Data protection statement
We collect, use and store your personal data exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the following, we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of data collection and use.
Collection and processing of data
Every access to our website and every retrieval of a file stored on this website is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. Logged are: Name of the retrieved file, date and time of the retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, web browser and requesting domain. In addition, the IP addresses of the inquiring computers are logged. Further personal data is only collected if the user of the website and/or customer provides information voluntarily, for example in the context of an inquiry or registration or to conclude a contract or via the settings of his browser.
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a text file that is sent when a website is visited and is temporarily stored on the hard disk of the website user and/or customer. If the corresponding server of our website is called up again by the user of the website and/or customer, the browser of the user of the website and/or customer sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can then evaluate the information obtained through this procedure in various ways. Cookies can be used, for example, to control the display of advertisements or to facilitate navigation on a website. If the user of the website and/or customer wishes to prevent the use of cookies, he can do so by locally changing his settings in the Internet browser used on his computer, i.e. the program for opening and displaying Internet pages (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari).
Use and disclosure of personal data
Insofar as the user of our website has provided personal data, we use this data only to respond to inquiries from the user of the website and/or customers, to process contracts concluded with the user of the website and/or customers and for technical administration. Personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transmitted by us to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of contract processing or for billing purposes or if the user of the website and/or customer has given his prior consent. The user of the website and/or customer has the right to revoke a given consent with effect for the future at any time.
The stored personal data will be deleted if the user of the website and/or customer revokes the consent to storage, if the knowledge of the data is no longer necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was stored or if storage of the data is not permitted for other legal reasons. Data for accounting and bookkeeping purposes are not affected by a request for deletion.
Right of access to information
Upon written request, we will inform the user of the website and/or the customer about the personal data stored about them. The request should be sent to our address given in the imprint of the website.
Notes on data processing in connection with Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited. If the person responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on the visitor’s computer, to help the website analyze how the visitor uses the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website by the visitor (including the abbreviated IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there.
Google Analytics is only used with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” on this website. This extension ensures that the IP address is made anonymous by shortening it and excludes the possibility of direct personal reference. The extension shortens the IP address of Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the corresponding browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.
On behalf of the site operator, Google will use the information collected to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the site operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The legitimate interest in the data processing lies in the optimization of this website, the analysis of the use of the website and the adaptation of the contents. The interests of the users are sufficiently protected by the pseudonymization.
Google LLC. is certified according to the so-called Privacy Shield (list entry here) and guarantees on this basis an adequate level of data protection. The data sent and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 50 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.
The collection by Google Analytics can be prevented by adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and the data generated by cookies can also be refused at any time with effect for the future. The corresponding browser plugin can be downloaded and installed under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
The visitor can prevent the collection by Google Analytics on this website by clicking on the following link An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of data when visiting this website.
Further information on the use of data by Google, setting and objection options, can be found in the privacy policy of Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
reCAPTCHA
In order to protect your requests via Internet form, we use the service reCAPTCHA of the company Google LLC (Google). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human being or abusively by automated, machine processing. The query includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the service reCAPTCHA to Google. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. Your IP address will, however, be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being used. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred 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 this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of reCaptcha is not combined with other data from Google. For these data the deviating data protection regulations of the enterprise Google apply. You can find further information on Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
