Privacy policy
Data protection: The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy. The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example, name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this always takes place on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
**Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)**
Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: [http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/](http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/). When you visit our pages, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. Facebook can then assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at [http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php](http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php). If you do not want Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.
**Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics**
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “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. In the case of IP anonymization being activated on this website, your IP address will first 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. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software; however, we point out that if you do this you may not be able to fully use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as Google’s processing of this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de](http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
**Privacy policy for the use of Google +1**
Our pages use Google +1 functions. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Collection and disclosure of information: With the Google +1 button you can publish information worldwide. Via the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you gave a +1 for content and information about the page you viewed when clicking +1. Your +1 can be displayed as references together with your profile name and your photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or in other places on websites and ads on the Internet. Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must at least contain the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you have used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be shown to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you. Use of the collected information: In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policy. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users’ +1 activities or pass them on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.
**Privacy policy for the use of Twitter**
Our pages integrate 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 “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in the process. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at [http://twitter.com/privacy](http://twitter.com/privacy). You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at [http://twitter.com/account/settings](http://twitter.com/account/settings).
**Information, deletion, blocking**
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing as well as the right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.
**Cookies**
The websites sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
**Server log files**
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
* Browser type/ browser version
* Operating system used
* Referrer URL
* Hostname 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 made. We reserve the right to subsequently check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.
**Contact form**
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
**Objection to advertising mails**
The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.
**Newsletter data**
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. You can revoke the consent given for the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
**Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)**
Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: [http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/](http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/). When you visit our pages, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. Facebook can then assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at [http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php](http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php). If you do not want Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.
**Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics**
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “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. In the case of IP anonymization being activated on this website, your IP address will first 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. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software; however, we point out that if you do this you may not be able to fully use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as Google’s processing of this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de](http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
**Privacy policy for the use of Google +1**
Our pages use Google +1 functions. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Collection and disclosure of information: With the Google +1 button you can publish information worldwide. Via the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you gave a +1 for content and information about the page you viewed when clicking +1. Your +1 can be displayed as references together with your profile name and your photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or in other places on websites and ads on the Internet. Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must at least contain the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name can also replace another name that you have used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be shown to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you. Use of the collected information: In addition to the purposes explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policy. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users’ +1 activities or pass them on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.
**Privacy policy for the use of Twitter**
Our pages integrate 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 “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in the process. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at [http://twitter.com/privacy](http://twitter.com/privacy). You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at [http://twitter.com/account/settings](http://twitter.com/account/settings).
**Information, deletion, blocking**
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing as well as the right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.
**Cookies**
The websites sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
**Server log files**
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
* Browser type/ browser version
* Operating system used
* Referrer URL
* Hostname 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 made. We reserve the right to subsequently check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.
**Contact form**
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
**Objection to advertising mails**
The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.
**Newsletter data**
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. You can revoke the consent given for the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.