Privacy Policy
1. General information on data protection
General information
What happens to your information when you visit our website? This is set out and explained in our Privacy Policy in the following points. Your information includes the personal information about you that can be used to identify you.
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website? This is the website operator, which can be seen in our imprint.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.
On the one hand, you provide us with your data yourself. This is done, for example, by entering the contact form or subscribing to a newsletter.
In addition, data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit our website. This mainly concerns technical data, e.g. server data, internet browser, operating system or time of page access.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to enable the website to be provided without errors and a further part of the data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have in relation to your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and so-called analysis programs. Your surfing behaviour is usually analysed anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You may object to this analysis.
2. General information and mandatory information
The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet, e.g. when communicating by e-mail, may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the date of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
3. Data collection on our website
A cookie stores the internet settings. There are almost no websites that do not use cookies anymore. They are downloaded by almost all internet browsers the first time you visit the website. The next time this website is accessed on the same device, the cookie and the information stored in it are either sent back to the website that created it (First Party Cookie) or sent to another website to which it belongs (Third Party Cookie). This allows the website to recognise that you have already been accessed with this browser.
Depending on their function and purpose of use, cookies can be divided into four categories*: Strictly Necessary Cookies, Performance Cookies, Functional Cookies, Marketing Cookies.
The most common browsers can also disable cookies.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data will not be combined with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on these data without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal e-mail to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for the data storage ceases to apply (e.g. after processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular storage
Legal basis
The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
5. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.
IP anonymisation We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be 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, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.
Browser Plugin You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you may collect the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as process this data.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use to send the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you store with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that was stored with us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) will remain unaffected by this.
Legal basis
The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Duration of storage
The data you store with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from our servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that was stored with us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remains unaffected by this.
7. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform presentation of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. In this way, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google web fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
More information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission.
The use of Google Maps takes place in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and of easy finding of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of
