General

These privacy regulations are based on the legal provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which came into force on 25 May 2018.

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal privacy protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

In general, you can use our website without providing personal data. Where personal data (e.g. surname, first name, telephone number, address and email addresses) is collected on our site, this is done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be transferred to third parties without your explicit consent.

We would like to point out that despite all the measures we have taken, data transmission via the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. We therefore cannot guarantee complete protection of such data against access by third parties.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. The creation of a cookie is a way of temporarily storing data and serves to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

The most frequently used cookies are so-called “session cookies”, which have a limited lifespan. They are automatically erased at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain saved on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise you as a visitor on your next visit and thus offer you a better visitor experience.

You can adjust your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set. You can also specifically allow cookies only in individual cases or generally exclude them. You can also adjust cookies to be deleted automatically when you close the browser window. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Server log files

The hosting provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits.

These are in particular:

– Type of browser and version of browser

– Operating system used

– Referrer URL

– Hostname of accessing computer

– Time of the server request

This data is not attributable to an identifiable person. This data will not be merged with other data sources. We retain this data to examine it retrospectively, if concrete evidence of unlawful use becomes known to us.

The primary purpose of this data collection is to evaluate and prevent attempts to attack the website. Hosting providers are also legally obliged in certain situations to be able to provide information from where access was made in order to counter criminal activities.

Contact forms

If you fill out a form, e.g. the contact form on our website, all your details will be sent to us by email and additionally stored in the database for security against loss and better traceability. We will not pass this data on to third parties without your consent.

SSL-encryption

To protect the transmission of confidential data via our forms and for security reasons, we use SSL encryption as technology. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the address prefix “https://” and the lock symbol displayed in the browser. Data encrypted by SSL cannot be read by third parties during transmission.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files stored on the user’s computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by users is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, the IP address of Google’s users will be shortened in advance within Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating the use of the website by users, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services to the website operator relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. Users may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, however please note that if you do so you may not be able to access all the features of this website. In addition, users can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser Plugin.

Third parties, including Google, place ads on websites on the Internet. Third parties, including Google, use stored cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this website.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The collection and storage of data can be objected to at any time with future effect. You can deactivate the use of cookies by Google by setting your browser software accordingly.

Further information on the use of data for advertising purposes by Google, setting and objection options can be found on the following Google websites: Google Privacy Protection (“Google’s use of data in your use of our partners’ websites or apps”), Google Advertising (“Use of data for advertising purposes”), Google Advertising Settings (“Manage information that Google uses to display advertisements”) and Google Advertising Settings (“Determine what advertising Google shows you”). Alternatively, to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, please install the app Ghostery.

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.

Google Maps

We integrate the map service “Google Maps” from the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This integration means that data is exchanged in the background for tracking purposes. If you do not want to reveal any information about yourself, please log out of your Google Account or use a plug-in like Ghostery to block the data exchange. Here you can find the Google Privacy Policy.

Integration of third-party services and content

It may happen that third-party content, such as videos from YouTube, map material from Google Maps, RSS feeds or graphics from other websites are integrated within this website. This always presupposes that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as “Third-Party Providers”) watch the IP address of the users. Because without the IP address, they would not be able to send the content to the respective user’s browser. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of these contents.

We strive to use only those contents whose respective providers use the IP address only for the distribution of the contents. However, we have no influence on whether the Third-Party Providers store the IP address for statistical purposes, etc. As far as this is known to us, we will inform the users about it. If you do not want to reveal any information about yourself, please log out of your Google Account or use a plug-in like Ghostery to block the data exchange. Here you can find the Google Privacy Policy.

Right to information, restriction and deletion

You have the right to demand information about your stored personal data free of charge at any time. In particular, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to correction, restriction or deletion of such data.

Objection to unsolicited emails

The use of the contact data published within the scope of the legal notice requirements for the transmission of not explicitly requested advertising and information material is hereby objected to. In the case of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails or mail, the operators of this site expressly reserve the right to take legal action.