Privacy policy

Controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

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Deutschland

Hosting

The site is hosted by Netlify (Netlify, Inc., USA). When you visit, data is transferred to Netlify servers, which may be located outside the EU. Netlify acts as a processor; the transfer is based on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in secure and reliable operation (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Server logs

When the site is requested, the host processes technically necessary access data: IP address, time, requested address, amount of data transferred, and browser and operating system details. This data serves operation and security and is not combined with other sources.

Map display (OpenFreeMap)

The base map is loaded from OpenFreeMap (tiles at tiles.openfreemap.org, data from OpenStreetMap). Your browser transmits your IP address to that service; otherwise the map tiles could not be delivered. According to its own statement, OpenFreeMap sets no cookies and requires no sign-in. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a working map (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The climate and building block data of the map is served from our own site; your clicks on the map are neither transmitted nor stored.

Current weather (MET Norway)

For the “Weather now” panel your browser requests the values for the selected place from our own host (Netlify, see above). Only the host then fetches them from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway, api.met.no) – transmitting just the coordinates rounded to about one kilometre, not your IP address. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a complete place view (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Location via your browser

If you choose “Use my location”, your browser asks for permission. Only if you agree does it give the page in your browser an approximate position; in the builder it is rounded to about one kilometre. The position is used only in your browser to set the place on the map and in the builder – it is not transmitted to us and not stored. How your browser or operating system determines the position (e.g. via GPS, Wi-Fi or a location service of its provider) is outside our control. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time in your browser settings.

Offline copy

If you choose “Save an offline copy” in the footer, your browser stores the files of this website (pages, scripts, climate data) locally on your device and sets up a service worker for that. This data does not leave your device, and we do not learn whether you saved it. Nothing happens unless you choose it. You can remove the copy at any time with “Delete offline copy” in the footer or in your browser settings.

AR and VR

The spatial views (AR under the 3D model, the VR room) run only when you start them. Your browser then asks for permission. With AR this page receives no camera image: only your operating system overlays the camera image and the system. The position and movement of your head, hands or phone stay on your device; we neither store nor send them. The VR room loads this web page, the climate data and the coast and city data of the globe from our own server. Only the map lectern at a place fetches map tiles from OpenFreeMap – that service then sees your IP address (see “Map display”). “Weather now” in the VR room asks as on the map, only when you choose it and with the position rounded to about one kilometre (see “Current weather”). What you set in the builder inside the room stays as a draft in your browser's storage (the same as in the builder on the page) and is not transmitted; the QR code on the “Take with you” page contains only the rounded position, the demand and the chosen modules – whoever scans it opens the builder. On iPhone and iPad the file for “AR Quick Look” is made on your device and not uploaded; the operating system opens it. The guided tour in the VR room calculates only on your device; a home place you type is looked up in our own place list (no search service), the name stays in the browser. In stand mode at a trade-fair booth (address with “?messe”) the page deletes everything of yours that sits in the browser (draft, favourites, markers) after each visit, after a longer pause and when staff press the reset button, and stores nothing new. In this mode the device counts anonymously: tours started and completed, aborts, duration, how often the QR code was shown, visited places rounded to 2° squares (about 200 km) and guessing questions, each only as a daily figure. These counters stay in the device's storage, are not sent and contain no head, hand or gaze data, no identifier and no time of day; stand staff can export or delete them. We do not learn whether anyone scans the QR code.

Contact form for organisations

If you submit the form, your details (organisation, type of organisation, name, email, region, interests and message) are transferred via the service Netlify Forms, stored there and sent to us by email. We use the data solely to handle your enquiry. The legal basis is your consent and the initiation or performance of a cooperation (Art. 6(1)(a) and (b) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time; we will then delete your enquiry unless statutory retention obligations apply.

Result by email (VR room)

After the tour in the VR room you can voluntarily ask us to email you the result. For that we store your email address, the chosen language and the link to your proposal (it contains the place rounded to about one kilometre, the water demand and the chosen modules). The legal basis is your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you give when submitting and can withdraw at any time with effect for the future (informally to the address given above). The sole purpose is sending you this result; there is no newsletter and no passing on for advertising. The request is received and stored through the form function of our host Netlify. We delete the address after sending, after 30 days at the latest. Without this, the QR code and the link work as before.

No cookies, no tracking

We use no cookies, no analytics or statistics services, no advertising networks and no social networks. There are no user accounts and no profiling. Fonts are loaded from our own server or from your operating system, not from external font services. Exception without a service: in stand mode at a trade-fair booth a device counts anonymously, only in its own storage (see “AR and VR”).

Retention

Server logs are stored only briefly and then deleted automatically. Enquiries from the contact form are kept as long as needed to handle them and answer follow-up questions, at most until statutory retention periods expire.

Your rights

You have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to processing based on legitimate interest. Please contact the address above. You may also lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, usually the one where you live or where we are based.

Changes

We update this policy when the website or the services used change, for example when our own map solution or further data sources are added.