Privacy Policy

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) are collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. These data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like-Button)

Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like-Button” while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the providers of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by users is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports on activities within this online offer, and to provide us with other services related to the use of this online offer and the internet. Pseudonymous usage profiles of users can be created from the processed data.

We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser will not be merged with other Google data.

Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Further information on Google’s use of data for advertising purposes, settings, and opt-out options can be found on Google’s websites: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners/ (“Data use by Google when you use our partners’ websites or apps”), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (“Data use for advertising purposes”), http://www.google.de/settings/ads (“Manage information Google uses to show you ads”), and http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ (“Determine what ads Google shows you”).

We have concluded a contract with Google for data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Remarketing

This website uses the remarketing function of Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This function serves to present interest-based advertisements to visitors of the website within the Google advertising network. The browser of the website visitor stores “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and that allow the visitor to be recognized when they visit websites that belong to Google’s advertising network. On these pages, the visitor may then be presented with advertisements related to content that the visitor previously accessed on websites that use Google’s remarketing function. According to Google’s own statements, it does not collect any personal data during this process. If you do not wish to use Google’s remarketing function, you can generally deactivate it by adjusting the appropriate settings under http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising through the Network Advertising Initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. Further information on Google Remarketing and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google +1

Our pages use Google +1 functions. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and dissemination of information: The Google +1 button allows you to publish information worldwide. Via the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and its partners. Google stores both the information that you have given a +1 for content and information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1 can be displayed along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or in your Google profile, or in other places on websites and advertisements on the internet. Google records information about your +1 activities to improve Google’s services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you have used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your email address or have other identifying information from you.

Use of the collected information: In addition to the uses explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policies. Google may publish summarized statistics about users’ +1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Twitter

Our pages integrate functions of the Twitter service. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the providers of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Xing

Our website uses functions of the Xing network. The provider is Xing AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of our pages containing Xing functions, a connection to Xing servers is established. As far as we know, no personal data is stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

Further information on data protection and the Xing Share button can be found in Xing’s privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Privacy Policy for the Use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Information, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct, block, or delete this data at any time. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

Cookies

Some of the internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files 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 end device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

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
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific individuals. A combination of these data with other data sources is not carried out. We reserve the right to check these data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for the transmission of not expressly requested advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam emails.