(The German version of this privacy policy is legally binding. Translations into other languages are provided for informational purposes only and are not legally binding.)
Welcome to www.leitbild-bergkamen.de!
We, the City of Bergkamen (as the operator of the website and controller within the meaning of Art. 24 GDPR) and wer denkt was GmbH (as the operator of the website and contractor within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR), attach great importance to the protection of your personal data and your privacy.
In principle, you can use this website for information purposes without leaving any personal data behind. In addition, you can become active yourself and save texts on this website, for example by writing contributions or comments. To do this, you must register or enter personal data when entering your text. Insofar as such data is collected, stored or used, for example in the context of a comment, this is done on the basis of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act NRW (DSG NRW), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-neu), the Digital Services Act (DDG) and other legal provisions.
The following privacy policy describes the collection, storage and use of your personal data in connection with the use of the website "talbeteiligung.de" as well as measures to protect this data. In doing so, we are guided by the principle of data avoidance and data economy. We only collect, store and use your personal data as described below. If you have any questions in connection with the collection, storage or use of personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time (datenschutz [at] werdenktwas.de).
The contact details can be found in the imprint or under point 8 of this declaration.
1. general
This website is subject to the provisions of the Digital Services Act (DDG). The necessary technical and organisational measures have been taken to ensure that the regulations on data protection are complied with by the town of Bergkamen and wer denkt was GmbH. We use the open source software Matomo (formerly Piwik) for the statistical analysis of visitor access. Here, data is only collected in anonymised form.
2. collection of personal data
Personal data is only collected if you provide this information voluntarily when using the site (e.g. to submit an idea) or if you wish to register permanently as a user on the site.
Any personal data that we receive from you will be stored and processed in accordance with our privacy policy and the GDPR.
2.1 Registration
Registration is only possible if you confirm that you have read and acknowledged this Privacy Policy and expressly consent to the processing of personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The following personal data is collected as part of the user registration process
- Public user name / pseudonym (public),
- e-mail address
It is possible and recommended to choose a pseudonym as a public user name for participation. Your e-mail address will only be displayed if you publish it yourself in a post. A password is stored for the user account, which is transmitted in encrypted form and stored in a database.
2.2 Display of public information
If you take part in a participation procedure with your own entries (so-called contributions) after your registration, the following information will be displayed publicly:
- Public user name,
- Text / description (of the idea or contribution)
- Date (of the idea or contribution),
- attachments, if applicable
2.3 Contact form
You have the opportunity to give us feedback on the accessibility of this website via a web form. The contact form is used exclusively to improve the quality of accessibility. The data you provide will only be used to process your feedback and - if necessary - to make further contact.
The following personal data is collected when you contact us via the contact form
- Name
- e-mail address
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR. Depending on the content of your feedback, the data collected in this context will also be forwarded to other internal departments and processed there.
The personal data processed for the purpose of the feedback will be deleted unless the controller has a legitimate interest in further storage. In any case, only the data that is absolutely necessary to fulfil the relevant purpose will continue to be stored.
3 Use and disclosure of personal data
The personal data collected will only be passed on to the city administration to process your application. If necessary for further processing, this data may also be forwarded to municipal companies or municipal holdings for a specific purpose. In addition, concerns or descriptions of ideas can also be forwarded to other organisations that provide services in public or semi-public areas on behalf of the respective municipality for processing.
If you register on the platform, you can indicate during the registration process whether you would like to be informed about new functions and changes. In this case, you will also be informed by e-mail about news in the portal and about participation procedures. If you provide us with further personal data, we will only use it to answer and process enquiries and for technical administration. Beyond this, personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Unless we are obliged to do so as a result of mandatory legal regulations.
4. usage data
In principle, you can visit www.leitbild-bergkamen.,de without having to provide any personal details. Irrespective of this, the provider of this site automatically registers access to the website and saves it in so-called server log files.
When you visit the site, the web server saves the following data to maintain system security
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- URL of origin (referrer URL)
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server enquiry
- IP address
- Content that was accessed
This data remains anonymous for the city of Bergkamen and wer denkt was GmbH. It is therefore not possible to identify a person. This data is not merged with other data sources. However, we reserve the right to have this data subsequently checked by TeleData GmbH if concrete indications of unlawful use become known or if we, as the operator of the site, are requested to do so by law enforcement authorities.
5. security notice
The following measures, among others, are taken to secure the transmission of personal data:
- during collection: authentication of the website and at least AES-128 encryption
- All communication between the web server and client takes place via https
Complete data security cannot be guaranteed when communicating by email, so we recommend sending confidential information by post.
6. cookies / local storage
This website does not use cookies within the meaning of § 25 TDDDG.
This website uses the local storage technology of your browser to save certain settings locally on your end device (e.g. language settings or the display of notices). This data is not transferred to the server and does not contain any personal information.
It is used on the basis of Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG, as this storage is technically necessary to enable the use of the website in the intended manner. Consent is therefore not required.
7. contents of the online participation
All content posted by users (so-called user-generated content) is subject to the CC BY-SA licence. Accordingly, it may be used on this platform free of charge and under the same conditions, provided that the public user name, the author and the URL of the respective page are mentioned. If your user name corresponds to your real name, this will also be passed on accordingly. If you enter personal data of third parties or yourself as part of your user input on this platform (e.g. real names, e-mail addresses or addresses), our moderation can anonymise or delete these.
The stored data may be evaluated in pseudonymised form in accordance with Art. 4 para. 5 GDPR, i.e. without personal reference, for statistical or scientific purposes in accordance with Art. 89 GDPR by wer denkt was GmbH or research partners (e.g. universities, institutes and research colleges) in the public interest and to improve the procedures. Our technical and organisational measures ensure that respect for the principle of data minimisation is guaranteed.
8. right to information / data protection officer / supervisory authority
Your data protection rights are regulated in Chapter 3 (Art. 12 ff.) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to these provisions, you have a right to information about the personal data stored about you, about the purposes of processing, about any transfers to other bodies and about the duration of storage.
You can also receive extracts or copies in order to exercise your right to information. If you would like an overview of the data we have stored about you, please send a written request to: datenschutzbeauftragter@bergkamen.de
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, please contact the data protection officer of the city of Bergkamen:
Bergkamen Town Council
Data protection
Rathausplatz 1
59192 Bergkamen
Tel.: 02307/965-0
Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@bergkamen.de
However, you can also contact the supervisory authority directly:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Tel.: 0211 38424-0
E-Mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
9. data erasure / right to erasure (pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1)
You can request the deletion of the above-mentioned personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 17 para. 1 of the GDPR. Deletion of the user account can be initiated by the user. To exercise your right to erasure, please send a written request to:
datenschutzbeauftragter@bergkamen.de
Your ideas and contributions to the discussion can be viewed for two years. They will then be completely anonymised and any personal data will be deleted. If you have deleted your user account before then, your public user name will be pseudonymised in the contributions you have made.
10. links to other websites
This website may contain links to websites of other providers. We would like to point out that this privacy policy applies exclusively to this website. We have no influence on and do not check that other providers comply with the applicable data protection regulations.
11 Matomo analysis
This website uses the web analysis service Matomo (formerly Piwik). Matomo enables the use of the website to be analysed. For this purpose, usage information (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to our server and stored for usage analysis purposes, which serves to optimise our website.
Your IP address is immediately anonymised during this process so that you as a user remain anonymous to us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is not passed on to third parties.
If you do not agree to the storage and analysis of this data from your visit, you can object to its storage and use at any time by clicking below. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that Matomo will not collect any session data.
Objection to Matomo analysis
13. inclusion, validity and up-to-dateness of the privacy policy
By using our website, you consent to the use of your data as described above. This privacy policy is currently valid and dated 20 February 2025.
Due to the further development of our website or the implementation of new technologies, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. We reserve the right to amend the privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. We recommend that you re-read the current privacy policy from time to time. In the event of extensive changes to the privacy policy, all registered users will receive a notice by e-mail, which will be sent to the e-mail address on file.