The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke consent at any time. An informal email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
Objection to promotional emails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice for sending unsolicited advertising and informational material is hereby objected to. The operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Our web pages sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. They help make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies required for electronic communication processes or for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g. shopping-cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure a technically error-free and optimized service. Any other cookies (e.g. for analysing your browsing behaviour) are treated separately in this privacy policy.
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 version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. An informal email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
The data you provide in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
4. Analytics tools and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”: text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. 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.
The storage of Google-Analytics cookies takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimize both its website and advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated IP anonymization on this website. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent 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, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website and Internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser plug-in
You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do so you may not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Opt-out of data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: [ga_optout]
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data-processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the European data-protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographics with Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographics” feature of Google Analytics. It allows reports to be generated that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising by Google as well as from visitor data from third-party providers. These data cannot be assigned to any specific person. You can disable this feature at any time in your Google account’s ad settings or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described above.
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Within the scope of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If a user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using conversion cookies is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag, but they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can easily disable the Google Conversion Tracking cookie through your browser settings.
The storage of “conversion cookies” takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimize both its web offer and its advertising.
More information can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
5. Plug-ins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from YouTube, operated by Google. Provider is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our pages containing a YouTube plug-in, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube enables you to associate your browsing 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 an appealing presentation of our online offerings and constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, your browser must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, 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 consistent and attractive presentation of our online offerings and constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
More information can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Adobe Typekit Web Fonts
This site uses for a consistent display of fonts so-called Web Fonts provided by Adobe. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, your browser must connect to Adobe’s servers. Adobe thus becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Adobe Typekit Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online offerings and constitutes a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a default font from your computer will be used.
More information can be found at https://typekit.com/ and in Adobe’s privacy policy: https://www.adobe.com/privacy.html.
Facebook plug-ins (Like button)
The controller has integrated components of Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is an online meeting place that usually enables users to communicate and interact with each other. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or allows the online community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows users to create private profiles, upload photos and network via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time one of our individual pages containing a Facebook component (plug-in) is accessed, the browser on the user’s information-technology system is automatically prompted to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. An overview of Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US. Through this technical process, Facebook is informed which specific sub-page of our website the user visits.
If the user is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook detects each visit to our website and associates this information with the user’s Facebook account. When the user clicks one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, such as the “Like” button, or leaves a comment, Facebook matches this information to the user’s personal account and stores the personal data.
If you do not wish Facebook to associate this data with your account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.
Further information about how Facebook handles data can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.