Personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly Internet presence, including its content and the services offered therein. In accordance with Art. 4 item 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, that ist o say the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to only as "GDPR"), "processing" shall mean any operation or set of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, reading, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, matching or combination, restriction, deletion or destruction.
With the following data protection declaration we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, in so far as we decide either alone or together with others about the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we inform you in the following about the third-party components we use for optimisation purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data on their own responsibility.
Our privacy policy is structured as follows: I. Information about us as responsible parties II Rights of users and data subjects III. Information on data processing
I. Information about us as responsible persons Responsible provider of this website in the sense of data protection law is:
II. Rights of users and data subjects With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, the users and data subjects have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not data concerning him/her are being processed, information on the data processed, further information on the data processing and copies of the data (see also Art. 15);the correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR); to the immediate deletion of data relating to them (cf. also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary under Art. 17 (3) GDPR, to the restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; to the receipt of data concerning them and provided by them and to the transfer of such data to other providers/responsible parties (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR); to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, if they believe that the data concerning them are being processed by the provider in breach of data protection provisions (cf. also Art. 77) GDPR.
In addition, the provider is obliged to inform all recipients to whom data have been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that is carried out on the basis of Articles 16, 17 (1) and 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply, if such notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Irrespective of this, the user has a right to information about these recipients. Likewise, according to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning them, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f). GDPR In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.
III. Information on data processing Your data processed during the use of our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage is no longer applicable, no legal storage obligations conflict with the deletion of the data is existing and no other information on individual processing procedures is provided in the following.
Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). The use includes the operating mode "Universal Analytics". This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyze the activities of a user across devices.
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 this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by an IP-anonymization to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.htmlorhttps://policies.google.com/?hl=de.
Purposes of the processing On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the Internet.
Legal basis The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
Recipients / categories of recipients The recipient of the collected data is Google.
Transfer to third countries The personal data will be transferred to the US under the EU-US Privacy Shield on the basis of the adequacy finding of the European Commission. You can download the certificate here.
Duration of data storage The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.
Rights of data subjects You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by preventing the storage of cookies through 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.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser-Add-on. Opt-Out-Cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across multiple devices, you must opt-out on all systems in use. Click here to set the opt-out cookie: Disable Google Analytics
