Privacy Policy

Data Protection

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.

Use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis where possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. 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 you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. Further information can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at http://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.

Privacy Policy for the Use of 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 this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website from being transmitted to Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google +1

Our pages use functions of Google +1. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and sharing of information: Using the Google +1 button, you can publish information worldwide. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for content, and information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1.

Use of collected information: In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with applicable Google privacy policies. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users' +1 activity or share it with users and partners.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Pinterest

On our site we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA. When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest's servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest's server in the USA. Further information can be found in Pinterest's privacy notices: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Tumblr

Our pages use buttons from the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. When you visit one of our websites with a Tumblr button, the browser establishes a direct connection with Tumblr's servers. Further information can be found in Tumblr's privacy policy at http://www.tumblr.com/policy/de/privacy.

Cookies

The websites partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure.

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 device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise 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, as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, 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 that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: browser type / browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request.

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 unlawful use.

Contact Form

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

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the obligation to provide an imprint for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as by spam e-mails.

Newsletter Data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The consent given to store the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter can be withdrawn at any time.

Right to Information, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address of the website operator given in the legal notice.

Information on Online Dispute Resolution

Pursuant to Art. 14 para. 1 ODR Regulation: The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on a platform operated by it (the "OS Platform"). The OS Platform can serve as a point of contact for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts. The platform is accessible via the following external link http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.