Privacy Policy

Data protection

Below we would like to inform you about our privacy policy. Here you will find information about the collection and use of personal data when using our website. In doing so, we observe the data protection law applicable in Germany. You can call up this declaration at any time on our website.

We expressly point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) is subject to security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties.
The use of the contact data in our imprint for commercial advertising is expressly undesired, unless we have given our prior written consent or a business relationship already exists. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.


Personal data

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. If personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If a contractual relationship is to be established between you and us, if its content is to be changed or supplemented or if you send us an enquiry, we will collect and use personal data from you to the extent necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data to the extent necessary to enable you to use the website (usage data). All personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your enquiry or processing the contract). Tax and commercial retention periods are taken into account. On behalf of the responsible authorities, we can provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases, insofar as this is necessary for the purpose of criminal prosecution, averting danger, fulfilling the statutory duties of the constitutional protection authorities or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or enforcing intellectual property rights.


Comment functions

Within the scope of the comment function, we only collect personal data (e.g. name, e-mail) within the scope of your comments on a contribution to the extent that you have communicated this to us. If a comment is published, the e-mail address you provided will be stored, but not published. Your name will be published if you have not written under a pseudonym.


Privacy policy for the Facebook plugin ("Like")

This website uses plugins from the provider Facebook.com provided by the company Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 in the USA. Users of our Web site who have installed the Facebook plugin ("Like" button) are hereby notified that the plugin connects to Facebook and transmits it to your browser for the plugin to appear on the Web site.

In addition, the use of the plugin forwards data to the Facebook servers, which contain information about your visits to our home page. For logged in Facebook users, this means that the usage data is associated with your personal Facebook account.
For more information about Facebook's use of the information, please see the Facebook Privacy Policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.


Privacy policy for the web analytics service Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We have activated IP anonymisation. On this website your IP address is therefore shortened by Google in advance in the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the complete IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened 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 relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP addresses transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics are not combined with other data from 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. You may also prevent Google from collecting and processing the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en


Privacy policy for the Google Adsense web ad service

This website uses Google Adsense, a web advertising service from Google Inc. in the USA ("Google"). Google Adsense uses so-called "cookies" (text files), which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. Google Adsense also uses "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information. By using web beacons, simple actions such as visitor traffic to the website can be collected. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website with regard to advertising, compiling reports on website activity and advertising 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. Under no circumstances will Google associate your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive and web beacons from being displayed by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings (in MS Internet Explorer under "Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings"; in Firefox under "Tools > Settings > Privacy > Cookies"); however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website. By using this website, you consent to Google processing the information about you in the manner and for the purposes set out above.


Google Plus Social Network Privacy Statement

This website uses the so-called "G +1" button of the Google Plus social network operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). The key is identified by the "G +1" sign. If you are registered with Google Plus, you can use the "G +1" button to express your interest in our site and share content from our site with Google Plus. In this case, Google will store information you have provided with a "G +1" for one of our content as well as information about the page you visited. Your "G +1", along with your name (or photo, if any), may appear in Google Plus on other Google services, such as Google search or your Google profile.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google's privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/


Privacy Statement for Google Remarketing and Similar Target Groups of Google Inc.

This website uses the remarketing or "Similar Target Groups" function of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). This allows you to be targeted with advertising by placing personalized and interest-based ads when you visit other sites on the Google Display Network. "Google Remarketing" or the "Similar Target Groups" feature uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. These text files are used to record your visits and anonymous information about your use of the website. No personal data is stored. When you visit another website on the Google Display Network, you may see advertisements that are likely to include product and information areas previously viewed on our website.
You can prevent "Google Remarketing" or the "Similar Target Groups" function by preventing cookies from being saved by making the appropriate settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en. You can also deactivate the use of cookies by third parties by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further information on opt-out mentioned there. Google's privacy policy on remarketing and other information can be found at: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.


Privacy Policy for Google AdWords Conversion Tracking from Google Inc.

This website uses the Google AdWords Conversion Tracking function of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google AdWords Conversion Tracking uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site when they click on Google ads. Cookies are valid for a maximum of 90 days. No personal data is stored. As long as the cookie is valid, Google and we as the website operator can recognize that you have clicked on an advertisement and reached a certain target page (e.g. order confirmation page, newsletter registration). These cookies cannot be tracked by different AdWords participants on multiple websites. The cookie creates Google AdWords conversion statistics. These statistics record the number of users who clicked on one of our ads. It also counts how many users have reached a target page that has been tagged with a conversion tag. However, the statistics do not contain any data that can be used to identify you.

You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings (in MS Internet Explorer under "Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Preferences"; in Firefox under "Tools > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies"); however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing by Google of data about you in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Further information on the use of conversion data by Google and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/93148?ctx=tltp, http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/


Privacy policy for the use of the webmessage service twitter.com

We have also integrated the webmessage service twitter.com into our website. This service is offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter offers the so-called "Tweet" function. This allows you to publish 140 characters of long messages with website links in your own Twitter account. If you use the "Twitter twitter" function on our websites, the respective website will be linked to your Twitter account and can be publicly announced there. The data will also be transmitted to Twitter.
We are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy
Twitter offers you the possibility to define your own data protection settings under the following link: http://twitter.com/account/settings.


Privacy Policy for the XING Recommendation Function

https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=Privacy Policy


Right to information

You have the right to inform yourself at any time, free of charge and without delay, about the data collected about your person. You have the right to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time with effect for the future. For information, please contact the provider under the contact details in the imprint.