Data protection

Information regarding data processing in connection with press inquiries

Name and contact data of the person responsible for the processing and the official data protection officer

This data protection information has validity for the processing of data in order to answer press inquiries by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector:  

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Kernerplatz 9
70182 Stuttgart

presse@um.bwl.de 

Telephone: 0711 126-2780 or -2781
Fax: 0711 126-2880

You can contact the official data protection officer at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector here: 

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg
Kernerplatz 9
70182 Stuttgart

Datenschutz@um.bwl.de

Collection and storage of personal data in addition to the form and purpose and their use

If you make a request with us in your capacity as a press representative, we collect the following information:

  • first name, surname
  • the press medium you are working for
  • telephone number (landline and/or mobile)
  • an email address
  • postal address

The data processing takes place on the basis of your request and is necessary conform with Article 6 para. 1 s.1 letter e GDPR in conjunction with § 4 of the Land Data Protection Act (LDSG) so that we can answer your request.

We store the personal data we collect for a period of ten years, this being the retention period stipulated in the Joint Order of the Ministries regarding the Administration of Public Authority, Offices and other Institutions of the Land Baden-Württemberg, before they are then deleted. In exceptional cases, the data shall not be deleted should we be subjected to a longer retention period on the basis of retention and documentation duties stipulated in Article 6 para. 1 s.1 letter c GDPR in conjunction with § 4 of the Land Data Protection Act (LDSG). The retention period commences at the end of the calendar year in which the processing has been completed.

Forwarding of data to third parties

Your personal data is not forwarded to third parties, the exception being that you have granted your consent to this conform with Article 6 para. 1 S.1 letter a GDPR in conjunction with § 4 of the Land Data Protection Act (LDSG) or the forwarding of such is necessary for us to complete a task that is in the public interest or is in the scope of the exercising of public authority that has been transferred to the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector.

Data subject rights

You have the following rights:

  • pursuant to Article 7 para. 3 GDPR,  you have the right to withdraw your consent at all times. The consequence of this is that we are prohibited from continuing to process the data that is based on your consent with effect for the future;
  • pursuant to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to demand information concerning the personal data we have processed. You can especially request information concerning the processing purposes. the category of the personal data, the category of the recipients to whom the data was or is made known, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of the processing or an objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data should we not have collected them and the existence of an automated decision-finding system including profiling and where appropriate, meaningful information regarding the details;
  • pursuant to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to demand rectification or completion of the personal data we have stored;
  • pursuant to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand the erasure of the personal data we have stored in as far as the processing is not necessary in order to exercise the right to a freedom of expression and information, in order to fulfill a legal obligation, on public interest grounds or in order to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims;
  • pursuant to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data in as far as you are disputing the correctness of the data, the processing is unlawful, you do not consent to them being erased however and we no longer require the data but you require them in order to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims or should you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR;
  • pursuant to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to demand that the personal data you have made available to us is provided to you in a structured, accessible and machine readable format or you can also demand that they be forwarded to another controller and
  • pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can normally do so with the supervisory authority at your customary place of abode or work or with the Baden-Württemberg Land Representative for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
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