Privacy Statement/ How we handle with your personal data

We take the protection of your data very seriously and keep strictly to the applicable rules of the data protection laws. Personal data is only collected on this website to the extent that is technically and organisationally necessary. Under no circumstances will your data be passed on to third parties. The following declaration gives you an overview of how we guarantee the protection of your personal data and what type of data is collected for what purpose.

Data processing on this website

We automatically collect and store information in our server log files that your browser transmits to us. These are in detail:
- Browser type and version
- The operating system used
- Resolution and colour depth
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page, if given)
- Host name / IP address of the accessing computer
- Time and date of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data will not be merged with other sources.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user's terminal device while the user is using the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, to analyse behaviour patterns of page use, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly. Cookies remain saved beyond the end of a browser session and can be called up again when you visit the site again. If you do not wish this, you should set your internet browser to refuse the acceptance of cookies.

Newsletter

If you register to receive our newsletter, only your e-mail address and your first and last name will be saved in our address database. Each newsletter sent by us contains a link at the bottom which you can use to unsubscribe from the mailing list.

Forms

The contents of the fields marked as mandatory in the forms, as well as those of the non-mandatory fields under certain circumstances, are stored locally in our address database in order to be able to process your enquiries.

User Behaviour

In order to better customise our website to the needs of users, Google Analytics tracking codes are used in several places. The data on user behaviour stored via these codes is saved without any possibility of inferring the identity of the user; it is not and will never be merged with personal data.

Right of information

You have the right to receive information about the data stored about you, its origin and the purpose of storage at any time.

Use from Facebook Social Plugins

Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") of the social network facebook.com which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are recognisable by one of the Facebook logos (white "f" on a blue tile or a "thumbs up" sign) or are marked with the addition "Facebook Social Plugin".

When you visit a website on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which then integrates it into the website. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge:

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. If you are not a member of Facebook, it is still possible that Facebook obtains and stores your IP address.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website and link it to your data stored on Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

Notice about 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 analyse 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. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You are able to prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; 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. 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." Please refer to the Google Privacy Policy & Terms of Use at: https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

For more information about the web analytics service used, please visit the Google Analytics website. Instructions on how to prevent the processing of your data by the web analytics service can be found at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Date: 23.05.2018