Privacy Policy

The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example name, address or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the case of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

"Personal data" is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.

"Processing" is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually every handling of data.

"Pseudonymisation" means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

"Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

The "controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

"Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of processing as well as the different probability of occurrence and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include in particular securing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and their separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the perception of data subject rights, deletion of data and response to data threats. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures, according to the principle of data protection through technology design and through privacy-friendly default settings (Art. 25 GDPR).

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether relevant data is being processed and information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.

You have the right in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.

You have the right in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR to request that relevant data be deleted immediately, or alternatively in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR to request a restriction on the processing of the data.

You have the right to request that the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, be received in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to request its transmission to other controllers.

You also have the right in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You have the right to withdraw consent given in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect for the future

You can object to the future processing of data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection can be made in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Small files that are stored on users' computers are referred to as "cookies". Different information can be stored within cookies. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after his visit within an online offer. Cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offer and closes his browser are referred to as temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies". For example, the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status can be stored in such a cookie. Cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed are referred to as "permanent" or "persistent". For example, the login status can be stored when users visit them after several days. Likewise, the interests of users can be stored in such a cookie, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. Cookies that are offered by providers other than the controller operating the online offer are referred to as "third-party cookies" (otherwise, if they are only his cookies, one speaks of "first-party cookies").

We may use temporary and permanent cookies and clarify this in the context of our privacy policy.

If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional limitations of this online offer.

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by switching them off in the browser settings. Please note that then possibly not all functions of this online offer can be used.

When contacting us (e.g. via contact form, email, telephone or via social media), the user's information is processed to handle the contact request and its processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. User information can be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System ("CRM System") or comparable request organization.

We delete the requests if they are no longer required. We review the necessity every two years; furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.

In this context, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, prospects and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of data processing agreement).

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"), based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus provides a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports on activities within this online offer and to provide other services related to the use of this online offer and internet usage to us. Pseudonymous usage profiles of users can be created from the processed data.

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The IP address transmitted by the user's browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.