Privacy Policy

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. In the following we inform you about how we have implemented the protection of your data on our website:

General

The use of the website is basically possible for you, without registering as a user. No software or hardware techniques are used to collect personally identifiable information about the user’s e-mail address or other data. Personal data are only collected if they are given to us expressly. Your data will always be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose for which you have given us. You have the right, upon request, to obtain information about the personal data stored about you free of charge. In addition, you have a right to correct, block and delete these data in accordance with us. This website contains links to other websites or social media sites. If you click on a link that leads to other websites of third parties, please note that these websites have their own privacy policy. Please check their privacy policy when using these websites.

Use of cookies

The website, email traffic, online services, advertising and interactive applications may use “cookies” to optimize our services.

What is a “cookie”?

A “cookie” is a sequence of text characters which we transmit to the computer’s hard drive via our web server to the cookie file of the browser. This will allow our site to recognize you when a connection is made between our web server and your browser. The main purpose of a cookie is to recognize visitors to the site, so that our web server can present you with a more personalized content, more tailored to your needs.

Two types of cookies are used on this website:

Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave our website. These cookies are necessary for certain applications or features of the website to be properly executed.

Persistent cookies: We can use persistent cookies for better usability (for example, to provide optimal navigation). These are cookies that stay in the cookie file of your browser for a longer period of time. This period depends on the settings of your Internet browser. Persistent cookies allow you to submit information to a web server each time you visit the site. Persistent cookies are also known as tracking cookies. If you want to learn more about cookies, there are many publications available on this topic. See for example: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or as far as third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will in no case associate your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, please be aware that in this case you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Facebook

The social network Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plugin of Facebook is recognizable by one of the Facebook logos. If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the share button will be sent by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website. This gives Facebook the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to our page to your Facebook account. If you press the “LIKE” button, the corresponding information will be transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and saved there. It can not be ruled out that your visit to our website by Facebook will be recorded, even if you do not click on the plugins. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you are a member of Facebook and do not want them to collect data about you via our website and link them with your member data stored there, you must log out of the user account of Facebook before visiting our website.

Youtube

This website contains at least one plugin from Youtube. It is a plug-in from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. If you click on the YouTube Share button, your browser will establish a direct connection with Google’s servers. The content of the share button will be sent by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the website. This gives Google the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you’re logged in to Google, Google may associate your visit to our page with your Google Account. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the Google Privacy Policy at http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to the current legal situation. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about the privacy of the information we collect. By continuing to use these websites or by maintaining an upright business relationship, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy and its up-to-dateness.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments on the subject of “Privacy”, you can send us your inquiries and suggestions via the contact form. Go to the Contact Form