Legal Notice: Please note that only the German version of this privacy statement is legally binding. You can access the legally binding version here.
It is possible to use our website without providing personal data. However, it may be necessary to process personal data if you want to make use of specific services or other communication channels offered by our company via the website. If it is necessary to process personal data and there is no legal framework upon which to base this processing (for example a contractual agreement), we will ask for your consent.
In doing so, we will inform you of the following: what personal information of yours we collect, how we use it and how you can withdraw your consent to your data’s usage.
Overview
Who is responsible for collecting and processing data?
DB InfraGO AG collects and processes your data as the responsible party.
The appointed data protection officer is Dr. Marein Müller.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please contact:
Datenschutz.DBInfraGO@deutschebahn.com
If you have any questions, comments and/or criticism in connection with bahnhof.de, please contact the following address:
DB InfraGO AG
I.ISA 1
Adam-Riese-Straße 11-13
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
e-mail: feedback@bahnhof.de
What data do we collect? How and why do we process your data?
We collect and process personal data only for specific purposes. The reasons may arise from technical requirements, contractual obligations or users’ express requests.
For technical reasons, when someone visits bahnhof.de, it is necessary to collect and store certain information, such as the date and duration of the visit, the webpages visited, the identification details of the browser and operating system type, and the website from which you accessed our website.
Contacting us
When you send an e-mail to feedback@bahnhof.de, we process the data you provide only for the purpose of handling your enquiry.
You can also contact us using DB Smile, DB InfraGO AG’s virtual chat assistant (chatbot/live chat). DB Smile knows the website content and provides keyword-based answers to customers’ questions, recommends links to the relevant pages and can suggest other channels for contacting us. We are constantly updating our chatbot so that it can provide you with the best support when navigating our online and mobile information offerings. At the moment, DB Smile cannot process complex/extensive questions. If a request cannot be resolved via our chatbot, you have the opportunity to continue chatting live with an agent. Personal information is neither required nor requested to use DB Smile. In the case of a live chat, it may be necessary at your request to process certain personal information to answer your concern. Our system stores your questions for max. 30 days so that its self-learning algorithms can improve how the chatbot functions. It does not evaluate personal data. Usage-related metrics such as chat duration, information timestamps, number of exchanges and general location of the user are stored exclusively for statistical reasons. We only store any information relating to you so that we can process your enquiry and for reasons connected with our internal procedures, for example managing and improving our business and service processes (Article 6.1.b of GDPR).
If you contact us via other channels, such as those communicated within the scope of special campaigns or programmes for customers at selected stations, we will use the information you provide us with (for example e-mail or phone number) only for measures required within the context of the relevant campaign or programme.
Data processing regulations
If we obtain your consent to process personal information, this serves as a legal basis as per Article 6.1(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Processing personal data required for fulfilling a contract with you is based on Article 6.1(b) of the GDPR. Article 6.1(b) of the GDPR also applies to processing required for performing precontractual measures, for example in connection with requests pertaining to our products or service.
If our company is required by law to process personal data, for example for meeting taxation-related requirements, the relevant processing measures are based on Art. 6.1(c) of the GDPR.
Is any data forwarded?
Processing contracts generally requires the involvement of order processing specialists working under orders, for example computer centre operators, printing service providers, delivery service providers or other parties involved in contract processing.
We take great care when selecting external service providers who process data on our behalf, and they adhere to our strict contractual obligations. These service providers follow our instructions. This is safeguarded by strict contractual regulations, technical and organisational measures and supplementary checks.
Your data is forwarded only if you have provided us with your explicit consent or if mandated by legal provisions.
Your information is not forwarded to a third-party state outside the EU/EEA or to an international organisation unless suitable guarantees have been provided. These include standard EU contract clauses and an EU Commission decision regarding suitability.
Further information about data processing at DB concern can be found at: deutschebahn.com/de/konzern/konzernprofil/datenschutz
How long is your data stored?
We store data only while it is necessary for fulfilling the aim for which it was collected, for which it is required, or if such storage is mandated by law. For example, if you submit an enquiry, we store your data for at least the period of time necessary for processing your questions or enquiries in a satisfactory manner. Your data is then deleted.
In the event of statutory data retention periods (for example as per Germany’s tax code or commercial code), the data is retained for the duration of such a period. Using suitable identification details, it is stored in a manner which prevents it being accessed, and it is deleted when the retention period expires.
What rights do users of www.bahnhof.de have?
- Users can demand to know what data pertaining to them has been stored.
- They can demand the correction or deletion of their personal data, or demand that its processing be restricted (blocking), provided this is permissible by law and possible within the framework of an existing contractual relationship.
- They have the right to submit complaints to a supervisory authority. The regulator responsible for DB InfraGO AG is Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (the hessians officer for data protection and freedom of information), Postfach 3163
65021 Wiesbaden. - Users have the right to transfer those data that have been provided to us on the basis of consent or a contract (data portability).
- If they have given us consent to process data, they can withdraw it using the same process by which they provided it. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the legality of data processing performed before withdrawal on the basis of the consent provided previously.
- To exercise the rights, simply post a letter to the relevant office (see section on the party responsible for collecting and processing data) or send an e-mail to: marketing-bahnhoefe@deutschebahn.com
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We distinguish between cookies that are essential for the webpage’s technical functions and cookies that are not essential for the webpage’s technical functions.
We want to give you the opportunity to make an informed decision for or against the use of cookies that are not essential for the webpage’s technical functions. Please note that if you refuse cookies used for advertising purposes, you will receive advertisements that are less personalised and less ideally suited to your interests. It will remain possible to use the website in full.
Analysis of data by Deutsche Bahn AG
More information on data processing as part of the analysis for which Deutsche Bahn AG is responsible and the relevant setting options can be found at ‘Manage analysis’.
External links
If you click a link to an external website, you leave the website bahnhof.de. This means that DB InfraGO AG is not responsible for the content, services or products offered on the linked website, nor is it responsible for data protection or technical security on the linked website.
Updating privacy notice
We update our privacy notice in line with changes to functions or legal regulations. We therefore recommend that you review our privacy notice at regular intervals. If your consent is necessary or if elements of the privacy notice contain provisions from a contractual relationship with you, changes will be made only with your consent.
Last modified: 19.09.2024