Data protection
Below we would like to inform you about our privacy policy. Here you will find information about the collection and use of personal data when using our website. We comply with the data protection law applicable in Germany. You can access this declaration at any time on our website.
We expressly point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) is subject to security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties.
The use of the contact data in our legal notice for commercial advertising is expressly not desired unless we have given our prior written consent or a business relationship already exists. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.
Personal data
You can visit our website without providing personal data. If personal data (such as name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our website, this is done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If a contractual relationship between you and us is to be established, developed or amended, or if you send us an inquiry, we will collect and use your personal data insofar as this is necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data insofar as this is necessary to enable you to use the website (usage data). All personal data is only stored for as long as is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your request or processing a contract). Retention periods under tax and commercial law are taken into account here. By order of the competent authorities, we may provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases, insofar as this is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, to fulfill the legal duties of the constitutional protection authorities or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or to enforce intellectual property rights.
Comment functions
We collect personal data in the context of publishing content or comments on an article or contribution only to the extent that you provide it. When publishing a comment, the email address you provide will be saved but not published. Your name will be published if you have not written under a pseudonym.
Newsletter functions
By voluntarily entering your email address in our newsletter and confirming this using the double opt-in procedure, you declare your consent to receiving our email newsletter. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. Each e-mail contains an "unsubscribe" link. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address. Additional voluntary information is only used to personalize the newsletter.
Privacy policy for the Facebook plugin ("Like")
This website uses plugins from the provider Facebook.com, which are provided by the company Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 in the USA. Users of our website on which the Facebook plugin ("Like" button) is installed are hereby informed that the plugin establishes a connection to Facebook, whereby a transmission is made to your browser so that the plugin appears on the website.
Furthermore, data is forwarded to the Facebook servers through use, which contain information about your website visits to our homepage. For logged-in Facebook users, this means that the usage data is assigned to your personal Facebook account.
As soon as you actively use the Facebook plugin as a logged-in Facebook user (e.g. by clicking on the "Like" button or using the comment function), this data is transferred to your Facebook account and published. You can only avoid this by logging out of your Facebook account beforehand.
For further information on the use of data by Facebook, please refer to the data protection provisions on
Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
Privacy policy for the web analytics service Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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. We have activated IP anonymization. On this website, your IP address will therefore 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. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website 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 other Google data. 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 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 and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Privacy policy for the web advertising service Google Adsense
This website uses Google Adsense, a web advertising service provided by Google Inc, USA ("Google"). Google Adsense uses so-called "cookies" (text files), which are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. Google Adsense also uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information. By using the web beacon, simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded and collected. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website with regard to the advertisements, compiling reports on website activity and advertisements for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies on your hard disk and the display of web beacons by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings (in MS Internet Explorer under "Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings"; in Firefox under "Tools > Settings > Privacy > Cookies"); however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Privacy policy for the social network Google Plus
This website uses the so-called "G +1" button of the social network Google Plus, which is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). The button can be recognized by the "G +1" symbol. If you are registered with Google Plus, you can use the "G +1" button to express your interest in our website and share content from our website on Google Plus. In this case, Google stores both the information that you have given a "G +1" for one of our contents and information about the page that you have viewed. Your "G +1" can possibly be displayed together with your name (possibly also with a photo - if available) on Google Plus in other Google services, such as Google Search or your Google profile.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's data protection information at
:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Privacy Policy for Google Maps by Google Inc.
This website uses the "Google Maps and Route Planner" function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google") to display and calculate geographical information and directions. Through Google Maps, data about your use of this website can be transmitted to Google, collected and used by Google. You can prevent such data transmission by deactivating "Javascript" in your browser. In this case, however, no maps can be displayed. By using this website and not deactivating "Javascript", you declare your consent to the processing of your data by Google for the above purpose. For more information on how "Google Maps" and the route planner use your data and Google's privacy policy
, please visit: https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html
Data protection declaration for the "Google Remarketing" and "Similar target groups" function of Google Inc.
This website uses the remarketing and "Similar target groups" function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). This allows you to be targeted with advertising by displaying personalized and interest-based ads when you visit other websites in the so-called "Google Display Network". "Google Remarketing" or the "Similar target groups" function uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. These text files are used to record your visits and anonymized data on the use of the website. Personal data is not stored. If you visit another website in the so-called "Google Display Network", you may be shown advertisements that are highly likely to take into account product and information areas previously accessed on our website.
You can prevent "Google Remarketing" or the "Similar target groups" function by preventing the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the 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 and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de. You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by accessing the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further information on opt-out mentioned there.
You can find the privacy policy of
Google on remarketing with further information here: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.
Privacy Policy for "Google AdWords Conversion Tracking" by Google Inc.
This website uses the "Google AdWords Conversion Tracking" function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). Google AdWords Conversion Tracking uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site when they click on a Google ad. The cookies are valid for a maximum of 90 days. Personal data is not stored. As long as the cookie is valid, Google and we as the website operator can recognize that you have clicked on an ad and have reached a specific target page (e.g. order confirmation page, newsletter registration). These cookies cannot be tracked across multiple websites by different AdWords participants. The cookie is used to create conversion statistics in "Google AdWords". These statistics record the number of users who have clicked on one of our ads. It also counts how many users have reached a target page that has been provided with a "conversion tag". However, the statistics do not contain any data that can be used to identify you.
You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings (in MS Internet Explorer under "Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings"; in Firefox under "Tools > Settings > Privacy > Cookies"); however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Further information about how Google uses conversion data and the privacy policy of
Google can be found at: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/93148?ctx=tltp, http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
reCAPTCHA
Visitors to your website are expressly informed that reCAPTCHA, version 3, is implemented on your website and that the use of reCAPTCHA, version 3, is subject to Google's privacy policy and terms of use.
reCAPTCHA may only be used to prevent spam and abuse on your website.
Obtaining third-party content and technologies
We may use technologies that reload certain content at runtime.
An example of this could be the fonts provided by Google, for example. (Among others, reCAPTCHA uses it, we have no influence on this). Your IP address could be read by the service provider.
Privacy policy for the use of the web messaging service twitter.com
We have also integrated the web messaging service twitter.com on our website. This is provided by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter offers the so-called "Tweet" function. This allows you to publish 140-character messages with website links in your own Twitter account. If you use the "Tweet" function of Twitter on our websites, the respective website will be linked to your account on Twitter and may be publicly announced there. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in the process.
We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For further information, please consult Twitter's privacy policy at
: http://twitter.com/privacy
Twitter offers you the opportunity to set your own privacy settings at the following link:
: http://twitter.com/account/settings.
Privacy policy for the XING recommendation function
This website uses functions of XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you visit our website, which is equipped with such a function, it causes the browser you are using to establish a connection to XING servers. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data about your visit to our website is stored. XING also does not store any IP addresses and there is also no evaluation of usage behavior through the use of cookies in connection with the "XING share button". Further information on
data protection for the "XING share button" can be found at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection
Right to information
You have the right to inquire about the personal data collected about you at any time, free of charge and without delay. You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time with effect for the future. To obtain information, please contact the provider using the contact details in the legal notice.
