Data protection and legal information

Storage of personal data

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and comply with data protection law (Federal Data Protection Act, BDSG and General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). Personal data is only stored on this website to the extent that is technically necessary. Under no circumstances will the data collected be sold. If data is passed on to third parties (e.g. as part of the use of certain plugins from Google and other providers), you will find detailed information on this page. The wording of the GDPR with explanations of terms and detailed descriptions of your rights can be found here: General Data Protection Regulation

Responsible body for data processing

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You will find the contact details in the imprint of this homepage or in the corresponding navigation or in the footer area.

Contact forms and other forms

If you have the opportunity to enter personal data (e.g. your e-mail address or your name and address in a contact form) on our website, the disclosure of this data by you as a user is expressly voluntary. Personal data that you enter in forms is encrypted via SSL or, if not modified, transmitted by email.

Right of access, right to rectification, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability and the right to erasure of your data

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the personal data stored about you, its origin and recipients and the purpose of storage. You also have the right to data portability and to restriction of processing. If you have any questions or require information, please contact us at any time. Contact details can be found in the imprint. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the respective state data protection officer. In addition, you have the right to have all of your stored data deleted or corrected, unless other legal regulations require storage or prohibit changes.

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, date and time of the server request and the IP address.

This data is not merged with other data sources. The data is stored for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the web server and deleted after 30 days.

Use of Matomo (formerly: Piwik)
If Matomo (formerly: Piwik), an open source software for the statistical evaluation of visitor access, is used on this website, we inform you that Matomo is used without cookies and your IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. This data is not merged with other data sources. The data will also be deleted after one year at the latest. Matomo does not store any personal or personally identifiable data.

Use of cookies

The Internet pages may use so-called cookies in several places. They serve to make our website 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 at the end of your visit. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses.

You can configure your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted and stored at all or only to a limited extent. However, if you make use of this option, there may be restrictions on the usability of this website.

Further information on the use of cookies can be found here:
Cookie Policy

Use of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Xing, LinkedIn, WhatsApp)

Plugins from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Xing, WhatsApp or LinkedIn may be integrated on our pages. You can recognize the plugins by the logos and buttons of the networks on our site. When you visit our pages, a connection is established between your browser and the server of the social network via the respective plugin. These networks receive the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. As soon as you use the social network buttons while you are logged into your account, you can link content from our pages to your user profile. This allows the social network to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the providers of the social networks. Further information on this can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social networks. If you do not want your visit to our pages to be assigned to your user account, please log out of your social network.

Facebook privacy policy
Twitter privacy policy
Privacy policy of Google
Privacy policy of Xing
LinkedIn privacy policy
WhatsApp privacy policy

Use of Google Maps

Our website may use Google Maps to display maps and to create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you visit the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding page on our website. This also occurs regardless of whether you have a Google account and are logged into it. In the event that you are logged in via a Google account while using the website, the data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish this to happen, you must log out before using our website. By using Google Maps, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the data collected automatically and the data you enter by Google. The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at Terms of use for Google Maps. Further information on data protection at Google can be found under Transparency and choices and Privacy Policy.

Use of YouTube

Our website may use plug-ins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your Google/YouTube account, you enable Google/YouTube to associate your visit to our website directly with your account. You can prevent this by logging out of your account before visiting our website. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy

Newsletter

We may also offer you the opportunity to subscribe to a newsletter via our website. Registration for the newsletter takes place using the double opt-in procedure. This means that as soon as you have registered with an e-mail address, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to this address. Registration is only complete when you click on the confirmation link in this e-mail. Otherwise the registration will expire and the data will be deleted. After confirmation, your e-mail address will be stored for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can send us your revocation by clicking on the unsubscribe link contained in the newsletter or by sending us a message by e-mail.

Script libraries and web fonts

We may use script libraries and web fonts such as Google Web Fonts on this website to present our content in an appealing way. Script or web font libraries are called up via a connection to the library operator. It is theoretically possible for operators of such libraries to collect data. The privacy policy of the library operator Google, which we may use, can be found here: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Google reCAPTCHA

To protect your requests via the homepage form, this homepage may use the reCAPTCHA service of Google Inc. (Google). ReCAPTCHA is used to prevent the misuse of web forms. The use includes the transmission of your IP address and possibly other form data to Google for the use of the reCAPTCHA service. By using our forms, you agree to this process and to Google’s privacy policy. Please use the option to send us a message directly by e-mail if you do not wish to use this service.

Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found at: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

You can find information about reCaptcha here:
http://www.google.com/recaptcha.

Disclaimer

Despite careful control of the content, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.

Copyright/image sources

Photos, images and illustrations may be provided by an external agency or, if not in their possession, are the property of the website operator. Any photos, images and illustrations from external sources are named or marked on the image. All texts and images are protected by copyright and may not be used without permission.

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