credit allowance)
  • Share information with partners to provide a service on our website. The information shared is only to be used to provide the service, product or function and not for any other purpose

Targeting or advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits on a website in order to make advertising both on a website and other websites you subsequently visit relevant to you and your interests, to limit the number of times those adverts are served to you and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We don´t use it.

Performance Cookies (Matamo) for Webtracking:
This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software which enables the statistical analysis of website visits. Matomo uses cookies (text files) which are saved on your computer and which allow us to analyze how you use our website. The website user information generated by the cookies will only be saved on the servers of our IT Center. We use this information to analyze visits and to prepare reports on website activities. These data will not be disclosed to third parties.

Cookie installation can be rejected by setting the browser software accordingly. However, we point out that in this case you might not have complete access to all functions of this site.

IV. Links

Many of our contents contain external links to other publishers’ websites. This is just to allow access to and use of these websites. However, we have no influence on whether the publishers comply with the data protection regulations or not. The respective publishers are thus solely responsible for their internet presence.

V. How Will We Use Your Data?

V.1 Data Recording

On the occasion of every access, the following data are recorded and used:

  • IP address
  • site visited (from where the file was requested)
  • date and time of request
  • data transmission volume
  • access status, i.e. an information whether access was successful
  • description of the type of web browser used
  • recognition data of the browser and the operating system used (if transmitted by the requesting web browser)
  • website from which access was made (if transmitted by the requesting web browser)

V.2 Legal basis
Legal basis for recording and using of your data is Article 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

V.3 Purpose of processing
The collected data are processed as follows: An analysis of the log entries is conducted automatically and continuously to identify hack attacks and to be able to react accordingly. If individual cases of malfunctions, errors and security incidents are reported, the analysis will be conducted manually.

The above-mentioned data recording is conducted for in-system and statistical purposes only. The data are analyzed to improve the information offered by the VMZ. They are completely deleted within a period of two weeks. The data will neither be used for other purposes nor disclosed to third parties.

V.4 Storage Periods
If no specific storage duration is specified when the data is collected (e.g. as part of a consent statement), your personal data will be deleted if it is no longer required to fulfill the storage purpose unless legal retention requirements (e.g. retention for commercial or tax-related purposes) mean that this data cannot be deleted.

V.5 Revocability of granted consent statements
If you have granted VMZ consent to process your personal data, you have the right to revoke the granted consent at any time with effect going forward, i.e. revoking your consent does not affect the legitimacy of any processing carried out on the basis of your consent before it was revoked. Once you have revoked your consent, VMZ may only continue to process your personal data if it can do so using a different legal basis.

VI. Contact by Email

VI.1 Data Recording and Processing
If you contact us by email we record and use the data you sent us, typically:

  • email address
  • name
  • address
  • transferring date and time

The VMZ would like to inform the users that complete data security in email communication is strived for but cannot be entirely guaranteed. For transfer of confidential information via e-mail please ask the addressee in advance for data encryption options or use postal services.

VI.2 Transfer and disclosure of personal data
Each day we receive questions and messages concerning traffic in Berlin. Usually we need to contact the administration in charge, Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz (Senate department for the environment, transport and climateprotection). In these cases we will transfer your data to that administration and after finishing processing your message we will delete your data.

VI.3 Legal Basis
Legal basis for recording and using of your data is Article 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

VI.4 Purpose of processing
We want to process your message.

VI.5 Storage Periods
If no specific storage duration is specified when the data is collected (e.g. as part of a consent statement), your personal data will be deleted if it is no longer required to fulfill the storage purpose unless legal retention requirements (e.g. retention for commercial or tax-related purposes) mean that this data cannot be deleted.

VI.6 Revocability of granted consent statements

If you have granted VMZ consent to process your personal data, you have the right to revoke the granted consent at any time with effect going forward, i.e. revoking your consent does not affect the legitimacy of any processing carried out on the basis of your consent before it was revoked. Once you have revoked your consent, VMZ may only continue to process your personal data if it can do so using a different legal basis.

VII. Transfer and disclosure of personal data

The VMZ may transfer your personal data to other companies or third parties in connection with your use of the VMZ Online Offerings or our business relationship with you:

VII.1 Google Maps
The functions of the Google Maps service provided by Google LLC, Google Data Protection Office, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, California 94043 are used to display geographical information by visual means. Data (including location and IP address) is transferred to Google LLC whenever Google LLC is used. We should point out that, as website providers, we are unaware of the content of any other data transmitted or used by Google LLC. See the Google Maps data privacy declaration at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps/ for more information on this subject. Google LLC has signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/list) to ensure continued protection of your data under these circumstances.

VIII. Your right

According to the applicable data privacy laws, you have the right, in certain cases, to:

  • request confirmation of whether VMZ is processing your personal data, and obtain information on the personal data processed by VMZ and other details,
  • request that incorrect personal data be corrected,
  • request that personal data processed by VMZ be deleted,
  • request that personal data processed by VMZ be restricted,
  • request that data be transferred, or
  • object to processing of personal data by VMZ.

Data Protection Authority:

Die Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit (Berlin Office for Data Protection and Information Security)
Friedrichstr. 219
10969 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 1388-90
E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de