Imprint

The following information applies in accordance with Art. 3(1) and (2) Directive 2000/31/EC, § 5 TMG and § 55 RStV and also to any social media presences and other web presences.

Operator and contact

District - Connecting Arts

E-Mail: contact@district-ca.de

Disclaimer

Copyright

The contents and works on the District - Connecting Arts website are subject to copyright. Duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted with express permission.

Liability for contents

The information contained on the website has been compiled to the best of our knowledge and checked for accuracy with great care. Nevertheless, errors in content and fact cannot be completely ruled out. District - Connecting Arts therefore accepts no guarantee or liability whatsoever for the correctness, up-to-dateness and completeness of the information provided. All information is without guarantee.

References and links

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. 

Directive 2000/31/EC

This Imprint is in accordance with Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce'), please direct any questions directly to us.

Online dispute resolution

The European Commission provides an Online Dispute Resolution (OS) platform, which can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/ We are not prepared to participate in an out-of-court conciliation procedure before a consumer dispute resolution body.

Objection to marketing emails

We are obligated to publish our contact data and hereby object to any sending of advertising material of any kind not expressly authorized by us. We reserve the right to take legal action against the unwanted and unsolicited sending of advertising material. 

Labeling rights

The following applies to the website design, the text, all graphics and photos, each selection or layout thereof: Copyright © 2023 District - Connecting Arts. Copying or reproduction of the entire website or parts of this website is not permitted. Any other use of the materials or information available on this website - including reproduction, redistribution, modification, and publication is prohibited, unless District - Connecting Arts has given its prior written consent.

Cookie Policy

Welcome to District - Connecting Arts and our website at www.district-ca.de. This Cookie Policy will provide more information about the cookies and similar technologies we, District - Connecting Arts, represented by Daniel Osthues, Habichtstraße 30, 45665 Recklinghausen, Germany (“District - Connecting Arts”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), use, as well as information on how to refuse and disable/delete cookies. 

If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us using contact@the-district.de or write to us at the above address.

Why do we have a Cookie Policy?

This Cookie Policy sits in line with the German Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia Act (“TTDSG”)and the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files with configuration information that are stored on your device. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories: 

• Technically necessary cookies (Essential)

Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features. An example of this is, the reminder of recently performed actions (e.g., entered text) when you return to a page within the same session.

• Technically non-essential cookies (Performance, Functional, Analytical, Advertising )

Technically non-essential cookies are not necessary for the proper functioning of our website, but they enable us to improve the content of our website, compile statistics for internal market analysis purposes, provide you with a more personalized online experience or provide additional features. 

Performance cookies allow us to count visits and entry pages, which is an important source of information for improving our website. They help us to know which pages are most and least popular and to see how visitors move around the site. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and is anonymous. If you do not agree to these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our website and will not be able to monitor the performance of our website.

Functional cookies enable the website to offer improved functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not work properly. Third party service providers may process your information, including personal data, when these cookies are enabled.

Analytical cookies are used by third parties. These cookies allow third parties to recognize that you have visited our website. We and our third-party providers may also combine information obtained from these cookies with Personal Data available from other sources, including data collected about you when you use other websites and data collected about you when you are offline, whether on our website or data maintained by the third-party provider.

Advertising cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to profile your interests and show you relevant advertising on other websites. They are based on the unique identification of your browser type and the type of internet device you are using. If you do not allow these cookies, you will receive less targeted advertising.

Within the described categories, different types of cookies are used and these can be subdivided into:

• Session cookies

While you are active on a website, a session cookie is temporarily stored in your computer's memory, which stores a session identifier, for example, to prevent you from having to log in again each time you change pages. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or lose their validity once their session has automatically expired.

• Permanent or persistent cookies

A persistent or protocol cookie stores a file on your computer for the period of time specified in the expiration date. These cookies allow websites to remember your information and settings the next time you visit. This results in faster and more convenient access, as you do not have to set your language preferences for our portal again, for example. When the expiration date passes, the cookie is automatically deleted when you visit the website that generated it.

• Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies come from providers other than the website operator. For example, they may be used to collect information for advertising, custom content, and web statistics.

Cookie Consent manager

We have integrated the consent management tool "Cookiebot" from Usercentrics (Usercentrics A/S

Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark) on our website in order to request consent for data processing or the use of cookies or comparable functions. With the help of "Cookiebot" you have the possibility to give or refuse your consent for certain functionalities of our website.You can use "Cookiebot" to give or refuse your consent for all functions or to give your consent for individual purposes or individual functions. The settings you have made can also be changed by you afterwards. The purpose of integrating "Cookiebot" is to allow the users of our website to decide on the aforementioned matters and, in the course of further use of our website, to offer them the opportunity to change settings they have already made. In the course of using "Cookiebot", personal data as well as information of the end devices used, such as the IP address, are processed. The legal basis for the processing is your consent in conjunction with our legitimate interest.

Pixel Cookies and Tags

We use so-called Pixel Cookies and Tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our website. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our website and the device used (so-called event data).

Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted Event Data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.

For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights against, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Facebook, and  Instagram (both  by Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are a resident of the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland).

YouTube Videos

We have integrated components from YouTube (Google LLC of 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Ltd of Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) The integration requires that YouTube can perceive the IP address of the user. The IP address is required in order to send the video content to the user's browser. If you click on a YouTube component (video) on our website, your internet browser will be prompted by the component to download a corresponding representation of the component as well as places certain cookies. In this way, YouTube knows which specific sub-pages you have visited. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

The cookies we use 

Below you can find the cookies we use listed in accordance with their Name, Description, Lifespan, and Type. Please keep in mind that this list may be updated from time to time. 

• CookieConsent 
  • Set by the Cookiebot plugin. This cookie is used to store the user's consent for cookies selected.
  • 1 year 
  • Necessary
• _fbp
  • This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements either on Facebook or Instagram or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.
  • 3 months
  • Advertisement
• YSC
  • .youtube.com
  • Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
  • session
  • Advertisement
• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
  • .youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
  • 5 months 27 days
  • Advertisement
• CONSENT
  • .youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
  • 2 years
  • Analytics
• yt-remote-device-id
  • youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.
  • never
  • Advertisement
• yt.innertube::requests
  • youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
  • never
  • Advertisement
• yt-remote-connected-devices
  • youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.
  • never
  • Advertisement
• yt.innertube::nextId
  • youtube.com
  • YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
  • never
  • Advertisement

Opting Out

If you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only). 

If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Facebook you can object here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads 

How can I delete or block cookies?

Since cookies are not stored on our system, but locally on your computer/phone/tablet, we cannot retrieve or delete cookies. However, you can delete existing cookies and disable the use of cookies in general using the following instructions Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.

Links to other websites

Please note that when you use a link from our website to a third-party website, such third-party websites may also set new cookies that are not subject to this policy. In such cases, we recommend that you refer to the cookie policy on the relevant third-party website itself.

Validity and questions

This Cookie Policy was last updated on Wednesday, 23rd of August, 2023, and is the current and valid version. However, we want to point out that from time to time due to actual or legal changes a revision to this policy may be necessary. 

If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us using contact@the-district.de or write to us at the above address.

Privacy Policy

Welcome to District - Connecting Arts and our website at www.district-ca.de. At District - Connecting Arts, we take the protection of your data very seriously, and in the below we explain what data we collect when you use our website and services and how it is used.

General Information 

What law applies?

In principle, we will only use your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular Germany's Federal Data Protection Act” (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) (“BDSG”) and the EU counterpart the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Who is responsible for data processing?

The responsible party within the meaning of the BDSG and the GDPR is District - Connecting Arts, represented by Daniel Osthues, Habichtstraße 30, 45665 Recklinghausen, Germany (“District - Connecting Arts”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). 

If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us using contact@the-district.de or write to us at the above address.

What is Personal Data?

Personal Data is any information relating to personal or material circumstances that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, or telephone number as well as online identifiers such as your IP address. In contrast, information of a general nature that cannot be used to determine your identity is not Personal Data. This includes, for example, the number of users of a website. 

What is processing?

"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

What are the legal bases of processing?

In accordance with the BDSG and the GDPR, we have to have at least one of the following legal bases to process your Personal Data:

• you have given your consent,
• the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract / pre-contractual measures,
• the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, or
• the data is necessary to protect our legitimate interests, provided that your interests are not overridden. 

Data we collect automatically

Log data

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically records the following data from the visiting device and stores it in a so-called log file: i) Name of the retrieved file, ii) date and time of the visit, iii) amount of data transferred, iv) message about successful retrieval, type of browser and version used, v) IP address (identification of the user's device), vi) Operating system of the visiting device, vii) Internet service provider of the visiting device, viii) website from which you access our website, and ix) which of our website pages you are accessing. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest.

Hosting 

To provide our website, we use the services of Midnight Communications Ltd (S1, The Old Market, Upper Market St, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1AS, United Kingdom), who process all data to be processed in connection with the operation of our website on our behalf. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest in providing our website.

Content Management System

We use the Content Management System (CMS) of Ghost Foundation Ltd (160 Robinson Road, #14-04 SBF Center, 068914, Singapore) to publish and maintain the created and edited content and texts on my website. This means that all content and texts submitted to our website are transferred to Ghost. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure services used by us for the purpose of operating our website is DigitalOcean, LLC, (101 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013, USA and Suite 7 Savant House, 63-65 Camden High Street, London, United Kingdom, NW1 7JL.). In doing so DigitalOcean, processes inventory data, contact data, content data, usage data, meta data and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of our website and services, on the basis of our legitimate interests.

Content Delivery Network 

We also use jsDelivr’s (Prospect One Sp., Krolweska 65A, 30-081 Krakow, Poland) Content Delivery Network (CDN) to distribute our online content. A CDN is a network of regionally distributed servers operated by our technical service providers that are interconnected via the Internet. When you visit our website, your device's browser transmits information to these service providers, which is collected in corresponding server log files. The server log files are usually anonymized and then transmitted without personal reference. The server log files include in particular i) information on the browser and operating system used, ii) the previously visited pages (so-called referral URL), iii) the IP address of the device used, iv) the name of the Internet provider, and v) the date, time of all page views including the amount of data transferred. The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are pieces of information that are transmitted from our web server or third-party web servers to your web browser and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies may be small files or other types of information storage. There are different types of cookies: i) Essential Cookies. Essential cookies are cookies to provide a correct and user-friendly website; and ii) Non-essential Cookies. Non-essential Cookies are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyze your behavior on a website (“analytical” cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (“advertising” cookies). 

As set out in the German Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia Act (“TTDSG”) and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”), we need to obtain consent for the use of Non-essential Cookies. For further information on the cookies we use, please refer to our Cookie Policy. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

Cookie consent 

Our website uses a cookie consent tool to obtain your consent to the storage of cookies and to document this consent. When you enter our website, the following Personal Data is transferred to us: i) Your consent(s) or revocation of your consent(s); ii) Your IP address; iii) Information about your browser; iv) Information about your device; v) Time of your visit to our website. For further information on the cookies we use, please refer to our Cookie Policy. The basis for processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

Links to other websites

Please note that if you use a link from our website to a third-party website, that third-party may also set new cookies that are not covered by this policy. In such cases, we recommend that you read the cookie policy on the third-party website itself.

YouTube

We have integrated components from YouTube (Google LLC of 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Ltd of Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) The integration requires that YouTube can perceive the IP address of the user. The IP address is required in order to send the video content to the user's browser. If you click on a YouTube component (video) on our website, your internet browser will be prompted by the component to download a corresponding representation of the component as well as places certain cookies. In this way, YouTube knows which specific sub-pages you have visited. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

SoundCloud

Plugins of the social network SoundCloud Limited (Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, UK) may be integrated on our pages.  When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server after the plugin is activated. SoundCloud thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. You can find more information on this in SoundCloud's privacy policy. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

Data we collect directly

Contacting us

In addition to your name, e-mail address, IP address or telephone number, if provided, we usually collect the context of your message which may also include certain Personal Data. The Personal Data collected when contacting us is to handle your request and the legal basis is both your consent and contract.

Marketing 

Insofar as you have given us your separate consent to process your data for marketing and advertising purposes, we are entitled to contact you for these purposes via the communication channels you have given your consent to.

You may give us your consent in a number of ways including by selecting a box on a form where we seek your permission to send you marketing information, or sometimes your consent is implied from your interactions or contractual relationship with us. Where your consent is implied, it is on the basis that you would have a reasonable expectation of receiving a marketing communication based on your interactions or contractual relationship with us.

Direct Marketing generally takes the form of email but may also include other less traditional or emerging channels. These forms of contact will be managed by us, or by our contracted service providers. Every directly addressed marketing sent or made by us or on our behalf will include a means by which you may unsubscribe or opt out. 

Newsletter

If you have consented to receive our newsletter, we will use your name and email address to send you information about us, promotions, and news. You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You will find the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter. The revocation leads to the deletion of the collected user data. The legal basis is your consent as well as our legitimate interest. Our Newsletter is send using the Services of Mailgun (Sinch AB (publ), Lindhagensgatan 112, 112 51 Stockholm, Sweden)

Economic analyses and market research

For business reasons, we analyze the data we have on business transactions, contracts, enquiries, browsing behavior etc., whereby the group of persons concerned may include contractual partners, interested parties, and users of our services.

The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business evaluations and market research. The analyses serve us alone and are not disclosed externally and processed using anonymous analyses with summarized and or anonymized values. Furthermore, we take the privacy of users into consideration and process the data for analysis purposes as pseudonymously as possible and, if feasible, anonymously (e.g., as summarized data).

Social Media

General 

We have a presence on social media based on our legitimate interest (currently, Facebook, and  Instagram (both  by Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are a resident of the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland), YouTube (Google) and SoundCloud). 

Contact and interaction

If you contact or interact with us via social media platforms, we and the respective social media platform are jointly responsible for the processing of your data and enter into a so-called joint-controller agreement. The legal basis is our legitimate interest, your consent or, in some cases, the initiation of a contractual performance, if any.

Social media links

We refer to our offered social media presences with links. Unlike social media plugins, links do not cause the social media platform to learn of your visit when you access our site. However, like any link, they do lead to your data being processed by the social media platform at the latest when you click on the link. As a rule, the social media platform stores cookies on your device or even your usage behavior in your account, especially if you are logged in yourself. The social media platform may use your data to analyze your usage behavior and use it for (interest-based) advertising. This may result in advertising being displayed to you inside and outside the social media platform.

Principles of processing Personal Data

Storage and Retention

At the time of data collection, for example in the context of a contractual relationship we process and store Personal Data from you. We process and store your Personal Data only to achieve the respective processing purpose or for as long as a legal retention period exists. Once the purpose has been achieved or the retention period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted. Depending on the document and legal requirement, the retention and documentation periods specified therein are five years (HGB), six years (A0) or ten years (HGB).

Security

Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us. We have also implemented numerous security measures (“technical and organizational measures”) for example encryption or need to know access, to ensure the most complete protection of Personal Data processed through this website. 

Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. And databases or data sets that include Personal Data may be breached inadvertently or through wrongful intrusion. Upon becoming aware of a data breach, we will notify all affected individuals whose Personal Data may have been compromised as expeditiously as possible after which the breach was discovered.

Special Category Data

Unless specifically required when using our services and explicit consent is obtained for that service, we do not process special category data.

Minors

We do not request Personal Data from minors and children and do not knowingly collect such data or pass it on to third parties.

Automated decision-making

Automated decision-making is the process of making a decision by automated means without any human involvement. Automated decision-making including profiling does not take place.

Do Not Sell

We do not sell your Personal Data.

Sharing and Disclosure

We will not disclose or otherwise distribute your Personal Data to third parties unless this is i) necessary for the performance of our services and, ii) you have consented to the disclosure, iii) or if we are legally obliged to do so e.g., by court order or if this is necessary to support criminal or legal investigations or other legal investigations or other legal proceedings; or proceedings at home or abroad or to fulfill our legitimate interests.

International Transfer

We may transfer your Personal Data to other companies as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In order to provide adequate protection for your Personal Data when it is transferred, we have contractual arrangements regarding such transfers. We take all reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the Personal Data we transfer.

Your Rights and Privileges 

Privacy rights 

Under the BDSG and GDPR, you can exercise the following rights:

• Right to information
• Right to rectification
• Right to object to processing
• Right to deletion
• Right to data portability
• Right of objection
• Right to withdraw consent
• Right to complain to a supervisory authority
• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

If you have any questions about the nature of the Personal Data we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.

Updating your information

If you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or that we are no longer entitled to use it and want to request its rectification, deletion, or object to its processing, please do so by contacting us. 

Withdrawing your consent 

You can revoke consents you have given at any time by contacting us. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Access Request 

In the event that you wish to make a Data Subject Access Request, you may inform us in writing of the same. We will respond to requests regarding access and correction as soon as reasonably possible. Should we not be able to respond to your request within thirty (30) days, we will tell you why and when we will be able to respond to your request. If we are unable to provide you with any Personal Data or to make a correction requested by you, we will tell you why.

Complaint to a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain about our processing of Personal Data to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. The supervisory authority on federal level is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) (www.bfdi.bund.de) is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection. The North Rhine-Westphalia Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (LDI NRW) (www.ldi.nrw.de) is the relevant authority in NRW. However, we would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you contact the BfDI or the LDI NRW.

Validity and questions

This Privacy Policy was last updated on Wednesday, 23rd of August, 2023, and is the current and valid version. However, we want to point out that from time to time due to actual or legal changes a revision to this policy may be necessary. 

If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please feel free to email contact@the-district.de or write to us at the above address.