Data protection declaration
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 data protection declaration.
The use of our website is usually possible without providing
personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or
email address) is collected on our website, 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.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the
Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security
gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from
third-party access.
Cookies
Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do no
damage to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve
to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and
safer. 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 after your visit. Other cookies
remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies
enable us to recognize your browser the next time you 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
the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the
functionality of this website may be restricted.
Server log files
The provider of the website automatically collects and stores
information in so-called server log files, which your browser
automatically transmits to us. These are:
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Browser type and version
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Operating system used
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Referrer URL
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Host name of the accessing computer
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Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific people. This data is
not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to
check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific
indications of illegal use.
Newsletter
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the
website, we need an e-mail address from you as well as
information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of
the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the
newsletter are. Further data is not collected. We only use
this data to send the requested information and do not pass it
on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the
e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any
time, for example via the "Unsubscribe" link in the
newsletter.
Snowplow Analytics
We use a web-tracking solution by Snowplow Analytics Limited,
32-38 Scrutton Street, London, UK (“Snowplow”). We use data
collected by Snowplow exclusively for statistical purposes. In
addition to this, we store a cookie in your browser in order
to recognise returning users as such. The Snowplow cookie
contains a date and a non-traceable, random combination number
(“hash”), as well as the number of the current session.
Each time a page is requested, the following data is
transmitted to and stored by our server:
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Current timestamp
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URL of the target website (“target URL”) and the URL of the
website you are coming from (“referrer URL”)
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Contents of the cookies
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IP address, which is anonymised before reaching the Snowplow
server, and your browser port
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Name, version, and language of your browser and operating
system as transmitted by the browser of the website visitor,
i.e. you
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service
Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600
Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text
files that are stored on your computer and that enable an
analysis of your use of the website. 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 anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this
website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by
Google within member states of the European Union or in other
contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic
Area before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional
cases will the full IP address be sent 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 the website operator with other services related to
website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your
browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with
other Google data.
Browser plugin
You can prevent 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 functions of this website to their full extent. You
can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by
the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including
your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by
downloading the browser plug-in available under the following
link and install:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Objection to data collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by
clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set which
prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this
website:
Deactivate Google Analytics
You can find more information on handling user data at Google
Analytics in Google's data protection declaration:
SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and
to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as
inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can
recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address
line of the browser changes from “http: //” to “https: //” and
by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to
us cannot be read by third parties.
Right to 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 a right to correction, blocking or
deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any
time at the address given in the imprint if you have any
further questions on the subject of personal data.
Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part
of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising
and information material. The operators of the pages expressly
reserve the right to take legal action in the event of
unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam
emails.