In the following, we would like to inform you about our data protection policy. Here, you will find information on the collection and use of personal data when visiting our website. We comply with data protection laws applicable in Germany. You may consult this policy on our website at any time.
We expressly point out that data transmission via internet (e.g. email communication) has security gaps and cannot be fully protected against access by third parties.
The use of the contact information in our legal notice for commercial advertising is expressly unwelcome, unless we have given prior written consent or in the case of an existing business relationship. The provider and all the persons named on this website hereby oppose any commercial use and communication of their data.
Personal Data
You can visit our website without providing any personal data. If we collect personal data such as names, addresses, or email addresses on our sites, this is done on a voluntary basis whenever possible. This data will not be communicated to third parties without your express permission. If a contractual relationship between you and us is to be created, amended with regard to content, or modified, or if you send us a request, we will collect and use your personal data to the extent that this is necessary (inventory data). We collect, process, and use personal data to the extent that this is necessary to enable you to benefit from the web offer (use data). Any personal data will only be stored for the time required by the purpose in question (processing of your request or conclusion of a contract). To this end, we comply with legal tax and commercial retention periods. By order of the relevant authorities, we may in individual cases provide information on this data (inventory data), provided this is necessary for prosecution, risk prevention, fulfillment of the legally defined tasks of the Constitution Protection Authority or military counterintelligence, or the assertion of copyright property.
Data Protection Policy for the Facebook Plug-In ("Like")
This website uses plug-ins from the provider Facebook.com that are provided by the company Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Users of our website, on which the Facebook plug-in ("Like" button) is installed, are hereby notified that the plug-in creates a connection to Facebook, leading to a transmission to your browser in order for the plug-in to appear on the website.
Furthermore, use of it will cause data containing information regarding your visits to our homepage to be forwarded to the Facebook server. For logged-in Facebook users, this means that the use data can be associated with their personal Facebook account.
As soon as you actively use the Facebook plug-in as a logged-in Facebook user, e.g. by clicking on the "Like" button or using the comment function, this data will be forwarded and published on your Facebook account. You can only prevent this by logging out of your Facebook account beforehand.
You will find further information on data use by Facebook in the Facebook privacy policy under https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Data Protection Policy for the Google Plus Social Network
This website uses the "G +1" button from the Google Plus social network, operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). The button is identifiable by the "G +1" symbol. If you are registered with Google Plus, you may use the "G +1" button to express your interest in our website and share content from our website on Google Plus. In that case, Google will store the information that you have given our content a "G +1" as well as information on the site that you were visiting while doing so. Your "G +1" may potentially appear along with your name and photo, if available, on Google Plus and other Google services, such as Google search or your Google profile.
You will find information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights in this matter and your privacy settings options, in the Google privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Data Protection Policy for the Use of the Twitter Web Message Service
We have also incorporated the Twitter web message service on our website. This service is provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St., Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter provides the "Tweet" function. This enables you to publish messages of 140 characters, along with links to websites, in your personal Twitter account. If you use the "Tweet" function from Twitter on our websites, the respective website will be linked to your Twitter account, where it may potentially be public Data is also forwarded to Twitter during this process.
We have no knowledge regarding the content of the forwarded data and its use by Twitter. For more information, please consult the Twitter privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy
Under the following link, Twitter enables you to select your personal privacy settings: http://twitter.com/account/settings.
Right to Information
You have the right to be immediately informed free of charge about any personal data collected regarding yourself, at any time.
You have the right to revoke your agreement to the use of the personal data you have provided at any time, effective for the future. For more information, please contact the provider using the contact information in the legal notice.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your terminal device. Cookies are used to analyze user interest in our websites and help make them more user-friendly. You may in general access our websites without cookies as well. If you, however, wish to use the full functionality of our websites in the most user-friendly manner, you should accept the cookies that enable the use of certain functions or provide convenience features. The intended purpose of the cookies we use is shown in the list that follows.
By using our websites, you consent to the use of those cookies that your browser accepts based on your browser settings. You may, however, set your browser to notify you before cookies are accepted, to accept or reject only certain cookies, or to reject all cookies. You are furthermore able to delete cookies from your storage medium at any time.
The following cookies are currently activated*:
Optional Cookies (Tracking-Cookies for Website Analysis)
Piwik Cookies (_pk_id., _pk_ses., _pk_ref.)
This cookie is used to analyze user behavior on our website using the web analytics open source Piwik. All collected data are analyzed anonymously.
Google Analytics Cookies (__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt, __utmz)
This cookie is used to analyze user behavior on our website using the web analytics by Google. All collected data are analyzed anonymously.