Data protection

Personal Data

Personal data is information about you. This includes, for example, your name, address, and email address. You do not need to provide any personal data to visit our website. In some cases, we require your name and address as well as additional information to provide you with the requested service.

The same applies if we provide you with information materials upon request or if we respond to your inquiries. We only store the data that you have automatically or voluntarily provided to us.

When you use one of our services, we generally only collect the data necessary to provide you with our service. We may ask you for additional information, but this is voluntary. Whenever we process personal data, we do so to provide you with our service or to pursue our legitimate interests.

Automatically Stored Non-Personal Data

When you visit our websites, we store certain information for administrative and technical reasons. This includes: type and version of the browser used, date and time of access.

This data is anonymised and used solely for statistical purposes or to improve our internet and online services. These anonymised data are stored separately from personal data on secure systems and cannot be attributed to individual persons. This means that your personal data remains protected at all times.

Cookies

When you visit our websites, we may store information on your computer in the form of cookies. Cookies are small files transferred from an internet server to your browser and stored on your computer. Only the IP address is stored as personal data. The information in the cookies allows us to recognise you on your next visit to our website, making it easier for you to use our services.

Of course, you can also visit our websites without accepting cookies. If you do not want your computer to be recognised on your next visit, you can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings in your browser to "reject cookies". You can find the specific procedure in your browser's manual. However, if you refuse the use of cookies, there may be limitations in using some areas of our websites.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google has submitted to and is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement between the European Union and the USA. This obliges Google to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law. You can find more information in the linked entry below: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and 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.

If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide further services related to website usage and internet usage.

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 adjusting the settings in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent the transmission of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser plugin or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection by Google Analytics on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you will need to click this link again): Disable Google Analytics.

We have entered into a contract with Google for data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

This website uses the "demographic features" function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of the website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third parties. This data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section "Objection to Data Collection".

Security

We have taken technical and organisational measures and administrative security precautions to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, manipulation, and unauthorised access. All our employees and service providers working for us are obliged to comply with the applicable data protection laws.

Whenever we collect and process personal data, these are encrypted before transmission. This means that your data cannot be misused by third parties. Our security precautions are subject to a constant improvement process, and our privacy statements are continuously revised. Please ensure that you have the latest version.

Your Rights as a Data Subject

Please feel free to contact us at any time if you would like to know what personal data we store about you. In addition to this right to information, you can also revoke your consent for us to process your personal data for the future or object to the processing at any time. You also have the right to have the processed data corrected, deleted, or restricted in their processing. Finally, you have the right to have your data transferred to a third party. In all cases, please contact us directly.

Changes to this Privacy Policy We reserve the right to change our privacy statements if this becomes necessary due to new technologies or legal regulations. Please ensure that you have the latest version. If there are fundamental changes to this privacy policy, we will announce these changes on our website.

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