1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a brief overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy listed below.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Contact details can be found in the site’s legal notice (Impressum).
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, for example, when you provide it to us—e.g. by filling in a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are primarily technical data (e.g., browser type, operating system, time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our site.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure the website functions properly. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For questions about this or other privacy topics, you may contact us at the address provided in the legal notice. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate supervisory authority.
Analytics and Third-Party Tools
Your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed when you visit our website. This happens primarily with analytics tools. These analyses are anonymous; browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. We currently do not use any analytics tools.
2. General Notes and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it, as well as the purposes behind it.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., email communication) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke consent at any time with future effect. An informal email notification is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing prior to the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to File Complaints with Regulatory Authorities
If there is a breach of data protection law, the data subject has the right to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. The responsible authority is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact information is available at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a standard, machine-readable format. You may also request the direct transfer of your data to another controller, where technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser address line from “http://” to “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit cannot be read by third parties.
Right to Information, Blocking, Deletion
You have the right, within the scope of applicable law, to obtain free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For questions regarding personal data, you can contact us anytime via the address listed in the legal notice.
Objection to Promotional Emails
The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The site operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Our website uses cookies in part. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can configure your browser to notify you about the use of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, block them in certain cases or completely, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies necessary for electronic communication or to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g., shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for technically error-free and optimized service delivery. Other cookies are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of accessing computer
- Time of server request
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which allows data processing to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
If you contact us via contact form, your data from the form—including the contact details you provide—will be stored to process your request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The data entered into the contact form is processed exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time via informal email. The legality of data processing prior to revocation remains unaffected.
Data entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent, or the purpose of storage no longer applies (e.g., request has been processed). Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected.
4. Social Media
Content Sharing via Plugins (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Content on our pages can be shared in a data protection–compliant manner via social networks like Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. This site uses the Shariff plugin, which establishes direct contact between the networks and users only when the user actively clicks a button.
No automatic transfer of user data to the operators of these platforms occurs through this tool.
5. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. Provider is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit a page that uses a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed of which of our pages you visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing 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 presenting our online content attractively. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information about how YouTube handles user data is available at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Google Web Fonts
For consistent font display, this site uses web fonts provided by Google. To comply with German data protection law, these fonts are stored locally and are not loaded from external servers.
Liability for Content
As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages under § 7(1) TMG according to general laws. However, under §§ 8–10 TMG, we are not obligated to monitor third-party information or investigate circumstances indicating illegal activity.
Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. However, liability is only possible from the time we become aware of a specific legal violation. Upon becoming aware of such violations, we will remove this content immediately.
Liability for Links
Our website contains links to external third-party websites over which we have no control. Therefore, we cannot accept liability for such external content. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content of linked pages. Linked sites were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. No unlawful content was apparent at that time.
Permanent monitoring of linked pages is not reasonable without specific indications of a legal violation. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the links immediately.
Copyright
Content and works created by the site operators are subject to German copyright law. Reproduction, processing, distribution, and any use outside the limits of copyright require written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are permitted only for private, non-commercial use.
Where content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is marked as such. If you notice any copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. We will remove such content immediately upon becoming aware of legal violations.
