The protection of your personal data and compliance with applicable national and European data protection regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Rhineland-Palatinate State Data Protection Act (LDSG), is an important concern for the state capital of Mainz. The following information explains how the city of Mainz handles personal data on the Facebook page Fanpage (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.), what anonymous user data the city of Mainz collects and evaluates, and how this information is used.

Normally, you can visit Fanpage without providing any personal information. In individual cases, however, we may need personal data from you, for example, if you communicate with us via Fanpage. If you provide us with information about third parties, such as spouses or relatives, we assume that you have obtained the appropriate consent beforehand.

You can access the comprehensive privacy policy of the state capital of Mainz at the following link:

Additional information on our information obligations under Article 13 of the GDPR can be found at the following link:

The responsible authority is:

State Capital Mainz
City Hall Große Bleiche, Große Bleiche 46/Löwenhofstraße 1, 55116 Mainz
Phone: 06131 115
Email: oberbuergermeisterstadt.mainzde

You can contact the data protection officers of the State Capital Mainz here:

The state capital of Mainz uses the technical platform and services of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, for the information service offered on its Facebook page Fanpage.

Please note that you use this Facebook page and its functions at your own risk. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g., commenting, sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access all the information offered on this page on our website at www.mainz.de.

When you visit our Facebook page, Facebook collects, among other things, your IP address and other information stored on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the Facebook pages, with statistical information about the use of the Facebook page. Facebook provides more detailed information on this at the following link:

The data collected about you in this context is processed by Meta Platforms Ltd. and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. Facebook describes in general terms what information it receives and how it is used in its Data Use Policy. There you will also find information about how to contact Facebook and how to adjust your advertising settings. The Data Use Policy is available at the following link:

Facebook does not conclusively and clearly state how it uses the data from visits to Facebook pages for its own purposes, to what extent activities on the Facebook page are assigned to individual users, how long Facebook stores this data, and whether data from a visit to the Facebook page is passed on to third parties.

When you access a Facebook page, the IP address assigned to your device is transmitted to Facebook. According to Facebook, this IP address is anonymized (for "German" IP addresses) and deleted after 90 days. Facebook also stores information about its users' devices (e.g., as part of the "login notification" function); this may enable Facebook to assign IP addresses to individual users.

If you are currently logged in to Facebook as a user, a cookie with your Facebook ID is stored on your device. This enables Facebook to track that you have visited this page and how you have used it. This also applies to all other Facebook pages. Facebook buttons embedded in websites enable Facebook to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Facebook profile. This data can be used to tailor content or advertising to you.

If you want to avoid this, you should log out of Facebook or deactivate the "stay logged in" function, delete the cookies on your device, and close and restart your browser. This will delete Facebook information that can be used to identify you directly. This allows you to use our Facebook page without revealing your Facebook ID. When you access interactive features of the page (like, comment, share, messages, etc.), a Facebook login screen will appear. After logging in, you will once again be recognizable to Facebook as a specific user.

To ensure a user-friendly and needs-based design, we use the "Facebook Insights" service, which evaluates the use of the site and provides us with anonymized usage statistics. The city of Mainz does not have access to individual user profiles.

The data collected by Facebook Insights includes:

• Page activity
• Page views
• Post reach (differentiation between organic/paid content)
• Recommendations
• Post interactions
• Video: Views and average video playback
• Location (country, city)
• Target audience (gender ratio, age, language).

Further information about Facebook Insights can be found here:

Facebook and the state capital of Mainz share joint responsibility for the processing of personal data by Facebook Insights. Details of the joint responsibility agreement in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR can be found here:

In addition, we may process your personal data to moderate the comment function. We use the social media management tool "SocialHub" to process comments.

We have selected the most privacy-friendly filter settings possible for the use of Fanpage.

The state capital of Mainz operates the Facebook page Fanpage in order to provide its citizens and other interested parties with additional information about its work and the state capital of Mainz as such. The page thus serves to fulfill a public function of the city of Mainz, namely the fulfillment of its information obligations.

If the state capital of Mainz receives technical data from your browser in the course of its use of Facebook Fanpage, it processes this data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. e) GDPR in conjunction with § 3 LDSG. Other data that you voluntarily send to the state capital of Mainz via the Facebook Fanpage is collected and processed by the state capital of Mainz on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or to safeguard the legitimate interests of the state capital of Mainz in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. This also applies to declarations of consent already given before the GDPR came into force. Our legitimate interests in processing lie in communicating with our citizens as easily and securely as possible and in moderating the comments section on our Facebook Fanpage.

The statistical data collected by Facebook Insights is processed to protect the legitimate interests of the state capital of Mainz in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The legitimate interests lie in being able to provide citizens with information on Fanpage that is even more tailored to their needs by providing an overview of the specific use of Fanpage.

The state capital of Mainz processes and uses personal data in its services in accordance with the provisions of data protection regulations.

Insofar as personal data is collected, processed, and used within the scope of specialist applications of municipal offices and companies, the respective special legal regulations (e.g., Rhineland-Palatinate Registration Act, Social Security Code, Aliens Act) and/or the LDSG apply.

The state capital of Mainz processes and uses your personal data outside of its services only to the extent that this is necessary for the fulfillment of tasks falling within the city's jurisdiction or is required by law, or if you have given your consent. The relevant legal bases are Art. 6 (1) c), e) GDPR, § 3 LDSG and Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. The state capital of Mainz does not pass on the data to non-public bodies.

Within the state capital of Mainz, your data will be shared with those entities that require it to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. As a matter of principle, we do not pass on data to non-public entities. However, some data is passed on under strict contractual and legal conditions:

External service providers:

If service providers come into contact with your data, this is usually done within the framework of what is known as commissioned processing of personal data. This is expressly provided for by law. In this case, the state capital of Mainz remains responsible for the protection of your data, alongside the processor where applicable. The service provider works exclusively in accordance with our instructions, which we ensure through strict contractual regulations, technical and organizational measures, and supplementary controls.

The state capital of Mainz uses service providers as processors. These are service providers in the categories of web services (e.g., for technical and administrative tasks and for usage analysis), telecommunications, consulting, and sales and marketing.

The data protection requirements for the processing of personal data in accordance with instructions are complied with.

Insofar as the state capital of Mainz processes your personal data, you are entitled to a number of data protection rights, in particular a

• right to information (Art. 15 GDPR),
• right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR),
• right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR),
• right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
• right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR),
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).

The data protection officer of the state capital of Mainz and the state commissioner for data protection and freedom of information of Rhineland-Palatinate are available to you as contact persons.

Further information on your data protection rights and how you can assert them can be found in our detailed information notice pursuant to Art. 13, 14, and 21 GDPR, which you can find at the following link:

The current version of this privacy policy can be found at the following link:

If you have any questions about the information we provide, please contact us at

Social Media Editorial Office
Stadthaus Große Bleiche
Große Bleiche 46/Löwenhofstraße 1
55116 Mainz
Email: socialmediastadt.mainzde

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Further information about Facebook and other social networks and how you can protect your data can also be found at youngdata.de.