Privacy Policy
We would like to inform you about our privacy policy below. Here you will find information about the collection and use of personal data when using our website. We comply with the data protection laws applicable in Germany. You can access this statement on our website at any time.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities and cannot be completely protected from access by third parties.
The use of contact data from our imprint for commercial advertising is expressly not desired unless we have given our prior written consent or there is already a business relationship. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.
Personal Data
You can visit our website without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address, or email address) is collected on our pages, this is done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent. If a contractual relationship between you and us is to be established, designed, or changed, or you make an inquiry to us, we collect and use personal data from you to the extent necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process, and use personal data to the extent necessary to enable you to use the web offer (usage data). All personal data will only be stored as long as it is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your inquiry or handling a contract). Tax and commercial law retention periods are considered. Upon the order of the competent authorities, we may, in individual cases, provide information about this data (inventory data) insofar as this is necessary for law enforcement, to avert danger, to fulfill the statutory tasks of the constitution protection authorities or the Military Counterintelligence Service, or to enforce intellectual property rights.
Privacy Policy for the Facebook Plugin ("Like" Button)
This website uses plugins from the provider Facebook.com, which is provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Users of our website on which the Facebook plugin ("Like" button) is installed are hereby informed that the plugin establishes a connection to Facebook, which transmits to your browser so that the plugin appears on the website.
Furthermore, data is transferred to the Facebook servers through the use, which contains information about your website visits on our homepage. This has the consequence for logged-in Facebook users that the usage data is assigned to your personal Facebook account.
As soon as you actively use the Facebook plugin as a logged-in Facebook user (e.g., by clicking the "Like" button or using the comment function), this data is transferred to your Facebook account and published. This can only be avoided by logging out of your Facebook account beforehand.
For further information regarding the use of data by Facebook, please refer to the data protection provisions on Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Privacy Policy for the Web Analytics Service Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and allow 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. We have activated IP anonymization. On this website, your IP address is therefore previously 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. 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 related to website 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 from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Privacy Policy for the Use of the Web Messaging Service Twitter.com
We have also integrated the web messaging service Twitter.com on our website. This service is provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter offers the so-called "Tweet" function. This allows you to publish 140-character messages with website links in your own Twitter account. If you use the "Tweet" function of Twitter on our web pages, the respective website will be linked to your account on Twitter and, if necessary, made public there. In this process, data is also transmitted to Twitter.
We are not informed about the content of the transmitted data and their use by Twitter. For more information, please consult Twitter's privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy.
Twitter offers you the option to set your privacy settings yourself under the following link: http://twitter.com/account/settings.
Right to Information
You have the right to inquire about the data collected about you at any time, free of charge and without delay. You have the right to revoke your consent to the use of your specified personal data with effect for the future at any time. For information, please contact the provider using the contact details in the imprint.