Data Protection

DATA PROTECTION

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very serious. We treat your personal data confidential and in accordance with the legal data protection provisions.
The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data is collected on our side (for example name, address or email address), this always occurs as far as possible on a voluntary basis. This data is not passed on to third parties without your explicit approval.
We make reference to the fact that data transmission in the internet (e.g. when communicating via email) can present security loopholes. It is not possible to protect such data completely against third party access.

DATA PROTECTION DECLARATIONFOR THE USE OF ETRACKER

Our website uses the analysis service etracker. Provider is etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1 20459 Hamburg Germany.

With the data, user profiles can be created under a pseudonym. Here cookies may be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in your browser’s cache. Cookies make it possible to recognise your browser again. Data collected with the etracker technology is not used to personally identify visitors to our website without
the separate approval from the person concerned, and are not combined with the personal data via the carrier of the pseudonym.
You can object to data collection and storage with effect for the future at any time. In order to object to the collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can buy an opt-out cookie from etracker; this means that in future no visitor data from your browser is collected or stored by etracker:
http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb

With this, an opt-out cookie with the name “cntcookie” is set by etracker. Please do not delete this cookie as long as you wish to maintain your objection. More information is available in etracker’s data protection regulations: http://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html

DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION FOR THE USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analysis service. Provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow your use of the website to be analysed. The information about your use of this website generated by the cookies are generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
If IP anonymisation has been activated on this website, your IP address is, however, first shortened by Google in the Member States of the European Union and other signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On the instruction of the provider of this website, Google will use the information to evaluate your use of the website in order to compile reports on the website activities and to provide services connected to website and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted from your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not combined with other data of Google.
You can prevent cookies been stored with a corresponding setting 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. In addition, you can prevent the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) being transmitted to Google as well as being processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser-plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

INFORMATION, DELETING, BLOCKING

You have the right to receive information about your personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing at all times and free of charge, as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data. If you have any further questions about this or on the topic of personal data, you can always contact us at the address stated in the disclaimer.

Server-Log-Files

The provider of the website collects and stores information automatically in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This is:

  • browser type/ browser version
  • operating system used
  • referrer URL
  • host name of accessing computer
  • time of server request

This data cannot be allocated to a specific person. This data is not combined with data from other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data subsequently if we find concrete indications of illicit use.

Cookies

The internet pages partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are saved on your computer and stored in your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. These are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end devices until you delete them. These cookies make it possible for us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are notified when cookies are set and cookies are only allowed in individual cases, the acceptance of cookies is excluded in certain cases or generally and cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of this website could be limited.

CONTACT FORM

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the data on the enquiry form as well as the contact data provided there are stored by us in order to process the enquiry and if there are subsequent questions. This data is not disclosed without your consent.

OBJECTION TO SPAM MAIL

We herewith object to the use of the contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information not specifically requested. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in the event that unsolicited advertising material is sent, possibly through spam mail.