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. As far as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this always takes place, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent. Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Our internet pages partly 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 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 stored on your 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, 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.
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:
These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A combination of these data with other data sources will not be carried out. We reserve the right to check these data retrospectively if concrete indications of illegal use become known to us.
If you send us inquiries through our contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on without your consent.
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 provided email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties. You can revoke the consent given to the storage of data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies." These are text files stored on your computer 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.
Our pages include 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 disclosed to other users. In the process, data is also transmitted to Twitter. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in your account settings at: https://twitter.com/account/settings.
Our pages use Google+ functions. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Every time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn "recommend button" and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. Further information can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
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. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube's 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 directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. More information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of the comment's creation, your email address, and, if you are not posting anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this page uses SSL encryption. 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. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for other questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, through spam emails.