Privacy policy

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 generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example 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 passed on to third parties without your express consent. We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

entity responsible for data processing:

Definitions

This data protection declaration is based on the definitions used by the European Directive and Regulation Maker when adopting the DSGVO (Article 4 DSGVO). This privacy statement is intended to be both easy to read and easy to understand for any person. You could access the DSGVO at the following link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=DE

Explanation of essential terms

The aim of our privacy policy is to inform you in a simple and understandable way about the processing of your personal data on our websites and by means of our apps. To ensure this, we would first like to explain the terminology used. In this data protection declaration, these definitions, among others, are used:

Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter „data subject“). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data, are processed by the controller. User of this website.

Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Controller(s) or person(s) responsible for the processing
Controller(s) or controller(s) means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for under Union or Member State law;

Consent
Consent means any freely given specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

Data processing

Personal data in connection with the use of this website are, for example, name, address, as well as e-mail address and IP address.

We process personal data of users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and its content. Furthermore, we collect personal data when you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form.

In addition, we process personal data by providing certain third-party services such as social plugins. In these cases, we have taken all measures required by data protection law for legally permissible data processing by these third-party providers.

Cookies

The Internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. 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. If you deactivate cookies, 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 browser version
  • Operating system used
  • referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

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 concrete indications of illegal use.

Forms

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your data from the inquiry form including the contact data you provided there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Google ReCaptcha

To detect bots and resulting spam, we use the function „Google ReCaptcha“ of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“. These are 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 the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address will be 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 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 any other data held by Google.

Browser Plugin
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) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics opt-out. For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. The operating company of Google Maps is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. When calling up the Internet pages on which Google Maps is integrated, data is transferred to Google servers in third countries. For more information about data processing by Google, please refer to the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center. With regard to the use of Google Maps, it should be noted that the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by Google as part of its participation in the so-called „Privacy Shield“ and the measures taken by Google for data protection and data security. Detailed information on the management of your own data in connection with Google products can be found at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest within the meaning of this legal norm is an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the places we indicate on the website.

Google Web Fonts

We use fonts and jQuery scripts that are not stored locally on our web server but in a content delivery network provided by Google. When calling up the pages on which these fonts or scripts are installed, data is transferred to Google servers in third countries. The operating company of Google CDNs is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. With regard to the design of this presentation via embedding the fonts and scripts via the Google CDN, it should be noted that the appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed by Google within the framework of its participation in the so-called „Privacy Shield“ and the measures taken by Google for data protection and data security. You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center. Detailed information on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest within the meaning of this legal standard is an appealing presentation and a secured functionality of our online offers.

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 address line of the browser changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Facebook

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 is established between your browser and the Facebook server 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 associate the visit to our pages with 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 refer to 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.

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with 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 Instagram. For more information, please see the privacy policy of Instagram: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

Your rights as a data subject

Regarding our processing of your personal data, you have the right of

  • Right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 DSGVO)
  • Deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO)
  • Restriction (Art. 18 DSGVO)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 DSGVO)
  • The existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority pursuant to 78 DSGVO

You can do this at the supervisory authority responsible for us:

Actuality and change of this privacy policy

This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status June 2023. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. We reserve the right to occasionally adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to present changes to our services in the data protection declaration. The updated data protection statement, which you will always find here, will then apply to your next visit.