Data protection

The Schwetzingen municipality takes the protection of personal data very seriously. Extensive security measures have been implemented to protect the stored personal data from unauthorised access. The following explanations give you an overview of how we ensure this protection and which data we process for which purpose.

Personal data

Personal data is information that can be used to find out your identity. This includes information such as your name, address, postal address and telephone number. Information that is not associated with your identity is not included. You can use our online services without revealing your identity.

We treat your personal data confidentially, in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. Personal data is only collected, used and passed on by us if this is permitted by law or if the user consents to the collection of the data.

When you order information material or newsletters, we ask for your name and other personal information. It is your free decision whether you provide this data. If you contact us, we store your data for the purpose of processing your enquiry, as well as in the event that further correspondence should take place.

Usage data

For the purpose of monitoring and defending against security-relevant events, the following usage data is stored each time the web server of the website is accessed:

IP address of the requesting computer (or a proxy server)
date and time of the request
Access method/function requested by the requesting computer
input values transmitted by the requesting computer (for example, the target file)
Access status of the web server (for example, file transferred, file not found, command not executed)
Name of the requested file
URL (Internet address) from which the file was requested/the desired function initiated
The client software of the requesting computer is transmitted, but only logged in crisis situations or in the case of acute attacks.

The stored data is used exclusively for the purpose of identifying and tracking unauthorised access attempts and accesses to the web server. The stored log data will not be used for any other purposes than data security.

A statistical evaluation is only carried out after prior anonymisation. Non-anonymised data is deleted after one week. Anonymised data is stored for a period of three months and then deleted.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies in some areas of our website. Through such file elements, your computer can be identified as a technical unit during your visit to this website in order to facilitate the use of our offer - also for repeat visits.

As a rule, however, you have the option of setting your Internet browser to inform you of the occurrence of cookies, so that you can allow or exclude them, or delete cookies that already exist.

Please use the help function of your internet browser to obtain information on how to change these settings. We would like to point out that some functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Cookies do not allow a server to read private data from your computer or the data stored by another server. They do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. The processing is done to improve the functioning of our website and is therefore necessary to protect our legitimate interests.

To send a newsletter, we need your name and email address. You can enter this information in the fields provided on our website. After you have sent this data, you will receive an e-mail from us to the e-mail address you have provided, in which you must click on a confirmation link to verify the e-mail address you have provided.

Your data will only be processed by us for the purpose of sending the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and thus object to the further use of your data. To do so, you can unsubscribe from the mailing list at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also send us an e-mail to info@schwetzingen.de.

Soziale Medien

Social media have become an integral part of the internet. To make Schwetzingen's internet offering as attractive as possible, you can therefore also find the city of Schwetzingen on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Further information on data protection in social media can be found here:

Privacy policy for www.facebook.com
Privacy policy for www.twitter.com
Privacy policy for www.youtube.com
Privacy policy for www.instagram.com

Links (cross-references)

The pages of this website contain links to other websites. When external links are executed, a new browser window is opened. The links are only checked cursorily when they are integrated. A continuous examination of the contents is neither intended nor possible.

The town of Schwetzingen accepts no responsibility for the external content of websites accessed via links from ours; nor do we have any influence over whether their operators comply with data protection regulations.

Data protection/security measures

The City of Schwetzingen recommends the use of virus protection programs and refers to the security advice of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) at http://www.bsi.de.

Information, deletion, blocking

You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data. You can contact our contact person for data protection at any time with regard to this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

Contact person for data protection

You can reach our contact person for data protection by e-mail at datenschutz@schwetzingen.de or by telephone at 06202-870.

Please note that your message to us via e-mail is not automatically encrypted. Without encryption, it is not impossible for third parties to gain knowledge of your message. If we can see from your transmission that you would like a reply, we assume that you agree to a reply by e-mail, which is also not encrypted, if our reply does not require encryption even according to its content.