Data protection
The operators of these websites 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.
You can generally use our website without providing any personal data. If personal data (such as name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis, wherever possible. This data will not be shared with third parties without your express consent.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Cookies
Some of our websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website 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 the next time you visit.
You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to refuse the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general
and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server logs
Files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
• Browser type and version
• operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific individuals. This data will not be merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently review this data if we become aware of concrete evidence of illegal use.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
If IP anonymization is activated, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of your IP address for member states of the European Union as well as for other states party to 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 truncated there.
On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that if you do this, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their full extent. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as from processing this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found atwww.google.com/analytics/terms/de.htmlor underwww.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.htmlWe would like to point out that Google Analytics has been extended on this website with the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure the anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
This website links to a Facebook "Like" page at the bottom of every page. Clicking on this link will take you away from this website and establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. Information about the data subsequently collected by Facebook Inc. can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Our websites also use features of the Twitter service. These features are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you use Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. This data transfer also involves transferring data to Twitter. As the service provider, we would like to point out that we, as the website provider, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Twitter. Therefore, for further information regarding Twitter's privacy policy, please refer to the following link:twitter.com/privacy(linkis external). If you want to change your privacy settings on Twitter, you can do so at this link:http://twitter.com/account/settings(link is external) .
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site, operated by Google. The site is operated by 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 the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed of which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Further information on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at:https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Registration function
We offer you the opportunity to register on our website. The data entered during this registration, which is visible in the input mask of the registration form,
Name, company, address, telephone number and email address
are collected and stored exclusively for the use of our services. When you register on our site, we will also save your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard against a third party misusing your data and registering on our site using this data without your knowledge. Your data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way will also not be compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site.
Contact option
Our website offers you the opportunity to contact us via email and/or a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user will be stored for the purpose of processing their contact. It will not be shared with third parties. The data collected in this way will also not be compared with data that may be collected by other components of our website.
Use of Google recommendation components
We use the “ 1” button on our website from the provider Google of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”.
Each time you visit our website that contains such a " 1" component, this component causes your browser to download a corresponding version of the component from Google. This process informs Google which specific page of our website you are currently visiting.
According to Google, further analysis of your visit will not take place if you are not logged into your Google Account.
If you visit our site while logged in to Google, Google may collect information about your Google Account, the website you recommend, your IP address, and other browser-related information when you click the " 1" button.
This allows your " 1" recommendation to be saved and made publicly accessible. Your Google " 1" recommendation can then be displayed as a reference along with your account name and, if applicable, your photo stored with Google in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google Account, or elsewhere, such as on websites and advertisements on the Internet. Furthermore, Google can link your visit to our site to your data stored by Google. Google also records this information to further improve Google services.
If you want to prevent Google from collecting data as described above, you must log out of your Google account before visiting our website.
You can access Google's privacy policy for the " 1" button, including all further information on the collection, transfer and use of data by Google, your rights in this regard, and your profile settings options, here:https://developers.google.com/ /web/buttons-policy
Use of Google Maps with recommendation components
We use the "Google Maps" component on our website in combination with the so-called "Share" function. "Google Maps" is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google."
Each time this component is accessed, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when displaying the page on which the "Google Maps" component is integrated. This cookie is generally not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain period of time unless you manually delete it beforehand.
If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transmission of data to Google. To do so, you must deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. However, please note that in this case, you will not be able to use "Google Maps" at all or only to a limited extent.
The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained through "Google Maps" is subject to the Google Terms of Use
http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html
and the additional terms and conditions for “Google Maps”
https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html
The Google Maps feature also includes the following recommendation buttons:
• “Google button” from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA;
• “facebook button” from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA;
• “Twitter button” from Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
When you access the "Google Maps" page, these "recommendation components" cause your browser to download a corresponding representation of the component from the respective provider. This informs the respective provider (mentioned above) which specific page of our website you are currently visiting.
If you are logged into your respective personal account with the aforementioned providers at the time you access the "Google Maps" page, they can collect the information thus obtained about the website you recommend, as well as your IP address and other browser-related information, and link it to your respective account.
If you want to prevent this transmission and storage of data about you and your behavior on our website by the respective provider, you must log out of these providers before visiting our site.
You can find out more about the data collection of the respective providers via the following links:
Twitter privacy policy:https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de
Facebook privacy policy:https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy
Google Privacy Policy:https://developers.google.com/ /web/buttons-policy
Use of Google Maps
We use the “Google Maps” component of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google,” on our website.
Each time the "Google Maps" component is accessed, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when displaying the page on which the "Google Maps" component is integrated. This cookie is generally not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain period of time unless you manually delete it beforehand.
If you do not agree to this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transmission of data to Google. To do so, you must deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. However, please note that in this case, you will not be able to use "Google Maps" at all or only to a limited extent.
The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained through "Google Maps" is subject to the Google Terms of Use
http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html
and the additional terms and conditions for “Google Maps”
https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
Use of Facebook components
We use components from facebook.com on our website. Facebook is a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Each time you access our website that contains such a component, this component causes your browser to download a corresponding representation of the component from Facebook. This process informs Facebook which specific page of our website you are currently visiting.
If you visit our site while logged into Facebook, Facebook recognizes which specific page you are visiting based on the information collected by the component and assigns this information to your personal Facebook account. For example, if you click the "Like" button or post comments, this information is transmitted to your personal Facebook account and stored there. Furthermore, the information that you have visited our site is also transmitted to Facebook. This happens regardless of whether you click on the component or not.
If you want to prevent Facebook from transmitting and storing data about you and your behavior on our website, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Facebook's privacy policy provides more information, particularly on the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard, and the settings options for protecting your privacy:https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/
An overview of Facebook plugins can be found athttps://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Use of Twitter recommendation components
We use components from the provider Twitter on our website. Twitter is a service of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Each time you access our website that contains such a component, this component causes your browser to download a corresponding representation of the component from Twitter. This process informs Twitter which specific page of our website is currently being visited.
We have no influence on the data Twitter collects through this process, nor on the extent of the data collected by Twitter. To the best of our knowledge, Twitter collects the URL of the respective website accessed and the user's IP address, but does not use this information for any purpose other than displaying the Twitter component. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy athttp://twitter.com/privacy.
You can manage your privacy settings in your account settings underhttp://twitter.com/account/settingschange.
Use of Xing recommendation components
We use components of the XING.com network on our website. These components are a service of XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Each time you access our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from XING.
To the best of our knowledge, XING does not store any personal user data when visiting our website. XING also does not store IP addresses. Furthermore, user behavior is not analyzed through the use of cookies in connection with the "XING Share Button." Further information on this can be found in the privacy policy for the XING Share Button at:https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection
Use of LinkedIn recommendation components
We use components of the LinkedIn network on our website. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access our website that contains such a component, this component causes your browser to download a corresponding version of the LinkedIn component.
This process informs LinkedIn which specific page of our website you are currently visiting. If you click the LinkedIn "Recommend" button while logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages to your LinkedIn profile. This allows LinkedIn to associate your visit to our pages with your LinkedIn user account.
We have no influence on the data LinkedIn collects through this process, nor on the extent of the data collected by LinkedIn. We also have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn, as well as your rights and settings options, can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy. This policy can be found athttp://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Use of YouTube components with enhanced data protection mode
On our website we use components (videos) from YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company of Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
We use the option "- enhanced data protection mode -" provided by YouTube.
When you visit a page that has an embedded video, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the website by sending a message to your browser.
According to YouTube, in "- enhanced privacy mode -" only data is transmitted to the YouTube server, specifically which of our websites you visited when watching the video. If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, this information will be assigned to your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out of your account before visiting our website.
Further information on YouTube’s privacy policy is provided by Google at the following link:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Right to information, deletion, blocking
You have the right at any time to obtain 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. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice for this purpose and for other questions regarding personal data.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact data published in accordance with the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example, through spam emails.
Sources:https://www.e-recht24.de, Sample data protection declaration of the law firm Weiß & Partner
