Privacy Policy

We place great importance on the protection of your data. In order to inform you in full about the use of personal data, we ask you to take note of the following data protection guidelines.

Personal data

Personal data which you transmit electronically on this website, such as name, e-mail address, address or other personal data, will be used by us only for the purpose indicated, safely stored and not passed on to third parties. The provider automatically collects and saves information on the web server, such as browser, operating system, IP address, time of access, etc. This data can not be assigned to specific persons without checking additional data sources and we do not further evaluate this data as long as no unlawful use of our website.

Form data and comments
When web site visitors leave comments or forms, the data entered and their IP addresses are stored. This is for security, if someone writes illegitimate content (insults, left or right extreme propaganda, hate postings, etc.). In this case, we are interested in the author's identity.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that allow this website to store specific user-related information on the visitor's computer while visiting our website. Cookies help us to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our Internet pages, as well as to make our offers comfortable and efficient for you. We use session cookies, which are only temporarily stored for the duration of your use of our website, as well as permanent cookies, in order to retain information about visitors who repeatedly access our website. The purpose of the use of these cookies is to offer an optimal user guide as well as to recognize visitors and to present a very attractive website and interesting content with repeated use. The content of a permanent cookie is limited to an identification number. Name, IP address, etc. are not saved. There is no individual profile of your usage behavior. A use of our offers is also possible without cookies. In your browser, you can disable cookies, restrict them to specific websites, or set your web browser (Chrome, IE, Firefox, ...) to notify them when a cookie is sent. You can also delete cookies from the hard disk of your PC at any time. Please note, however, that in this case you must expect a limited representation of the page and a restricted user guidance.

Privacy Policy for using Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the case of the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be previously abridged by Google within the Member States of the European Union or in other States Parties to 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 abbreviated 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 usage and internet usage against the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. In addition, you may prevent Google's processing of the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by clicking on the link below (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) download and install the available browser plugin.
For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit

http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp ();" in order to ensure an anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display map information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the websites. For more information about Google's data processing, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also change your settings in the Privacy Center so that you can manage and protect your data.

Privacy Policy for the use of Facebook

On our pages, plugins from the social network Facebook, - today incorporated as Meta Platforms, Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - are integrated. You can recognize the Facebook plugins on the Facebook logo or the "Like-Button" on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, the plug-in is used to establish a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook will be informed that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook Like button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as a provider of the pages we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Facebook. For more information, see the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php If you do not want Facebook to associate the visit of our sites with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Privacy policy for use of Twitter

On our website, functions of the service Twitter are integrated. These features are provided by the Twitter Inc., Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St #900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the features of the Twitter buttons, the pages you visit are linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that as a provider of the website we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by Twitter. For more information, see the Twitter privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/settings/account.

Privacy Policy for use of YouTube

On our website, functions of the service YouTube are implemented. These functions are provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. The integrated videos create cookies when users access the website on the users' computers. If you have disabled the setting of cookies for Google Advertising, you will not have to rely on such cookies when you visit YouTube videos. However, YouTube also uses non-personal information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block this in the browser.

Privacy Policy for use of Pinterest

On our website, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 505 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Pinterest"). When you visit a page that contains such a plug-in, your browser connects directly to Pinterest's servers. The plugin sends data to the server from Pinterest. This information may include your IP address, the address of the visited sites, which also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.
For further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and possibilities for protecting your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Pinterest:
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.

Privacy policy for use of LinkedIn

Our website uses functions of the social media network LinkedIn. Is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you visit one of our websites that contain LinkedIn's features, you will be connected to LinkedIn's servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our Internet pages with your IP address. If you click on the buttons for LinkedIn and are logged into your account on LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website and your account. We would like to point out that as a provider of the pages we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by LinkedIn. For more information, see LinkedIn's Privacy Statement: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Privacy Policy for use of XING

Our website uses functions of the social media network XING. The provider is New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you visit one of our pages that contain XING features, you will be connected to XING servers. XING may be informed that you have visited our Internet pages with your IP address. If you click the XING buttons and are logged into your XING account, XING may be able to assign your visit to our website and to your user account. We would like to point out that we as a provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by XING. For more information on XING privacy, please visit their privacy policy:  https://www.xing.com/privacy.

Privacy Policy for use of Instagram

Our website contains functions of the Instagram service. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit of our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as a provider of the pages we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram.
For more information, see the Instagram Privacy Statement at https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Informative Duty

You have at all times the right of information about your personal data stored by us, their origin and recipient as well as the purpose of the storage.

Picture credits

Teamphoto: Klaus Morgenstern