Legal · Privacy Policy

I. General legal information on the content of this website

1. Warning about contents

The contents of this website have been prepared with the greatest possible care. However, the provider of this website accepts no responsibility for the correctness and up-to-dateness of the content provided. Contributions identified by name reflect the opinion of the indicated author and not the opinion of the provider. No contractual relationship whatsoever is established between the user and the provider solely by calling up the content. In this respect, the provider lacks the will to be legally bound. 2.

2 External links

This website may contain links to third-party websites ("external links"). These websites are subject to the liability of the respective operators. When the external links were first created, the external content was checked for any legal violations. At that time, no legal violations were apparent. We have no influence whatsoever on the current and future design and content of the linked pages. The inclusion of external links does not imply that the provider adopts the content behind the reference or link as its own. It is not reasonable for the provider to constantly monitor the external links without concrete indications of legal violations. However, we will immediately delete such external links if we become aware of any legal violations.

3. Copyrights and ancillary copyrights

The contents published on this website are generally subject to copyright and ancillary copyright. Any unauthorised use requires the prior written consent of the provider or the respective rights holder. This applies in particular to the copying, editing, translation, storage, processing or reproduction of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Third-party content and rights are always marked as such. The unauthorised reproduction or transmission of individual contents or complete pages is not permitted and is punishable by law. Only the production of copies and downloads for personal, private and non-commercial use is permitted.

4. representation of this website in frames

The presentation of this website in external frames is only permitted with written permission.

II. Privacy policy for visiting this website

1. name and contact details of the data controller

This data protection information applies to data processing by the operator of this website. For the name and contact details of the data controller, please refer to the imprint of this website.

2. collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose of their use

When you visit our website, the browser used on your terminal device may automatically send information to the server of our website. This information may be temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information may be collected without your intervention and stored until automatic deletion:

- IP address of the requesting computer,

- Date and time of access,

- Name and URL of the file accessed,

- website from which the access was made (referrer URL),

- browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The above data may be processed for the following purposes:

- Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,

- Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,

- evaluating system security and stability, and

- for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). The legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

In addition, cookies or analysis services may be used when visiting the website. More detailed explanations will follow in the rest of this data protection declaration.

3. transfer of data

Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

- you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR,

- the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,

- in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as

- this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. cookies

So-called cookies may be used. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that is related to the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of the offer more pleasant. Session cookies may be used to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. Such cookies are automatically deleted after you leave the site. In addition, temporary cookies may be used, also to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a certain fixed period of time. If you visit our site again in order to use our services, it will then be automatically recognised that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. On the other hand, cookies may be used to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our services for you. These cookies make it possible to automatically recognise that you have already been to our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. Complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

5. data subject rights

You have the right

- To request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, 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, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;

- in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us;

- in accordance with Article 17 of the Regulation, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

- in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art.21 GDPR;

- pursuant to 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 transferred to another controller;

- revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future; and

- complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

6. right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as there are grounds 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 of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, an e-mail to the e-mail address given in the imprint will suffice.

7. data security

Within the website visit, we generally use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, 128-bit v3 technology is used instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is encrypted by the closed key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Tools and plugins

The tracking measures listed below and possibly used are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The tracking measures used are intended to ensure that the design and ongoing optimisation of our website are in line with requirements. On the other hand, it is about statistically recording the use of the website and evaluating it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Google Analytics

This website may use functions of the web analysis 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 that are stored on your computer and 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. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You may also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

9. up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This data protection declaration is currently valid and was updated in March 2022.

Due to the further development of the website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration on this website at any time.

III. Imprint: