Privacy Policy for this Website

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz is committed to handling your personal data in a responsible manner. To this end, the following sections outline:

• why the "Islamic·Art" web offering collects and stores data,
• what rights users of this website have,
• how the website collects data and which data it retains,
• how the website collects and stores data (without cookies),
• how you can object to or avoid the collection of data, and
• who is responsible for the "Islamic·Art" web offering of the Museum für Islamische Kunst and for data protection

1. Why does the website collect data and use analysis software?

As a general rule, we collect and use personal data relating to our users only to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functioning website as well as our content and services. For example, it is technically necessary for the system to temporarily store the user's IP address in order to ensure stable and secure delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the anonymised IP address of the user must be stored for a period of 60 days. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected.

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin analyse the use of their website. This provides them with information to improve their online offering — for example, how often particular content was accessed or which browser was used to view the website. The anonymised/pseudonymised data stored is used by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin exclusively for statistical purposes. The data is not used for any other purpose, nor is it passed on to third parties.

2. What rights do users of our website have?

With regard to your personal data, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:

• the right of access (art. 15 GDPR),
• the right to rectification and erasure (art. 16 & 17 GDPR),
• the right to restriction of processing (art. 18 GDPR),
• the right to object to processing (art. 21 GDPR),
• the right to data portability (art. 20 GDPR).

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data (art. 77 GDPR). The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) is the competent authority for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

3. What data is collected?

a) Provision of the website and creation of log files

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing device. This processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR. The following data is collected in this process:

• IP addresses
• Log files
• Master data, traffic data and content data of the website
• Error logs

Log files allow website operators to track activity on their website. The web server access logs record which pages were accessed and at what time. They contain the following data: IP address, directory-protection user, date, time, pages accessed, protocols, status code, volume of data, referrer, user agent, hostname accessed.

The "Islamic·Art" web offering is hosted by Scholz & Volkmer GmbH on servers operated by the company Hetzner (hosting provider): Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hosting provider's servers. This may in particular include IP addresses, contact enquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website visits and other data generated via a website.

The hosting provider is engaged on the basis of our legitimate interest in a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR). Our hosting provider will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its contractual obligations and will follow our instructions in accordance with a data processing agreement concluded pursuant to art. 28 GDPR, while complying with applicable data protection provisions.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by this service provider can be found in its privacy policy.

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have carefully selected the company Scholz & Volkmer GmbH. A data processing agreement has been concluded with this service provider. Scholz & Volkmer GmbH is bound by the instructions of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and is regularly monitored.

b) Which cookies does this website use?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and associated with the browser you use when you visit a website. Cookies enable information to be exchanged between computer programs or stored for a limited period of time. Certain information is transmitted from the stored cookies to our site. However, they cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer.

Cookies can only be stored if you have permitted this in your browser settings. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time, including automatically.

Whenever a website is accessed on the internet and whenever a file is retrieved, browsers typically transmit data. This processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR. Of the data transmitted when you visit this website, the following information is stored:

• Browser type/version
• Operating system
• Referrer URL (the referring page)
• Date and time of the server request
• Page(s) and file(s) accessed
• Volume of data transferred
• Anonymised/pseudonymised IP address
• Country of origin
• Notification of whether the access/request was successful

The "Islamic·Art" web offering uses cookies very sparingly. This means you can generally view this website without cookies. The cookies used on this website serve two different functions:

• Some of the cookies used (so-called transient cookies) ensure that the website functions and displays correctly. These cookies are valid only for the duration of the website visit. As soon as you close your browser, these so-called session cookies are deleted.
• For website analysis, the "Islamic·Art" web offering uses the analysis software Matomo (formerly Piwik), which is recommended by data protection experts. Matomo is operated entirely without cookies (so-called "cookieless" mode). The processing of users' personal data enables us to analyse browsing behaviour on our website. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information on the use of individual components of our web offering. This helps us to continually improve our web offering and its user-friendliness. Automatic anonymisation/pseudonymisation of IP addresses means that the data collected can no longer be attributed to specific individuals. This rules out any link being made between usage data or usage profiles and personal data. The software runs exclusively on the servers of our web offering. Personal data of users is stored only there. The data is not passed on to third parties.

Cookie settings for data collection by the web analysis software Matomo

No cookies are used for analysis or tracking purposes. Further information on Matomo's privacy settings can be found at: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/

You have the option to prevent the actions you take here from being analysed and linked together. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the site owner from learning from your actions and improving usability for you and other users.

Opt-out complete; your visits to this website will not be recorded by the Web Analytics tool. Note that if you clear your cookies, delete the opt-out cookie, or if you change computers or Web browsers, you will need to perform the opt-out procedure again.

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

You are not opted out. Uncheck this box to opt-out.
You are currently opted out. Check this box to opt-in.

This opt out feature requires JavaScript.

The tracking opt-out feature requires cookies to be enabled.

Your visit to this website is currently being recorded by Matomo web analysis. Deselect this checkbox to opt out.

Newsletter

To send its free newsletter, the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin uses the Kulturkurier service provided by data kulturlink ag. The Museum für Islamische Kunst has carefully selected this service provider and has concluded a data processing agreement with them.

Your data is stored in encrypted form exclusively on servers located within the European Union. The following data is collected upon registration:

• Email address
• Date and time of registration and activation

The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. Registration takes place via a "double opt-in" procedure. In the course of registration, we obtained your consent and informed you of our privacy policy. If you register for our newsletter, your data will be used solely for this purpose. You may withdraw your registration at any time with future effect. To unsubscribe, click the link at the end of the newsletter. Your data will subsequently be deleted.

Presence on online channels and embedded content

Online channels of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

We maintain our own presence on social networks and platforms in order to communicate with visitors, interested parties and users and to inform them about us and our services. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest pursuant to art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR. This legitimate interest lies in fast and straightforward communication as part of our public relations work.

When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms of service and data processing policies of the respective operators apply.

Our web offering also embeds content from a selection of online channels in order to enhance the user experience by providing multimedia content. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, together with the respective service provider, are jointly responsible for the collection and transmission of personal data in connection with this embedded content. Compliance with the applicable data processing guidelines in the further processing of the data is the responsibility of the respective service provider.

YouTube

We embed videos from the YouTube service. YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").

For data protection reasons, YouTube videos are not loaded automatically by default. Only once you actively click "Load video" do you give your consent; the video is then loaded via youtube-nocookie.com and a connection is established to Google's servers.

In this process, personal data may be processed, in particular your IP address, device/browser information, any referrer information, and information on which page of our website you accessed. Additional requests to Google services may also occur (e.g. to provide the video player).

A transfer of data to third countries (in particular the USA) cannot be ruled out. Google may base such transfers on appropriate safeguards (e.g. EU standard contractual clauses).

The purpose of this processing is to provide and play back the embedded videos.

The legal basis is your consent pursuant to art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR.

Storage of consent: We store your consent without cookies in your browser so that the video is not blocked again on every visit. For this purpose, we primarily use local storage (key: youtubeConsent), which stores your consent permanently. If local storage is blocked in your browser (e.g. in private browsing mode), we use session storage instead (key: youtubeConsentSession), which stores your consent only for the current browser session.

Withdrawal: You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect by deleting the entries in local storage or session storage (or by deleting your browser data for this website) and reloading the page.

Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can also disable personalised advertising from Google here: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

4. Who is responsible for the content and maintenance of the website, and who is responsible for data protection?

The controller responsible for this web offering within the meaning of data protection law is the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, legally represented by Marion Ackermann.

Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Von-der-Heydt-Straße 16–18
10785 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)30 266 412884
Email: datenschutz@spk-berlin.de
Website: www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de

For questions regarding data protection, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz has a data protection officer who can be reached at the above postal address (addressed to "Data Protection Officer") or via datenschutz@spk-berlin.de.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin reserve the right to amend this privacy policy in line with technical developments and changes to the legal framework. The current version of this privacy policy can be found at the end of the document.

Last updated: February 2026