Privacy Policy

Basics
The protection of your personal data is very important to us.
We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data security regulations and according to this privacy protection declaration.

As a rule the use of this site is possible without the declaration of personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data is not communicated without your express consent to third parties.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies
This website uses cookies for a pseudonymised reach measurement. The cookies are transmitted onto your browser either by our server or the server of a third party.

Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies serves to present our information in a user-friendly way and to increase the security of website usage.

You can set your browser to warn you before cookies are stored and to give you the possibility to allow cookies only in singular cases, or to allow cookies in certain determined cases, or to deactivate cookies as a general rule, as well as to delete cookies automatically by closing the browser.

The deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website

Server-Log-Files
When you access the website, information is automatically stored in ‘log files’ by the provider of this site. This consists of information that the browser of your device automatically sends, specifically:

  • Site accessed
  • Browser type/ version
  • Operating system used
  • IP address of the contacting device
  • Volume of data transmitted (bytes)
  • Referring URL
  • Website issuing the request
  • Date and time of server query

This information is captured anonymously and cannot be traced to you as an individual. A combination of this data with other data sources will not be taken. We reserve the right to check these data ex-post if there are concrete grounds for assuming illegal use of them.

Gathering and collection of personal data
The provider collects, uses and passes your personal data on only when allowed by law or by your consent.

Personal data is any information that may be used to identify, and can be traced back to, an individual – including, but not limited to a name, an e-mail-address, or a telephone number.

You can visit this site without providing any input of personal information. For the purpose of improving our online-service, we register your access data anonymously. Part of these access data are requested files or the name of your internet provider. Through the anonymisation of the obtained information, your privacy remains protected.

Contact form
If you contact us via using the contact form, the data you provide will be processed in order to respond to your query.

Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small files that are stored on your device and which enable analysis of your use of our website. The thus created information about your use of this site are normally sent to a Google server in the US and truncated there.

IP Anonymisation
We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services to the website operator relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website.: deactivate Google Analytics

For more information on how Google Analytics uses user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Data processing order
We have concluded a contract with Google for order data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics of Google Analytics
This website uses the function “demographic features” of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-related advertising by Google and visitor data from third parties. This information cannot be associated with any specific individual. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google Account or generally prohibit Google Analytics from collecting your data as described under “Objection to data collection”.

SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as a site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “https://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Right to information, deletion, blocking
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

Objection to advertising mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action against unsolicited mailing or e-mailing of spam and other similar advertising materials.