Privacy notice

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This may be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without error. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When visiting our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible office

The responsible office for data processing on this website is: mfi Immobilien Marketing GmbH Klaus-Bungert-Str. 1 40468 Düsseldorf Phone: +49 (0)211 302 31 0 E-mail: germany@unibail-rodamco.com

The group responsible:

Unibail Management Simplified joint stock company with a capital of 20 000 000€ With registered office at: 7 place du Chancelier Adenauer 75016 Paris France.

Registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 414 878 389 The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Revoking your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Objection to advertising mails

The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for the transmission of advertising and information material not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

3. Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer
mfi Immobilien Marketing GmbH
Klaus-Bungert-Str. 1
40468 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 (0)211 302 31 0
E-mail: datenschutz@urw.com

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit us. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are dealt with separately in this data protection declaration.

Here you can change your Privacy Preferences.

Cookie Notice. We use cookies, for example, to provide you with a pleasant online experience at all times, to be able to show interesting content or to analyse access to this website. If you wish to use the full functionality of our website, please accept all cookies. If not, only necessary cookies that ensure the basic functions of the website will be used.

Cookies are small text files used by websites to make the user experience more efficient. By law, we may store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other cookie types, we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third parties e.g. Google. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the cookie statement on our website.

Find out more about who we are, how to contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Please provide your consent ID and date when contacting us regarding your consent.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de


Necessary (7)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
uncode_privacy[consent_types] www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry. 1 year HTTP Cookie
uncodeAI.css www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Determines which device is used by the visitor - This allows the website to adjust to the optimal resolution for that specific device. Session HTTP Cookie
uncodeAI.images www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Determines which device is used by the visitor - This allows the website to adjust to the optimal resolution for that specific device. Session HTTP Cookie
uncodeAI.screen www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Determines which device is used by the visitor - This allows the website to adjust to the optimal resolution for that specific device. Session HTTP Cookie
webp_lossless_supported www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Used to implement WebP format pictures onto the website. Persistent HTML Local Storage
webp_lossy_supported www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Used to implement WebP format pictures onto the website. Persistent HTML Local Storage
XSRF-TOKEN www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. 1 day HTTP Cookie

Preferences (1)
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
pll_language www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible. 1 year HTTP Cookie

Unclassified (1)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
centro_weihnachtsmarkt_session www.centro-weihnachtsmarkt.de Pending 1 day HTTP Cookie



Marketing (1)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
_fbp Meta Platforms, Inc. Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. 3 months HTTP Cookie

Statistics (4)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
_ga Google Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years HTTP Cookie
_ga_# Google Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. 2 years HTTP Cookie
_gat Google Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate 1 day HTTP Cookie
_gid Google Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 1 day HTTP Cookie

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: –

browser type and browser version

  • operating system used
  • referrer URL
  • host name of the accessing computer
  • time of the server request
  • IP address.

This data is not merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

5. Social media

Facebook plugins (Like & Share button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” (“Like”) on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information on this, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Twitter Plugin

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, see Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in your account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings

Pinterest Plugin

On our site, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc, 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, U.S.A. (“Pinterest”). When you access a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the visited websites that also contain Pinterest functions, type and settings of the browser, date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest as well as cookies. For more information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Pinterest privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Analysis tools

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offering and its advertising.

IP anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website: Google Analytics deactivation. For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Contract data processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for contract data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics with Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the item “Objection to data collection”.

7. Plugins and tools

7. Plugins and tools

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, U.S.A. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. For more information on the handling of user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Livereach

Users of social media (“Users”), in particular Instagram, regularly engage with us in their own photo and video posts (“Content”). This happens, for example, through a photo or comment linking to our Instagram profile @centrooberhausen, or using one of our campaign hashtags, e.g. #westfieldcentroweihnachtsmarkt22. In order to search for relevant content and make it usable for us, we use the software solution of the third-party provider “Livereach”, operated by Gorilla GmbH, Geisbergweg 8, 48143 Münster. If Livereach has found publicly accessible content that is relevant to us, we contact the user who published the content. The user then has the option of granting us the rights of use to it by agreeing to the terms of participation. Content to which we have been granted the rights of use can then be shared by us in accordance with the terms of use on the Internet (e.g. in our own webshop) and in print. Along with the content, personal data associated with the original content, such as the username/alias, may then be shared. The use of Livereach is in our interest to promote our shopping centre. The lawfulness of the processing of personal data results here from Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b, f DSGVO The privacy policy of the third-party provider Livereach can be viewed here: https://livereach.com/de/datenschutz/

Livereach

Users of social media (“Users”), in particular Instagram, regularly engage with us in their own photo and video posts (“Content”). This happens, for example, through a photo or comment linking to our Instagram profile @centrooberhausen, or using one of our campaign hashtags, e.g. #westfieldcentroweihnachtsmarkt22. In order to search for relevant content and make it usable for us, we use the software solution of the third-party provider “Livereach”, operated by Gorilla GmbH, Geisbergweg 8, 48143 Münster. If Livereach has found publicly accessible content that is relevant to us, we contact the user who published the content. The user then has the option of granting us the rights of use to it by agreeing to the terms of participation. Content to which we have been granted the rights of use can then be shared by us in accordance with the terms of use on the Internet (e.g. in our own webshop) and in print. Along with the content, personal data associated with the original content, such as the username/alias, may then be shared. The use of Livereach is in our interest to promote our shopping centre. The lawfulness of the processing of personal data results here from Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b, f DSGVO The privacy policy of the third-party provider Livereach can be viewed here: https://livereach.com/de/datenschutz/

5. Plugins and tools

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, U.S.A. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. For more information on the handling of user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/