Privacy Policy

In this detailed privacy policy, we provide a more detailed explanation of the data collection practices related to our website, as outlined in the short version (the so-called “one-pager”). Despite careful review of the content, we cannot accept any liability for external links to third-party content.

Below you will find information about what data is collected during your visit to the website and how it is used:

1. Collection and Processing of Data

Every visit to our website and every time a file stored on the website is accessed is logged. This information is stored for internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged:

Name of the file retrieved,
Date and time of access,
amount of data transferred,
Message indicating successful retrieval,
Web browser and requesting domain,
Referrer URL,
logs the IP addresses of the requesting computers.
In some places, the website uses what are known as cookies.

Cookies are small amounts of data in the form of text that the web server sends to your browser. They are stored on your hard drive. They can only be read by the server that originally placed them there and contain information about what you viewed on a website and when. Cookies identify the computer’s IP address and do not store any personal information, such as your name.

You can choose whether to allow cookies. You can adjust these settings in your browser settings. At a minimum, the following settings are available:

Always allow and save cookies,
However, you can delete cookies after each session,
Disable cookies.

If you block cookies entirely, this may result in limited functionality and error messages on the website.

1.1. Newsletter

If you have subscribed to our newsletter or have provided us with an email address for newsletter delivery through other means, we will use the email address you provided for this newsletter. If this email address is different from the one you use for other communications, we will use it exclusively for the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. If you have provided an email address specifically for the newsletter, we will delete it immediately after you unsubscribe.

When we send out our newsletter, we can track whether you opened it and which links within the newsletter you clicked on. We use this data to make future newsletters more effective.

Additional personal data is collected only if you provide it voluntarily, for example when contacting us.

1.2. Additional Data Collection Forms

If other forms are included on this website that we use to collect data from you, we generally indicate which data we absolutely require as part of the form and which information you may provide on a voluntary basis. A detailed explanation regarding data collection through such a form can be found in the specific privacy notice for that form, which you must acknowledge via opt-in before you can submit the form.

We will save the fact that you checked the opt-in box along with your request.

2. Disclosure of Personal Data

Your personal data will only be disclosed to third parties or otherwise transferred if this is necessary for the purpose of contract fulfillment, if it is necessary for billing purposes, or if you have given your prior consent. You have the right to revoke any consent you have given at any time, effective for the future.

Stored personal data will be deleted or blocked if you revoke your consent to its storage, if it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was stored, or if its storage is otherwise prohibited by law. If we have transferred your data, we will notify the recipient of the need to delete it.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze activity on our website.

This is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, D04E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is enabled on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

For more information on this, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information about Google Analytics and data protection). Please note that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended with the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure that IP addresses are collected anonymously (so-called IP masking).

We use Google Analytics on the legal basis of Section 15(3) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data we send that is linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., user ID), or advertising IDs is automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html.

4. Social Media Plug-ins

Our website does not use any social media plugins.

5. Data Protection Officer

Your trust is important to us, which is why we take data protection very seriously. We are therefore available at any time to answer your questions regarding the processing of your personal data. Please refer to the summary of this document for names and contact information. If you have any questions that this privacy policy has not answered, or if you would like more detailed information on a specific point, please contact the Data Protection Officer at any time.

6. Your Rights

Please refer to the list in the abridged version of the privacy policy—which you accessed to reach this text—for information about your rights.

Safety Notice:

We make every effort to store your personal data using all available technical and organizational measures to ensure that it is not accessible to third parties. Since we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating via email, we recommend that you send confidential information by mail.

This Privacy Policy is subject to changing regulations and circumstances and will therefore be updated as needed.