Here you can find all information on the use of cookies on the Berliner Festspiele website.
Cookies are packages of data that are exchanged between your browser and the website. They store information over numerous visits to the website, for example to match up baskets and ticket purchases or to log in to the website. They enable identification to be transferred securely to your network. Your browser stores the cookies on your computer. Cookies are unable to operate programmes and are not viruses.
You can specify how cookies should be treated in your browser settings. You may generally decline all cookies or arrange to be notified whenever cookies are used. You can also check in your browser settings which cookies have been stored and what they contain.
Our website uses cookies. In order to be able to use all its functions, we recommend that in addition to strictly necessary cookies you also activate further (third party) cookies or to click on the button “Accept all cookies” to ensure you can use our website fully. By doing this, you also confirm that you consent to the use of cookies from third parties of foreign countries outside Europe or non-EEA countries (for example, YouTube and Vimeo from the USA).
If you click on “Accept selected cookies” without selecting third-party cookies, we will apply the default setting of only using strictly necessary cookies. This may result in you being unable to access parts of our website and therefore being unable to use some functions. You can change or cancel your settings at any time. You can find further information in our privacy policy.
These cookies ensure that the website is technically stable. Without these, unfortunately you will not be able to use our website or sections of it.
We use third parties such as Vimeo, YouTube and SoundCloud to present the multimedia content on our website. This means that our videos and audio files are stored by these third parties and integrated into our media library using their media players. If you want to use these functions, please activate these third party cookies.
The actual number of cookies used depends on your individual browser settings.
If you are logged into Google (YouTube belongs to Google) your data will be directly mapped by your account and additional cookies stored. If you do not want to be mapped by your YouTube profile, you need to log out before playing the video. If you have your own Vimeo or SoundCloud account and are logged in while playing the videos or audio files stored there, it is possible that additional cookies may be used by these providers.
Vimeo cookies
Companies that process these data:
Vimeo.com, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
Nature and purpose of these data:
According to our knowledge, Vimeo will process your IP address and information about which embedded services you have activated on our site. We receive anonymised and aggregated user statistics from which we can determine the number of hits our videos received.
Period of retention:
Information about how long Vimeo will retain cookies or your data can be found in the Vimeo cookie policy and in Section 7 of Vimeo’s privacy policy.
The Vimeo cookie policy can be found here: https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy
The Vimeo privacy policy can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy#protecting_your_information
YouTube cookies
Companies that process these data:
Google Ireland Limited. Gordon House Barrow Street Dublin 4, D04E5W5, Ireland. Occasionally personal data may be processed by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Nature and purpose of these data:
According to our knowledge, Google will process your IP address and information about which embedded services you have activated on our site. We receive anonymised and aggregated user statistics from which we can determine the number of hits our videos received.
Period of retention:
You can find information about how long Google will store your data and how these are anonymized here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention?hl=en
Further information about processing your personal data can be found in the Google privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
SoundCloud cookies
Companies that process these data:
SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin
Nature and purpose of these data:
According to our knowledge, SoundCloud will process your IP address and related information about which embedded services you have activated on our site. We receive anonymised and aggregated user statistics from which we can determine the number of hits our audio files received.
Period of retention:
Information about how long SoundCloud will retain your data can be found in the SoundCloud privacy policy in the section “Exercising Your EU Privacy Rights”.
You can find links to SoundCloud’s privacy and cookie policies here: https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/de/articles/115003570428-Datenschutz-bei-SoundCloud
ARTE / ZDF / RBB
As part of our co-operation projects, we also show material from ARTE, ZDF and RBB on our website. These are integrated into our website. If you start playing this material, cookies from the provider may be stored on your device. To the best of our knowledge, we have listed these cookies for you here, however, please check the privacy and cookie policies of the respective providers.
ARTE cookies
Information can be found at: www.arte.tv/sites/corporate/de/arte-und-ihre-privatsphaere-im-internet/
ZDF cookies
Information can be found at: www.zdf.de/dsgvo
RBB cookies
Information can be found at: www.rbb-online.de/datenschutz/datenschutzerklaerung.html