The ope­ra­tors of this web­site place gre­at impor­t­an­ce on pro­tec­ting your per­so­nal data. We hand­le your per­so­nal data in con­fi­dence and in accordance with the sta­tuto­ry data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this pri­va­cy poli­cy.

As a rule, using our web­site does not requi­re you to enter any per­so­nal data. Whe­re pos­si­ble, per­so­nal data (such as your name, pos­tal or e-mail address) will only be collec­ted on our web­site on a vol­un­ta­ry basis. Data are not pas­sed on to third par­ties wit­hout your express con­sent.

Plea­se note that the trans­mis­si­on of data via the Inter­net (e.g., when com­mu­ni­ca­ting by e-mail) may be vul­nera­ble to secu­ri­ty flaws. It is not pos­si­ble to ful­ly pro­tect data against third-par­ty access.

Pri­va­cy poli­cy for the use of etra­cker

Our web­site uses the etra­cker ana­ly­sis ser­vice. This is pro­vi­ded by etra­cker GmbH, Ers­te Brun­nen­stra­ße 1 20459 Ham­burg, Ger­ma­ny. The data can be used to crea­te pseud­ony­mous usa­ge pro­files. Coo­kies may be used for this pur­po­se. Coo­kies are small text files that are saved local­ly in your Inter­net browser’s cache and enab­le your brow­ser to be iden­ti­fied. The data collec­ted using etra­cker tech­no­lo­gy are not used (wit­hout the express con­sent of the rele­vant par­ty) to per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fy visi­tors to our web­site and are not com­bi­ned with per­so­nal data belon­ging to pseud­ony­mi­sed indi­vi­du­als.

You can opt out of data collec­tion and sto­rage at any time. To opt out of the collec­tion and sto­rage of your visi­tor data, click on the fol­lo­wing link to down­load an opt-out coo­kie, ensu­ring that etra­cker will no lon­ger collect and store visi­tor data from your brow­ser: http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb

As a result, etra­cker will save an opt-out coo­kie named “cnt­coo­kie”. Plea­se do not dele­te this coo­kie so long as you wish to main­tain your opt-out. Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on can be found in the etra­cker pri­va­cy poli­cy: http://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html

Pri­va­cy poli­cy for the use of Face­book plug-ins (“like” but­ton)

Plug-ins from the soci­al net­work Face­book are inte­gra­ted into our web­site. The­se are pro­vi­ded by Face­book Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Men­lo Park, CA 94025, USA. The Face­book plug-ins can be iden­ti­fied by the Face­book logo or the “Like” but­ton on our web­site. For an over­view of the Face­book plug-ins, plea­se visit: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our web­site, the plug-in estab­lishes a direct con­nec­tion bet­ween your brow­ser and the Face­book ser­ver. This informs Face­book that you have visi­ted our web­site using your IP address. You can link our web­site con­tent to your Face­book pro­fi­le by cli­cking on the Face­book “Like” but­ton while log­ged in to your Face­book account. This enab­les Face­book to asso­cia­te your visit to our web­site with your user account. Plea­se note that we as the web­site ope­ra­tors are not made awa­re of the con­tent of the data trans­mit­ted or their use by Face­book. Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on can be found in the Face­book Data Poli­cy: http://facebook.com/policy.php.

If you want to pre­vent Face­book from being able to asso­cia­te your visit to our web­site with your Face­book account, plea­se log out of your Face­book account.

Pri­va­cy poli­cy for the use of Goog­le Ana­ly­tics

This web­site uses func­tions of Goog­le Ana­ly­tics, a web ana­ly­sis tool pro­vi­ded by Goog­le Inc., 1600 Amphi­thea­t­re Park­way, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA. Goog­le Ana­ly­tics uses “coo­kies”, which are text files pla­ced on your com­pu­ter to help the web­site ana­ly­se how you use the site. The infor­ma­ti­on gene­ra­ted by the coo­kie about your use of the web­site will gene­ral­ly be trans­mit­ted to and stored by Goog­le on ser­vers in the United Sta­tes.

If IP address anony­mi­sa­ti­on is activa­ted on this web­site Goog­le will first trun­ca­te your IP address in a mem­ber sta­te of the European Uni­on or in a coun­try that is a sig­nato­ry to the Trea­ty on the European Eco­no­mic Area. Only in excep­tio­nal cases will Goog­le trans­mit com­ple­te IP addres­ses to a ser­ver in the U.S. and trun­ca­te them the­re. 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 will not asso­cia­te the IP address trans­mit­ted by your brow­ser with any other data held by Goog­le.

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. You can pre­vent Google’s coo­kie gene­ra­ted collec­tion of data, refer­ring to your use of the web­site (incl. your IP address) plus the pro­ces­sing of the data, by down­loa­ding and instal­ling the brow­ser plug-in, which you can find here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB:

Pri­va­cy poli­cy for the use of Goog­le +1

Our web­site uses func­tions of Goog­le +1, a ser­vice pro­vi­ded by Goog­le Inc., 1600 Amphi­thea­t­re Park­way, Moun­tain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collec­tion and dis­clo­sure of infor­ma­ti­on: you can use the Goog­le +1 but­ton to sha­re infor­ma­ti­on publicly throughout the world. You and other users can use the Goog­le +1 but­ton to obtain per­so­na­li­sed con­tent from Goog­le and our part­ners. Goog­le will record both the fact that you have cli­cked +1 for cer­tain con­tent, as well as infor­ma­ti­on on the web­site that you were viewing when you cli­cked +1. Your “+1s” may be dis­play­ed with your pro­fi­le name and pho­to in Goog­le ser­vices (such as search results or your Goog­le pro­fi­le) or else­whe­re on web­sites and adver­ti­se­ments on the Inter­net. Goog­le records infor­ma­ti­on on your +1 activi­ty for the pur­po­ses of impro­ving Goog­le ser­vices for you and other users. In order to use the +1 but­ton, you need to have a glo­bal­ly visi­ble, public Goog­le pro­fi­le that must as a mini­mum con­tain the name selec­ted for the pro­fi­le. This name will be used in all Goog­le ser­vices. In some cases it may also replace ano­t­her name that you have used when sharing con­tent via your Goog­le account. The iden­ti­ty of your Goog­le pro­fi­le may be dis­play­ed to other users who know your e-mail address or have access to other infor­ma­ti­on iden­ti­fy­ing you.

Use of the collec­ted infor­ma­ti­on: in addi­ti­on to the uses descri­bed above, the infor­ma­ti­on pro­vi­ded by you is used in accordance with the app­li­ca­ble Goog­le Pri­va­cy Poli­cy. Goog­le may publish aggre­ga­te sta­tis­tics on users’ +1 activi­ty and/or trans­mit the­se to users and part­ners such as publishers, adver­ti­sers or asso­cia­ted web­sites.

Reques­ting, dele­ting and blo­cking data

You may at any time request free-of-char­ge infor­ma­ti­on on your stored per­so­nal data, their ori­gin and reci­pi­ent, and the pur­po­se of the data pro­ces­sing; you also have a right to cor­rect, block or dele­te the­se data. For fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on on this and other issu­es rela­ting to per­so­nal data, plea­se con­tact us at any time using the address given on the Legal Noti­ce page of this web­site.

Ser­ver log files

The web­site ope­ra­tor auto­ma­ti­cal­ly collec­ts and stores infor­ma­ti­on in “log files” that your brow­ser auto­ma­ti­cal­ly trans­mits to us. The­se com­pri­se:

  • Brow­ser type/browser ver­si­on
  • Ope­ra­ting sys­tem used
  • Refer­rer URL
  • Host name of the com­pu­ter used for access
  • Time of the ser­ver request

The­se data can­not be assi­gned to spe­ci­fic per­sons. The­se data are not mer­ged with other data sources. We reser­ve the right to sub­se­quent­ly inspect the­se data if we are made awa­re of spe­ci­fic indi­ca­ti­ons of unlaw­ful use.

Coo­kies

In some instan­ces, the web­site uses “coo­kies”. The­se neit­her dama­ge your com­pu­ter nor con­tain viru­ses. Coo­kies are used to impro­ve the user-fri­end­li­ness, effi­ci­en­cy and secu­ri­ty of our web­site. Coo­kies are small text files that are pla­ced on your com­pu­ter and stored in your brow­ser.

The majo­ri­ty of coo­kies that we use are “ses­si­on coo­kies”, which are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted after your visit. Other coo­kies remain on your device until such time as you dele­te them. The­se coo­kies enab­le us to iden­ti­fy your brow­ser when you return to our web­site.

You can con­fi­gu­re your brow­ser to inform you each time coo­kies are set, to per­mit coo­kies only in spe­ci­fic cases, to reject coo­kies in spe­ci­fic cases or in gene­ral, and to auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­te coo­kies each time you clo­se your brow­ser. Deac­tivat­ing coo­kies may restrict this website’s func­tio­n­a­li­ty.

Con­tact form

When you send us an enqui­ry using the con­tact form, we store the infor­ma­ti­on pro­vi­ded on the con­tact form (inclu­ding con­tact infor­ma­ti­on you have pro­vi­ded) for the pur­po­ses of pro­ces­sing the enqui­ry and in the case of fol­low-up enqui­ries. We do not sha­re the­se data wit­hout your con­sent.

Anti-spam poli­cy

Use of the con­tact infor­ma­ti­on posted on the Legal Noti­ce page of this web­site as requi­red by law for pur­po­ses of sen­ding unso­li­ci­ted adver­ti­sing or infor­ma­tio­nal mate­ri­als is express­ly pro­hi­bi­ted. The web­site ope­ra­tors express­ly reser­ve the right to take legal action against unso­li­ci­ted com­mer­ci­al e-mails (spam).