Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

 

1. Privacy at a glance

 

General information

 
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. You will find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration listed under this text.
 

Data collection on our website

 
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the Imprint of this website.
 
How do we collect your information?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. For example, this could be data that you enter in our contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit our website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
 
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected in order to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
 
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in Imprint for further questions on the subject of data protection. You also have a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority.
 

Third-party tools and analysis tools

 
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration. You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the possibilities of objection in this data protection declaration.
 

2. General notes and mandatory information

 

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 data protection declaration.
 
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which data we collect and for what we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
 
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
 

Note on the responsible body

 
Please refer to our Imprint. The body responsible for data processing on this website is the natural or legal person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).
 

Revocation of your consent to data processing

 
Many data processing processes are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
 

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

 
In the event of breaches of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found on the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
 

Right to data transferability

 
You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
 

SSL or TLS encryption

 
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption throughout. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://”, some browsers will also display a lock symbol next to the address line or warn in future versions when visiting an insecure, i.e. not SSL- or TLS-encrypted website. If SSL- or TLS-encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
 

Information, blocking, deletion

 
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
 

Contradiction against commercial mails

 
We herewith object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
 

3. Data collection on our website

 

Cookies

 
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies 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. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website.
 
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 generally and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
 
Cookies, which are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping basket function), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of his services. As far as other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behaviour) are stored, these will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.
 

Server log files

 
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 version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address
  • IP address

These data are not combined with other data sources.
 
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
 

Contact form and other forms

 
If you send us requests via our contact form or other forms on our website, your details from the request form, including the contact details and information you provided there, will be stored with us for processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
 
The data entered in the form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing processes carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
 
The data you enter in the form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose of data storage ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
 

Registration on this website

 
You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will refuse the registration.
 
In the event of important changes, such as the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.
 
The data entered during registration will be processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
 
The data collected during registration is stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and is subsequently deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
 

5. Analysis tools

 

Analysis of your surfing behavior with Matomo

 
This website uses the open source analysis software Matomo to track visitor movements. The analysis of data using so-called “cookies” (see above) enables us to optimise our website, for example by adapting the structure according to use. The analysis software is operated on the same server as our website (so-called in-house hosting), therefore no data is passed on to third parties, only we as site operators have access to the collected data.
 
The IP addresses of the users are anonymized by the analysis software with the settings selected by us as standard. However, as a user you still have the additional option of revocation: Please deactivate the checkbox under “Activate/deactivate the analysis of your surfing behaviour with Matomo” in the right column.
 
Matomo cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both his website and his advertising.
 

6. Newsletter

 

Newsletter Data

 
At times we offer a newsletter on our website. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, we need an e-mail address from you and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. The other data you provide (e.g. name, e-mail address, postal address) will be used to inform you specifically by e-mail about important news.
 
Some content can only be intended for a limited target group. Your relevant information serves the possibility of a selected newsletter dispatch. Some information is of regional interest only, therefore we also request and record location information for such a regionally selected dispatch. We use these data exclusively for the dispatch of the requested information.
 
The data entered in the newsletter registration form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing processes already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
 
The data you provide us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.
 
Your data will only be stored in Europe. We have commissioned a newsletter software provider to send the newsletter. Therefore we transmit your data to the provider. The latter is prohibited from using your data for purposes other than sending the newsletter. It is also not permitted to pass on or sell your data. The company is a German, certified newsletter software provider, which we have carefully selected according to the requirements of data protection.
 

7. Plugins and Tools

 

YouTube

 
Our website occasionally uses plugins of the YouTube page operated by Google. This website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
 
If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
 
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
 
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
 
For more information on how we handle user data, please see YouTube’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
 

Google Web Fonts

 
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to uniformly display fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
 
To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
 
If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer.
 
For more information about Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
 

Google Maps

 
This page occasionally uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
 
To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.
 
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing representation of our online offers and at an easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
 
You can find more information about the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.