data protection

We thank you for visiting our website. The safer handling of your data is particularly important to us. We would therefore like to inform you in detail about the use of your data when you visit our website.

Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 Paragraph S. 1 Letter b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data could be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could also be based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail.

Right to information, right to correction, blocking, deletion, objection

Upon written request, we will inform you about the personal data we have stored about you. You also have the right to correct, block, object or delete this data. The request should be sent to our address given in the imprint of the website.

Sharing of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

• You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR,
• the disclosure in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter c GDPR, as well as
• This is legally permissible and is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b of the GDPR.

Rights of those affected

You have the right:

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can obtain information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a Right to complain, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information about its details;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete personal data stored by us;
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is carried out to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims is required;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data but you use it to assert or exercise your rights or need to defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible;
• In accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR, you can revoke your consent to us at any time. This means that we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future
• According to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or the place of the alleged violation if the data subject is of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning him or her violates the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ) violates.

Right of withdrawal

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising . In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which I will implement without specifying a particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, all you need to do is send an email to the address given in the imprint of the website.

General collection of data

When you access our website or retrieve a file, data about this process is stored in a log file on our web server. Specifically, the following data can be stored:

• IP address (if possible, this will be stored anonymously)
• Domain name of the website you came from
• Names of the retrieved files
• Date and time of a call
• Name of your Internet service provider
• as well as, if applicable, the operating system and browser version of your device

We only store IP addresses for data security reasons in order to ensure the stability and security of our system (legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The statistical analysis of anonymous data records remains reserved.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a text file that is created when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on the website user’s system. If the server of our website is accessed again by the website user, the website user’s browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this procedure. Cookies can, for example, control advertising or make it easier to navigate on a website. Cookies are also necessary to enable the functionality of our website operations (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f GDPR, the protection of the legitimate interests of the operator of this website – we only use cookies in agreement with Art. 5 Para . 1 lit a GDPR, i.e. in accordance with the principles of “legality, processing in good faith, transparency”).

If you want to prevent the use of cookies, you can do this through local settings in your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari).

Contact forms

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. Your data will only be used for the purpose of answering and processing your question. Data processing is carried out here in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR based on your voluntarily given consent. You can object to this at any time (right of withdrawal).

Newsletter

We only send newsletters with advertising information with the consent of the recipient or based on legal permission.

You register for our newsletter using a double opt-in procedure: After registering, you will receive an email in which you should confirm your registration.

This confirmation is necessary to verify you as the owner of the email.

Registration for the newsletter is logged in order to be able to provide proof of registration in accordance with legal requirements.

This includes storing the times of registration and confirmation as well as your IP address. Further data that you provided when registering for the newsletter will also be saved.

We only use your information other than your email address to personalize the newsletter, for example your name.

You can unsubscribe from receiving the newsletter at any time. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter in every newsletter email.

Links to other websites

Our website/app may from time to time contain links to third party websites or to other websites of our own. If you follow a link to any of these websites, we would like to point out that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we assume no responsibility or liability for these policies. Please review these privacy policies before providing any personal information to these websites.

Comment function

On individual pages or posts there is a voluntary comment function for users who would like to share their opinion on the respective page or post. The comment will be approved after a positive review and will appear publicly on the page where the comment was submitted. There is no right to have a comment released. The commenter must provide a name, which can be a pseudonym. The commenter must also provide an email address. This serves to inform him about the status of his comment, especially if he has asked a question in the comment and is waiting for an answer. The email address is not displayed publicly, is not passed on to third parties and is not evaluated manually. The commenter’s IP address is only stored in anonymized form. The comment will be saved permanently until you (or an administrator) delete it. The email address you provided for the comment will only be saved for the purpose of sending you a notification in the event of a reply to your comment. Further data you provide for the comment will be published on the comment if you provide it. If a name is requested, you can also use a pseudonym.

References to third-party websites

This website contains references to third-party websites in the form of so-called links. Only when you click on such a link will data be transferred to the link target. This is technically necessary. The data transferred is in particular: your IP address, the time at which you clicked the link, the page on which you clicked the link, information about your Internet browser. If you do not want this data to be transferred to the link target, do not click the link.

Confidentiality of your customer access

If you have been granted access to a restricted area of ​​our website secured by a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share the password with anyone.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if the data subject considers that the processing of the personal data relating to him or her data violates the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Google Maps

This website uses the mapping software Google Maps from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of data that may be collected automatically by Google and its representatives. Google Maps Terms of Service . Google privacy policy

Vimeo videos

We have integrated Vimeo videos on our website, which are stored on the provider’s servers (Vimeo, LLC with headquarters at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011) and can be played from our website via an embed. When you play these videos, cookies are stored on your computer and data may be transferred to Vimeo.

When playing videos stored on Vimeo, at least the following data is currently transmitted to Vimeo LLC: IP address and cookie, the specific address of the page accessed by us, system date and time of access, identifier of your browser.

This data is transferred regardless of whether you have a Vimeo user account through which you are logged in or whether you do not have a user account. If you are so logged in, Vimeo LLC may associate this information directly with your account. If you do not want it to be assigned to your profile, you must log out of the Vimeo platform before activating the play button for the video.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Vimeo can be found  on this information page.

AddThis Social Media Features

We use the AddThis service on our website, which is provided by AddThis, LLC, 1595 Spring Hill Rd, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182, USA. AddThis provides functions to share the current page with other Internet users via email or in social networks. You can recognize the AddThis service on our website by the integrated buttons for “Tweet”, “Email”, “LinkedIn” and “G+1”. AddThis also provides tools for website operators to analyze and improve the use of their own website or to enable direct user contact. AddThis also uses cookies and tracking pixels. When you use an AddThis service, your Internet browser establishes a direct connection with the AddThis servers and, if applicable, the selected social network. The resulting data (such as the time of use or the browser language) is transferred to AddThis and processed there. If you send content from our website to social networks, a connection can be established between your visit to the website and your user profile on the corresponding social network. Further information on data processing and data protection by AddThis  can be found here .

We do not process the data concerned or pass them on to third parties. By using the AddThis service, you agree to data processing by AddThis. You can object to the collection and storage of data by AddThis at any time with effect for the future by setting a so-called opt-out cookie. You can set this opt-out cookie  here .

Fonts.com

This site uses fonts from Fonts.com, a service from Monotype GmbH, Horexstr. 30, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany (“fonts.com”). When you access a page, your browser loads this font. Your IP address, including the page (internet address) you visited, will be transferred to a Fonts.com server. Further information can be found in  fonts.com’s privacy policy .

Safety notice

We protect our website and other IT systems through appropriate technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, unauthorized access, unauthorized modification or unauthorized distribution of your data. However, despite all care, complete protection against all dangers is not possible in every case. Because we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating via email, we recommend sending confidential information by post.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to change this data protection declaration if the legal situation or this online offer or the type of data collection changes. However, this only applies to declarations on data processing. If the user’s consent is necessary or components of the data protection declaration contain a regulation of the contractual relationship with users, the data protection declaration will only be changed with the user’s consent.

If necessary, please inform yourself about this data protection declaration, especially if you provide personal data.