Privacy Policy

In the following we would like to inform you about our privacy policy. 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.

We expressly point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) is subject to security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties.

The use of the contact data in our imprint for commercial advertising is expressly not desired unless we have given our prior written consent or a business relationship already exists. 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 e-mail address) is collected on our pages, this is done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If a contractual relationship is to be established between you and us, or its content is to be developed or changed, or if you send us an enquiry, we collect and use personal data from you insofar as this is necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data to the extent necessary to enable you to use the website (usage data). All personal data is only stored for as long as is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your enquiry or handling a contract). In this context, retention periods under tax and commercial law are taken into account. By order of the competent authorities, we may provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases, insofar as this is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, to fulfil the legal tasks of the constitution protection authorities or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or to enforce intellectual property rights.

Comment functions
We collect personal data in the context of publishing a content or comment on an article or post only to the extent provided by you. When publishing a comment, the email address you provide will be stored but not published. Your name will be published if you have not written under a pseudonym.

Privacy policy for the newsletter function
By voluntarily entering your email address under the "Contact "page, you declare your consent to receive our emails from us. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. Each e-mail contains an "unsubscribe" link. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address. Additional voluntary information is only used to personalise the newsletter.

Privacy policy for the Facebook plugin ("Like")
This website uses plugins from the provider Facebook.com, which are provided by the company Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 in the USA. Users of our website on which the Facebook plugin ("Like" button) is installed are hereby informed that a connection to Facebook is established through the plugin, whereby a transmission to your browser is carried out so that the plugin appears on the website.
Furthermore, data is forwarded to the Facebook servers through its use, which contains information about your website visits to our homepage. For logged-in Facebook users, this means 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. You can only avoid this by logging out of your Facebook account first.
For further information regarding the use of data by Facebook, please refer to the data protection regulations 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", 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 this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have activated IP anonymisation. On this website, your IP address will therefore be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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 for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing 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 Google data. 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. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by 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 Google Maps by Google Inc.
This website uses the "Google Maps and Route Planner" function of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"), to display or calculate geographical information and directions. Google Maps may transfer data about your use of this website to Google, collect such data and use it by Google. You can prevent such data transmission by deactivating "Javascript" in your browser. In this case, however, no maps can be displayed. By using this website and not deactivating "Javascript", you declare your consent to the processing of your data by Google for the above purposes. Further information on how "Google Maps" and the route planner use your data as well as Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Privacy policy for "Google AdWords Conversion Tracking" by Google Inc.
This website uses the "Google AdWords Conversion Tracking" function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). Google AdWords Conversion Tracking uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site when they click on Google ads. The cookies are valid for a maximum of 90 days. Personal data is not stored in the process. As long as the cookie is valid, Google and we as the website operator can recognise that you have clicked on an ad and have reached a specific target page (e.g. order confirmation page, newsletter registration). These cookies cannot be tracked across multiple websites by different AdWords participants. The cookie creates conversion statistics in "Google AdWords". These statistics record the number of users who have clicked on one of our ads. In addition, it is counted how many users have reached a target page that has been provided with a "conversion tag". However, the statistics do not contain any data with which you can be identified.
You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings (in MS Internet Explorer under "Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Setting"; in Firefox under "Tools > Settings > Privacy > Cookies"); however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. 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. For more information about how Google uses conversion data and Google's privacy policy, please visit: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/93148?ctx=tltp, http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Right to information
You have the right at any time to inquire free of charge and without delay about the personal data collected about you. You have the right at any time to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data with effect for the future. To request information, please contact the provider using the contact details in the imprint.