Privacy

Below we tell you what data we collect during your visit to our website, how it is used and inform you of your rights.

Logging

When you visit our website, your browser sends technical data which is automatically logged by our web server (server log). The logged data are namely:

We use the server log to ensure the proper operation of the web server (troubleshooting, clarification of misuse, defence against attempted attacks).

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer via your browser. We use cookies to make it easier for you to use our website and to tailor it to your needs, as well as to optimise our advertising.

If you are visiting our website for the first time, a banner will appear on our website in which we ask you for your consent to the use of cookies. If you give your consent, we will store cookies on your computer and the banner will not be displayed again during their lifetime. After that, or if you delete the cookies, the banner will be displayed again the next time you visit our website to ask for your consent again.

You have the option of setting your internet browser so that cookies are not stored in the first place and/or can delete cookies via your internet browser at any time. However, this may lead to restrictions in the functions or user-friendliness of our website.

Evaluation tool

Google Analytics with anonymisation function
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter "Google", on our website. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by these cookies, such as the time, place and frequency of your website visit, including your IP address, is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there.

We use Google Analytics with the addition "_gat._anonymizeIp". In this case, your IP address will already be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and thereby anonymised. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

Google will not, according to its own information, associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Deactivate Google Analytics

You can prevent data collection and processing at any time by blocking cookies in your internet browser.

Use of external links

Our websites may contain links to websites - not affiliated with us - of third parties, which in turn use cookies. In particular, we also offer links to social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Xing, Linkedin, YouTube). After clicking on the link, we no longer have any influence on the collection, storage and processing of any data transmitted directly to the third party by clicking on the link, as the behaviour of third parties is naturally beyond our control. We assume no responsibility for the processing of such data by third parties. Please refer to the data protection information of the respective third party for information on the purpose and scope of the data collection, the processing and use of the data as well as setting options for protecting your privacy:

Further data processing

We offer you the possibility of voluntarily transmitting data to us via e-mail, contact or order form, for example so that you can order a service, so that we can contact you directly or send you further information, newsletters or advertising.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via our website cannot be viewed by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line of your browser or the lock symbol in the browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. We request that you only provide data that we require for the provision of our services.

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used 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.

You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Will your data be passed on to third parties?

In certain cases, we may be legally obliged to transmit data to a requesting government authority or court. Beyond this, we do not pass on any data to third parties unless you have expressly consented to this.

For what purposes do we collect and process personal data?

We collect and process your personal data in particular for one or more of the following purposes:

What are your rights?

You have the right to request information from us at any time about the data we have stored about you, e.g. its origin, the recipients to whom this data is passed on and the purpose for which it is stored. You can also request the correction, deletion or blocking of your data.
If you have given us permission to use your data, you can revoke this permission at any time. This will result in the deletion of your data, unless there are legal reasons to the contrary. In this case, we will block your data so that it can only be used for the legally necessary purposes.

If you have any questions about the processing of your data, you can contact us in writing.