Data protection

General Information

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially.

As a rule, it is possible to use our website without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies

The website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. 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 device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

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 in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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 browser version
Operating system used
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

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 analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymisation is activated on this website and therefore your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting 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 USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the 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. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

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 can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Google Maps

This website may use the product Google Maps from Google Inc. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of automatically collected data by Google Inc, its representatives and third parties. The terms of use of Google Maps can be found under "Terms of use of Google Maps".

Contact form

Insofar as the website provides a contact form and if you send us enquiries via this contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up enquiries. We do not pass on this data without your consent and it is treated confidentially.

Information, deletion and blocking

You will receive information about your personal data stored by us as well as about the origin, the recipient and the purpose of data collection and data processing. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of your data. Exempt from this is data that is kept due to legal regulations or is required for proper business processing. To ensure that a data block can be implemented at any time, data may be kept in a blocking file for control purposes. If data is not covered by a legal archiving obligation, we will delete your data at your request. If the archiving obligation applies, we will block your data. For all questions and concerns regarding the correction, blocking or deletion of personal data, please contact our data protection officer or the address given in the imprint.

Mailchimp

When you subscribe to our newsletter on this website, we store your data using the email marketing provider Mailchimp. Mailchimp is a service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA. Mailchimp enables us to effectively design and send our newsletters and to evaluate the results. In the process, your email address and possibly other data required for sending and analysing the newsletters are stored on Mailchimp's servers in the USA. Mailchimp uses this information to send and analyse the newsletters on our behalf. Mailchimp may, according to its own information, use this data under certain circumstances to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. to technically optimise the dispatch and presentation of the newsletters or for statistical purposes. By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to your data being processed by Mailchimp. You can find more information about Mailchimp and Mailchimp's data protection here: Mailchimp Privacy Policy. Please note that you can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time by unsubscribing. You will find the link to unsubscribe at the end of each newsletter.