Privacy policy
Thank you for your interest in our online presence. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. At this point, we would therefore like to inform you about data protection in our company. It goes without saying that we comply with the statutory provisions of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG), the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and other data protection regulations.
You can trust us with your personal data! They are encrypted by digital security systems and transmitted to us. Our websites are protected by technical measures against damage, destruction or unauthorized access.
Subject of data protection
The subject of data protection is personal data. According to Section 3 (1) of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), this is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, but may also include usage data such as your IP address.
Scope of data collection and storage
In general, it is not necessary for you to provide personal data in order to use our website. However, so that we can actually provide our services, we may need your personal data. This applies to the sending of information material or ordered goods as well as to answering individual inquiries.
If you commission us to provide a service or to send you goods, we will only collect and store your personal data to the extent necessary for the provision of the service or the execution of the contract.
contract is necessary. For this purpose, it may be necessary to pass on your personal data to companies that we use to provide the service or to execute the contract. These are, for example, transport companies or other service providers.
After complete processing of the contract, your data will be blocked and deleted after expiration of the tax and commercial regulations, unless you have expressly agreed to a further use of data.
If you have registered for our newsletter with your e-mail address, we will use your e-mail address for our own advertising purposes beyond the execution of the contract until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Data collection through the use of Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google inc. 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. For example, information on the operating system, the browser, your IP address, the website you previously visited (referrer URL) and the date and time of your visit to our website are collected. The information generated by this text file about the use of our website 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 our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. If required by law or if third parties process this data on Google’s behalf, Google will also share this information with these third parties. This use is anonymized or pseudonymized. You can find more information about this directly at Google
http://www.google.com/intl/de/privacypolicy.html#information
Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie
Users can disable the use of the DART cookie by accessing the privacy policy of Google’s advertising network and content advertising network. This does not store any direct personal data about the user, only the Internet Protocol address. This information is used to automatically recognize you the next time you visit our websites and to make navigation easier for you. Cookies allow us, for example, to adapt a website to your interests or to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it each time.
Of course, you can also view our websites without cookies. If you do not want us to recognize your computer, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions for details on how this works. If you do not accept cookies, however, this may lead to functional restrictions of our offers.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting in your Internet user program (browser). To do this, you must switch off the storage of cookies in your Internet browser. For more information, please refer to the instructions for use of your Internet browser.
Collection and storage of usage data
In order to optimize our website, we collect and store data such as the date and time of the page view, the page from which you accessed our site and the like, unless you object to this data collection and storage. This is done anonymously, without personally identifying the user of the site. If applicable, user profiles are created by means of a pseudonym. Here, too, there is no connection between the natural person behind the pseudonym and the usage data collected. We also use cookies to collect and store usage data. These are small text files that are stored on your computer and are used to store statistical information such as operating system, your Internet usage program (browser), IP address, the previously accessed website (referrer URL) and the time. We collect this data exclusively for statistical purposes in order to further optimize our Internet presence and to make our Internet offers even more attractive. The data is collected and stored exclusively in anonymized or pseudonymized form and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you as a natural person.
Use of data for a specific purpose
We adhere to the principle of purpose-related data use and collect, process and store your personal data only for the purposes for which you have provided it to us. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless this is necessary for the provision of the service or the execution of the contract. We will also only disclose your data to state institutions and authorities entitled to receive such information within the scope of our statutory duty to provide information or if we are obliged to do so by a court decision.
We also take internal company data protection very seriously. Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us have been obligated by us to maintain confidentiality and to comply with the provisions of data protection law.
Right of information and revocation
You can obtain information about the data we have stored about you free of charge at any time without having to give a reason. You can have the data we have collected blocked, corrected or deleted at any time and object to anonymized or pseudonymized data collection and storage for the purpose of optimizing our website. You can also revoke your consent to the collection and use of your data at any time without giving reasons. To do so, please contact us at the address given in the imprint. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have about our privacy policy and the processing of your personal data.