Privacy policy

In this privacy policy we inform you about the processing of personal data when using this website.

Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data when accessing the website

If you only use this website to obtain information and do not provide any data, then we only process the data that is required to display the website on the internet-capable device you are using. These are in particular:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • the amount of data
  • transferred in each case
  • the website from which the request came
  • browser type and browser version
    Operating system

The legal basis for the processing of this data is legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 UAbs. 1 letter f) DSGVO, in order to generally enable the presentation of the website.

In addition, you can use various services on the website where further personal and non-personal data are processed.

Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • You have a right of access to the personal data concerning you that the controller processes (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • You have the right to have the data concerning you corrected if it is stored incorrectly or incompletely (Art. 16 DSGVO),
  • You have the right to erasure (Art. 17 DSGVO),
  • You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Art. 18 DSGVO),
  • You have the right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO),
  • You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you (Art. 21 DSGVO),
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (Article 22 GDPR),
  • You have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority in the event of a suspected breach of data protection law (Art. 77 DSGVO). The competent supervisory authority is the one at your usual place of residence, workplace or the place of the suspected infringement.

Use of cookies 

Cookies may be stored on your device when you visit the website. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the browser you are using. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your device. However, the body that sets the cookie can obtain certain information from it. Cookies are used to make the website more user-friendly. Cookies can be used, for example, to recognise the device that was used to access this website when it is accessed again.

The browser settings can be used to restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. For example, only the acceptance of cookies from third-party providers can be blocked, or the acceptance of all cookies can be blocked. However, by blocking cookies, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of this website. In the rest of this privacy policy, we will inform you specifically where and for what purposes cookies are used on the pages.

Privacy policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For this purpose, Google sets cookies on the device. These enable an analysis of website usage. The information collected in the process is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and recorded there – including the IP address. Google Analytics is set so that IP addresses are only stored anonymously. Due to this setting, Google truncates the IP addresses collected within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before storing them. Google uses the information collected to evaluate the use of the websites and to create corresponding reports. Google Analytics is set to delete the data within 14 months of its occurrence.

The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) UAbs. 1 letter f) DSGVO with the legitimate interest in improving this website offer.

The setting of the Analytics cookie can be prevented by setting the browser to reject all cookies. However, this may affect the usability of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting data by installing the following browser plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can also prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. This sets a corresponding opt-out cookie: Deactivate collection of data by Google Analytics for this website.

Further information on Google’s data protection can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html