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Data protection

1. Name and address of the data controller

Controller within the meaning of the GDPR in conjunction with applicable data protection laws and other data protection regulations: 

City of Cuxhaven,
represented by Mayor
Uwe Santjer
Rathausplatz 1
27472 Cuxhaven

Data Protection Officer:
Iris Arendt
Rathausplatz 1
27472 Cuxhaven
Phone: +49 (0) 4721 / 700-603
Email address: datenschutz@cuxhaven.de

If you have any questions or complaints regarding data protection, please send us an email or contact our Data Protection Officer directly.

 
2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data, as well as the Nature and Purpose of Their Use

(a) When visiting our website

When you visit our website https://www.afw-cuxhaven.de/, the servers automatically store the information that your browser sends when this page is accessed. This information includes the request, the IP address, browser type and language, as well as the date and time of the request. This information is used to analyze and maintain the technical operation of the servers and the network, as well as to combat misuse.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your identity.

(b) When using our contact forms
If you submit an inquiry to us via one of our contact forms, your information from the inquiry form—including the contact details you provided there—will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent. The process requires the information in the mandatory fields. Otherwise, the process cannot be completed and the contact form cannot be used. 

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) by filling out and submitting the form. Of course, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Please send us a message via email to do so. Until the data processing operations that have already taken place are revoked, the lawfulness of these activities remains unaffected by your withdrawal.

The data you have entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request that we delete your data, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected. 

 
3. Disclosure of Data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR,
  • the disclosure is necessary pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose the data pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary under Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.

 
4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie that relates to the specific device being used. However, this does not mean that we thereby gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of our website more convenient for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific, predetermined period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, the system automatically recognizes that you have previously visited us and recalls the entries and settings you made, so you do not have to re-enter them.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a notification always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely disabling cookies may result in you being unable to use all features of our website.

 
5. Matomo

We use the open-source software Matomo to analyze and statistically evaluate website usage. Cookies are used for this purpose (see Section 4). The information generated by the cookie regarding website usage is transmitted to our servers and aggregated into pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate website usage and to enable the design of our website to meet user needs. The information is not shared with third parties. Under no circumstances is the IP address linked to other data relating to the user. IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be traced back to you (IP masking). Your visit to this website is currently being tracked by Matomo web analytics. Click here (https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/) to stop your visit from being tracked.

 
6. YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is established to YouTube’s servers. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

 
7. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data

The data controller processes and stores the data subject’s personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or to the extent provided for by laws or regulations to which the data controller is subject. If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a retention period prescribed by law expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

 
8. Data Subject Rights

You have the right:

  • pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information regarding your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information regarding the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection; the existence of a right to lodge a complaint; the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us; and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information regarding its details;
  • to request, pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR, the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us;
  • to request, pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR, the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
  • pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, provided that you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
  • pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, to withdraw your consent at any time. This means that we may no longer process the data based on this consent in the future; and
  • pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you may contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace, or of our registered office.

 
9. Right to Object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data, provided there are grounds for doing so arising from your particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to info@afw-cuxhaven.de.

10. Data Security

We use the widely adopted SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol during your visit to the website. By integrating encryption certificates, we are able to enable so-called transport encryption. We also employ appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.


As of January 2026