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Data Protection and Privacy
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Data Privacy
Your data privacy is important to us. As the operators of these pages, we therefore take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the EU data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.
Using our website is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data on our pages is collected (for example name or e-mail addresses), it is provided by you on a voluntary basis. This data is stored without your explicit consent and will not be passed on to any third parties.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. in communication by e-mail) may be subject to security gaps. A full protection of data against access by third parties is therefore not possible.
Cookies
Some functionality on this website does use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files, which are stored on your computer. They cannot harm your computer in any way and cannot contain any data viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly and effective.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies may remain stored on your computer until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website. You can change your browser settings so that you are informed about the setting of cookies or to accept or reject cookies individually.
Server Log Files
Our web hosting provider automatically collects and stores information automatically transmitted by your browser in so-called server log files data on our behalf. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- operating system
- referrer URL
- host name of the accessing computer
- time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A combination of this data with other data sources is not performed. We however reserve the right to evaluate the data, if we become aware of any concrete indications of illegal use.
Contact Form
If you send us enquiries using the contact form, the provided information including your contact details will be stored on our servers for the purpose of processing your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent.
SSL encryption
By default, this site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of content, such as information sent by you via the contact form. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the web address in the browser starting with "https://" instead of "http://" and the lock symbol in your browser address line. While SSL encryption is activated, the data transmitted between you and this site is protected from access by third parties.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions provided by the web statistics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are small text files that are stored on your computer, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. Data about about your use of this website is usually sent to a Google server located in the USA and stored there.
IP Anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website.
If you are located within the Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address will be shortened prior to transmission to the United States of America. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to process your use of the website in order to compile statistics on website activities. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics Address will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, we would like to point out that some functions of this website may not be fully usable. You can also disable the collection of the data by Google Analytics related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Opt-out againts data collection by Google Analytics
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link click. An opt-out cookie is set, which prevents the collection of your data on future visits of this website: Disable Google Analytics
More information on how Google Analytics does handle user data can be found in the Privacy policy of Google: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Data Processing on our Behalf by Google Analytics
We have established a contract with Google for the processing of analytics data and do apply the strict requirements of the EU data protection authorities for the use of Google Analytics.
Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating ads from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. GoogleAdSense uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be passed on by Google to Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data stored by you. 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Facebook (Like Button)
We do use a "Like Button" plug-in for the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like Button" ("I like") on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
While most web pages using Facebook do transmit information about you accessing each particular web page, we have taken special precaution by using the Shariff plugin, which is designed such that data is transmitted to Facebook not when loading a web page, but first after you have touched the Facebook button.
When you visit our pages and touched the Facebook button, the plug-in provides a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. This allows Facebook to track visits to our pages to your user account. By using the Facebook like button function, the data will be transmitted to Facebook, linked to your Facebook account and hereby potentially shared with other users. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of data collected by Facebook and their use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to connect your visit to our web site with your Facebook account, please do not touch the Facebook button or log out of your Facebook account.
Our pages include functions of the Twitter service. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
By using Twitter and the "Tweet" function, data will be transmitted to Twitter, linked to your Twitter account and hereby potentially shared with other users. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of of data collected by Twitter and their use by Twitter. For more information, see the privacy policy of Twitter at https://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your Twitter privacy settings in the account settings at: https://twitter.com/account/settings.