Privacy and Cookies
Data Protection
The maintainer of this website take the protection of your data very seriously. We handle your data privately and according to data privacy regulations and this privacy policy.
The use of our website is normally possible without providing personal information. The collection of any personal data (such as name, address or e-mail address) is, as far as practicable, always on a voluntary basis. This data will not be given to third parties without obtaining your consent.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can feature security vulnerabilities. The complete protection of data against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible.
Server log files
The provider of these websites automatically saves data that your browser automatically transmits, in so-called server log files, including:
- Browser type and version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
This data is not personal and is not used collectively with other sources of data. We reserve the right to check the data, if we notice concrete evidence of an illegal use of this website.
Use of cookies
This website uses “cookies”, text files placed on your computer. They make our services more user-friendly and more effective and secure.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". These are small units of information that are located temporarily in the memory of the respective user's device and which are always deleted after the browser window has been closed. A cookie does not contain any viruses and is not saved anywhere permanently. It is only used in the current browser session of this website. The usage of the session cookie is restricted to your activities on the website and does not affect any other activities on the Internet.
Using the settings in your browser, you can prevent yourself from receiving a cookie from us. Your potential activities on the websites, may be restricted.
Contact form
Whenever you provide us with data through a contact form, the data you provided will be saved for further use and in case of questions. This data is not submitted to a third-party without prior consent.
Newsletter data
If you want to subscribe to our newsletter, please write your email here and send it to us. We use your e-mail address and information to check the validity of the ownership of your e-mail address. You have to agree to get our newsletter. Other data were not collected. These data we only use to send our newsletter. We do not disclose your data to third parties, unless this is necessary for our business activities or is required by law.
You may also at any time and without giving any reason revoke the consent you have given us to collect and use the data, for instance by using the links „sign out“ or „unsubscribe“.
Privacy policy for the use of Matomo (formerly PIWIK)
This website uses the open-source analytics platform Matomo, an open-source web analytics service. Matomo uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be stored on our servers in the EU.
In case IP-anonymization is activated on this website. Your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The legal basis for processing personal data of users is Article 6 (1) point (a) of the GDPR (Consent).
For more information about privacy settings on Matomo Software, please click on the following link: matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
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. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out will be deleted. You can also opt-out from being tracked.
Privacy policy for the use of Facebook-Plugins (Like-Button)
This website uses plugins of social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The plugins are indicated by the Facebook logo or the "Facebook Social Plugin" description ("Like Button","Like"). Here you find an overview about all Facebook plugins: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established. Facebook gets this information that you have with your IP address visited our page. If you click on the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we as providers of the sites no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and use them through Facebook. For more information, please see the privacy policy of Facebook among http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
If you don't want that Facebook can assign your visit our website to your Facebook user account, please log out from your Facebook account.
Information, deletion, refusal of access
You are entitled to free information about your stored data at any time, its origin and recipient and the purposes of its use as well as the right to correction, refusal of access or deletion of your data. Please contact the address stated in the imprint if you have any wishes or requirements pertaining to your personal data.