Data protection

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest! The protection of your privacy when using our website is important to us, so please take note of the following information about the handling of your data:

1) Basic information on handling personal data

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. Every time our website is accessed, usage data is transmitted through the respective Internet browser and stored in log files, the so-called server log files, such as the date and time of the call, name of the page called up, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. These data cannot be assigned to a specific person and are used exclusively to ensure the trouble-free operation of our website and to improve our offer.
When you contact us (e.g. using the contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed, provided you so wish and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements.

2) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us or our partner companies to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

3) Use of social plugins


3.1 Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the bookmarking service AddThis, which is operated by AddThis LLC, Inc. 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 625, McLean, VA 2210, USA (“AddThis”). The plugins are usually marked with an AddThis logo, for example in the form of a white plus sign on an orange background. You can find an overview of the AddThis plugins and their appearance here: https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing
When you call up a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the AddThis servers. AddThis transmits the content of the plug-in directly to your browser and integrates it into the page. Through the integration, AddThis receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website and saves a cookie on your device to identify your browser. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an AddThis server in the USA and stored there. AddThis uses the data to create anonymized user profiles, which serve as the basis for a personalized and interest-based advertising approach to visitors to websites with AddThis plugins.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by AddThis can be found in the AddThis data protection information: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy.
If you would like to object to the data collection by AddThis for the future, you can set a so-called opt-out cookie, which you can download from the following link: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out.
You can also completely prevent the AddThis plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. B. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
3.2 Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition “Social plug-in from Facebook” or “Facebook social plugin”. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
When you call up a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example press the “Like” button or leave a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and shown to your Facebook friends.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

3.3 Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the microblogging service Twitter operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). The plugins are marked with a Twitter logo, for example in the form of a blue “Twitter bird”. You can find an overview of the Twitter plugins and their appearance here: https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Twitter servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Twitter to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration, Twitter receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Twitter profile or are not currently logged in to Twitter. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Twitter server in the USA and stored there.

3.4 Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the Instagram online service, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”. You can find an overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged into Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example press the “Instagram camera” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and shown to your contacts there.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Instagram’s data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/.
If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Instagram plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. B. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

If you are logged in to Twitter, Twitter can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Twitter account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “Tweet” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information is also published on your Twitter account and shown to your contacts there.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Twitter’s data protection information: https://twitter.com/privacy
If you do not want Twitter to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Twitter plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. B. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).

3.5 Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the online service LinkedIn operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”). You can recognize the LinkedIn plugins by the LinkedIn logo or the “Recommend button” on our website.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from LinkedIn to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, LinkedIn receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a LinkedIn profile or are not currently logged in to LinkedIn. This information (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a LinkedIn server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn can immediately assign your visit to our website to your LinkedIn account. If you interact with the plugins, this information is also transmitted directly to a LinkedIn server and stored there. The information is also published on your LinkedIn account and shown to your contacts there.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in LinkedIn’s data protection information: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
If you do not want LinkedIn to directly assign the data collected via our website to your LinkedIn account, you must log out of LinkedIn before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the LinkedIn plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. B. with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
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4) Use of videos (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo)

This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play back videos from the provider “YouTube”. The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, does not start storing user information until the video (s) are played back. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from “Youtube”, these are used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. Regardless of whether or not the embedded videos are played, a connection to the Google “DoubleClick” network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations beyond our control.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

5) Use of Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called “DoubleClick DART Cookies” (“Cookies”), these are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information, which can be used to record, collect and evaluate simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website. The information generated by the cookie and / or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense will not be merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and / or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. You can permanently object to the setting of cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link:
http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be able to be used or only to a limited extent if you have objected to the use of cookies

6) Use of Google AdWords conversion tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and conversion tracking as part of Google AdWords. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can see that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
You can find more information about Google’s data protection provisions at the following Internet address: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

7) web analytics service

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete your cookies in this browser, you have to click this link again) :.
It should be noted that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp ()” and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude direct personal reference.
Deactivate Google Analytics.

8) Google Maps

We use Google Maps (API) from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) on our website. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps in order to visually display geographic information.
When you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If necessary, Google will pass this information on to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
Google will not associate your IP address with other Google data. Nevertheless, it would be technically possible for Google to use the user data obtained through the use of Google Maps to identify users, to create personality profiles of users from them or to process and use them for third-party purposes, over which we have no influence and cannot have any influence.
You can read Google’s terms of use at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html.
see, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.
You can find detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps on the Google website (“Google Privacy Policy”): http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google as part of the use of Google Maps, you have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.

9) Your rights and how to contact you

You have the right to free information about your stored data and, if necessary, the right to correct, block or delete this data. If you have any further questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, please contact us. The same applies to information, blocking, deletion and correction requests with regard to your personal data as well as to the revocation of consent. You can find the contact address in our imprint.