Privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

We would like to inform you here about the data collected when you call up our pages:

Cookies
The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

eMail and contact form
If you send us an email or contact us via a contact form, this data is also stored for the purpose of processing. This data is in any case subject to data protection. Under no circumstances will we pass on to third parties any data obtained through the use of this website, unless we are legally obliged to do so. As a matter of principle, we only use the data generated in this process to the extent necessary to process your inquiries and orders.

Use of web fonts
External fonts, Google Fonts, are used on these web pages. Google Fonts is a service of Google Inc. (“Google”). The integration of these web fonts is done by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited. Also, the IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor of these web pages is stored by Google. You can find more information in Google’s privacy policy, which you can access here:
www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about
www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps to display a map of the site. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of automatically collected data and data provided by you by Google, one of its representatives, or third parties.

The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at Terms of Use for Google Maps (http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html). For full details, please visit the Privacy Center at google.de: Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de).

 

Facebook plugins (Like button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” (“Like”) on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy policy for the use of XING
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is called up, a connection to XING servers is established. As far as we are aware, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

For further information on data protection and the XING Share button, please refer to the XING privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Privacy policy due to the use of a LinkedIn share button

You will find plugins of the social network LinkedIn or LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “LinkedIn”) on our website. You can recognize the LinkedIn plugins by the corresponding logo or the “Recommend” button. Please note that the plugin establishes a connection between your respective internet browser and LinkedIn’s server when you visit our website. LinkedIn is thus informed that our website was visited with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, you have the option of linking content from our website to your LinkedIn profile page. In doing so, you enable LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website with you or your user account. You must know that we do not gain any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.

For more details on how the data is collected and your legal and hiring options, visit LinkedIn. These will be made available to you at http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv.

SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Right to information, deletion, blocking
If you wish, you can of course find out at any time what data we have stored about you. In addition, you have a right to correct incorrect data and, under certain conditions, a right to correct, block or delete the data stored about you, as well as a right to object and data portability. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please notify us in writing at the address given in the imprint.

Insofar as you have expressly or impliedly given us your consent to the storage of data, you may revoke this consent at any time. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the collection and processing of your data until the time of revocation.

In any case, data of our customers remain stored as long as the customer relationship exists. After the end of the business relationship, there is, if applicable. a retention obligation under commercial law or tax law of ten years; data that is subject to such a legal retention obligation will be deleted after this period has expired.
If you have concerns that your personal data has been collected or processed by us in violation of applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

Objection advertising mails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the transmission of not expressly requested advertising and information materials is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.